MAKING A DIFFERENCE: WHEN HOLLYWOOD MEETS CAPITOL HILL
with
Harry Shearer and Lawrence O’Donnell Jr.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS (May 4, 2006): This Thursday evening The Creative Coalition hosts a dialogue event with the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law featuring actor/comedian and the voice of many characters from The Simpsons Harry Shearer (This Is Spinal Tap,Break Like the Wind, Best in Show) and writer/producer/actor, political pundit and Harvard alum Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. (The West Wing, Big Love, The McLaughlin Group).
From 9/11 to Katrina to Darfur, Hollywood’s role in public policy is perennially desired, debated and sometimes even disputed. The evening’s program provides an insider look at the good, the bad, and the underbelly of Hollywood and politics; and the politics of Hollywood.
DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WHO:
Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. (The West Wing, Big Love, The McLaughlin Group and served as Senior Advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1989 until 1992).
Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Best in Show, Break Like the Wind, This Is Spinal Tap)
WHAT:
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: WHEN HOLLYWOOD MEETS CAPITOL HILL
WHERE:
Harvard Law School
Austin West
Austin Hall – First Floor
1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
WHEN:
Wednesday Evening, May 4, 2006
6:45 pm Press Call/Photo Ops
7:00 pm Event
THIS IS A SOLD-OUT EVENT. PRESS MUST BE CREDENTIALED. To schedule an interview or photo op, please contact Yael Oestreich, The Creative Coalition’s Manager of Special Projects, at (212) 614-2527 oryoestreich@thecreativecoalition.org.
The Harvard Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law is a student-run organization at Harvard Law School that sponsors events and symposiums on sports and entertainment law. CSEL’s faculty advisor is Professor Paul Weiler, the author of numerous books on sports and entertainment law.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Yael Oestreich
(212) 614-2527 (310)600-6999