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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (19112)	3/11/2003 1:03:19 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Hollywood to the war front! LET THE SHOOTING BEGIN: H'WOOD ADDS PIZZAZZ TO WAR BRIEFINGS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 11, 2003 -- CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - The Pentagon has enlisted Hollywood to present its daily briefings to the world. Fresh from the latest Michael Douglas film, one of Tinseltown's top art directors has been hired to create a $200,000 set for Gen. Tommy Franks and other U.S. commanders to give daily updates. George Allison, 43, who has designed White House backdrops for President Bush and worked with the illusionist David Blaine, has been flown into the U.S. Central Command base in Qatar as part of a reputed $1 million conversion of a storage hangar into a high-tech hub for the international media. Allison's credits include the set for "Good Morning America" as well as Hollywood productions for MGM and Disney such as the Kirk and Michael Douglas film "It Runs in the Family," due to be released next month. His work in Qatar reflects the Pentagon's realization that it needs to look good on prime-time television. Gone are the easel and chart, solitary television and VCR machine with which Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf showed fuzzy images of smart-bomb raids during the 1991 Gulf War. On a stage that will become instantly recognizable, generals will present their updates from two podiums at the front of a stage adorned with five 50-inch plasma screens and two 70-inch television projection screens ready to show maps, graphics and videos of action. Post Wire Services nypost.com