Speech! Speech! Hollywood and its reaction to Humanitarian crisises or How Larry David and Angelina Jolie saved the world

By at 17 July, 2008, 3:00 pm

This past Sunday I gave a speech to the Hadassah Associates who are, for the most part, the husbands of the members of Hadassah. Hadassah is holding its annual convention in Los Angeles this year, and I was addressing the group after they had visited the Museum of Tolerance at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. My […]

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A Tourist in Hollywood

By at 22 February, 2008, 12:09 pm

Last Friday, my daughter had the day off from school, and I had an errand to run in Hollywood (I needed to pick up a new press pass from the LA Press Club), so she came with me, lured by the promise of some Hollywood sight-seeing.     We had a specific mission: my daughter wanted […]

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HOLLYWOOD COMES ALIVE FOR THE DEBATE

By at 1 February, 2008, 8:34 am

    Last night, the Kodak Theater in Hollywood was the site for the Democratic Presidential debate. Hollywood Boulevard was closed between Highland and Orange Avenue. There was quite a scene outside. CNN had set up a large operation and there were many protesters mostly against the War in Iraq. The picture below was taken from […]

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Catching up with The New Yorker — Scientology, Google & Scrap

By at 16 January, 2008, 1:07 pm

The January 14, 2008 issue of the New Yorker was a particularly strong issue (I’m still catching up on my  New Yorkers), with interesting articles by Dana Goodyear on the Scientology Celebrity Center, Ken Auletta on Google and John Seabrook on the scrap metal business (not available in full on line –it is a long […]

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