To register: http://screenwritingexpo.com/register.html AARON SORKIN The acclaimed creator of The West Wing got his start in screenwriting as a writer for...
I saw Sorkin and Goldman at a similar event a few years back at the Expo, and it was wonderful. I highly recommend going. Goldman hits the Expo pretty much...
...in this ABC News video piece. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=10578350 Be sure to watch it all the way to the end, for a little piece of ...
Yes, Rahm Emanuel was the inspiration for Josh Lyman, which I think Bradley Whitford pulled off really well. Rahm's brother Ari was (still is?) Aaron's agent....
I disagree with you about his affiliations during the primaries. He is famously quoted as saying that he was going to hide under his desk until there was a...
He may have said that publicly, but I saw an old roast of Emanuel on C-SPAN today, from September 2005, and he and David Axelrod were already circling around...
At that same roast Obama quipped "as you know as a young man rahm lost his middle finger to an accident, rendering him almost mute." Just reminded me of that. ...
I can totally picture Rahm saying, "You can take your legislative agenda and shove it up your...!" :-) Sounds like a smart choice! Â (And I can't believe the...
Funny you should mention this event. Â In the last week or two, I had unearthed my copy of Adventures In the Screen Trade and was rereading it -- such a great...
I wish I could go, but I know I won't make it. I hope someone else can, though. Sarah ... had unearthed my copy of Adventures In the Screen Trade and was ...
Interesting. The Character Josh Lyman appears the in the comic strip Doonesbury several times as far back as early 1993. He's a Clinton Staffer who is brash...
And, of course, WW Josh Lyman has the Doonesbury Josh Lyman strips on the wall of his office... D. ... -- e: d@... w: www.dafyd.me.uk m: 07834 356 324 ...
Happy Birthday to our wonderful List-Mom! Hope your day is filled with laughs, & "Chocolate cake. Chocolate filled, chocolate frosted, chocolate cake. I'm just...
In The New Yorker: Letter From Washington by Ryan Lizza http://tinyurl.com/5g3k3k It's about the process of the Obama campaign, which does seem more and more...
"MALLORY You’ve already done a draft? SAM Yes. MALLORY You need to write more than one draft for a birthday card? SAM A birthday message, Mallory." Here's my...
I'm at Spring Awakening tonight in Los Angeles and just minutes before the show, a man asked if I could excuse him, so he could rush to his seats. I stood up...
Okay, what I just posted about the article on Obama's speech writer being like Sam, I was totally off base. It was comparing Obama's speeches to Matt Santos's....
That is one of my all time favorite Josh scenes. Something about the way he puts on the sunglasses makes me crazy go nuts for him. Also, I remember reading...
I was watching the West Wing this morning, and Sam made a comment about how little money he makes, so I thought it would be interesting to see how much one...
Wasn't he deputy chief of communications? I think he meant how little money he did make in comparision with how much he would have earned if he worked in the...
no need to feel stupid! Did make me recall another Sorkin episode that mentioned salaries, its one of the season openers, In the Shaddow of two gunmen, i...
I had always understood that the character of Leo McGarry was (loosely) based on Rahm Emanuel. BTW, I loved Sarah's comment, "I was watching West Wing...
Hi longtime Sorkin fan watching West Wing for the first time. I'll probably have questions from time to time. First one. In ep 7 The State Dinner, Timothy...