Russell Simmons tweets support for Occupy Wall Street, as Bill O'Reilly has some choice terms for Zuccotti Park protesters

14 October 2011 7:57 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

While the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn’t have one specific person leading the way, the diverse assembly of organizers, volunteers, and activists has attracted one notable name eager to be the protest’s mouthpiece: Russell Simmons.

When news that the tenants of Occupy Wall Street, who have turned New York City’s Zuccotti Park into something of a tent city for nearly a month, would be “evicted” for a clean-up by the real-estate company that owns the park, it sparked outrage, particularly with Simmons. The mogul, who visited Occupy Wall Street earlier this week with Kanye West, tweeted that »

- Aly Semigran

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