Exclusive: Abramorama acquired North American theatrical distribution rights for A Father’s Promise, an important and inspiring story of a father’s promise to end gun violence. The film will have its world premiere and open theatrically on Friday, December 8th at Look Cinemas in Manhattan. Additional cities to follow.
A Father’s Promise, directed by Rick Korn and executive produced by Sheryl Crow, tells the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. After the loss of his son, Mark lost all interest in music and vowed to do everything in his power to help prevent gun violence so that no one else must go through what he and his family went through.
Barden’s journey from co-founding Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization that teaches the warning signs of violence and how to seek help to...
A Father’s Promise, directed by Rick Korn and executive produced by Sheryl Crow, tells the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. After the loss of his son, Mark lost all interest in music and vowed to do everything in his power to help prevent gun violence so that no one else must go through what he and his family went through.
Barden’s journey from co-founding Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization that teaches the warning signs of violence and how to seek help to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Crooked Media and Audacy have teamed up on a new podcast series about radical left wing organization The Weather Underground.
The two companies have set Mother Country Radicals, which will get its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival on June 8. You can get a first listen to the trailer below.
The series is hosted by playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, son of Weather Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers.
Fifty years after the Weather Underground’s bombing of the Pentagon, Mother Country Radicals is a highly personal, politically charged account of a counterculture group of young activists in pursuit of radical change through any means necessary.
It will feature Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers in their own voices, and intimate interviews with Weather Underground members like Jeff Jones and Kathy Boudin, in one of the last recordings before her passing.
The ten-part series also captures the 1970s from figures like Fred Hampton,...
The two companies have set Mother Country Radicals, which will get its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival on June 8. You can get a first listen to the trailer below.
The series is hosted by playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, son of Weather Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers.
Fifty years after the Weather Underground’s bombing of the Pentagon, Mother Country Radicals is a highly personal, politically charged account of a counterculture group of young activists in pursuit of radical change through any means necessary.
It will feature Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers in their own voices, and intimate interviews with Weather Underground members like Jeff Jones and Kathy Boudin, in one of the last recordings before her passing.
The ten-part series also captures the 1970s from figures like Fred Hampton,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, has today unveiled its short film lineup, which includes 46 films from 20 countries worldwide, 70 percent of which are world premieres. The short films will be presented in eight programs: two documentaries, two narratives, two hybrids (including both narrative and documentary), one animation, and one New York shorts program. Additionally, the festival will feature a special curated out-of-competition Juneteenth program and a live performance by Blondie, following the screening of the short film “Blondie: Vivir En La Habana.”
As the festival announced late last month, this year’s event will “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held June 9 to 20, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca...
As the festival announced late last month, this year’s event will “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held June 9 to 20, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca...
- 4/22/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, which announced its full lineup earlier this week, has unveiled a selection of 46 short films from 20 countries in narrative, documentary and animation.
Blondie will perform live following the North American Premiere of Blondie: Vivir En La Habana about the rock band’s first time performance in Havana, Cuba in 2019.
The Festival will run June 9-20 with live in-person events at outdoor venues across New York City’s five boroughs. Many of the films will be available for U.S. audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
The 2020 Shorts Programs will also be screened at the 2021 Festival with 64 films in ten programs. Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind will perform after a screening of Rhythm of Life.
“As we curated these in-person programs, we thought a great deal about the challenges of the past year and what...
Blondie will perform live following the North American Premiere of Blondie: Vivir En La Habana about the rock band’s first time performance in Havana, Cuba in 2019.
The Festival will run June 9-20 with live in-person events at outdoor venues across New York City’s five boroughs. Many of the films will be available for U.S. audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
The 2020 Shorts Programs will also be screened at the 2021 Festival with 64 films in ten programs. Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind will perform after a screening of Rhythm of Life.
“As we curated these in-person programs, we thought a great deal about the challenges of the past year and what...
- 4/22/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
If those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, the activists and budding revolutionaries of today would be wise to learn about the Weathermen, who later came to be known as The Weather Underground. Formed in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War and the tail end of the Civil Rights movement, the group of was comprised of white student radicals whose goal was the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Closely aligned with the Black Panthers in ideology and organizing, the Weather Underground is an early example of white antir-acism. In Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s Oscar-nominated 2003 documentary, “The Weather Underground,” a combination of archival footage from the 1970s and interviews from 2003 makes for fascinating and surreal...
If those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, the activists and budding revolutionaries of today would be wise to learn about the Weathermen, who later came to be known as The Weather Underground. Formed in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War and the tail end of the Civil Rights movement, the group of was comprised of white student radicals whose goal was the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Closely aligned with the Black Panthers in ideology and organizing, the Weather Underground is an early example of white antir-acism. In Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s Oscar-nominated 2003 documentary, “The Weather Underground,” a combination of archival footage from the 1970s and interviews from 2003 makes for fascinating and surreal...
- 7/15/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It’s already great to hear there’s going to be a series on the cult classic Snatch. It’s even better to see the wide array of actors Crackle signed on. But now a teaser trailer was just released… and wow, next week cannot come fast enough.
Crackle is set to release ten one-hour episodes of the new Snatch series next Thursday, March 16. Alex De Rakoff (who has previous experience with Grand Theft Auto) is directing the series – as well as wrote several of the episodes, and stars your childhood actors all grown up.
Completely unrecognizable from his Harry Potter past, Rupert Grint sheds Ron Weasley for Charlie Cavendis– and he looks good. Phoebe Dynevor, of Waterloo Road and Prisoners Wives, plays Lotti Mott, while Scream Queens’ Lucien Laviscount plays Billy Ayers and American Gothic’s Stephanie Leonidas plays Chloe Koen. Also in the show include Tamer Hassan (Kickass...
Crackle is set to release ten one-hour episodes of the new Snatch series next Thursday, March 16. Alex De Rakoff (who has previous experience with Grand Theft Auto) is directing the series – as well as wrote several of the episodes, and stars your childhood actors all grown up.
Completely unrecognizable from his Harry Potter past, Rupert Grint sheds Ron Weasley for Charlie Cavendis– and he looks good. Phoebe Dynevor, of Waterloo Road and Prisoners Wives, plays Lotti Mott, while Scream Queens’ Lucien Laviscount plays Billy Ayers and American Gothic’s Stephanie Leonidas plays Chloe Koen. Also in the show include Tamer Hassan (Kickass...
- 3/7/2017
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
This post originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly.
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
- 1/19/2017
- by Mark Marino
- PEOPLE.com
Get ready for a whole new Snatch. The Guy Ritchie movie is getting the TV treatment on Crackle with an impressive cast of British dudes. Harry Potter's Rupert Grint stars as Charlie Cavendish, who is described as "utterly posh." Ron Weasley who? Grint also serves as an executive producer. Luke Pasqualino of Skins fame also stars as Albert Hill, Scream Queens' Lucien Laviscount is Billy Ayers, Dougray Scott is Vic Hill, The Village's Phoebe Dynevor is Lotti Mott, Juliet Aubrey is Lily Hill and Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick appears as Sonny Castillo. Hopefully this will make you forget Wicked City. Basically the cast is full of all your past and present crushes. Alex De Rakoff serves as...
- 1/13/2017
- E! Online
The biggest problem with the InterWebs, particularly for people like me, is that when we’re researching something we first encounter at least a dozen items that look really interesting… and often compelling.
Obviously, if you’re on deadline, this sucks. But if you’re any sort of history freak, that compulsion can be overwhelming. For example, this snowbound weekend I was going through the Chicago Tribune (the Tribune’s online archives are wonderful, in the sense that getting sucked into a black hole of knowledge and culture is wonderful) researching something completely different. And, on page 12 of the November 7 1943 edition, I stumbled across the headline “Book Burocrats Put ‘Superman’ Ahead Of Bible.”
Say what?
Let us put aside the Tribune’s creative spelling of the word “bureaucrats.” Publisher “Colonel” Robert McCormick, a man so far to the right he made Ted Cruz look like Bill Ayers, decided the American...
Obviously, if you’re on deadline, this sucks. But if you’re any sort of history freak, that compulsion can be overwhelming. For example, this snowbound weekend I was going through the Chicago Tribune (the Tribune’s online archives are wonderful, in the sense that getting sucked into a black hole of knowledge and culture is wonderful) researching something completely different. And, on page 12 of the November 7 1943 edition, I stumbled across the headline “Book Burocrats Put ‘Superman’ Ahead Of Bible.”
Say what?
Let us put aside the Tribune’s creative spelling of the word “bureaucrats.” Publisher “Colonel” Robert McCormick, a man so far to the right he made Ted Cruz look like Bill Ayers, decided the American...
- 1/27/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Directed by Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam focuses on the final weeks of the Vietnam War in April 1975 and the Americans who tried to rescue as many South Vietnamese refugees that they could — against White House orders — as the North Vietnamese Army approached Saigon. Kennedy has never been nominated for an Oscar, but her 2012 documentary Ethel, about Ethel Kennedy (Rory’s mother), was nominated for five Emmys. Last Days in Vietnam, which premiered at Sundance, could garner Kennedy her first Oscar nom.
Historically, Vietnam documentaries have done well in the documentary category at the Oscars, and that may be due to many Academy members having come of age during the war. Here are 11 Vietnam documentaries that have been nominated for best documentary (in chronological order):
The Anderson Platoon
Filmed in 1966 by Pierre Schoendoerffer, a war reporter and cameraman, the film follows a 33-man...
Managing Editor
Directed by Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam focuses on the final weeks of the Vietnam War in April 1975 and the Americans who tried to rescue as many South Vietnamese refugees that they could — against White House orders — as the North Vietnamese Army approached Saigon. Kennedy has never been nominated for an Oscar, but her 2012 documentary Ethel, about Ethel Kennedy (Rory’s mother), was nominated for five Emmys. Last Days in Vietnam, which premiered at Sundance, could garner Kennedy her first Oscar nom.
Historically, Vietnam documentaries have done well in the documentary category at the Oscars, and that may be due to many Academy members having come of age during the war. Here are 11 Vietnam documentaries that have been nominated for best documentary (in chronological order):
The Anderson Platoon
Filmed in 1966 by Pierre Schoendoerffer, a war reporter and cameraman, the film follows a 33-man...
- 10/24/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Bill Ayers, the former Weather Underground far-left radical who Sarah Palin made famous in 2008 by suggesting he was a "pal" of President Barack Obama, will make his first appearance on the Fox News Channel on Monday. Megyn Kelly will press him on the bombings and deaths he has alleged to have been involved with. Sitting next to Ayers in Kelly's studio was Dinesh D'Souza, who arranged for the interview, insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter. D'Souza was invited on The Kelly File to tape what might become a one-hour special on his upcoming movie, America, the follow-up
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- 6/27/2014
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If Fox News ever enters the original movie game, I’ve got the perfect premise for its first film: Sarah Palin and Free Speech: A Love Story.
The former Alaska governor just can’t stop bringing up her favorite constitutional amendment — especially when complaining about all the folks using their right to free speech to criticize conservatives for exercising their right to free speech. Or something. (She uses “free speech” and “First Amendment rights” pretty interchangeably, so I’m going to as well. That’s my right as an American.)
Take yesterday, for example, when she wrote a blistering defense...
The former Alaska governor just can’t stop bringing up her favorite constitutional amendment — especially when complaining about all the folks using their right to free speech to criticize conservatives for exercising their right to free speech. Or something. (She uses “free speech” and “First Amendment rights” pretty interchangeably, so I’m going to as well. That’s my right as an American.)
Take yesterday, for example, when she wrote a blistering defense...
- 12/19/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
The L.A. Film Festival is now in full swing, kicking off last night, and continuing our week of exclusives from films playing the fest, we've got cut from score to the Documentary Competition title "American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs." Directed by Grace Lee (no relation, but they met on the helmer's earlier project "The Grace Lee Story" about the many people who share that name), the film chronciles Boggs' lifetime spent battling for labor and civil rights, while getting involved in Black Power, feminist, Asian American and environmental justice movements and much more. But her role in the African-American movement is one of the most unlikely and powerful, with folks like Angela Davis, Bill Moyers, Bill Ayers, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover and more all speaking to her importance. It sounds like a fascinating doc, and helping to texture the film is award-winning composer Vivek Maddala's score.
- 6/14/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company in Los Angeles is set to raise the curtain on a production that will challenge audiences’ views on immigration and its small cast’s ability to bring life to characters some may perceive as stereotypes. “Long Way Go Down,” which will have its West Coast premiere May 17, centers on Nini and Violetta, two young illegal immigrants trying to make a dangerous, smuggled crossing into the United States. The play was written by Zayd Dohrn, the son of Bernardine Rae Dohrn and Bill Ayers, both former members of the left-wing radical group the Weather Underground Organization. The Weathermen, as they were known, conducted a bombing campaign against public buildings during the Vietnam War. Dohrn said his writing was influenced by the politics of his family. “I’m not sure I would say that it exactly follows in the footsteps of what my parents were doing,...
- 5/15/2013
- backstage.com
Half an hour into David Mamet's latest, "The Anarchist" at Broadway's Golden Theatre, I envied three men in my row, who had nodded off. I would never dare, but I am not alone in willing myself to stay awake.
The troubling part is two magnificent actors star in this 70-minute drama. Patti LuPone and Debra Winger never stop talking. After seeing LuPone belt in "Evita," "Gypsy" and other musicals over the years, it is interesting to see how completely wonderful she is in a drama. Winger is also very good.
Ina piece he wrote for The New York Times, Mamet explained the idea for this stark play came about on Sept. 11, 2001. That morning, he read a story about Bill Ayers, a member of the radical Weather Underground of the 1960s, which advocated anarchy, bombed buildings and killed people.
A quote from Ayers, saying he would not rule out doing this again,...
The troubling part is two magnificent actors star in this 70-minute drama. Patti LuPone and Debra Winger never stop talking. After seeing LuPone belt in "Evita," "Gypsy" and other musicals over the years, it is interesting to see how completely wonderful she is in a drama. Winger is also very good.
Ina piece he wrote for The New York Times, Mamet explained the idea for this stark play came about on Sept. 11, 2001. That morning, he read a story about Bill Ayers, a member of the radical Weather Underground of the 1960s, which advocated anarchy, bombed buildings and killed people.
A quote from Ayers, saying he would not rule out doing this again,...
- 12/6/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
So that’s why Donald Trump’s hair is so fluffy: It’s full of secrets. And tomorrow, he’ll reveal one of those secrets to the world at large.
It’s gonna be yuge.
Trump announced on Fox & Friends yesterday that he knows “something very, very big concerning the president of the United States.” The mogul told TMZ Live that he plans to release said information “around noonish” on Wednesday, though he demurred when asked to give any more information about it — including whether Obama will be happy once Trump’s October Surprise has gone public. So far, Trump...
It’s gonna be yuge.
Trump announced on Fox & Friends yesterday that he knows “something very, very big concerning the president of the United States.” The mogul told TMZ Live that he plans to release said information “around noonish” on Wednesday, though he demurred when asked to give any more information about it — including whether Obama will be happy once Trump’s October Surprise has gone public. So far, Trump...
- 10/23/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – What are you afraid of, right now? Is it the shaky economy, the red/blue political divide or maybe Dunkin Donuts ran out of Oreo smoothies? You know what’s easy about justifying those fears? Blaming President Obama. “2016: Obama’s America,” written and directed by conservative propagandist Dinesh D’Souza, wants to blame Obama for the sun going down.
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Conservative propagandists love to use the weapon of “how Obama thinks” as their main critiques of the man, which is as unfair as tying a sprinter to the starting blocks before a race. D’Souza, who has written books with titles such as “The Roots of Obama’s Rage,” and has made a career gathering his pieces of silver working at “conservative think tanks” (an oxymoron or epic proportions), also has blamed the “cultural left” for 9/11. The whole film is merely a speculative circus parade of how parts...
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Conservative propagandists love to use the weapon of “how Obama thinks” as their main critiques of the man, which is as unfair as tying a sprinter to the starting blocks before a race. D’Souza, who has written books with titles such as “The Roots of Obama’s Rage,” and has made a career gathering his pieces of silver working at “conservative think tanks” (an oxymoron or epic proportions), also has blamed the “cultural left” for 9/11. The whole film is merely a speculative circus parade of how parts...
- 8/30/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Donald Trump may have briefly sidetracked Mitt Romney's campaign message in Las Vegas with his renewed "birther" talk, but it isn't the first time an opinionated supporter has put a candidate in an awkward position.
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama had to distance himself from his former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, following the Chicago clergyman's incendiary rhetoric and contentious public appearances. Obama also faced questions about his relationships with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
John McCain had pastor troubles, too. The 2008 Gop nominee secured primary endorsements from pastors John Hagee of Texas and Rod Parsley of Ohio, but later disavowed them because of their controversial sermons.
McCain also was partly upstaged by his lightly vetted running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Earlier this month, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker put Obama in a tough spot when he described as "nauseating...
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama had to distance himself from his former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, following the Chicago clergyman's incendiary rhetoric and contentious public appearances. Obama also faced questions about his relationships with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
John McCain had pastor troubles, too. The 2008 Gop nominee secured primary endorsements from pastors John Hagee of Texas and Rod Parsley of Ohio, but later disavowed them because of their controversial sermons.
McCain also was partly upstaged by his lightly vetted running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Earlier this month, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker put Obama in a tough spot when he described as "nauseating...
- 5/30/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Sean Hannity dedicated a segment today to his concern that comments Bill Ayers recently made are reflected in President Obama's health care plan, and the President's relationship with capitalism. While Tucker Carlson, who has met and dined with Ayers, shared Hannity's suspicion that the President is "deeply suspicious of capitalism" and unprepared for the job, Kirsten Powers argued that he had done more for health care and the economy than any Republican.
- 4/3/2012
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
When Sarah Palin declared two weeks ago that she "wasn't too concerned about a HBO movie based on a false narrative," you knew instantaneously that she was fudging it more than a little bit about Game Change. Of course she cared. Just today she launched a video on her SarahPAC website defending her performance in the 2008 campaign and issued a statement that the film "presents a history that never happened."
A week ago Palin unleashed her dogs on HBO and, almost as predictably, on John McCain's senior campaign advisor Steve Schmidt, who has made his disdain for Palin quite public since the 2008 election. In a recent forum sponsored by the New Yorker, Schmidt openly acknowledged that Palin was "clearly not prepared for the presidency."
As part of the orchestrated pushback to Game Change, no fewer than seven of Palin's associates took to the telephone wires angrily denouncing HBO's upcoming fiilm,...
A week ago Palin unleashed her dogs on HBO and, almost as predictably, on John McCain's senior campaign advisor Steve Schmidt, who has made his disdain for Palin quite public since the 2008 election. In a recent forum sponsored by the New Yorker, Schmidt openly acknowledged that Palin was "clearly not prepared for the presidency."
As part of the orchestrated pushback to Game Change, no fewer than seven of Palin's associates took to the telephone wires angrily denouncing HBO's upcoming fiilm,...
- 3/2/2012
- by Geoffrey Dunn
- Aol TV.
Political thriller The Company You Keep tells the story of a 30 year long FBI search for a Weather Underground terrorist, to be played by Robert Redford, who must escape the law after his identity is exposed by an ambitious reporter portrayed by Shia Labeouf. If you didn’t hear it with your own ears, Nick Nolte is in talks for this movie, which is adaptation of the Neil Gordon novel of the same name, but the details of his role haven’t been announced yet.
As you can see Redford directs and stars as a former terrorist. Book-to-script adaptation was penned by The Limey and upcoming Haywire writer Lem Dobbs. After the fact that the script for The Limey is rather stunning, and Haywire is laid out properly, his involvement in The Company You Keep could be a good sign. Redford has a talent for directing (Ordinary People, Quiz Show...
As you can see Redford directs and stars as a former terrorist. Book-to-script adaptation was penned by The Limey and upcoming Haywire writer Lem Dobbs. After the fact that the script for The Limey is rather stunning, and Haywire is laid out properly, his involvement in The Company You Keep could be a good sign. Redford has a talent for directing (Ordinary People, Quiz Show...
- 7/27/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The Donald, suddenly riding high in the 2012 polls, drew rave reviews at a Tea rally in Boca Raton. Jim DeFede reports on why the birther card is working-and what Trump has learned from Gary Busey.
Hours before Donald Trump arrived for his Tea Party debut Saturday in Boca Raton, 68-year-old Jerry Hochfelsen was handing out hundreds of "Draft Trump" T-shirts. "He's the man for today," said Hochfelsen.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
A month ago, Hochfelsen, who has his own printing company, was having lunch, as he does every day, with his best friends - a physician and a fellow who does manufacturing. "We talk about politics, we talk about women. We talk a lot about women actually," he recalled. "But a month ago we started talking about Trump running for president. So we each put up a few bucks and said let's support him.
Hours before Donald Trump arrived for his Tea Party debut Saturday in Boca Raton, 68-year-old Jerry Hochfelsen was handing out hundreds of "Draft Trump" T-shirts. "He's the man for today," said Hochfelsen.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
A month ago, Hochfelsen, who has his own printing company, was having lunch, as he does every day, with his best friends - a physician and a fellow who does manufacturing. "We talk about politics, we talk about women. We talk a lot about women actually," he recalled. "But a month ago we started talking about Trump running for president. So we each put up a few bucks and said let's support him.
- 4/17/2011
- by Jim DeFede
- The Daily Beast
Nick Ayers, who is kind of cute.Political blogs are abuzz today with the news that Tim Pawlenty has hired one Nick Ayers, “one of the most sought-after operatives in the Republican Party” and a brief Vf Daily crush, to head his exploratory committee for a possible 2012 presidential run. “I, for one, am glad that Pawlenty hired Nick Ayers. That guy did a great job ghostwriting Obama's first book,” joked The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, referring to the fringe right-wing rumor that Bill Ayers, a 70s-era activist, ghostwrote Dreams from My Father. In reality, despite Donald Trump’s claim to the contrary, neither Bill Ayers nor Nick Ayers ghostwrote Obama’s book. Below, we’ve mapped out other similarities and differences between the two gentlemen.
- 4/11/2011
- Vanity Fair
Barack Obama, you've been served by The Good Wife!
Not really, of course. But I loved seeing Wendy Scott-Carr do more than merely cite a line the then-candidate used in a campaign speech. She actually took issue with its message, which was represented in the title of this week's episode, "Silly Season." It's not so silly when you're family is under attack, is it?
The reference to Obama - and Bill Ayers, catch that? - was yet another example of what helps this show hit the realistic mark on a weekly basis. The characters talk like people in their positions actually talk, something that sounds basic, yet something at which most shows fail miserably. Never underestimate the power of believable dialogue.
We had many examples of it throughout this episode.
The most enjoyable scenes didn't involve action sequences and didn't need any score to emphasize their importance. There was...
Not really, of course. But I loved seeing Wendy Scott-Carr do more than merely cite a line the then-candidate used in a campaign speech. She actually took issue with its message, which was represented in the title of this week's episode, "Silly Season." It's not so silly when you're family is under attack, is it?
The reference to Obama - and Bill Ayers, catch that? - was yet another example of what helps this show hit the realistic mark on a weekly basis. The characters talk like people in their positions actually talk, something that sounds basic, yet something at which most shows fail miserably. Never underestimate the power of believable dialogue.
We had many examples of it throughout this episode.
The most enjoyable scenes didn't involve action sequences and didn't need any score to emphasize their importance. There was...
- 2/2/2011
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Bill Ayers' name became common coin during the 2008 presidential election, with Barack Obama's campaign railroaded into answering questions on his tenuous connection to the radical leftist-turned-university professor. The grim specter of this Terrorist Mentor dominated the political narrative for a month, and then Tina Fey turned in the defining role of her career. Ayers, clearly operating on the maxim that any publicity is good publicity, has decided to use the last of his 15 minutes to greenlight a graphic-novel adapatation of his 1993 memoir To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher.
- 2/10/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Striking while the "Bill Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist" iron is hot, Aj Schnack has published a post on his blog by Sam Green, the co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Weather Underground. Green, who says Ayers has "become a good friend" of he and his co-director Bill Siegel, talks about the frustrations of watching his subject become a Republican talking point. As Green points out, the McCain/Palin argument connecting Obama to Ayers compltely omits any explanation for how a "terrorist" can become a "Distinguished Professor" thanks to thirty years of cultural evolution. "To have all of his work, and what he's about, so publicly misrepres ...
- 10/14/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
Is this the long-awaited October surprise? In an apparent effort to position opponent John McCain as fundamentally on the wrong side of the economic fight (and maybe also to direct attention away from growing buzz on his association with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers), today the Obama campaign has posted on YouTube a 13 minute documentary on the Keating Five scandal. Keating Economics: John M ...
- 10/6/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
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