In the pre-coverage of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the speech is being billed as the most important of his presidency, what with his dismal approval numbers and what is shaping up to be very difficult campaign for reelection.
Moreover, so much attention has been paid to the president’s age — at 81, he is the first octogenarian on a major party ticket — that any kind of slip up will be seized upon by his rivals.
Then again, Biden’s most memorable moment last year was an exchange with House Republicans over Social Security, showing that the president had command of the stage. That’s why it’ll be interesting to see if GOP members restrain themselves so as to not give the president the opportunity this year.
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Moreover, so much attention has been paid to the president’s age — at 81, he is the first octogenarian on a major party ticket — that any kind of slip up will be seized upon by his rivals.
Then again, Biden’s most memorable moment last year was an exchange with House Republicans over Social Security, showing that the president had command of the stage. That’s why it’ll be interesting to see if GOP members restrain themselves so as to not give the president the opportunity this year.
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- 3/7/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On Jan. 13, MSNBC will roll out its new take on a weekend morning show: The Weekend.
Co-hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele, the program was announced late last year as part of an overhaul of the cable channel’s weekend lineup. Originating from Washington D.C. and running from 8-10 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, MSNBC is betting that The Weekend can deliver for its regular viewers what Morning Joe does on weekday mornings: A more casual, conversational look at the news, with some original reporting and interviews thrown in for good measure.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Menendez, Steele and Symone-Townsend last week to discuss what they have planned.
To start, I’d love hear each of your thoughts on what your goals are with the show and the perspective that you hope to bring to the weekend morning time period and and also...
Co-hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele, the program was announced late last year as part of an overhaul of the cable channel’s weekend lineup. Originating from Washington D.C. and running from 8-10 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, MSNBC is betting that The Weekend can deliver for its regular viewers what Morning Joe does on weekday mornings: A more casual, conversational look at the news, with some original reporting and interviews thrown in for good measure.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Menendez, Steele and Symone-Townsend last week to discuss what they have planned.
To start, I’d love hear each of your thoughts on what your goals are with the show and the perspective that you hope to bring to the weekend morning time period and and also...
- 1/9/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MSNBC is giving its weekend lineup a major overhaul, which will include the end of Sunday-night program The Mehdi Hasan Show, TVLine has confirmed.
Hasan’s series, which initially launched on Peacock in 2020 and later joined the MSNBC lineup in February 2021, found Hasan providing analysis and interviews that reflected on the day’s events. Ayman Mohyeldin, who is already a fixture of MSNBC’s weekend schedule, will take over for Hasan, expanding to four hours of programming on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Hasan’s series, which initially launched on Peacock in 2020 and later joined the MSNBC lineup in February 2021, found Hasan providing analysis and interviews that reflected on the day’s events. Ayman Mohyeldin, who is already a fixture of MSNBC’s weekend schedule, will take over for Hasan, expanding to four hours of programming on Saturdays and Sundays.
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- 11/30/2023
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Updated, with response to Hasan show cancellation: MSNBC is launching The Weekend, a morning news show on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a series of changes to the weekend lineup that include ending Mehdi Hasan’s one hour weekend show.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is overhauling its weekend lineup ahead of the 2024 election season.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MSNBC is shaking up its weekend schedule as CNN’s Saturday and Sunday offerings continue to provide strong competition.
The NBCUniversal cable-news outlet plans to a launch a new panel show, “The Weekend,” co-moderated by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele that will air Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and will cancel a nighttime show anchored by the outspoke Mehdi Hasan. Those move will not only consolidate anchors who had been active on the weekend schedule in their own time slots, but leave room for broad change.
MSNBC’s weekend schedule has long been edged out by CNN among viewers between 25 and 54 — the audience most coveted by advertisers in news programming. CNN launched a new Saturday-morning lineup in November featuring Victor Blackwell,. Chris Wallace and Christiane Amanpour, and paced ahead of MSNBC in both that demographic and total viewers, according to recent data from Nielsen.
The NBCUniversal cable-news outlet plans to a launch a new panel show, “The Weekend,” co-moderated by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele that will air Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and will cancel a nighttime show anchored by the outspoke Mehdi Hasan. Those move will not only consolidate anchors who had been active on the weekend schedule in their own time slots, but leave room for broad change.
MSNBC’s weekend schedule has long been edged out by CNN among viewers between 25 and 54 — the audience most coveted by advertisers in news programming. CNN launched a new Saturday-morning lineup in November featuring Victor Blackwell,. Chris Wallace and Christiane Amanpour, and paced ahead of MSNBC in both that demographic and total viewers, according to recent data from Nielsen.
- 11/30/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Kate Middeton’s back to business. After wearing predominantly feminine silhouettes, the 41-year-old’s returned to power suits, a look she’s favored many times since becoming the Princess of Wales. Plus, according to an expert, she channeled the late Queen Elizabeth II while doing it.
Kate Middleton wore a white Alexander McQueen suit to the 2023 Rugby World Cup Kate Middleton | Michael Steele – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images
On Sept. 9, 2023, Kate headed to Marseille, France. There, she saw England take on Argentina in the Rugby World Cup as patron of England’s Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League.
Watching from the stands at the Stade Velodrome, Kate sported a white pantsuit from Alexander McQueen, the British design responsible for many of her outfits, including her 2011 royal wedding gown.
Kate also wore a red rose pin, which, together with the white-hued suit, coordinated with England’s Saint George flag.
Kate Middleton wore a white Alexander McQueen suit to the 2023 Rugby World Cup Kate Middleton | Michael Steele – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images
On Sept. 9, 2023, Kate headed to Marseille, France. There, she saw England take on Argentina in the Rugby World Cup as patron of England’s Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League.
Watching from the stands at the Stade Velodrome, Kate sported a white pantsuit from Alexander McQueen, the British design responsible for many of her outfits, including her 2011 royal wedding gown.
Kate also wore a red rose pin, which, together with the white-hued suit, coordinated with England’s Saint George flag.
- 9/12/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lifetime isn't Lifetime without V.C. Andrews's book-to-screen adaptations!
And we know you're excited about the four-part Cutler Saga, kicking things off with the first in the series, Dawn.
We can already tell you it's pure campy fun, and the cast is no joke.
We had the opportunity to sit in on a presser with the cast of Dawn, with a special appearance by V.C. Andrews' ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman.
It was all copacetic as everyone discussed how they got into character, gushed over star Brec Bassinger's performance and work ethic, and expressed all the fun they had filming this piece.
Fortunately, TV Fanatic got the opportunity to jump on Zoom with star, Bassinger, to discuss what it was like to play the film's titular role as we follow her through her journey from adolescence through adulthood.
In the first installment of this saga, we find Dawn Longchamp...
And we know you're excited about the four-part Cutler Saga, kicking things off with the first in the series, Dawn.
We can already tell you it's pure campy fun, and the cast is no joke.
We had the opportunity to sit in on a presser with the cast of Dawn, with a special appearance by V.C. Andrews' ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman.
It was all copacetic as everyone discussed how they got into character, gushed over star Brec Bassinger's performance and work ethic, and expressed all the fun they had filming this piece.
Fortunately, TV Fanatic got the opportunity to jump on Zoom with star, Bassinger, to discuss what it was like to play the film's titular role as we follow her through her journey from adolescence through adulthood.
In the first installment of this saga, we find Dawn Longchamp...
- 7/7/2023
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough is concerned that Kevin McCarthy’s release of Jan. 6 security footage to Tucker Carlson will lead to another riot, as the panel discussed Tuesday the Fox News host’s rewriting and downplaying of the insurrection on the Capitol.
“There you go again promoting violence and praising those committing violence against cops,” Scarborough said. “This is once again the abandonment of the blue. Once again the abandonment of police officers.”
He continued: “You can’t say ‘the Republican Party.’ This is a segment of the Republican Party, in the House especially, that are trying to grant absolution by lying about those people, those rioters that beat the hell out of police officers.”
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Scarborough also called McCarthy’s release of the footage a “serious breach.
“There you go again promoting violence and praising those committing violence against cops,” Scarborough said. “This is once again the abandonment of the blue. Once again the abandonment of police officers.”
He continued: “You can’t say ‘the Republican Party.’ This is a segment of the Republican Party, in the House especially, that are trying to grant absolution by lying about those people, those rioters that beat the hell out of police officers.”
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Scarborough also called McCarthy’s release of the footage a “serious breach.
- 3/8/2023
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
The “Morning Joe” crew could barely keep it together Friday as they discussed Donald Trump’s “big announcement” that he is selling 99 digital trading cards bearing poorly photoshopped images of his likeness.
“How do we show this and keep a straight face?” Mika Brzezinski wondered as her co-anchor Joe Scarborough said, “There are few words.”
Friday’s segment opened with a montage of famous speeches in presidential history from Fdr, JFK and George Bush before cutting to Trump hawking his NFTs on Truth Social.
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Scarborough shared his reaction to the “sleazy” announcement while their co-anchors looked on, audibly laughing and wiping tears from their eyes.
“I saw this yesterday and you know, I thought it was put together by a late-night comic or something,” he said. “But...
“How do we show this and keep a straight face?” Mika Brzezinski wondered as her co-anchor Joe Scarborough said, “There are few words.”
Friday’s segment opened with a montage of famous speeches in presidential history from Fdr, JFK and George Bush before cutting to Trump hawking his NFTs on Truth Social.
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Scarborough shared his reaction to the “sleazy” announcement while their co-anchors looked on, audibly laughing and wiping tears from their eyes.
“I saw this yesterday and you know, I thought it was put together by a late-night comic or something,” he said. “But...
- 12/16/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Refresh for updates…: “Now we have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters,” says Kathy Griffin. “Jokes are what Chris Rock does,” tweets Mia Farrow. “And That’s How We Do It,” brags Jaden Smith.
Reactions to the slap that stunned the Oscars — when Will Smith bounded on stage to smack comedian Chris Rock over a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, are, to put it mildly, all over the place, with most seeming to come down decidedly for, as one comedian puts it, Team Rock.
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“Stand-up comics are very adept at handling hecklers,” tweeted Mark Hamill. “Violent physical assault… not so much.” He included the hashtag “UgliestOscarMomentEver”.
“Ummm… Whaaaat!??,” writes Dan Bucatinsky. “He justified his assault using tears and the...
Reactions to the slap that stunned the Oscars — when Will Smith bounded on stage to smack comedian Chris Rock over a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, are, to put it mildly, all over the place, with most seeming to come down decidedly for, as one comedian puts it, Team Rock.
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“Stand-up comics are very adept at handling hecklers,” tweeted Mark Hamill. “Violent physical assault… not so much.” He included the hashtag “UgliestOscarMomentEver”.
“Ummm… Whaaaat!??,” writes Dan Bucatinsky. “He justified his assault using tears and the...
- 3/28/2022
- by Greg Evans and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Larry Wilmore is bringing his eponymous late-night Peacock show to an end tonight – sticking with his promise to finish it after 11 episodes.
The Bernie Mac Show creator and Insecure and grown-ish co-creator will air the final episode of Wilmore on the NBCU streaming service this evening, Friday December 4.
Guests include Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington, who is set to appear in Netflix’s The Prom, Gina Yashere, co-creator, co-exec producer, writer and star of CBS’ Bob ❤ Abishola and WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Sue Bird. Tonight’s topic is ‘America’.
Wilmore, who previously hosted Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, launched the show to have important conversations about the issues defining 2020. He has tackled topics including protests, voter suppression, police, class, media and disinformation.
Over the course of the 11 episodes, Wilmore has had a broad selection of guests on the show. They include actors such as Bradley Whitford,...
The Bernie Mac Show creator and Insecure and grown-ish co-creator will air the final episode of Wilmore on the NBCU streaming service this evening, Friday December 4.
Guests include Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington, who is set to appear in Netflix’s The Prom, Gina Yashere, co-creator, co-exec producer, writer and star of CBS’ Bob ❤ Abishola and WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Sue Bird. Tonight’s topic is ‘America’.
Wilmore, who previously hosted Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, launched the show to have important conversations about the issues defining 2020. He has tackled topics including protests, voter suppression, police, class, media and disinformation.
Over the course of the 11 episodes, Wilmore has had a broad selection of guests on the show. They include actors such as Bradley Whitford,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC’s election night coverage featured a bevy of the cable newser’s all-stars, including Rachel Maddow, Brian Williams, Joy Reid and Nicolle Wallace. But, as was clear to anyone watching Tuesday night, the breakout of the evening was political correspondent Steve Kornacki, master of the interactive touchscreen map that has become a staple of TV news political coverage.
Every network has someone in this role. On CNN, for instance, John King has long served as master of the interactive electoral map. But none brings to the job the Charlie Kelly “Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack” vibe that Kornacki does, with his shirt sleeves and striped necktie.
Just hours into Tuesday night’s coverage, Kornacki began trending in the United States on Twitter.
i bet steve kornacki can do some freaky stuff with an abacus
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) November 4, 2020
steve kornacki off to a strong start, but the coaches...
Every network has someone in this role. On CNN, for instance, John King has long served as master of the interactive electoral map. But none brings to the job the Charlie Kelly “Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack” vibe that Kornacki does, with his shirt sleeves and striped necktie.
Just hours into Tuesday night’s coverage, Kornacki began trending in the United States on Twitter.
i bet steve kornacki can do some freaky stuff with an abacus
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) November 4, 2020
steve kornacki off to a strong start, but the coaches...
- 11/4/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
In the waning hours of the 2020 presidential election, the Lincoln Project has enlisted Harrison Ford to narrate a new ad that plays up President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The spot features a scene from a Trump rally on Sunday in which supporters began chanting “Fire Fauci! Fire Fauci!” and the president responded, “Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait til a little bit after the election.”
Ford then says, “Tomorrow, you can fire only one of them. The choice is yours.”
The Lincoln Project and Harrison Ford are teaming up to let Americans know you can only keep one of them: Trump, or Fauci. pic.twitter.com/WmimV0inTC
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 3, 2020
The spot marked a rare foray into electoral politics for the Indiana Jones star. Ford has been more active in various causes, including issues like climate change, than...
The spot features a scene from a Trump rally on Sunday in which supporters began chanting “Fire Fauci! Fire Fauci!” and the president responded, “Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait til a little bit after the election.”
Ford then says, “Tomorrow, you can fire only one of them. The choice is yours.”
The Lincoln Project and Harrison Ford are teaming up to let Americans know you can only keep one of them: Trump, or Fauci. pic.twitter.com/WmimV0inTC
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 3, 2020
The spot marked a rare foray into electoral politics for the Indiana Jones star. Ford has been more active in various causes, including issues like climate change, than...
- 11/3/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It is over a month until The Comey Rule limited series premieres on Showtime, but the still raging drama between Donald Trump and fired FBI Director James Comey was live tonight on cable news on Night 1 of the Republican National Convention.
“If you put it in a script, I’m sure it would get rejected for not being realistic enough, that the chairman of the president’s campaign is working with a Russian intelligence officer,” Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow of the damning report released last week by the GOP controlled Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report examined contacts between Russian sources and the Trump campaign.
“You are going to want to explain to your grandchildren someday how you stood with respect to that oath,” Comey added to the MSNBC hosts about law enforcement participating in possible voter suppression.
“If you put it in a script, I’m sure it would get rejected for not being realistic enough, that the chairman of the president’s campaign is working with a Russian intelligence officer,” Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow of the damning report released last week by the GOP controlled Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report examined contacts between Russian sources and the Trump campaign.
“You are going to want to explain to your grandchildren someday how you stood with respect to that oath,” Comey added to the MSNBC hosts about law enforcement participating in possible voter suppression.
- 8/25/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Brad Paisley matches the all-are-welcome tone of his new song “No I in Beer” with an equally inclusive video, which assembles a small army of quarantined famous faces from the music, sports, and political worlds. The good-natured Paisley’s fans submit their own self-shot cameos too, from all over the U.S. and from countries like Germany, Sweden, and Australia.
The country music figures include the most obvious suspects: Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Lindsay Ell, Canadian country singer and Paisley opener Brett Kissel, and Paisley’s...
The country music figures include the most obvious suspects: Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Lindsay Ell, Canadian country singer and Paisley opener Brett Kissel, and Paisley’s...
- 7/30/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News is apologizing for an infographic that aired on Special Report with Bret Baier on Friday that showed historic stock market reactions to racial unrest sparked by the assault or killing of African American men.
The graphic showed market gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case, and the deaths of Michael Brown and George Floyd.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s Special Report to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest should have never aired on television without full context. We apologize for the insensitivity of the image and take this issue seriously.”
Baier also tweeted the network’s apology.
On Friday, Baier had turned to Fox Business correspondent Susan Li for a segment on the economy and stock market. She first gave a report on jobs and individual stocks, before turning to the topic of the graphic.
The graphic showed market gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case, and the deaths of Michael Brown and George Floyd.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s Special Report to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest should have never aired on television without full context. We apologize for the insensitivity of the image and take this issue seriously.”
Baier also tweeted the network’s apology.
On Friday, Baier had turned to Fox Business correspondent Susan Li for a segment on the economy and stock market. She first gave a report on jobs and individual stocks, before turning to the topic of the graphic.
- 6/6/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
While 10 days of protests following the police-caused death of George Floyd have largely replaced Covid-19 as the news story of the moment, Bill Maher sees a direct link between the two.
Shutting down much of the country during the coronavirus pandemic, the Real Time host argued during a panel segment on the show, motivated more protesters to take to the streets. That added influx has complicated the local community response and increased the burden on police.
“When you coop people up with no hope and no jobs, why not go out in the streets?” Maher said. “I wonder what America will look like. What do police departments look like if they have to fight this all the time?” Picking up a theme Maher has hit relentlessly during shows broadcast from the leafy expanse of his backyard on La’s West Side, he groused, “This reckless experiment of closing down an...
Shutting down much of the country during the coronavirus pandemic, the Real Time host argued during a panel segment on the show, motivated more protesters to take to the streets. That added influx has complicated the local community response and increased the burden on police.
“When you coop people up with no hope and no jobs, why not go out in the streets?” Maher said. “I wonder what America will look like. What do police departments look like if they have to fight this all the time?” Picking up a theme Maher has hit relentlessly during shows broadcast from the leafy expanse of his backyard on La’s West Side, he groused, “This reckless experiment of closing down an...
- 6/6/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Attorney General William Barr said that Donald Trump’s tweets about Justice Department criminal cases “make it impossible for me to do my job,” a rare criticism of the president coming from a sitting cabinet secretary.
“I think it’s time to stop tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” Barr told Pierre Thomas, ABC News’ chief justice correspondent.
ABC News and Thomas, landed the first sitdown interview with Barr since the furor over the Justice Department decision to reverse itself on a sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, the former Trump associate who was convicted on seven counts of witness tampering and lying to investigators last year.
The network and its streaming channel, ABC News Live, aired a special report on the interview at 4 p.m. Et. More of the interview will air on Thursday on World News Tonight With David Muir and then on ABC News Live.
On Monday,...
“I think it’s time to stop tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” Barr told Pierre Thomas, ABC News’ chief justice correspondent.
ABC News and Thomas, landed the first sitdown interview with Barr since the furor over the Justice Department decision to reverse itself on a sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, the former Trump associate who was convicted on seven counts of witness tampering and lying to investigators last year.
The network and its streaming channel, ABC News Live, aired a special report on the interview at 4 p.m. Et. More of the interview will air on Thursday on World News Tonight With David Muir and then on ABC News Live.
On Monday,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump Jr.’s new book, Triggered, is a Number One New York Times bestseller, thanks in no small part to the Republican National Committee, which spent $94,800 buying copies of the book in its first week of publication, according to the New York Times.
A dagger printed next to the book’s listing in the Times’ top spot was the first clue that Trump Jr.’s sales numbers may have been inflated. According to the Times, the dagger is used when bulk sales have boosted a book’s numbers.
The...
A dagger printed next to the book’s listing in the Times’ top spot was the first clue that Trump Jr.’s sales numbers may have been inflated. According to the Times, the dagger is used when bulk sales have boosted a book’s numbers.
The...
- 11/22/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Senator Lindsey Graham is “a piece of shit,” said former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, speaking on a podcast with former fellow Obama deputies. Rice’s comments surfaced the same day Graham, a South Carolina Republican, defended president Trump’s claim that the House’s impeachment inquiry was “a lynching.” In extended comments, Graham insisted: “This is a lynching, in every sense.”
Rice was speaking on Pod Save America, one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts. Host Tommy Vietor, a former spokesperson for the National Security Council, teed...
Rice was speaking on Pod Save America, one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts. Host Tommy Vietor, a former spokesperson for the National Security Council, teed...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Bill Maher and Michael Moore got in a heated exchange Friday night on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and eventually made a pricey on-air bet — the stakes: a trip to Hawaii — over a factual dispute. And, as it turns out, Maher will be footing the bill for Moore’s upcoming luau.
The conversation started friendly enough with Maher (known for taking people to task for their weight) complimenting the slimmed-down Oscar-winning filmmaker for looking “svelte.” The first topic they tackled was the viability of capitalism vs socialism as far as the best direction for the Democratic Party in the primaries ahead and beyond.
“I don’t really agree that we should junk capitalism,” Maher said as an opener.
“The old capitalism is gone and the new capitalism is a cruel and evil system, Bill,” Moore said. “It can’t be fixed. It’s too late. We’ve gone too far.
The conversation started friendly enough with Maher (known for taking people to task for their weight) complimenting the slimmed-down Oscar-winning filmmaker for looking “svelte.” The first topic they tackled was the viability of capitalism vs socialism as far as the best direction for the Democratic Party in the primaries ahead and beyond.
“I don’t really agree that we should junk capitalism,” Maher said as an opener.
“The old capitalism is gone and the new capitalism is a cruel and evil system, Bill,” Moore said. “It can’t be fixed. It’s too late. We’ve gone too far.
- 9/14/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump added the Rev. Al Sharpton to his Baltimore tirades after the MSNBC personality said Trump is singing a “different tune” as president than he did as a New York businessman.
The president called Baltimore, which is in Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district, “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and said that “no human being would want to live there.” He went on to call Cummings, who is African-American, a “racist.”
Sharpton, who appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and again on Morning Joe on Monday to hit back at Trump, tweeted a photo of himself standing with Trump, James Brown and Jesse Jackson. He said Trump in the 2006 photo was telling Sharpton “why he respects my work. Different tune now.”
Trump then hit back at Sharpton, a fellow New York figure whose renown began in the 1980s, and reprised his Baltimore jeremiad.
“Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings,...
The president called Baltimore, which is in Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district, “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and said that “no human being would want to live there.” He went on to call Cummings, who is African-American, a “racist.”
Sharpton, who appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and again on Morning Joe on Monday to hit back at Trump, tweeted a photo of himself standing with Trump, James Brown and Jesse Jackson. He said Trump in the 2006 photo was telling Sharpton “why he respects my work. Different tune now.”
Trump then hit back at Sharpton, a fellow New York figure whose renown began in the 1980s, and reprised his Baltimore jeremiad.
“Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The former head of the Rnc doesn't believe a word of Saudi Arabia's explanation of how journalist Jamal Khashoggi died, and he doesn't buy Trump's denial of financial ties there. We got Michael Steele Saturday at the L.A. Convention Center during Politicon 2018 and asked what he made of Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor insisting that Khashoggi had gotten into a fist fight inside the country's consulate in Turkey ... which led to his death. It's clear...
- 10/21/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The set of “Morning Joe” offered a warm review of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
In the opening minutes of Tuesday’s show, the regulars on set took turns praising the Bush-era judge who has been a fixture in D.C. for more than a decade.
“The truth of the matter is that where there are places progressives will disagree on guns, abortion and presidential power. This is not a wild Judge Jeanine Pirro pick as some were fearing,” said Willie Geist. “This is an eminently qualified guy — and again you can disagree with his positions on certain issues — but this is a guy who is qualified for this job.”
Also Read: Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle's Relationship With Donald Trump Jr Raises Questions for Network
“Senate Democrats were going to put up a fight whoever this was.
In the opening minutes of Tuesday’s show, the regulars on set took turns praising the Bush-era judge who has been a fixture in D.C. for more than a decade.
“The truth of the matter is that where there are places progressives will disagree on guns, abortion and presidential power. This is not a wild Judge Jeanine Pirro pick as some were fearing,” said Willie Geist. “This is an eminently qualified guy — and again you can disagree with his positions on certain issues — but this is a guy who is qualified for this job.”
Also Read: Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle's Relationship With Donald Trump Jr Raises Questions for Network
“Senate Democrats were going to put up a fight whoever this was.
- 7/10/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
That Time Joe Scarborough Mocked Michael Steele’s Rnc Leadership in 2009: ‘Being Black Isn’t Enough’
“Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough defended former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele on Monday after a senior Gop official said Steele had only been elected to lead the Rnc in 2009 because he was “a black guy.” But Scarborough had a decidedly different view in 2009 when Steele was leading the Republican party. “You know what the Republicans are learning right now: that sometimes being black isn’t enough. They thought we’re going to get a black guy to run our party,” he said with a squirming Mika Brzezinski at his side on an episode of “Morning Joe” nine years ago. “This...
- 2/26/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Republican MSNBC political analyst Michael Steele confronted the head of the American Conservative Union over controversial comments made at Cpac yesterday suggesting Steele had previously been chosen the Republican National Committee chairman because “he was a black guy.” “I've taken crap you have no idea about,” Steele said to Acu chairman Matt Schlapp on Steele’s SiriusXM radio show today. (Watch the segment below). Schlapp, himself a familiar MSNBC pundit, attempted…...
- 2/24/2018
- Deadline TV
Cpac Communications Director Ian Walters raised eyebrows at this year’s conference after telling an audience Friday evening that former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele only got the job because he was “black.” “We elected Mike Steele to be the Rnc chair because he’s a black guy; that was the wrong thing to do,” Walters said at the event’s exclusive Ronald Reagan dinner. Many dinner attendees greeted the comments with gasps. The remarks were first reported by Jon Levine at TheWrap on Twitter. Also Read: Facebook Pulls Vr Shooting Game From Cpac Demo After Criticism Cpac communication director Ian Walters at Reagan dinner “We...
- 2/24/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Former Rnc Chairman Michael Steele actually likes one of President Trump's ideas, but that doesn't mean they're on the same page ... at all. We got the popular Republican pundit at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center near D.C. Thursday and asked him about Trump's pitch to pay teachers a bonus to carry guns in schools ... he likes exactly half of that plan. Steele tells us there should be absolutely no guns in the classroom,...
- 2/23/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele — the first African-American to hold the job — said Friday that he believes President Trump is racist. “At this point, the evidence is incontrovertible, it’s right there,” Steele said when asked if Trump is racist by MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson. Steele’s comments follow a Washington Post report Thursday, which said that President Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as “s—hole countries” during a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators at the White House. Also Read: Trump Blasted for 'Racist' Comments Questioning Immigrants From 'Shithole Countries' According to the Post, Trump also suggested the...
- 1/12/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
[[tmz:video id="0_z71lnnl0"]] Former Rnc Chairman Michael Steele's so fed up with President Trump, it sounds like he's ready to switch parties -- or maybe he just loves Oprah Winfrey running for Prez that much. Steele was on Capitol Hill Wednesday when we asked if he'd be willing to work for O should she take the plunge and run in 2020. Steele laughed off the question, and never said no. In fact, he made it crystal clear he's intrigued.
- 1/10/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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