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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.

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Adam McKay
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 17
Actor
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Philadelphia
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