THE BUZZ.Lewinsky may talk: ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. is close to nabbing the first television interview with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. , unless independent counsel Kenneth Starr's office kills the idea. According to sources familiar with the talks between Lewinsky's representatives and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , Lewinsky will do the much-sought-after interview with ``20/20'' anchor Barbara Walters for no payment. ABC News, like all U.S. network news divisions, has a policy against paying for interviews. The major obstacle is whether the television interview will in any way violate Lewinsky's immunity deal with independent counsel Kenneth Starr. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported Sunday that Lewinsky's lawyers have been told by Starr's office that she was not allowed to talk to reporters about any aspects of her relationship with President Clinton. But ABC News executives, awaiting word on the matter, have not been notified of such a ban, news division sources said Sunday. Lewinsky has been silent since the news first broke in January that she had a sexual relationship with President Clinton. More Monica: A Russian film director has offered Lewinsky $5 million to star in a film about her relationship with the president. Alexander Sorokin claims to have raised $2 million to make a film titled ``Bill and Monica: The Story of One Life.'' But Sorokin, who studied film at Russia's top film school, said the budget could be boosted to $10 million if Lewinsky agreed to play herself. Speaking at a news conference staged by the right-wing political faction the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Russian: Либерально-Демократическая Партия (LDPR LDPR Liberal Democratic Party of Russia ) recently in Moscow, Sorokin said, ``There's an opportunity to increase the budget. I would be prepared to contract Monica herself for $5 million.'' But Lewinsky would have to agree to one condition: Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky would be cast as second lead in the movie. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO LEWINSKY |
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