“Susan Sarandon” on The Daily Caller

Susan Sarandon, more noteworthy for her social activism than her Academy Award, referred to the Pope as a Nazi at the Hamptons Film Festival on Saturday, Newsday reported, drawing intense criticism from both Catholic and Jewish advocacy groups. (more)

Watching the protesters camped out in Manhattan and in a few other metropolitan areas brings to mind Yogi Berra’s insight that it’s “déjà vu all over again.” The similarities to and shared contradictions with the anti-war and anti-establishment protesters prevalent on college campuses when I attended undergraduate and graduate school in the late 1960s and early 1970s are astounding …  and humorous. (more)

Did you feel something special in the air yesterday? It was former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s first day on the job as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America! Dodd is now Hollywood’s top lobbyist in Washington. It’s an obvious move, since he is known for his traffic-stopping good looks and charisma. (more)

Stepmom actress and politically liberal activist Susan Sarandon joined Wisconsin union protesters Saturday to rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s union bill. (more)

Winners and Losers (more)

Celebrities in elective office isn’t a wholly new phenomonon — remember Ronald Reagan? — but Al Franken’s election to the U.S. Senate surely made politically active left-wing celebs reconsider the option. After all, if even Al Franken could be elected to high office, is their any celeb who couldn’t? (more)

Susan Sarandon wasn’t the only one upset by her split from longtime love Tim Robbins last year – legions of fans were also thrown by the announcement. (more)

Susan Sarandon is using her New York City ping-pong nightclub, SPiN, as the setting for a new reality show. (more)

PORT-AU-PRINCE —”I’m Ben,” said Ben Stiller, looking like a lost tourist as he shook the hand of Haitian artist Philippe Dodard. (more)

Twenty years after becoming one of America’s most polarizing figures, Jack Kevorkian returns to the media limelight Saturday in an HBO film about his crusade to help the terminally ill die. (more)

Wild child, cool mom and Tim Robbins’ ex, sexy Susan Sarandon’s shocking confession – her seedy life on drugs. (more)