Donald Trump adamantly denied ever posing as his own spokesperson on Friday, but the presumptive Gop nominee told People a different story in 1991. The businessman insisted on Today that a newly surfaced recording that sounds like him acting as a Trump publicist was "one of the many scams," noting, "I have many, many people that are trying to imitate my voice." Amid his divorce from wife Ivana Trump and eventual engagement to Marla Maples, however, it appears that Trump did make at least one call as a man named John Miller in the early '90s. Then-people reporter Sue Carswell interviewed Miller,...
- 5/15/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump adamantly denied ever posing as his own spokesperson on Friday, but the presumptive Gop nominee told People a different story in 1991. The businessman insisted on Today that a newly surfaced recording that sounds like him acting as a Trump publicist was "one of the many scams," noting, "I have many, many people that are trying to imitate my voice." Amid his divorce from wife Ivana Trump and eventual engagement to Marla Maples, however, it appears that Trump did make at least one call as a man named John Miller in the early '90s. Then-people reporter Sue Carswell interviewed Miller,...
- 5/15/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump on Friday said he doesn't "know anything about" a newly surfaced recording that sounds like the billionaire businessman posing as his own spokesman, calling it "one of the many scams" targeting him. "No, I don't know anything about it. You're telling me about it for the first time and it doesn't sound like my voice at all," he told the Today show on Friday after the recording was played for him during a live interview. "And it doesn't sound like me on the phone, I'll tell you that, and it was not me on the phone." "I have many,...
- 5/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump on Friday said he doesn't "know anything about" a newly surfaced recording that sounds like the billionaire businessman posing as his own spokesman, calling it "one of the many scams" targeting him. "No, I don't know anything about it. You're telling me about it for the first time and it doesn't sound like my voice at all," he told the Today show on Friday after the recording was played for him during a live interview. "And it doesn't sound like me on the phone, I'll tell you that, and it was not me on the phone." "I have many,...
- 5/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Season Finale of AMC's "The Killing" this Sunday at 9pm. Tune in alert the season three two-hour finale of AMC’s “The Killing” airing on Sunday, August 4th at 9Pm Et/Pt. In the episode entitled “From Up Here/The Road to Hamelin,” Sarah seeks peace in the aftermath, the detectives pick up a new unnerving case and Sarah risks her life when someone dear to her goes missing. The series, executive produced by series creator Veena Sud, has been heralded by many critics, including Linda Stasi of the New York Post who called “The Killing” a “great series.” Joining stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman this season are new cast members Peter Sarsgaard, Elias Koteas and Amy Seimetz.
- 8/1/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Kris Jenner's new self-titled talk show, "Kris," hasn't exactly been making headlines online. Well, it has -- but not for the reasons the host probably wants it to. Reviews include lines like:
"I brought exceedingly low expectations to Day 2 of 'Kris,' the new daytime talker from Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner. And yet, to my surprise, I still marveled (and occasionally chuckled) at how the level of discourse plummeted like a stone from a highrise balcony." -- Michael Slezak, TV Line
"I found the show to be a bit boring. ... Counting the number of times Kim Kardashian's name was mentioned in the hour show -- at least 10 times. Nothing like riding on the tails of her very famous daughter." -- Have U Heard
"['Kris'] is so horrible it should come with a hazard warning. ... [Kris Jenner] has as much business with a talk show as her big, talentless bore-of-a-daughter,...
"I brought exceedingly low expectations to Day 2 of 'Kris,' the new daytime talker from Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner. And yet, to my surprise, I still marveled (and occasionally chuckled) at how the level of discourse plummeted like a stone from a highrise balcony." -- Michael Slezak, TV Line
"I found the show to be a bit boring. ... Counting the number of times Kim Kardashian's name was mentioned in the hour show -- at least 10 times. Nothing like riding on the tails of her very famous daughter." -- Have U Heard
"['Kris'] is so horrible it should come with a hazard warning. ... [Kris Jenner] has as much business with a talk show as her big, talentless bore-of-a-daughter,...
- 7/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The premiere of NBC.s Australian-shot summer series Camp drew 5 million viewers in the Us on Wednesday night.
While the show won its timeslot against admittedly weak opposition, the figure was variously described as .modest. (Broadcasting & Cable), .respectable. (The Hollywood Reporter) and .soft. (Deadline.com).
Filmed. in the Tweed Valley in Nsw and set in a Us summer camp, the series stars Rachel Griffiths as a newly-divorced camp director/owner and Rodger Corser as her Aussie rival/love interest.
The premiere was the second-best this season for a new scripted series behind Under the Dome, winning its 10 pm timeslot against Mexican telenovela Qué bonito amor (What a Beautiful Love) on the Univision network and a repeat of Criminal Minds on CBS.
But there was a steep drop-off from the lead-in to Camp, America.s Got Talent, which drew 7.8 million viewers. The series will air here on the Seven Network, probably over the summer.
While the show won its timeslot against admittedly weak opposition, the figure was variously described as .modest. (Broadcasting & Cable), .respectable. (The Hollywood Reporter) and .soft. (Deadline.com).
Filmed. in the Tweed Valley in Nsw and set in a Us summer camp, the series stars Rachel Griffiths as a newly-divorced camp director/owner and Rodger Corser as her Aussie rival/love interest.
The premiere was the second-best this season for a new scripted series behind Under the Dome, winning its 10 pm timeslot against Mexican telenovela Qué bonito amor (What a Beautiful Love) on the Univision network and a repeat of Criminal Minds on CBS.
But there was a steep drop-off from the lead-in to Camp, America.s Got Talent, which drew 7.8 million viewers. The series will air here on the Seven Network, probably over the summer.
- 7/11/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
"Ray Donovan," the new series debuting Sunday on Showtime, is about a South Boston transplant who works as a fixer for the rich and powerful of Hollywood. It has a terrific pedigree. Liev Schreiber stars as the title character with Jon Voight playing his father, and creator Ann Biderman is behind the critically acclaimed TNT series "Southland." That should be enough to get people to tune in; whether the show will deliver enough to keep them viewing remains to be seen. The New York Post's Linda Stasi will be back, for sure. "Do...
- 6/30/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
"Phil Spector," which aired on HBO Sunday, is David Mamet's fictionalized take on the lurid tale of the music maestro and his murder trial. -Insertgroups:12- Oscar champ Al Pacino ("Scent of a Woman"_ plays Spector while another Oscar winner, Helen Mirren ("The Queen"), is his devoted defense attorney. Linda Stasi (NY Post) loved the telefilm, calling Pacino and Mirren "fantastic" while Robert Bianco (USA Today) says, "Pacino really throws his all, and then some, into big moments; Mirren can take even the smallest moment and make it shine." And, as Tim Goodman (THR) notes: "even though the movie is loaded with enough to satisfy those who believe Spector did it, as Mirren’s role is written and Pacino’s performance hints at, the film seems eager to suggest Spector was found guilty mostly of being a freak. That have-it-both-ways storytelling doesn’t make 'Phil Spe...
- 3/25/2013
- Gold Derby
Tags: Lena DunhamGirlsIMDb
Like every good feminist I can mouth the rhetoric: In the last three decades, the acceptable female form has grown ever more circumscribed, forced to adhere to a strict set of guidelines in order to please society's critical eye. Women’s bodies are the canvas on which patriarchy writes.
At the same time, sex has continued to work overtime in America, blatant imagery standing in for quality products in ads, for thought-provoking writing on television, for emotional connection online.
In media and advertising, more often than not, sex is signified by the female form, a form which is slowly shifting, becoming ever more botoxed, hairless, prepubescently lithe, vaginally rejuvenated, evenly tanned, white teethed, shiny-haired, devoid of cellulite, surgically enhanced and preternaturally young.
Yet sex is by nature bodily. Sex involves fluids and smells and orifices, the antithesis of the neutered imagery we’ve been primed to associate with it.
Like every good feminist I can mouth the rhetoric: In the last three decades, the acceptable female form has grown ever more circumscribed, forced to adhere to a strict set of guidelines in order to please society's critical eye. Women’s bodies are the canvas on which patriarchy writes.
At the same time, sex has continued to work overtime in America, blatant imagery standing in for quality products in ads, for thought-provoking writing on television, for emotional connection online.
In media and advertising, more often than not, sex is signified by the female form, a form which is slowly shifting, becoming ever more botoxed, hairless, prepubescently lithe, vaginally rejuvenated, evenly tanned, white teethed, shiny-haired, devoid of cellulite, surgically enhanced and preternaturally young.
Yet sex is by nature bodily. Sex involves fluids and smells and orifices, the antithesis of the neutered imagery we’ve been primed to associate with it.
- 1/11/2013
- by Sarah Terez Rosenblum
- AfterEllen.com
Girls executive producer Jenni Konner hasn't read Linda Stasi's brutal review of the second season of the HBO series, but she heard about it -- and she's got some choice words for the New York Post columnist. "I feel terrible and sad for the woman who wrote that -- that she thinks anything that what Lena [Dunham] does is anything but brave and fabulous," Konner told The Hollywood Reporter at Girls' premiere in New York City on Wednesday. The column in question, published earlier this week, was less a "review" than a hit piece mocking Dunham's body. Calling the 26-year-old actress-
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- 1/10/2013
- by Erin Carlson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Girls" is coming back, so you know what that means: More people chiming in to hate on Lena Dunham. Love her or hate her, one of Dunham's charms is her seemingly endless self-confidence, as evidenced by the fact she repeatedly gets naked on the hit HBO comedy.
Well, New York Post writer Linda Stasi has a problem with that attitude. It's clear from her review of Season 2 that she isn't a fan of "Girls," but her major complaint with the series seems to be Dunham's "blobby body" instead of the fact she can't relate to it.
"It's not every day in the TV world of anorexic actresses with fake boobs that a woman with giant thighs, a sloppy backside and small breasts is compelled to show it all," Stasi writes. "It's a boon for the out-of-shape, and perhaps a giant economic loss for high-end gyms, especially in Brooklyn."
Charming. Stasi...
Well, New York Post writer Linda Stasi has a problem with that attitude. It's clear from her review of Season 2 that she isn't a fan of "Girls," but her major complaint with the series seems to be Dunham's "blobby body" instead of the fact she can't relate to it.
"It's not every day in the TV world of anorexic actresses with fake boobs that a woman with giant thighs, a sloppy backside and small breasts is compelled to show it all," Stasi writes. "It's a boon for the out-of-shape, and perhaps a giant economic loss for high-end gyms, especially in Brooklyn."
Charming. Stasi...
- 1/8/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Between his radio show and serving as a judge on "America's Got Talent," Howard Stern's plate is full.
However, after NY Post columnist Linda Stasi suggested the shock jock could be the cure for an ailing CNN in a recent article, Access Hollywood caught up with Beth Stern, Howard's wife, to find out if the radio personality-turned-reality TV judge would ever consider making the move to the network.
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However, after NY Post columnist Linda Stasi suggested the shock jock could be the cure for an ailing CNN in a recent article, Access Hollywood caught up with Beth Stern, Howard's wife, to find out if the radio personality-turned-reality TV judge would ever consider making the move to the network.
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- 1/4/2013
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Rachel Bennett
Television Editor & Columnist
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This week, several new series bit the dust: ABC’s drama Last Resort, ABC’s drama 666 Park Avenue and CBS’s comedy Partners.
They will join NBC’s comedy Animal Practice and CBS’s drama Made in Jersey in rookie TV heaven, where they will live on in YouTube clips.
Fox’s The Mob Doctor airs tonight, but the drama likely won’t last past its 13-episode order. Its last broadcast, on Nov. 12, drew 3.1 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the coveted 18-49 adults demographic. In comparison, take a look at the ratings of the aforementioned canceled freshman shows:
• Made in Jersey: The final episode of the legal drama attracted 5.8 million viewers and a 18-49 demo rating of 0.8.
• Animal Practice: The last episode saw 3.8 million people and a 18-49 demo rating of 1.0.
• Partners: The episode that aired before its cancellation pulled in a series low rating,...
Television Editor & Columnist
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This week, several new series bit the dust: ABC’s drama Last Resort, ABC’s drama 666 Park Avenue and CBS’s comedy Partners.
They will join NBC’s comedy Animal Practice and CBS’s drama Made in Jersey in rookie TV heaven, where they will live on in YouTube clips.
Fox’s The Mob Doctor airs tonight, but the drama likely won’t last past its 13-episode order. Its last broadcast, on Nov. 12, drew 3.1 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the coveted 18-49 adults demographic. In comparison, take a look at the ratings of the aforementioned canceled freshman shows:
• Made in Jersey: The final episode of the legal drama attracted 5.8 million viewers and a 18-49 demo rating of 0.8.
• Animal Practice: The last episode saw 3.8 million people and a 18-49 demo rating of 1.0.
• Partners: The episode that aired before its cancellation pulled in a series low rating,...
- 11/19/2012
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
Critics agree the show is worthy summer entertainment but find the plot lacking focus.
By Fallon Prinzivalli
Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Lucy Griffiths in season five of "True Blood"
Photo: Lacey Terrell/ HBO
Our favorite fantastical creatures from Bon Temps return Sunday night (June 10) with the season-five premiere of HBO's "True Blood."
The previous season left off with Sookie professing love for both Eric and Bill while ultimately choosing herself over either lover. Alcide uncovered a giant hole in a cement parking lot, leading us to believe we haven't heard the last of Russell Edgington. And in the final sequence before the credits, Debbie meant to unload a round of lead into Sookie, but Tara jumped in the way and had half her head blown off.
Along with hopefully revealing whether Sookie's Bff survived the blast or not, the latest season brings vampire authority in the form of "Law...
By Fallon Prinzivalli
Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Lucy Griffiths in season five of "True Blood"
Photo: Lacey Terrell/ HBO
Our favorite fantastical creatures from Bon Temps return Sunday night (June 10) with the season-five premiere of HBO's "True Blood."
The previous season left off with Sookie professing love for both Eric and Bill while ultimately choosing herself over either lover. Alcide uncovered a giant hole in a cement parking lot, leading us to believe we haven't heard the last of Russell Edgington. And in the final sequence before the credits, Debbie meant to unload a round of lead into Sookie, but Tara jumped in the way and had half her head blown off.
Along with hopefully revealing whether Sookie's Bff survived the blast or not, the latest season brings vampire authority in the form of "Law...
- 6/8/2012
- MTV Music News
In Thursday's (June 7) New York Post, TV critic Linda Stasi takes "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner to task for, in words, "child exploitation" and "Hollywood perversity." Weiner, she accuses, is guilty of over-sexualizing Sally Draper's storyline and exposing the actress who plays her -- 12-year-old Kiernan Shipka -- to child predators.
I hate even having to address this, but the first thing I thought when Sally hit her big milestone on Sunday's show was "someone's going to take this the wrong way." Stasi, conveniently stepped up. It just took her a few days.
Sally -- and Weiner -- deserve a sane point of view. So here we are.
Stasi writes:
"When [Sally] gets stomach pains she runs to the bathroom, where she pulls up her dress, pulls down her underpants, squats on the toilet and there, in close-up yet, they show her little-girl, white cotton underpants soiled with her first menstrual blood ... Excuse me?...
I hate even having to address this, but the first thing I thought when Sally hit her big milestone on Sunday's show was "someone's going to take this the wrong way." Stasi, conveniently stepped up. It just took her a few days.
Sally -- and Weiner -- deserve a sane point of view. So here we are.
Stasi writes:
"When [Sally] gets stomach pains she runs to the bathroom, where she pulls up her dress, pulls down her underpants, squats on the toilet and there, in close-up yet, they show her little-girl, white cotton underpants soiled with her first menstrual blood ... Excuse me?...
- 6/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler's debut as American Idol judges has proved a hit with the critics.
Season 10 of the TV talent show got underway on Wednesday night with Tyler and Lopez replacing Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell on the hit show - and the two superstars wowed contestants and TV critics with their enthusiastic response to wannabes at auditions in New Jersey, which were taped last year.
The Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara writes, "Moments into Wednesday night’s season premiere, it was gratifyingly clear that for the first time in a long time the fumblings and flailings of contestants fighting to find their feet on stage will not be mirrored by the judges' table.
"Not only are they great to look at, Lopez and Tyler are long-time stars who have nothing to gain, or lose, by being part of American Idol."
She adds, "Their natural confidence in front of the camera was such a blessed relief that it was hard to miss even the bracing ballistics of Simon Cowell."
New York Post critic Linda Stasi agreed, calling the duo's "instant chemistry" with existing judge Randy Jackson "so right, they couldn’t have created it in a lab".
She continues, "Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are not and will never be Paula (Abdul, another former judge) and Simon. They didn’t do the brother/sister love/hate thing - and didn’t try to. And that was great. They did something completely different. They were themselves - two superstars fully engaged and absorbed. And not with themselves, but with the contestants. Perfect."
However, the show lost a few viewers - the premiere opened to the lowest ratings since season one.
Season 10 of the TV talent show got underway on Wednesday night with Tyler and Lopez replacing Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell on the hit show - and the two superstars wowed contestants and TV critics with their enthusiastic response to wannabes at auditions in New Jersey, which were taped last year.
The Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara writes, "Moments into Wednesday night’s season premiere, it was gratifyingly clear that for the first time in a long time the fumblings and flailings of contestants fighting to find their feet on stage will not be mirrored by the judges' table.
"Not only are they great to look at, Lopez and Tyler are long-time stars who have nothing to gain, or lose, by being part of American Idol."
She adds, "Their natural confidence in front of the camera was such a blessed relief that it was hard to miss even the bracing ballistics of Simon Cowell."
New York Post critic Linda Stasi agreed, calling the duo's "instant chemistry" with existing judge Randy Jackson "so right, they couldn’t have created it in a lab".
She continues, "Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are not and will never be Paula (Abdul, another former judge) and Simon. They didn’t do the brother/sister love/hate thing - and didn’t try to. And that was great. They did something completely different. They were themselves - two superstars fully engaged and absorbed. And not with themselves, but with the contestants. Perfect."
However, the show lost a few viewers - the premiere opened to the lowest ratings since season one.
- 1/20/2011
- WENN
The reviews for the debut of the Simon Cowell-less “American Idol” are in -- and like the audition road show that precedes it, they’re all over the map. It was hard to find a television critic who absolutely loved Season 10’s first episode -- except for Linda Stasi of the New York Post (which, like Fox, is owned by News Corp.) who said “last night's made-over ‘Idol’ was so good, I may never go out again.” Also Read: 'American Idol' Recap: Steven Tyler's the New Simon -- in a Good Way One thing...
- 1/20/2011
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
No fights broke out Tuesday when 300 people showed up for the opening at Chelsea Market of "Pros @ Play," an exhibition of photos by Post columnist/critic Linda Stasi and five other New Yorkers. "I'm very grateful that everyone behaved, considering that the Chelsea Wine Vault was supplying endless wine, while importers from Ilegal Mezcal were handing out generous shots to Democrats, Republicans, high-strung artists, the occasional ex-con and the lawyers who love them," Stasi said, refer- ring to the guest list of party host Sid Davi doff. "Good Day New York" star Rosanna Scotto and...
- 8/20/2009
- NYPost.com
Lifesize Entertainment
NEW YORK -- Reality television is painful enough to watch at home, let alone on the big screen, but directors Perry Grebin and Michael Nigro somehow didn't get the message. "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality," their dubious documentary chronicling the efforts of two would-be reality-show auteurs to pitch their wares, is not likely to attract viewers used to getting their fix in their own living rooms.
At first, Dave Roberts and Gil S. Ripley are seen trying to get producers interested in their new hot concept, "Virgin Territories", in which 10 male virgins compete to see who can stay that way the longest despite a barrage of artificial temptations. The prize: losing their virginity to an actual porn star.
Surprisingly, they have trouble attracting interest, save for the attention of Kevin Blatt, the promoter behind the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape. But ultimately even Blatt passes, instead warming to another idea proposed by the duo: "The Ultimate Ultimate Challenge," a sort of "Survivor" knock-off with the twist that the contestants stranded on a remote island might ultimately be forced into cannibalism. The show eventually is put into production, with disastrous results.
The filmmakers add plenty of realistic touches to the proceedings, including interviews with such figures as Linda Stasi, TV critic at the New York Post, and Lizz Winstead, co-creator of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart". And seen hosting the reality show, also dubbed "Starvation Island", is George Gray of "The Weakest Link".
But the film is clearly a put-on, though how much was scripted and how much is the result of manipulation is unclear. (One sly clue is the Godard film poster that goes crashing to the floor at an inopportune moment.) In either case, the results onscreen are sheer boredom. When it comes to the absurdities of reality TV, the real thing needs no embellishment.
NEW YORK -- Reality television is painful enough to watch at home, let alone on the big screen, but directors Perry Grebin and Michael Nigro somehow didn't get the message. "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality," their dubious documentary chronicling the efforts of two would-be reality-show auteurs to pitch their wares, is not likely to attract viewers used to getting their fix in their own living rooms.
At first, Dave Roberts and Gil S. Ripley are seen trying to get producers interested in their new hot concept, "Virgin Territories", in which 10 male virgins compete to see who can stay that way the longest despite a barrage of artificial temptations. The prize: losing their virginity to an actual porn star.
Surprisingly, they have trouble attracting interest, save for the attention of Kevin Blatt, the promoter behind the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape. But ultimately even Blatt passes, instead warming to another idea proposed by the duo: "The Ultimate Ultimate Challenge," a sort of "Survivor" knock-off with the twist that the contestants stranded on a remote island might ultimately be forced into cannibalism. The show eventually is put into production, with disastrous results.
The filmmakers add plenty of realistic touches to the proceedings, including interviews with such figures as Linda Stasi, TV critic at the New York Post, and Lizz Winstead, co-creator of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart". And seen hosting the reality show, also dubbed "Starvation Island", is George Gray of "The Weakest Link".
But the film is clearly a put-on, though how much was scripted and how much is the result of manipulation is unclear. (One sly clue is the Godard film poster that goes crashing to the floor at an inopportune moment.) In either case, the results onscreen are sheer boredom. When it comes to the absurdities of reality TV, the real thing needs no embellishment.
- 4/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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