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Friday Oct 3 | Digit Magazine

Superfad creates voter drive campaign for Gap

The latest Gap Web campaign, Vote For , addresses individual reasons for committing to vote in the forthcoming elections.

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Friday Oct 3 | AdLand the commercial archive

GAP Voting Campaign - Norman Lear -

Submitted by Dabitch on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 13:59. in wear - apparel, fashion & bling Norman Lear shares some thoughts.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

The New York Observer

70s Icon Norman Lear Brings 70s to HBO

HBO is planning so many new series', that it seems like they may need to quit showing movies to make room for them all.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy

Washington Examiner

Celebs target youth voter registration

In one of many messages urging young people to vote, Jessica Alba recently posed for a print ad in which she is pictured bound and gagged in shiny electrical tape, almost as if she had been kidnapped.

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Tue Sep 30, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Norman Lear sets HBO project

Norman Lear In his first major collaboration with HBO, TV icon Norman Lear has teamed with the premium cable network for a drama series project set in the world of 1970s pro wrestling.

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Related Topix: Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Socialite Life

Celebrities (And Wannabes) Declare Themselves

Celebrities walked the red carpet last night -- some to promote their favored candidates and other just to promote the importance of the upcoming election.

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Related Topix: Adrienne Bailon

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Inner Toob

Tvxohof, 09/2008: the Mighty Tarses

It's become tradition that the month of September would be the time for the TV Crossover Hall of Fame to honor those creative forces behind the scenes, here in the Real World.

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Related Topix: Bob Newhart, Williams College, Theater, Arts, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Bob Newhart Show, Comedy

Mon Sep 01, 2008

The Huffington Post

Norman Lear: President Palin? It's a Possibility

God forbid anything unfortunate happens to John McCain should he win the election.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Aug 23, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

TV producer pushing young people to vote

TV producer Norman Lear burst into his office with a grin and an apology for the people he had kept waiting.

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy, Tufts University

Thu Aug 21, 2008

Dispatch.com

TV producer pushing young people to vote

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- TV producer Norman Lear burst into his office with a grin and an apology for the people he had kept waiting.

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Related Topix: Beverly Hills, CA, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Tue Aug 19, 2008

The Huffington Post

Norman Lear: My Choice for Vice President

If I wasn't certain it would be like pounding sand down a rat hole, I would be taking out full page ads to tell the world I saw the man who should be the Vice Presidential running mate for either Barack Obama ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Deseret News

Copy of Declaration of Independence on display at Capitol

Utah state Capitol officials estimate that nearly 8,000 people journeyed to the newly restored building Friday to get a peek at a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, currently on a national tour ...

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Related Topix: Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, West Jordan, UT

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Poughkeepsie Journal

Personalities: Kelsey Grammer, Morgan Freeman, Norman Lear and Maya Angelou

NEW YORK - Kelsey Grammer is returning home after being hospitalized in New York.

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

CBS 3

Angelou, Lear To Receive Marian Anderson Award

TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be honored in Philadelphia this fall as the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award.The award honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity.Mayor ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Maya Angelou, Vocal, Philadelphia, PA

Mon Aug 04, 2008

KYW-AM Philadelphia

Maya Angelou, Norman Lear to Get Marian Anderson Award

The recipients of the 2008 Marian Anderson Award have been announced, and the date for the awards ceremony is set for November 17th.

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Sat Aug 02, 2008

Free Republic

John McCain ad irritates many in Hollywood

TO HOLLYWOOD it smacked of desperation. That's why the reaction to a new John McCain ad attempting to portray Barack Obama as a kind of mindless celebrity -- likening him to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears -- ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Thu Jul 31, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2: July 27: TV producer Norman Lear is 86.

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Related Topix: Jerry Van Dyke, John Pleshette, Betty Thomas, Roxanne Hart, Sawyer Brown, Country

Tue Jul 29, 2008

Los Angeles Times

'SYTYCD' gives Lear's DeclareYourself.com a twirl

I F ANYONE could bridge the gap between the golden age of television comedy and today's reality shows, it's probably Norman Lear .

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Related Topix: So You Think You Can Dance 1, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Mon Jul 28, 2008

La Canada Valley Sun

The Valley Line

Norman Lear, famed television and film writer and producer , attended Saturday night's Pops concert with family and friends, front from left, Madeline Lear, Rachael Worby, conductor of the Pops, Brianna Lear ...

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Related Topix: Symphony

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Associated Content

Declare Yourself Wants Young Voters to Register to Vote

'Declare Yourself' Wants Young Voters to Register to Vote Founded in 2003 and leading up to the 2008 election, Declare Yourself has an amazing array of partners who are joined together to reach voters in the ...

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