How did Actor Kal Penn help Obama in his film making?
Actor Kal Penn, who stumped around the country for the Obama presidential campaign, is going to leave Hollywood to work in the Obama White House, EW.Com is reporting. The White House confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times that Penn–whose real name is Kalpen Modi– is joining the Obama administration. UPDATES 5:50 eastern The audio posted is of a conference call with Penn conducted Tuesday to discuss the suicide of his character in Monday night’s episode of “House.” I can tell from comments on my blog that the suicide is very controversial. Also, since there is so much interest in this newest White House hire, a bio of Penn is posted at the jump. UPDATE 1:45 p.m. eastern Penn is enrolled in a graduate certificate program in International Security at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. UPDATE 11:20 p.m. eastern Penn will be working with the Asian-American and arts communities, said Shin Inouye, a White House spokesman. (Penn’s parents are Indian-Am
Kal Penn Quits Acting To Pursue Self-Important Egomania By Stuart Heritage on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 1:00pm21 Although the US election had its fair share of weird celebrity moments, one moment stood out more than any other. We’re talking about you, Kal Penn. In the run-up to the election, Kal Penn was everywhere – making speeches, appearing at inaugural balls, blithering about politics on his blog – even though he’s only famous for being fellated by a giant bag of weed in a film. Anyway, now Kal Penn has quit acting to become an associate director at the Office of Public Liaison for the Obama administration. Next week, Eva Longoria takes control of the nuclear football and everybody dies. Like it or not, celebrities played a huge part in getting Barack Obama elected as the American president. Whereas the other guy only really had the support of that gonk from The Hills and about 12 boss-eyed country singers, famous people were queuing up to help Barack Obama out, whether it was by
