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| A Political Look at Hollywood |
| 2004-07-13 |
| MoveOn.org has been busy recruiting celebrities to help get President Bush tossed out of the White House. MoveOnâs political action committee, MoveOnPac, has amassed big-name Hollywood troops to produce campaign ads attacking Bush and assisting John Kerry. Rob Reiner will direct an ad written by âWest Wingâ creator Aaron Sorkin. Literary mudslinger Al Franken is writing copy. Comic Margaret Cho is writing and directing a piece, Danny Glover is set to make a splash, Alicia Silverstone is planning an appearance, and Woody Harrelson is scripting and directing a spot, according to reports. Thereâs even going to be an animated bit that uses the voices of Kevin Bacon, Ed Asner and Scarlett Johansson. The ads will supposedly be tested on focus groups, and MoveOn will then determine the best timing and location for each bitter broadcast. The Left Coast Report thinks, with the mock-umentaries and crock-udramas that Hollywood has been turning out lately, itâs clear that theyâre well practiced in the art of making campaign ads. DNC Blogger Booboo Some Democratic National Convention planners had a hip, trendy inspiration. Instead of inviting only the usual media types to their Beantown fest, they thought it might be cool to also beckon some Internet bloggers. So they thought theyâd throw an elite bloggersâ breakfast and serve convention credentials with their pancakes. A problem arose, though, because Dems gave out more credentials than they had allotted space for. This placed inclusive Dems in the sticky position of having to exclude some folks who had already been invited. Some bloggers with a conservative orientation lost their credentials and are frustrated and a bit suspicious. The Left Coast Report suggests that Republicans throw a brunch of their own, for slighted bloggers. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |