MPAA roadshow a hit with legislators

February 07, 2007 If the idea behind the MPAA's the Business of Show Business conference was to give lawmakers, their aides and other inside-the-Beltway types an earful on the importance of Hollywood, then Tuesday's event was a success. Starting with a command performance by Will Smith, the participants seemed impressed by the impact the movie and TV production business has across the nation and around the globe. "There's a real Hollywood," Smith told the packed house in the American Art Museum and Portrait Gallery's auditorium.

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