A new script about the life of former Weather Underground leader William Ayers is making the rounds in Hollywood, and the co-screenwriter hopes that the recent hubbub surrounding Barack Obama’s ties to the Sixties radical will "at least get people …
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October 6th, 2008 · No CommentsPalin ‘trying to keep Fey in business’
October 6th, 2008 · No CommentsAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin joked Monday that her recent gaffes during media interviews were just providing “job security to SNL writers.”
Pointing to her “less than successful interview I had recently with the mainstream media” Palin said, “I …
What voters wear: A battle over dress codes
October 4th, 2008 · No CommentsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.
But it was no laughing matter to the …
Palins’ taxes shows Joe and Jill Six-Pack lifestyle
October 3rd, 2008 · No CommentsSince presidential aspirants began disclosing their tax returns, no candidate has released filings quite like those that Sarah Palin made public Friday afternoon.
The IRS filings, covering 2006 and 2007, bolster the Republican vice-presidential candidate’s frequent assertions about her …
Palin-Biden: Ratings juggernaut?
October 2nd, 2008 · No CommentsIf history repeats, voters will make a final decision at the polls based on the top of the ticket. But for television viewers, the battle of the Democratic and Republican running mates might actually come out on top. …
How to throw a Hollywood fundraiser
October 1st, 2008 · No CommentsWhile this week’s congressional bailout disaster has virtually paralyzed Washington and sent Wall Street into a tailspin, out in sunny, shiny Hollywood, they’re still doing what comes naturally: holding fundraisers for Democratic causes and candidates.
It seems every …
From Hill outsiders to K Street insiders
September 30th, 2008 · No CommentsWhen he began his career in the comptroller’s office of Ohio Bell 40 years ago, Chuck Crowders dreamed of becoming the district manager in charge of filing the phone company’s federal income taxes.
He never imagined he would …
Paul Newman, actor and icon, dead at 83
September 27th, 2008 · No CommentsWorld-renowned actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, whose good-natured charm, rugged masculinity and baby-blue eyes graced classic films including “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Sting,” “Hud,” “The Hustler” and “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid,” died Friday evening at his Connecticut home …
‘W.’ watchers say Brolin’s Bush is uncanny
September 24th, 2008 · No CommentsIf there is anyone in Hollywood who is inundated with politics these days, it is Oliver Stone, who will finish editing his George W. Bush biopic any minute now and is looking forward to a huge publicity push before it …
Politico to expand after election
September 22nd, 2008 · No CommentsPolitico announced a post-election expansion Monday to comprehensively cover the 44th president of the United States, with reporters and editors transitioning from the 2008 election to an intense focus on the politics and policies of the incoming administration. …




