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...trolling for celebrities to fill the space between Michael Beschloss segments. All but PBS, which wouldn't air Melissa Etheridge singing "America the Beautiful" but did air a slick DNC video about a welfare mother who opened her own business - that, apparently, does not count as a packaged showbiz event...
...riff on the shocking predictability of political conventions and the importance of Gary Smith. At age 65, with 24 Emmy awards and four decades' experience with TV specials and variety shows, Smith has served as executive producer for Democratic conventions since 1988, when he began renting out his considerable showbiz expertise to a tradition that was, even then, wearing thin. That was the year he updated the look of the convention with an imposing wall of video screens behind the podium. In 1996 he recruited Christopher Reeve for one of the campaign season's loveliest moments. In the year...
Sources: Gallup; USA Today; Mr. Showbiz; NARAS; Guinness Book of World Records
...result of his showbiz experience, Brian has developed a heightened insight into and appreciation for advertisements in general, as well as camaraderie with fellow underdog extras, for whom he finds himself cheering when watching television. He also believes his career prepared him for life at Harvard: "I have the ability to be in front of a lot of people and be comfortable doing something normal...or something stupid...
...underneath her lip during the cover shoot for "Baby One More Time," Marky Mark's got a third nipple, Liv Tyler and Jennifer Love Hewitt both have chicken pox scars, the list just keeps going. Need a reading period self-esteem booster? Check it out for another lesson in showbiz magic...