Finke and Beatty: Phone Buddies

In her latest LA Weekly column, Nikki Finke chastises Warren Beatty for his recent peacocky speech at Berkeley, in which he slammed Arnold Schwarzenegger and hinted at his own political ambitions. Finke also recounts some of her own personal history with Beatty (bold is ours):

…[T]here was a time when I, too, was wowed by Beatty’s wattage. I was writing a book, and Warren would call me frequently at 11 p.m. to talk about The Biz. He voiced what I thought were bizarre opinions, like how the press shouldn’t report on what movies cost, or why talent agencies were the replacements for actor unions.”

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