Celebrity-In-Chief

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By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
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Hollywood has long been a part of politics, from Shirley Temple hanging out with Franklin Roosevelt, to Elvis and Nixon, all the way up to Madonna and Martin Sheen endorsing Presidential candidates. We're looking at the history and what this says about American politics. Laura's guest is Alan Schroeder, associate professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, and author of "Celebrity-In-Chief: How Show Business Took Over the White House".

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