In a way, Rob Reiner has come full circle.
Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in the Family. Week after week, Stivic stood up for liberal values in the face of Bunker’s jingoistic, racist nationalism. While conservatives loathed him, for progressives, he was one of the only voices of conscience on national television.
And now,...
Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in the Family. Week after week, Stivic stood up for liberal values in the face of Bunker’s jingoistic, racist nationalism. While conservatives loathed him, for progressives, he was one of the only voices of conscience on national television.
And now,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jay Michaelson
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump has claimed that he recently passed a cognitive test that was designed to test for intelligence.
“I don’t know if you saw, but a few months ago, I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me,” Trump told his supporters during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20. “I said, ‘give me a cognitive test,’ just so we can – you know – because – you know what the standards were. And I aced it.”
“But I also took one when I was in the White House,” he confessed. “I’ll let you know when I go bad. I really think I’ll be able to tell you, because some day, we go bad.”
“[Nikki Haley] talks about, ‘Yeah, we don’t need 80-year-old,’ Well I don’t mind being 80 but I’m 77,” he then stated mockingly. “That’s a big difference.”
The comments were made in...
“I don’t know if you saw, but a few months ago, I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me,” Trump told his supporters during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20. “I said, ‘give me a cognitive test,’ just so we can – you know – because – you know what the standards were. And I aced it.”
“But I also took one when I was in the White House,” he confessed. “I’ll let you know when I go bad. I really think I’ll be able to tell you, because some day, we go bad.”
“[Nikki Haley] talks about, ‘Yeah, we don’t need 80-year-old,’ Well I don’t mind being 80 but I’m 77,” he then stated mockingly. “That’s a big difference.”
The comments were made in...
- 1/23/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
After months on political life support, Ron DeSantis has finally put himself — and everyone else — out of his misery and suspended his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination. While the Florida governor ran on a wet dream policy package for extremist, culture war-obsessed conservatives, his campaign simply could not overcome its biggest obstacle: Ron DeSantis himself.
American presidential politics has a storied history of promising candidates tanking over awkward moments and unfortunate gaffes. Jeb Bush begging his audience to “please clap,” Howard Dean’s scream, Richard Nixon looking super sweaty during...
American presidential politics has a storied history of promising candidates tanking over awkward moments and unfortunate gaffes. Jeb Bush begging his audience to “please clap,” Howard Dean’s scream, Richard Nixon looking super sweaty during...
- 1/22/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
After the success of Ridley Scott’s Alien, the world saw a surge in sci-fi movies centered around blue-collar workers finding themselves up against terrifying creatures, usually in a dark, dank, remote setting. Some of these rip-offs were studio affairs, but a majority of them were made for the home video and late-night cable markets, where the cheap sets and shoddy effects weren’t such big deals. Who among us hasn’t enjoyed a low-budget monster flick that was clearly made for the price of a six-pack? 1989 brought us not one but three sci-fi movies that had at least partial inspiration from Alien and its sequel, Aliens. The latter film’s director, James Cameron, brought us his underwater epic The Abyss, which isn’t a horror film but certainly takes some cues from those earlier movies. Deepstar Six was Sean S. Cunningham’s attempt to bring the slasher movie underwater,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
On Saturday, former President Donald Trump once again confused President Joe Biden with former President Barack Obama, at least the seventh occurrence of such a mix-up in recent months.
These repeated gaffes by Trump, 77, have made him a target of criticism. It’s a line of attack more commonly used against Biden, 80.
In a speech in New Hampshire on Saturday, Trump shared an anecdote about an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, where he mistakenly stated that Orban had been asked, “What would you advise President Obama? The whole world seems to be exploding.”
Trump’s confusion between Obama and Biden has occurred numerous times in the last two months.
At a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 1, he referenced Obama when he meant Biden.
During a Fox News Radio interview on October 11, Trump made the same error twice.
In a speech before faith leaders in Washington on September...
These repeated gaffes by Trump, 77, have made him a target of criticism. It’s a line of attack more commonly used against Biden, 80.
In a speech in New Hampshire on Saturday, Trump shared an anecdote about an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, where he mistakenly stated that Orban had been asked, “What would you advise President Obama? The whole world seems to be exploding.”
Trump’s confusion between Obama and Biden has occurred numerous times in the last two months.
At a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 1, he referenced Obama when he meant Biden.
During a Fox News Radio interview on October 11, Trump made the same error twice.
In a speech before faith leaders in Washington on September...
- 11/14/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
During a campaign stop in South Carolina on Monday, Donald Trump confused former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with either his brother, former President George W. Bush, or father, former President George H.W. Bush.
While recalling his victory over Jeb Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Trump mixed up the prominent members of the Bush family.
“When I came here, everyone thought Bush was going to win,” Trump said on Monday. “They thought Bush because Bush supposedly was a military person. Great. You know what he was a mili— he got us into the, uh, he got us into the Middle East. How did that work out, right?”
While touting his 2016 performance in South Carolina, Donald Trump appears to claim former Republican presidential rival Jeb Bush “got us into the Middle East.” pic.twitter.com/UXPFGnB80Y
— The Recount (@therecount) September 25, 2023
During his remarks, Trump seemed to forget that Jeb Bush never served as president,...
While recalling his victory over Jeb Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Trump mixed up the prominent members of the Bush family.
“When I came here, everyone thought Bush was going to win,” Trump said on Monday. “They thought Bush because Bush supposedly was a military person. Great. You know what he was a mili— he got us into the, uh, he got us into the Middle East. How did that work out, right?”
While touting his 2016 performance in South Carolina, Donald Trump appears to claim former Republican presidential rival Jeb Bush “got us into the Middle East.” pic.twitter.com/UXPFGnB80Y
— The Recount (@therecount) September 25, 2023
During his remarks, Trump seemed to forget that Jeb Bush never served as president,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
It took Republicans no time at all to take the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision and use it to attack other educational initiatives intended to support people of color. On Thursday — the same day the Court declared race-conscious admissions policies unconstitutional — the state’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, dispatched a letter to colleges and universities across the state: “Missouri institutions must identify all policies that give preference to individuals on the basis of race and immediately halt the implementation of such policies.” Hours later, the University of Missouri — which...
- 7/5/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Ron DeSantis has a pretty straightforward theory for why he could do what Ted Cruz (or Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio or Scott Walker or …) couldn’t. When all those once-promising presidential candidates tried to take down Donald Trump in 2016, they were doing so in a crowded field, backstabbing one another as Trump consolidated a movement behind him and rode it all the way to the White House. This time around, the Florida governor is promising he’ll go mano a mano with Donald — and take him down.
Just Thursday,...
Just Thursday,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
Ron DeSantis has all but said he’s running for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that he actually has said it, just not publicly.
The Florida governor is heading to Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, which is just as strong of an indication he intends to run as the Post‘s report. He’ll head to Nevada on Saturday, where already-declared candidate Nikki Haley just held a town hall. DeSantis traveled beyond Florida’s borders ahead of last year’s midterms, as well, rallying...
The Florida governor is heading to Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, which is just as strong of an indication he intends to run as the Post‘s report. He’ll head to Nevada on Saturday, where already-declared candidate Nikki Haley just held a town hall. DeSantis traveled beyond Florida’s borders ahead of last year’s midterms, as well, rallying...
- 3/10/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump on Monday accused Fox News of downplaying his popularity with potential 2024 voters in favor of boosting potential challenger Ron DeSantis.
“FoxNews is promoting Ron DeSanctus so hard and so much that there’s not much time left for Real News,” the former president wrote on Truth Social. “Reminds me of 2016 when they were pushing ‘Jeb!’ The new Fox Poll, which have always been purposely terrible for me, has “Trump Crushing DeSanctimonious,” but they barely show it. Instead they go with losers like Karl Rove, Paul Ryan and now,...
“FoxNews is promoting Ron DeSanctus so hard and so much that there’s not much time left for Real News,” the former president wrote on Truth Social. “Reminds me of 2016 when they were pushing ‘Jeb!’ The new Fox Poll, which have always been purposely terrible for me, has “Trump Crushing DeSanctimonious,” but they barely show it. Instead they go with losers like Karl Rove, Paul Ryan and now,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump recently has been ramping up his attacks on Ron DeSantis ahead of a potential 2024 Republican primary showdown. We’re not going to lie, we figured it take the former president a least a few more months before he started accusing the Florida governor of pedophilia.
Trump has been doing just that on Tuesday, though, sharing a few posts on Truth Social purporting to show DeSantis “grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher.”
“That’s not Ron, is it?” Trump wrote, sarcastically. “He would never do such a thing!
Trump has been doing just that on Tuesday, though, sharing a few posts on Truth Social purporting to show DeSantis “grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher.”
“That’s not Ron, is it?” Trump wrote, sarcastically. “He would never do such a thing!
- 2/7/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump wants to make America great again, and so on and so forth, but now that he’s started rallying for 2024, the former president seems a little more interested in cutting down Ron DeSantis. He followed up a pair of low–energy rallies packed with well-worn talking points on Saturday by bashing the Florida governor as “disloyal” and, on Monday, labeling him a “globalist” while tying him to Jeb Bush, Trump’s favorite punching bag from the 2016 primary.
“Ron DeSanctimonious, who I made Governor in Both the Primary & the General,...
“Ron DeSanctimonious, who I made Governor in Both the Primary & the General,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday Donald Trump followed his almost-total losing record in the 2022 midterms — he endorsed a slate of extremist right wing republicans, all of them election deniers and many of them openly racist, almost all of whom lost — by announcing he’ll be running for president in 2024.
And on Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel took a closer look at Trump’s speech, noting among other things that Trump looks pretty old and tired. “He seemed kind of out of it,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel also took a look at some of the extremist positions Trump took, as well as the lies and conspiracy theories he told during his speech.
“It was quite, I don’t know if you watched this but it was quite the scene at Mar A Lago last night,” Kimmel began, explaining that Trump’s entrance music was a song from “Les Misérables.”
“And I can think of no better way...
And on Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel took a closer look at Trump’s speech, noting among other things that Trump looks pretty old and tired. “He seemed kind of out of it,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel also took a look at some of the extremist positions Trump took, as well as the lies and conspiracy theories he told during his speech.
“It was quite, I don’t know if you watched this but it was quite the scene at Mar A Lago last night,” Kimmel began, explaining that Trump’s entrance music was a song from “Les Misérables.”
“And I can think of no better way...
- 11/17/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, the nihilistic trolls of 4chan‘s “politically incorrect” message board were jubilant. “We actually elected a meme as president,” wrote one, not inaccurately.
Ever since Trump had announced his campaign the year before, with a speech that accused Mexico of sending drugs and rapists over the border into the U.S., 4chan and an online network of associated white supremacists had waged an all-out content war in his name. They so thoroughly saturated the internet with Maga memes that Clinton was...
Ever since Trump had announced his campaign the year before, with a speech that accused Mexico of sending drugs and rapists over the border into the U.S., 4chan and an online network of associated white supremacists had waged an all-out content war in his name. They so thoroughly saturated the internet with Maga memes that Clinton was...
- 11/16/2022
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Newly released 2021 financial disclosures show something that, really, we should have expected: Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is raking in cash from Republican donors, including at least one who’s also been propping up fellow obstructionist Sen. Joe Manchin.
According to new Fec filings, Sinema brought in $1.6 million in Q4, only $33,983 of which was unitemized, which designates donations of less than $200 (i.e., ones from ordinary people). Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times pointed out on Twitter that a lot of this big-money donor action comes from some familiar names: Harlan Crow,...
According to new Fec filings, Sinema brought in $1.6 million in Q4, only $33,983 of which was unitemized, which designates donations of less than $200 (i.e., ones from ordinary people). Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times pointed out on Twitter that a lot of this big-money donor action comes from some familiar names: Harlan Crow,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
In his bid for state Attorney General, George P. Bush puts “Defend Our Law Enforcement” at the heart of his “pro-Texas agenda.” It’s a law-and-order message that has earned him prominent endorsements, including from the National Border Patrol Council.
Bush’s endorsement page also recently included a plug from a top north Texas lawman who insisted Texas “needs a clear leader who backs the blue.” But that official, Sheriff Jeffrey C. Lyde of Clay County, has become notorious in recent days — and his plug has been scrubbed from Bush’s website.
Bush’s endorsement page also recently included a plug from a top north Texas lawman who insisted Texas “needs a clear leader who backs the blue.” But that official, Sheriff Jeffrey C. Lyde of Clay County, has become notorious in recent days — and his plug has been scrubbed from Bush’s website.
- 11/22/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Glenn Youngkin is squaring off against Terry McAuliffe for the keys to the Virginia Governor’s Mansion on Tuesday.
It’s been a strange campaign.
McAuliffe is as establishment as establishment gets. He’s tight with the Clintons, once chaired the Democratic National Committee, and has even already served as Virginia’s governor. Youngkin is a political neophyte who’s been trying to thread pretty tight a needle by playing to Trump’s base while also distancing himself from the former president in an effort to court the swing state’s moderates.
It’s been a strange campaign.
McAuliffe is as establishment as establishment gets. He’s tight with the Clintons, once chaired the Democratic National Committee, and has even already served as Virginia’s governor. Youngkin is a political neophyte who’s been trying to thread pretty tight a needle by playing to Trump’s base while also distancing himself from the former president in an effort to court the swing state’s moderates.
- 11/2/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
As a former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, serving under President Obama, and a former governor of Kansas, during the George W. Bush era, Kathleen Sebelius has a unique perspective on the challenges posed by a pandemic, the urgency of coordinating a federal response, and the rightful role of states in a moment of national crisis.
In describing the Trump administration’s reaction to the coronavirus outbreak, Sebelius leans on words like “terrifying,” “head-spinning,” and “total nightmare.”
I spoke to Sebelius in April in reporting Rolling Stone...
In describing the Trump administration’s reaction to the coronavirus outbreak, Sebelius leans on words like “terrifying,” “head-spinning,” and “total nightmare.”
I spoke to Sebelius in April in reporting Rolling Stone...
- 5/15/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
There was a time, not that long ago I’m embarrassed to admit, when I would daydream about being the White House Press Secretary for a Republican president. As a spokesperson for Jon Huntsman and Jeb Bush, it’s clear this was a rather ridiculous dream, given the outcome of those campaigns, but it was something I would think about nonetheless.
As a political junkie in college, I looked up to people like Tony Snow and Dana Perino, took notes on their style of jabbing with a hostile press. As...
As a political junkie in college, I looked up to people like Tony Snow and Dana Perino, took notes on their style of jabbing with a hostile press. As...
- 5/4/2020
- by Tim Miller
- Rollingstone.com
Farewell to Mike Bloomberg 2020, the Most Colossal Flop of a Presidential Campaign in Modern History
Washington — Mike Bloomberg took the stage in the early evening on Super Tuesday and made a bold assertion. No matter how the results shook out that night, he told his supporters, “we have done something no one else thought was possible.”
In a sense, he was right: He spent half a billion dollars and the only thing he won outright on Super Tuesday was the territory of American Samoa. He’d spent huge sums of money in states like Virginia and Minnesota, where Joe Biden scarcely had a presence, and...
In a sense, he was right: He spent half a billion dollars and the only thing he won outright on Super Tuesday was the territory of American Samoa. He’d spent huge sums of money in states like Virginia and Minnesota, where Joe Biden scarcely had a presence, and...
- 3/4/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night. Second-place finisher Pete Buttigieg earned 24.4 percent of the vote, while Amy Klobuchar, not long ago polling in single digits, came out of nowhere with 19.8 percent, a classic New Hampshire outlier result.
The words “eked” and “narrowly” are getting a workout in headlines today. There is a Yeah, but… passage in nearly every major media write-up of Bernie’s win. “Sanders cements his front-runner status, but his narrow margins… show how volatile this race is,” is how The New York Times put it.
The words “eked” and “narrowly” are getting a workout in headlines today. There is a Yeah, but… passage in nearly every major media write-up of Bernie’s win. “Sanders cements his front-runner status, but his narrow margins… show how volatile this race is,” is how The New York Times put it.
- 2/12/2020
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Grey’s Anatomy alum Patrick Dempsey is returning to broadcast television as the star and executive producer of Ways & Means (fka The Whip), a Washington DC drama, which has been picked up to pilot by CBS. The project comes from former Seal Team showrunner Ed Redlich, Republican political consultant Mike Murphy, Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi’s PatMa Productions and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Murphy and Redlich, Ways & Means centers on a powerful Congressional leader (Dempsey) who has lost faith in politics. He finds himself working secretly with an idealistic young Congresswoman from the opposing party to subvert the hopelessly gridlocked system he helped create; together, they’ll attempt to save American politics… if they don’t get caught.
Dempsey and Murphy executive produce with Tassler and Di Novi via PatMa and Tom Lassally of 3 Arts. Dempsey’s manager, Joannie Burstein, serves as co-executive producer.
The project was developed...
Written by Murphy and Redlich, Ways & Means centers on a powerful Congressional leader (Dempsey) who has lost faith in politics. He finds himself working secretly with an idealistic young Congresswoman from the opposing party to subvert the hopelessly gridlocked system he helped create; together, they’ll attempt to save American politics… if they don’t get caught.
Dempsey and Murphy executive produce with Tassler and Di Novi via PatMa and Tom Lassally of 3 Arts. Dempsey’s manager, Joannie Burstein, serves as co-executive producer.
The project was developed...
- 2/4/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
On the eve of the start of Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, there were literally no bombshells tonight on the Golden Globes.
Bombshell star Charlize Theron lost out on a Best Actress – Drama trophy from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Judy’s Renee Zellweger, and returning host Ricky Gervais veered far away from the topic of the much-accused producer and once-frequent Globes attendee until one virtually buried quip at the very end of the night.
In his fifth stint as frontman for the still boozy NBC broadcast ceremony, After Life creator Gervais oddly distinctly avoided being topical on the whole with nothing directly to be said on escalating tensions in the Middle East, Donald Trump, the WGA’s battle with the uber-agencies over packaging. In fact, with the exception of a slicing Jeffrey Epstein remark at Tinseltown’s underbelly and a very unsuccessful Felicity Huffman prison slag, Gervais was...
Bombshell star Charlize Theron lost out on a Best Actress – Drama trophy from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Judy’s Renee Zellweger, and returning host Ricky Gervais veered far away from the topic of the much-accused producer and once-frequent Globes attendee until one virtually buried quip at the very end of the night.
In his fifth stint as frontman for the still boozy NBC broadcast ceremony, After Life creator Gervais oddly distinctly avoided being topical on the whole with nothing directly to be said on escalating tensions in the Middle East, Donald Trump, the WGA’s battle with the uber-agencies over packaging. In fact, with the exception of a slicing Jeffrey Epstein remark at Tinseltown’s underbelly and a very unsuccessful Felicity Huffman prison slag, Gervais was...
- 1/6/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s note: “A Rainy Day in New York” opens this week in Paris. It does not have U.S. distribution.
Here’s the thing. You can certainly watch Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” trying to divorce the film itself from the controversy that surrounds Allen himself. When actors Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning show up onscreen swaddled in tweed and smelling of mothballs, you can appreciate how the young performers spit out the filmmaker’s signature dialogue – to greater or lesser success – focusing on the actors’ work, and not the fact that they would later renounce it. Only, once you do focus on the film itself, and not the circumstances of its release, you come face to face with another, nigh insurmountable obstacle: the iPhone.
Indeed, if the presence of smartphones and their accessories and the references to Jeb Bush and the 1% might anchor “A Rainy Day in New York...
Here’s the thing. You can certainly watch Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” trying to divorce the film itself from the controversy that surrounds Allen himself. When actors Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning show up onscreen swaddled in tweed and smelling of mothballs, you can appreciate how the young performers spit out the filmmaker’s signature dialogue – to greater or lesser success – focusing on the actors’ work, and not the fact that they would later renounce it. Only, once you do focus on the film itself, and not the circumstances of its release, you come face to face with another, nigh insurmountable obstacle: the iPhone.
Indeed, if the presence of smartphones and their accessories and the references to Jeb Bush and the 1% might anchor “A Rainy Day in New York...
- 9/18/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie Star In First Trailer For Bombshell – Fox News Scandal
Photo credit: Lionsgate/Hilary Bronwyn Gayle
Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie (Kayla Pospisil), based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Emmy® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph.
Bombshell also stars Emmy® Award winner Kate McKinnon, Golden Globe® nominee Connie Britton, Emmy® Award winner Mark Duplass, Emmy® Award nominee Rob Delaney, Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney.
Here are some companion pieces to consider before Bombshell opens this December.
Showtime recently aired their seven-part limited series “The Loudest Voice” about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News.
Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie (Kayla Pospisil), based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Emmy® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph.
Bombshell also stars Emmy® Award winner Kate McKinnon, Golden Globe® nominee Connie Britton, Emmy® Award winner Mark Duplass, Emmy® Award nominee Rob Delaney, Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney.
Here are some companion pieces to consider before Bombshell opens this December.
Showtime recently aired their seven-part limited series “The Loudest Voice” about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News.
- 8/22/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Senator Elizabeth Warren and spiritualist Marianne Williamson had a good night in the first of the second round of Democratic debates but CNN distinctly did not.
Already heavily criticized for the fast paced and shallow format of the Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Don Lemon moderated shindig, the Jeff Zucker-run cabler newser has now taken a bath in the ratings.
With 10 candidates on-stage, the nearly three-hour debate snagged 8.2 million viewers for CNN
A hard drop of 46% from the June 26 NBC, Msnc and Telemundo simulcast first debate among the current contenders for Donald Trump’s job. Among the news demographic of adults 25-54, Tuesday’s CNN extravaganza had an audience of 2.4 million, according to early Nielsen Media Research.That’s a 44% crash from the Sen Warren dominated debate of last month.
The total TV viewership for last night rises to 8.7 million when you add in the CNN en Español audience.
Already heavily criticized for the fast paced and shallow format of the Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Don Lemon moderated shindig, the Jeff Zucker-run cabler newser has now taken a bath in the ratings.
With 10 candidates on-stage, the nearly three-hour debate snagged 8.2 million viewers for CNN
A hard drop of 46% from the June 26 NBC, Msnc and Telemundo simulcast first debate among the current contenders for Donald Trump’s job. Among the news demographic of adults 25-54, Tuesday’s CNN extravaganza had an audience of 2.4 million, according to early Nielsen Media Research.That’s a 44% crash from the Sen Warren dominated debate of last month.
The total TV viewership for last night rises to 8.7 million when you add in the CNN en Español audience.
- 7/31/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A Russian state TV news program laughed at President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July parade this week. According to the Washington Post, the hosts of Rossiya 1’s 60 Minutes program ridiculed everything about Trump’s “A Salute to America” military extravaganza.
One of the hosts, Yevgeny Popov, chided the president, saying sarcastically, “The greatest parade of all time is going to be held today in Washington, that is what our Donald Trump has said.”
Popov roasted Trump, saying, “The American president announced he would show us the newest tanks.” But,...
One of the hosts, Yevgeny Popov, chided the president, saying sarcastically, “The greatest parade of all time is going to be held today in Washington, that is what our Donald Trump has said.”
Popov roasted Trump, saying, “The American president announced he would show us the newest tanks.” But,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
From the depths of scandal, Michael Avenatti gave an interview to Vanity Fair. He cried four times and said: “Some would argue at this point that I flew too close to the sun. As I sit here today, yes, absolutely, I know I did. No question. Icarus.”
Michael Avenatti isn’t Icarus, or any other Greek mythical figure. He’s just a jerk. The quote is the self-promoting sleaze-dog lawyer version of Alex Rodriguez owning two portraits of himself in the form of a centaur.
Already charged for attempting to...
Michael Avenatti isn’t Icarus, or any other Greek mythical figure. He’s just a jerk. The quote is the self-promoting sleaze-dog lawyer version of Alex Rodriguez owning two portraits of himself in the form of a centaur.
Already charged for attempting to...
- 5/24/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Last weekend, I published a book chapter criticizing the Russiagate narrative, claiming it was a years-long press error on the scale of the Wmd affair heading into the Iraq war.
Obviously (and I said this in detail), the Wmd fiasco had a far greater real-world impact, with hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions in treasure wasted. Still, I thought Russiagate would do more to damage the reputation of the national news media in the end.
A day after publishing that excerpt, a Attorney General William Barr sent his...
Obviously (and I said this in detail), the Wmd fiasco had a far greater real-world impact, with hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions in treasure wasted. Still, I thought Russiagate would do more to damage the reputation of the national news media in the end.
A day after publishing that excerpt, a Attorney General William Barr sent his...
- 3/29/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
It’s official. The Bern is in.
Ending a lengthy period of deliberation, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who won over 1,800 delegates and captured 43 percent of the Democratic Party vote in 2016, announced his candidacy in an email to supporters this morning.
“Brothers and Sisters,” Sanders writes. “I have decided to run for president of the United States.”
Sanders goes on to promise “an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign” that will “begin with at least a million people from across the country.”
The email contains a lengthy list of policy positions...
Ending a lengthy period of deliberation, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who won over 1,800 delegates and captured 43 percent of the Democratic Party vote in 2016, announced his candidacy in an email to supporters this morning.
“Brothers and Sisters,” Sanders writes. “I have decided to run for president of the United States.”
Sanders goes on to promise “an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign” that will “begin with at least a million people from across the country.”
The email contains a lengthy list of policy positions...
- 2/19/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Representative Liz Cheney (R-wy) went on CNN Sunday and, as most Republicans have with President Donald Trump’s racism, acted as an enabler.
After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) announced her presidential bid on Saturday, the president went after her on Twitter, writing, “Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign Trail, Liz!”
Today Elizabeth Warren,...
After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) announced her presidential bid on Saturday, the president went after her on Twitter, writing, “Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign Trail, Liz!”
Today Elizabeth Warren,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Billy Bush may be en route to his TV comeback, two years after getting the hook from the third hour of NBC News’ Today.
Bush has had conversations with executives surrounding Extra about joining the syndicated entertainment newsmag, sources said, as the program prepares to make a major station move. Two weeks ago it was announced Extra had been acquired by Fox Television Stations in seven major markets; the transition in those markets from NBC to Fox stations in various markets is set for fall 2019.
At the time the deal was announced, Frank Cicha, Svp Programming at Fox TV Stations, said there would be “great opportunities” for Extra to “work with our news department as well.”
Cleared in 93% of the country for fall 2019, Extra will join the Fts lineups in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando and Charlotte. The series already is airing on Fox O&O’s in Chicago,...
Bush has had conversations with executives surrounding Extra about joining the syndicated entertainment newsmag, sources said, as the program prepares to make a major station move. Two weeks ago it was announced Extra had been acquired by Fox Television Stations in seven major markets; the transition in those markets from NBC to Fox stations in various markets is set for fall 2019.
At the time the deal was announced, Frank Cicha, Svp Programming at Fox TV Stations, said there would be “great opportunities” for Extra to “work with our news department as well.”
Cleared in 93% of the country for fall 2019, Extra will join the Fts lineups in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando and Charlotte. The series already is airing on Fox O&O’s in Chicago,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
The headline in the New York Times reads: “Sanders and Warren Meet and Agree: They Both Are Probably Running.”
At first, the story about Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont reads like standard election news. Dig deeper, though, and you find signs of negative media campaigns already beginning in earnest. Over the past few weeks, multiple outlets have published negative pieces about Warren in particular, deploying coverage gimmicks used to disparage candidates early in presidential campaigns before.
The gist of the new Times piece is that the Warren and Sanders,...
At first, the story about Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont reads like standard election news. Dig deeper, though, and you find signs of negative media campaigns already beginning in earnest. Over the past few weeks, multiple outlets have published negative pieces about Warren in particular, deploying coverage gimmicks used to disparage candidates early in presidential campaigns before.
The gist of the new Times piece is that the Warren and Sanders,...
- 12/14/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump will attend George H.W. Bush’s funeral Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. The family wants to keep things cordial. The Washington Post reported Monday that in inviting Trump to the funeral this summer, the Bush family gave the president assurances that the service would be devoid of anti-Trump sentiments. “The comparisons are presenting themselves; we are not heightening them,” a person familiar with the preparations told Post. Another added that Bush “wouldn’t want anyone there to feel uncomfortable, including the incumbent president.”
This was certainly not...
This was certainly not...
- 12/4/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The street is blocked off south of Bethel A.M.E. Church. Young marching-band members clog the road, reviewing their formations. Majorettes take their final stretches, wearing outfits designed to sparkle in the sun. Band members blow out their last practice notes. There are a few white folks sprinkled throughout the crowd, but approaching the campus, it’s clear that Homecoming Day at Florida A&M University might be the blackest place possible to meet Andrew Gillum.
That makes it the perfect place, really. The man who may soon become...
That makes it the perfect place, really. The man who may soon become...
- 10/31/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
On Oct. 14, CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired an interview with President Donald Trump — rare for its status as having appeared outside of Fox News or conservative media. Appearing the same weekend as First Lady Melania Trump’s appearance on “20/20,” this would seem to represent a new level of media blitzing on the part of an administration that’s already seen its head get plenty of free promotion during rallies broadcast on cable news. And, like Melania Trump’s utterly-on-message, relentlessly forward-moving TV interview, the President’s interview had effectively the same impact as a rally; it allowed him to bulldoze his chief enemy, the media, while airing his own points at ceaseless length. The lesson the media has evidently not learned yet is not to be sitting right there when he does it.
Lesley Stahl’s interview with Trump was an undeniable get; he’d been scarce on mainstream media...
Lesley Stahl’s interview with Trump was an undeniable get; he’d been scarce on mainstream media...
- 10/15/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Love and heartfelt condolences from family, friends, fellow politicians and celebrities are pouring in for John McCain ... who died Saturday afternoon at age 81 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. John's wife, Cindy, says ... "My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.
- 8/26/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Washington — President Donald Trump visited House Republicans Tuesday on Capitol Hill amid calls for the administration to end a “zero tolerance” immigration policy that has led to the forced separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“These are laws that have been broken for many years, decades,” Trump told reporters afterward. “We had a great meeting.” Trump’s gathering with the Gop conference to talk about immigration was planned before outrage over the policy grew and the news media gave greater attention to the impact on children and families being held in detention centers.
Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jeb Bush condemned the action and called for the administration to end it. Tech CEOs criticized the policy, while industry figures like Judd Apatow, Paul Feig and Steve Levitan turned their attention to the way that Fox News has covered the issue.
Congressional offices...
“These are laws that have been broken for many years, decades,” Trump told reporters afterward. “We had a great meeting.” Trump’s gathering with the Gop conference to talk about immigration was planned before outrage over the policy grew and the news media gave greater attention to the impact on children and families being held in detention centers.
Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jeb Bush condemned the action and called for the administration to end it. Tech CEOs criticized the policy, while industry figures like Judd Apatow, Paul Feig and Steve Levitan turned their attention to the way that Fox News has covered the issue.
Congressional offices...
- 6/19/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Washington — Roseanne Barr has apologized for targeting one of President Barack Obama’s senior advisers as the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes,” as she responded to a social media conspiracy theory about President Donald Trump’s predecessor.
“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste,” Barr wrote on Twitter, later adding, “I am now leaving Twitter.”
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
I apologize. I am now leaving Twitter.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
Barr previously referred to Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as “muslim brotherhood...
“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste,” Barr wrote on Twitter, later adding, “I am now leaving Twitter.”
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
I apologize. I am now leaving Twitter.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
Barr previously referred to Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as “muslim brotherhood...
- 5/29/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president, was hospitalized this morning for low blood pressure and fatigue, but spokesman Jim McGrath said the former president “is awake and alert, and not in any discomfort.”
Bush, 93, is being treated in Maine at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, about 10 miles from the family’s compound in Kennebunkport. Last November, he became the longest-lived president, surpassing Gerald Ford, who died at 93 in 2006.
The former president said goodbye last month to his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. She died at age 92 after opting against further medical treatment. The day after his wife’s funeral, Bush was hospitalized for 13 days for an infection.
The Bush political dynasty continues to have vast reach in American society. Bush was president for a single term, from 1989 to 1993, taking the top office after serving two terms as President Ronald Reagan’s vice president. His other government...
Bush, 93, is being treated in Maine at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, about 10 miles from the family’s compound in Kennebunkport. Last November, he became the longest-lived president, surpassing Gerald Ford, who died at 93 in 2006.
The former president said goodbye last month to his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. She died at age 92 after opting against further medical treatment. The day after his wife’s funeral, Bush was hospitalized for 13 days for an infection.
The Bush political dynasty continues to have vast reach in American society. Bush was president for a single term, from 1989 to 1993, taking the top office after serving two terms as President Ronald Reagan’s vice president. His other government...
- 5/27/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush, has returned to his home in Kennebunkport, Maine for the summer after being hospitalized for two weeks due to a blood infection. My beloved dad is in Maine. pic.twitter.com/fu6h8Xgg9U — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) May 20, 2018 On April 22, President Bush, 93, was taken to Houston […]
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- 5/22/2018
- by Gillian Kenah
- Uinterview
First Lady of the United States Melania Trump flew to Houston to pay her respects to Barbara Bush as the former first lady was laid to rest on Saturday, April 21 in a beautiful funeral ceremony surrounded by those who loved and respected her. Melania went to the funeral service solo without her husband, President Donald Trump, and she was one of the members of other political families who also attended the funeral, including the Clintons and the Obamas. "First Lady Melania Trump will attend the memorial service for Barbara Bush this Saturday on behalf of the First Family. To avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family and friends attending the service, President Trump will not attend," the White House said in a statement obtained by CNN. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Trump tweeted his condolences to the Bush family, and he also announced that...
- 4/21/2018
- by Emma Hernandez
- Closer Weekly
Hundreds of people, including four former presidents and Donald Trump's wife and First Lady Melania Trump, attended former First Lady Barbara Bush's funeral on Saturday. The wife of former President George H.W. Bush died on Tuesday at age 92. She was honored at a funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston. Melania Trump attended the funeral on her husband's behalf. The president, who frequently mocked fellow Republican presidential candidate and the Bushes' son Jeb Bush during his 2016 election campaign, and who Barbara Bush had in TV interviews implied is a misogynist, did not attend but watched the service at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, which he...
- 4/21/2018
- E! Online
Barbara Bush is being laid to rest, and hundreds have gathered to pay their respects and celebrate the life of a woman who was wife of a president and mother of another. The former First Lady's funeral is being held in Houston at St Martin's Episcopal Church Saturday, and those in attendance include her husband George H. W. Bush, sons George W. and Jeb Bush and their wives and kids, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama,...
- 4/21/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rest in peace, Barbara Bush. Following the former First Lady's death on Tuesday, April 17, more details have been revealed about how the 92-year-old spent her final days prior to her passing. According to George H.W. Bush's longtime chief-of-staff, Jean Becker, the former Potus, 93, held his wife's hand for the entire day before she died. "He, of course, is broken-hearted to lose his beloved Barbara, his wife of 73 years. He held her hand all day today and was at her side when [she] left this good earth," Becker said in a statement. "Obviously, this is a very challenging time. But it will not surprise all of you who know and love him, that he also is being stoic and strong, and is being lifted up by his large and supportive family. He is determined to be there for them as well. He appreciates all the well wishes and support." Barbara and her husband,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
You likely know some of late First Lady Barbara Bush's children already — George W. Bush became the 43rd Potus, following in his father's footsteps, and Jeb Bush was a Florida governor and a presidential candidate. You might even know her and George H.W. Bush's other living children — Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, and Dorothy Bush Koch. But we never got to know their daughter Robin Bush, who predeceased her mother by nearly 65 years. So, how did Barbara and George's daughter die? Read on for more details. Robin was Barbara and George's second child, born on Dec. 20, 1949. She died at age three of leukemia in 1953, the same year she was diagnosed with the disease. "[The doctor] said, 'You don't do anything. She's going to die,'" Barbara — who passed away on April 17 at age 92 — once told granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager in a 2012 Today interview. "She said, 'My advice is, take her home, love her.
- 4/19/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- Closer Weekly
Refresh for updates: Political and media figures took to social media today to pay tribute to former first lady Barbara Bush who died today in Houston at the age of 92. Her family had announced Monday that she no longer was seeking medical treatment and had been moved to comfort care. In addition to Donald Trump, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, were among those who paid their respects.
Jeb Bush, the son of the former first lady, posted a statement on Facebook:
Columba and I join every member of the Bush family in offering our sincere gratitude for the outpouring of love and support for my Mom in recent days, and throughout her remarkable life. I’m exceptionally privileged to be the son of George Bush and the exceptionally gracious, gregarious, fun, funny, loving, tough, smart, graceful woman who was...
Jeb Bush, the son of the former first lady, posted a statement on Facebook:
Columba and I join every member of the Bush family in offering our sincere gratitude for the outpouring of love and support for my Mom in recent days, and throughout her remarkable life. I’m exceptionally privileged to be the son of George Bush and the exceptionally gracious, gregarious, fun, funny, loving, tough, smart, graceful woman who was...
- 4/18/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Former First Lady Barbara Bush died in Houston on Tuesday. She was 92. Bush served as Second Lady of the United States to President George H.W. Bush from 1981-1989, and was First Lady from 1989-1993.
The office of George H.W. Bush released a statement announcing her death. She has been battling congestive heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had recently decided not to seek any further treatment.
Barbara was born in New York City on June 8, 1925. She met her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, at a dance in Massachusetts in 1941 when she was 16 years old. After dating for a year and a half, the couple got engaged before he went off to World War II to serve as a Navy torpedo bomber pilot. When he returned on leave, Barbara dropped out of the school she had been attended, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. They got...
The office of George H.W. Bush released a statement announcing her death. She has been battling congestive heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had recently decided not to seek any further treatment.
Barbara was born in New York City on June 8, 1925. She met her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, at a dance in Massachusetts in 1941 when she was 16 years old. After dating for a year and a half, the couple got engaged before he went off to World War II to serve as a Navy torpedo bomber pilot. When he returned on leave, Barbara dropped out of the school she had been attended, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. They got...
- 4/17/2018
- by Sarah Ahern
- Variety Film + TV
Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife to 41st president George H.W. Bush and mother of 43rd president George W. Bush, died peacefully on Tuesday in her Houston, Texas home. She was 92.
“A former First Lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the age of 92,” read a statement issued by the Office of George H. W. Bush. “She is survived by her husband of 73 years, President George H. W. Bush; five children and their spouses; 17 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and her brother, Scott Pierce. She was...
“A former First Lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the age of 92,” read a statement issued by the Office of George H. W. Bush. “She is survived by her husband of 73 years, President George H. W. Bush; five children and their spouses; 17 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and her brother, Scott Pierce. She was...
- 4/17/2018
- TVLine.com
Barbara Bush -- former First Lady of the United States and wife of 41st President George H.W. Bush -- has died. The former First Lady died at her home Tuesday surrounded by her family. She had suffered from congestive heart failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd). Barbara decided herself when it was time to go, telling her doctors Sunday she chose to decline medical treatment in favor of comfort care. Both Barbara and...
- 4/17/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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