Tilda Swinton in British Vogue last November, sporting a scarf designed by Bella Freud
The news: Hollywood Reporter on the biggest snubs of the Academy Award nominations this a.m.:
One of the biggest surprises of the morning, for many, was the fact that [Tilda] Swinton [in We Need to Talk About Kevin] was passed over in favor of [Girl with Dragon Tattoo Rooney] Mara despite scoring virtually every important precursor nom that an actress can: SAG, HFPA, BFCA, and BAFTA. My sense is that many people simply found Kevin to be too disturbing and without a clear point. I never quite bought that Swinton — as great an actress as she is — would be nominated for such a dark film after being ignored last year for an even better performance in a far more digestible film, I Am Love.
The back story:
A flick through the November issue of the British edition of Vogue revealed one accessory I did not expect to see. After pages of faux fur, sequinned clutches and designer feathered capes, I happened upon something rather more surprising: a full-page shot of actress Tilda Swinton sporting a knitted scarf emblazoned not with a designer logo but with the word “Palestine.”
–“The Electronic Intifada, Oct. 28, 2011, “Has a Hollywood actress made Palestinian solidarity Chic?”
What complete and utter bullshit. When you have proof that your theory that “the Jews” did it, let me know. Jean Luc-Goddard got a lifetime achievement award last year. He’s not very Zionist.
Swinton won an Academy Award in 2007 for Michael Clayton and has absolutely no trouble getting work in Hollywood.
This is another of your antisemitic posts, Phil.
It’s not just Washington you have to be subservient and dishonest to thrive in. Hollywood, too.
Tilda is a fiercely independent thinker and supporter of original, creative and humane causes. This can only enhance her reputation. She is the last person to crave ‘recognition’ from corporate America. She has plenty already. I count it as a good career move.
The scarf in question can be purchased from the Hoping Foundation:
http://www.hopingfoundation.org/shop#/shop
Phil, I don’t think it had much to do with the Palestinian scarf photo, she got nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a Golden Globe too.
Although, I wish she never signed that petition which called for release of that child rapist, Roman Polanski