Comedian Rob Schneider is refuting a news item that appeared on Politico’s website this week stating that his stand-up set at a GOP event in late 2023 was cut short when his jokes were deemed too lewd for the conservative crowd.
The outspoken right-leaning comic, who made a name for himself as a Saturday Night Live cast member in the ’90s and went on to star in comedies including The Hot Chick and Grown-Ups spoke to TMZ about the Politico report, which reported that Senate Working Group Executive Director James Kimmey cut him off within 10 minutes into the set at L.A.’s Waldorf Astoria over the comedian’s “raunchy” jokes.
The event had about 150 attendees, Politico reports, and the guest list included 40-plus Senate chiefs of staff, who received an apology email regarding Schneider’s brief performance the day after the event. One joke about “Korean whore-houses” made it...
The outspoken right-leaning comic, who made a name for himself as a Saturday Night Live cast member in the ’90s and went on to star in comedies including The Hot Chick and Grown-Ups spoke to TMZ about the Politico report, which reported that Senate Working Group Executive Director James Kimmey cut him off within 10 minutes into the set at L.A.’s Waldorf Astoria over the comedian’s “raunchy” jokes.
The event had about 150 attendees, Politico reports, and the guest list included 40-plus Senate chiefs of staff, who received an apology email regarding Schneider’s brief performance the day after the event. One joke about “Korean whore-houses” made it...
- 4/17/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tucker Carlson is not going down without a fight against his former employer, Fox News. After his ousting from the network, the former anchor is plotting revenge, which could involve starting his own media outlet, reports Axios.
Since he was pushed out at Fox, Carlson has fielded potential job offers from far-right networks Rumble and Newsmax as well as from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Carlson and Musk have even “had a conversation about working together,” Mike Allen reports. But Carlson reportedly cannot work for any competitor until his $20-million-per-year contract...
Since he was pushed out at Fox, Carlson has fielded potential job offers from far-right networks Rumble and Newsmax as well as from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Carlson and Musk have even “had a conversation about working together,” Mike Allen reports. But Carlson reportedly cannot work for any competitor until his $20-million-per-year contract...
- 5/7/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
AT&T already a long list of “to-dos” when it comes to WarnerMedia, the big entertainment conglomerate it purchased for $85 billion in 2018. Jeff Zucker’s exit from CNN makes it even longer.
Jeff Zucker’s announcement Thursday that he will exit his role as president of CNN, and, presumably, as head of Turner Sports, by the end of 2021 sets another hurdle before the telecom giant and WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar as they strive to broaden consumer use of the streaming-video hub HBO Max and push adoption of 5G technology that will make it all more accessible.
As executives work on those goals, they will need the revenue and profit they derive from traditional but out-of-vogue assets like cable networks and movies, long WarnerMedia’s stock in trade Under Zucker, CNN has thrown off more than $1 billion in annual profit and, in recent weeks, enjoyed a surge of viewership that put it...
Jeff Zucker’s announcement Thursday that he will exit his role as president of CNN, and, presumably, as head of Turner Sports, by the end of 2021 sets another hurdle before the telecom giant and WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar as they strive to broaden consumer use of the streaming-video hub HBO Max and push adoption of 5G technology that will make it all more accessible.
As executives work on those goals, they will need the revenue and profit they derive from traditional but out-of-vogue assets like cable networks and movies, long WarnerMedia’s stock in trade Under Zucker, CNN has thrown off more than $1 billion in annual profit and, in recent weeks, enjoyed a surge of viewership that put it...
- 2/4/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
One of the more unexpected shifts in media habits during the pandemic, at least for me, has been a new interest in those little bird-box book libraries that inhabit front lawns in the quieter neighborhoods here. I regularly pass a dozen of them on a circuit of five or six miles around Santa Monica and Brentwood. Always, I stop to see what they’re offering. Sometimes, bag and sanitizer in hand, I’ll actually swap a book.
It’s a fascinating exercise, in that the books—from a crumbling Pocket Book edition of George Plimpton’s Out of My League, printed in 1967, to the hefty contemporary cookbooks at a stand-up shed in Santa Monica Canyon—turn out to be far more intellectually, culturally, and politically diverse than the current run of lawn signs, cable news or festival films.
Publicly, people in this neighborhood, which much of the entertainment community calls home,...
It’s a fascinating exercise, in that the books—from a crumbling Pocket Book edition of George Plimpton’s Out of My League, printed in 1967, to the hefty contemporary cookbooks at a stand-up shed in Santa Monica Canyon—turn out to be far more intellectually, culturally, and politically diverse than the current run of lawn signs, cable news or festival films.
Publicly, people in this neighborhood, which much of the entertainment community calls home,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, with Giuliani comment, additional Dominion comment: Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani on Monday, accusing him of repeatedly peddling falsehoods about the company, including the debunked claim that its software was rigged in favor of Joe Biden.
The 107-page lawsuit cites numerous instances in which Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was given a platform to advance conspiracy theories on Fox News, Newsmax, One America News Network and other outlets.
In the lawsuit (read here via Axios), Dominion states, “As a result of the defamatory falsehoods peddled by Giuliani—in concert with Sidney Powell, Russell Ramsland, L. Lin Wood, Mike Lindell, Patrick Byrne, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, One America News Network (“Oan”), The Epoch Times, and other like-minded allies and media outlets determined to promote a false preconceived narrative about the 2020 election—Dominion’s founder and employees have been harassed and have received death threats,...
The 107-page lawsuit cites numerous instances in which Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was given a platform to advance conspiracy theories on Fox News, Newsmax, One America News Network and other outlets.
In the lawsuit (read here via Axios), Dominion states, “As a result of the defamatory falsehoods peddled by Giuliani—in concert with Sidney Powell, Russell Ramsland, L. Lin Wood, Mike Lindell, Patrick Byrne, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, One America News Network (“Oan”), The Epoch Times, and other like-minded allies and media outlets determined to promote a false preconceived narrative about the 2020 election—Dominion’s founder and employees have been harassed and have received death threats,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucker Carlson barely even referenced last week’s right-wing assault on the U.S. Capitol on his show Tuesday. But he did bring on Glenn Beck so they could complain about seditious conservatives being banned from social media platforms after inciting the violent Capitol mob.
Beck made a couple heinous comparisons to the bans, which were warranted because Twitter, Facebook and the like all have rules against inciting violence on their platforms. As conservatives love to do, Beck compared private platforms enforcing their agreed-upon rules to crimes against humanity that have been committed by governments.
“These are two wooden shoes. Japanese shoes worn by an American citizen,” Beck whined, holding up his prop. “She lost all of her rights, as did all of the Japanese, and they did it because of fear. Fdr was afraid the Japanese had infiltrated the West Coast, even though the Pentagon said it wasn’t true.
Beck made a couple heinous comparisons to the bans, which were warranted because Twitter, Facebook and the like all have rules against inciting violence on their platforms. As conservatives love to do, Beck compared private platforms enforcing their agreed-upon rules to crimes against humanity that have been committed by governments.
“These are two wooden shoes. Japanese shoes worn by an American citizen,” Beck whined, holding up his prop. “She lost all of her rights, as did all of the Japanese, and they did it because of fear. Fdr was afraid the Japanese had infiltrated the West Coast, even though the Pentagon said it wasn’t true.
- 1/13/2021
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Is it just me, or does this season of The Masked Singer seem harder to solve than usual?
I feel like by this point in the proceedings, we’re usually pretty sure of at least half of the performers’ identities. Maybe it’s the 2020-ness of it all, or maybe my brain is just too preoccupied with the future of the American republic and such, but on a number of Season 4’s remaining competitors, I’m stumped. Like, who in the actual who is Jellyfish? It’s making me crazy!
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I feel like by this point in the proceedings, we’re usually pretty sure of at least half of the performers’ identities. Maybe it’s the 2020-ness of it all, or maybe my brain is just too preoccupied with the future of the American republic and such, but on a number of Season 4’s remaining competitors, I’m stumped. Like, who in the actual who is Jellyfish? It’s making me crazy!
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- 11/5/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Former Daily Show coworkers Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart reunited on Friday’s Late Show to reminisce about their Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear — which occurred exactly 10 years ago, on October 30th, 2010 — and discuss the upcoming election.
“I remember that [rally],” Colbert said when Stewart surprise-called the Late Show to wish Colbert a happy 10th anniversary. “200,000 people showed up! We had so many great performers: Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Ozzy Osbourne, Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennett sang ‘America the Beautiful.'”
“Wow, what a day it was, we really showed…...
“I remember that [rally],” Colbert said when Stewart surprise-called the Late Show to wish Colbert a happy 10th anniversary. “200,000 people showed up! We had so many great performers: Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Ozzy Osbourne, Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennett sang ‘America the Beautiful.'”
“Wow, what a day it was, we really showed…...
- 10/31/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
At the top of Wednesday’s Masked Singer, host Nick Cannon promised “a reveal that will break the Internet.” Since you’re reading this, safe to say, it did not.
But the episode did introduce Group C, a new batch of performers that included Mushroom, Lips, Squiggly Monster, Broccoli and Jellyfish. Read on to see how their performances went and to find out who said hello and goodbye within their very first episode.
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But the episode did introduce Group C, a new batch of performers that included Mushroom, Lips, Squiggly Monster, Broccoli and Jellyfish. Read on to see how their performances went and to find out who said hello and goodbye within their very first episode.
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- 10/29/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Netflix have made a rare branding misstep with Cuties, the by-all-accounts pretty solid French drama from Maïmouna Doucouré. The streamer’s choice of promotional material for the film generated a significant online backlash, including a petition to remove it from the service, and a generally poor showing with subscribers. This reaction has now extended to the hashtag #CancelNetflix trending again on Twitter.
Although we don’t think Netflix are going to be too worried, the issues in the promo material for Cuties, which arguably misrepresents the subject matter of the film, should act as a lesson for the company. Cuties focuses on a Senegalese Muslim girl who rebels against her family by taking up with a twerking group, and has picked up critical praise, including a major prize nomination at Sundance.
The latest wave of the #CancelNetflix trend repeats a similar spike from a few weeks ago when attention was...
Although we don’t think Netflix are going to be too worried, the issues in the promo material for Cuties, which arguably misrepresents the subject matter of the film, should act as a lesson for the company. Cuties focuses on a Senegalese Muslim girl who rebels against her family by taking up with a twerking group, and has picked up critical praise, including a major prize nomination at Sundance.
The latest wave of the #CancelNetflix trend repeats a similar spike from a few weeks ago when attention was...
- 9/10/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Megyn Kelly isn’t on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn’t going to keep her from broadcasting.
The former NBC News and Fox News Channel anchor confirmed Thursday what many media-industry observers have long suspected: She’s going the independent route.
Kelly will launch Devil May Care Media, a production company that will back podcasts and other shows built around the latest news, current events, legal and cultural issues. The shows will contain “the same tough, fair, smart perspective” that Kelly burnished during her heyday as a primetime anchor on Fox News and a morning anchor on NBC. Her first project: A new podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” that is expected to debut the week of September 28.
“With Devil May Care Media, I answer only to my audience and my conscience. Those who like what I have to say will find the experience deeply rewarding. Those...
The former NBC News and Fox News Channel anchor confirmed Thursday what many media-industry observers have long suspected: She’s going the independent route.
Kelly will launch Devil May Care Media, a production company that will back podcasts and other shows built around the latest news, current events, legal and cultural issues. The shows will contain “the same tough, fair, smart perspective” that Kelly burnished during her heyday as a primetime anchor on Fox News and a morning anchor on NBC. Her first project: A new podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” that is expected to debut the week of September 28.
“With Devil May Care Media, I answer only to my audience and my conscience. Those who like what I have to say will find the experience deeply rewarding. Those...
- 9/10/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been five years since Jon Stewart retired from “The Daily Show,” and the veteran comedian is still closely following politics and the news media. Stewart, who hosted the late-night show for 16 years, recently spoke to the New York Times’ David Marchese in a wide-ranging interview about current events, contemporary news coverage, and his legacy at “The Daily Show.”
His opinion on the latter-most point stemmed from a question regarding the current state of Fox News. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was a frequent guest on “The Daily Show” during Stewart’s tenure and Stewart said that consistently giving O’Reilly such a large platform was possibly the worst aspect of his work on the comedy show.
“The question was always, ‘Why would you talk to him? Why do you have him on the show if you can’t destroy him?’ If you want to talk about the...
His opinion on the latter-most point stemmed from a question regarding the current state of Fox News. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was a frequent guest on “The Daily Show” during Stewart’s tenure and Stewart said that consistently giving O’Reilly such a large platform was possibly the worst aspect of his work on the comedy show.
“The question was always, ‘Why would you talk to him? Why do you have him on the show if you can’t destroy him?’ If you want to talk about the...
- 6/16/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Thompson on Hollywood
It’s been five years since Jon Stewart retired from “The Daily Show,” and the veteran comedian is still closely following politics and the news media. Stewart, who hosted the late-night show for 16 years, recently spoke to the New York Times’ David Marchese in a wide-ranging interview about current events, contemporary news coverage, and his legacy at “The Daily Show.”
His opinion on the latter-most point stemmed from a question regarding the current state of Fox News. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was a frequent guest on “The Daily Show” during Stewart’s tenure and Stewart said that consistently giving O’Reilly such a large platform was possibly the worst aspect of his work on the comedy show.
“The question was always, ‘Why would you talk to him? Why do you have him on the show if you can’t destroy him?’ If you want to talk about the...
His opinion on the latter-most point stemmed from a question regarding the current state of Fox News. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was a frequent guest on “The Daily Show” during Stewart’s tenure and Stewart said that consistently giving O’Reilly such a large platform was possibly the worst aspect of his work on the comedy show.
“The question was always, ‘Why would you talk to him? Why do you have him on the show if you can’t destroy him?’ If you want to talk about the...
- 6/16/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Tucker Carlson is, once again, losing advertisers. But the real question is whether Fox News Channel is losing any of the cash those sponsors regularly invest in its overall programming.
In recent days, another tranche of sponsors has made public statements about yanking commercials from “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a mainstay of Fox News Channel’s heavily-watched primetime lineup. These advertisers are responding to outrage over the host’s recent comment about protests over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police – an incident that has spurred a national referendum on the way people of various races and backgrounds are treated in America.
Black Lives Matter, Carlson said during his Monday broadcast, “may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about Black lives. Remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will.” Fox News...
In recent days, another tranche of sponsors has made public statements about yanking commercials from “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a mainstay of Fox News Channel’s heavily-watched primetime lineup. These advertisers are responding to outrage over the host’s recent comment about protests over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police – an incident that has spurred a national referendum on the way people of various races and backgrounds are treated in America.
Black Lives Matter, Carlson said during his Monday broadcast, “may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about Black lives. Remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will.” Fox News...
- 6/12/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
Long before the immediacy of the internet and its attendant social media platforms, impotent rage and loose-lipped hatred had another home in America: talk radio. While the form itself isn’t dead — look no further than the continued popularity of everyone from Howard Stern to Glenn Beck — the world has many other more enticing outlets for emotional release. But the underlying desire for unfettered, rage-fueled outbursts remains, and Oliver Stone’s searing 1988 drama “Talk Radio” (sandwiched between his better-known hits “Wall Street” and “Born on the Fourth of July”) helps explain the market for unfiltered voices in whatever form they take.
The movie stars Eric Bogosian, who adapted his own stage play of the same name alongside Stone — and that history comes...
Long before the immediacy of the internet and its attendant social media platforms, impotent rage and loose-lipped hatred had another home in America: talk radio. While the form itself isn’t dead — look no further than the continued popularity of everyone from Howard Stern to Glenn Beck — the world has many other more enticing outlets for emotional release. But the underlying desire for unfettered, rage-fueled outbursts remains, and Oliver Stone’s searing 1988 drama “Talk Radio” (sandwiched between his better-known hits “Wall Street” and “Born on the Fourth of July”) helps explain the market for unfiltered voices in whatever form they take.
The movie stars Eric Bogosian, who adapted his own stage play of the same name alongside Stone — and that history comes...
- 6/8/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
After taking last week off, Bill Maher was back with a new episode of “Real Time” on Friday. And he opened the show with a monologue that covered three main topics: the ongoing, gradual process of reopening the country during the pandemic; Obamagate; and Donald Trump’s claim that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine.
“I love Memorial Day, you know. I’m glad it’s come because finally I get a chance to just kick back and hang around the house,” Maher joked to open his monologue. “We all should love Memorial Day. It’s when we remember the brave Americans who put their lives on the line to protect our way of life. I’m talking of course about the delivery people from GrubHub.”
Then Maher started on the real topics, starting with Trump declaring on Monday that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against the coronavirus.
“I love Memorial Day, you know. I’m glad it’s come because finally I get a chance to just kick back and hang around the house,” Maher joked to open his monologue. “We all should love Memorial Day. It’s when we remember the brave Americans who put their lives on the line to protect our way of life. I’m talking of course about the delivery people from GrubHub.”
Then Maher started on the real topics, starting with Trump declaring on Monday that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against the coronavirus.
- 5/23/2020
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
John Oliver is furious with President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, the “Last Week Tonight” host called the federal response to the domestic spread of Covid-19 “appalling,” saying the government “wasted so much time that we could have spent preparing” for the crisis.
They also “massively botched the rollout of testing,” he said.
No argument here, but some Republican politicians and pundits would almost surely take exception to that criticism. For starters, there is the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, who has said that many older Americans would gladly risk their lives in an effort to stabilize the American economy for their children and grandchildren.
“If you really want to die so the U.S. economy can boom, we already have a system in place for that and it’s called Black Friday — have at it,” Oliver quipped last night from the (relative) safety of his own home.
They also “massively botched the rollout of testing,” he said.
No argument here, but some Republican politicians and pundits would almost surely take exception to that criticism. For starters, there is the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, who has said that many older Americans would gladly risk their lives in an effort to stabilize the American economy for their children and grandchildren.
“If you really want to die so the U.S. economy can boom, we already have a system in place for that and it’s called Black Friday — have at it,” Oliver quipped last night from the (relative) safety of his own home.
- 3/30/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
John Oliver examined the mounting coronavirus catastrophe and President Donald Trump’s handling of it on a new quarantine edition of Last Week Tonight Sunday.
In just a few weeks, the United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and as Oliver noted, we still don’t know just how bad things are thanks to a botched rollout of testing kits and a general lack of preparedness from the start.
Despite the severity of the crisis, early last week Trump suggested that people might be able to start...
In just a few weeks, the United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and as Oliver noted, we still don’t know just how bad things are thanks to a botched rollout of testing kits and a general lack of preparedness from the start.
Despite the severity of the crisis, early last week Trump suggested that people might be able to start...
- 3/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In a new episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the host, like many others, is hosting from home. He said that they shot on Saturday and told viewers not to feel awkward about the absence of laughing that many are used to with the regular telecast.
“I started my comedy career doing standup in England,” said Oliver. “I am more than used to making jokes to silence.”
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After getting excited for being celebrated by the Tik Tok hamster he praised in the previous episode, he dove into the only thing making headlines as of late: coronavirus. In particular, he used this opportunity to continue his dragging of Donald Trump and how...
“I started my comedy career doing standup in England,” said Oliver. “I am more than used to making jokes to silence.”
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After getting excited for being celebrated by the Tik Tok hamster he praised in the previous episode, he dove into the only thing making headlines as of late: coronavirus. In particular, he used this opportunity to continue his dragging of Donald Trump and how...
- 3/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Blaze Media is launching Blaze Live, an ad-supported, 24/7 digital linear streaming channel, through Pluto TV, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.
The Blaze Live lineup will feature first-run content from the likes of Blaze Media founder Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Steven Crowder, Dave Rubin and Candace Owens. The free, ad-supported programming will act as a subset of the full array of premium programming available to subscribers on BlazeTV, Blaze Media’s direct-to-consumer Ott platform.
“Since the launch of Blaze Media in December of 2018, we have been honored that viewers are increasingly turning to BlazeTV for bold, honest discourse and free expression, and as a more dynamic alternative to traditional cable news programming,” Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon said in a statement.
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He continued, “We are excited to partner with Pluto TV, which is filling a similar...
The Blaze Live lineup will feature first-run content from the likes of Blaze Media founder Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Steven Crowder, Dave Rubin and Candace Owens. The free, ad-supported programming will act as a subset of the full array of premium programming available to subscribers on BlazeTV, Blaze Media’s direct-to-consumer Ott platform.
“Since the launch of Blaze Media in December of 2018, we have been honored that viewers are increasingly turning to BlazeTV for bold, honest discourse and free expression, and as a more dynamic alternative to traditional cable news programming,” Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon said in a statement.
Also Read: Glenn Beck's The Blaze to End on Linear TV, Digital Properties Will Continue (Report)
He continued, “We are excited to partner with Pluto TV, which is filling a similar...
- 3/17/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
I refuse to eat peanuts at a bar. It’s nothing personal against them, as they can make for an excellent snack, but like cashews, pretzels, chips, or any other miscellaneous “open” food, it remains open to anyone. And I saw a scene begin like this in Contagion nine years ago.
Actually it’s the first scene of the movie when Gwyneth Paltrow’s Beth Emhoff sits at an airport bar, sweating profusely. As she absently speaks on the phone with an illicit lover, director Steven Soderbergh’s camera is far less interested in her conversation than where her hands are going: on the glass that someone else will clean, on the credit card she hands the bartender, and, yes, in that peanut bowl. As indicated by a title card ominously hovering over her head, it’s “Day 2” since the beginning of an outbreak of a novel strain of influenza.
Actually it’s the first scene of the movie when Gwyneth Paltrow’s Beth Emhoff sits at an airport bar, sweating profusely. As she absently speaks on the phone with an illicit lover, director Steven Soderbergh’s camera is far less interested in her conversation than where her hands are going: on the glass that someone else will clean, on the credit card she hands the bartender, and, yes, in that peanut bowl. As indicated by a title card ominously hovering over her head, it’s “Day 2” since the beginning of an outbreak of a novel strain of influenza.
- 3/11/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Who needs history when you can just make shit up?
On Friday, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, spoke to Blaze TV’s Glenn Beck where she said that “people saw” the Confederate flag “as service, and sacrifice, and heritage” before white supremacist Dylann Roof “hijacked” it when he killed nine black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in South Carolina in 2015.
“South Carolina fell her to her knees when this happened, this is one of the oldest African-American churches. And...
On Friday, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, spoke to Blaze TV’s Glenn Beck where she said that “people saw” the Confederate flag “as service, and sacrifice, and heritage” before white supremacist Dylann Roof “hijacked” it when he killed nine black people at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in South Carolina in 2015.
“South Carolina fell her to her knees when this happened, this is one of the oldest African-American churches. And...
- 12/6/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
It’s the end of the world and they know it in “Radioflash,” a neither-fish-nor-fowl tale of survival after a massive, seemingly permanent power failure. At first this seems a fairly straightforward “what if” scenario of one family’s coping with the rapid breakdown of society in an unprecedented emergency. But first-time feature director/co-writer Ben McPherson eventually throws in more conventionally exploitative elements that push things toward the realms of thriller and quasi-horror, without actually embracing those genres.
The result is an offbeat conceptual mixture, albeit one that’s somewhat frustrating and occasionally tedious, if beautifully photographed by Austin Schmidt. It opens on 25 U.S. screens Nov. 15. As if anticipating the cries of fanboy types sure to be irked that the film doesn’t identify sufficiently as sci-fi, horror, or thriller, McPherson opens with an elaborately misleading sequence that signals all three, trapping heroine Reese (Brighton Sharbino) in a surreal escape-room nightmare.
The result is an offbeat conceptual mixture, albeit one that’s somewhat frustrating and occasionally tedious, if beautifully photographed by Austin Schmidt. It opens on 25 U.S. screens Nov. 15. As if anticipating the cries of fanboy types sure to be irked that the film doesn’t identify sufficiently as sci-fi, horror, or thriller, McPherson opens with an elaborately misleading sequence that signals all three, trapping heroine Reese (Brighton Sharbino) in a surreal escape-room nightmare.
- 11/14/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Glenn Beck-founded media company, The Blaze, is set to shut down its cable channel by the end of 2019, but will maintain its digital properties — including video-on-demand services, website and radio presences — according to The Hollywood Reporter,
THR cited sources who blamed contracts with distributors that prevent some TV to be posted online, which has been detrimental for the digitally-based company.
Also Read: Conservative News Sites TheBlaze, Washington Examiner See Big Traffic Gains as Breitbart Fades and ThinkProgress Dies
Representatives for The Blaze did not immediately return requests for comment from TheWrap, but Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon is quoted by THR saying, “Yes, we’ve sent notices of non-renewal to our cable partners, whose support we’ve appreciated over the years.
“Given our record growth this year on our direct-to-consumer Svod business, podcasts, various web properties and other digital distribution channels, it has become a conflict to continue programming a traditional,...
THR cited sources who blamed contracts with distributors that prevent some TV to be posted online, which has been detrimental for the digitally-based company.
Also Read: Conservative News Sites TheBlaze, Washington Examiner See Big Traffic Gains as Breitbart Fades and ThinkProgress Dies
Representatives for The Blaze did not immediately return requests for comment from TheWrap, but Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon is quoted by THR saying, “Yes, we’ve sent notices of non-renewal to our cable partners, whose support we’ve appreciated over the years.
“Given our record growth this year on our direct-to-consumer Svod business, podcasts, various web properties and other digital distribution channels, it has become a conflict to continue programming a traditional,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
“The Joker” is destined to be the super-villain movie of the season for most filmgoers, obviously. But there’s a certain breed of conservative that might save that honor for “Soros,” a new documentary about billionaire George Soros, the do-gooder bogeyman the right loves to hate. Dinesh D’Souza hasn’t yet gotten around to making a feature film demonizing the guy, so the task of directing the first doc about the polarizing philanthropist has fallen to an entirely sympathetic filmmaker, Jesse Dylan. Like many progressives, Dylan views Soros as something close to a superhero — a real-life Bruce Wayne who’s using his super-riches for good, not evil, as the biggest benefactor of … can we call it the Social Justice League?
Dylan couldn’t have painted a more flattering picture if he worked for Soros. Actually, he did: In the past, he’s made short films on behalf of the philanthropist’s Open Society Foundation.
Dylan couldn’t have painted a more flattering picture if he worked for Soros. Actually, he did: In the past, he’s made short films on behalf of the philanthropist’s Open Society Foundation.
- 9/25/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie Star In First Trailer For Bombshell – Fox News Scandal
Photo credit: Lionsgate/Hilary Bronwyn Gayle
Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie (Kayla Pospisil), based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Emmy® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph.
Bombshell also stars Emmy® Award winner Kate McKinnon, Golden Globe® nominee Connie Britton, Emmy® Award winner Mark Duplass, Emmy® Award nominee Rob Delaney, Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney.
Here are some companion pieces to consider before Bombshell opens this December.
Showtime recently aired their seven-part limited series “The Loudest Voice” about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News.
Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie (Kayla Pospisil), based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Emmy® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph.
Bombshell also stars Emmy® Award winner Kate McKinnon, Golden Globe® nominee Connie Britton, Emmy® Award winner Mark Duplass, Emmy® Award nominee Rob Delaney, Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney.
Here are some companion pieces to consider before Bombshell opens this December.
Showtime recently aired their seven-part limited series “The Loudest Voice” about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News.
- 8/22/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On February 15, 2016, the National Review took unprecedented action. In an all-out plea to Republican voters to stop Donald Trump before it was too late, the magazine enlisted 22 of the right’s most prominent voices to band together and throw support elsewhere, to save the party.
The “Conservatives Against Trump” issue didn’t move the needle. Despite a lineup of pleas against Trump that included Glenn Beck, Cal Thomas, Mona Charen, Michael Medved and Dana Loesch, Trump surged in the polls that month, expanding his lead over primary opponents at a critical juncture of the race.
The “Conservatives Against Trump” issue didn’t move the needle. Despite a lineup of pleas against Trump that included Glenn Beck, Cal Thomas, Mona Charen, Michael Medved and Dana Loesch, Trump surged in the polls that month, expanding his lead over primary opponents at a critical juncture of the race.
- 4/23/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News and the Trump White House: a seamlessly integrated human centipede. Want proof? Look no further than the fact that Bill Shine, current White House communications director and the former president of Fox News, collects checks from both shops. (Shine, who resigned from Fox after the network was rocked by a series of sexual misconduct scandals, is still being paid out the remainder of a $7 million bonus.) Hope Hicks, who preceded Shine in his government gig, now works at his old network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox.
- 3/4/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
UTA has hired agency veteran Darnell Strom to head a newly created Culture and Leadership division. The hire and the launch of the division take effect today, and he will report jointly to UTA president Jay Sures and CEO Jeremy Zimmer.
Strom spent the past nine years at CAA, where his client list included former Vice President Joe Biden, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Gayle King, will.i.am, Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, Jeff Gordon and Chad Hurley; many are expected to make the move with him. He’s also worked with global brands including Google, YouTube, Target, Red Bull, Salesforce and Samsung on talent partnerships.
In his new role, he will work with UTA clients “who want to expand their diverse businesses and cultural influence at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics, the arts, and thought leadership,” the agency said in announcing the hire Tuesday.
“Today’s hyper-connected world...
Strom spent the past nine years at CAA, where his client list included former Vice President Joe Biden, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Gayle King, will.i.am, Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, Jeff Gordon and Chad Hurley; many are expected to make the move with him. He’s also worked with global brands including Google, YouTube, Target, Red Bull, Salesforce and Samsung on talent partnerships.
In his new role, he will work with UTA clients “who want to expand their diverse businesses and cultural influence at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics, the arts, and thought leadership,” the agency said in announcing the hire Tuesday.
“Today’s hyper-connected world...
- 1/15/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
UTA said Monday that former ABC News and Mic executive Marc Paskin has joined as an agent in its News and Broadcast division. He will be tasked with building opportunities for clients straddling digital and traditional media and work in the agency’s New York office.
The news comes as the division earlier today said it had signed former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who joins a client roster that already includes the likes of Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, Norah O’Donnell, David Muir, Dana Bash, Glenn Beck, Chuck Todd, Margaret Brennan and Brian Kilmeade.
“As is all of media, the news business is evolving rapidly and being disrupted by new platforms and services,” said Peter Goldberg, a UTA partner and head of News and Broadcast. “We are thrilled to add Marc and his entrepreneurial skill set and spirit, as we continue to create opportunities for the most innovative...
The news comes as the division earlier today said it had signed former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who joins a client roster that already includes the likes of Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, Norah O’Donnell, David Muir, Dana Bash, Glenn Beck, Chuck Todd, Margaret Brennan and Brian Kilmeade.
“As is all of media, the news business is evolving rapidly and being disrupted by new platforms and services,” said Peter Goldberg, a UTA partner and head of News and Broadcast. “We are thrilled to add Marc and his entrepreneurial skill set and spirit, as we continue to create opportunities for the most innovative...
- 1/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
In order to cover every big story, the big 24 hour cable news networks need to find experts to debate and discuss this bit of information. This is most often presented in the now standard split screen format with opposing takes to the story, now viewable side by side (sometimes the host or anchor will take up a third portion of the screen). Split screens are almost always used when another report or study is released that concerns climate change or global warming. On one side a researcher or scientist (former staple of kids’ programming Bill Nye “the Science Guy” has now become a news staple) explains the findings while a representative from some organization (“Citizens for…”, “The …Foundation, etc.) dismisses it with the popular mantra “not all the studies are in…”. But, just who are these naysayers, and what are these groups they speak for? Science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M.
- 4/9/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
She may have already earned the title of the Queen of Pop long ago, but this year Madonna has ascended her throne on the top of Forbes top-earning celebrities list.
Grabbing an estimated $125 million for the period between June 2012 to June 2013, the 55-year-old icon rocketed ahead of Steven Spielberg, who ended up at #2 with about $100 million.
Her massive success comes mostly thanks to her Mdna world tour, which grossed $305 million, with merchandise sales and other business ventures making up the rest.
Rounding out the top ten were Simon Cowell, El James, Howard Stern, author James Patterson, Glen Beck, Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Lady Gaga.
Grabbing an estimated $125 million for the period between June 2012 to June 2013, the 55-year-old icon rocketed ahead of Steven Spielberg, who ended up at #2 with about $100 million.
Her massive success comes mostly thanks to her Mdna world tour, which grossed $305 million, with merchandise sales and other business ventures making up the rest.
Rounding out the top ten were Simon Cowell, El James, Howard Stern, author James Patterson, Glen Beck, Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Lady Gaga.
- 8/27/2013
- GossipCenter
Oscars? Razzies? Finding Your Spirit Animal Awards? Yeah right, I know what you've really been waiting for over the weekend. Any news that you can possibly get on G.I. Joe 2. And what magnificent news we have ... the director of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Taj will be Jon Chu, otherwise known as the man who brought you Bieber and multiple entries in the Step Up franchise.
Need more details to salve the passionate rash that bubbles up at news of this franchise? Chu did an interview in which he disseminated some exquisite nuggets on his approach to the film. Let's dissect the quotes like the formaldehyde-soaked fetal pigs they so resemble.
"The one thing I felt was missing from the last Joe movie was..."
Characters? And a plot? And a point?
"...the power of the punch."
That sounds like an 80s anthem that would play during a training...
Need more details to salve the passionate rash that bubbles up at news of this franchise? Chu did an interview in which he disseminated some exquisite nuggets on his approach to the film. Let's dissect the quotes like the formaldehyde-soaked fetal pigs they so resemble.
"The one thing I felt was missing from the last Joe movie was..."
Characters? And a plot? And a point?
"...the power of the punch."
That sounds like an 80s anthem that would play during a training...
- 2/27/2011
- by Steven Lloyd Wilson
Collectively, we have the luxury here on Pajiba to have a bright, intelligent and somewhat politically diverse community, one that is capable of creating bright and intelligent commentary if provoked with the right questions. Pajiba Debates asks those questions with the hopes of prompting a civil and passionate debate on the topic of the week.
Notwithstanding the recent, and possibly bogus or exaggerated (if you believe even Glen Beck) allegations of sexual misconduct against Julian Assange, and if you can divorce Operation Payback from the central debate, would you classify the editor and spokesperson for Wikileaks a hero or an asshole? Specifically, does the release of thousands of classified documents serve or harm the public interest? Is it responsible journalism or a gross abuse of the First Amendment?
(Hat Tip: Rykker)...
Notwithstanding the recent, and possibly bogus or exaggerated (if you believe even Glen Beck) allegations of sexual misconduct against Julian Assange, and if you can divorce Operation Payback from the central debate, would you classify the editor and spokesperson for Wikileaks a hero or an asshole? Specifically, does the release of thousands of classified documents serve or harm the public interest? Is it responsible journalism or a gross abuse of the First Amendment?
(Hat Tip: Rykker)...
- 12/8/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
After weeks of speculation, Jennifer Lopez finally officially signed on as an "American Idol" judge, where presumably she's set to join Aerosmith's Steven Tyler at the judges table, which should pretty much give us all what we've hoping for since 2002: A miserable, flame-out, crash-and-burn, loud and embarrassing end to "American Idol," (it won't happen this year, but it will provoke months of scrambling next year so that the producers can reverse the ratings downslide, but they will only make it worse by hiring someone even more worthless and unlikable than Jennifer Lopez). It is going to be schadenfreudtastic to write about the quick demise of the show.
I don't like Jennifer Lopez. I don't have a particularly logical reason for this, other than she made me love her briefly (Out of Sight) before splattering all that goodwill like brain matter against a concrete bathroom wall with every choice...
I don't like Jennifer Lopez. I don't have a particularly logical reason for this, other than she made me love her briefly (Out of Sight) before splattering all that goodwill like brain matter against a concrete bathroom wall with every choice...
- 9/15/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
You know who I would gladly kick in the balls right about now? Ronald fucking Emmerich. He ruined my Sunday and I demand retribution. And I will only accept ball kicking.
See, I was having a pretty awesome weekend. The temperature dropped by about 20 degrees for two days, and it's been all nicely cloudy and cool as a last respite before it gets into the 90s on Tuesday. I made an awesome pasta with shrimp and a Caesar salad. I called my mom (who is the best mom ever and I don't want to hear any arguments) and was all nostalgic because we always had a giant party for Mother's Day and I was missing it.
Then we decided to finish watching 2012. We had watched most of it last night before stopping it so we could watch Betty White kick ass. Someone should've told me to skip the ending and...
See, I was having a pretty awesome weekend. The temperature dropped by about 20 degrees for two days, and it's been all nicely cloudy and cool as a last respite before it gets into the 90s on Tuesday. I made an awesome pasta with shrimp and a Caesar salad. I called my mom (who is the best mom ever and I don't want to hear any arguments) and was all nostalgic because we always had a giant party for Mother's Day and I was missing it.
Then we decided to finish watching 2012. We had watched most of it last night before stopping it so we could watch Betty White kick ass. Someone should've told me to skip the ending and...
- 5/10/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Time Magazine released its list of the Most Influential People in America, and I guess that the most surprising name on there is not Glen Beck or Sarah Palin -- who are unfortunately very influential. It's not even Ashton Kutcher, whose influence is elusive to me, although not to Sean P.Diddy Combs, who wrote up his profile:
What he and Demi do with Twitter is a good example. Most people use it to promote themselves, but he uses Twitter to connect, to strike up conversations, to send positive messages to the millions of people who read his words. This guy will show us the future. And it's gonna be a blast.
Lady GaGa and Robert Pattinson: I see their influence, although I wish I didn't. Taylor Swift likewise. Neil Patrick Harris and Neill Blomkamp are surprising, but in a good way. As are Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof.
What he and Demi do with Twitter is a good example. Most people use it to promote themselves, but he uses Twitter to connect, to strike up conversations, to send positive messages to the millions of people who read his words. This guy will show us the future. And it's gonna be a blast.
Lady GaGa and Robert Pattinson: I see their influence, although I wish I didn't. Taylor Swift likewise. Neil Patrick Harris and Neill Blomkamp are surprising, but in a good way. As are Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof.
- 4/30/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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