Thursday, August 17, 2006

Nicole says Enough is Enough.



Just when I did not think they had them it in them a bunch of Hollywood stars with Nicloe Kidman in the lead take out an ad condemning terrorism. Here is the link in full from the Herald Sun.



NICOLE Kidman has made a public stand against terrorism.

The actress, joined by 84 other high-profile Hollywood stars, directors, studio bosses and media moguls, has taken out a powerfully-worded full page advertisement in today's Los Angeles Times newspaper.

It specifically targets "terrorist organisations" such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine.

"We the undersigned are pained and devastated by the civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon caused by terrorist actions initiated by terrorist organisations such as Hezbollah and Hamas," the ad reads.

"If we do not succeed in stopping terrorism around the world, chaos will rule and innocent people will continue to die.

"We need to support democratic societies and stop terrorism at all costs."

A who's who of Hollywood heavyweights joined Kidman on the ad.

The actors listed included: Michael Douglas, Dennis Hopper, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Danny De Vito, Don Johnson, James Woods, Kelly Preston, Patricia Heaton and William Hurt.


Directors Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Dick Donner and Sam Raimi also signed their names.

Other Hollywood powerplayers supporting the ad included Sumner Redstone, the chairman and majority owner of Paramount Pictures, and billionaire mogul, Haim Saban.


via Instapundit .

4 comments:

Rick Ballard said...

Peter,

It puts me in mind of Hollywood's change of heart after the troubling collapse of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. If it concluded with: "Therefore, the undersigned declare their support for the GWOT." It would carry a bit more weight. There are a few names among those mentioned that don't fit.

cf said...

PUK, you old cynic.
I find it remarkable that this statement is considered remarkable.

Sumner is weird. After allowing his companies to bash Bush 24/7 he said he voted for him..and now this. Maybe he's caught on that terrorism is bad for business.

Unknown said...

Maybe they are beginning to realize that these folks mean business. Sometimes it takes awhile.

gumshoe said...

Kudos to Kidman.

maybe they just needed
somebody to follow.