A little more news on the hunt for Jack Valenti's successor at the MPAA. An anonymous source tells us that former Clinton Administration Agriculture secretary Dan Glickman (confirming the LAT claim (reg. req'd for link) that he's "at the top of the list") is the Anointed One, and that if he wants the job, it's his. But Glickman's "on the fence about it." No doubt he has some reservations about the boot camp that Valenti will put the replacement through before he can comfortably retire from the post he's held since 1966; we hear the press training is pretty intense. But it's nothing compared to the three-day viewing of Errol Flynn movies as an MPAA "education consultant" applies a cattle prod to the genitals.

UPDATE: Variety agrees: Glickman in line for MPAA post
Former pol likely to be named Valenti's successor [Sub. req'd.]

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