THE INTERSECTION OF HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS CELEBRITY ACTIVISTS and POLITICAL PUNDITS FACE OFF

THE INTERSECTION OF HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS

CELEBRITY ACTIVISTS and POLITICAL PUNDITS FACE OFF

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS (April 15, 2005):  Broadcast Decency – the volatile issue headlining the national agenda – is a featured topic at today’s 2005 Creative Coalition/Harvard Law School Forum, The Intersection of Hollywood and Politics:  Celebrity Activism on Capitol Hill.

From the Emmy Award-winning The McLaughlin GroupLAWRENCE O’DONNELL Jr. moderates this “all star” line up of Hollywood’s leading activistsMATTHEW MODINE and CADY HUFFMAN in a dialogue with national opinion leaders and political pundits ARIANNA HUFFINGTON and NORM ORNSTEIN.

DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

WHAT:

THE INTERSECTION OF HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS

Produced by The Creative Coalition for the Harvard Law School                             Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law

WHO:              LAWRENCE O’DONNELL Jr. (The McLaughlin Group, The

                        West Wing, MSNBC); MATTHEW MODINE (Memphis Belle, Full

                        Metal Jacket, Le Divorce); CADY HUFFMAN (The Producers, Curb

                        Your Enthusiasm); ARIANNA HUFFINGTON (Syndicated

Columnist); NORM ORNSTEIN (CBS News Election Analyst)

WHERE:  Ames Courtroom (Harvard Campus)

1515 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

WHEN:   Friday, April 15, 2005

2:45 pm  Press Call/Photo Ops

:00 pm  Event

The 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

YOestreich@thecreativecoalition.org