Hillary Is Boffo in Hollywood

Lessons learned from last year's Prop 8 fight will need to be applied

(NEWSER) - For those who believe Hollywood came too late to California’s “No on Prop 8” party during last year’s election, yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to uphold the voter-approved ban on gay marriage brings a question: Will Tinseltown get it right this time around? “I think the message of today’s decision is we have to tone down the rhetoric and start building some bridges,” publicist Howard Bragman tells Variety. More»

Amount owed from former business deal may have diminished with economy

(NEWSER) - Bill Clinton has called it quits with Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos, walking away from a payment once estimated at up to $20 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton began distancing himself from Yucaipa in 2007 as Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House heated up, and continued to do so when multimillion-dollar donations to his charitable foundation by foreign leaders became an issue during her Senate confirmation for secretary of State. More»

Vanity Fair spots the stains on Teflon Bill’s retirement clothes

(NEWSER) - As Hillary’s campaign staggers to a close, a professional Clinton-watcher shines the flashlight back into a familiar face—her husband’s. Bill has had a checkered ex-presidency, Todd Purdum reports in Vanity Fair, as a phalanx of former aides spills about girlfriends (including, maybe, Walter Mondale’s daughter), cash, "cavernous narcissism," and a coterie of dubious friends and associates. More»

Two can play at remixing Nicholson roles

(NEWSER) - Director Rob Reiner had some fun remixing some of Jack Nicholson’s notable performances into a comic Hillary Clinton endorsement video, but it was barely in circulation yesterday before a Daily Kos blogger demonstrated that it was a game two could play. The Hillary video includes clips of Jack’s A Few Good Men character seeming to laud her experience, ending with “There’s nothing on this earth sexier … than a woman you have to salute in the morning.” More»

Director Reiner among key pieces of Hillary's defeat of Obama

(NEWSER) - Hillary Clinton won the California primary on the strength of deep relationships with the state’s entertainment, Silicon Valley, and Hispanic communities, reports the Washington Post. Four figures that fought to tip the scales her way:

• Filmmaker Rob Reiner worked full-time for Hillary, holding a $500,000 fundraiser for her and making a video for her that was viewed a million times.