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Actor Kal Penn's surprise suicide on 'House' opens way to job with Obama White House BY Michael Saul DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Updated Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 12:34 PM New Jersey-born actor Kal Penn , who played a stoner Guantanamo Bay escapee in the movies and a doctor on TV's ...
Calling Tom Lehrer: Is there a song about Kumar and the White House?
latimesblogs.latimes.com 4/8/2009 — Yes, yes, by now it seems everybody knows that Kumar , who sought out White Castle and slipped out of Guantanamo Bay, is headed to the White House.
Or, to be more precise, that Kal Penn , the actor who played the cinematic Kumar, will join the ...
Actor Kal Penn hired by WH
americablog.com 4/7/2009 — Aha , and my friends thought I was nuts when I said I saw him walking into my new condo building a few weeks ago. Penn told EW: "I'm going to be the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations. ...
Kal Penn Quits ‘House’ for White House
outsidethebeltway.com 4/8/2009 — Lawrence Kutner, the Indian guy on “House,” killed himself in last night’s episode. Now, Kal Penn, the actor who plays him, will get a job on the White House.
White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a ...
House’s Lawrence Kutner: Kal Penn Death
military.rightpundits.com 4/7/2009 — Did you watch House tonight? Tonight’s episode had a huge shocking twist that isn’t finished yet for anyone that watched it. It has to do with House’s Lawrence Kutner. The audience was asked to track down the rest of the story at fox.com/kutner after the episode. The problem ...
House Shocker Has White House Implications —
A Blog For All
I'm a fan of the tv show House, and last night's episode was truly a shocker as Kal Penn's character, Dr. Kutner, committed suicide. Everyone is left grappling with the issue, and Penn wanted to leave the show in order to pursue other interests.Penn is going to the White House. He's going to be ...
Harold & Kumar: White Castle to House —
The Swamp
By Rebecca Cole
Now that his character on Fox's House has been killed off with a suicide, actor Kal Penn is moving on to a bigger house: the White House.
Most widely known from his "Harold and Kumar" movies -- he plays a stoner with the munchies who can't find a White Castle in the first ...
Ana Marie Cox: Kal Penn Joins Obama's White House —
The Latest on Air America
Ana Marie Cox: Kal Penn Joins Obama's White House ONDEMAND HOME Embed: April 8, 2009 Ana Marie Cox Kal Penn has taken a job at the Obama White House: public liaison, where he'll direct outreach to Asian-Americans and arts groups. It's a stroke of fortune that makes becoming a movie star seem ...
Kumar Joins Obama Administration —
Boots and Sabers
Great.
When Dr. Lawrence Kutner killed himself on the latest episode of “House: MD,” it was the beginning of a new career for actor Kal Penn.
The demise of Penn’s character cleared the way for the actor to move on to another “House,” the White House.
Penn, 31, will be an associate director ...
Kumar Goes To The White House —
Say Anything
No, it’s not a joke.
WASHINGTON —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 is joining the ...
Obama White House Recruits Stoner Movie Star —
Right Soup
It’s hardly news, but the Obama administration has recruited actor Kal Penn to join his team at the White House. Penn has starred in such quality films as “Harold & Kumar Go To White House Castle” and “Harold & Kumar 2″.
White House spokesman Shin ...
In Praise of Kal Penn —
Galley Slaves
The news that Kal Penn left House to take a job at the White House saddens me a bit, because Penn's Dr. Kutner was, for my money, the most realistic TV doctor I've ever seen. In college I spent a ghastly amount of time with pre-med students and in hospitals shadowing and gophering for doctors ...
Kumar Goes to the White House —
Drudge Retort
Though his character was just killed off on 'House,' fans of Kal Penn can expect to see the actor-turned-government employee around --in his new job as a public liaison with President Obama's White House.
The Newest White House Hire —
Daily Kos
Kalpen Suresh Modi, a 31-year-old native of Montclair, NJ, will become the associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison. Modi has noted that his interest in politics comes from his grandparents, who marched with Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. Modi received ...
From House to the White House —
The Corner on National Review Online
House can stop his investigation. Dr. Kutner was called by a higher power -- in Washington:
New Jersey-born actor Kal Penn, who played a stoner Guantanamo Bay escapee in the movies and a doctor on TV's "House," has scored a job in the White House. Way to go, dude!
Penn, 31, will become ...
Kumar Goes to the White House —
JammieWearingFool
Since I don't watch House (although I'm told I should), I must admit the only thing I remember actor Kal Penn from is the silly Harold and Kumar movie, where he and his buddy pursue marijuana all over New Jersey. Well, now Kumar is headed to the White House.If you watch House and didn't see it ...
Kal Penn Leaves 'House' for White House —
Political Punch
ABC News' Nitya Venkataraman Reports: Fans who prefer Kal Penn in "Harold and Kumar's Escape from Guantanamo Bay" may just have to settle for him in a role that involves the actual detention facility. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly,...
Kal Penn to White House —
Ben Smith's Blog
How about that. Kal Penn, the actor who was a remarkably diligent, oddly well-informed campaigner for Obama, killed his character on "House" last night so the actor could take a White House job, EW.com reports.
Penn:
I was incredibly honored a couple of months ago to get ...
Harold and Kumar Go to the White House —
Swampland
Apparently there was a shocking development on last night's episode of House . (Like much of the country, I was busy watching Michigan State get stomped by UNC.) The upshot is that actor Kal Penn--of House and, of course, the Harold and Kumar movies--is leaving the television show. But the ...
Okay, the Dude Really Likes Politics —
Anwyn's Notes in the Margin
**SPOILERS** for last night's House below.
They killed Kutner. Or rather, Kutner killed Kutner, so that Kal Penn could go to work for ... the White House.
I was incredibly honored a couple of months ago to get the opportunity to go work in the White House. I got to know the ...
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