Yes, he is.
A junkie wouldn’t ‘need a free sample’ to get hooked. They would just buy it from the dealer since they already know what it is. The theory of the free sample is that you can give some coke or heroin etc to someone that’s never tried it on the premise that they’ll like it and keep coming back.
Think about going to the store and seeing a booth set up with samples of new products. You don’t usually see people giving away samples of Diet Coke or Lays potato chips, people already know what that tastes like.
Thanks, nearwildheaven. That is a disappointment. I used to like that actor.
Actually, she has gone on record as saying that she did vaccinate her children. People assumed she didn’t because she was involved with an attachment parenting group that recommended against them, and she (naively, if you ask me), didn’t realize her famous name would be paired with the group’s most notorious stand.
She doesn’t belong to the group anymore, but mainly because her kids are too old for it. She’s tried to disassociate herself from the vaccine thing with actually denouncing the group, and hasn’t had much luck.
Not necessarily. You could have gotten hooked through a friend rather than through free samples from a dealer.
That said, I too have never encountered this “free sample” trope and also wonder if it’s true.
John Wayne, because of his politics.
Don’t forget WWII draft dodger.
Do you know what the ads were for? Because I don’t recall seeing her on TV, and YouTube isn’t turning up anything.
Also, the 80s/90s trend of US stars making insane money just for showing up in an ad in Japan are pretty much over. We still cast overseas talent, and it’s still a decent paycheck, but the days of ad agencies flying someone in just to show off how many millions they (and their clients) could afford to spend are long gone, sadly.
I have a problem doing anything that can bring money into Roman Polansky’s pockets, while acknowledging him as one of the finest film makers ever.
The one case where I’d consider piracy as the one ethical choice.
^ This.
When I was around 20 I started discovering that a lot of the artists, writers, musicians, and actors who work I enjoyed I would not like as human beings. So I stopped being that sort of fan - I just enjoy the work.
I mean, sure, boycott Bill Cosby and don’t buy The Cosby Show but you’ll also be hurting the other people who worked on that show who won’t get their royalties/residuals and who had nothing to do with whatever crimes Cosby might have committed. That’s my main objection to people trying to mount boycotts because they don’t like someone’s personal life - they tend to hurt many more people than just the target. You might still think a boycott is justified because of a grievous enough offense, and that’s your right, but you might want to consider the other people it could hurt.
Tom Cruise and all other Scientologists. I’m all for freedom of religion, but holy shit Scientology is a money sucking cult and it’s sad to see these thieves have celebrity endorsers.
Of course, OJ and Cosby.
I don’t care about minor stuff, like finding out that someone is actually pretty dumb IRL or supports something I do’t like. So Tom Cruise or John Travolta being Scientologists doesn’t phase me any more than someone else being Catholic. It’s extremely nasty things like Bill Cosby’s decades of rape-filled behavior that really makes me shy away from watching a given actor. I also tend to tune out the personal lives of older actors - a blatant racist today would bother me, but if someone was a racist in the 1940s it’s not off-putting in the same way.
Well, it is a movie where he dies over and over and over, with hundreds of other deaths implied offscreen. It seems like a special treat if you don’t like Cruise…
With such an extreme case as Bill Cosby and The Cosby Show, it may not be that simple. Sure, people may be boycotting it to prevent him from getting money, but it’s not like he needs the money at this point. I suspect that most people who no longer want to watch The Cosby Show feel that way because they can’t reconcile Cosby’s wholesome, perfect father and husband image with the recent accusations.
Slight hijack, but still related to movies and boycotting: this is my problem with the movie and TV companies that are threatening to boycott North Carolina due to their (admittedly shitty) anti LGBT legislation. There are few industries where the LGBT is more over represented than the entertainment industry and in all facets from production to design to acting to you-name-it, and boycotting a state for its discriminatory policies hurts the LGBT community more than almost any other in the state.
More on the Michael Landon, please.
I wonder if they pay as much as “Dubai vacations.”
There are rumors.
I’ve often heard that many porn actresses make more money from “privates” than from doing porn scenes. In the old days, porn was good advertising for feature dancing gigs, but I think that scene has dried up. So, now it helps keep their escorting rates up.
Lohan probably can’t get multi-million dollar (or even scale) film offers these days. That doesn’t mean there aren’t many rich men who wouldn’t pay her a lot of money for some of her time. Plus, even if it’s not that explicit an arrangement, many “relationships” in real life are essentially “sugar daddy” ones, even if no one acknowledges such. I’m sure, despite all her issues and obvious decline in attractiveness, she can find a rich boyfriend.
Plus, many of the tabloids pay for tips, TMZ has budgets for that sort of thing, there are paid club appearances, etc. There are a lot of ways someone like Lindsey Lohan could make several thousand dollars in a couple hours.
Are movie stars doing ads in the US these days? Because they’re all over UK TV, mostly selling perfume (not their own brands - Chanel, Dior, etc) - Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman (who seems to be selling everything), Keira Knightley, etc. My favorite remains Sylvester Stallone selling bread, beating out Schwarzeneggar who hawks not only an insurance comparison website with animated meerkats but also a wargame app.
Back on topic: I think Cosby is the main one for me at the moment. I was never a huge Gibson fan, and if I started boycotting Scientologists I’d have to keep track of who was a Scientologist and I just don’t care. Bad personal beliefs I can overlook; bad personal behavior is more likely to trigger avoidance.
This with the addition that if I knew every detail of their lives I’d probably find behavior to dislike in anyone. It needs to get to a really bad threshold for me to avoid their work. Actors essentially playing themselves (Christopher Walken’s recent work for example but I have no dirt on him) have a lower threshold.
I have not tried either but I suspect I couldn’t separate Cosby from Dr. Hurt able but could listen to his early stand up or watch Fat Albert.
Freudian slip, there.
[ETA: I know: it’s autocorrect. Still funny and apropos.]