The Family of Man
By Bill Blakemore
Copyright 1987, San Francisco Chronicle

Fans found it surprising in 1980 when Kubrick turned out a movie that was apparently no more than a horror film. The action took place at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado, where the winter caretaker, a chilling Jack Nicholson, became progressively madder and tried to murder his wife and his telepathic son.

But The Shining is not really about the murders at the Overlook Hotel. It is about the murder of a race - the race of Native Americans - and the consequences of that murder.

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Parker Slams Cosmetic Surgery Reports

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker has quashed reports she’s undergone cosmetic procedures to help her achieve a youthful appearance. The former Sex and the City star is repulsed by the increasing number of female celebrities who are enlisting chemical and surgical means to freshen up their faces, especially when she’s sitting next to an older woman who looks younger than her. And she’s urging Hollywood to stamp out the cosmetic surgery “epidemic” sweeping the glitzy movie town. She says, “I’ve had no Botox, no collagen, nothing. I have lines, but if some of my peers weren’t having things done, I wouldn’t think about it. It’s hard sitting in a room with people who are younger and older than me who don’t have any lines. It’s like an epidemic.”

Spears Slashes Apartment Asking Price

Pop superstar Britney Spears has been forced to slash the asking price for her luxurious New York apartment, because it has struggled to attract potential buyers in the nine months it’s been up for sale. The “Born To Make You Happy” beauty purchased the East Village pad before marrying dancer Kevin Federline last year - and it has since become surplus to requirements. House hunters will have to match the current $5.2 million asking price - the loft-style home was previously available at an inflated $5.9 million. Spears bought the three-bedroom abode which comes complete with a roof-top terrace and a solarium for $3 million in 2002. Previous owners include Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

Kutcher Offends at Daytona 500

Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher caused great offence at last month’s Daytona 500, when he referred to the race as “the most redneck sport on the planet”. Kutcher was chosen to host the honorary starter at the Florida event, but things soon got a little heated when Nascar bosses had a word with him about his attire. He says, “I offended the people down there… They got upset with me. “I’m doing a little press conference thing ’cause I’m the honorary starter and when I went down they told me that I couldn’t wear blue jeans to the race. They said I had to wear khaki pants and like business attire. “So I’m in the press conference and I’m telling ‘em about it and I’m like, ‘This is like the most redneck sport on the planet and I can’t wear blue jeans!’ And when I said redneck they (gasped) like I was saying something horrible. I’m like, ‘No! I’m a redneck. It’s okay!’ “But I’ve never watched a race in khakis before. And then I’m up there, starting the race… and I look out in the audience and I got my khakis on and nobody else has got khakis on… I felt really overdressed and uncomfortable.”

As if being an aging drag queen, having no career and flopping on Broadway wasn’t enough for Boy George, the ex Culture Club mess has launched an attack on fellow pansies the Queer Eye girls:

Source: Wenn

English pop star Boy George has launched a scathing attack on makeover TV show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, telling the gay hosts to “leave straight people alone”.

The former Culture Club singer is unimpressed with the American program’s various gurus - Kyan Douglas, Ted Allen, Jai Rodriguez, Thom Filicia and Carson Kressley. George says, “My life is about much more than what my cushions are like or what theatre show I should go to. It’s really poncey. I just think that they should leave straight people alone, they look fine.”

“Living in my own private idaho…”

My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant’s homoerotic take on Shakespeare’s “Henry IV ” gets the Criterion Collection treatment when it’s released on DVD this month.