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[poondu]

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/28/stone.karma.ap/index.html

Sharon Stone films banned in China after 'karma' comment

     
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sharon Stone's "karma" comment is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.


Actress Sharon Stone suggested last week that the May 12 earthquake could have been the result of bad karma.

 The 50-year-old actress suggested last week that the devastating May 12 earthquake in China could have been the result of bad karma over the government's treatment of Tibet. That prompted the founder of one of China's biggest cinema chains to say his company would not show her films in his theaters, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.

"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," Stone said Thursday during a Cannes Film Festival red-carpet interview with Hong Kong's Cable Entertainment News. "And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"

Ng See-Yuen, founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, called Stone's comments "inappropriate," adding that actors should not bring personal politics to comments about a natural disaster that has left five million Chinese homeless, according to the Reporter.

UME has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, China's biggest urban movie markets.

During the brief interview, which has also surfaced on YouTube, Stone also said she cried when she received a letter from the Tibetan Foundation asking her to help quake victims.

"They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry," she said. "It was a big lesson to me that sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who aren't nice to you."

Stone's words created a swell of anger on the Internet, including at least one Chinese Web site devoted solely to disparaging her comments.

"To Sharon Stone's comment, it's unlikely that we will respond," said a woman who answered the phone at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. She refused to give her name or position.

After-hours phone calls and email to a representative for Stone were not immediately returned Tuesday night.

According to the Web-based database imdb.com, Stone has at least four movies coming up between now and 2010, including "Streets of Blood," "Five Dollars a Day" and "The Year of Getting to Know Us."

[LosingNow]

sharon who?

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one-movie wonder!

[inoc]

sharon who?

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one-movie wonder!

haha

flash in the pan (in a cameraman's terminology)

[RicePlateReddy]

sharon who?

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one-movie wonder!

Which movie are you referring to  ? Her role as 'Ginger' in Casino was stellar and aptly, she won the best actress golden globe and bagged an oscar nomination for actress in a leading role.

She converted to Buddhism thanks to Richard Gere, and her anger against Buddhist persecution obviously had something to do with this intemperate and stupid remark.

[ruchir]

sharon who?

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one-movie wonder!

Which movie are you referring to  ? Her role as 'Ginger' in Casino was stellar and aptly, she won the best actress golden globe and bagged an oscar nomination for actress in a leading role.

She converted to Buddhism thanks to Richard Gere, and her anger against Buddhist persecution obviously had something to do with this intemperate and stupid remark.

Have you seen Basic Instinct or Sliver?

[RicePlateReddy]

Have you seen Basic Instinct or Sliver?

Yes I have. I don't agree that she is a one movie wonder. Hence my mention of Casino.

[ruchir]

Oh, she wasn't actually a one movie wonder. I didn't pay attention to the quote within your quote. 

[cricinfo]

Have you seen Basic Instinct or Sliver?

Yes I have. I don't agree that she is a one movie wonder. Hence my mention of Casino.

i have seen more of her to NOT to call her one-movie wonder .
I saw this one just a couple of weeks back,though she is not the main actor in it  but has a very good role and she does justice to it

The Mighty

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/

[flamy]

Have you seen Basic Instinct or Sliver?

Yes I have. I don't agree that she is a one movie wonder. Hence my mention of Casino.

i have seen more of her to NOT to call her one-movie wonder .
I saw this one just a couple of weeks back,though she is not the main actor in it  but has a very good role and she does justice to it

The Mighty

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/

Tell me more! 

[LosingNow]

Have you seen Basic Instinct or Sliver?

Yes I have. I don't agree that she is a one movie wonder. Hence my mention of Casino.

Ok... i will add Casino..the resume is thin for the noise she is making