Hedda Hopper

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... yeah, Hedda Hopper, who's like, "Oh, well, let me tell you, um, you're gonna get out because MGM's letting you out, so you're not gonna serve your country."

Mm, yeah.

And his dad was also like- Mm ... "How dare you not serve your country?" Right.

And then tomorrow I'm interviewing, um, Sarah Drew.

A lot of people will know her from her days on Grey's Anatomy.

Now she's a Hallmark star, but now she, she's playing Hedda Hopper in this movie.

It's fantastic.

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And although this wasn't the premiere, the film was being boycotted by the American Legion.

It was also like, criticized by John Wayne, who cares, Hedda Hopper, again, who cares, these fucking like right wing people.

And so President John F. Kennedy basically crossed a picket line and bought a ticket and went to see the film, which, again, helped dissolve the blacklist.

So I do think sometimes we tend to lionize Kennedy a bit more than he deserved.

Okay.

And she's kind of like a Hedda Hopper kind of gossip columnist, you know.

She's into-

Mm-hmm

First with Lana Turner, then with Judy Garland, and then with Marlena Dietrich.

And they do it in this like giant bed where Lana Turner's in the bed first, and then she goes under the covers, and then Hedda Hopper, who's really kind of portrayed as the ultimate villain of this piece because she has it out for Frankie.

Everything she prints is a lie.

But she says how, you know, oh, now he's sleeping with this actress who walked down the yellow brick road.

That's, like, all that Ava Garner has to do.

That's all Lana Turner has to do.

Or Hedda Hopper, who's like, Frank Sinatra, I hate you, and my agency is that I'm always going to spread rumors about you.

Meh.

Well,

Hedda is on mine.

We both better shut up.

Yeah.

I'm on my way, pal.

But don't hang up the phone yet.

Hedda wants to say something to Luella.

I'll see you in a few minutes, Jim.

Whatever you say, Norma

... uh, Marie Dressler, Hedda Hopper.

Okay.

Sure.