August
14 Convention Countdown: The Starz Stars

Starz announced an extensive lineup of celebrities who will take part in its Starz Green Room at the Democratic National Convention.

Charlize Theron, Daryl Hannah, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Ben Affleck, Josh Brolin, Kal Penn, Hill Harper, Stuart Townsend and Will.i.am are among those who will participate in events, along with politicos Barbara Boxer, Blanche Lincoln, Kent Conrad, Diana DeGette, Barney Frank and Ray Nagin. Others there include Arianna Huffington, Jonathan Alter, John Podesta, Walter Isaacson, Dennis Prager and Hillary Rosen.

The Green Room, located just across from the Pepsi Center, will feature panel discussions and socially themed films, as well as an online film competition. Starz, the Denver Film Society, SeaChange Communications and the Impact Film Festival are providing the programming.

Among the films to be screened are "Battle in Seattle," which features Theron and is written and directed by Townsend, and a screening of "Robert Kennedy Remembered." The film of the presidential candidate was shown at the 1968 convention, and won an Oscar for director Charles Guggenheim. The screening will be introduced by Davis and Grace Guggenheim, and members of the Kennedy family are expected to be in attendance.