by marywald | Sep 19, 2010
Consumer Financial Protection: Viral Video One of the Abaunza Group’s web sites, Main Street Brigade, was a political activism site supporting financial reform. The site mobilized users in support of Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Economist who conceived of the... Read More
by marywald | Aug 20, 2010
NY Times: Consumers Clamoring for a Leader So it turns out that the Elizabeth Warren rap video that went “viral” this week is actually a made-in-Hollywood production. You know the video, don’t you? The one in which a struggling comedian named Ryan Anthony Lumas,... Read More
by marywald | Jun 7, 2007
People: Angelina Pays Tribute to Daniel Pearl Family Angelina Jolie made a surprise, emotional appearance at a screening of A Mighty Heart at the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance on Wednesday night. The unannounced guest surprised friends and supporters at the event,... Read More
by marywald | Jun 1, 2007
LA Times – Movie goals: issues to tissues to checkbooks If there’s one thing activist Hollywood increasingly understands, it’s the potential for turning a message-driven film into a political movement. And perhaps no one understands that better than... Read More
by marywald | Nov 13, 2006
NY Times: Megastars Out to Save the World For the star who has everything — money, fame, awards — the latest must-have accessory seems to be a saintly halo as images are burnished by high-profile attempts to save the world. Trying to turn themselves into glam versions... Read More