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Article: BEATTY'S NO ORDINARY MOVIE STAR IN POLITICS.(Editorial)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- August 17, 2000
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In a city that takes politics almost as seriously as it does entertainment, Warren Beatty has ruled the scene for the better part of four decades.
An old-fashioned matinee idol who has a penchant for talking policy with heads of state, he is the only man in America who -- in the same year -- produced a hit movie and an almost presidential campaign.
This year, with the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles for the first time since 1960, Beatty could have had his ticket to any party he wanted to attend. Indeed, it was a given that whatever parties Beatty did attend would be ``A'' list events.
So where was Beatty on the night when Bill ...