I just read this on Yahoo main page. Kal Penn (Kumar) is quitting acting to work for Obama. Sounds like a sequel, but this crap is true.

WHAAAT? That is super random. Do you happen to know what he'll be doing in the whitehouse?

He will be the associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison whatever that is.

He's basically assistant to the head of Public Relations as far as I know. They're in charge of making the president look good in his speeches, public appearances and in general.

Overall, I think it's kind of a weird selection if a somewhat logical one. If you want to look good publicly, who's better to hire to help you do it than an actor? They've got all the necessary experience in projecting a image and character. I just wonder if Kal Penn is perhaps not the best actor suited to the job considering his career has pretty much evolved around pretending to be a stoned loser.

He campaigned really heavily/ visibly for Obama, so I don't think it's necessarily a huge surprise. I dunno, maybe it is- I guess he's giving up a lotta dough, huh?

As I understand it, he's to serve as a "liason" to Asian-American and Pacific-Islander groups, as well as the performing arts/ entertainment industry. I think it's basically doing outreach and publicity to those specific constituents- letting people know about policies, listening to concerns and questions from those groups, etc. This kind of position also gives folks the impression (right or wrong) that said "liason" is a voice for their particular interests and issues, that has the ear of the president and will lobby at their behest. I dunno how many "associate directors of the White House Office of Public Laison" there are in the administration- the word "associate" suggests to me that there's like, 40 or something; like a law firm. So I'm not sure it's a highly important position or not. I would guess not. Seems irresponsible to to have an actor as the head of anything political, even if it's "publicity".

Damn, I guess that means he's getting killed off or fired on House.

More like suicide!



...it's true.

I'll miss him in House :D

It's true. Kutner an-hero'd.

lol @ subject line!!!!!!!

damn! they killed him bad in house!



suicide. gunshot wound to the head.
kinda crazy that one of obama's initiative is gun control.