Nobody ever had to wonder whether Aunt Bee was in rehab

May 08, 2008 Down South this past weekend, five acquaintances --specifically three teens and two adults --asked me five different things about Hollywood, with the same curiosity. [...] finally, is Hollywood for Obama or for Clinton? (No one even in Mississippi thinks McCain has a shot with the Tinseltown crowd, but all three candidates, thanks to yearlong coverage and myriad magazine cover stories, have taken on the allure of celebrity-hood.) Many are numbed or indifferent to crime-laced, car chase-laden local TV newscasts but increasingly addicted to their celebrity fix, from wherever.

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