Did you feel something special in the air yesterday? It was former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s first day on the job as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America! Dodd is now Hollywood’s top lobbyist in Washington. It’s an obvious move, since he is known for his traffic-stopping good looks and charisma.
Dodd isn’t just a pretty face, however. He also has sophisticated taste in cinema: He told two McClatchy reporters this week that his favorite movies include “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “On the Waterfront.” What a snooze! It’s hard to imagine safer, more middle-of-the-road choices. Show me an American who doesn’t like “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and I’ll run that person out of town because they are not, in fact, American. Come on, Dodd. How about “Brown Bunny” or “Ishtar”? Let’s spice things up a little!
While we wait for Dodd’s earth-shattering impact to be felt in Hollywood and Washington, let’s take a look at what happened this week in the wonderful world of celebrity political nonsense.
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Susan Sarandon, star of “Elizabethtown” and current girlfriend of a professional ping-pong player (seriously), lashed out at Wisconsin governor Scott Walker during a protest in Madison
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