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Convergence: Life imitates Art: Deep Throat Goes Hollywood
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:10:39 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ted Nelson <tandm () xanadu net> Date: June 13, 2005 7:43:57 PM EDT To: dave () farber netCc: tandm () xanadu net, Larry Braun <Humor-List () pacbell net>, walter.strong () halcyon360 com, DickHeiser () aol com, nk () natkuhn com, eriknelson2002 () yahoo com, RalphNelson () SterlingRiver com, Charles Harris <xchar () worldnet att net>, elliot () bigzig com, sw () tiac net, limor.shifman () oii ox ac uk
Subject: Convergence: Life imitates Art: Deep Throat Goes Hollywood Dave, Those who were predicting Media Convergence didn't realize the real convergence would be between politics and Hollywood (Pollywood?) Reagan, Schwartzenegger, war as disinfotainment... Now below, in the news, Watergate informer "Deep Throat" (W. Mark Felt, former #2 man at the FBI) has decided to cash in. He and his family will be represented by top Hollywood agency CAA. So what next? Will we see "All the President's Men II", where Nixon rises from the grave with supernatural powers? Or here's a movie pitch-- while the #2 man at the FBI was leading Woodward and Bernstein by the nose, what did Hoover know? And when did he know it ?-) As the old saying goes, "A man lives his life first as tragedy, then as comedy." Best, Ted =====fromhttp://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp? id=86925&cat=Entertainment
... The Los Angeles Times reported that the family of W. Mark Felt -- who confirmed last week that he was the source of crucial insider leaks for Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein -- has signed with CAA, and is looking for movie or TV deals.CAA confirmed that it will represent Felt's family. The paper said the deal also includes John O'Connor, the attorney who wrote the Vanity Fair article revealing Felt as the mysterious source of information that helped pave the
way for former U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.Felt was the deputy director of the FBI during the Watergate investigation.
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