Saturday, September 20, 2008

Free Katie

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Anonymous protesters try to "Free Katie!" on Broadway

By Emily Guendelsberger
THE FACES of the Anonymous protesters may be familiar to Philadelphians: Hundreds of them at a time have turned up in Center City over the past year to hold demonstrations against Scientology. Their uniform usually involves a mask, often a smiling Guy Fawkes mask a la "V for Vendetta."

It's unlikely that the masked faces that turned up at the Broadway debut of Katie Holmes Thursday night are the same as our own hometown weirdos-with-a-cause (the Anonymous group has held protests in dozens of cities). But it was still pretty deja vu for SatTatt, who happened to wander through Anonymous' Philly demonstration in February.

The masked protesters chanted "Scientology kills!" and waved "Free Katie!" signs outside a preview performance of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," in which Katie Holmes plays the role of Miss Ballyhoo.

Holmes' husband and noted Scientologist, Tom Cruise, was in the audience and reportedly hugged Dustin Hoffman, but did not engage the protesters.

John Lithgow stars in the revival, which opens Oct. 16.

Hasselbeck to move to Fox?

It must be the John Edwards scoop, because it seems that lately the media is taking the National Enquirer . . . well, let's say with only a grain of salt, rather than a snow shovel.

That being said, the Enquirer reports that Barbara Walters, doyenne of "The View," and often-bullied young conservative View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck are so at odds lately that Hasselbeck is . . . wait for it . . . considering taking an anchor job at Fox News.

Although SatTatt does not agree with Hasselbeck's views and generally finds her fairly shrill and uninformed, she still feels that it would be a great justice if Hasselbeck got to go from being pushed around by four outspoken left-wing ladies to pushing around liberal scapegoats of her own at Fox. Maybe they'll even give her her very own Alan Colmes! *

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