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| June 16, 2003 | Long, Rob | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The (Jayson) Blair Pitch Project: Coming to theaters near you!

"All the News"

Young hotshot reporter JayCee Flair wakes up one morning to find himself on the front page of the New York Dispatch, the most highly regarded and influential newspaper in the world. But this time, he isn't covering the story. He is the story. Accused of plagiarism, fraud, and deception, JayCee must fight to clear his name and save his once high-flying career. But as sources disappear and substantiating evidence can't be found, JayCee must confront an even more chilling possibility: Is someone at the Dispatch out to get him? Who is his shadowy nemesis? Why would someone try to destroy the career of a brilliant and scrupulous young African-American newspaper reporter? In a swirl of charges and countercharges, amidst a national debate on affirmative action, and pursued by one-time colleagues in the media, JayCee must ask the most difficult question of all: If he goes down, who benefits? Written and directed by: Oliver Stone. JayCee Flair: Ice Cube. Howell Raines: Michael Douglas. Ann Coulter: Ann Coulter.

"She Loves Me Not"

Jason Blaine (Will Smith), a young African-American journalist at a great New York paper, falls in love with the daffy, middle-aged female op-ed columnist Mary O'Doul (Susan Sarandon). At first, each rejects the other: She thinks he is a cocky young sexist and he thinks she is a "crazy old white lady." Thrown together on a corporate communications panel by their wise and zany boss (Anthony Hopkins), they discover that they have a lot in common, including love and a general lack of concern for factual accuracy. Their humorous, awkward, and ultimately life- affirming romance hits a few bumps in the road -- her Irish-American roots clash with his street-wise "posse," his smoking gets them tossed out of restaurants -- but soon they realize, as Rabbi Shmelmick (Woody Allen) says at their non-denominational wedding, "the heart wants what it wants." Written and directed by Nora Ephron.

"Who Da Man?"

The president of the Black College Republican Association, Jay Blair (Chris Rock), makes a bet with the president of the Black Student Alliance for Peace and Justice, Hakeem Williams (Taye Diggs). Just how incompetent can a young black man be before a guilty, southern white liberal has the courage to fire him? Just how low are the expectations that white liberals have for their black ...

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