Polanski's arrest: stunning reversal for Swiss Oct 10, 2009
Film history is strewn with such depressing episodes, from Fatty Arbuckle to Charlie Chaplin (even if Lita Grey was 16, Samantha Geimer, the girl in the Polanski case, was 13), by way of Ingmar Bergman, who was dragged from the stage of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1976 on charges of alleged tax evasion. Fortunately, as with Chaplin, as with Bergman, Polanski's films will withstand this new onslaught against their creator. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Roman Polanski's Arrest Is His Own Fault Sep 30, 2009
The career of Fatty Arbuckle, a much less attractive, far darker character, is more instructive. The New York Times as A leering country bumpkin with barnyard manners and a libido to match. (Slate)
Nixon's Past, Palin's Future? Jul 28, 2009
Of course, the press is not innocent itself, with a history, from William Randolph Hearst's public trial and conviction of comedian Fatty Arbuckle to sell newspapers in the 1920s, to the recent slanted avoidance of deep criticism of President Obama on his severly miscalculated economic stimulus plan, including even higher jobless rates than he said would occur without the stimulous plan. It is just that all politicians should be handled with the same depth of coverage. (CBS News)
Roethlisberger: I Did Not Rape Hostess Jul 24, 2009
Read up on Fatty Arbuckle. by Wolf1944 July 23, 2009 10:20 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Trip down clown alley for fools we love, fear Jul 5, 2009
(We tried to think of a tasteful category for Fatty Arbuckle, but nothing appropriate for a family newspaper surfaced. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Locals stunned, saddened by Michael Jackson's death at 50 (1350) Jun 27, 2009
Ivan Dixon wrote on Jun 26, 2009 6:04 PM:" My understanding is that McCartney despised Jackson for what he did to the Beatles catalog.I heard some idiot on the news comparing Jackson's timely demise to the death of John Lennon.Jackson was no John Lennon. He wasn't even a Ringo Starr. In the grand scheme of things Jackson was more like a Fatty Arbuckle. In 50 years, no one will remember him at all. ". Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Jun 26, 2009 5:24 PM:" Cogito and dogs, you need to pay better... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Seth Rogen's makeover: Could a new look hurt his career? Apr 10, 2009
He follows in a tradition of Fatty Arbuckle, Oliver Hardy, Jackie Gleason, Jack Black - not to mention the recent TV comedies in which the portly, uncouth guy has the hot wife. But where "According to Jim" and "The King of Queens" take their stars' mismatched relationships for granted, Rogen's movies have always taken great pains to explain why he gets the girl - and that's probably the key to his appeal. (Boston Globe)
Fixing His Gaze On The Dark Mar 26, 2009
He wrote "I, Fatty," an imaginary memoir by silent-film comic Fatty Arbuckle, who was accused of raping a young woman in the St. Francis Hotel in 1921. In the autobiographical "Permanent Midnight," which became a movie starring Ben Stiller as Stahl, he described 10 harrowing years as a heroin addict. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Obituaries in the news Mar 18, 2009
The Associated Press Published: March 18, 2009. WASHINGTON (AP) Reese Cleghorn, a former newspaper opinion editor credited with transforming the University of Maryland's journalism school, has died. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Coy Watson Jr., silent era child actor, dies at 96 Mar 18, 2009
Appeared in films with Mary Pickford, Jackie Coogan. updated 4:41 p.m. ET March 17, 2009. (MSNBC -- Movies)
