Since last year, Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team of investigators and Justice Department attorneys have interviewed an array of officials who served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council, grilling them about specific instances that show the then-president acknowledged proper and legal declassification processes, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
In questioning these Nsc veterans and other former Trump administration personnel, the federal investigators appear to have meticulously constructed a roadmap of eyewitness accounts. These accounts, including specific dates and topics of discussion in the White House,...
In questioning these Nsc veterans and other former Trump administration personnel, the federal investigators appear to have meticulously constructed a roadmap of eyewitness accounts. These accounts, including specific dates and topics of discussion in the White House,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
With the reality of losing his reelection campaign setting in, it appears as though Donald Trump is focusing on announcing his plans to run again before year’s end.
According to the Daily Beast, Trump has spoken to close advisers about how and when to kickstart his 2024 run, and the spiteful option of holding an event during Joe Biden’s inauguration is a possibility.
The report goes on to say that Trump and “some of his closest associates” have already spoken with donors and those close to him “are doing...
According to the Daily Beast, Trump has spoken to close advisers about how and when to kickstart his 2024 run, and the spiteful option of holding an event during Joe Biden’s inauguration is a possibility.
The report goes on to say that Trump and “some of his closest associates” have already spoken with donors and those close to him “are doing...
- 11/29/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Sinclair Broadcast Group will not air a report prepared for Eric Bolling’s weekly TV show that falsely blames Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, for creating the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a series of tweets on Monday, the broadcast company — which owns, operates or provides service to 191 local TV stations across the country — said it would not be “appropriate” to air a segment prepared for the conservative commentator’s show, “America This Week,” featuring an interview with Judy Mikovits, a discredited researcher who espoused false claims about the pandemic in the viral “Plandemic” conspiracy theory video.
“Upon further review, we have decided not to air the interview with Dr. Mikovits. Although the segment did include an expert to dispute Dr. Mikovits, given the nature of the theories she presented we believe it is not appropriate to air the interview,” the company said in a series of tweets on Monday.
In a series of tweets on Monday, the broadcast company — which owns, operates or provides service to 191 local TV stations across the country — said it would not be “appropriate” to air a segment prepared for the conservative commentator’s show, “America This Week,” featuring an interview with Judy Mikovits, a discredited researcher who espoused false claims about the pandemic in the viral “Plandemic” conspiracy theory video.
“Upon further review, we have decided not to air the interview with Dr. Mikovits. Although the segment did include an expert to dispute Dr. Mikovits, given the nature of the theories she presented we believe it is not appropriate to air the interview,” the company said in a series of tweets on Monday.
- 7/27/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Updated, with comment from Trump, Bolton’s attorney, and Simon & Schuster: A federal judge rejected a Justice Department effort to prevent the release of the memoir from Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton.
But U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, in a ruling issued on Saturday, also was highly critical of the way that Bolton went ahead with publishing the book, concluding that he submitted it to the government’s national security review did not complete the process.
Bolton “has gambled with the national security of the United States,” Lamberth wrote. “He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil (and potentially criminal) liability. But those facts do not control the motion before the court. The government has failed to establish that an injunction will prevent irreparable harm.”
Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened, is due to be released on Tuesday by Simon & Schuster,...
But U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, in a ruling issued on Saturday, also was highly critical of the way that Bolton went ahead with publishing the book, concluding that he submitted it to the government’s national security review did not complete the process.
Bolton “has gambled with the national security of the United States,” Lamberth wrote. “He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil (and potentially criminal) liability. But those facts do not control the motion before the court. The government has failed to establish that an injunction will prevent irreparable harm.”
Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened, is due to be released on Tuesday by Simon & Schuster,...
- 6/20/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A federal judge did not say when he would decide whether to grant the Trump administration’s move to block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton’s new book, but he did recognize a reality: The Room Where It Happened is already out there.
“The horse, as we used to say in Texas, seems to be out of the barn,” U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in a videoconference hearing on Friday.
Details of the book’s bombshell revelations about President Donald Trump already have been widely reported, as journalists obtained copies and an excerpt ran in The Wall Street Journal.
The Justice Department is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block the book’s release, but also wants the judge to force Bolton to direct proceeds for the book to the government for the time being.
The book is set to be officially...
“The horse, as we used to say in Texas, seems to be out of the barn,” U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in a videoconference hearing on Friday.
Details of the book’s bombshell revelations about President Donald Trump already have been widely reported, as journalists obtained copies and an excerpt ran in The Wall Street Journal.
The Justice Department is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block the book’s release, but also wants the judge to force Bolton to direct proceeds for the book to the government for the time being.
The book is set to be officially...
- 6/19/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump’s astounding incompetence in recent months — worsening the effects of the lethal Covid-19 pandemic, mishandling the ensuing economic disaster, and maliciously inflaming racial tensions — has affirmed that he is without question the worst president in American history. None of the other contenders for the dishonor, including James Buchanan and most recently George W. Bush, can match Trump’s record of bringing on or aggravating three devastating crises at the same time, any one of which might have ruined another president’s reputation. And two incidents amid the turmoil suggest that Trump,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Sean Wilentz
- Rollingstone.com
In a moment that reflects all too well on one of the ills that confronts American society and is playing out before us during the protests: a white host on Fox News decided that his Black colleague had spoken long enough while trying to make a point about systemic racism and shouted him down.
On Monday, Fox News’ Juan Williams first used the example of Colin Kaepernick’s protest and wondered if, in the face of the violence that has risen from the most recent demonstrations, whether some might reconsider...
On Monday, Fox News’ Juan Williams first used the example of Colin Kaepernick’s protest and wondered if, in the face of the violence that has risen from the most recent demonstrations, whether some might reconsider...
- 6/1/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump has just tweeted out that Antifa, the anti-facist group that has been involved in street protests for several years, will be designated as a Terrorist Organization.
Trump gave no other details in his early communications, but it marks a major step in limiting actions by the mask-wearing group that has been at the heart of many major protests.
Antifa is shorthand for “anti-fascist.” It is a loosely organized coalition of activists and self-described anarchists who seek to physically confront what they consider the far right.
The American Civil Liberties Union said on its website that the USA Patriot Act “expanded the definition of terrorism to cover “”domestic,”” as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act “dangerous to human life” that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to...
Trump gave no other details in his early communications, but it marks a major step in limiting actions by the mask-wearing group that has been at the heart of many major protests.
Antifa is shorthand for “anti-fascist.” It is a loosely organized coalition of activists and self-described anarchists who seek to physically confront what they consider the far right.
The American Civil Liberties Union said on its website that the USA Patriot Act “expanded the definition of terrorism to cover “”domestic,”” as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act “dangerous to human life” that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to...
- 5/31/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
While the official U.S. coronavirus death toll moves closer to 100,000 and President Trump played golf for a second consecutive day, his national security advisor heaped praise on the president saying Trump’s move to limit travel from China this winter “was a profile in courage.”
Sunday morning on Meet the Press, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien gave the president credit for acting on his advice to “immediately impose a travel ban on China” in late January. O’Brien said he told Trump that the move was needed because the...
Sunday morning on Meet the Press, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien gave the president credit for acting on his advice to “immediately impose a travel ban on China” in late January. O’Brien said he told Trump that the move was needed because the...
- 5/24/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Deadline has learned that Jack Gordon, veteran MGM International Distribution President, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 16 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Gordon, born in Brooklyn, New York on March 13, 1929, was the son of Oscar winning American composer and lyricist, Mack Gordon, who had won Best Original Song for “You’ll Never Know” from the 1943 H. Bruce Humberstone movie Hello Frisco, Hello
Gordon joined MGM as an interim employee in the 16mm department shortly after returning from active U.S. Army duty in the Korean War. During his 44-year career he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O’Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Frank Mancuso.
He began in the studio’s distribution department in the mid 1950’s and in 1972 he was appointed VP of MGM International. He was promoted to Evp in 1979. After MGM merged with United Artists in 1981, he became Svp of International Distribution.
Gordon, born in Brooklyn, New York on March 13, 1929, was the son of Oscar winning American composer and lyricist, Mack Gordon, who had won Best Original Song for “You’ll Never Know” from the 1943 H. Bruce Humberstone movie Hello Frisco, Hello
Gordon joined MGM as an interim employee in the 16mm department shortly after returning from active U.S. Army duty in the Korean War. During his 44-year career he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O’Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Frank Mancuso.
He began in the studio’s distribution department in the mid 1950’s and in 1972 he was appointed VP of MGM International. He was promoted to Evp in 1979. After MGM merged with United Artists in 1981, he became Svp of International Distribution.
- 2/20/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Gordon, who spent 44 years as a distribution and international executive at MGM, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 90.
The son of Oscar-winning composer-lyricist Mack Gordon ("At Last," "You'll Never Know," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O'Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd Jr. and Frank Mancuso at the studio. He was critical in leading MGM's accession into pay TV and home video.
Born on March 13, 1929, in Brooklyn, Gordon joined MGM as ...
The son of Oscar-winning composer-lyricist Mack Gordon ("At Last," "You'll Never Know," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O'Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd Jr. and Frank Mancuso at the studio. He was critical in leading MGM's accession into pay TV and home video.
Born on March 13, 1929, in Brooklyn, Gordon joined MGM as ...
- 2/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jack Gordon, who spent 44 years as a distribution and international executive at MGM, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 90.
The son of Oscar-winning composer-lyricist Mack Gordon ("At Last," "You'll Never Know," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O'Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd Jr. and Frank Mancuso at the studio. He was critical in leading MGM's accession into pay TV and home video.
Born on March 13, 1929, in Brooklyn, Gordon joined MGM as ...
The son of Oscar-winning composer-lyricist Mack Gordon ("At Last," "You'll Never Know," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), he served under studio heads Nicholas Schenck, Dore Schary, Robert O'Brien, James T. Aubrey, David Begelman, Alan Ladd Jr. and Frank Mancuso at the studio. He was critical in leading MGM's accession into pay TV and home video.
Born on March 13, 1929, in Brooklyn, Gordon joined MGM as ...
- 2/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
America is on the brink of war with Iran, largely as a result of President Trump’s reckless decision to assassinate Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. An excellent way to understand how and why this happened is to read Peter Bergen’s new book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos (Penguin Press). The book chronicles the first three years of the Trump administration’s national security and foreign policy follies, as well as the sordid, outlandish story of Trump’s romance with the hard-ass experienced generals who initially...
- 1/7/2020
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This year's Sundance Film Festival was a case of three times a charm for director Craig Zobel with his third time at the Robert Redford-created shindig, but he came with a trio of hot names in Z For Zachariah. Now we get our first look at the post-global-calamity pic that stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine and Margot Robbie as the seemingly last survivors of the late great human race. Written by Nissar Modi and based on Robert O'Brien's posthumous 1974 novel, the film…...
- 6/4/2015
- Deadline
Today, FilmmakerIQ posted the following snippet of Alex North's original score for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The score was ultimately rejected and, in the case of the film's opening title sequence, the score was replaced by Richard Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" composed in 1896. There are a couple ways to look and listen to this piece, but I think the best is to consider just how much we're all likely to prefer Kubrick's decision on which music to go with, especially once you you consider the following interview snippet from an interview in which Michel Ciment noted, "You have abandoned original film music in your last three films." Kubrick's response: Exclude a pop music score from what I am about to say. However good our best film composers may be, they are not a Beethoven, a Mozart or a Brahms. Why use music which is less...
- 5/19/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Right now audiences can see Chris Pine back in space for Star Trek Into Darkness, and his action thriller Jack Ryan arrives this Christmas, but his next project will be a little more low key. Variety has word that Pine is set to star in an indie called Z for Zachariah, which will also feature Amanda Seyfried and Chiwetel Ejiofor. What makes this project truly interesting is Craig Zobel is directing the film after making a splash at Sundance last year with his film Compliance. Based on Robert O'Brien's book of the same name, the setting finds a girl isolated in the wake of a nuclear war that took everyone in her life away. But one day, in a deep valley that somehow still has breathable air, two strangers emerge from the forest, but she might have been better off being alone. The script comes from new writer Nissar Modi...
- 5/17/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Prince William and Kate Middleton's trip to Canada provided them with everything from dragon boats to cowboy hats and even diamond polar bears. And the newlyweds' tour gave royal-watchers something just as valuable: A rare chance to hear from the couple as they go about their day-to-day duties as Duke and Duchess. Check out their best quotes from Canada - and a smattering of sound bites from the lucky fans who got to meet them. Related: Will & Kate in Canada: Mutton Busting!William's Best Lines• "Do we eat as we go? I'm quite hungry" - to his instructor at the...
- 7/8/2011
- by Rennie Dyball
- PEOPLE.com
Anthropology instructor Robert O'Brien's students staged a 'die in' to protest harassment of Lgbt kids.
By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Matt Harper
Rutgers University instructor Robert O'Brien
Photo: MTV News
Students on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, are still coming to grips with the national attention focused on their school in the wake of last week's apparent suicide by freshman Tyler Clementi, as well as other recent suicides by younger teens who took their lives after enduring taunts about their sexuality.
Clementi's death, following the alleged online posting by his roommate of video showing Clementi being intimate with another man, has opened up a dialogue on the campus about privacy and the need for respect among students.
Robert O'Brien, an assistant instructor in the anthropology department at Rutgers, told MTV News that the subject of Clementi's death came up in his "Sexuality and Eroticism" class on Thursday night,...
By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Matt Harper
Rutgers University instructor Robert O'Brien
Photo: MTV News
Students on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, are still coming to grips with the national attention focused on their school in the wake of last week's apparent suicide by freshman Tyler Clementi, as well as other recent suicides by younger teens who took their lives after enduring taunts about their sexuality.
Clementi's death, following the alleged online posting by his roommate of video showing Clementi being intimate with another man, has opened up a dialogue on the campus about privacy and the need for respect among students.
Robert O'Brien, an assistant instructor in the anthropology department at Rutgers, told MTV News that the subject of Clementi's death came up in his "Sexuality and Eroticism" class on Thursday night,...
- 10/1/2010
- MTV Music News
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