Melanie Thorton is the campaign staffer for John Hillman, the robotic Democratic nominee for president.

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Having been schooled in piano improvisation at USC's Thorton School of Music, Eldar has released three albums on Sony Classical.

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Suffice it to say, the scheme spirals out of Thorton's control.

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Thorton's career is on the line when a gossip columnist gets wind that she's having an affair with a magazine writer assigned to cover the campaign.

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Jolie leaves two blink-of-an-eye marriages in her wake one with British actor Jonny Lee Miller, which lasted three years, and one with wacky actor Billy Bob Thorton, which also lasted three years.

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