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6. He broke the Hollywood Blacklist with the simple decision to give Dalton Trumbo credit. . .

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 12:11 AM

Dec 2013

for writing Spartacus.

It would have been nice had he been able to give Trumbo back his lost years, but that's maybe too much to ask of a ragman's son. Good enough that he freed a generation of talent from its exile.

Wonder how many playgrounds he and his wife have built and restored so far? Last I heard, they'd finished their 401st. But that was two or three years ago.

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Kirk Douglas - Wishes On His 97th Birthday [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2013 OP

Great actor. Great man. Aristus Dec 2013 #1

k&r... spanone Dec 2013 #2

sounds good to me Mr. Douglas SummerSnow Dec 2013 #3

Would have been perfect IF he had left out the part about tobacco Tx4obama Dec 2013 #4

Meh, nobody (except those already addicted) needs that shit anyway. Smoke weed instead! nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #39

Excellent thoughts. Thanks. nt freshwest Dec 2013 #5

He broke the Hollywood Blacklist with the simple decision to give Dalton Trumbo credit. . . Journeyman Dec 2013 #6

Come visit Grand Juncton, Colorado and see the terrific bronze statue of Dalton Trumbo. colorado_ufo Dec 2013 #14

I've been there, taken many photos of the statue. . . Journeyman Dec 2013 #16

Even this movie? Archae Dec 2013 #7

Damn. Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #8

Oh wow, Happy Bday Kirk! darkangel218 Dec 2013 #9

Wishes worth repeating... TeeYiYi Dec 2013 #10

Beautiful wishes. Reflects a good person and a life well lived. loudsue Dec 2013 #11

heard about natalie wood and this man disgusts me now... nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

You are a real piece of work. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2013 #19

i know it is hands off polanski, dsk, and assange. i did not know we hero worshipped this man seabeyond Dec 2013 #25

He disgusts me too, sea. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #20

What did he do to Natalie Wood? whathehell Dec 2013 #24

google kirk douglas and natalie wood. i do not know how we pretend to unknow things. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #26

Yeah, I guess I could have done that in the first place whathehell Dec 2013 #27

absolutely not. you asked. others are not only not asking, but telling me to shut the fuck up. lol seabeyond Dec 2013 #28

Because, no one ........... ever polly7 Dec 2013 #29

do you know he changed for the better? does he even acknowledge or apologize for a brutal rape? seabeyond Dec 2013 #30

"And nobody told you to stfu." so, i am allowed to be disgusted by the man? thank you. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #31

Okay, thanks...I read the story, and yes, it's hideously sickening.. whathehell Dec 2013 #32

it was also a time when men raping had the right, privilege, entitlement to rape. girls and women seabeyond Dec 2013 #33

----- whathehell Dec 2013 #34

all kinds of reasons i can think of. but mostly, she was really messed up. look at today, seabeyond Dec 2013 #35

I'm actually talking about her family members, the people around her...They say "never say never" whathehell Dec 2013 #36

a football player in florida. seabeyond Dec 2013 #37

Bullshit story - Don't believe everything you read in tabloids or the Internet Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2013 #41

This is a man.(NT) The Wizard Dec 2013 #13

Wonderful malaise Dec 2013 #15

I'm glad Kirk Douglas is still with us. Kirk Douglas does not disgust me. NBachers Dec 2013 #17

lol Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #21

God, his mind at 97 is sharper than mine. Kablooie Dec 2013 #18

I saw Lust for Life for the first time not too long ago. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2013 #22

I am Kirk Douglas Berlum Dec 2013 #23

My parents named me after this man. Systematic Chaos Dec 2013 #38

He must be a Democrat! Auntie Bush Dec 2013 #40