4 posts and columns on The West Wing

Would That the Real Mark Zuckerberg Talked as Much as the Facebook Movie Mark Zuckerberg

in News on October 2, 2010 at 4:01 pm PT

Mark Pincus can sure talk a blue streak. Mark Cuban can easily be classified as a chatterbox, both online and off. And Marc Andreessen certainly knows how to keep up his end of the conversation. In other words, the pantheon of famous digital entrepreneurs is full of blabby Marks. But Mark Zuckerberg, not so much.

The New Yorker's "Face of Facebook"

in News on September 13, 2010 at 4:52 am PT

The New Yorker finally came out with its profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today, “The Face of Facebook.” And while the piece by Jose Antonio Vargas reads well, there is not much new in it for those who have followed the career of the young wunderkind of social networking. Except the irony of the “The West Wing” Like button part.

The Facebook Movie's First Review Is Boffo: Here's How Mark Zuckerberg Can Take Back the Mojo

in News on August 23, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

Apparently, the review is in–only one review, so far–but it’s a corker. Although “The Social Network,” the movie about the origins of Facebook, is not coming out until its premiere at the New York Fim Festival in October, Scott Foundas, a reviewer for its magazine, Film Comment, is loving it in a piece in the September issue. Now, I am beginning to feel bad for CEO and Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, because it looks like this Columbia Pictures film might even be Oscar-worthy. So, here’s what he should do.

Loves It: Life Was Better When Martin Sheen Was "Fake" President (We're Not So Sure About Paris, Though)

in News on October 9, 2008 at 12:34 pm PT

Famous-for-being-famous celebrity Paris Hilton continues her comic run for “fake” President of the United States, with a new online video for the Funny or Die comedy site. In the latest, Hilton consults the most famous of fake Presidents, actor Martin Sheen, who played President Jed Bartlett for many seasons on the NBC hit “The West Wing.” BoomTown really misses C.J. and the rest of the team.