Oh Sharon! :lmao: :manson:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7423089.stm

Sharon Stone has sparked criticism in China after claiming the recent earthquake could have been the result of bad "karma".

The US actress, speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, linked the recent disaster to Beijing's policy on Tibet.

She said: "I thought, 'Is that karma?' When you are not nice, bad things happen to you."

But Stone added she "cried" after the Tibetan Foundation asked her to help quake victims.

Stone, 50, said: "They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry.

"It was a big lesson to me that sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who aren't nice to you."


Stone made her comments last week in a brief interview with a Hong Kong film crew.

"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," Stone said, according to footage widely available on the internet.

"And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma?"

Ng See-Yuen, founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, called Stone's comments "inappropriate".

According to a story in trade magazine Hollywood Reporter, he vowed not to show Stone's films in his theatres.

UME has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, China's biggest urban movie markets.

Stone's comments also created a swell of anger on the internet, including at least one Chinese website devoted solely to disparaging her comments.

The Beijing Times also reported that some major Beijing department stores had removed advertisements for cosmetic and couture giant Christian Dior, which feature Stone's image.

The earthquake struck south-west China on 12 May, leaving 68,109 people dead, with another 19,851 still missing.

She's got a point.

Oh come off it. That's an insane point of view. What an absolutely terrible (not to mention stupid) thing to say.

Dumb fucking bitch

What an ignorant thing to say. She wants to get out of her ivory tower and get a reality check, stupid bitch.

What a stupid bitch

I mean can you imagine how Americans would have reacted of a Chinese actress had said that Hurricane Katrina was a result of karma from US behaviour in Iraq?

Well if you believe in karma it could make sense. It's still a very insensitve thing to say, though.

There are so many Chinese anyway so who cares.

All these people who are shallow but still need something to fill the void in their lives and than turn to buddhism need to fuck off.

Well, if Sharon believes in karma, she'd better prepare herself for a shiteload for inflicting "Basic Instinct 2" on us.

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

:lmao:

That was a WONDERFUL film. And please respect its brilliance by using its full title:

Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction.

It was hilarious!

Stone 'sorry' for quake remarks

Actress Sharon Stone has been dropped by cosmetics firm Christian Dior from its Chinese adverts following remarks she made about the recent earthquake.

The firm's Chinese office also issued a statement attributed to Stone, in which she apologised for saying the disaster could have been the result of "karma".

In it, Stone said she was "deeply sorry" that her remarks, made in a TV interview last week, caused anguish.

The quake struck south-west China on 12 May, and has claimed 68,000 lives.

Stone, 50, models for Christian Dior, and the company's Shanghai office issued her apology.

"Due to my inappropriate words and acts during the interview, I feel deeply sorry and sad about hurting Chinese people," the statement said.

"I am willing to take part in the relief work of China's earthquake, and wholly devote myself to helping affected Chinese people."

Dior's China branch also distanced itself from Stone's remarks.

"We don't agree with her hasty, unreflecting remarks and we deeply regret them," it said in a Chinese-language statement.

"We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people's feelings."

Stone made the controversial remarks at the Cannes Film Festival last week, leading to pledges by some Chinese cinemas not to show her films.

"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," Stone told a Hong Kong TV crew.

"And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, 'is that karma - when you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?'"

Around 20,000 people are still missing following the earthquake, with five million left homeless.

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So true!

Oh, I'm not denying its entertainment value ... but it pish is still pish, even if you can hoot at it.

And, ACTUALLY, the "Risk Addiction" sub-title was binned before release. In the UK and the US, at least. Not sure what happened in the 'Dam!

I think Madonna slipped her some tainted Kabbalah water.

Basic Instinct 2 RULES! Anytime it's on, I can't help but watch. It is so campy fun!!!