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  • The Actors, the War and the Hall of Fame (last word on Sarandon and Robbins)

    04/15/2003 6:09:46 AM PDT · by Liz · 51 replies · 283+ views
    NY TIMES ^ | 4/15/03 | lettres to the editor
    Re "Cooperstown Muffs One" (editorial, April 12): The politically motivated decision by Dale Petroskey, the president of the Hall of Fame, to cancel the 15th-anniversary celebration of the movie "Bull Durham" because he takes offense at Tim Robbins's and Susan Sarandon's opposition to the war in Iraq mocks the very values that baseball and our country purport to represent. I suppose that Mr. Petroskey would like to bar all of us who oppose the war from Cooperstown as well. As we number in the millions, perhaps this is the only way for him to receive a long overdue lesson in...
  • Sarandon, other anti-war stars fear 'a piling on'

    04/14/2003 8:34:54 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 229 replies · 888+ views
    USA Today ^ | 4/14/03 | Ann Oldenburg and Karen Thomas
    <p>From the Dixie Chicks and Martin Sheen to Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, stars who speak out against President Bush and the war in Iraq are seeing repercussions.</p> <p>"There's a piling on, and we're isolating people. That's just wrong," says Kevin Costner, standing up for "courageous" Bull Durham co-stars Sarandon and Robbins.</p>