The summer of ’84 was golden. The Summer Olympics and the Olympics Arts Festival transformed host city Los Angeles into an athletic and artistic mecca. Bruce Springsteen was burning up arenas with his “Born in the USA” tour. Geraldine Ferraro made history when she was named Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale’s running mate making her the first woman to be part of a major party’s national ticket.
And the quirky horror comedy “Ghostbusters” was scaring up big bucks at the box office. Taking in in nearly $300 million, it was the No. 1 film of the year. Directed by the late Ivan Reitman “Ghostbusters” starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis and Annie Potts and revolved around a group of parapsychologists who open a ghost removal service in New York City. Ray Parker’s catchy theme song hit No. 1 and was nominated for an Oscar...
And the quirky horror comedy “Ghostbusters” was scaring up big bucks at the box office. Taking in in nearly $300 million, it was the No. 1 film of the year. Directed by the late Ivan Reitman “Ghostbusters” starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis and Annie Potts and revolved around a group of parapsychologists who open a ghost removal service in New York City. Ray Parker’s catchy theme song hit No. 1 and was nominated for an Oscar...
- 3/22/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Mort Engelberg, who was a producer on films including Smokey and the Bandit and The Big Easy before transitioning into politics as an “advance man” for Bill Clinton and other presidential candidates, died Saturday in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 86.
“He was a wonderful person, a wonderful husband. He loved the movie business, and he loved his work with President Clinton,” his wife, Helaine Blatt, told The Hollywood Reporter. “He told the best stories of anyone I ever met, the best jokes.”
Born and raised in Memphis, Engelberg graduated from the University of Illinois and then spent a year working on a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri. He left school before completing that degree and worked as a journalist for a few years before moving to Washington in 1961 to work for Sargent Shriver, the director of the then-newly formed Peace Corps, and later...
“He was a wonderful person, a wonderful husband. He loved the movie business, and he loved his work with President Clinton,” his wife, Helaine Blatt, told The Hollywood Reporter. “He told the best stories of anyone I ever met, the best jokes.”
Born and raised in Memphis, Engelberg graduated from the University of Illinois and then spent a year working on a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri. He left school before completing that degree and worked as a journalist for a few years before moving to Washington in 1961 to work for Sargent Shriver, the director of the then-newly formed Peace Corps, and later...
- 12/11/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“If you are sure you understand everything that is going on,” states the adage known as Mondale’s law, “you are hopelessly confused.” The saying was named for Walter Mondale, former US president Jimmy Carter’s deputy in the White House. His name was also, fittingly, given to the long-forgotten dog shared by Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) in Sky Atlantic’s blockbuster drama Succession. Now, as the show returns for its final series, that pooch finds himself at the centre of a crumbling relationship, and hopeless confusion reigns. Walter Mondale would surely approve.
At the end of the third season, WayStar Royco CEO and family patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) had just, in the show’s own parlance, screwed his kids. As the concluding chapter of this tetralogy picks up, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the newly semi-single Shiv are teaming up on a new venture.
At the end of the third season, WayStar Royco CEO and family patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) had just, in the show’s own parlance, screwed his kids. As the concluding chapter of this tetralogy picks up, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the newly semi-single Shiv are teaming up on a new venture.
- 3/22/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Kate Andersen Brower’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of An Icon is billed as the first-ever authorized biography of the legendary actress, as her family and estate gave her access to Taylor’s private letters, photos and diaries.
What Brower found was new insight into Taylor’s later-in-life emergence as an influential activist, using her star power to help push forward legislation to address HIV and AIDS and, well ahead of much of the industry, her fame to raise money to combat the epidemic and assist patients.
The book is a bit of a departure for Brower, the author of The Residence, First Women, Team of Five and First in Line, all focused on the White House and the presidency. The Taylor biography grew out of conversations she had with John Warner, the former senator who was married to Taylor from 1976 to 1982, before he died last year. She...
What Brower found was new insight into Taylor’s later-in-life emergence as an influential activist, using her star power to help push forward legislation to address HIV and AIDS and, well ahead of much of the industry, her fame to raise money to combat the epidemic and assist patients.
The book is a bit of a departure for Brower, the author of The Residence, First Women, Team of Five and First in Line, all focused on the White House and the presidency. The Taylor biography grew out of conversations she had with John Warner, the former senator who was married to Taylor from 1976 to 1982, before he died last year. She...
- 12/18/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Palin was defeated Wednesday in her effort to win an Alaska U.S. House seat, as Democrat Mary Peltola emerged the victor in the state’s first ranke–choice voting election.
Palin, the former governor of the state and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside John McCain, sought to succeed Rep. Don Young (R-ak), who died in March.
Peltola will be the first Democrat to win statewide federal office since 2008. She also will be the first woman and first Alaska Native American to hold the seat.
No candidate got more than 50 of the vote in the August 16 election, forcing the race into ranked-choice tabulations. In the second round, Peltola received 51.47 of the vote vs. 48.53 for Palin.
Palin was elected governor in 2006 but resigned the post three years later as she set out on a career as a political commentator and reality show host. She faced a crowded field in the special election,...
Palin, the former governor of the state and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside John McCain, sought to succeed Rep. Don Young (R-ak), who died in March.
Peltola will be the first Democrat to win statewide federal office since 2008. She also will be the first woman and first Alaska Native American to hold the seat.
No candidate got more than 50 of the vote in the August 16 election, forcing the race into ranked-choice tabulations. In the second round, Peltola received 51.47 of the vote vs. 48.53 for Palin.
Palin was elected governor in 2006 but resigned the post three years later as she set out on a career as a political commentator and reality show host. She faced a crowded field in the special election,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 12:02 Pm: Vice President Kamala Harris’ office said today that she has tested negative for Covid, six days after a positive test.
“Today, the Vice President tested negative for Covid-19 on a rapid antigen test,” Harris’ Press Secretary Kristen Allen said in a statement. “The Vice President will return to work, in person, tomorrow. Following CDC guidelines, she will wear a well-fitting mask while around others through the 10-day period.”
Previously, April 26: Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, the White House said on Tuesday.
“Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on rapid and Pcr tests,” said Harris’ press secretary Kirsten Allen. “She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence. She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules. She will follow CDC guidelines...
“Today, the Vice President tested negative for Covid-19 on a rapid antigen test,” Harris’ Press Secretary Kristen Allen said in a statement. “The Vice President will return to work, in person, tomorrow. Following CDC guidelines, she will wear a well-fitting mask while around others through the 10-day period.”
Previously, April 26: Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, the White House said on Tuesday.
“Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on rapid and Pcr tests,” said Harris’ press secretary Kirsten Allen. “She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence. She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules. She will follow CDC guidelines...
- 5/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden and comedian Trevor Noah wrapped up their routines at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with appeals for the work of journalists and freedom of the press.
“American democracy is not a reality show,” the president said,
Yet one of the elements that has made the dinner different from a number of other First Amendment events on the D.C. calendar is the dinner’s size and scope, not to mention a kind of surreal nature to the mix of the Council on Foreign Relations and TMZ set. It’s why C-span for years has provided red carpet coverage, even in the years when Biden’s predecessor, the reality show president Donald Trump, has skipped the event.
“It’s a scene,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said at ABC News’ pre-party at the Washington Hilton. Moments later, there was a bit of a commotion as...
“American democracy is not a reality show,” the president said,
Yet one of the elements that has made the dinner different from a number of other First Amendment events on the D.C. calendar is the dinner’s size and scope, not to mention a kind of surreal nature to the mix of the Council on Foreign Relations and TMZ set. It’s why C-span for years has provided red carpet coverage, even in the years when Biden’s predecessor, the reality show president Donald Trump, has skipped the event.
“It’s a scene,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said at ABC News’ pre-party at the Washington Hilton. Moments later, there was a bit of a commotion as...
- 5/1/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Beckel, a former political operative-turned-Fox News personality, has died at the age of 73. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
Beckel joined the United States Department of State in 1977, becoming the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state in the Jimmy Carter administration. Then in 1984, he served as campaign manager for presidential hopeful Walter Mondale (who lost to incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan).
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Beckel joined the United States Department of State in 1977, becoming the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state in the Jimmy Carter administration. Then in 1984, he served as campaign manager for presidential hopeful Walter Mondale (who lost to incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan).
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- 2/22/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Former Fox News Channel host and long time political operative Bob Beckel has died at the age of 73. So far, his cause of death is not specified. The passing of the man who ran Walter Mondale’s unsuccessful 1984 Presidential campaign was revealed by old friend Cal Thomas on social media Monday evening. Fnc’s Sean Hannity also announced “dear friend” Beckel’s death on his primetime show Monday.
After former Veep Mondale was soundly beaten by Ronald Reagan in a landslide, Democratic apparatchik Beckel put up his own lobbyist and consulting shingle. As well as becoming a constant on-air pundit in subsequent years, Beckel was the co-host of CNN’s Crossfire for three years during Bill Clinton’s Presidency. Beckel would fully jump back on the campaign trail in 2002 working for the Democrats’ Idaho nominee for U.S. Senate, Alan Blinken. It did not end well, with Beckel resigning after...
After former Veep Mondale was soundly beaten by Ronald Reagan in a landslide, Democratic apparatchik Beckel put up his own lobbyist and consulting shingle. As well as becoming a constant on-air pundit in subsequent years, Beckel was the co-host of CNN’s Crossfire for three years during Bill Clinton’s Presidency. Beckel would fully jump back on the campaign trail in 2002 working for the Democrats’ Idaho nominee for U.S. Senate, Alan Blinken. It did not end well, with Beckel resigning after...
- 2/22/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Wavelength has a simple mantra — “tell great fucking stories” — but its intentions go much deeper than that. Founded in 2015 by Jenifer Westphal, the scrappy six-year-old company has been making waves with its mostly women executives developing a diverse slate of films that combine social relevance with compelling characters, while prioritizing first-time women directors and filmmakers of color.
At a time when Hollywood continues to struggle to find diverse talent behind the camera, companies like Wavelength provide essential case studies for how to lean into inclusivity from the earliest stages of the development process. Since its founding in 2015, Wavelength has produced over 30 feature films, curating a roster of award-winning, buzz-worthy titles including Sundance fare like Ekwa Msangi’s “Farewell Amor,” Jordana Spiro’s “Night Comes On,” and Tayarisha Poe’s “Selah and the Spades,” as well as high profile documentaries including Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” which...
At a time when Hollywood continues to struggle to find diverse talent behind the camera, companies like Wavelength provide essential case studies for how to lean into inclusivity from the earliest stages of the development process. Since its founding in 2015, Wavelength has produced over 30 feature films, curating a roster of award-winning, buzz-worthy titles including Sundance fare like Ekwa Msangi’s “Farewell Amor,” Jordana Spiro’s “Night Comes On,” and Tayarisha Poe’s “Selah and the Spades,” as well as high profile documentaries including Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” which...
- 6/24/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Donna Brazile, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee and a veteran political operator, has joined ABC News as a contributor, a move that is likely to limit her appearances on Fox News Channel, where she has been appearing regularly since March of 2019.
Brazile made a recent appeared on ABC News’ “This Week,” identified as a contributor, and a spokesperson for the Walt Disney unit confirmed she had joined its roster in previous weeks. Brazile has been a noted presence on Fox News Channel, which tilts decidedly to the right. “There’s an audience on Fox News that doesn’t hear enough from Democrats,” Brazile said in 2019. “We have to engage that audience and show Americans of every stripe what we stand for rather than retreat into our ‘safe spaces’ where we simply agree with each other.”
Her move to ABC News is unveiled in a week when Juan Williams,...
Brazile made a recent appeared on ABC News’ “This Week,” identified as a contributor, and a spokesperson for the Walt Disney unit confirmed she had joined its roster in previous weeks. Brazile has been a noted presence on Fox News Channel, which tilts decidedly to the right. “There’s an audience on Fox News that doesn’t hear enough from Democrats,” Brazile said in 2019. “We have to engage that audience and show Americans of every stripe what we stand for rather than retreat into our ‘safe spaces’ where we simply agree with each other.”
Her move to ABC News is unveiled in a week when Juan Williams,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Walter Mondale, the prominent late-20th-century Democrat who served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president and lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election, died Monday, April 19th, at his home in Minneapolis, The New York Times reports. He was 93.
A spokesman for Mondale’s family confirmed his death but did not reveal a cause. Mondale reportedly spent the weekend speaking with Carter, President Joe Biden, and First Lady Jill Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. He also sent a farewell email to former staffers. Memorials are currently being...
A spokesman for Mondale’s family confirmed his death but did not reveal a cause. Mondale reportedly spent the weekend speaking with Carter, President Joe Biden, and First Lady Jill Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. He also sent a farewell email to former staffers. Memorials are currently being...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Walter Mondale, who transformed the role of the vice president during Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency, yet suffered a crushing political defeat as the Democratic nominee against incumbent Ronald Reagan in 1984, has died. He was 93.
Mondale, often called by his nickname “Fritz,” died Monday in Minneapolis, his family said in a statement. No cause of death was given.
“Today I mourn the passing of my dear friend Walter Mondale, who I consider the best vice president in our country’s history,” Carter said in a statement. “During our administration, Fritz used his political skill and personal integrity to transform the vice presidency into a dynamic, policy-driving force that had never been seen before and still exists today.”
President Joe Biden said that he and his wife, Jill, spoke to Mondale and his family over the weekend.
“In accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, he described the values he...
Mondale, often called by his nickname “Fritz,” died Monday in Minneapolis, his family said in a statement. No cause of death was given.
“Today I mourn the passing of my dear friend Walter Mondale, who I consider the best vice president in our country’s history,” Carter said in a statement. “During our administration, Fritz used his political skill and personal integrity to transform the vice presidency into a dynamic, policy-driving force that had never been seen before and still exists today.”
President Joe Biden said that he and his wife, Jill, spoke to Mondale and his family over the weekend.
“In accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, he described the values he...
- 4/20/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited.
Mondale followed the trail blazed by his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, from Minnesota politics to the U.S. Senate and the vice presidency, serving under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
His own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the ...
The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited.
Mondale followed the trail blazed by his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, from Minnesota politics to the U.S. Senate and the vice presidency, serving under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
His own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the ...
- 4/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Shut down for almost two weeks because of positive coronavirus results among the crew, Reagan is back in front of the cameras, and with the 40th Potus’ first wife cast.
The Dennis Quaid-starring movie resumed production on November 5 in Oklahoma after getting the green light from medical officials. I’m told that the film directed by Sean McNamara restarted with scenes depicting the Kremlin back in the darkest days of the Cold War when it looked like the U.S. and the Ussr were pitched for a military clash.
Reagan had shut down on October 22 after several members of the production tested positive for Covid-19. Right now, as with most of the country, the Sooner State is seeing a surge in confirmed cases, with 2,197 this weekend. That brings the total to 138,455 cases since March in a state with a population of 4 million.
In addition to all that very real and potential deadly drama,...
The Dennis Quaid-starring movie resumed production on November 5 in Oklahoma after getting the green light from medical officials. I’m told that the film directed by Sean McNamara restarted with scenes depicting the Kremlin back in the darkest days of the Cold War when it looked like the U.S. and the Ussr were pitched for a military clash.
Reagan had shut down on October 22 after several members of the production tested positive for Covid-19. Right now, as with most of the country, the Sooner State is seeing a surge in confirmed cases, with 2,197 this weekend. That brings the total to 138,455 cases since March in a state with a population of 4 million.
In addition to all that very real and potential deadly drama,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Observational documentarian Barbara Kopple has a long history of making herself seem invisible, but the vérité intimacy and anti-establishment zeal of Oscar-winning classics like “Harlan County, USA,” and “American Dream” suggest that her signature work couldn’t have been made by anyone else; Kopple isn’t absent from these films so much as she’s sublimated into the air they breathe. “Desert One” is different — you couldn’t find Kopple’s fingerprints on this comprehensive but incurious account of the Iran hostage crisis if you watched the movie through a magnifying glass. Valuable for its access yet limited by its lack of perspective, “Desert One” puts a human face on one of the late 20th century’s worst debacles while framing the whole thing in the passive voice, resulting in a film that boasts the immediacy of a testament but the resonance of a textbook. It’s a documentary that...
- 8/21/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In 1979 during Jimmy Carter's presidency, Americans were taken hostage in Iran. A rescue attempt by U.S. Special Forces in 1980 was a failure and cost President Carter a second term. Desert One, a new documentary feature by Barbara Kopple with unseen footage, interviews with former hostages, President Carter and his VP Walter Mondale, and the hostage takers arrives on the 40th anniversary.
- 7/26/2020
- by luperhaas@cinemovie.tv (Lupe R Haas)
- CineMovie
Updated, 9:53 Am: The Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to eligible children of staffers at Fnc and Fox Business Channel, has its first recipients. The scholarship, presented by Fox News Channel and the National Merit Scholarship Program in honor of the Pulitzer-winning columnist who died in 2018, goes to Ami Carey of Lynbrook, NY and Michael Carey of Merrick, NY. They are the children of Fox News Media SVP Technical Operations Steve Carey and Senior Director of It Operations John Carey, respectively.
Previously, September 2018: Fox News Channel and the National Merit Scholarship Program have teamed to establish the Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded to eligible children of staffers at Fnc and Fox Business Channel starting in 2020.
The scholarship honoring the Pulitzer-winning columnist who died in June will award winners $2,000 per college year for a maximum of four years. All aspects of the program, including the selection of winners and the administration of their awards, will be conducted through the National Merit Scholarship Program by the nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corp. Applications will be accepted by Nmsc through March 31, 2019, and winners will be announced in spring 2020.
“Charles was a beloved member of the Fox News family, but more importantly, he was an incredible mentor and role model for millions of Americans across the country,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said. “We are proud to honor Charles, his legacy, impact and countless contributions with a new scholarship program enabling the next generation of thought leaders the opportunity and education they need to reach their dreams.”
Krauthammer had been a regular presence on Fox News’ Special Report since soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He penned a weekly column that was syndicated to hundreds of publications at its peak, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987. He once was a regular contributor to Time and was a speechwriter for then-Vice President Walter Mondale when Jimmy Carter was running for re-election against Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Previously, September 2018: Fox News Channel and the National Merit Scholarship Program have teamed to establish the Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded to eligible children of staffers at Fnc and Fox Business Channel starting in 2020.
The scholarship honoring the Pulitzer-winning columnist who died in June will award winners $2,000 per college year for a maximum of four years. All aspects of the program, including the selection of winners and the administration of their awards, will be conducted through the National Merit Scholarship Program by the nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corp. Applications will be accepted by Nmsc through March 31, 2019, and winners will be announced in spring 2020.
“Charles was a beloved member of the Fox News family, but more importantly, he was an incredible mentor and role model for millions of Americans across the country,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said. “We are proud to honor Charles, his legacy, impact and countless contributions with a new scholarship program enabling the next generation of thought leaders the opportunity and education they need to reach their dreams.”
Krauthammer had been a regular presence on Fox News’ Special Report since soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He penned a weekly column that was syndicated to hundreds of publications at its peak, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987. He once was a regular contributor to Time and was a speechwriter for then-Vice President Walter Mondale when Jimmy Carter was running for re-election against Ronald Reagan in 1980.
- 4/27/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: After a debate in which Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders spent a chunk of time on an array of past Senate votes, the candidates were finally asked how they would address the public’s anxiety over the coronavirus.
It was an obvious question, given what was unfolding in the previous two hours of the debate. New York’s mayor announced that bars, nightclubs and movie theaters would close; restaurants could remain open only for takeout.
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Their approaches were slightly different. Both were empathetic to those directly affected, but Sanders tied the crisis to the problems of income inequality while Biden talked of mobilizing for the common good.
It was an obvious question, given what was unfolding in the previous two hours of the debate. New York’s mayor announced that bars, nightclubs and movie theaters would close; restaurants could remain open only for takeout.
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Their approaches were slightly different. Both were empathetic to those directly affected, but Sanders tied the crisis to the problems of income inequality while Biden talked of mobilizing for the common good.
- 3/16/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Gremlins (1984)Towards the end of his latest book, Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan, film critic J. Hoberman highlights Charles Musser’s Politicking and Emergent Media: Us Presidential Elections of the 1890s, a historical study that demonstrated how “the candidate most adroit in deploying new communications technology almost always prevailed.” Extrapolating from this, Hoberman points out Roosevelt’s “successful use of radio,” Eisenhower’s “pioneering TV commercials,” and Kennedy’s victory over Nixon which was secured over televised debate—after which he moves on to Ronald Reagan, the book’s prime player. The final entry in the author’s “Found Illusions” trilogy, Make My Day completes the long-gestating historical project Hoberman started in 2003 with The Dream Life and extended with 2011’s An Army of Phantoms. Thus, it's both a culmination of the author’s considered, career-long engagement with American film culture, and a kind of corollary to Musser’s study,...
- 10/10/2019
- MUBI
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and HBO’s Veep came into the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards looking like a front-running candidate to make history but in the end the Academy voters elected to go in a different direction by making Fleabag the victor.
Veep and Louis-Dreyfus were shockingly shut-out in favor of a scruffy newcomer with populist charms: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the executive producer, creator, writer and star of Fleabag, was the unexpected winner in the category of best actress in a comedy series, which denied Louis-Dreyfus a chance to make history as the first performer to win nine Emmys.
Louis-Dreyfus instead remains tied with Cloris Leachman for the most career Emmy wins (eight) by any performer. Fleabag also won the prize for best comedy and Waller-Bridge grabbed a third statuette for best writing, which left Veep looking like a latter-day Walter Mondale.
Veep closed out its seventh and final season in May with...
Veep and Louis-Dreyfus were shockingly shut-out in favor of a scruffy newcomer with populist charms: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the executive producer, creator, writer and star of Fleabag, was the unexpected winner in the category of best actress in a comedy series, which denied Louis-Dreyfus a chance to make history as the first performer to win nine Emmys.
Louis-Dreyfus instead remains tied with Cloris Leachman for the most career Emmy wins (eight) by any performer. Fleabag also won the prize for best comedy and Waller-Bridge grabbed a third statuette for best writing, which left Veep looking like a latter-day Walter Mondale.
Veep closed out its seventh and final season in May with...
- 9/23/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
El Norte, the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated epic about immigrants from Central America seeking the promise represented by life in U.S., returns to 200-plus movie theaters Sunday to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month and the film’s 35th anniversary.
The revival, a presentation of Fathom Events and Lionsgate, marks the film’s first theatrical release since its 1984 debut and features a state-of-the-art restoration produced by the Academy Film Archives, supported in part by the Getty Foundation. Lionsgate will also re-release El Norte on digital formats September 17.
The theatrical presentation will include a special introduction by El Norte director and co-writer Gregory Nava (whose credits also include Mi Familia and Selena) as well as a new featurette on the dangerous “outlaw” production that yielded a heartfelt film that both Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale would invoke during the 1984 presidential race.
Gregory NavaThis was an outlaw film. You don’t make “El Norte” with permission.
The revival, a presentation of Fathom Events and Lionsgate, marks the film’s first theatrical release since its 1984 debut and features a state-of-the-art restoration produced by the Academy Film Archives, supported in part by the Getty Foundation. Lionsgate will also re-release El Norte on digital formats September 17.
The theatrical presentation will include a special introduction by El Norte director and co-writer Gregory Nava (whose credits also include Mi Familia and Selena) as well as a new featurette on the dangerous “outlaw” production that yielded a heartfelt film that both Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale would invoke during the 1984 presidential race.
Gregory NavaThis was an outlaw film. You don’t make “El Norte” with permission.
- 9/12/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Donna Brazile, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, will join Fox News as a contributor, the cable-news network announced Monday, making a high-profile liberal commentator part of the offering from a network often seen to have close ties with conservative voters.
Brazile, a veteran Democratic strategist, will offer political analysis across both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network’s daytime and primetime programming. She was expected to make her first appearance on Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino” at 2 p.m. eastern. Perino is a former White House press secretary who served during the administration of President George W. Bush.
“I know I’m going to get criticized from my friends in the progressive movement for being on Fox News,” Brazile acknowledged in a statement. My response is that, if we’ve learned anything from the 2016 election, it is that we can’t have a...
Brazile, a veteran Democratic strategist, will offer political analysis across both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network’s daytime and primetime programming. She was expected to make her first appearance on Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino” at 2 p.m. eastern. Perino is a former White House press secretary who served during the administration of President George W. Bush.
“I know I’m going to get criticized from my friends in the progressive movement for being on Fox News,” Brazile acknowledged in a statement. My response is that, if we’ve learned anything from the 2016 election, it is that we can’t have a...
- 3/18/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Back in mid-December, before setting out on his vision-quest road trip, Beto O’Rourke held one last town hall as El Paso’s three-term congressman. By then, he had already seen himself rapidly become the Democratic establishment’s dream candidate for president after narrowly losing his U.S. Senate challenge to Ted Cruz — “He’s Barack Obama, but white,” one big donor gushed to Politico. And then, just as quickly, he’d watched his voting record (more conservative than many Democrats) and “bipartisan” rhetoric undergo a level of harsh scrutiny he...
- 3/14/2019
- by Bob Moser
- Rollingstone.com
It’s become fashionable in some circles this week to denounce the newly buried George. H.W. Bush as a war criminal, but that seems gratuitous. After all, from a technical standpoint, what American president isn’t a war criminal? It’s probably a short list.
Thanks to the invasion(s) of Iraq, the bombing of civilians in places like Cambodia and Laos, Guantanamo Bay/torture, the overthrow of numerous democratically elected foreign regime, and support of repressive states like Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, “war criminal” is kind of a...
Thanks to the invasion(s) of Iraq, the bombing of civilians in places like Cambodia and Laos, Guantanamo Bay/torture, the overthrow of numerous democratically elected foreign regime, and support of repressive states like Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, “war criminal” is kind of a...
- 12/7/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
“How did we get here?” asks Jason Reitman in “The Front Runner,” dredging the past for answers with this ambitious — and almost intentionally unwieldy — Altmanesque re-enactment of the three weeks in which Gary Hart’s bid to become the 1988 Democratic nominee for president was undone by tabloid-style monkey business. Hugh Jackman proves an inspired candidate to embody Hart, downplaying his brawny movie-star persona, while still conveying the twinkly-eyed sex appeal that would have made the photogenic and well-spoken senator from Colorado a logical choice to follow the country’s first movie-star president, had it not contributed so directly to his undoing.
Hart was the man who would be king, poised to succeed Ronald Reagan, but because he withdrew, America got George H.W. Bush instead. Had Hart won, history would have gone otherwise. As political reporter Matt Bai writes in his book “All the Truth Is Out”, had Hart won,...
Hart was the man who would be king, poised to succeed Ronald Reagan, but because he withdrew, America got George H.W. Bush instead. Had Hart won, history would have gone otherwise. As political reporter Matt Bai writes in his book “All the Truth Is Out”, had Hart won,...
- 9/3/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
For most of his professional life, Glenn Jacobs was not known by his real name. He was Kane, the WWE superstar who, as the disfigured younger brother of The Undertaker, won pretty much every championship the organization had to offer. Though the 51-year-old never officially left the ring, his given name has taken precedence in recent years. Jacobs and his wife Crystal own an insurance agency and real estate company in Knoxville, Tennessee, and last April he announced his candidacy for Knox County mayor. About 13 months and tens of thousands of knocked-doors later,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — Charles Krauthammer, the longtime columnist and Fox News commentator, says that his cancer has returned and doctors have said he has only a few weeks left to live.
“This is the final verdict. My fight is over,” he wrote in a statement released on Friday.
Krauthammer wrote that he has been recovering from surgery last year to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen, and while he has been “gradually making my way back to health,” recent tests showed that cancer has returned and it is aggressive and spreading rapidly.
He wrote, “I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, whose efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing.
“Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers,...
“This is the final verdict. My fight is over,” he wrote in a statement released on Friday.
Krauthammer wrote that he has been recovering from surgery last year to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen, and while he has been “gradually making my way back to health,” recent tests showed that cancer has returned and it is aggressive and spreading rapidly.
He wrote, “I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, whose efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing.
“Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers,...
- 6/8/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
This eerily unsettling biopic explores the tormented high-school years of multiple murderer Jeffrey Dahmer
The Childhood of a Serial Killer could be an alternative title for this queasily gripping movie from writer-director Marc Meyers. It’s about the teenage years of Jeffrey Dahmer in the 1970s and especially his high-school penchant for pretending to have epileptic fits – to the hilarity of his nasty and fickle friends. What sort of a creep mocks people with a physical disability do you imagine? And what sort of a community rewards such a creep with anti-establishment hero status? The film shows the teenage Dahmer going on a school trip to Washington DC, entering the White House and meeting the vice-president, Walter Mondale. The film has embellished things a bit. In real life, Dahmer only got to watch Mondale working and didn’t actually speak to him. But this brings Dahmer closer to America’s...
The Childhood of a Serial Killer could be an alternative title for this queasily gripping movie from writer-director Marc Meyers. It’s about the teenage years of Jeffrey Dahmer in the 1970s and especially his high-school penchant for pretending to have epileptic fits – to the hilarity of his nasty and fickle friends. What sort of a creep mocks people with a physical disability do you imagine? And what sort of a community rewards such a creep with anti-establishment hero status? The film shows the teenage Dahmer going on a school trip to Washington DC, entering the White House and meeting the vice-president, Walter Mondale. The film has embellished things a bit. In real life, Dahmer only got to watch Mondale working and didn’t actually speak to him. But this brings Dahmer closer to America’s...
- 5/31/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from the first two seasons of “Stranger Things.”]
“Stranger Things” isn’t afraid to kill off certain expendable characters, but in Season 2, the show almost bumped off one beloved person even earlier. While fans were horrified to see nerdy good guy Bob (Sean Astin) become a snack for a pack of hungry demodogs in the penultimate episode, the Duffer Brothers had actually considered a different storyline in which he would’ve died much earlier… and at the hands of someone he knew.
On the Netflix after-show “Beyond Stranger Things,” the Duffers revealed that originally, Will Byers (Noah Schnapps) was going to become gradually evil as he was possessed, be fully evil by Episode 4, and then kill someone midway through the season.
Read More:‘Stranger Things’: All the Pop Culture References and Homages, Episode by Episode
“He was going to kill Bob,” Matt Duffer said, adding that it would’ve been the Mind Flayer working through Will. Poor Bob.
“Stranger Things” isn’t afraid to kill off certain expendable characters, but in Season 2, the show almost bumped off one beloved person even earlier. While fans were horrified to see nerdy good guy Bob (Sean Astin) become a snack for a pack of hungry demodogs in the penultimate episode, the Duffer Brothers had actually considered a different storyline in which he would’ve died much earlier… and at the hands of someone he knew.
On the Netflix after-show “Beyond Stranger Things,” the Duffers revealed that originally, Will Byers (Noah Schnapps) was going to become gradually evil as he was possessed, be fully evil by Episode 4, and then kill someone midway through the season.
Read More:‘Stranger Things’: All the Pop Culture References and Homages, Episode by Episode
“He was going to kill Bob,” Matt Duffer said, adding that it would’ve been the Mind Flayer working through Will. Poor Bob.
- 11/6/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
"What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons." With these tender words, Don Draper talked himself into the heart of his new client Rachel Mencken, and into TV history. The first episode of Mad Men aired 10 years ago today, on July 19th, 2007, introducing the world to a rogue's gallery of glamorously twisted con artists. Jon Hamm as Don, the Korean War deserter who steals a dead officer's dogtags and invents himself a new life as a Madison Avenue advertising genius. John Slattery as Roger Sterling,...
- 7/19/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Jeff Guinn doesn’t like the expression “drinking the Kool-Aid.”
First, he says, it’s inaccurate: Most of the 918 people who died in the 1977 Jonestown massacre in a remote commune in Guyana, in South America, actually killed themselves by drinking a cyanide solution laced with Flavor Aid, an inexpensive knock-off.
More troubling to Guinn is the glib judgment implied in that expression — and how it has too simply come to represent the willingness of fools to follow deranged leaders.
As Guinn found out while researching and writing The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, released in bookstores on Tuesday,...
First, he says, it’s inaccurate: Most of the 918 people who died in the 1977 Jonestown massacre in a remote commune in Guyana, in South America, actually killed themselves by drinking a cyanide solution laced with Flavor Aid, an inexpensive knock-off.
More troubling to Guinn is the glib judgment implied in that expression — and how it has too simply come to represent the willingness of fools to follow deranged leaders.
As Guinn found out while researching and writing The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, released in bookstores on Tuesday,...
- 4/11/2017
- by Greg Hanlon
- PEOPLE.com
Well over a month in Donald Trump‘s presidency, Democratic Sen. Al Franken is still not backing down on his harsh criticism of the now-commander-in-chief.
Franken, Minnesota’s junior senator, has been a staunch opponent of Trump‘s platform and policies, and strongly questioned the president’s cabinet nominees during confirmation hearings – namely, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has just now come under fire for lying under oath in one such hearing about meeting with the Russian envoy twice last year.
Sessions has since recused himself from any investigations into the president’s campaign, while still maintaining that he’s done nothing wrong.
Franken, Minnesota’s junior senator, has been a staunch opponent of Trump‘s platform and policies, and strongly questioned the president’s cabinet nominees during confirmation hearings – namely, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has just now come under fire for lying under oath in one such hearing about meeting with the Russian envoy twice last year.
Sessions has since recused himself from any investigations into the president’s campaign, while still maintaining that he’s done nothing wrong.
- 3/9/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
More than a year and a half after he was abruptly dumped by Fox News Channel, the prodigal political consultant has returned, with the cable newser saying today that Bob Beckel will return to The Five tonight. "Bob was missed by many fans of The Five, and we're happy to welcome him back to the show,” 21st Century Fox and Fox News executive chairman Rupert Murdoch in a low-key statement Monday. Added Beckel, the former Walter Mondale campaign manager: "I'm thrilled for the…...
- 1/16/2017
- Deadline TV
Welcome to the machine: Black Mirror is finally blowing American brains in its excellent third season, after years as a word-of-mouth cult hit. Charlie Brooker's English anthology horror series does for computer screens what Dark Shadows did for vampires, tapping into the terror of technology as it zooms past the point where our minds can keep up. Are our smartphones an innovation like electricity or fluoride, something that will quickly get taken for granted as a fact of life? Or are they more like angel dust or Quaaludes, an...
- 10/31/2016
- Rollingstone.com
As it looks more and more like Donald Trump has the best shot at the Republican presidential nomination, some powerful parts of the Gop establishment are getting more and more nervous. Their best shot at denying Trump the nomination is that "contested convention" you've been hearing about in the news lately. But getting there comes with another set of complications. People breaks it down for you. What is a contested convention?Every election year, a party's nominee is chosen at the summertime convention. Usually, it's business as usual: One candidate has managed to secure the greatest number of delegates, or...
- 3/17/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
If you don't know who Geraldine Ferraro is, you might want to set your DVRs for Showtime on Friday (March 21) at 9 p.m.
With the cable network's documentary film "Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way," the network offers a look at the life of the first female nominee for national office by a major party in America, following her journey from impoverished childhood over the professional and personal hurdles to an achievement no woman had ever reached before her.
From documentary filmmaker Donna Zaccaro, Ferraro's daughter, the film features both Bill and Hillary Clinton, among many other, to tell the tale of the woman who ran for Vice President on Walter Mondale's ticket in the 1984 presidential election.
Be sure to check out the preview above.
"Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way" premieres Friday, March 21 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Showtime.
With the cable network's documentary film "Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way," the network offers a look at the life of the first female nominee for national office by a major party in America, following her journey from impoverished childhood over the professional and personal hurdles to an achievement no woman had ever reached before her.
From documentary filmmaker Donna Zaccaro, Ferraro's daughter, the film features both Bill and Hillary Clinton, among many other, to tell the tale of the woman who ran for Vice President on Walter Mondale's ticket in the 1984 presidential election.
Be sure to check out the preview above.
"Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way" premieres Friday, March 21 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Showtime.
- 3/21/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Joan Mondale, who became Second Lady when her husband Walter Mondale was elected Jimmy Carter's vice president in 1976, died Monday afternoon with her husband, sons Ted and William, and other family members by her side, the family said in a statement. She was 83. "Joan was greatly loved by many. We will miss her dearly," the former vice president said in a written statement. Former President Bill Clinton also added to the tributes. In a statement released late Monday, he said, "Hillary and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Joan Mondale. Joan was as wise and graceful...
- 2/4/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Under different circumstances, I might begin by complaining about how The Simpsons is putting a lot of time and effort into making some overly complex title sequences and not investing much time in doing if not original storytelling, at least comedic storytelling. However, it’s pleasure to say that this week, the show had all the bases covered. Episode writer Tim Long kept a pretty tight focus on the main story, a fairly smart and even-handed political satire that trumpets the grand quality of bi-partisanship.
During a rainy recess, Lisa ducks into the library and meets the new girl at Springfield Elementary, second grader Isabel Guiterrez (guest voice Eva Longoria). They bond over the Brontë sisters, and the fact that they’re both middle children who have to sit on the hump in the middle of the back seat, and later they decide to do a project about Fdr together...
During a rainy recess, Lisa ducks into the library and meets the new girl at Springfield Elementary, second grader Isabel Guiterrez (guest voice Eva Longoria). They bond over the Brontë sisters, and the fact that they’re both middle children who have to sit on the hump in the middle of the back seat, and later they decide to do a project about Fdr together...
- 11/25/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Oh children, do you even know who Walter Mondale is? Do we need to get him a guest hosting gig on Redneck Island for better name recognition? Okay, so maybe we had to look him up on Wikipedia too, but if anyone can get Jimmy Carter‘s vice president and former Democratic presidential candidate on the ballot despite the fact he’s not actual running, it’s Mr. Bradley Cooper. “I think that Mondale has got a real shot,” the Silver Linings Playbook star joked with Vh1′s own Kate Spencer. Someone wake up Walter Mondale from his nap, find his glasses and tell him to put on his shoes! With Cooper’s power, money and influence behind him, there’s no telling what he can do!
Other than his amazing hair, Cooper thinks social media will be the deciding factor in the outcome of tonight’s election. “I think more people than ever,...
Other than his amazing hair, Cooper thinks social media will be the deciding factor in the outcome of tonight’s election. “I think more people than ever,...
- 11/6/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Last week I wrote about four major magazine articles evaluating Barack Obama's success and future prospects as president. "How He Fumbled, Why He's Recovering," we called it, and the stories all narrated Obama's typically serpentine ideological course: First he strikes positions designed to be conciliatory toward Republicans, then finds them utterly uninterested in conciliation – at which point, as Andrew Sullivan puts it, he swings to a "position of moderate liberalism and fights for it." The four pieces divided mainly in how they assessed Obama’s strategic acumen. Sullivan...
- 2/22/2012
- by Rick Perlstein
- Rollingstone.com
Eleanor Mondale Poling was many things - Sarah Lawrence graduate, actress, TV personality and radio deejay. She was also the daughter of former Vice President Walter F. Mondale and, since their wedding in 2005 until her death from brain cancer early last Saturday, the loving wife of musician and composer Chan Poling. "She passed way peacefully in her own bed, looking out at the pasture. There was a completeness and peace to the whole thing," Poling told People at the couple's horse farm outside of Minnesota's Prior Lake, 25 minutes southwest of Minneapolis. Eleanor had called the place home since 2003, when she moved there from New York.
- 9/21/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
More sad news as another daughter of a prominent political family has died It was announced yesterday that Kara Kennedy, the late Senator Edward Kennedy's only daughter, had died at age 51 from what her brother Patrick Kennedy described as complications of her past lung cancer treatment. Now former Vice President Walter Mondale's daughter Eleanor Mondale has died of brain cancer, at age 51 as well. Walter Mondale had served as vice president from 1977 to 1981 under Jimmy Carter. Eleanor Mondale became a television entertainment reporter, radio show host after her father's ascendancy in politics. She died Saturday at her Minnesota home, a family spokeswoman said. "Our wonderful daughter . after her long and gutsy...
- 9/19/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The daughter of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and wife of rocker Chan Poling has died at the age of 51.
Eleanor Mondale lost her battle with brain cancer on Saturday at her home in Minnesota.
Mondale racked up acting credits with small parts in Drop Dead Fred, Three's Company and Dynasty and later carved out a career as a showbiz reporter hosting U.S. TV and radio entertainment news shows.
She also attracted plenty of attention for her love life after her alleged affair with rocker Warren Zevon and her romance with comedian James Belushi.
Mondale was married twice before she wed The Suburbs keyboardist Poling in 2005, shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.
Eleanor Mondale lost her battle with brain cancer on Saturday at her home in Minnesota.
Mondale racked up acting credits with small parts in Drop Dead Fred, Three's Company and Dynasty and later carved out a career as a showbiz reporter hosting U.S. TV and radio entertainment news shows.
She also attracted plenty of attention for her love life after her alleged affair with rocker Warren Zevon and her romance with comedian James Belushi.
Mondale was married twice before she wed The Suburbs keyboardist Poling in 2005, shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.
- 9/18/2011
- WENN
In a bizarre coincidence, two daughters of noted American politicians have died within hours of each other ... both at the age of 51.
Kara Kennedy Allen, the daughter of Sen. Ted Kennedy, died suddenly of a suspected heart attack on Friday (Sept. 16) night while at a health club. Kennedy was a lung cancer survivor but her brother, Patrick Kennedy, tells NBC that his sister's cancer treatment "took quite a toll on her and weakened her physically ... her heart gave out."
Eleanor Mondale, daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died at her Minnesota home on Saturday morning following a several years battle with brain cancer.
"Joan and I must report that our wonderful daughter, Eleanor Mondale Poling, after her long and gutsy battle against cancer, went up to heaven last night to be with her angel," her father writes in an email sent out to family and friends.
Kennedy and Mondale...
Kara Kennedy Allen, the daughter of Sen. Ted Kennedy, died suddenly of a suspected heart attack on Friday (Sept. 16) night while at a health club. Kennedy was a lung cancer survivor but her brother, Patrick Kennedy, tells NBC that his sister's cancer treatment "took quite a toll on her and weakened her physically ... her heart gave out."
Eleanor Mondale, daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died at her Minnesota home on Saturday morning following a several years battle with brain cancer.
"Joan and I must report that our wonderful daughter, Eleanor Mondale Poling, after her long and gutsy battle against cancer, went up to heaven last night to be with her angel," her father writes in an email sent out to family and friends.
Kennedy and Mondale...
- 9/17/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Commentators continue to guess at whether Gop candidates at the June 13 debate in New Hampshire will live up to their promises. But their faces never lie. Sensory Logic's Dan Hill analyzes their expressions for Fast Company to reveal what traditional pundits can't.
For those following the cycle of punditry, the June 13th Gop presidential debate from New Hampshire is all tucked in and sealed with a yawn. The consensus: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney strengthened his frontrunner standing; Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty blew it; Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann broke through to gain the most.
But facial coding expert Dan Hill saw a different story unfold. He performed an analysis on the debaters’ mugs Monday night exclusively for Fast Company and says: Romney did not enhance his status; Pawlenty performed admirably on an emotional front; and Bachmann exposed her weakness.
Hill, who's been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The Today Show,...
For those following the cycle of punditry, the June 13th Gop presidential debate from New Hampshire is all tucked in and sealed with a yawn. The consensus: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney strengthened his frontrunner standing; Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty blew it; Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann broke through to gain the most.
But facial coding expert Dan Hill saw a different story unfold. He performed an analysis on the debaters’ mugs Monday night exclusively for Fast Company and says: Romney did not enhance his status; Pawlenty performed admirably on an emotional front; and Bachmann exposed her weakness.
Hill, who's been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The Today Show,...
- 6/17/2011
- by Kevin Randall
- Fast Company
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Cheerio Zoners! Another smashing week on the Report! It was great to catch a glimpse into British culture. I usually only get that from my favorite Brit Coms. I nearly broke a rib laughing during the tea segment! And how about James Franco? He really is living my dream. If I had the chance, I’d go back to school in a heartbeat! What were your favorite segments?
Monday
Stephen Shows Off the Ipad 2
That’s like 11 new verses of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” and I still haven’t recovered from the original
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is one of three #1 hits...
Cheerio Zoners! Another smashing week on the Report! It was great to catch a glimpse into British culture. I usually only get that from my favorite Brit Coms. I nearly broke a rib laughing during the tea segment! And how about James Franco? He really is living my dream. If I had the chance, I’d go back to school in a heartbeat! What were your favorite segments?
Monday
Stephen Shows Off the Ipad 2
That’s like 11 new verses of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” and I still haven’t recovered from the original
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is one of three #1 hits...
- 4/11/2011
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Ferraro died Saturday at the age of 75. Photograph © Wally McNamee/Corbis. My favorite memory of Geraldine Ferraro came at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, in San Francisco, the night she accepted the nomination to be Walter Mondale’s running mate and became the first ever female vice-presidential candidate from a major party. Dressed in white, she was beaming from ear to ear backstage. “Hey, Timmy,” she said to my late husband, Tim Russert, then working for New York governor Mario Cuomo, who had electrified Democrats with his keynote speech at the convention. “Not bad for two kids from Queens!”...
- 3/28/2011
- Vanity Fair
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