I've not seen "A Mighty Heart," the movie made out of Daniel Pearl's death and his widow's book by the same name. In fact, I don't think it opens until June 22, and I haven't seen any reviews yet. But there is certainly a decent amount of advertising for the film and much talk about its coming. Some of this has to do, of course, with Angelina Jolie and with Brad Pitt and with her telling interviewers that she wants seven or thirteen or fourteen children. Another part of the hype is Mariane Pearl whose celebrity status came to her by cultivation. I had a funny feeling about her from the beginning. But I don't know what it really is. But Angelina is one of those frothy Hollywood humanitarians who, trying to look evil in the eye, decides to find the best in everyone. I suppose it was not she who decided to have "an exclusive screening" of the movie, immediately followed by a panel discussion, "Building Unity and Understanding in Today's World." Still, it probably pleased her to have Paramount Vantage organize this Hollywood event, which is being co-sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a seedy outfit treated by me and others in this space (here, here, and here) before. Its ties to certified terror organizations and its hate-Israel agenda make it a strange partner to this "progressive" venture. Which, by the way, is supported by Cafe Intifada, a venue where presumably left-wing Jews meet their Arab counterparts, drinking dark coffee and conjuring up the dark plots the Jewish state is planning against the innocent Palestinian population. The basic strategy of the intifada, first and second, was terror. Now, Hamas, which CAIR supported, has been deploying the same sort of terror against its opponents in Gaza. But Fatah is not innocent of terror against Israelis or Palestinians. These are two terrorists gangs operating against each other. P.S.: I've just read a blog-review of the film by Debbie Schlussel. It strikes me as being more than a bit hysterical. But maybe I don't understand how ingratiating and insipid the makers of this film--Jolie, Pitt and Michael Winterbottom--wanted to be so they could purport to be "Building Unity and Understanding in Today's World." Even the words are bullshit. And the thought is worse.