Jodie is standing up for Mel

Loyalty.

September 22, 2010 at 4:14PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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AP photo (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

That's not how it's supposed to go. You're supposed to flee behind reps who issue "No comments" or just stop returning calls or change the subject. This is why some people respect Ms. Foster more than, say, some Hollywood figures who would drug their mother and sell the sex tape to Vivid if it meant getting a role in a Clooney pic. But one of the big serious ones. Not the ones with those Coen brothers. They're great but no one sees them.

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