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    The Business

    Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: Swaying Minds through Film

    Linda Bloodworth-Thomason on the Clintons, "Bridegroom" and the power of the image

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    By Kim Masters • Nov 16, 2013 • 28m Listen

    Linda Bloodworth-Thomason talks about the Clintons, Bridegroom and the power of the moving image. As a close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton and director of many of their campaign films, including The Man from Hope, she's worked for years to help craft the image they present to the public. Now she wants to open people's minds to gay marriage with her new documentary, Bridegroom.

    Banner image: (L-R) Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom from the movie Bridegroom

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    2 stories
    1. 0:00

      Hollywood News Banter

      Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times discuss some of this week's top entertainment news stories.

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      8 min
    2. 8:00

      Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: Changing Minds through Film

      Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is well-known in Hollywood not only as the creator of several sitcoms -- including the CBS hit Designing Women -- but as a longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton. She and her husband, Harry Thomason, have played major roles in shaping the image that the Clintons present to the public.

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      21 min
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      Hollywood News Banter

    2. 8:0021 min

      Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: Changing Minds through Film

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