Award Dispute; Hubris; FilmWeek
Award Dispute
Next month the LA County Human Relations Committee is planning to honor Dr. Maher Hatout, senior advisor to the Muslim Public Affairs Council and Chairman of the Islamic Center of Southern California with its annual humanitarian award. But some Jewish groups have vehemently objected to the selection, accusing Dr. Hatout of being a radical disguised as a moderate and using Hatout's owns words as evidence of his extremism. Larry Mantle discusses the intense controversy surrounding Dr. Hatout's qualifications for the prestigious humanitarian award.
Hubris
Who was really behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq? Larry talks with Michael Isikoff co-author of the new book, Hubris, which takes readers behind the scenes at the White House, the CIA, and Pentagon, the State Department, and Congress to answer questions on how the U.S. came to invade Iraq.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including The Black Dahlia, The Last Kiss, Everyone's Hero, Haven, The Ground Truth, My Country, My Country, and The U.S. Vs. John Lennon.
Just back from Canada, Henry reports on the Toronto International Film Festival.