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Evan McGregor is the Actor of the Week for his performance in Ghost Writer The Cinema is here again on another TWD Friday, as the two big premieres this week are "Shutter Island" and "Ghost Writer". And it seems from most critics, the latter is the slightly better option. In this week's unique battle of acclaimed directors, it seems the much criticized and joked about Polanski has the film worth watching first. Scorsese and DiCaprio reunite here again as all of you know, and it seemed like they were still on a hangover from the greatness of "The Departed." The NY Daily News Joe Neumaier sure thinks so: It has, of course, been made with exquisite care — Scorsese lovingly considers even the smallest details — and there are few pretensions here. Yet what ultimately sticks in the mind is how hard the movie works for so little effect; it's like watching a circus strongman pretending to exert himself lifting a Q-tip. For all the trickiness and blus...

I heard besides Polansky donors that David Letterman donors gave money to Obama, so tell Politico !

That's basically what Hackio's headline should be : Behold the wonder of Politico. This beaut comes courtesy of Kenneth Vogel: Headline: Roman Polanski backers Gave $34K To Barack Obama, DNC Lede: Movie industry types calling for the release of director Roman Polanski last year gave $34,000 to Obama's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, FEC records show. But topical Hackio/Drudgico stupidity, they defend their motives : “We will look for the political angle in virtually any story,” responded top Politico editor Jim VandeHei. “This short blog item was done for the Click page — where we run a lot of entertainment and personality items. It was quick item based on FEC data alone.” Those people there are just pathetic. Let's have them next link Obama to John Gotti or OJ Simpson supporters. GENIUS!

Chris Rock is a better thinker overall than some of the Washington Toast columnists . Not a surprise. More to come of course, so stay tuned.

It is what it is with that paper nowadays Yesterday, Anne Applebaum was one of two -- two! -- Washington Post columnists who argued for leniency for child rapist Roman Polanski . Applebaum's argued that Polanski shouldn't be imprisoned because he has suffered enough -- he's had to pay lawyers' fees, and was unable to pick up an Oscar he won for fear he'd be taken for jail. No, really -- that was Applebaum's argument: He did commit a crime, but he has paid for the crime in many, many ways: In notoriety, in lawyers' fees, in professional stigma. He could not return to Los Angeles to receive his recent Oscar. That's just dumb. People who commit crimes do not pay their debts to society when they write checks to their lawyers. And saying that someone has paid for the crime of child rape by being unable to receive an Oscar may be the single most clueless thing ever written by a Washington Post columnist. Until tomorrow, as Duncan Black says so well . And ...

Some conservatives out there will say, "Since Obama is a celebrity , he's hoping Polansky goes free ."