By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The Hallmark Channel is making a new Friday night home for family movies.
Mira Sorvino's list of awards includes an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a host of nominations reserved for the world's best actors and actresses. She's had meaningful roles in more than 50 films and TV productions in a career that began two decades ago and is still going strong.
If the holidays still seem a long way off, you clearly haven't done much television channel surfing lately.
When Tammy Blanchard was offered a juicy part in the film "Union Square," she had one big question: Why me?
Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Mira Sorvino urged an end to violence against women at a concert Wednesday night to support the U.N. agency that promotes equality for women and an end to attacks against millions of women and girls.

Let's look at some notable film family members.
"I love acting, and that is my job right now," Sorvino told The Associated Press on Friday.
"Every person in the world is an individual _ no one can be defined by the label "Hollywood," Sorvino said.