Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel has only appeared once on NBC News programming in her new capacity as a political news contributor, and already, senior executives are gathering to conduct a review.
Top executives from NBC News were expected to meet Tuesday to hash out the growing controversy around her recent hire, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a bid to stop a growing insurrection by the NBCUniversal unit’s editorial staff. In recent days, prominent anchors ranging from Chuck Todd to Rachel Maddow have spoken out against the hire on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” as well as on MSNBC, charging NBC News executives with giving a platform to McDaniel despite her efforts to help former President Donald Trump dismiss the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
There are some people who think NBC News may have to renege on its contributor deal with McDaniel,...
Top executives from NBC News were expected to meet Tuesday to hash out the growing controversy around her recent hire, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a bid to stop a growing insurrection by the NBCUniversal unit’s editorial staff. In recent days, prominent anchors ranging from Chuck Todd to Rachel Maddow have spoken out against the hire on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” as well as on MSNBC, charging NBC News executives with giving a platform to McDaniel despite her efforts to help former President Donald Trump dismiss the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
There are some people who think NBC News may have to renege on its contributor deal with McDaniel,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Ronna McDaniel is no doubt going to create a lot of sound and fury over at NBC News. Shakespeare could tell you what it’s all going to signify.
NBC News surprised the nation’s legions of news critics Friday when it unveiled a new pact with McDaniel, most recently the chair of the Republican National Committee, and, during that time, a denier of the validity of the 2020 presidential election and a frequent fault-finder when it comes to U.S. media. One of the outlets McDaniel has frequently held up for opprobrium is left-leaning MSNBC, part of NBCUniversal’s news operations.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” said Carrie Budoff Brown, the NBC News executive with direct oversight of political coverage and “Meet The Press,” said in a memo Friday, noting that McDaniel would offer “an insider’s...
NBC News surprised the nation’s legions of news critics Friday when it unveiled a new pact with McDaniel, most recently the chair of the Republican National Committee, and, during that time, a denier of the validity of the 2020 presidential election and a frequent fault-finder when it comes to U.S. media. One of the outlets McDaniel has frequently held up for opprobrium is left-leaning MSNBC, part of NBCUniversal’s news operations.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” said Carrie Budoff Brown, the NBC News executive with direct oversight of political coverage and “Meet The Press,” said in a memo Friday, noting that McDaniel would offer “an insider’s...
- 3/24/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel has entered a motion for a new trial, claiming that his lawyer blew the closing arguments at the original hearing by relying too much on artificial intelligence to craft his final pitch.
Michel called AI “experimental” and said the program’s use resulted in a number of errors by an “unqualified, unprepared, and ineffectual” trial attorney.
Michel was convicted in April on 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the top counts.
He was accused of funneling money from a Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, then trying to stop a Justice Department investigation and influence an extradition case on behalf of China under the Trump administration.
His trial included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Michel is free pending sentencing...
Michel called AI “experimental” and said the program’s use resulted in a number of errors by an “unqualified, unprepared, and ineffectual” trial attorney.
Michel was convicted in April on 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the top counts.
He was accused of funneling money from a Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, then trying to stop a Justice Department investigation and influence an extradition case on behalf of China under the Trump administration.
His trial included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Michel is free pending sentencing...
- 10/19/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC News may trump its rivals when it comes to interviewing a certain former Commander-in-Chief.
David Muir, Lesley Stahl, John Dickerson, Chris Wallace, Bill O’Reilly, Kaitlan Collins and Jim Acosta have all tried their hand at interviewing Donald Trump; lobbing questions at him; or moderating a debate or event in which his participation was key. Some have drawn blood and others have been bloodied (and some others left agog as Trump walked out unexpectedly). But anchors and reporters working for NBC News seem to have the most success at keeping him in line while trying to elicit big news out of him.
Kristen Welker has the next turn at bat. She has pre-taped an interview with Trump that is one of the main features of her first broadcast at the helm of NBC News’ “Meet The Press.” The NBCUniversal-backed outlet has already revealed that Trump told her he was...
David Muir, Lesley Stahl, John Dickerson, Chris Wallace, Bill O’Reilly, Kaitlan Collins and Jim Acosta have all tried their hand at interviewing Donald Trump; lobbing questions at him; or moderating a debate or event in which his participation was key. Some have drawn blood and others have been bloodied (and some others left agog as Trump walked out unexpectedly). But anchors and reporters working for NBC News seem to have the most success at keeping him in line while trying to elicit big news out of him.
Kristen Welker has the next turn at bat. She has pre-taped an interview with Trump that is one of the main features of her first broadcast at the helm of NBC News’ “Meet The Press.” The NBCUniversal-backed outlet has already revealed that Trump told her he was...
- 9/15/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rapper Pras Michél, best known as a member of the iconic 90s music group Fugees, was found guilty in federal court of 10 criminal charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
The Grammy winner faces up to 20 years of imprisonment for conspiring to help Malaysian playboy and fugitive Jho Low, whom he met in 2006, and the Chinese government to gain access to U.S. officials, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Michél, 50, was found guilty last month of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., witness tampering and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He is believed to have funneled over $800,000 through a string of donors to Obama’s 2012 campaign, received $100 million from Low to impede an investigation into his money laundering scam, and tried to persuade the U.S. to extradite a Chinese dissident, Guo Wengui, on behalf of the Chinese government.
The Grammy winner faces up to 20 years of imprisonment for conspiring to help Malaysian playboy and fugitive Jho Low, whom he met in 2006, and the Chinese government to gain access to U.S. officials, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Michél, 50, was found guilty last month of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., witness tampering and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He is believed to have funneled over $800,000 through a string of donors to Obama’s 2012 campaign, received $100 million from Low to impede an investigation into his money laundering scam, and tried to persuade the U.S. to extradite a Chinese dissident, Guo Wengui, on behalf of the Chinese government.
- 5/24/2023
- by Nicky Kashani
- Uinterview
The Fugees’ Pras Michel was convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and falsifying records for his role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations.
Michel was convicted of all 10 counts against him, as The Washington Post reports. Those charges included money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations.
As Rolling Stone outlined in a recent feature, the charges against Michel were tied to his relationship with Malaysian financier Jho Low. Low is accused of stealing $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s 1Mdb sovereign wealth fund,...
Michel was convicted of all 10 counts against him, as The Washington Post reports. Those charges included money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations.
As Rolling Stone outlined in a recent feature, the charges against Michel were tied to his relationship with Malaysian financier Jho Low. Low is accused of stealing $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s 1Mdb sovereign wealth fund,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is fueled by grievances. He has demonstrated time and time again that he holds grudges, and that he’ll use whatever power he has — legal, political, or *gulp* executive — to punish the people he feels have wronged him. It’s shaping up to be a bloodbath if he wins his third bid for the White House in 2024.
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month, Kevin McCarthy announced the creation of a new “Weaponization of the Federal Government” select committee aimed at investigating overreach by the Justice Department. One case that House Republicans are likely to ignore is Special Counsel John Durham’s probe into the Russia investigation, despite The New York Times reporting on Thursday that Durham and former Attorney General Bill Barr, who appointed him, may have abused their investigative powers in a litany of ways, including by using sketchy Russian intelligence to gain access to the emails of an...
- 1/26/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
“Saturday Night Live” premiered October 11, 1975 on NBC with a group of fresh-faced cast members known as the “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players.” None of those original stars lasted for more than five seasons, but they all made their mark on the late night sketch series that is still going strong nearly five decades later.
Over the past 48 seasons (and counting), who are “SNL’s” longest-running cast members ever? Kenan Thompson currently holds the record at a whopping 20 seasons. His closest competition is Darrell Hammond, who starred for 14 seasons before leaving and then returning as the show’s announcer. Scroll through our “Saturday Night Live” photo gallery above (or click here for direct access) to see more long-time cast members.
SEE1st ‘Saturday Night Live’ guest hosts for 2023 are Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan
Kenan Thompson
20 seasons (2003-Present)
Popular characters: Diondre Cole, Steve Harvey, Darnell Hayes, Bill Cosby, Diner Lobster, Lorenzo...
Over the past 48 seasons (and counting), who are “SNL’s” longest-running cast members ever? Kenan Thompson currently holds the record at a whopping 20 seasons. His closest competition is Darrell Hammond, who starred for 14 seasons before leaving and then returning as the show’s announcer. Scroll through our “Saturday Night Live” photo gallery above (or click here for direct access) to see more long-time cast members.
SEE1st ‘Saturday Night Live’ guest hosts for 2023 are Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan
Kenan Thompson
20 seasons (2003-Present)
Popular characters: Diondre Cole, Steve Harvey, Darnell Hayes, Bill Cosby, Diner Lobster, Lorenzo...
- 1/7/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Jimmy Kimmel briefly dropped the jokes during his monologue on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in order to urge people to vote against Republicans and protect abortion rights in America. But before things got too heavy, he lightened the mood with a fake commercial for a new Christmas toy that illustrates what life might be like for women if Republicans succeed.
Hence “Birth Con-Troll,” a troll toy that enforces oppressive anti-abortion laws. You can watch that, along with the whole monologue, above right now – and if you want to skip right to the fake ad, it begins around 8 minutes, 36 seconds in.
But before that, Kimmel talked about a couple who got engaged during a tailgating party, Netflix’s new ad-supported version, and yet another accusation of bigoted comments from Kanye West. And then, he got into talking about the mid term elections, which gave him an excuse to giggle about an extremely funny name.
Hence “Birth Con-Troll,” a troll toy that enforces oppressive anti-abortion laws. You can watch that, along with the whole monologue, above right now – and if you want to skip right to the fake ad, it begins around 8 minutes, 36 seconds in.
But before that, Kimmel talked about a couple who got engaged during a tailgating party, Netflix’s new ad-supported version, and yet another accusation of bigoted comments from Kanye West. And then, he got into talking about the mid term elections, which gave him an excuse to giggle about an extremely funny name.
- 11/4/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Donald Trump is privately fuming over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flying migrants from the Texas border to Martha’s Vineyard, telling confidants the potential 2024 rival stole “my idea” for weaponizing immigrants. Turns out, Trump was right — but his plans were more extreme than anything DeSantis has come up with to date.
In early 2019, three people familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone, the then-president workshopped a plan to bus migrants suspected of violent crime from the border to liberal metropolitan areas. The plan, two of the sources say Trump explicitly told staff,...
In early 2019, three people familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone, the then-president workshopped a plan to bus migrants suspected of violent crime from the border to liberal metropolitan areas. The plan, two of the sources say Trump explicitly told staff,...
- 9/24/2022
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Sacha Baron Cohen has beaten former Senate candidate Roy Moore’s 95 million defamation lawsuit against him.
The Alabama politician sued Cohen after his 2018 “Who Is America?” sketch aired on Showtime. The satirical series included Cohen joking about Moore’s multiple sexual assault allegations from then-underage women that were uncovered during his 2017 Senate campaign to fill the seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became U.S. Attorney General. He lost to Democrat Doug Jones. No criminal charges were brought against Moore, who denied any wrongdoing, but that didn’t stop Cohen from making a crack over it.
During the “Who Is America?” segment, Cohen steps into the role of a faux Israeli anti-terrorism expert named General Erran Morad, who pulls out a metal detector that he claims can also alert to a pedophile’s presence. Despite Moore’s disclosure agreement before appearing in the series, he and wife Kayla Moore sued Cohen...
The Alabama politician sued Cohen after his 2018 “Who Is America?” sketch aired on Showtime. The satirical series included Cohen joking about Moore’s multiple sexual assault allegations from then-underage women that were uncovered during his 2017 Senate campaign to fill the seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became U.S. Attorney General. He lost to Democrat Doug Jones. No criminal charges were brought against Moore, who denied any wrongdoing, but that didn’t stop Cohen from making a crack over it.
During the “Who Is America?” segment, Cohen steps into the role of a faux Israeli anti-terrorism expert named General Erran Morad, who pulls out a metal detector that he claims can also alert to a pedophile’s presence. Despite Moore’s disclosure agreement before appearing in the series, he and wife Kayla Moore sued Cohen...
- 7/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Joe Lo Truglio is making his feature directorial debut with the horror movie Outpost which will begin production on Monday, July 11. The actor, writer and producer bills the pic as a “nightmare on a mountain, about a woman fighting demons – and the demons are winning.”
Joining Beth Dover (Orange Is The New Black) is an ensemble cast that includes Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Dallas Roberts, Ta’Rea Campbell, and Ato Essandoh.
Lifelong horror fan Lo Truglio says, “It seemed like the perfect time to pivot and do something I’ve wanted to do since I was thirteen: make a scary movie. And to do it with friends, new and old – that’s the dream. We’re lucky.”
Lo Truglio produces alongside Kara Baker (Zola) and Joe Mortimer.
Joining Beth Dover (Orange Is The New Black) is an ensemble cast that includes Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Dallas Roberts, Ta’Rea Campbell, and Ato Essandoh.
Lifelong horror fan Lo Truglio says, “It seemed like the perfect time to pivot and do something I’ve wanted to do since I was thirteen: make a scary movie. And to do it with friends, new and old – that’s the dream. We’re lucky.”
Lo Truglio produces alongside Kara Baker (Zola) and Joe Mortimer.
- 7/8/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Trump DOJ Sought Wh Counsel’s Records in Same Time Period It Went After Democrats’ Data, Report Says
Former White House counsel Don McGahn was informed by Apple that in 2018, before he left the administration, the Justice Department sought digital records belonging to both him and his wife.
According to CNN, the DOJ “appears to have accessed” the couple’s records during the same month data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats were secretly obtained. Just weeks before sending the subpoena for McGahn’s records to Apple, Trump had reportedly grown dissatisfied with his then-White House counsel for refusing to cede to pressure to help facilitate...
According to CNN, the DOJ “appears to have accessed” the couple’s records during the same month data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats were secretly obtained. Just weeks before sending the subpoena for McGahn’s records to Apple, Trump had reportedly grown dissatisfied with his then-White House counsel for refusing to cede to pressure to help facilitate...
- 6/14/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scoffed at the denials by the attorneys general who served under former president Trump about having any knowledge of the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize Democratic lawmakers’ data. Pelosi said their claims were “beyond belief” and called on them to testify under oath before Congress.
Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr, as well as former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, have all claimed ignorance on the matter that is now under review by the DOJ’s inspector general.
“For the attorneys general — Barr and Sessions,...
Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr, as well as former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, have all claimed ignorance on the matter that is now under review by the DOJ’s inspector general.
“For the attorneys general — Barr and Sessions,...
- 6/13/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Mike Pence dedicated a good five years of his life to smiling serenely as former President Trump raved incoherently at a nearby podium. He’d then, at a later time but with the same serene smile, explain why Trump’s incoherent ravings were actually good, and strong, and patriotic. It was a heavy load to bear, but Pence did it.
It wasn’t enough, though. As soon as Pence indicated he wouldn’t illegally upend the government in order to overturn the results of last November’s election, Trump’s...
It wasn’t enough, though. As soon as Pence indicated he wouldn’t illegally upend the government in order to overturn the results of last November’s election, Trump’s...
- 6/4/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Bialy and Gohar Gazazyan both knew that they had an incredible task in casting someone to play Donald Trump in the Showtime limited series “The Comey Rule.” “His mannerisms and the way that he carries himself has been done so much in comedy. We were really leaning towards a sort of authentic portrayal of him, but there’s still that part of him that is almost like a sketch version of a person,” Gazazyan remembers in our recent interview (watch the exclusive video above). They would eventually land on Brendan Gleeson, but there was one small problem: he turned it down. This forced Bialy to exercise her powers of persuasion to help change his mind. “I wrote a beautiful letter to him. And then I just kept calling and saying, he really should talk to Billy. You really should talk to Billy or, or read it again. And the manager was really helpful,...
- 5/30/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
In my interview with Kate McKinnon for our Power of Women in Comedy issue, she hinted that this could be her last season as a regular cast member on “Saturday Night Live.”
McKinnon stopped short of confirming that she was planning to leave the show after a nine-year run. But when asked how much longer she foresaw being part of “SNL” beyond this season, the Emmy-winning performer nervously answered: “Umm, gosh, it’s April. It’s early, and I really love working there, and I really love everyone who works there, so we will see.” I responded that her answer was a non-answer and begged her to tell me more. I assured her that Lorne Michaels wasn’t listening to our call, that it was just between us girls! “Honestly, no, I can’t. I’m sorry,” she sheepishly apologized.
She then went on to say, “It’s like this thing,...
McKinnon stopped short of confirming that she was planning to leave the show after a nine-year run. But when asked how much longer she foresaw being part of “SNL” beyond this season, the Emmy-winning performer nervously answered: “Umm, gosh, it’s April. It’s early, and I really love working there, and I really love everyone who works there, so we will see.” I responded that her answer was a non-answer and begged her to tell me more. I assured her that Lorne Michaels wasn’t listening to our call, that it was just between us girls! “Honestly, no, I can’t. I’m sorry,” she sheepishly apologized.
She then went on to say, “It’s like this thing,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Claudia Eller
- Variety Film + TV
Kate McKinnon is one of six creative leaders in comedy honored for Variety‘s 2021 Power of Women. For more, click here.
Kate McKinnon is exceedingly uninhibited, unselfconscious and brazen in her spot-on, wacky impressions of everyone from Robert Durst, Betsy DeVos and Justin Bieber to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jeff Sessions and Rudy Giuliani. It makes it somewhat surprising that the Emmy-winning “Saturday Night Live” star is quite the opposite offstage.
“People are often confused when they meet me because I’m soft-spoken and pensive. I am extraordinarily introverted,” says McKinnon.
The comedian actually began speaking in character voices at age 10 to relieve her social anxiety. “I found I was more easily able to communicate with people doing a funny voice,” she says, conceding, “I found it was a way to share joy and to bring a sense of fun and community in a way that I had trouble doing just in my own voice.
Kate McKinnon is exceedingly uninhibited, unselfconscious and brazen in her spot-on, wacky impressions of everyone from Robert Durst, Betsy DeVos and Justin Bieber to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jeff Sessions and Rudy Giuliani. It makes it somewhat surprising that the Emmy-winning “Saturday Night Live” star is quite the opposite offstage.
“People are often confused when they meet me because I’m soft-spoken and pensive. I am extraordinarily introverted,” says McKinnon.
The comedian actually began speaking in character voices at age 10 to relieve her social anxiety. “I found I was more easily able to communicate with people doing a funny voice,” she says, conceding, “I found it was a way to share joy and to bring a sense of fun and community in a way that I had trouble doing just in my own voice.
- 5/5/2021
- by Claudia Eller
- Variety Film + TV
Donald Trump may be out of the limelight (and off of Twitter) for the moment, but the Maga foot soldiers who stoked his racist fantasies, encouraged his worst impulses, and looked the other way for four years of chaos and cruelty haven’t left us. The leading villains of the Trump presidency have scattered to Fox News and the 2024 campaign trail, defending their former boss’s tumultuous years in office and doing their damnedest to elect future waves of Trump-loving Republicans.
Trump’s cohort may have been blacklisted by polite society,...
Trump’s cohort may have been blacklisted by polite society,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Andy Kroll and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
This column is a collaboration with DoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement.
Psychedelic reform isn’t exactly President Joe Biden’s top priority. But as his administration and the new congress gets underway, advocates are hopeful that the next four years will continue to bring policy changes that chip away at the federal prohibition of psilocybin, Mdma, and other psychedelics.
For several years, psychedelics advocates have been focused on local initiatives. This past election, Oregon legalized psilocybin therapy and decriminalized all drugs,...
Psychedelic reform isn’t exactly President Joe Biden’s top priority. But as his administration and the new congress gets underway, advocates are hopeful that the next four years will continue to bring policy changes that chip away at the federal prohibition of psilocybin, Mdma, and other psychedelics.
For several years, psychedelics advocates have been focused on local initiatives. This past election, Oregon legalized psilocybin therapy and decriminalized all drugs,...
- 2/15/2021
- by Shelby Hartman and Madison Margolin
- Rollingstone.com
CNN president Jeff Zucker, who helped the news outlet become the dominant name in cable news, intends to leave the media organization at the end of the year.
“This organization has been through a lot. I’d like to be here to get us all back to a new normal, one that feels much more like it once did around here,” Zucker said in a Thursday call with CNN producers that was obtained by Variety. “So, as a result, I am going to stay and finish my current contract — which, as I said, will keep me here until the end of this year. At that point, I do expect to move on.”
It is unclear who will replace Zucker. A representative from CNN parent company WarnerMedia did not return a request for comment.
Zucker, who joined CNN in 2013, helped catapult the outlet to the top of the cable news game during Donald Trump’s presidency.
“This organization has been through a lot. I’d like to be here to get us all back to a new normal, one that feels much more like it once did around here,” Zucker said in a Thursday call with CNN producers that was obtained by Variety. “So, as a result, I am going to stay and finish my current contract — which, as I said, will keep me here until the end of this year. At that point, I do expect to move on.”
It is unclear who will replace Zucker. A representative from CNN parent company WarnerMedia did not return a request for comment.
Zucker, who joined CNN in 2013, helped catapult the outlet to the top of the cable news game during Donald Trump’s presidency.
- 2/5/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
President-elect Joe Biden plans to “immediately” introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill during his first days in office. The new legislation, currently being drafted by congressional Democrats and immigrant rights advocates, will include a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Top Latino and immigrant advocacy groups were struck by the boldness of the coming legislation, telling Politico’s Laura Barrón-López they were “floored” by the “aggressive agenda.”
Biden’s plan “is the most aggressive agenda that I have seen on immigration reform from day one — not only...
Top Latino and immigrant advocacy groups were struck by the boldness of the coming legislation, telling Politico’s Laura Barrón-López they were “floored” by the “aggressive agenda.”
Biden’s plan “is the most aggressive agenda that I have seen on immigration reform from day one — not only...
- 1/16/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and high-ranking Justice Department officials were the “driving force” behind separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border and were unprepared to house migrant children or reunite them with their parents, according to a recently released review by the DOJ inspector general.
In the spring of 2018, under pressure from President Donald Trump, Sessions and his aides implemented a “zero tolerance” policy for immigration at the southern border. The policy change forced U.S. attorneys on the border to prosecute every case referred to them by...
In the spring of 2018, under pressure from President Donald Trump, Sessions and his aides implemented a “zero tolerance” policy for immigration at the southern border. The policy change forced U.S. attorneys on the border to prosecute every case referred to them by...
- 1/15/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Kate McKinnon can truly pull off any impression. After previously playing Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions, the comedy icon portrayed yet another older white man over the weekend, playing Dr. Anthony Fauci in this week’s “Saturday Night Live” Cold Open sketch. The sketch began with Wolf Blitzer (Beck Bennett) as he introduced the topic of the Covid-19 vaccine, which was...
- 12/13/2020
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
When it comes to cannabis, it’s hard to say just what a Trump presidency has meant to the industry. It’s not as clear-cut as his record on, say, immigration, LGBTQ rights, the environment, or public health. But one thing is certain: As president, he’s made it pretty damn hard for those in the cannabis industry to thrive.
When Trump entered office, the cannabis industry was on the rise. Under Obama, there had been a shift in the climate — not just in popular opinion (as of 2016, 57 percent of...
When Trump entered office, the cannabis industry was on the rise. Under Obama, there had been a shift in the climate — not just in popular opinion (as of 2016, 57 percent of...
- 11/2/2020
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Last month, as infernos raged across the West Coast and President Trump countered scientific consensus on climate change, saying, “I don’t think science knows, actually,” Americans of various persuasions got a glimpse of the apocalypse. For many on the left, the fires presented Armageddon in microcosm, proof of the destructive, ongoing processes that imperil humans and the planet alike. For many on the right, however, the fires were a different sort of sign, and Trump’s comment was a dog whistle reassuring those in the know that science would...
- 10/30/2020
- by Alex Morris
- Rollingstone.com
Even before Lorne Michaels announced who would be playing Joe Biden on this season of “Saturday Night Live,” there was no doubt that it would be a celebrity rather than one of the show’s castmember. While Kate McKinnon’s ably taken on impressions of politicians from Hillary Clinton to Jeff Sessions, and Beck Bennett’s stepped up to play a befuddled Mike Pence, the vast majority of political impressions in recent “SNL” memory have gone to a celebrity or “SNL” alum. Ever since the show tapped Tina Fey to play her uncanny valley doppelgänger Sarah Palin for the 2008 election, “SNL” has gotten the most mileage from enlisting famous people to make splashy cameos that drown out half the comedy with delighted audience applause. So by the time the show cast Jim Carrey to play Biden for this final stretch of the presidential election, it wasn’t a surprise. But...
- 10/2/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Musical theater parody master and political commentator Randy Rainbow is very excited about presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate.
In fact, he thinks she’s like a knight in shining armor who will lead the Democratic party to a top-of-ticket victory over incumbent Republican Donald Trump and current vice president Mike Pence.
“Will she be crowned America’s new VP?” he sang in a Monday video to the tune of “Camelot,” name-dropping other Democratic senators — and primary adversaries — who’ve endorsed her: “Elizabeth and Bernie say, ‘Well, duh.”
Also Read: Newsweek Insists Op-Ed on Kamala Harris' Presidential Eligibility Is Not 'Birtherism'
He went on, highlighting Harris’ questioning of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when he appeared before the Senate in 2018 to respond to accusations of sexual misconduct, as well as her questioning of Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions.
In fact, he thinks she’s like a knight in shining armor who will lead the Democratic party to a top-of-ticket victory over incumbent Republican Donald Trump and current vice president Mike Pence.
“Will she be crowned America’s new VP?” he sang in a Monday video to the tune of “Camelot,” name-dropping other Democratic senators — and primary adversaries — who’ve endorsed her: “Elizabeth and Bernie say, ‘Well, duh.”
Also Read: Newsweek Insists Op-Ed on Kamala Harris' Presidential Eligibility Is Not 'Birtherism'
He went on, highlighting Harris’ questioning of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when he appeared before the Senate in 2018 to respond to accusations of sexual misconduct, as well as her questioning of Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions.
- 8/17/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Asa Butterfield and Logan Lerman are set to star in the coming of age ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’-esqe ‘College Republicans’.
Set in the height of summer in 1973, Butterfield plays the role of a young Karl Rove who embarks with his untrustworthy campaign manager Lee Atwater, played by Lerman, on a backroom vote-stealing road trip through the South. In the process, they form uneasy alliances with the likes of Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Jeff Sessions.
However Atwater meets his match in a beautiful young Republican operative named Kate King (Kristine Froseth) and their dreams of victory bring them all too close to humiliating, career-ending defeat. The Kate King character is said to be a composite of several real people.
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‘Brokeback Mountain’ producer James Schamus will direct from a script by Wes Jones (Billions).
Production is due...
Set in the height of summer in 1973, Butterfield plays the role of a young Karl Rove who embarks with his untrustworthy campaign manager Lee Atwater, played by Lerman, on a backroom vote-stealing road trip through the South. In the process, they form uneasy alliances with the likes of Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Jeff Sessions.
However Atwater meets his match in a beautiful young Republican operative named Kate King (Kristine Froseth) and their dreams of victory bring them all too close to humiliating, career-ending defeat. The Kate King character is said to be a composite of several real people.
Also in news – ‘Lion’ filmmaker Garth Davis to direct Jared Leto in ‘Tron 3’
‘Brokeback Mountain’ producer James Schamus will direct from a script by Wes Jones (Billions).
Production is due...
- 8/13/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: James Schamus has committed to direct College Republicans, a fact-inspired Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-style coming of age story about top Republican operatives. Logan Lerman has been set to star as a young Lee Atwater, Asa Butterfield as Karl Rove and Kristine Froseth to play Kate King — a composite character who threatens their dreams of glory.
Wes Jones, a writer/producer in the early seasons of Billions, wrote the script that has first made itself known when it topped the Black List in 2010. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman, The Black List’s Franklin Leonard, Symbolic Exchange’s Schamus and Likely Story’s Peter Cron are producing. Jones and Ken Friemann are exec producers.
Production will begin next spring or summer and the financing and distribution are mobilizing, with CAA Media Finance arranging the financing and repping distribution rights. The film is set in the Summer of 1973, as America witnesses the dirtiest...
Wes Jones, a writer/producer in the early seasons of Billions, wrote the script that has first made itself known when it topped the Black List in 2010. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman, The Black List’s Franklin Leonard, Symbolic Exchange’s Schamus and Likely Story’s Peter Cron are producing. Jones and Ken Friemann are exec producers.
Production will begin next spring or summer and the financing and distribution are mobilizing, with CAA Media Finance arranging the financing and repping distribution rights. The film is set in the Summer of 1973, as America witnesses the dirtiest...
- 8/12/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
As a candidate in the Democratic primaries, Kamala Harris stood astride the fault lines of the Democratic Party. The Californian presented herself as an establishment politician (reaching the Senate after serving as San Francisco’s Da and California’s attorney general) whose platform was responsive to the idealism of the party’s grassroots. Harris backed the Green New Deal, a version of Medicare for All (albeit with some vacillation on the details), and marijuana legalization. Harris embodied a classic Gen X straddle: She’d navigated a path to power through a system controlled by older,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The wait is over.
Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that he has chosen Kamala Harris to be his running mate, tapping his former primary rival for the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nomination.
The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, Harris began her political career as San Francisco’s district attorney in the mid-2000s and emerged on the national political landscape when she barely won the race for California attorney general in 2010. She was viewed then as a liberal star on the rise, the model of a “progressive prosecutor...
Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that he has chosen Kamala Harris to be his running mate, tapping his former primary rival for the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nomination.
The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, Harris began her political career as San Francisco’s district attorney in the mid-2000s and emerged on the national political landscape when she barely won the race for California attorney general in 2010. She was viewed then as a liberal star on the rise, the model of a “progressive prosecutor...
- 8/11/2020
- by Ryan Bort and Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
“Saturday Night Live” Season 45 may have been forced to shut down early due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that won’t stop Kate McKinnon from taking home her third career Emmy Award. Four of Gold Derby’s 31 Experts predict McKinnon will win Best Comedy Supporting Actress at the 2020 Emmys: Thelma Adams (Gold Derby), Lynette Rice (Ent. Weekly), Jazz Tangcay (Variety) and Ken Tucker (Yahoo). That’s good enough for second place on our odds chart, behind only Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), someone who’s also looking to add a third trophy in this category.
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After two failed nominations in 2014 and 2015, McKinnon claimed Emmy gold the following two years thanks in part to “SNL’s” skewering of the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (McKinnon). She portrayed an endless array of topical political figures those years, including Jeff Sessions,...
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After two failed nominations in 2014 and 2015, McKinnon claimed Emmy gold the following two years thanks in part to “SNL’s” skewering of the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (McKinnon). She portrayed an endless array of topical political figures those years, including Jeff Sessions,...
- 7/20/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by journalist Thomas Chatterton Williams, who was instrumental in the recent Harper’s open letter.
Our hosts break down the discrepancies in CNN analyses of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — from Jake Tapper on one side, and the Governor’s brother Chris Cuomo on the other — and, of course, the instant-classic Cuomo Covid-19 poster is on the table.
“Andrew Cuomo almost always gets a pass from his brother, ‘Fredo’ Cuomo, well...
Our hosts break down the discrepancies in CNN analyses of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — from Jake Tapper on one side, and the Governor’s brother Chris Cuomo on the other — and, of course, the instant-classic Cuomo Covid-19 poster is on the table.
“Andrew Cuomo almost always gets a pass from his brother, ‘Fredo’ Cuomo, well...
- 7/19/2020
- by Reed Dunlea and Daniel Halperin
- Rollingstone.com
Jeff Sessions represented white people in Alabama in the U.S. Senate for 20 years, from 1997 to 2017. But after a brief, controversial stint as U.S. attorney general, the 73-year-old found himself on the wrong side of President Trump, and on Tuesday he couldn’t even manage to win his party’s primary to reclaim his old job. In fact, he didn’t even come close, losing to former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville by more than 20 percentage points.
The runoff landslide was not surprising. Tuberville already defeated Sessions in...
The runoff landslide was not surprising. Tuberville already defeated Sessions in...
- 7/15/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
There are no public events on President Donald Trump’s schedule today, but it’s still full of activities. The President is at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va this morning, then heads to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center later this afternoon for a checkup.
But before all that, the Commander-in-Tweet took some time out to delivery some messages, paying particular attention to the wisdom of Solomon – that’s John Solomon, the conservative pundit, not the Biblical king.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
New documents just released reveal General Flynn was telling the truth, and the FBI knew it! @Oann
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2020
Big Senate Race in Alabama on Tuesday. Vote for @TTuberville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff Sessions is a disaster who has let us all down. We don’t want him back in Washington!
But before all that, the Commander-in-Tweet took some time out to delivery some messages, paying particular attention to the wisdom of Solomon – that’s John Solomon, the conservative pundit, not the Biblical king.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
New documents just released reveal General Flynn was telling the truth, and the FBI knew it! @Oann
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2020
Big Senate Race in Alabama on Tuesday. Vote for @TTuberville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff Sessions is a disaster who has let us all down. We don’t want him back in Washington!
- 7/11/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Normally, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, as people take the long weekend to gather with friends and family, participate in parades and solemn ceremonies honoring the nation’s war dead, and generally enjoy the start of the outdoor season.
But as we all know, this is far from normal times. And so it is with today’s messages from the Commander-in-Tweet, as President Donald Trump took a moment to remember, albeit not in the traditional way. Instead, today’s early tweetstorm was used to settle a few scores with his foes.
Michigan attorney Dana Nessel, New York Times editor Dean Baquet, RINOs, pollsters, Jeff Sessions, former President Obama, and, of course, Joe Biden were all targeted in various tweets.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Who are the 4%? A Rino or two! https://t.co/fYjnhC6rrl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump...
But as we all know, this is far from normal times. And so it is with today’s messages from the Commander-in-Tweet, as President Donald Trump took a moment to remember, albeit not in the traditional way. Instead, today’s early tweetstorm was used to settle a few scores with his foes.
Michigan attorney Dana Nessel, New York Times editor Dean Baquet, RINOs, pollsters, Jeff Sessions, former President Obama, and, of course, Joe Biden were all targeted in various tweets.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Who are the 4%? A Rino or two! https://t.co/fYjnhC6rrl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump...
- 5/23/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Freshly acquitted of impeachment charges, President Trump has circled back around to complaining about the Mueller investigation. Last week it was what he deemed a too-harsh sentencing recommendation for former adviser Roger Stone, as well as the Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute former FBI Director Andrew McCabe. This week he’s broadened his attacks to include everyone involved in the special counsel’s investigation. They all need to be investigated, Trump has telegraphed to his tens of millions of Twitter followers.
Attorney General William Barr is reportedly not happy.
Attorney General William Barr is reportedly not happy.
- 2/19/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The decision by Trump appointees at the Justice Department to overrule career prosecutors and recommend a more lenient prison sentence for Trump adviser Roger Stone has left lawyers inside the U.S. Attorney’s Office that brought the case fuming, dejected, and looking for the exits.
Former federal prosecutors and outside justice groups tell Rolling Stone they’ve been flooded with texts and phone calls from people who work in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C., the same office that had convicted Stone for lying...
Former federal prosecutors and outside justice groups tell Rolling Stone they’ve been flooded with texts and phone calls from people who work in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C., the same office that had convicted Stone for lying...
- 2/13/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Brooklyn Nine-Nine lawman/funny man Joe Lo Truglio has copped a surprising new role, playing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the miniseries based on former FBI director James Comey’s bestseller.
The as-yet-untitled CBS Studios limited series is based on A Higher Loyalty, Comey’s account of his 2013-17 stint as the nation’s seventh FBI director, during which he oversaw the Hillary Clinton email investigation as well as possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The book also details President Donald Trump’s very public firing of Comey in May 2017.
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The as-yet-untitled CBS Studios limited series is based on A Higher Loyalty, Comey’s account of his 2013-17 stint as the nation’s seventh FBI director, during which he oversaw the Hillary Clinton email investigation as well as possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The book also details President Donald Trump’s very public firing of Comey in May 2017.
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- 11/26/2019
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: In the last major characters cast for the CBS Studios miniseries based on the James Comey bestseller A Higher Loyalty, Damon Gupton will play Jeh Johnson, the former Secretary of Homeland Security; Joe Lo Truglio will play Jeff Sessions, the former Us Attorney General; Michael Hyatt is playing former Us Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and Spencer Garrett is playing Bill Sweeney, the assistant director in charge of the New York FBI field office who was tasked with reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
“Johnson, Sessions, Lynch and Sweeney are real people who played real roles in this story. It’s huge to have such strong actors playing them,” said Billy Ray, who is right now directing the mini, and who scripted the adaptation based on Comey’s book.
They join Jeff Daniels (Comey), Brendan Gleeson (Donald Trump), Holly Hunter (Acting Attorney General Sally Yates), Michael Kelly (Acting...
“Johnson, Sessions, Lynch and Sweeney are real people who played real roles in this story. It’s huge to have such strong actors playing them,” said Billy Ray, who is right now directing the mini, and who scripted the adaptation based on Comey’s book.
They join Jeff Daniels (Comey), Brendan Gleeson (Donald Trump), Holly Hunter (Acting Attorney General Sally Yates), Michael Kelly (Acting...
- 11/26/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ucp, the studio behind the TV series adaption of hit podcasts Homecoming, Dirty John and Dr. Death, is bringing another podcast to television.
Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon is set to headline and executive produce the limited TV series, now in development at Ucp. It based on Joe Exotic, the second season of Wondery’s Over My Dead Body podcast.
McKinnon is already starring in and executive producing another limited series based on a podcast, The Dropout, which was ordered by Hulu. It is based on ABC News/ABC Radio’s podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos.
McKinnon’s original SNL contract was up at the end of last season. She opted to return this season. At this point in SNL stars’ tenure, it comes down to their availability and they can leave after each one- or two-year extension they sign if they get too busy.
Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon is set to headline and executive produce the limited TV series, now in development at Ucp. It based on Joe Exotic, the second season of Wondery’s Over My Dead Body podcast.
McKinnon is already starring in and executive producing another limited series based on a podcast, The Dropout, which was ordered by Hulu. It is based on ABC News/ABC Radio’s podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos.
McKinnon’s original SNL contract was up at the end of last season. She opted to return this season. At this point in SNL stars’ tenure, it comes down to their availability and they can leave after each one- or two-year extension they sign if they get too busy.
- 11/5/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
President Trump has been trying to discredit the Justice Department’s investigation into his campaign’s relationship with Russia for most of his presidency. His attempts to do so have mostly come through his Twitter account and yelling over Marine One on the White House lawn. But when Attorney General William Barr took over the Justice Department in February, it quickly became clear federal law enforcement resources would be used to go after the people who conducted the probe.
It didn’t take long. When Special Counsel Robert Mueller released his findings in April,...
It didn’t take long. When Special Counsel Robert Mueller released his findings in April,...
- 10/25/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
In the second episode of its 45th season, “Saturday Night Live” went with a first-time host in “Killing Eve” and “Fleabag” creator (and star) Phoebe Waller-Bridge. However, unlike what a certain promo for this episode promised, Waller-Bridge did not carry her three Primetime Emmys around with her in every sketch…
Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
… and she didn’t even show them off in the opening monologue.
She did, however, get the type of freedom stand-up comedians tend to get with their opening monologues, which was a simultaneously surprising and excellent choice. After all, if you’re going to acknowledge a person’s genius as a writer, it should be on display. Waller-Bridge showed off her talent for wringing humor from the unlikeliest of places, as she does during a hilarious tangent about genitals, setting a high bar for the rest of the episode to clear, which it does.
As mentioned in...
Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
… and she didn’t even show them off in the opening monologue.
She did, however, get the type of freedom stand-up comedians tend to get with their opening monologues, which was a simultaneously surprising and excellent choice. After all, if you’re going to acknowledge a person’s genius as a writer, it should be on display. Waller-Bridge showed off her talent for wringing humor from the unlikeliest of places, as she does during a hilarious tangent about genitals, setting a high bar for the rest of the episode to clear, which it does.
As mentioned in...
- 10/6/2019
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Taking its title from the now infamous rhetorical question that Donald Trump shouted upon Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Russia Investigation, Matt Tyrnauer’s fierce documentary “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” uses Trump’s looming presence as subtext for a full-throated condemnation of the political fixer/infamous lawyer Roy Cohn. Trading nuance for blistering attacks, Tyrnauer’s film further pushes the thesis of Cohn-as-monster, somewhat failing to shade in his contradictory lifestyle. Nevertheless, the film is a compelling portrait of a looming presence in American politics.
Continue reading ‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’: A Compelling Primer About The Polarizing Man Who Mentored Donald Trump [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’: A Compelling Primer About The Polarizing Man Who Mentored Donald Trump [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/22/2019
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
The title of Matt Tyrnauer’s stone-the-bastard documentary about the corrupt lawyer, attack dog and inhuman being who everyone loved to hate comes from Donald Trump. “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” the President reportedly shouted in frustration when his attorney general Jeff Sessions dared to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Cohn died in 1986, leaving Trump without the mentor and fixer who helped make him the Donald what he is today. Enough said.
Or so you’d think . But in tracing the origins of a monster, Tyrnauer, known for docu-profiles...
Or so you’d think . But in tracing the origins of a monster, Tyrnauer, known for docu-profiles...
- 9/19/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
There are a lot of real life inferences and innuendos in Billions, but Showtime’s high stakes and high finance drama might have finally strayed too close to reality – at least according to a defamation lawsuit launched by New York’s Cayuga Nation and tribal leader Clint Halftown.
Claiming to be tainted with depictions of “unscrupulous dealings and even criminal conduct,” the federal and state recognized Indian Nation has hit the CBS-owned premium cabler and EPs Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin with a three claim complaint that they want to see go to a jury trial.
“Defendants did not obtain Plaintiffs’ permission to use the Cayuga Nation’s or Clint Halftown’s name or likeness in their television show, nor did they even communicate any intention to do so in advance of producing or airing the episode,” says the unspecified-damages-seeking suit steaming out of the Season...
Claiming to be tainted with depictions of “unscrupulous dealings and even criminal conduct,” the federal and state recognized Indian Nation has hit the CBS-owned premium cabler and EPs Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin with a three claim complaint that they want to see go to a jury trial.
“Defendants did not obtain Plaintiffs’ permission to use the Cayuga Nation’s or Clint Halftown’s name or likeness in their television show, nor did they even communicate any intention to do so in advance of producing or airing the episode,” says the unspecified-damages-seeking suit steaming out of the Season...
- 8/15/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix's The Family gives off all the signs of being a conspiracy theory documentary, focused on a secret theocracy that has exerted power over political leaders for decades. Thus, the most shocking part of this docuseries about a fundamentalist organization akin to The Handmaid's Tale's Gilead is that it's entirely true.
In five parts, The Family examines The Fellowship Foundation, a conservative organization based in Washington DC that's best known for the National Prayer Breakfast, a gathering of diplomats and world leaders. Known as "The Family," the foundation organizes Bible studies and prayer meetings but remains opaque about its other operations. Over the years, it has influenced policies and political leadership, borrowing rhetoric from totalitarian leaders to emphasize Christ's messages.
How Did The Family Begin?
Norwegian-born Methodist minister Abraham Vereide founded the Fellowship Foundation in 1935 during a meeting where powerful leaders gathered to block labor organizers. The intimate circle...
In five parts, The Family examines The Fellowship Foundation, a conservative organization based in Washington DC that's best known for the National Prayer Breakfast, a gathering of diplomats and world leaders. Known as "The Family," the foundation organizes Bible studies and prayer meetings but remains opaque about its other operations. Over the years, it has influenced policies and political leadership, borrowing rhetoric from totalitarian leaders to emphasize Christ's messages.
How Did The Family Begin?
Norwegian-born Methodist minister Abraham Vereide founded the Fellowship Foundation in 1935 during a meeting where powerful leaders gathered to block labor organizers. The intimate circle...
- 8/14/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
From the Illuminati to the freemasons to QAnon, there’s no shortage of conspiracy theories trying to explain how power is accumulated and shared in Washington, D.C. But the wide-ranging network of politicians, world leaders, and men of faith that make up the Fellowship isn’t mere conspiracy theory: it’s 100 percent true. What’s more, some of its members are speaking on the record about it for the first time in the new five-part Netflix series The Family, directed by documentarian Jesse Moss.
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The Fellowship,...
Related: The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
The Fellowship,...
- 8/9/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
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