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NEWS ABOUT: The West Wing

The West Wing stories: 6 news summaries
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 Best TV Series of the '00s 

Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, HBO prominently featured

Nov 13, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - From the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen), the long-running (No. 8, Lost) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s:
  • No. 1, The Wire: This drama “unfolded like
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entertainment • television • Lost • The Office • The Sopranos • TV shows • Arrested Development • Judd Apatow • The Wire • TV series • Battlestar Galactica • The West Wing • Friday Night Lights • Undeclared • Wonder Showzen • Freaks and Geeks

 Please Stop Covering 
 'Hallelujah': Leonard Cohen 

After 181 recorded versions, singer-songwriter thinks its time for a break

Jul 10, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonard Cohen is tired of people covering “Hallelujah.” “I was reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said, ‘Can we please have a moratorium on ‘Hallelujah’ in movies and television shows?’ and I kind of feel the same... More »

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music • song • Leonard Cohen • Scrubs • The West Wing • cover song • Watchmen

OBITUARY

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 Ron Silver Dead at 62 

West Wing star became staunch Bush supporter

Mar 16, 09 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Silver, the award-winning actor who became an outspoken supporter of George W. Bush late in his career, died yesterday of esophageal cancer at age 62. As the Los Angeles Times writes, Silver won a Tony for his role in David Mamet's play Speed-the-Plow and won acclaim as campaign strategist... More »

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obituary • actor • esophageal cancer • The West Wing

  Strap In, 'Rahmbo': 
  Bush's Ex-Chief 

Andy Card explains how to survive in the White House

Nov 7, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel will have to delegate and be decisive, President Bush's first chief of staff tells Newsweek. But there's more: Serving as President Obama's go-to guy will be "a 24/7 job" that requires sensitivity to "the psychology, emotions and needs of the president beyond policy."... More »

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White House • Andrew Card • Rahm Emanuel • The West Wing • President Obama • chief of staff

 West Wing Writers 
 Get Election Déjà Vu 

Politics imitates fiction imitating politics in closing days of the 2008 race

Oct 30, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A minority Democratic candidate battling an older Republican maverick in an election overshadowed by national crisis sounds pretty familiar to the makers of The West Wing—who wrote that script 4 years ago. As the 2008 race enters the home stretch, the parallels between it and The West Wing's final... More »

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television • Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008 • The West Wing

West Wing Actors Agree: McCain Didn't Vote for Bush

They back up Huffington's account from a dinner party

May 9, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two actors from TV’s “West Wing” say John McCain did indeed claim at a party that he didn't vote for George Bush in 2000. The candidate angrily denied the charge when Arianna Huffington made it earlier this week, but now Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff are adding their... More »

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John McCain • Arianna Huffington • George W. Bush • The West Wing

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