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"The Passion of the Christ" (search) was one of the top-grossing films of 2004, yet it has been totally ignored by the Golden Globes and doesn't prominently appear in most mainstream critics "Best of 2004" lists either. Instead, for its "Best Film" nominees, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association chose to honor a movie about a kindly abortionist ("Vera Drake"), a sex researcher ("Kinsey") and euthanasia ("The Sea Inside.") No wonder then that mainstream America feels totally out of touch with Hollywood. And what about the producers, directors, actors and writers with conservative beliefs who live and work in the belly...

LOS ANGELES — The 2000 film "The Contender" (search) featured Gary Oldman as a memorably sleazy Republican congressman. But according to the film's producer, that was not how the esteemed British actor played the role. "He played a very interesting and complex character who happened to be a conservative in the movie," Douglas Urbanski said. According to movie critic Michael Medved, Oldman's character was tweaked after the cameras stopped rolling. "They were told that Gary Oldman's character would be sort of a sympathetic conservative character. A leader in the House of Representatives. And when you actually see the finished film,...