Actress Rose McGowan Rapped For Pro-IRA Comments

The Post Chronicle - 18th Sep 2008

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Rose McGowan: The producers of the IRA drama "Fifty Dead Men Walking" have taken the unusual step of distancing themselves from incendiary comments made by the film's star, Rose McGowan.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_212172984.shtml"><b>More</b> Read full story at The Post Chronicle

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Reuters - The producers of the IRA drama "Fifty Dead Men Walking" have taken the unusual step of distancing themselves from incendiary comments made by the film's star, Rose McGowan.

Rose McGowan rapped for pro-IRA comments
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