NEW YORK (Michael Moore Website) - Linda Ronstadt was booed and kicked out of a Las Vegas casino for praising Michael Moore and his film Fahrenheit 9/11 on stage. Before singing " Desperado" for an encore, Ronstadt called Moore a "great American patriot" and "someone who is spreading the truth." She also encouraged the audience at the Aladdin Casino to see the documentary about President George W. Bush. Some of the 4,500 people in attendance stormed out of the theater. People also tore down concert posters and tossed cocktails into the air. "It was a very ugly scene," said the Aladdin president, Bill Timmins. "She praised him and all of a sudden all bedlam broke loose." Timmins, who is British and was watching the show, said that he had not allowed Ronstadt back in her luxury suite afterward and that she had been escorted off the property. Moore released a letter that he intends to send to Timmins, saying: "For you to throw Linda Ronstadt off the premises because she dared to say a few words in support of me and my film, is simply stupid and un-American."
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