Is Hollywood Harold going well .......Hollywood?

Will Hollywood say, "call me"? (Via Rex de City Paper)

Rex was recently thumbing through his copy of the Hollywood Reporter and stumbled upon the news that Harold Ford Jr. was up for the job as head of the Motion Picture Association of America.

For the last five years, former Kansas congressman and agriculture secretary Dan Glickman has held the post, and for nearly 40 years before that, Jack Valenti was the organization’s chairman. Needless to say, it is one of more plum lobbying gigs in the land.

Ford, who was attacked during his U.S. Senate campaign for having Hollywood connections, is said to be lobbying the movie studio chiefs who control who winds up in the job. Rex asked one Ford insider about the former congressman/current media darling’s chances, and he said, "He told me he wasn't interested, which to me meant he really wants it."

The chiefs at Walt Disney, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios and Warner Brothers control what happens in the next scene.

Other possible contenders for the gig include California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Universal Music lobbyist Matt Gerson, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), Disney’s Richard Bates, MPAA COO Bob Pisano and MPAA federal affairs chief Michael O'Leary.

There is no word about whether Ford will try to sway the vote with a reception at the Playboy Mansion.