Chicago - Jonah Hill plays the pretentious title character in the new Fox animated series Alan Gregory, about a once-rich kid who was home-schooled all his life, very spoiled and raised by two gay fathers. They lose their money, and Alan has to go to public school and face real life.
Hill talked with us about both the character and about being in Chicago last month, where he threw out the first pitch at U.S. Cellular Field before a Sox game. (He was here promoting Moneyball, the acclaimed film starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane that's getting a lot of Oscar buzz). Jonah raved about Chicago -- as most stars do -- noting he particularly likes our down-to-earth, Midwestern sensibilities.
Madonna is getting a lot of flak about not helping her older brother, Tony Ciccone, Jr., 55, who was fired from the family winery business in Sutton's Bay, Mich. last year and has been living on the streets homeless in nearby Traverse City ever since then.
My sources tell me that Madonna is not to blame for all this, and though she tried in the past to help her brother, he really has not been on the right track for a long time. He always wants money from her, but does little to deserve it, the source said.
Finally, while Hollywood is always depicted as being full of liberal Democrat stars, this year a lot of Republicans are coming to the forefront in Tinseltown. A number of GOP presidential candidates are planning on targeting some of the stars for fundraising, including Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.
While the GOP leanings of conservatives like Bruce Willis and Kelsey Grammer are well-known, some of the other Republicans may surprise their fans, including Angie Harmon, Bo Derek, Chuck Norris and Kevin Sorbo, strong right-to-life advocates Jim Caveziel and Patricia Heaton, big tea party boosters Jon Voight and Clint Eastwood, plus long-quiet Republicans Tony Danza, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nick Lachey and his ex-wife Jessica Simpson, Chicago’s own Vince Vaughn, DeKalb native Cindy Crawford, Loretta Lynn, Adam Sandler, Hilary Duff, Robert Downey, Jr. and Lorne Michaels -- despite the often-Republican-bashing showcased on his Saturday Night Live.
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