Red-haired actress: Fay Masterson.
Minelli congratulates Jane for getting Lisbon to "drink the Kool-Aid". This is a reference to the mass suicide of the People's Temple cult. Over 900 cult members died after consuming Flavor Aid (not Kool-Aid, as was commonly reported) laced with a cocktail of drugs including cyanide.
A photograph of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger standing with Melinda Batson hangs in Walter Crew's office.