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...ensemble drama heads to its season finale next week (Wednesday, 9 p.m. E.T.), creator and writer Aaron Sorkin has proved that dealing with public policy doesn't mean ratings hell. The characters--President Josiah Bartlet, a liberal Democrat played by Martin Sheen; chief of staff Leo McGarry, played by John Spencer; and a clutch of earnest young staff members--have wrestled with school vouchers, the Pentagon's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, even the debate over using statistical sampling to improve the Census. "Make the Census interesting, who'd have thought?" says (real) White House spokesman...
...names--from Bernbaum Professor of Literature Leo Damrosch to Professor of History William E. Gienapp--choose the classroom over summer-time research...
...always hustling for new ways to promote the cause. When Hayes, the chief organizer of Earth Day 2000, wanted a headliner host for his April 22 rally in Washington for clean energy, he landed a star of Titanic proportions: LEONARDO DICAPRIO. By signing up to help save the planet, Leo joins a distinguished list of notables who have used their celebrity to draw attention to environmental issues. TV actor TED DANSON founded the American Oceans Campaign, Academy Award winner SUSAN SARANDON is an avid supporter of Mark Plotkin's Amazon Conservation Team, STING throws an annual rain-forest benefit concert...
Professor of Chinese Literature Leo Ou-fan Lee, also a member of CES, said consolidating student and faculty efforts is crucial in confronting the administration with their request for the creation of an ethnic studies concentration...
...Saturday's SNL that'll spoof Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John -- and there's a nasty little rumor that Celine Dion might come out of retirement for one last show... Who will play Spiderman? Director Sam Raimi is casting the picture for Columbia and rumors suggest that either Leo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger or Jude Law will don the red and blue skintight suit. Ledger is getting buzz for his performance alongside Mel Gibson in next month's The Patriot, but I'm betting on Law to score the webslinging role... I'm thinking of adapting Showgirls into a musical...