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Kal Penn Quits ‘House’ for White House
outsidethebeltway.com - 4/8/2009
Kal Penn Quits ‘House’ for White House
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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 recurring role on Fox’s TV show ...

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The Moderate Voice:  Kal Penn, Art, Life, Etc.

Actor Kal Penn joining Obama administration in Valerie Jarrett's shop. Will work with Asian-American, arts communities
blogs.suntimes.com - 4/7/2009
Actor Kal Penn joining Obama administration in Valerie Jarrett's shop. Will work with ...
— blogs.suntimes.com — Actor Kal Penn worked as a floor whip during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON--Actor Kal Penn, who stumped around the country for the Obama presidential campaign, is going to leave Hollywood to work in the Obama... (more) Actor Kal Penn joining Obama administration in Valerie ...

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politico.com - 4/7/2009
Kal Penn to White House
— politico.com — 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 ... (more) Kal Penn to White House

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Kal Penn Leaving "House" For White House
huffingtonpost.com - 4/7/2009
Kal Penn Leaving "House" For White House
— huffingtonpost.com — Kal Penn is leaving the show "House" to work in the White House (or at least, in the Old Executive Office building next door). The actor, best known for his role in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," tells Entertainment Weekly : I understand it was your decision to leave House. True? KAL ... (more) Kal Penn Leaving "House" For White House

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Kal Penn, Art, Life, Etc.
The Moderate Voice — Entertainment Weekly broke the story more than 24 hours ago. Ben Smith picked up on it around 11 a.m. yesterday. I first saw it at OTB later in the day. In short, actor Kal Penn — of the “Harold and Kumar” movies and the hit FOX series “House” (an Abel family favorite) — has left the latter for a much different house: He’ll be an associate director in the White House office of public liaison, the team responsible for building bridges between the President and his diverse constituencies. Penn will ...

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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, M.D. Builds Toward the Season Five Finale — All articles at Blogcritics
What happens next on House? As the season comes to a close, House deals with Kutner's death -- and a comedy legend makes an appearance. Note: Here be spoilers After the shock of Lawrence Kutner’s (Kal Penn) suicide in the last episode of House, M.D., it’s hard to think of what might ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kal Penn ('Kumar') Goes to White (Castle) House — Politics Daily
Spoiler alert: If you Tivoed "House" last night and haven't watched it yet, this may ruin the surprise ending. Kal Penn , who played Dr. Lawrence Kutner, one of Dr. House's (Hugh Laurie) diagnosing doctors on the hit FOX show, was killed off in last night's episode via suicide. It was a total ...