Well, this looks terrible. And, uh, Lloyd Bentsen as George H.W. Bush, that’s very inspired casting. The Laura Bush and Condi Bush Rice actors/characters look like they might be semi-believable, and that’s about it. Terrible soundtrack. Just looks terrible, all around. Of course, no biopic could ever compare with the rancid stupid tragedy that is the life of George W. Bush, who should have been cremated at birth. UPDATE: This one appears to work, for now. [YouTube]

The Los Angeles Times reports that Oliver Stone is still working on his terrible W biopic, which will include his signature “twist ending” in which the hero is assassinated by the CIA. This movie is a guaranteed epic tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, with Elizabeth Banks as Queen Gertrude.

One of the more awful aspects of this $30 million dollar abortion is that it features a “baseball-oriented fantasy framing device.” Also, Oliver Stone says, “We are trying to walk in the footsteps of W and try to feel like he does, to try to get inside his head.” So we are forced to conclude this movie will basically be like Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl, except on a baseball field. [LAT]

From showbiz magazine Entertainment Weekly, here is an actor named “Josh Brolin” just after he got the sad news that he has to play the “Will Farrell” character in Oliver Stone’s new movie about the George W. Bush Jr. assassination cover-up. [EW]

A version of the screenplay for Oliver Stone’s new movie about George W. Bush — the working title is “W.” — has been floating around the news recently, and most people are curious as to whether it’s a joke. Tough call. On one hand, it is campy and politically over-the-top; on the other, it is post-1992 Oliver Stone film, like Alexander or Nixon. Slate read the script and picked out some choice moments, and one of them involves America’s president describing himself as a rabbit in a “carrot patch.” But who doesn’t? MORE »

Last week was fun for Condi fans, but not so much fun for Condoleezza herself. She got dragged around by Bush on his farewell lap around NATO, and she had some laffs with George, but mostly was kind of a fifth wheel. Back home, the rest of us got to enjoy hot new Condicising photos and we finally learned who’s playing Madame Secretary in Oliver Stone’s Bush movie. Find out who the lucky actress is after the jump!

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Beloved filmmaker Oliver Stone hasn’t done anything interesting since 1963, when he made the “Zapruder Film” that showed how JFK was killed by the Conspiracy. Now the veteran director is taking on the story of another person who lived in the White House: the president of freedom, George W. Bush. Not even a Leonard Cohen soundtrack or Tommy Lee Jones playing a mincing New Orleans homosexual could make this movie not suck. MORE »

*OLIVER STONE TO MAKE BUSH MOVIE IN 3… 2… 1…:* Famous Bush hater and Hollywood director Oliver Stone will direct Bush, a biopic of the current president, as his next film — with Josh Brolin in the title role. OH NO, JOSH BROLIN. [Variety]

Hollywood glossy Fade In has entered the political slipstream with celebrity one-on-one interviews with presidential candidates. In its current issue, the mag teams Gigli star Ben Affleck with Hillary Clinton, grinning coke monkey Oliver Stone and John (His hair was perfect) Edwards, and Bermudian Michael Douglas with the overlooked and understated Bill Richardson. Celebrities and Politicians? Hmmm…if only we could tap that sort of synergy! We could, like, launch a magazine named after a president or something. MORE »

* You can take Michelle Obama out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of her. [The Hill]
* Photo of Christopher Hitchens posing with Family Research Council replaced with dead kitty in HuffPo prank/web etiquette lesson. [Evangelical Outpost]
* Andrew Sullivan gets his giant neck twisted around. [Heading Right]
* Pissed off mil-vloggers rant about censorship while chewing, spitting ‘backy. [Blackfive]
* Right-wing anger scores another Lindsay Lohan movie for your next trip across the pond. [Hotair]
* Walnuts! changes crazy trains, from Iraq to Gay. [The Carpetbagger Report]
* Oliver Stone produces ad for MoveOn, he thinks. [Election Central]

Finally realizing the true horror of his crime — another shitty Nicholas Cage movie — director Oliver Stone is trying to get back on liberals’ good side by denouncing Bush and the Iraq War. MORE »

From the maudlin Oliver Stone movie nobody wanted to see to the Jack Chick-style Slate comix nobody wants to read, the 9/11 5th Anniversary juggernaut of dubious entertainment just keeps coming. MORE »