The Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) 23rd Annual Gala in the Hamptons took place at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY.
Adam Lambert Performs at The Prostate Cancer Foundation's 2023 Annual Gala
Credit/Copyright: Bfa / David Benthal
The summer benefit supported the Annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and celebrated the millions raised and achievements made in the past 30 years through Pcf. Founder Michael Milken and The Gala in the Hamptons weekend hosts and sponsors welcomed guests to enjoy, engage and be entertained while helping to fund groundbreaking discoveries in cancer research.
The gala began with a lively cocktail reception as distinguished guests and athletes entered the breathtaking Parrish Art Museum terrace. Total Sponsorships and ticket sales were valued at $1.25 million. In addition to this, the live auction was swift, raising more than $5.6 million for the Foundation’s work.
The lavish dinner party gave way to special musical performances from multi-award-winning Adam Lambert.
Adam Lambert Performs at The Prostate Cancer Foundation's 2023 Annual Gala
Credit/Copyright: Bfa / David Benthal
The summer benefit supported the Annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and celebrated the millions raised and achievements made in the past 30 years through Pcf. Founder Michael Milken and The Gala in the Hamptons weekend hosts and sponsors welcomed guests to enjoy, engage and be entertained while helping to fund groundbreaking discoveries in cancer research.
The gala began with a lively cocktail reception as distinguished guests and athletes entered the breathtaking Parrish Art Museum terrace. Total Sponsorships and ticket sales were valued at $1.25 million. In addition to this, the live auction was swift, raising more than $5.6 million for the Foundation’s work.
The lavish dinner party gave way to special musical performances from multi-award-winning Adam Lambert.
- 9/1/2023
- Look to the Stars
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) hosted their annual Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament in South Florida.
John Fogerty performed at Opening Night Gala Dinner
Credit/Copyright: Milken Family Foundation
The tournaments were a part of a five-day event that combines the 2022 Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues and annual Pro-Am Tournaments.
The Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues in Palm Beach took place over three days, which included the annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and special golf tournament; and concluded with three days of events in Miami. The highlight of the first night in Palm Beach was a gala dinner at the home of Steve and Andrea Wynn with entertainment by John Fogerty and Master Mentalist Lior Suchard.
Some notable attendees included: Mike Milken, Steve and Andrea Wynn, Former United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary, John Paulson, Alina de Almeida, Rob and Cindy Citrone, Tony and Sage Robbins,...
John Fogerty performed at Opening Night Gala Dinner
Credit/Copyright: Milken Family Foundation
The tournaments were a part of a five-day event that combines the 2022 Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues and annual Pro-Am Tournaments.
The Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues in Palm Beach took place over three days, which included the annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and special golf tournament; and concluded with three days of events in Miami. The highlight of the first night in Palm Beach was a gala dinner at the home of Steve and Andrea Wynn with entertainment by John Fogerty and Master Mentalist Lior Suchard.
Some notable attendees included: Mike Milken, Steve and Andrea Wynn, Former United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary, John Paulson, Alina de Almeida, Rob and Cindy Citrone, Tony and Sage Robbins,...
- 3/16/2022
- Look to the Stars
An internal watchdog for the Interior Department released a report Wednesday revealing repeated lapses of ethical behavior by Ryan Zinke, the department’s former secretary under Donald Trump.
Zinke broke federal ethics rules on more than one occasion by participating in real estate negotiations with developers, as well as with the chairman of energy behemoth Halliburton, according to the report. The communications pertained to a commercial and residential development in Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish, Montana, that used land from the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation, which Zinke and...
Zinke broke federal ethics rules on more than one occasion by participating in real estate negotiations with developers, as well as with the chairman of energy behemoth Halliburton, according to the report. The communications pertained to a commercial and residential development in Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish, Montana, that used land from the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation, which Zinke and...
- 2/16/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Wall Street is warming to a TikTok deal despite a continued lack of clarity, happy to keep a popular, fast-growing advertising platform humming along and skirt a brewing tech cold war between the U.S. and China.
“This will be a relief to technology investors to have this high drama soap opera now in the rear view mirror,” said Daniel Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. He called the deal “a huge strategic win” for TikTok. “The company was facing the prospects of a forced sale or shutdown and now instead gets Oracle as a technology and strategic partner.”
As for Oracle, CEO Larry Ellison will gain a new partner on the infrastructure and cloud front where it has trailed the likes of leaders Amazon and Microsoft, Ives said. Microsoft was the initial bidder for TikTok but was passed over in favor of investments by Oracle and Walmart.
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“This will be a relief to technology investors to have this high drama soap opera now in the rear view mirror,” said Daniel Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. He called the deal “a huge strategic win” for TikTok. “The company was facing the prospects of a forced sale or shutdown and now instead gets Oracle as a technology and strategic partner.”
As for Oracle, CEO Larry Ellison will gain a new partner on the infrastructure and cloud front where it has trailed the likes of leaders Amazon and Microsoft, Ives said. Microsoft was the initial bidder for TikTok but was passed over in favor of investments by Oracle and Walmart.
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- 9/21/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Though it may have once felt like a distant inevitability, President Trump’s TikTok could begin as soon as this weekend.
The United States Department of Commerce issued an order today preventing U.S. citizens from downloading both TikTok and WeChat -- another Chinese-owned app used for messaging -- beginning this Sunday. That said, Reuters notes that the ban on new downloads -- which will prohibit Apple, Google, and anyone else from offering the apps in their stores -- could still be rescinded by President Trump before Sunday.
“Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party,” U.S. Commerce Department secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement. “At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data,...
The United States Department of Commerce issued an order today preventing U.S. citizens from downloading both TikTok and WeChat -- another Chinese-owned app used for messaging -- beginning this Sunday. That said, Reuters notes that the ban on new downloads -- which will prohibit Apple, Google, and anyone else from offering the apps in their stores -- could still be rescinded by President Trump before Sunday.
“Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party,” U.S. Commerce Department secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement. “At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
After months of threats against Chinese-owned social media apps, the Trump administration announced plans to ban TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores as of this weekend.
“At the president’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement. “Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Beginning Sunday,...
“At the president’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement. “Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Beginning Sunday,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The U.S. Commerce Department Friday banned new downloads of the TikTok app starting Sunday and set a Nov. 12 date to effectively shutter its operations here as the video sharing service negotiates to sell itself to Stateside investors, including Oracle and Walmart.
TikTok will be allowed to function until Nov. 12 but will be banned from U.S. app stores.
A statement by Commerce Department chief Wilbur Ross early Monday prohibited “any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application updates through an online mobile application store in the U.S.”
TikTok is owned by China’s giant ByteDance. WeChat is a social messaging app used for mobile payments and transfer of funds owned by another Chinese multinational, Tencent Holdings.
“In response to President Trump’s Executive Orders signed August 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce today announced prohibitions on transactions relating to mobile...
TikTok will be allowed to function until Nov. 12 but will be banned from U.S. app stores.
A statement by Commerce Department chief Wilbur Ross early Monday prohibited “any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application updates through an online mobile application store in the U.S.”
TikTok is owned by China’s giant ByteDance. WeChat is a social messaging app used for mobile payments and transfer of funds owned by another Chinese multinational, Tencent Holdings.
“In response to President Trump’s Executive Orders signed August 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce today announced prohibitions on transactions relating to mobile...
- 9/18/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns.
A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business News that access to that app may be possible if certain safeguards are put into place.
“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values,...
A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business News that access to that app may be possible if certain safeguards are put into place.
“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values,...
- 9/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns.
A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business News that access to that app may be possible if certain safeguards are put into place.
“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values,...
A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business News that access to that app may be possible if certain safeguards are put into place.
“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values,...
- 9/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A TikTok employee named Patrick Ryan is taking an individual stand against President Donald Trump’s executive order, which would see a nationwide ban of the app unless Chinese parent company Bytedance were to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets before Sept. 20.
Last night, Ryan filed an injunction motion to stop the Department Of Commerce from enforcing Trump’s order insomuch as it would prohibit TikTok from paying salaries to its employees in the U.S., per The Hollywood Reporter. The injunction seeks to have a judge reach a preliminary conclusion about the legality of the executive order.
Ryan is a technical program manager at TikTok based in California, and first filed suit against President Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Aug. 24 -- the same day that TikTok sued the Trump administration. The Reporter notes, however, that while TikTok has yet to file paperwork for an injunction, Ryan has.
Last night, Ryan filed an injunction motion to stop the Department Of Commerce from enforcing Trump’s order insomuch as it would prohibit TikTok from paying salaries to its employees in the U.S., per The Hollywood Reporter. The injunction seeks to have a judge reach a preliminary conclusion about the legality of the executive order.
Ryan is a technical program manager at TikTok based in California, and first filed suit against President Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Aug. 24 -- the same day that TikTok sued the Trump administration. The Reporter notes, however, that while TikTok has yet to file paperwork for an injunction, Ryan has.
- 9/4/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
TikTok, the rapaciously growing social media platform controlled by ByteDance, disclosed the size and surge of its user base for the first time in a lawsuit filed Monday against President Donald Trump.
Privately held ByteDance, founded by Chinese internet entrepreneur Zhang Yiming, revealed it has 100 million monthly active users, up from 91.9 million in June and more than double the 39.9 million of last October. Since January 2018, the site has surged more than 800% from 11.3 million users, with its global footprint reaching 689 million users across more than 200 countries.
The president issued an order August 6 declaring the site will be banned unless it can secure an acquisition by a U.S.-based firm. Microsoft is among the candidates to buy the site. Hyped over the weekend and in a TikTok blog this morning, the complaint unveiled Monday in federal court in California (read it in full Here) seeks an order “invalidating” the president’s order.
Privately held ByteDance, founded by Chinese internet entrepreneur Zhang Yiming, revealed it has 100 million monthly active users, up from 91.9 million in June and more than double the 39.9 million of last October. Since January 2018, the site has surged more than 800% from 11.3 million users, with its global footprint reaching 689 million users across more than 200 countries.
The president issued an order August 6 declaring the site will be banned unless it can secure an acquisition by a U.S.-based firm. Microsoft is among the candidates to buy the site. Hyped over the weekend and in a TikTok blog this morning, the complaint unveiled Monday in federal court in California (read it in full Here) seeks an order “invalidating” the president’s order.
- 8/24/2020
- by Dade Hayes and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: A new executive order from President Donald Trump has set a 90-day deadline for China’s ByteDance to sell or spin-off its US TikTok business.
“There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said in his order, issued Friday.
The new order supercedes one issued last week. The old order would have forced US app stores to stop distributing TikTok if ByteDance did not divest its interests in 45 days. The new longer deadline will help the company in its efforts to make a deal with another company. Trump’s new order said ByteDance has to destroy all copies of the data attached to US users. It also must inform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius) when that has been done.
ByteDance issued a statement in response to...
“There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said in his order, issued Friday.
The new order supercedes one issued last week. The old order would have forced US app stores to stop distributing TikTok if ByteDance did not divest its interests in 45 days. The new longer deadline will help the company in its efforts to make a deal with another company. Trump’s new order said ByteDance has to destroy all copies of the data attached to US users. It also must inform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius) when that has been done.
ByteDance issued a statement in response to...
- 8/15/2020
- by Bruce Haring and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In an extra long “Quarantine Minilogue” on Monday, Jimmy Kimmel took a drive and checked in to see how comedian Bill Burr is doing — from a very safe minimum distance of course.
In the bit Kimmel, who has been recording YouTube only monologues while his show (like every other show) is on a coronavirus hiatus, said he had to go grocery shopping, and noting that “there is a safe way to communicate in person, and that is from inside your car.” So it is he taped an iPad to his window so he could film and communicate with other people from inside the car, and drove over to Bill Burr’s place.
Burr joked that he’s doing great because “I hate going to Lax. I’ve been trying to get off the road for like 10 years.”
Also Read: The Time Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Said Coronavirus Would Be Good...
In the bit Kimmel, who has been recording YouTube only monologues while his show (like every other show) is on a coronavirus hiatus, said he had to go grocery shopping, and noting that “there is a safe way to communicate in person, and that is from inside your car.” So it is he taped an iPad to his window so he could film and communicate with other people from inside the car, and drove over to Bill Burr’s place.
Burr joked that he’s doing great because “I hate going to Lax. I’ve been trying to get off the road for like 10 years.”
Also Read: The Time Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Said Coronavirus Would Be Good...
- 3/24/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened on Friday to fire top employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after its Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s false statement about Alabama being endangered by Hurricane Dorian.
The storm is linked to at least 44 deaths in the Bahamas and at least eight total in North Carolina and Florida.
The New York Times first reported the news of Ross’ threat on Monday, and the report explains the unsigned retraction that Noaa issued at the end of last week.
“The Birmingham National Weather Service...
The storm is linked to at least 44 deaths in the Bahamas and at least eight total in North Carolina and Florida.
The New York Times first reported the news of Ross’ threat on Monday, and the report explains the unsigned retraction that Noaa issued at the end of last week.
“The Birmingham National Weather Service...
- 9/9/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump has given up on his bid to put a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, ending a naked effort to further concentrate political power among Republicans at the expense of immigrants and their communities. The question — despite the administration’s half-hearted and thoroughly unconvincing attempt to dress it up as a defense of the Voting Rights Act — was aimed at dampening immigrant and Latino participation to give Republicans another tool to further Gerrymander districts in their favor. And so with the 2020 attempt abandoned and the next Census not until...
- 7/12/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump and Attorney General William Barr have moved from burying the contents of the Mueller report to jamming a question about citizenship status onto the Census.
The Supreme Court has already rejected the bid for a citizenship question on the all-important population survey. But the president’s hand-picked head of the Justice Department said on Monday that the administration was going to try again.
“We’re going to reach a new decision,” Barr told reporters in South Carolina after saying the court was “wrong” when it rejected the administration’s bid last month.
The Supreme Court has already rejected the bid for a citizenship question on the all-important population survey. But the president’s hand-picked head of the Justice Department said on Monday that the administration was going to try again.
“We’re going to reach a new decision,” Barr told reporters in South Carolina after saying the court was “wrong” when it rejected the administration’s bid last month.
- 7/10/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Saturday Night Live‘s final cold open of Season 44 ended on a musical note as the series’ Trump administration sang a tribute to the president to the tune of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.”
“I’m on cruise control to a second term and there is nothing the Democrats and Congress can do about it, so sit back and enjoy the ride, America,” Baldwin’s Trump said before the Oval Office broke into song.
One by one, cast members reprised their Season 44 impersonations – including Chris Redd’s Maga hat-wearing Kanye West,...
“I’m on cruise control to a second term and there is nothing the Democrats and Congress can do about it, so sit back and enjoy the ride, America,” Baldwin’s Trump said before the Oval Office broke into song.
One by one, cast members reprised their Season 44 impersonations – including Chris Redd’s Maga hat-wearing Kanye West,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
It’s the season finale of “SNL,” and the NBC sketch show sent off season 44 with a musical extravaganza in the cold open — in which Alec Baldwin returned as Donald Trump to lead a parody of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.”
The cold open sketch also saw Robert De Niro swing by for one more appearance as former special counsel Robert Mueller.
“I’m very excited about summer, getting around to those things i never have time for,” Baldwin’s Trump said in an Oval Office set before the music began. “Golf. Visiting friends in prison. And enjoying all the fantastic new tariffs for China.”
“It’s been an incredible year for our economy, our American economy is on fire. I’m not going to tell you if it’s a fire that keeps you warm or burns your house to the ground, but it’s some kind of fire.
The cold open sketch also saw Robert De Niro swing by for one more appearance as former special counsel Robert Mueller.
“I’m very excited about summer, getting around to those things i never have time for,” Baldwin’s Trump said in an Oval Office set before the music began. “Golf. Visiting friends in prison. And enjoying all the fantastic new tariffs for China.”
“It’s been an incredible year for our economy, our American economy is on fire. I’m not going to tell you if it’s a fire that keeps you warm or burns your house to the ground, but it’s some kind of fire.
- 5/19/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Taking a rare political stand, Nielsen has come out against a bid by the Donald Trump administration to add a citizenship requirement to the 2020 census. The measurement firm maintains that such a stipulation would suppress participation in the census, leading to a “significant undercount,” in the words of CEO David Kenny.
The citizenship drive, spearheaded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, has been formally opposed by more than 30 states, cities and counties. New York State, recently won a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. Commerce has appealed it to the Supreme Court, arguing the stipulation is a routine matter. Opponents counter that it is a way to disenfranchise non-citizens who are largely non-white, which could provide a more favorable political landscape in certain parts of the country but harm many others in the process.
Businesses — including trade groups like the Internet Advertising Bureau and the Advertising Research Foundation — fear...
The citizenship drive, spearheaded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, has been formally opposed by more than 30 states, cities and counties. New York State, recently won a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. Commerce has appealed it to the Supreme Court, arguing the stipulation is a routine matter. Opponents counter that it is a way to disenfranchise non-citizens who are largely non-white, which could provide a more favorable political landscape in certain parts of the country but harm many others in the process.
Businesses — including trade groups like the Internet Advertising Bureau and the Advertising Research Foundation — fear...
- 4/22/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
This week’s “SNL” cold open skipped the political landscape, instead parodying R. Kelly’s wild interview with Gayle King in which Kelly tried to salvage his image and really, uh, did not. Kelly was played by “SNL” regular Kenan Thompson, and Leslie Jones played King.
“I guess my first question for you, Robert is, why exactly are you doing this interview?,” Jones’ King said to open the interview after refusing Kelly’s request to be called “victim.”
“Because people think I’m some kind of a monster. I’m here to remove all of that,” Kenan’s Kelly said before referencing his own own song lyrics. “My lawyer was telling me no. But my ego, my ego was telling me yes.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Ben Stiller's Michael Cohen Faces Off Against Bill Hader's Jim Jordan (Video)
Several times during the sketch he slipped into song, as he...
“I guess my first question for you, Robert is, why exactly are you doing this interview?,” Jones’ King said to open the interview after refusing Kelly’s request to be called “victim.”
“Because people think I’m some kind of a monster. I’m here to remove all of that,” Kenan’s Kelly said before referencing his own own song lyrics. “My lawyer was telling me no. But my ego, my ego was telling me yes.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Ben Stiller's Michael Cohen Faces Off Against Bill Hader's Jim Jordan (Video)
Several times during the sketch he slipped into song, as he...
- 3/10/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
One of the pitfalls of having a current administration riddled with chaos and turnover is that it seems counterproductive to talk about people who aren’t in public office anymore. Still, that didn’t stop Hasan Minhaj and “Patriot Act” from taking a look at some of the long-reaching ramifications of multiple departments’ rollbacks of federal protections over the past few years.
Oversimplified Harry Potter analogies aside, this is an efficient overview of how actions taken under the departmental leadership of Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, Wilbur Ross, and the now-jobless Jeff Sessions have had significant effects on the status of civil rights for minorities and the Lgbtq community in states across the country. It’s enough to get Minhaj to tell the studio audience at one point, “This is not funny.”
Offering a useful overview of terms like consent decrees, this “Patriot Act” installment also addresses ongoing issues related to...
Oversimplified Harry Potter analogies aside, this is an efficient overview of how actions taken under the departmental leadership of Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, Wilbur Ross, and the now-jobless Jeff Sessions have had significant effects on the status of civil rights for minorities and the Lgbtq community in states across the country. It’s enough to get Minhaj to tell the studio audience at one point, “This is not funny.”
Offering a useful overview of terms like consent decrees, this “Patriot Act” installment also addresses ongoing issues related to...
- 3/3/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Though Alec Baldwin didn’t pop up as Donald Trump on this week’s “SNL,” that doesn’t mean the cold open was without star power. Indeed, we got Ben Stiller popping in to reprise his impression of Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen, and then “SNL” cast member Bill Hader showed up as Republican representative Jim Jordan.
“Thank you for inviting me here today to correct the record under oath. Of course, the first time I testified was also under oath. But this time, I like really mean it,” Stiller’s Cohen said to open his testimony. “I’m here today to tell you that Mr. Trump is a racist.”
Stiller paused for a moment, then continued after realizing he wasn’t going to get the response he wanted. “Wow. I thought that would get a really much bigger reaction.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Alec Baldwin's Trump Returns to Tell...
“Thank you for inviting me here today to correct the record under oath. Of course, the first time I testified was also under oath. But this time, I like really mean it,” Stiller’s Cohen said to open his testimony. “I’m here today to tell you that Mr. Trump is a racist.”
Stiller paused for a moment, then continued after realizing he wasn’t going to get the response he wanted. “Wow. I thought that would get a really much bigger reaction.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Alec Baldwin's Trump Returns to Tell...
- 3/3/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Alec Baldwin didn’t show up on “SNL” much to deliver his Donald Trump impression all that often in the early part of the season, but he’s been popping up with more regularity of late. And on this week’s episode, Baldwin’s Trump delivered a tour de force parody of Trump’s press conference this week in which he explain why he was declaring a national emergency to try to pay for his border wall.
Baldwin, who last appeared on “SNL” Jan. 19, came right out of the gate spewing standard Trumpian nonsense at breakneck speeds, delivering a monologue before taking questions from assemble reporters played by “SNL” cast members. Here’s how his insane opener went:
“I’m here to declare a very urgent, important national emergency. This is a big one so I don’t want to waste any time. That’s why first I would like...
Baldwin, who last appeared on “SNL” Jan. 19, came right out of the gate spewing standard Trumpian nonsense at breakneck speeds, delivering a monologue before taking questions from assemble reporters played by “SNL” cast members. Here’s how his insane opener went:
“I’m here to declare a very urgent, important national emergency. This is a big one so I don’t want to waste any time. That’s why first I would like...
- 2/17/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
This week’s “SNL” cold open had exactly one topic it wanted to cover this week: Jeff Bezos’ penis.
The sketch was a parody of “Meet the Press,” with “SNL” cast member Kyle Mooney as Chuck Todd, with Kenan Thompson as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, Cecily Strong as Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Leslie Jones as former DNC chair Donna Brazile as the guests.
They of course went straight into the big topic of the moment — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ claim that David Pecker tried to use a nude selfie (aka a d— pic) as leverage in a blackmail scheme.
Mooney’s Todd opened the discussion by asking, simply, “What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” Strong said she figured it was “small potatoes” because all rich people have small penises.
“If it’s small and look’s funny, you better have the money,...
The sketch was a parody of “Meet the Press,” with “SNL” cast member Kyle Mooney as Chuck Todd, with Kenan Thompson as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, Cecily Strong as Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Leslie Jones as former DNC chair Donna Brazile as the guests.
They of course went straight into the big topic of the moment — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ claim that David Pecker tried to use a nude selfie (aka a d— pic) as leverage in a blackmail scheme.
Mooney’s Todd opened the discussion by asking, simply, “What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” Strong said she figured it was “small potatoes” because all rich people have small penises.
“If it’s small and look’s funny, you better have the money,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
After a roller-coaster week in politics, including President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address, Saturday Night Live had an abundance of material for this weekend’s cold open. But before briefly touching on Trump’s speech, the show kicked off with a look at Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ skirmish with National Enquirer corporate boss David Pecker.
In a take on Meet the Press, the panelists debated the size and color of what Bezos’ penis might look like in nude pictures the tabloid reportedly obtained and used to blackmail the billionaire over his affair with former Los Angeles newscaster Lauren Sanchez.
While the Mtp panelists called the entire issue “a new low in journalism,” they couldn’t help but dissect the salacious story and the tabloid headlines it inspired.
“What do you think the coloration is like?” SNL castmember Kyle Mooney asked about Bezos’ manhood, in a turn as Mtp moderator Chuck Todd.
In a take on Meet the Press, the panelists debated the size and color of what Bezos’ penis might look like in nude pictures the tabloid reportedly obtained and used to blackmail the billionaire over his affair with former Los Angeles newscaster Lauren Sanchez.
While the Mtp panelists called the entire issue “a new low in journalism,” they couldn’t help but dissect the salacious story and the tabloid headlines it inspired.
“What do you think the coloration is like?” SNL castmember Kyle Mooney asked about Bezos’ manhood, in a turn as Mtp moderator Chuck Todd.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” took a step back from politics at the top of its Feb. 9 return, instead featuring a cold open that dove into the state of journalism today.
On the set of “Meet the Press,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd interviewed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson (played by Kenan Thompson), Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan (Cecily Strong) and former Democratic National Convention chair Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones).
“In a new low for journalism, the National Enquirer this week was accused of blackmailing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” he asked.
While Jones’ Brazile was clearly confused, Strong’s Noonan jumped right in with an opinion: “When I hear ‘billionaire’s penis,’ I immediately think ‘small potatoes,’ you know? Like they say, if it’s small and looks funny,...
On the set of “Meet the Press,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd interviewed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson (played by Kenan Thompson), Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan (Cecily Strong) and former Democratic National Convention chair Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones).
“In a new low for journalism, the National Enquirer this week was accused of blackmailing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” he asked.
While Jones’ Brazile was clearly confused, Strong’s Noonan jumped right in with an opinion: “When I hear ‘billionaire’s penis,’ I immediately think ‘small potatoes,’ you know? Like they say, if it’s small and looks funny,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
James McAvoy and his thick Scottish brogue were mostly wasted when he presided over Saturday Night Live this weekend.
The Glass star began hosting festivities with a particular dire monologue. He came out dressed in a kilt (Get it? Because he’s Scottish!), then explained to the studio audience that he’s often mistaken for Ewan McGregor. (Get it? Because he’s also Scottish!)
If nothing else, it was a good night for Kate McKinnon, who was the best part of the cold open, a Leslie Jones music video and a return trip to Narnia.
Lo and behold, my picks...
The Glass star began hosting festivities with a particular dire monologue. He came out dressed in a kilt (Get it? Because he’s Scottish!), then explained to the studio audience that he’s often mistaken for Ewan McGregor. (Get it? Because he’s also Scottish!)
If nothing else, it was a good night for Kate McKinnon, who was the best part of the cold open, a Leslie Jones music video and a return trip to Narnia.
Lo and behold, my picks...
- 1/27/2019
- TVLine.com
When Steve Martin appeared during the cold open of “SNL” in-character as recently-arrested former Trump adviser Roger Stone, he told a joke that a lot of people thought included the f-word. But, while he said a f-word, we regret to inform you he didn’t say the f-word.
During the bit, Martin-as-Stone was asked by Tucker Carlson, played by “SNL” cast member Alex Moffat, how he is going to handle his legal fees. Said Martin’s Roger Stone: “I set up a donation page based on a phrase people everywhere have been yelling at me: ‘Hey Roger, go fund yourself.'”
We listened to it four times in a row to be sure. Martin definitely leaned in hard on the “und” part of the word, but it ends with a clear “D” sound. Basically the joke is that Roger Stone is either too dumb, or deliberately pretending not to understand...
During the bit, Martin-as-Stone was asked by Tucker Carlson, played by “SNL” cast member Alex Moffat, how he is going to handle his legal fees. Said Martin’s Roger Stone: “I set up a donation page based on a phrase people everywhere have been yelling at me: ‘Hey Roger, go fund yourself.'”
We listened to it four times in a row to be sure. Martin definitely leaned in hard on the “und” part of the word, but it ends with a clear “D” sound. Basically the joke is that Roger Stone is either too dumb, or deliberately pretending not to understand...
- 1/27/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Steve Martin made an appearance as Roger Stone on “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 26 in a cold open mocking the Trump administration’s handling of the government shutdown, as well as the raid of Stone’s home and his subsequent arrest.
In a send-up of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Alex Moffatt opened the show as the Fox News host.
“Our top story tonight: President Trump’s heroic end to the shutdown,” said Moffatt’s Carlson. “It did take him 35 days, but he was finally able to get no wall.”
Cecily Strong appeared as Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro, griping about Ms-13.
“Tucker, we have to take a Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country,” said Strong’s Pirro. “If something doesn’t spark joy, throw it out. And you know what doesn’t spark joy in me? Guatemalans.”
Then “man of the people” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (played by Kate McKinnon...
In a send-up of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Alex Moffatt opened the show as the Fox News host.
“Our top story tonight: President Trump’s heroic end to the shutdown,” said Moffatt’s Carlson. “It did take him 35 days, but he was finally able to get no wall.”
Cecily Strong appeared as Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro, griping about Ms-13.
“Tucker, we have to take a Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country,” said Strong’s Pirro. “If something doesn’t spark joy, throw it out. And you know what doesn’t spark joy in me? Guatemalans.”
Then “man of the people” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (played by Kate McKinnon...
- 1/27/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a wild week on the political scene, so Saturday Night Live’s Cold Open had “Tucker Carlson” (cast member Alex Moffat) ask a rogues gallery of newsmakers exactly what happened.
First up: Judge Jeannine Pirro (Cecily Strong), who, when asked whether the Democrats non-support of the wall on the southern border would be a welcome mat for Ms-13, responded, “Si, Senor!” Pirro suggested a Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country. If something doesn’t spark joy, throw it out. What doesn’t spark joy for Pirro? “Guatemala!”
Next up was Wilbur Ross, the befuddled Secretary of Commerce (played by Kate McKinnon) who suggested furloughed workers take out loans to cover their bills during the government shutdown.
Ross admitted the loan idea was wrong. Instead, “They could have liquidated stocks or sold one of their paintings – it will get you through a week or two of yacht maintenance.
First up: Judge Jeannine Pirro (Cecily Strong), who, when asked whether the Democrats non-support of the wall on the southern border would be a welcome mat for Ms-13, responded, “Si, Senor!” Pirro suggested a Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country. If something doesn’t spark joy, throw it out. What doesn’t spark joy for Pirro? “Guatemala!”
Next up was Wilbur Ross, the befuddled Secretary of Commerce (played by Kate McKinnon) who suggested furloughed workers take out loans to cover their bills during the government shutdown.
Ross admitted the loan idea was wrong. Instead, “They could have liquidated stocks or sold one of their paintings – it will get you through a week or two of yacht maintenance.
- 1/27/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin may not have appeared as Donald Trump on this week’s “SNL” cold open, but that doesn’t mean the show skimped on the guest stars. As we all expected, “SNL” opened with a bit about Roger Stone being indicted. What we probably did not expect was that Stone would be played by “SNL” five-timer (and then some) Steve Martin.
The framing for the sketch was an episode of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News, with Carlson played by cast member Alex Moffat. Before Martin popped up as Stone, there was an pair of other guests, like Cecily Strong as “Judge” Jeannine Pirro and Kate McKinnon as Wilbur Ross.
Each of them had choice lines, like Strong’s Judge Jeannine suggesting a “Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country.”
Also Read: No, Steve Martin Didn't Say the F-Word on 'SNL' (Video)
“You know what doesn’t spark joy in me?...
The framing for the sketch was an episode of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News, with Carlson played by cast member Alex Moffat. Before Martin popped up as Stone, there was an pair of other guests, like Cecily Strong as “Judge” Jeannine Pirro and Kate McKinnon as Wilbur Ross.
Each of them had choice lines, like Strong’s Judge Jeannine suggesting a “Marie Kondo approach to cleaning up this country.”
Also Read: No, Steve Martin Didn't Say the F-Word on 'SNL' (Video)
“You know what doesn’t spark joy in me?...
- 1/27/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot ask U.S. residents if they are citizens on the 2020 census, setting the stage for a showdown at the Supreme Court. The suit, brought by a coalition of states, cities and immigrant rights groups, contends that the administration added the question with the intention of discouraging immigrants from responding.
Judge Jesse Furman called Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ decision to add the question “arbitrary and capricious,” adding that Ross “failed to consider several important aspects of the problem; alternately ignored, cherry-picked,...
Judge Jesse Furman called Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ decision to add the question “arbitrary and capricious,” adding that Ross “failed to consider several important aspects of the problem; alternately ignored, cherry-picked,...
- 1/15/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, is a liar. And according to lawsuits brought by former business partners, a thief. Now he’s attempting his biggest swindle yet: rigging the 2020 census to favor the Republican Party.
A vulture capitalist with no experience in government, whose private-equity firm was fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for bilking investors out of millions, Ross was a tidy fit for Donald Trump’s Cabinet, which the president stocked with tycoons despite campaigning as a champion of the forgotten man. “I just don’t want a poor person,...
A vulture capitalist with no experience in government, whose private-equity firm was fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for bilking investors out of millions, Ross was a tidy fit for Donald Trump’s Cabinet, which the president stocked with tycoons despite campaigning as a champion of the forgotten man. “I just don’t want a poor person,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
“I am a Tariff Man” President Donald Trump tweeted this morning, triggering social media backspray.
Trump made the news tweeting about talks with China he says already have started and will end “90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina.
Bob Lighthizer will be working closely with Steve Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro…on seeing whether or not a Real deal with China is actually possible. If it is, we will get it done,” Trump tweeted.
(Trump’s chief economic adviser Kudlow may need to get up to speed, having informed press the 90-day trade war truce with China would begin January 1, forcing the White House to correct that about an hour later, informing them, and him, it started December 1.)
“China is supposed to start buying Agricultural product and more immediately. President Xi and I want this deal to happen,...
Trump made the news tweeting about talks with China he says already have started and will end “90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina.
Bob Lighthizer will be working closely with Steve Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro…on seeing whether or not a Real deal with China is actually possible. If it is, we will get it done,” Trump tweeted.
(Trump’s chief economic adviser Kudlow may need to get up to speed, having informed press the 90-day trade war truce with China would begin January 1, forcing the White House to correct that about an hour later, informing them, and him, it started December 1.)
“China is supposed to start buying Agricultural product and more immediately. President Xi and I want this deal to happen,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump might as well install a revolving door in the front of the White House, so frequent have been the firings and resignations in his administration. They have been so numerous, the New York Times characterized the turnover as “unprecedented.” Now even more administration officials are rumored to be leaving after the midterm elections, Politico reported.
Among those who have announced they are leaving or who may leave after the midterms are:
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Attorney General Jeff Sessions Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Interior...
Among those who have announced they are leaving or who may leave after the midterms are:
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Attorney General Jeff Sessions Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Interior...
- 10/28/2018
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Americans have been suffering since President Trump decided to ignite a global trade war earlier this year. As things tend to do in this administration, the problem is about to get worse. On Monday night, Trump officially imposed a new round of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. The goods will be taxed at 10 percent beginning September 24th, and move to 25 percent in January unless China suddenly decides to give in to Trump’s demands. “For months, we have urged China to change these unfair practices, and give fair and reciprocal treatment to American companies,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Fire and Fury, the New York Times bestseller chronicling the first year of the Trump White House, provided a shockingly intimate look into the machinations of a chaotic presidential administration. Its allegations were detailed and damming, but its author, Michael Wolff, carried an unsavory reputation as a journalist known to bend the rules of conventional reporting. The book’s veracity was called into question by the White House, Trump and critics on both the left and right. The same will not be said for Fear, the forthcoming book from Bob Woodward...
- 9/4/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump’s Cabinet members have a habit of doing all they can to undermine the mission of the agency they’ve been tapped to lead. Omb Director and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney has practically dismantled the entire latter office, and is currently looking to end safeguards protecting active-duty service members from financial predators. Housing and Urban Development head Ben Carson announced Monday that he is effectively ending the Fair Housing Act, which stemmed housing segregation. Ousted Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt simply didn’t believe in climate change.
- 8/15/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
If there’s one thing that binds the Trump universe together, it’s the oppressive stench of shady activity. This applies to those closest to the president, as well those orbiting him from a distance, like Rep. Chris Collins (R-ny), a back-bench lawmaker who in February 2016 became the first member of Congress to officially endorse Trump’s campaign. On Wednesday morning, Collins surrendered to authorities after being indicted on a number of charges related to securities fraud. Central among the allegations is the lawmaker’s involvement with Australian pharmaceutical company Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited.
- 8/8/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons celebrated their 12th Annual Get Wild! Summer Gala at Joan and Bernard Carl’s Little Orchard Garden on Coopers Neck Lane in Southampton, NY.
Beth Stern At The 12th Annual Get Wild! Summer Gala
Credit/Copyright: RobRichSocietyAllure.com
The event honored Jay Schneiderman, Southampton Town Supervisor and Susan McGraw Keber, East Hampton Town Trustee, and welcomed distinguished guests to celebrate the united efforts to rehabilitate animals and successfully release them back into the wild across Long Island.
“It’s important for us to recognize the continued efforts of everyone involved with The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center. The commitment to rehabilitate Long Island’s wildlife is a shared passion for us all. We truly thank our honorary chairs Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, hosts Joan and Bernard Carl, benefit co-chairs plus committee, and sponsors,” said Director of Development Shelley Berkoski.
The picturesque...
Beth Stern At The 12th Annual Get Wild! Summer Gala
Credit/Copyright: RobRichSocietyAllure.com
The event honored Jay Schneiderman, Southampton Town Supervisor and Susan McGraw Keber, East Hampton Town Trustee, and welcomed distinguished guests to celebrate the united efforts to rehabilitate animals and successfully release them back into the wild across Long Island.
“It’s important for us to recognize the continued efforts of everyone involved with The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center. The commitment to rehabilitate Long Island’s wildlife is a shared passion for us all. We truly thank our honorary chairs Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, hosts Joan and Bernard Carl, benefit co-chairs plus committee, and sponsors,” said Director of Development Shelley Berkoski.
The picturesque...
- 6/27/2018
- Look to the Stars
Over the first 15 months of President Donald Trump's administration, the relationship between the White House and the press has been cold and contentious. But, for one weekend, over the course of four days of brunches, parties and black-tie dinners, the tension melted a bit and the temperature was turned down.
On Friday evening, Atlantic Media owner David Bradley welcomed several members of the administration to his house for drinks and dinner. First daughter Ivanka Trump, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, defense secretary James Mattis and commerce secretary Wilbur Ross all showed ...
On Friday evening, Atlantic Media owner David Bradley welcomed several members of the administration to his house for drinks and dinner. First daughter Ivanka Trump, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, defense secretary James Mattis and commerce secretary Wilbur Ross all showed ...
- 4/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Nobody knows what I’m going to do on the 12th!” President Donald Trump boasted with cut-to-commercial drama at today’s presser with France’s President Emmanuel Macron.
The two men took to the White House’s East Room to make statements on, and take questions about, their morning discussions about the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump keeps threatening to tear up on May 12, aka deal’s re-certification deadline, and Macron came to town to talk him out of.
Macron has said he wants to made additions to the deal to shore it up but does not want to tear it up.
Speaking of Trump, the former Celebrity Apprentice star-turned-tresident of the United States stuck to his own script, turning to Macron and saying, “Mr. President, you have a pretty good idea” about what he is leaning toward on the nuke deal, after their morning talks ran long and delayed...
The two men took to the White House’s East Room to make statements on, and take questions about, their morning discussions about the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump keeps threatening to tear up on May 12, aka deal’s re-certification deadline, and Macron came to town to talk him out of.
Macron has said he wants to made additions to the deal to shore it up but does not want to tear it up.
Speaking of Trump, the former Celebrity Apprentice star-turned-tresident of the United States stuck to his own script, turning to Macron and saying, “Mr. President, you have a pretty good idea” about what he is leaning toward on the nuke deal, after their morning talks ran long and delayed...
- 4/24/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross took the stage on CNBC Friday morning to sell the president’s plan to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum. While on set, the 80-year-old billionaire deployed a prop to get this point across, brandishing a can of Campbells soup. “In the can of Campbell’s soup, there’s about 2.6 cents — 2.6 pennies — worth of steel. So if that goes up by 25 percent, that’s about six-tenths of one cent on the price of the can of Campbell’s soup,” said Ross. Also Read: CNBC Contributor Calls Trump Immigration Policies 'Ethnic Cleansing' (Video) “I just bought this...
- 3/2/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had one of her own “she persisted” moments during a White House dinner on Wednesday night, according to The Washington Post. The dinner covered the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program. And of the 11 people at the table, Pelosi was the only woman, and had to tell the men there not to talk over her. When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asked what Donald Trump got out of the deal, according to The Post’s report, Pelosi was ready with her answer, but the men began talking over her and one another before she could make her.
- 9/15/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
We promise, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke. At the White House this afternoon, President Trump held a signing ceremony for his two latest executive orders — and apparently forgot to sign them… while live on camera. As you can see for yourself in a live-video posted to YouTube by the White House earlier today, after introducing the executive orders, then letting Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross speak briefly, Trump steps back up to brag about the orders one last time. Then he walks right out of the room without actually signing anything —...
- 3/31/2017
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Film industry’s top lobbyist urges observers to apply perspective.
Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd on Wednesday warned against negative portrayals of China and other countries that invest in the Us.
Speaking during a conference call with reporters as he introduced the Theatrical Market Statistics 2016 report, Senator Dodd appealed for a calmer viewpoint.
“Historically we welcome foreign investment in the Us,” Hollywood’s top lobbyist said, adding: “We have benefited from it over the years with sovereign investment funds.
“We have to be careful of branding nation states that want to come and invest as being evil… we need to keep this in perspective.”
His remarks arose after several questions on China – none of which expressly addressed the spate of investments in Hollywood by Chinese giants like Dalian Wanda – that also touched on restrictions on Chinese capital leaving China, and the upcoming trade talks on quotas.
To the latter...
Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd on Wednesday warned against negative portrayals of China and other countries that invest in the Us.
Speaking during a conference call with reporters as he introduced the Theatrical Market Statistics 2016 report, Senator Dodd appealed for a calmer viewpoint.
“Historically we welcome foreign investment in the Us,” Hollywood’s top lobbyist said, adding: “We have benefited from it over the years with sovereign investment funds.
“We have to be careful of branding nation states that want to come and invest as being evil… we need to keep this in perspective.”
His remarks arose after several questions on China – none of which expressly addressed the spate of investments in Hollywood by Chinese giants like Dalian Wanda – that also touched on restrictions on Chinese capital leaving China, and the upcoming trade talks on quotas.
To the latter...
- 3/22/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
First Lady Melania Trump opted for a different kind of power suit at President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress. And the high-fashion piece came with a high price tag. While the majority of the female Democrats in attendance wore white, Melania chose a black sequin Michael Kors Collection jacket and matching skirt, totaling $9,590 before tax.
Flotus teamed the floral-embroidered dinner jacket, which retails for $4,995, with the coordinating glittering skirt, also available on the designer’s website for $4,595, and completed the look with a black belt. Kors is among the American brands she’s worn...
Flotus teamed the floral-embroidered dinner jacket, which retails for $4,995, with the coordinating glittering skirt, also available on the designer’s website for $4,595, and completed the look with a black belt. Kors is among the American brands she’s worn...
- 3/1/2017
- by Brittany Talarico
- PEOPLE.com
President-elect Donald Trump often mentioned his desire to “drain the swamp” during his campaign, but the wealth of his Cabinet choices indicate the only thing being drained from Washington is the ability for an average person to land a White House gig. Wilbur Ross The famed investor is Trump’s choice to be commerce secretary. He has made a ton of money restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal, telecommunications, foreign investment and textiles. He is worth roughly $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. Rex Tillerson The Exxon CEO was selected as Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of State because of his ability.
- 12/22/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
President-elect Donald Trump has named hedge fund manager and Hollywood producer Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury secretary.
Mnuchin, 53, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman, confirmed his appointment Wednesday during a CNBC joint interview with Trump’s pick for commerce secretary, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Jr.
“We’re thrilled to work for the president-elect and honored to have these positions,” Mnuchin said.
Trump praised Mnuchin in a statement saying: “Steve Mnuchin is a world-class financier, banker and businessman, and has played a key role in developing our plan to build a dynamic, booming economy that will create millions of jobs.
Mnuchin, 53, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman, confirmed his appointment Wednesday during a CNBC joint interview with Trump’s pick for commerce secretary, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Jr.
“We’re thrilled to work for the president-elect and honored to have these positions,” Mnuchin said.
Trump praised Mnuchin in a statement saying: “Steve Mnuchin is a world-class financier, banker and businessman, and has played a key role in developing our plan to build a dynamic, booming economy that will create millions of jobs.
- 11/30/2016
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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