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By Michael Cidoni, The Associated Press
Posted: 10/3/08 Section: Diversions
LOS ANGELES - It was movie stars celebrating movies, as Sean Connery, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, Dustin Hoffman and a host of others gathered in Hollywood for the American Film Institute's annual night at the movies.
It was also movie stars voicing concerns for an ailing nation following the Senate's approval Wednesday of the $700 billion economic bailout plan.
"Well, it's great," said Annette Bening, who arrived at ArcLight Hollywood with husband Warren Beatty. "I think we all need to be educated more about why it's important to pass the bailout. And from everything that I understand, it's a way of us moving forward. I'm glad that the Senate did that, and I hope that the House follows."
Bening was at "Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies," which screened 12 classic American films in a single night, to introduce "American Beauty," the Academy Award winner in which she starred with Kevin Spacey.
Jim Carrey, there to introduce "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," walked the media gauntlet with girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, who commented, "People are going to be relieved a little bit that there is going to be some help. But then there is the other side that thinks the rich are only going to get richer."
Added Carrey, "They will figure out a way to consume it. ... I think it's a good thing, temporarily. I don't know in the long run. Who knows? It's kind of a strange thing to take taxpayers' money and be doing that kind of thing with. I don't trust anybody."
Carrey's fellow Canadian, "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" actor Mike Myers, was somewhat reluctant when asked to do some bailout banter. "I have made some comedies and that's how you know me, so . . . I don't know what the etiquette is about one's political beliefs. I am very concerned for people that the economy turn around. ... The strength of democracy is not how well we agree but how well we disagree. The strength of a society is how well we take care of our most disenfranchised."
It was also movie stars voicing concerns for an ailing nation following the Senate's approval Wednesday of the $700 billion economic bailout plan.
"Well, it's great," said Annette Bening, who arrived at ArcLight Hollywood with husband Warren Beatty. "I think we all need to be educated more about why it's important to pass the bailout. And from everything that I understand, it's a way of us moving forward. I'm glad that the Senate did that, and I hope that the House follows."
Bening was at "Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies," which screened 12 classic American films in a single night, to introduce "American Beauty," the Academy Award winner in which she starred with Kevin Spacey.
Jim Carrey, there to introduce "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," walked the media gauntlet with girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, who commented, "People are going to be relieved a little bit that there is going to be some help. But then there is the other side that thinks the rich are only going to get richer."
Added Carrey, "They will figure out a way to consume it. ... I think it's a good thing, temporarily. I don't know in the long run. Who knows? It's kind of a strange thing to take taxpayers' money and be doing that kind of thing with. I don't trust anybody."
Carrey's fellow Canadian, "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" actor Mike Myers, was somewhat reluctant when asked to do some bailout banter. "I have made some comedies and that's how you know me, so . . . I don't know what the etiquette is about one's political beliefs. I am very concerned for people that the economy turn around. ... The strength of democracy is not how well we agree but how well we disagree. The strength of a society is how well we take care of our most disenfranchised."
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