Bush is blocking my film, Michael Moore charges

Bush is blocking my film,Michael Moore charges
PARIS -- President Bush's election hopes could be blown apart by a film to be shown at the Cannes film festival, which is why the White House is trying to keep it out of U.S. theaters, its director, Michael Moore, charged Sunday.
"Fahrenheit 911," which is to get its premiere today, is a documentary exploring Bush's actions after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Bush family's long commercial relationship with Osama bin Laden's family, and the Iraq war, Moore said, according to reports by Agence France-Presse. But it is also, Moore said, a tool that could inspire U.S. voters to remove "the dumbest man who ever ran for the presidency" and overturn foreign policies that have created "a lot of havoc in the world." The maverick director -- whose appearance at a conference hosted by the U.S. movie industry magazine Variety was one of the hottest tickets at the festival -- alleged that the White House was behind a campaign to stop the film from being distributed in the United States before the November presidential election.
Even though production company Miramax is now seeking a deal to buy out the U.S. rights to the film after parent group Disney reneged on a distribution deal, Moore said, nothing has yet resulted that would allow the film to come out in the United States.
Indiana museum paystribute to James Dean
GAS CITY, Ind. -- A museum chronicling the short life of actor James Dean has opened along Interstate 69 in a spot its curator hopes can attract more fans of the "Rebel Without a Cause" star.
"This is a great thing for Gas City and Grant County," Gas City Mayor Larry Leach told about 60 people who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The James Dean Memorial Gallery. "It will definitely put us on the map as far as tourism goes."
Notable death
Anna Lee, whose nearly 70-year acting career in movies and television spanned from her breakthrough role in "How Green Was My Valley" to an extended run on "General Hospital," died Friday of pneumonia, her son said. She was 91.
Today's birthdays
Opera singer Birgit Nilsson is 86. Actor-director Dennis Hopper is 68. Rhythm and blues singer Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) is 66. Singer Taj Mahal is 62. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester is 60. Rock musician Bill Bruford is 55. Singer-musician George Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) is 51. Actor Bill Paxton is 49. Boxing Hall-of-Famer Sugar Ray Leonard is 48. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 48. Singer Enya is 43. Actor Craig Ferguson ("The Drew Carey Show") is 42. Singer-musician Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) is 39. Rhythm and blues musician O'Dell (Mint Condition) is 39. Actress Paige Turco is 39. Singer Jordan Knight is 34. Rhythm and blues singer Darnell Van Rensalier (Shai) is 34. Actor Hill Harper is 31. Rock singer Andrea Corr (The Corrs) is 30. Singer Kandi Burruss is 28. Actor Tahj Mowry is 18. Actress Samantha Browne-Walters is 13.