fred thompson

Republicans Hate Celebrities So Much That They Keep Electing Them

8:40AM Defamer Hollywood | If there’s one class of people that consistently draws the ire of the Republican party, it’s celebrities. Perhaps mindful of the fact that all the cool kids in Hollywood vote Democrat, the GOP is forever on the attack against celebrities, their political views, and all they represent, and John McCain’s attention-getting “Celebrity” ad is just the latest example. Yessir, there’s nothing the Republican party hates more than celebrities. More »

Fundraising Shocker: Fred Thompson Probably Not Going To Squeeze Much Money Out Hollywood

12:37AM Defamer Hollywood | With Law & Order star Fred Thompson’s well-publicised announcement of his presidential candidacy still fresh in everyone’s minds, the LAT’s Cause Cèlebré column takes an opportunity to evaluate the former senator’s prospects for raising some of the seemingly limitless industry cash that rains down from the Southern California sky each time Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama set foot within the Los Angeles city limits. Unsurprisingly, the Times finds that the Republican’s Hollywood fundraising time would be better spent robbing some Famimas at gunpoint rather than waiting around for a gay billionaire to throw him a Malibu beach party: So what’s Thompson to do? Take the show on the road and rake in the dollars elsewhere. The place that made the former Tennessee senator rich as an actor cannot be counted on to pour cash into his presidential run, especially if he’s going around bashing gay marriage and Roe vs. Wade. The minute he comes out strong against embryonic stem cell research – a fervent Hollywood cause – he’ll be banished from every cocktail party north of Sunset Boulevard. More »