Alright let's just get some news out of the way first: Michael Fassbender is being considered for A Mountain Between Us, a romance/drama about a couple who survives a plane crash and then finds love while battling the Colorado wilderness. Sure, OK. But there's been something on my mind that I really must address.

This has almost everything to do with my feelings towards Chris Brown, which came to a head at the Grammy's this year. I, like many others, found it appalling that someone like Brown was invited to perform not once but twice and eventaully won a Grammy. The fact that society had seemed to forgive Brown for the fact that he really beat the crap out of Rihanna was highly upsetting to me. The fact that Brown never made a sincere apology, the fact that rumors swirl about Rihanna rekindling their romance, the fact that girls out there say they would let Chris Brown beat them...all of this is unsettling and disturbing, a strange picture of how we idolize celebrities these days. 

I'm not naive to think that Brown has been the only celebrity that has hit their signifigant other but I definitely do not think it is a race issue like some people suggest. Rather, I think that the reason why his crime is such a hot button issue is that Rihanna was famous- even more famous than Brown- and celebrity couples are dissected frequently in this world of ours.

SO with all that being said- Michael Fassbender. I have talked about how much I've loved him and how sexy I find him. I have recommended Shame to dozens if not hundreds of people (who reads this site anyway?). I have always thought of him as one of the most talented actors in this generation. I thought all these things without fully knowing that he is also guilty of the same crime that I judge and hate Chris Brown for. That's right, the Michael Fassbender. The man we've all come to fantasize about is a woman beater, and this is inexcusable.

Fassbender's ex-girlfriend claims that after a bender one night he threw her over a chair and broke her nose. Later, during an argument about one of her exes, he dragged her along side a car causing her to twist an ankle, blow out a knee cap and bust an ovarian cyst. 

I haven't found any articles or videos where Fassbender has disputed or apologized for these actions, but this makes no matter. A man should never EVER hit a woman. For that matter (and one that not a lot of people talk about) no one should ever hit anybody. For Christ's sake this isn't the middle ages. Aren't we supposed to solve our problems like adults? I mean, if you're really that angry, take to the internet. That's what everyone else does. 

Is Fassbender an amazing actor? Yes. Aboslutely. Chris Brown is an amazing dancer. These things are irrelevant. In today's world where personality and celebrity are so intertwined we can't just ignore their transgressions, no matter how talented they are. Clearly, these men will continue to work, and they should. But I also don't think I will ever seek out a Michael Fassbender film because of his talent/ attractiveness anymore. I will no longer say "I love Michael Fassbender" even if I think he's a good actor. When men committ crimes like this they should be branded with a scarlett letter. 

I promise you, dear Ologists, that I will no longer refer to Fassbender the way I have in the past. I will post trailers, occasional casting news, stills, etc. But if you want me to remain a fan girl to Fassbender, you are out of luck. For me, this isn't even half the shame that Michael Fassbender deserves.

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wilm jhon: my roomate's mother-in-law makes $87 an hour on the internet. She has been fired for 9 months but last month her income was $21784 just working on the internet for a few hours. Here's the site to read more http://fly26.com

February 15, 2013

wilm jhon: my roomate's mother-in-law makes $87 an hour on the internet. She has been fired for 9 months but last month her income was $21784 just working on the internet for a few hours. Here's the site to read more http://fly26.com

February 15, 2013

Shel Haynes: You may want to check into this a little further. It seems as though there's quite a bit that you don't know. I think that before we go accusing someone or blindly believing the accusations of someone else, we need to get our facts straight.

From a thread on his IMDB message board:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1055413/board/flat/195342140?p=1

"LOOKY LOOKY I like having a subscription to international papers at work.

Post-Michael’s accusation, Irish Sunday Mail did a story/investigation on Leasi Andrews after a few other men stepped forward and said she had falsely accused them of abuse. It’s an interesting read of a very troubled woman. Someone in the article says she has a “persecution” complex and invents situations to get attention.
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Supporters of Fassbender have already pointed out that Miss Andrews sought an order barring Fassbender from approaching within 100 yards of her when he is 9,000km away – and has been for six months.

She also waited almost nine months to demand $20,000 ([euro]16,000) to help cover her medical bills.

What makes these issues doubly intriguing is that they have uncanny parallels with a case Miss Andrews filed 12 years ago against a seedy boyfriend known as the ‘Bill Gates of porn’.

Court documents in America show how she claimed that internet sex mogul Seth Warshavsky ‘choked her during a limousine ride in Las Vegas’ and physically attacked her in front of her six-year-old child.

He hit back in newspaper interviews, claiming her complaints were baseless and filed with dishonest intent. He added that he had continued to be ‘intimate’ with Miss Andrews EVEN AFTER she slapped him with a restraining order and that they even traveled to Hollywood together to attend the MTV Video Music Awards.

Warshavsky claimed she became angry when he took back the car he had given her and ended a business deal they had been planning.

He later fled to Thailand after being investigated by the FBI for fraud on a completely unrelated matter. He could not be reached for comment.

Nor was it the only instance of domestic violence in Miss Andrews’s chequered past. Indeed, much of her history seems to suggest that, either she suffers from a persecution complex -or else she genuinely brings out the worst in men. Regarding the case on Fassbender, LA county Steve Cooley continued the investigation after Andrew's charges were dropped. Two unnamed witnesses were interviewed by victim services of LA county. DA. Cooley concluded, no evidence appeared in statute to require any investigation against the german born-irish actor. The actor gave a ICO.8 statement and no charges were filed."

"In the State of California the DA can prosecute without the victim's cooperation. Even if they drop the charges or refuse to file them. If the DA believes there is enough evidence to pursue a court trial they would have issued an arrest warrant. There was no warrant!"

March 15, 2012

Sharon Tharp: I had no idea anything about this. That's awful!

March 14, 2012

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