Dust-Up: Hollywood political values
It’s fall in Hollywood, and that can only mean two things -- a bunch of Oscar-hunting movies with heavy political messages, and cash-cow fundraisers for presidential candidates from both parties. All week long, David Ehrenstein, blogger and author of “Open Secret: Gay Hollywood--1928-2000,†debates Hollywood politics with Andrew Breitbart, new media impresario and co-author of “Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity.â€
