Eerie Silence in Hollywood as Anti-War Stars Vanish

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In the weeks leading up to war in Iraq actors Martin Sheen, Mike Farrell, Sean Penn and Janeane Garofalo joined a cast of thousands in a fierce Hollywood resistance played out in protest marches and from the sofas of television talk shows.

But with the war in its waning hours, all is quiet on the western coast -- leading conservatives to suggest that Garofalo and her fellow travelers are in full retreat from a public backlash and feeling chastened by a swift American victory.

Garofalo, working hard on her upcoming ABC sitcom, did not respond to interview requests for this story. But she told the Washington Post last week that her anti-war stance had been a "positive" experience that had helped her career.

"Before this I was a moderately well-known character actress," she told the paper. "Now, I'm almost famous."

A spokeswoman for Penn, who infuriated many Americans by visiting Iraq in December on his own fact-finding mission, said the actor was not granting interviews. Sheen's publicist said the man who plays president on "The West Wing" was "not talking to anybody right now."

Farrell said that the ability of U.S. troops to topple Saddam Hussein's regime in relatively short order has not softened his opposition to the war.

"An illegal war is an illegal war no matter what the result. We'll never know now what could have been achieved through peaceful means."

Prof. Howard Suber, founding director of UCLA's film and television producer's program, said the eerie silence from Hollywood was to be expected once American troops were on the ground in Iraq.

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[j]

Garofalo is the biggest idiot in that bunch. O'Reilly is still waiting for that apology she promised. tic toc tic toc tic toc.....

[OtherHD]

Don't hold your breath j......

[Lindaloo]

Well if she thinks she is famous to the good then boy has she got another thing coming. And also I would like to see O'Relly nail that idiot Michael Moore!!

[streetsoldier]

They're just resting up for the "big push" for the DNC in 2004..."they'll vee bahck!"

[Lindaloo]

Maybe so Bill.... but I highly doubt that the Dems need that type of support, not now nor during the run for Presidency. Those big mouth celebs are damaged goods.

[ColdFront77]

I should be glad [and I am] that I am not one for going to the movies.

[chadtm80]

O'Reilly is still waiting for that apology she promised

I think Bill needs to play that promise clip at the begining of every episode till she does.. Hey, she promised....

[bfez1]

Next she'll be saying when she promised she had her fingers crossed.

[Lindaloo]

Next she'll be saying when she promised she had her fingers crossed.

You may be on to something there. hee hee

[WidreMann]

At first I thought the title was "...anti-Star Wars". Now if I had seen that about 6 years ago, I would have been very angry as I was a big Star Wars fan, but now that I have trouble not laughing whenever Luke says anything, the reaction was different.

[southerngale]

At first I thought the title was "...anti-Star Wars".

lol

[pawlee]

vanished stars... did anyone try looking in the caves?