Earlier this fall, Jon Lovett ditched his three-year gig as President Obama's speechwriter to try to make it in television. He's marrying the two worlds with the red-hot "1600 Penn," a White House comedy Lovett sold to NBC with "The Book of Mormon" star Josh Gad and "Modern Family" director Jason Winer.
Marvin Joseph/Washington Post/Getty ImagesThe government shutdown was a big topic on Twitter on Monday night.
Just ahead of the shutdown — which occurred at midnight ET — five of the 10 top trending terms were political: #governmentshutdown, #GOPshutdown, #shutdown, Dems and Obamacare.
PHOTOS: The Top Celebrity Political Twitter Commentators
After midnight, other trending topics included #HarryReidsShutdown and #cspanchat.
Here is what many in Hollywood are saying about the shutdown:
In 10 minutes, the Government of the world’s great superpower is shutting down. How utterly pathetic. #governmentshutdown #CNN
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 1, 2013
10% of Americans still think Congress is doing a good job. Who ARE these people? http://t.co/qL6SfZDn7R #governmentshutdown
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 1, 2013
Paging @dennisrodman … #governmentshutdown
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 1, 2013
Wonder if folks will still take the repubs serious… #governmentshutdown … Smh.
— Estelle (@EstelleDarlings) October 1, 2013
Look Government…. We all miss Breaking Bad… but that’s no reason to just up and Quit… #governmentshutdown
— Will Rodgers (@WilliamRodgers) October 1, 2013
I hope everyone’s 100% clear on the difference between a government shutdown and “The Purge”
— B.J. Novak (@bjnovak) October 1, 2013
Don’t think of it as a government shutdown. Think of it as a Newsroom finale.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 1, 2013
#governmentshutdown. Because our overseas allies need one more reason to think we’re imbeciles.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 1, 2013
Don’t worry, Repubs who shut down govt will still get paid while social security & veteran support centers will be closed. #Whew!
— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) September 30, 2013
#Aaaand Welcome to #HarryReidsShutdown!
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) October 1, 2013
#LyricalTweets: “Frantic tick tick tick tick tock Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tock Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tock…!”
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) October 1, 2013
“@rihanna: Money on my mind #pouritup http://t.co/MFQsErHckX” is that just what you do after a show? While watching gov shutdown on CNN?
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) October 1, 2013
“@billeethekid: @JuddApatow what movies will u watch while govt is shut down?” JoJo Dancer Your Life is calling
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) October 1, 2013
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