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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 904837" data-attributes="member: 505">It's Hollywood.  What did you expect?  Celebrities aren't generally know for being brain surgeons or thinking before they say or do something.  Look at Jeanine Garafalo.  She's been on CNN as a "political expert" numerous times, yet she's never been involved in politics nor does she have a degree that would warrent her an "expert" title (she's a hgh school drop-out).  My problem with things like this is that it encourages stars to think that they are intelligent and important.  Ego and ignorance is a dangerous combination.Reading quotes from stupid celebs is a hobby of mine (check out my sig), and I've heard some real jaw droppers.Here's a quick example:  How many people have heard Sharon Stone's claim that she's a member or Mensa?  Well, Mensa recently made an announcement that she isn't.She's been claiming this for years.  Why did they wait so long to respond?  Well, they didn't.  They've been privately telling her to stop since they heard about it.  It finally got to the point that they had to make a public announcement.So, Sharon Stone now admits that she isn't a memeber.  However, she now claims to have gone to a Mensa school, which is funny since Mensa says there hasn't been a Mensa school since either before she was born or was just an infant (I can't recall which it was offhand).Now, how obvious would it be to check either of these facts?  And this woman is claiming to be a genius?  Geez! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> And don't even get me started on Michael Moore.  He fabricated so much of Bowling For Columbine that there's a movement to get his Oscar revoked because the film doesn't meet any of the Oscar requirements for "documentary".  I won't post any of the websites with the breakdown of his film on it here unless it's okay (I'm not sure if it would be considered "political"), but I'll make it available to anyone who wants it.  My problem with Moore has nothing to do with his politics, but honesty and the fact that the other directors nominated really got screwed.  I mean, why not give Best Documentary to Titanic?  Hey, the boat sank, didn't it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But, in the name of fairness to celebs, Gina Davis is a certified genius and I believe a member of Mensa.</blockquote>

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