Move over, George Mitchell.
Annette Bening is the latest of Hollywood actors who imagine that they have been elected to run our foreign policy.
She decided she was just the person to lead an entourage to Iran, because she somehow imagines that real life is a lot like a movie and she could act as a “Bridge” between Iran andthe USA, or the world, or the planets, or whatever.
Anyways, all happiness and light about her mission, Annette went ahead with her plans like a….Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
“I hope that we can be a bridge to open a dialogue between the two countries,” said three-times Oscar nominee Bening in Tehran.
Expecting rave reviews and other special love and admiration, Annette soon realized she was not on a Hollywood set when that sweet, gracious and lovable Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arranged a little crack in her bridge:
Iranian officials have said a Hollywood delegation should say sorry for films viewed as “insulting” to their country.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cultural advisor said Iranian film-makers should refuse to meet the group, which includes actress Annette Bening.
The Wrestler has been banned in Iran for depicting a fighter called The Ayatollah, who tries to choke Mickey Rourke with an Iranian flag.
What a guy! I don’t suppose Annette countered with mentioning that burning and driving cars over posters of President Obama’s face is not very nice either.
The visit has been hailed as the start of a new era in US-Iranian relations.
Wow. And to think all we needed to do was send Annette there and all would be well. Who knew?
In earlier comments to Iranian news agency Isna, Mr Shamaqdari called for an unreserved apology from Hollywood for 30 years of “insults and slanders” since the 1979 Iranian revolution.
“The Iranian people and our revolution has been repeatedly unjustly attacked by Hollywood,” he said.
Welcome to the Royal Treatment of Americans by Iran, Annette. I guess nobody asked you for your autograph, eh?
I guess nobody has told Annette that, given what she does for a living, she would be dead by now if she lived in Iran. I mean, a female American journalist was recently arrested there just for buying a bottle of wine. Imagine one of those Hollywood drunken parties and how well they would go over in Iran. It’s only her name recognition that keeps her safe on trips such as this. What on earth is she thinking?
Tell you what, Annette: Nobody wants to deny that you’re a good actor. But I can tell you for sure that Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Clinton are smart enough to know they shouldn’t try to make a movie –because they understand that they wouldn’t know what they were doing– and therefore they would really suck at it. Perhaps you might entertain the same thought when it comes to pretending to be a Special USA Envoy…..or Secretary of State. We’d kind of like to keep you around for another movie instead of figuring out how to get you out of an Iranian jail where an innocent American journalist sits right now. I was wondering, will you be trying to help ensure her release? Now that would have made your trip worthwhile for the rest of us. This is one of your American sisters, Annette. It doesn’t look good for her. Just saying.
“We haven’t heard anything,” he said. The family decided to go public, he said, “because we wanted to get some information.”
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"This is not culture. This is not custom. This is criminal."
OMG enough already with the hollywood types and their political preaching and interfering! Sean Penn hanging out with Hugo Chavez, now this……what’s next? Brad Pitt having tea with Osama bin Laden??
Oh Brother…My eyeballs made sounds in my sockets rolling at this story….chuckle….I guess starring in The Siege as a promiscuous CIA agent trying to atone for past sins with Muslim freedom fighters inspired her…..But not these new frenemies….
They believe just like Obama does…….”if they would just sit and talk to me face-to-face they would see how eloquent I am and want to do what I want them to”……it’s the whole cult of personality thing. What a joke. I swear stuff like this makes me want to boycott all of their industry.
Can Sean Penn visit as well? And then, can they keep him?
Just more pandering exhibited from a Western dhimmi. Islam does not respect weakness, Ms. Benning, any more than Islam tends to respect women.
She probably thinks the veil is a fashion statement.
Didn’t these dimwits learn a thing from Jane Fonda?? Shut up already, Annette. Nobody gives 2 craps what you think about anything. You’re still going to Wake Up Stupid In The Morning. Your agent said press junket, not junk. Another Very Very Very Important Person/celebritard attention-wh*re crossed off my list.
How’d she like it if she suddenly couldn’t regain entry to the US?? Attempting to meet with former hostage-takers should qualify as consorting with the enemy in my book. Annette wouldn’t like being hidden under that burka for very long. The “dialogue” she imagines would consist of orders–FOR HER.
Go home to Warren and shut up already.
Could somebody tell me why nobody will enforce the Logan Act in this country?
Yeah she thinks wearing that head covering is some temporary fun. She doesn’t know that’s the permanent goal for her and all of us while we sleep through this entire social jidad. She thinks going there and placating their cute little social and religious culture is some kind of game. In their world, she’d be one of the first women to have acid thrown at her face so she couldn’t get a little nekkid on the screen any longer.
And all those rings would be off her fingers. Maybe her fingers would go with them.
Dhimmis don’t enforce laws like the Logan Act….Aaaand currently in DC Dhimmis are runnin the show….sheeeesh!
What’s up with Junior sending some secret letter to the Russians? I am sure a lot of back channel stuff goes on in every admin, but why is this outed…or what is the deal?
Every time I see that Achie’s picture, I am more convinced he’s insane.
Yeah he’s agreeing not to go ahead with a weapon project Russia objects to IF Iran stops producing nuclear weapons. Actually, it’s kind of smart of Obama. Get Russia on Iran’s back.
A regime founded by a CRAZYMOFO AYATOLLAH who wrote it was Okeedokey for men to have pleasure with infants as long as ya don’t ya know… penetrate…cause MOFO Ayatollah’s know the Quran…UGH!….Ask them about that Annette….B A R F !
* I agree with you Uppity….But how do you reason with nutcases…Or is that an oxymoron *
Frankly, I think they do it for the publicity. Come on folks. Theses people are filthy rich and nothing matters more to them than their own publicity so their income can go up for the next movie.
I totally agree. These clowns, I mean actors, are looking for publicity. Remember when some of the losers who hadn’t had an acting role forever came out and threw their support behind Barry during the primaries. Yeah, right, that will really compel me to vote for him now–and you are? I want to know how Annette B. got travel permission to go there in the first place. Isn’t Iran off limits? Or did she have her gal pal Scarlet J. give Barry a call for clearance?
just as long as she doesn’t lose her head over it…
barfaux had his ears slapped back by Abadabajabber, so now he’s sending in his moronic minions.
No kidding, foxy. These people are crazy. I wouldn’t put it past them to incarcerate a famous person for the attention. When you have people who think watching beheadings on video is cool, you have psychopaths on your hands. And you can’t be a Bridge to deranged people. Chavez is using Penn you know. His economy is about to implode too. Let it be a lesson to America.
Thank you sooo much for belittling this woman. These celebrities have a lot of guts using our country as their hobby.
They make me sick, as you know. I pray for their foreclosures.
Hopefully, we’ll see them belly up on a reality TV show sometime soon.
Annette apparently isn’t getting enough attention. Poor little important person.
Why doesn’t she visit Appalachia? Her countrymen could use a little help.
Like a few pencils and tires for a school bus or two. Just ask Oprah or Angelina.They really care about their American $i$ter$..
Egomaniacs. Delusional.
Papoose, excellent observation about the children in North America who need help, and the skewed priorities of some of the celebrities. to give credit where it’s due, Pitt along with Harry Connick Jr are involved in efforts to rebuild parts of New Orleans, but the rest of them? I hear crickets. Although, to be fair, perhaps there are more involved, but the media doesn’t see fit to publicize because it isn’t salacious enough.
Actors “somehow imagines that real life is a lot like a movie and she could act as a “Bridge” between Iran andthe USA, or the world, or the planets, or whatever.”
That’s the problem with actors. They believe in their own abilities that are woefully incongruent with the realities of the world.
crier, and that’s why the last movie I paid to see was “A Bugs Life” and I can’t even remember what before that. A 2 hour “escape” is not worth $100 Million a picture. What a waste of money, much like folks who have no problem dropping $100 on a dinner for two, that ends up in the same place as a $7 dinner. Our country is built on vanity. Jonesing to live like the Jones’s.