Hollywood -- and the creative community -- will have a friend leading the Democratic caucus in Congress when, on Thursday, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) becomes the first woman to head the minority reps. She is taking over after Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) announced he would not seek re-election as minority leader. (He will probably, however, seek the Dems' nomination to run for president.) I met up with Pelosi at the Kodak Theatre Sept. 29 at Barbra Streisand (news)'s National Democratic Gala concert -- honoring Gephardt. At that time, the national election was a month away and the atmosphere was alive with enthusiasm....