French celeb questions 9/11 events

[SteveLaura 0]

[T]his weekend the star's ascent has hit its first obstacle. Cotillard has been caught on video criticising America in a frank, and even wild, tirade. Old footage has appeared on the internet showing the actress questioning everything from the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on America to the 1969 moon walk. 'I think we're lied to about a number of things,' she appears to say, singling out the Trade Towers attack in New York as an example of the US fabricating a horror story for political ends. 'We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes. Are they burned?' Cotillard asks. 'There was a tower - I believe it was in Spain - which burned for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed!'

Elaborating on her conspiracy theory, Cotillard even suggests the towers were an outdated 'money sucker' which would have cost so much to modernise that it was easier to destroy them.

Referring to America's achievement of putting a man on the moon in 1969, Cotillard says: 'Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.' ...

Cotillard, who grew up in Orleans and has family roots in Brittany, is in Paris this weekend before she travels to Chicago to play the moll to Depp's gangster in Mann's Public Enemies. If her Hollywood career survives her outburst, the actress will still have to battle to stay in touch with the French lifestyle she loves and her green political beliefs. A fan of the countryside, she has worked as a Greenpeace spokeswoman and campaigned on environmental issues. She is known to be unhappy about the amount of flying she now has to do. Despite having a carbon-friendly Toyota Prius, she invariably travels by limousine now...

Cotillard laughs at the English speakers who cannot pronounce, let alone spell, her surname and who confused her with Keira Knightley on the Bafta red carpet. Following the publicity surrounding her attack on America, she may find this problem recedes. And if Hollywood proves unforgiving, the actress can always fall back on her Bohemian enthusiasm for knitting and jewellery making.

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[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

[T]his weekend the star's ascent has hit its first obstacle. Cotillard has been caught on video criticising America in a frank, and even wild, tirade. Old footage has appeared on the internet showing the actress questioning everything from the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on America to the 1969 moon walk. 'I think we're lied to about a number of things,' she appears to say, singling out the Trade Towers attack in New York as an example of the US fabricating a horror story for political ends. 'We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes. Are they burned?' Cotillard asks. 'There was a tower - I believe it was in Spain - which burned for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed!'

Elaborating on her conspiracy theory, Cotillard even suggests the towers were an outdated 'money sucker' which would have cost so much to modernise that it was easier to destroy them.

Referring to America's achievement of putting a man on the moon in 1969, Cotillard says: 'Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.' ...

Cotillard, who grew up in Orleans and has family roots in Brittany, is in Paris this weekend before she travels to Chicago to play the moll to Depp's gangster in Mann's Public Enemies. If her Hollywood career survives her outburst, the actress will still have to battle to stay in touch with the French lifestyle she loves and her green political beliefs. A fan of the countryside, she has worked as a Greenpeace spokeswoman and campaigned on environmental issues. She is known to be unhappy about the amount of flying she now has to do. Despite having a carbon-friendly Toyota Prius, she invariably travels by limousine now...

Cotillard laughs at the English speakers who cannot pronounce, let alone spell, her surname and who confused her with Keira Knightley on the Bafta red carpet. Following the publicity surrounding her attack on America, she may find this problem recedes. And if Hollywood proves unforgiving, the actress can always fall back on her Bohemian enthusiasm for knitting and jewellery making.

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I'm thinking she didn't have to make a decision between engineer and actress.

[almaty 19]

she french..she hates America....freedom fries indeed

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I'm thinking she didn't have to make a decision between engineer and actress.

bwahahahaha

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

I really wish a 9/11 widow would show up and kick her square in the #######.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Dunno there. I wouldn't pass acting off as an "easy" profession, and certainly not one that's easy to do well. Far from - I'd say...

Still - I guess the French are well used to all the cracks made about their country and culture from certain quarters of this country, so should anyone be surprised that they have similar people over there who do likewise?

Edited March 3, 2008 by Number 6

[Sinergy 3]

I really wish a 9/11 widow would show up and kick her square in the #######.

[almaty 19]

I really wish a 9/11 widow would show up and kick her square in the #######.

lol..that was funny,.. i like to see that...

Edited March 3, 2008 by almaty

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

No worse than what Ann coulter said about 9-11 widows

Still I gotta hand it to her - of all the 9-11 conspiracy theories hers is definitely the most wack.

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

Dunno there. I wouldn't pass acting off as an "easy" profession, and certain not to do well. Far from - I'd say...

I consider it a profession that provide little to nothing that is truly beneficial to society. Also, actors and actresses tend to have no original thoughts in their heads, hence the need for lines.

That said, as an engineer (you know, kind of like an expert on metallurgy), the collapse of the towers after the burning of jet fuel is not surprising.

The chick is an idiot and should keep her mouth shut from now on.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Dunno there. I wouldn't pass acting off as an "easy" profession, and certain not to do well. Far from - I'd say...

I consider it a profession that provide little to nothing that is truly beneficial to society. Also, actors and actresses tend to have no original thoughts in their heads, hence the need for lines.

nm

That said, as an engineer (you know, kind of like an expert on metallurgy), the collapse of the towers after the burning of jet fuel is not surprising.

The chick is an idiot and should keep her mouth shut from now on.

Or perhaps the news media, simply shouldn't devote the time to reporting it. There would be no problem then - and people who believe ridiculous and crazy things could carry on believing them. As they are wont to do.

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

Dunno there. I wouldn't pass acting off as an "easy" profession, and certain not to do well. Far from - I'd say...

I consider it a profession that provide little to nothing that is truly beneficial to society. Also, actors and actresses tend to have no original thoughts in their heads, hence the need for lines.

nm

That said, as an engineer (you know, kind of like an expert on metallurgy), the collapse of the towers after the burning of jet fuel is not surprising.

The chick is an idiot and should keep her mouth shut from now on.

Or perhaps the news media, simply shouldn't devote the time to reporting it. There would be no problem then - and people who believe ridiculous and crazy things could carry on believing them. As they are wont to do.

But I like to know it, as I will now boycott Public Enemies.

Dunno there. I wouldn't pass acting off as an "easy" profession, and certain not to do well. Far from - I'd say...

I consider it a profession that provide little to nothing that is truly beneficial to society. Also, actors and actresses tend to have no original thoughts in their heads, hence the need for lines.

nm

That said, as an engineer (you know, kind of like an expert on metallurgy), the collapse of the towers after the burning of jet fuel is not surprising.

The chick is an idiot and should keep her mouth shut from now on.

Or perhaps the news media, simply shouldn't devote the time to reporting it. There would be no problem then - and people who believe ridiculous and crazy things could carry on believing them. As they are wont to do.

But I like to know it, as I will now boycott Public Enemies.

[SteveLaura 0]

TMZ

Marion Cotillard -- Why We Hate the French

Oscar b!tch Marion Cotillard must think Americans don't know French so she can pretend she didn't say what she said. Well, she said it.

Her Paris-based lawyer, Vincent Toledano, tried spinning his client's comment about 9/11, claiming she was taken out of context.

But we've looked at the original transcript and she did indeed say that Americans destroyed the Twin Towers themselves because they wanted it rebuilt and blowing it up was cheaper than renovation.

Marion -- foie gras you.

And the readers' comments:

Very stupid and ignorant comment....it appears the Academy did a fine job picking a best actress. I guess the invasion of France by the Nazis during WWII was a staged event?

Can we revoke her Oscar winning for that anti-American statement? She is not just bluntly stupid and uninformed. She is just simply non tres bien and uneducated. Oscar should go to someone more deserving, her acting by the way wasn't that good either.

Just another no nothing do nothing hollywood idiot . Spouting from ignorance , go hope frenchy we saved your country in WW 2 otherwise you be goose steppin right now

Should we even be surprised? The French have always been spineless a@@holes. Nice choice, Academy.

I hope someone knocks this b!tch off!

I'm with the comment about WWII...............and that's what really irks me about the French, the Americans were alright when they needed help and they were under invasion.......those old Cowboys sure came in handy then......how short their memory......I guess they aren't very loal......and that's a shame on them.

[Jenn! 918]

I bet people are just loving that she's French.

Wonder whether this would have been newsworthy otherwise.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Its all a storm in a teacup to be honest. I'm not sure why there's this unspoken assumption that seems to be conveyed in the news coverage that movie actors are any more intelligent or clued up than anyone else.

There's more than enough ignorant people out there who believe idiotic things - little value in drawing attention to it.

Still I do like the irony here - that folks here (in the wider sense) will get all up in arms about a French 9/11 denier, but not about the grotesque generalisations that are routinely leveled at France and the French.

Edited March 3, 2008 by Number 6