MARION COTILLARD - FAMILY GROUP LEADER CALLS FOR COTILLARD TO BE STRIPPED OF OSCAR

The leader of a U.S. family group is calling for Academy Awards bosses to strip MARION COTILLARD of her Oscar - for calling the 9/11 terrorist attacks a fake. Pastor Robert Westman of watchdog group Options was left stunned by comments the French actress made about the collapse of the World Trade Center, which appeared on the internet in the days following her Best Actress Oscar win last month (Feb08). In the piece, which was filmed a year ago (07), Cotillard called the attacks a hoax and claimed the World Trade Center towers were destroyed to avoid costly repairs. Cotillard has since claimed her comments, which were made on French TV show Paris First, Paris Last, were taken out of context - but that's not enough for Pastor Westman. He tells America's the Globe, "Marion Cotillard proves to be just another idiot lefty-actor and ugly French woman trashing America. "She insults our country, calls us serial liars... and then expects us to honour her with an Oscar. Take away her trophy."