More things I didn’t know about the upcoming movie, from a January article in Roll Call:

Filming begins today in Los Angeles for “Thank You for Smoking,” the screen adaptation of Christopher Buckley’s hilarious and quintessentially Washington novel.
While the majority of the movie will be shot in L.A., selected Washingtonians will have a shot at making cameo appearances when the film’s producer comes to Washington this spring to shoot the rest of the movie.
The producer, David Sacks, a legislative assistant to Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) during the Republican revolution years of 1994 and 1995, tells HOH he’s looking for a television news personality such as Chris Matthews or Larry King to appear in the film, playing himself hosting his show. In fact, Sacks has already asked both King and Matthews and is waiting to hear back. …