Talk:Malibu Mafia

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:19, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

• ... that married actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman (pictured) fronted for the Malibu Mafia? Source: AARP – "Until his death in 2008, Newman remained a mainstay in liberal politics, part of the 'Malibu Mafia' of Los Angeles..." New York Times – –"So, said Mr. Newman, he and his wife, the actress Joanne Woodward, and several friends had agreed to 'give, raise, find' $600,000 to a newly established Energy Action Committee... The other founding members were listed as Miles Rubin, Leo Wyler, Harold Willens and Stanley K. Sheinbaum. All are southern Californians, and each has backed Democratic candidates at one time or another."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Japan National Route 12
• Comment: The hook relates the fact that the Malibu Mafia (Rubin, Wyler, Willens and Sheinbaum) put up money for the Energy Action Committee, but they did not go to Washington D.C. to promote it. Rather, Woodward and Newman went on the road to promote it for them, as the celebrity faces of the committee. The hook is "hooky" because it invites questions about the Malibu Mafia. Binksternet (talk) 04:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self-nominated at 04:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. QPQ done.
• You don't have to explain why it's hooky to me – the hook is great! But the image (which is also great) doesn't appear in the article, and the hook fact connecting Woodward and Newman to the EAC needs an inline cite. Yoninah (talk) 23:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

• Okay, Yoninah, I fixed my oversight. Thanks for reviewing! Binksternet (talk) 23:46, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. Image is freely licensed. Hook ref verified and cited inline. Good to go. Recommend that this run with the image. Yoninah (talk) 23:53, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Article claim that Tom Bradley was the first black mayor of a "major US city" is false

Long-serving Black Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes, who was elected Mayor of in 1967, came before him.[1] There was also a black mayor of Detroit suburban city Flint who was elected in 1966.[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:447:4100:1BE0:E059:C871:9CA2:2686 (talk) 18:20, 30 October 2023 (UTC)