program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on what they're seeing on these tv shows or seeing on the internet or hearing on the r

and hollywood health & society consulted on that. we had a psychiatrist consult. the show actually sent us, they sent us the script ahead of time. in fact, they sent us the rough edits. so we sat with a psychiatrist in our office for a second round to review every episode, which is very rare for a network to do and they did an excellent job. we then collaborated with samhsa to develop a public service announcement. we got permission and samhsa helped us develop a script. and this psa featured this gorgeous young actress who was the woman with bipolar disorder in the story referring young people to a special landing page, a web site. and we tracked the traffic. there were huge spikes the day of the show and the day after this psa aired. and kids actually could enter discussion threads. and there were some really heart-breaking stories in there; kids who said, "i've been telling my parents for 2 years there's something wrong with me; now i know i have bipolar disorder, they don't believe me." well, in this case it was one of samhsa's partner groups, they had trained

hollywood life.com. bonnie, good morning. it's hard to talk about lindsay's career when you know that her health and her well-being is in jeopardy. but let me ask you, is this a huge set back for her in a town that seems to give so many chances to somebody who messed up? >> just when people were beginning to think that maybe this time she was finally turning a page and she understood that she had a problem, she has now given a major indication that she's not ready to get back to work, to resume her career and to get serious about tackling her drug problem. >> it's interesting, she sent signals that she was getting ready to get back started on the right foot. she was on mtv, some thought a little too soon to be joking about rehab. what signals did she send that she was on the right track? >> the thing is she didn't send the right signals, she sends all the wrong signals. she immediately went out and began to party again, she immediately went back to the scene of her many earlier antics that involved drugs and alcohol. and just on a friday night even, even after she knew she failed the drug test, she went out partying again with f

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health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> we're back now at 7:42 with the controversy surrounding the social network, it's hollywood's take creation of facebook. mara has details on this. >> when he created facebook, 26-year-old mark zuckerberg made his fair share of enemies. he's accused of stealing the idea for the website, an allege that will now play out on the big screen. >> your best friend is suing you for $600 million. >> i didn't know that, tell me more. >> reporter: the social network, hollywood's take on the web's biggest drama. >> they got 2,800 hits within two hours? >> reporter: it's about how facebook was founded in 2004 by harvard university graduate zuckerberg. he was a computer geek who stole the idea from his friend. the alleged ed betrayal -- worn estimated $4 billion by 25. but it doesn't come without a cost. zuckerberg's former classmates, identical twins tyler and cameron winklevoss sued him in 2004. zuckerberg decided to steal their ideas and the business plan and to launch his own website. >> wait a second, isn't this the exact project that we were working on and isn't the exact person that we wer

health, our story is you. for more stories, visit sutterhealth.org. >>> lindsay lohan is taking a step back into the hollywood more. good to see you this morning. >> good to see you, too, erica. you know, the question that everybody in hollywood is asking, of course, can "machete" cut through all the bad press lohan has gotten this year and can moviegoers separate lindsay's character. >> reporter: the stars rolled up in style for the los angeles premiere of "machete," co-star lindsay lohan's first film in three years, but she was a no-show. >> lindsay was asked not to be there because her personal problems would detract from the actual film. >> reporter: still lohan's filmmakers say her performance in "machete" is a razor sharp comeback. >> she's amazing. >> i can't wait for people to see it because it will remind them, oh, yeah, there's an actress behind all the distractions of the paparazzi. >> reporter: lohan's latest legal troubles began less than a year ago. she showed up more than an hour late to her beverly hills probation hearing. >> the court is also going to -- >> reporter: and it got even worse. in

irritates him is only when it comes to the economy and jobs and health care are we a faith-based nation. he said if it's sports, hollywoodverybody wants to know the blow-by-blow. everybody wants to know the details. the big things, it's like, oh, they're all wants talking about that. which i thought was a great observation. >> john, as you know, today is the six-month anniversary of the passage of health care reform. >> we're celebrating. did you get a cupcake? >> canyon of heroes, amazing. >> i think they have a ticker tape parade. >> let's do the canyon of heros today. >> what are the democrats doing today? >> what are they doing today? >> we heard it was going to be big. >> there will be no balloons and flyers. that was one of the predictions on health care. there were many, many that just turned out flat wrong. remember it was pass it and it will get more popular the moment we pass it. that was not true. there was supposed to be a big argument about health care and whether or not it should be repealed or whether democrats were going to defend it. instead what they're trying to do is simply change the subject. >> beca

health care overhaul. up next, some voters, a doctor and top leader from the insurance industry all join in on how this thing is working for them. >>> and like a scene from a hollywood movie, as the cops moved in, no, this is president obama, wait until you see this, here. the cops moved in, and wait until you see how it ended. >>> plus, we've all heard the expression that blonds have more fun. in texas, the golden locks could get you canned. horrible! just ahead. megyn: welcome back, forget 1:32 here in the east. white house chief of staff rahm emanuel facing a big stkeurbgs stay in his current post or leave to run for mayor of chicago, the white house will likely know his decision as early as october and the u.s. official revealing the cia is running an all afghan para military group in afghanistan, reported to capture taliban and al-qaeda targets for cia interrogation. >>> a new york man is headed back to north carolina now, to face charges in connection with the death of a police chief's daughter. police say michael neil harvey killed that woman, but harvey said she died in her sleep from a drug overdose. >>> if you've got a policy, you get sick, the insurance c