By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Leonardo DiCaprio, star of the controversial film “J. Edgar”, lost out Sunday night for a Golden Globe Award to George Clooney, who starred in the movie “The Descendants.” The category was “Best Performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama. ” Besides Clooney, DiCaprio was up against Michael Fassbender in “Shame”,…
Rex Tomb served in the FBI from 1968 until his retirement in 2006. For most of his career he served in the Office of Public Affairs, retiring as Chief of its Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit. By Rex Tomb for ticklethewire.com About a year ago I received a telephone call from my former…
Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com So, about that whole gay thing… Salon contributor Mark Feldstein does not care so much about the issue. In a brief but scathing response to the J. Edgar movie, Feldstein called the film a “brief defense of the FBI’s legendary director” which ignore’s Hoover’s “ruthless abuse of power.” Feldstein credits Hoover, as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Expect in coming days the to see some reviews on the upcoming move “J Edgar”. Some folks got a sneak preview of the film this week that opens nationwide on Nov. 11, and Nov. 9 in selected cities. Yes, in the movie, Hoover kisses his trusted sidekick Clyde Tolson and yes,…
By BROOKS BARNES New York Times LOS ANGELES — To transform himself into an aging J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo DiCaprio sat for hours at a time while makeup artists gave him liver spots, yellow teeth and big, bulbous love handles. He spends a good chunk of Clint Eastwood’s film “J. Edgar” that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As the November release date of the controversial movie about FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover nears, the studio is releasing more material on the matter. Recently, the studio released a trailer. And now a poster of the movie is circulating (to the right). The movie, which reportedly has a national release…
