Jeremy Strong is not a broken man. He comes from a good family full of empathy — his mom a hospice nurse, his father a social worker. He went to Yale and picked up tips from Daniel Day-Lewis while serving as the actor’s assistant. Strong knows what he’s doing. Professionally, he is a favorite of Aaron Sorkin. Currently, he is happily ensconced in Brooklyn with his wife and two little kids.
Alas, he plays a broken man on television. In fact, Strong’s Kendall Roy is one of the...
Alas, he plays a broken man on television. In fact, Strong’s Kendall Roy is one of the...
- 10/13/2020
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon is free on a $5 million bond, secured by $1.75 million in assets, on charges of fraud and money laundering.
A smiling Bannon left federal court in Manhattan with a smile, claiming his indictment was a “fiasco.” Bannon said that “This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall.”
Bannon has pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in an alleged scheme to steal cash donated to a “We Build the Wall” online fundraiser.
The charges were brought by Southern District of New York prosecutors who work for the federal Department of Justice.
Earlier: Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to Donald Trump, has been indicted by federal prosecutors in an alleged scheme along with others to funnel money from a We Build the Wall crowdfunding campaign for their own personal benefit.
Bannon was named along with three other defendants,...
A smiling Bannon left federal court in Manhattan with a smile, claiming his indictment was a “fiasco.” Bannon said that “This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall.”
Bannon has pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in an alleged scheme to steal cash donated to a “We Build the Wall” online fundraiser.
The charges were brought by Southern District of New York prosecutors who work for the federal Department of Justice.
Earlier: Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to Donald Trump, has been indicted by federal prosecutors in an alleged scheme along with others to funnel money from a We Build the Wall crowdfunding campaign for their own personal benefit.
Bannon was named along with three other defendants,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeremy Strong plays Kendall Roy, the presumed successor to an influential media conglomerate in HBO’s “Succession.” His performance netted him a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Drama Actor earlier this year.
Strong recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria about who Kendall really is, the shocking final moment of Season 2 and the experience of feeling wrung out as an actor. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEHiam Abbass Interview: ‘Ramy’ and ‘Succession’
Gold Derby: Jeremy, it’s difficult to encapsulate who this guy is in simple terms. To me, he’s very complicated but you’re probably best placed to give it a go. How do you describe him to people who aren’t quite familiar with the character?
Jeremy Strong: (Laughs.) Here we go. I sort of don’t. I try not to describe him or step outside of him...
Strong recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria about who Kendall really is, the shocking final moment of Season 2 and the experience of feeling wrung out as an actor. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEHiam Abbass Interview: ‘Ramy’ and ‘Succession’
Gold Derby: Jeremy, it’s difficult to encapsulate who this guy is in simple terms. To me, he’s very complicated but you’re probably best placed to give it a go. How do you describe him to people who aren’t quite familiar with the character?
Jeremy Strong: (Laughs.) Here we go. I sort of don’t. I try not to describe him or step outside of him...
- 7/4/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is heading to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as the legal battle over his upcoming book rattles on.
Bolton has written an explosive tell-all, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, which is set to be published on June 23. But the Justice Department has mounted a last-ditch attempt to block its publication.
Bolton is due on the CBS late-night talk show on Tuesday, but the Justice Department has asked that the Simon & Schuster-published book be delayed to complete further review.
Bolton has also sat down with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz for a special on Sunday night.
On last night’s show, Colbert gleefully took out his “secret” copy of the book, which he said he received last Friday. The host said that he couldn’t reveal the contents of the book as it is under embargo until next week.
Bolton has written an explosive tell-all, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, which is set to be published on June 23. But the Justice Department has mounted a last-ditch attempt to block its publication.
Bolton is due on the CBS late-night talk show on Tuesday, but the Justice Department has asked that the Simon & Schuster-published book be delayed to complete further review.
Bolton has also sat down with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz for a special on Sunday night.
On last night’s show, Colbert gleefully took out his “secret” copy of the book, which he said he received last Friday. The host said that he couldn’t reveal the contents of the book as it is under embargo until next week.
- 6/17/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Fallon slapped on his flat cap, grabbed his acoustic guitar and gave James Taylor’s homesick anthem “Carolina in My Mind” a quarantine twist on The Tonight Show Tuesday.
Fallon dubbed his parody cover “Carolina (or Anywhere Else)” and crafted a set of goofy verses about wanting to be anywhere but home — from Benihana (“Just to see a shrimp fly/Just to see some rice fry”) to the Home Depot (“I don’t need tools or house plants/Just wanna smell humans and wear pants”). The Tonight Show host...
Fallon dubbed his parody cover “Carolina (or Anywhere Else)” and crafted a set of goofy verses about wanting to be anywhere but home — from Benihana (“Just to see a shrimp fly/Just to see some rice fry”) to the Home Depot (“I don’t need tools or house plants/Just wanna smell humans and wear pants”). The Tonight Show host...
- 5/20/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Working on “Human Capital” was a reunion for Alex Wolff and Maya Hawke.
The two play love interests in the indie thriller about a horrific accident that causes two families to fracture as secrets are uncovered and threatened to be exposed.
It turns out that Wolff and Hawke went to pre-school together in New York City. They even dressed as Power Rangers together for Halloween, Wolff, 22, tells me on this week’s episode of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s weekly podcast. “I feel like Maya’s going to deny that she dressed as a Power Ranger for Halloween, and I just want to go on record, she’s lying,” Wolff cracked.
In the movie, Wolff plays a loner with anger issues. He’s very similar to the high schooler he plays in “The Cat and the Moon,” which also marked his feature film writing and directing debut.
While...
The two play love interests in the indie thriller about a horrific accident that causes two families to fracture as secrets are uncovered and threatened to be exposed.
It turns out that Wolff and Hawke went to pre-school together in New York City. They even dressed as Power Rangers together for Halloween, Wolff, 22, tells me on this week’s episode of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s weekly podcast. “I feel like Maya’s going to deny that she dressed as a Power Ranger for Halloween, and I just want to go on record, she’s lying,” Wolff cracked.
In the movie, Wolff plays a loner with anger issues. He’s very similar to the high schooler he plays in “The Cat and the Moon,” which also marked his feature film writing and directing debut.
While...
- 2/27/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
In this week’s International TV Newswire Brazil’s supreme court overturns Netflix holiday special ban, Variety catches up on Mediamétrie’s 2019 Glance Scripted Series Report, Stv acquires stake in Two Cities Television, Wildscreen revamps it’s prizes and the La Liga animation collective opens a new call to Ibero-American projects.
Brazilian Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Netflix Gay Jesus Holiday Special
Brazil’s Supreme Court president Dias Toffoli has overturned Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair’s ban from earlier this week of the Netflix Christmas special “The First Temptation of Christ,” in which Jesus is depicted as a gay man. The series has faced criticism from Brazil’s Catholic right and many conservative public figures, including President Bolsonaro’s son who tweeted that the show was “garbage.” Offices of the special’s producers Porta dos Fundos were even firebombed on the morning of Dec. 24. Supreme Court president Dias...
Brazilian Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Netflix Gay Jesus Holiday Special
Brazil’s Supreme Court president Dias Toffoli has overturned Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair’s ban from earlier this week of the Netflix Christmas special “The First Temptation of Christ,” in which Jesus is depicted as a gay man. The series has faced criticism from Brazil’s Catholic right and many conservative public figures, including President Bolsonaro’s son who tweeted that the show was “garbage.” Offices of the special’s producers Porta dos Fundos were even firebombed on the morning of Dec. 24. Supreme Court president Dias...
- 1/10/2020
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Two Cities Television, the production company behind Sky and CBS Showtime drama Patrick Melrose, has sold a 25% stake to Stv Productions, the UK production arm of Scottish broadcaster Stv.
The deal means that BBC Studios is exiting Two Cities, with Stv Productions — which recently made BBC One’s Glenda Jackson drama Elizabeth Is Missing — effectively replacing it as a minority shareholder. Stv has the option to turn its equity holding into a majority stake over the next three years.
Two Cities was founded in 2016 and is led by Michael Jackson, the former BBC One controller, Channel 4 CEO and Universal Television chairman, and former Line Of Duty and The Fall executive producer Stephen Wright. It made Benedict Cumberbatch drama Patrick Melrose in 2018 and is currently developing an adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Donald Trump book Fire and Fury in partnership with Topic Studios.
Stv Productions managing director David Mortimer said:...
The deal means that BBC Studios is exiting Two Cities, with Stv Productions — which recently made BBC One’s Glenda Jackson drama Elizabeth Is Missing — effectively replacing it as a minority shareholder. Stv has the option to turn its equity holding into a majority stake over the next three years.
Two Cities was founded in 2016 and is led by Michael Jackson, the former BBC One controller, Channel 4 CEO and Universal Television chairman, and former Line Of Duty and The Fall executive producer Stephen Wright. It made Benedict Cumberbatch drama Patrick Melrose in 2018 and is currently developing an adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Donald Trump book Fire and Fury in partnership with Topic Studios.
Stv Productions managing director David Mortimer said:...
- 1/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tourette Association of America (Taa), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (Ts) and Tic Disorder community, this week presented David Begnaud, lead national correspondent for CBS This Morning, with an award for his work in advancing the organization’s mission.
Tourette Association of America 2019 Gala honoree David Begnaud, at Capitale NYC.
Credit/Copyright: Tourette Association on Facebook
Just last year Begnaud went public with his personal story about living with Tourette and has since worked with the Taa to continue to raise awareness of the condition.
“I will make it an obligation of mine to continue to tell my story,” said Begnaud, who personally accepted the award at the Taa’s annual Gala at Capitale in the Bowery in New York City. “Telling our story prompts people to tell their own. Let’s make that our obligation to raise awareness. Tell your story. It’s so powerful.
Tourette Association of America 2019 Gala honoree David Begnaud, at Capitale NYC.
Credit/Copyright: Tourette Association on Facebook
Just last year Begnaud went public with his personal story about living with Tourette and has since worked with the Taa to continue to raise awareness of the condition.
“I will make it an obligation of mine to continue to tell my story,” said Begnaud, who personally accepted the award at the Taa’s annual Gala at Capitale in the Bowery in New York City. “Telling our story prompts people to tell their own. Let’s make that our obligation to raise awareness. Tell your story. It’s so powerful.
- 11/22/2019
- Look to the Stars
In show business, some child actors don’t make the jump, with the industry stalling their careers by adulthood.
But not Alex Wolff.
Having enjoyed early success by the time he was 10 with his brother Nat on the 2007-09 Nickelodeon mockumentary series The Naked Brothers Band, which revolved around them and their band and was created by their mom, Thirtysomething actress Polly Draper, Alex since has blossomed into a nuanced actor, sublimely disappearing into gritty parts. Take your pick: There’s Ari Aster’s Hereditary, in which he plays 16-year-old Peter, who, well, has something to do with his sister’s decapitation. At this past Tiff alone, Wolff had three film premieres: The Castle in the Ground, for which he lost 30 pounds to play an orphaned teenager who becomes addicted to opioids; playing a school news editor in the midst of the principal’s corrupt school system crisis in Bad Education...
But not Alex Wolff.
Having enjoyed early success by the time he was 10 with his brother Nat on the 2007-09 Nickelodeon mockumentary series The Naked Brothers Band, which revolved around them and their band and was created by their mom, Thirtysomething actress Polly Draper, Alex since has blossomed into a nuanced actor, sublimely disappearing into gritty parts. Take your pick: There’s Ari Aster’s Hereditary, in which he plays 16-year-old Peter, who, well, has something to do with his sister’s decapitation. At this past Tiff alone, Wolff had three film premieres: The Castle in the Ground, for which he lost 30 pounds to play an orphaned teenager who becomes addicted to opioids; playing a school news editor in the midst of the principal’s corrupt school system crisis in Bad Education...
- 10/26/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Patrick Melrose producer Two Cities Television and Spotlight producer Topic Studios have partnered to bring a drama based on the life and death of Jamal Khashoggi to the small screen.
The two companies have optioned Jonathan Rugman’s The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi, which is published this month by Simon & Schuster.
It comes a year after Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Eye In The Sky writer Guy Hibbert has come on board to adapt the book, which includes interviews with the likes of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz as well as access to the Turkish investigation.
The rights were picked up from James Carroll at Northbank Talent Management.
Two Cities Television is a BBC Studios-backed firm run by Michael Jackson, the former President of Programming at USA Entertainment, Chairman of Universal Television and President of Programming for Iac,...
The two companies have optioned Jonathan Rugman’s The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi, which is published this month by Simon & Schuster.
It comes a year after Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Eye In The Sky writer Guy Hibbert has come on board to adapt the book, which includes interviews with the likes of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz as well as access to the Turkish investigation.
The rights were picked up from James Carroll at Northbank Talent Management.
Two Cities Television is a BBC Studios-backed firm run by Michael Jackson, the former President of Programming at USA Entertainment, Chairman of Universal Television and President of Programming for Iac,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News radio host and commentator Todd Starnes has been ousted from the network, its website contract and the premium subscription service Fox Nation, the company told TheWrap on Wednesday.
He made headlines as recently as Monday for comments during his his radio program that Democrats do not believe in the Christian God and instead may worship Moloch, a pagan god often associated with child sacrifice.
Fox News on Wednesday confirmed that Starnes is no longer working at the network but did not elaborate on the reasons behind his departure. An individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap Starnes’ exit “was in the works well before Monday.”
Also Read: Fox News Host on Hillary Clinton's Grammy Cameo: Why Not Read From Juanita Broaddrick's Book?
In the place of his “Fox News & Commentary” radio program, Fox News Radio will broadcast “Fox Across America.” The opinion show will rely...
He made headlines as recently as Monday for comments during his his radio program that Democrats do not believe in the Christian God and instead may worship Moloch, a pagan god often associated with child sacrifice.
Fox News on Wednesday confirmed that Starnes is no longer working at the network but did not elaborate on the reasons behind his departure. An individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap Starnes’ exit “was in the works well before Monday.”
Also Read: Fox News Host on Hillary Clinton's Grammy Cameo: Why Not Read From Juanita Broaddrick's Book?
In the place of his “Fox News & Commentary” radio program, Fox News Radio will broadcast “Fox Across America.” The opinion show will rely...
- 10/2/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
“Cocked and Loaded” is a) the name of Andrew Dice Clay’s breakthrough 1992 tour, the one for which he wore his soon-to-be-signature huge-collared leather jacket; b) a 2006 album by the industrial metal band Revolting Cocks; c) a malaprop for the actual military phrase “lock and load”; and d) the latest Twitter fodder all but gift-wrapped by President Donald Trump for pundits, comics and pickers of low-hanging social media fruit.
Or e) all of the above. Ding ding ding.
This morning, Trump used the bizarre, probably mistaken, certainly mangled, wording in a series of tweets that attempted to explain his last-second decision to halt an air strike against Iran in retaliation for shooting down one of our drones this week.
The four-tweet string, beginning with a swipe at Barack Obama (see the tweets below), read, in part: “On Monday [Iran] shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked...
Or e) all of the above. Ding ding ding.
This morning, Trump used the bizarre, probably mistaken, certainly mangled, wording in a series of tweets that attempted to explain his last-second decision to halt an air strike against Iran in retaliation for shooting down one of our drones this week.
The four-tweet string, beginning with a swipe at Barack Obama (see the tweets below), read, in part: “On Monday [Iran] shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked...
- 6/21/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
It used to be that sitcoms in the ‘60s had all sorts of nutty “what-if” premises that required a chasm-sized suspension of disbelief from viewers. What if an astronaut kept an attractive female genie in a lamp (“I Dream of Jeannie”)? What if a witch tried to pass herself off as an average suburban housewife (“Bewitched”)? What if you mother was car (“My Mother the Car”)?
“Younger,” the brainchild of Darren Star that is based on a 2005 novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, is by no means that outlandish. The premise only slightly strains credibility as Liza Miller, a 40-year-old divorcee and mother of a teen daughter, who is desperately struggling to find a job at a book publishing house after her ex gambled away their savings and house.
Alas, most recruiters think this oldster isn’t hip enough to deal with the latest trends in social media and wouldn’t...
“Younger,” the brainchild of Darren Star that is based on a 2005 novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, is by no means that outlandish. The premise only slightly strains credibility as Liza Miller, a 40-year-old divorcee and mother of a teen daughter, who is desperately struggling to find a job at a book publishing house after her ex gambled away their savings and house.
Alas, most recruiters think this oldster isn’t hip enough to deal with the latest trends in social media and wouldn’t...
- 6/7/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Michael Wolff might be the most unreliable historian America has ever encountered, but at least he admits it. This is from the author’s note to Siege, the less-explosive sequel to his smash-hit “inside” account of the Trump presidency, Fire and Fury:
Dealing with sources in the Trump White House has continued to offer its own set of unique issues. A basic requirement of working there is, surely, the willingness to… delegitimize the truth… this has caused some of the same people who’ve undermined the public trust to become private truth-tellers…...
Dealing with sources in the Trump White House has continued to offer its own set of unique issues. A basic requirement of working there is, surely, the willingness to… delegitimize the truth… this has caused some of the same people who’ve undermined the public trust to become private truth-tellers…...
- 6/4/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen K. Bannon drinks Kombucha (who knew?), the fermented tea beverage for health fanatics that tastes like…well, if they ever invented a soft drink called Germs, that’s what Kombucha tastes like. In “The Brink,” Alison Klayman’s fly-on-the-wall, rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-a-white-nationalist documentary, Bannon explains that he likes Kombucha because it gives him a lift; he drinks it for the same reason he drinks Red Bull. At one point in the movie, he jokes that now that his Kombucha habit is going to be outed, the stock will probably drop by 50 percent. He means the stock for Kombucha, but for a moment you think he’s talking about the stock of Steve Bannon. How will it influence his image when the world learns that he craves the pause that refreshes the palettes of lefty progressives?
Bannon, as always, thinks he’s two steps ahead of us. (It’s part of his ’50s-salt-of-the-earth-meets-Goldman-Sachs-meets-The-Art-of-War élan.
Bannon, as always, thinks he’s two steps ahead of us. (It’s part of his ’50s-salt-of-the-earth-meets-Goldman-Sachs-meets-The-Art-of-War élan.
- 2/16/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Just as Trump has done more “damage to Isis than all recent presidents,” as he tweeted last week, the president has also spent more time on social media than anyone to occupy the Oval Office. Trump’s prolific Twitter presence has afforded Americans a unique look into how he processes current events. This can be exhausting, infuriating and even incriminating. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly taken the president’s feed into consideration as he investigates the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and whether Trump may have obstructed justice.
- 12/24/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: The BBC loves a spy drama from The Night Manager to London Spy and Phoebe Waller-Bridge acquisition Killing Eve. It is now working up a story about one of the most important Soviet spies of the 20th century.
The British public broadcaster is developing a drama based on David Burke’s book The Spy Who Came In From The Co-Op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage.
Produced by Patrick Melrose producer Two Cities Television and Water and Power Productions, the company behind Sky police comedy Code 404, the series is being written by Cuffs, Tiger Aspect’s BBC One police drama, and Prisoners’ Wives writer Julie Gearey. The project has received a script commission from the broadcaster.
The Spy Who Came In From The Co-Op is the story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers – seen through the experience of Norwood. The title comes...
The British public broadcaster is developing a drama based on David Burke’s book The Spy Who Came In From The Co-Op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage.
Produced by Patrick Melrose producer Two Cities Television and Water and Power Productions, the company behind Sky police comedy Code 404, the series is being written by Cuffs, Tiger Aspect’s BBC One police drama, and Prisoners’ Wives writer Julie Gearey. The project has received a script commission from the broadcaster.
The Spy Who Came In From The Co-Op is the story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers – seen through the experience of Norwood. The title comes...
- 11/30/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Colbert probed CNN’s reporting of former White House insiders telling them that since midterm elections and trip to Paris, President Donald Trump is “pissed at damn near everyone.”
Wow! Being president has really worn him down!” Colbert rued.
“Remember Inauguration Day, when he as so lighthearted and filled with joy?” he added, as Late Show began clip of Trump’s “American Carnage” inaugural address.
Another former staffer reported Trump’s behavior is now at “a level of insanity I’ve never seen before,” Colbert read, telling his audience, “Keep in mind, this White House has seen Kanye.”
Current and former Trump White House staffers are debating what has triggered outbursts with theories ranging from his fears over son Don Jr.’s legal exposure to the prospect of House Dems unleashing investigations in January.
Colbert added some of his own:
-Stock market going up and down
-Existence of stairs...
Wow! Being president has really worn him down!” Colbert rued.
“Remember Inauguration Day, when he as so lighthearted and filled with joy?” he added, as Late Show began clip of Trump’s “American Carnage” inaugural address.
Another former staffer reported Trump’s behavior is now at “a level of insanity I’ve never seen before,” Colbert read, telling his audience, “Keep in mind, this White House has seen Kanye.”
Current and former Trump White House staffers are debating what has triggered outbursts with theories ranging from his fears over son Don Jr.’s legal exposure to the prospect of House Dems unleashing investigations in January.
Colbert added some of his own:
-Stock market going up and down
-Existence of stairs...
- 11/16/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Siblings Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff star.
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has acquired international rights to the love triangle comedy Stella’s Last Weekend and worldwide rights to British rom-com Boogie Man heading into Afm
Stella’s Last Weekend (pictured) stars real-life siblings Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff in their first screen appearance together since Nickelodeon’s The Naked Brothers Band series. Paulina Singer, Nick Sandow, and Polly Draper, The Naked Brothers Band show creator and mother to the Wolff brothers, round out the cast.
Draper also wrote and directed Stella’s Last Weekend, which Stella’S Last...
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has acquired international rights to the love triangle comedy Stella’s Last Weekend and worldwide rights to British rom-com Boogie Man heading into Afm
Stella’s Last Weekend (pictured) stars real-life siblings Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff in their first screen appearance together since Nickelodeon’s The Naked Brothers Band series. Paulina Singer, Nick Sandow, and Polly Draper, The Naked Brothers Band show creator and mother to the Wolff brothers, round out the cast.
Draper also wrote and directed Stella’s Last Weekend, which Stella’S Last...
- 10/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kate McKinnon has won two Emmy Awards for her performances as various characters on “Saturday Night Live” (2016-2017), and this year she landed her fifth consecutive nomination for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. In her effort to three-peat later this month she has submitted for Emmy consideration the March 17 episode from season 43, hosted by fellow Emmy nominee Bill Hader.
In her submission, McKinnon not only plays a number of timely political characters associated with President Donald J. Trump, but also other celebrities in sketches ranging from a spoof of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” to a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of “Jurassic Park” and the sketch comedy’s famous Weekend Update.
Will McKinnon’s episode choice help her win her third straight Emmy? Let’s explore the pros and cons.
See Kate McKinnon (‘SNL’) could be fifth three-peat Emmy champ in Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Pros
McKinnon gets...
In her submission, McKinnon not only plays a number of timely political characters associated with President Donald J. Trump, but also other celebrities in sketches ranging from a spoof of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” to a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of “Jurassic Park” and the sketch comedy’s famous Weekend Update.
Will McKinnon’s episode choice help her win her third straight Emmy? Let’s explore the pros and cons.
See Kate McKinnon (‘SNL’) could be fifth three-peat Emmy champ in Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Pros
McKinnon gets...
- 9/7/2018
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
If last week you didn’t know there was such a thing as a “New Yorker Festival,” you probably do now, after former Trump Svengali and alt-right Lenin Steve Bannon was booted from the lineup. New Yorker editor David Remnick announced the un-vitation to staff Monday, after a slew of celebrities pulled out of the event in protest of Bannon’s presence, including comedians Judd Apatow and Jim Carrey.
“I don’t want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I’ve ignored their concerns,” Remnick wrote.
My first thought was,...
“I don’t want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I’ve ignored their concerns,” Remnick wrote.
My first thought was,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- 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
Donald Trump will have to dig into his vocabulary for some new Omarosa Manigault Newman names – like “best-selling author.”
Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House has hit the No. 1 spot on the Sept. 2 New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction books (print and e-books combined).
On Amazon’ Most Sold roster for nonfiction, Unhinged is at #2 for the week, just behind Rachel Hollis’ Girl, Wash Your Face, a lifestyle self-help book that’s been on the charts for 21 weeks.
Trump had tried to strike back at the highly critical Unhinged, with his campaign Donald J. Trump For President Inc. filing for arbitration against Manigault Newman for allegedly breaching a 2016 confidentiality agreement.
The book was already in stores by that time, and Gallery Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) merely doubled down on their intent not to be intimidated. The publisher said in a press statement today...
Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House has hit the No. 1 spot on the Sept. 2 New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction books (print and e-books combined).
On Amazon’ Most Sold roster for nonfiction, Unhinged is at #2 for the week, just behind Rachel Hollis’ Girl, Wash Your Face, a lifestyle self-help book that’s been on the charts for 21 weeks.
Trump had tried to strike back at the highly critical Unhinged, with his campaign Donald J. Trump For President Inc. filing for arbitration against Manigault Newman for allegedly breaching a 2016 confidentiality agreement.
The book was already in stores by that time, and Gallery Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) merely doubled down on their intent not to be intimidated. The publisher said in a press statement today...
- 8/23/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Omarosa Book Publisher Says Trump Campaign’s ‘Hollow’ Legal Threat Is an Attempt to Stifle Criticism
Washington — Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Omarosa Manigault Newman’s book, says through its attorney that a “hollow legal threat” from the Trump campaign “is nothing more than an obvious attempt to stifle legitimate criticism of the president.”
“My clients will not be intimidated by hollow legal threats and have proceeded with the publication of the book as scheduled,” wrote Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremaine, which is representing Simon & Schuster and its imprint, Gallery Books.
She was responding to a letter from attorney Charles Harder on behalf of the Trump campaign, which has taken some legal steps against Newman in the wake of the book’s publication, claiming that she is breaking a non-disclosure agreement.
Harder did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but McNamara writes that he threatened Simon & Schuster with “substantial monetary damages and punitive damages” with the book’s publication. Harder alleges that...
“My clients will not be intimidated by hollow legal threats and have proceeded with the publication of the book as scheduled,” wrote Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremaine, which is representing Simon & Schuster and its imprint, Gallery Books.
She was responding to a letter from attorney Charles Harder on behalf of the Trump campaign, which has taken some legal steps against Newman in the wake of the book’s publication, claiming that she is breaking a non-disclosure agreement.
Harder did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but McNamara writes that he threatened Simon & Schuster with “substantial monetary damages and punitive damages” with the book’s publication. Harder alleges that...
- 8/16/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Since being booted from the White House and pushed out of Breitbart, Steve Bannon has devoted his time to boosting candidates like Roy Moore and, apparently, producing a new film, Trump @ War. President Trump’s former chief strategist debuted the trailer for his forthcoming “documentary” on Axios Thursday morning.
The clip features cameos from fellow ex-campaign manager Corey Lewandowksi, ex-White House aide Sebastian Gorka, Fox News’ Pete Hegseth and ex-Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam, as well as footage of Antifa violence spliced with sound bites from Democrats like Tim Kaine,...
The clip features cameos from fellow ex-campaign manager Corey Lewandowksi, ex-White House aide Sebastian Gorka, Fox News’ Pete Hegseth and ex-Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam, as well as footage of Antifa violence spliced with sound bites from Democrats like Tim Kaine,...
- 8/16/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump had a tough TV morning.
Assuming he was getting his daily morning small-screen briefing, he may have seen the gang at Fox & Friends scolding him Wednesday for getting outplayed by Omarosa Manigault Newman after “taking the bait.”
Brian Kilmeade likened it to when Trump last fell for that strategy, back when former flatterer Michael Wolff was plugging his salacious White House intrigue book Fire And Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
This time, Trump has been played by someone he hired and fired three times, in make believe, on NBC’s The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice before hiring her, for realsies, to work in the White House.
Omarosa was fired in December by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who informed her in the Situation Room, which she secretly recorded. She also recorded Trump calling her and playing dumb about the firing and unveiled those...
Assuming he was getting his daily morning small-screen briefing, he may have seen the gang at Fox & Friends scolding him Wednesday for getting outplayed by Omarosa Manigault Newman after “taking the bait.”
Brian Kilmeade likened it to when Trump last fell for that strategy, back when former flatterer Michael Wolff was plugging his salacious White House intrigue book Fire And Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
This time, Trump has been played by someone he hired and fired three times, in make believe, on NBC’s The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice before hiring her, for realsies, to work in the White House.
Omarosa was fired in December by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who informed her in the Situation Room, which she secretly recorded. She also recorded Trump calling her and playing dumb about the firing and unveiled those...
- 8/15/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
The set of “Fox & Friends” was unhappy Wednesday with President Trump’s handling of the Omarosa situation, telling viewers that the former reality show star and fired White House staffer had outsmarted the commander-in-chief.
“In order to sell a book, [Omarosa] has come out with a series of tapes and in many ways, seems to have outsmarted the president,” co-host Brian Kilmeade said on set with evident annoyance. “[Trump] has taken the bait and gone out and tweeted directly after her.”
Kilmeade said it was a replay of Michael Wolff’s explosive White House tell-all “Fire & Fury,” which Trump promoted relentlessly by aggressively tweeting his displeasure and attempting to use legal action to stop the book’s publication.
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The message from Kilmeade carries particular weight as Trump is known to be a careful watcher of the...
“In order to sell a book, [Omarosa] has come out with a series of tapes and in many ways, seems to have outsmarted the president,” co-host Brian Kilmeade said on set with evident annoyance. “[Trump] has taken the bait and gone out and tweeted directly after her.”
Kilmeade said it was a replay of Michael Wolff’s explosive White House tell-all “Fire & Fury,” which Trump promoted relentlessly by aggressively tweeting his displeasure and attempting to use legal action to stop the book’s publication.
Also Read: 'Fox & Friends First' Accidentally Booked an Anti-Trump Democrat and It Didn't Go Well (Video)
The message from Kilmeade carries particular weight as Trump is known to be a careful watcher of the...
- 8/15/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Cannes, France — Donald Trump’s spastic reaction to Michael Wolff’s controversial best-seller “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” helped the book sell millions of copies — and for that, Wolff is truly grateful.
“Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward, and say, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump,'” said Wolff, speaking Monday at the Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity, where he was interviewed by Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chairman of ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
Wolff also said the Washington press corps is jealous of his reportage for “Fire and Fury,” which is based on the time he spent in a fly-on-the-wall capacity in the West Wing during the first tumultuous months of the Trump presidency. The gossipy, unverified and unattributed details of “Fire and Fury” — which Trump tried to block from publication with a cease-and-desist threat — have drawn skeptics questioning some of the book’s accuracy.
“Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward, and say, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump,'” said Wolff, speaking Monday at the Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity, where he was interviewed by Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chairman of ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
Wolff also said the Washington press corps is jealous of his reportage for “Fire and Fury,” which is based on the time he spent in a fly-on-the-wall capacity in the West Wing during the first tumultuous months of the Trump presidency. The gossipy, unverified and unattributed details of “Fire and Fury” — which Trump tried to block from publication with a cease-and-desist threat — have drawn skeptics questioning some of the book’s accuracy.
- 6/18/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes Lions, an event that has gathered creatives and marketers since 1954, boasts a roll call of showbiz stars, media chiefs and academics that gives it the feel of a cross of the Golden Globes, Ted Talks and Davos. But the spotlight is not on the celebrities; instead, the fest focuses on content and the cross-pollination of creativity, commerce and culture.
If you look at the names of those who are speaking at the Riviera event, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were at a Hollywood after-party rather than an event traditionally associated with the worlds of advertising and marketing. TV talking heads including Conan O’Brien, Chris Cuomo and Shaquille O’Neal mingle with such filmmakers as Tyler Perry and James Marsh, actors Kevin Costner, Thandie Newton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and music world habitués Paloma Faith, Common and Johnny Marr, formerly of the Smiths.
But to dwell on the glitzy names is a mistake,...
If you look at the names of those who are speaking at the Riviera event, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were at a Hollywood after-party rather than an event traditionally associated with the worlds of advertising and marketing. TV talking heads including Conan O’Brien, Chris Cuomo and Shaquille O’Neal mingle with such filmmakers as Tyler Perry and James Marsh, actors Kevin Costner, Thandie Newton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and music world habitués Paloma Faith, Common and Johnny Marr, formerly of the Smiths.
But to dwell on the glitzy names is a mistake,...
- 6/14/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Blum has made a fortune creeping out movie audiences with low-budget horror hits like “Paranormal Activity,” “The Purge” and most recently “Get Out,” the kind of zeitgeisty smash that comes along once a decade or so. Now, one of Hollywood’s most revolutionary producers is bringing a different kind of scary to the small screen.
Moving into television is enabling Blum to broaden his palette beyond the blood-and-gore-spattered stories that established his reputation. These days, he’s tackling an even darker subject — politics.
For Blum, nothing is more terrifying than the news out of Washington and the conservative media that has enabled Trump’s rise. “Roger Ailes scares me,” says Blum. “Steve Bannon scares me.”
In fact, Blum has limited series coming up on both controversial public figures: One, based on Gabriel Sherman’s book “The Loudest Voice in the Room,” about the fallen Fox News chief, will air on Showtime,...
Moving into television is enabling Blum to broaden his palette beyond the blood-and-gore-spattered stories that established his reputation. These days, he’s tackling an even darker subject — politics.
For Blum, nothing is more terrifying than the news out of Washington and the conservative media that has enabled Trump’s rise. “Roger Ailes scares me,” says Blum. “Steve Bannon scares me.”
In fact, Blum has limited series coming up on both controversial public figures: One, based on Gabriel Sherman’s book “The Loudest Voice in the Room,” about the fallen Fox News chief, will air on Showtime,...
- 6/12/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“SNL” Season 43 brought back fan-favorite Alec Baldwin to play Donald Trump, and added a bunch of surprise star gusts to episodes as other members of his administration. But “Saturday Night Live” hasn’t just been great at the politics — there are have been a lot of hilarious parodies, send-ups and downright weird sketches along the way as well. Here are the best sketches of the season so far.
20. The Day You Were Born
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Amy Schumer plays a mom telling her fictional son the saccharine story about the day he was born — but flashbacks to the actual day so how horrific it really was. The sketch honors moms by hilariously showing just how tough they have it. Watch the sketch here.
19. Sitcom Reboot
John Mulaney plays the showrunner of an ’80s sitcom that gets a second life thanks to Hollywood’s hunger for reboots. Trouble is,...
20. The Day You Were Born
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Amy Schumer plays a mom telling her fictional son the saccharine story about the day he was born — but flashbacks to the actual day so how horrific it really was. The sketch honors moms by hilariously showing just how tough they have it. Watch the sketch here.
19. Sitcom Reboot
John Mulaney plays the showrunner of an ’80s sitcom that gets a second life thanks to Hollywood’s hunger for reboots. Trouble is,...
- 5/21/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Tina Fey revived her Sarah Palin impersonation for a Saturday Night Live musical number that reunited some of Season 43's Trump White House characters.
"Here's a refresher: I was the first female on a Republican presidential ticket and now I get paid to tweet for Bass Pro Shops," Fey's Palin, one of SNL's most savage political impersonations, said. "Take it from me, politics is a wild ride. One minute you're on top and then you're gone in the blink of a Scaramucci."
In addition to Fey's former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate,...
"Here's a refresher: I was the first female on a Republican presidential ticket and now I get paid to tweet for Bass Pro Shops," Fey's Palin, one of SNL's most savage political impersonations, said. "Take it from me, politics is a wild ride. One minute you're on top and then you're gone in the blink of a Scaramucci."
In addition to Fey's former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate,...
- 5/20/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Tina Fey hosted last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, and in doing so, she brought back her iconic portrayal of Sarah Palin. In a sketch last night, Fey's Palin sang 'What I Did For Love' from A Chorus Line, alongside Sarah Huckabee Sanders Aidy Bryant, Kellyanne Conway Kate McKinnon, Michael Wolff Fred Armisen, Stormy Daniels Cecily Strong, Rex Tillerson John Goodman and Omarosa Manigault Leslie Jones.
- 5/20/2018
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Despite a valiant effort from returning host Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live‘s 43rd season went out with (mostly) a whimper.
Following a lackluster (and dated!) Sopranos-themed cold open, SNL rebounded with Fey’s star-studded monologue, which featured cameos by Jerry Seinfeld, Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Donald Glover, Chris Rock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Fred Armisen and Tracy Morgan. The sharp, resonant bit poked fun at the show’s preference for using big-name guest stars instead of its own cast members.
Weirdly, the underwhelming episode picked up steam in the last half-hour…
Best: Sarah Palin Advice
Fey reprised her role as the former VP candidate,...
Following a lackluster (and dated!) Sopranos-themed cold open, SNL rebounded with Fey’s star-studded monologue, which featured cameos by Jerry Seinfeld, Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Donald Glover, Chris Rock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Fred Armisen and Tracy Morgan. The sharp, resonant bit poked fun at the show’s preference for using big-name guest stars instead of its own cast members.
Weirdly, the underwhelming episode picked up steam in the last half-hour…
Best: Sarah Palin Advice
Fey reprised her role as the former VP candidate,...
- 5/20/2018
- TVLine.com
Tina Fey brought back one of the audience’s favorite characters from her days on “SNL” – former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
During her turn as host of the Season 43 finale, Fey’s Palin turned up in the Oval Office, taking the opportunity to warn former and current figures in Donald Trump’s White House that fame can be fleeting.
“It’s me, the ghost of Sarah Palin,” Fey’s Palin said. “No, I’m just kidding, but you had to think about it, didn’t you? Here’s a refresher: I was the first female on a Republican presidential ticket, and now I get paid to tweet for Bass Pro Shop.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Baldwin's Trump Celebrates the Anniversary of the Mueller Investigation with a 'Sopranos' Parody (Video)
Palin went on to warn the members of the Trump administration that political fame can be fleeting.
You can watch...
During her turn as host of the Season 43 finale, Fey’s Palin turned up in the Oval Office, taking the opportunity to warn former and current figures in Donald Trump’s White House that fame can be fleeting.
“It’s me, the ghost of Sarah Palin,” Fey’s Palin said. “No, I’m just kidding, but you had to think about it, didn’t you? Here’s a refresher: I was the first female on a Republican presidential ticket, and now I get paid to tweet for Bass Pro Shop.”
Also Read: 'SNL': Baldwin's Trump Celebrates the Anniversary of the Mueller Investigation with a 'Sopranos' Parody (Video)
Palin went on to warn the members of the Trump administration that political fame can be fleeting.
You can watch...
- 5/20/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
It might be jinxing it to say that it’s hard to imagine any bigger Donald Trump-related story breaking this week than the one that developed on Tuesday and Wednesday — in which it was revealed that Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen had been using the shell company he set up to pay off Stormy Daniels to take “consulting” payments from major corporations that are seeking access to the Trump administration. And like pretty much everybody else at this point, Stephen Colbert had a hard time comprehending the whole thing when he discussed the situation in his “Late Show” monologue on Wednesday night.
After recapping the basics of the whole deal, in which the story broke when Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, tweeted late Tuesday night that Cohen had accepted a $500,00 payment from a rich Russian guy who has close ties to Putin, Colbert went in on the rest of the story as it developed on Wednesday.
“Avenatti also claims that Cohen received payments from At&T totaling $200,000 while their merger with Time Warner was pending before the Trump justice department. Now, that’s a huge accusation, and you obviously cannot say anything like that without backing it up with something — like At&T admitting that they did it,” Colbert said.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Can't Wrap His Head Around Trump and Michael Cohen's 'World of Corrupt Influence Peddling' (Video)
“Okay, okay, they did it. They did it. that’s on record. But they explained they had a good reason. ‘Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration.’ You paid for insights into this administration? He’s a horny old racist who likes cheeseburgers more than his children. $200,000, please!”
And, as we all know by now, the hits didn’t stop with At&T.
“Cohen also got a boatload of dinero from global pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Side effects of taking money from Novartis may include a headache, nausea, and extended jail time. This payment was also confirmed by an official from Novartis who said, ‘With a new administration coming in, Cohen promised access.’ So they paid $1.2 million for access to the same administration that let Michael Wolff just sit around writing down everything he saw? No wonder drugs cost so much,” Colbert quipped.
Also Read: Kimmel Compares Trump to the Ebola Virus After Trump Complains About Negative News Coverage
“And these monies were paid in small increments. It wasn’t one big check for $1.2 million, or one big check for $400,000 or $200,000. They were little increments so as not to trigger mandatory federal disclosure requirements. The payments were — what’s the word I’m looking for? Bite-size? Fun-size? Crime-size! They were crime-size, just little bits of money at a time. Because the whole thing was supposed to be under the radar. So, in the words of one person close to the matter, ‘How the f— did Avenatti find out? That’s a good question. hat’s a good question. Well, given who he’s representing, I’m gonna say Avenatti started with the ‘f— ‘ and worked backwards.”
You can watch this portion of Colbert’s monologue from Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
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After recapping the basics of the whole deal, in which the story broke when Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, tweeted late Tuesday night that Cohen had accepted a $500,00 payment from a rich Russian guy who has close ties to Putin, Colbert went in on the rest of the story as it developed on Wednesday.
“Avenatti also claims that Cohen received payments from At&T totaling $200,000 while their merger with Time Warner was pending before the Trump justice department. Now, that’s a huge accusation, and you obviously cannot say anything like that without backing it up with something — like At&T admitting that they did it,” Colbert said.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Can't Wrap His Head Around Trump and Michael Cohen's 'World of Corrupt Influence Peddling' (Video)
“Okay, okay, they did it. They did it. that’s on record. But they explained they had a good reason. ‘Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration.’ You paid for insights into this administration? He’s a horny old racist who likes cheeseburgers more than his children. $200,000, please!”
And, as we all know by now, the hits didn’t stop with At&T.
“Cohen also got a boatload of dinero from global pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Side effects of taking money from Novartis may include a headache, nausea, and extended jail time. This payment was also confirmed by an official from Novartis who said, ‘With a new administration coming in, Cohen promised access.’ So they paid $1.2 million for access to the same administration that let Michael Wolff just sit around writing down everything he saw? No wonder drugs cost so much,” Colbert quipped.
Also Read: Kimmel Compares Trump to the Ebola Virus After Trump Complains About Negative News Coverage
“And these monies were paid in small increments. It wasn’t one big check for $1.2 million, or one big check for $400,000 or $200,000. They were little increments so as not to trigger mandatory federal disclosure requirements. The payments were — what’s the word I’m looking for? Bite-size? Fun-size? Crime-size! They were crime-size, just little bits of money at a time. Because the whole thing was supposed to be under the radar. So, in the words of one person close to the matter, ‘How the f— did Avenatti find out? That’s a good question. hat’s a good question. Well, given who he’s representing, I’m gonna say Avenatti started with the ‘f— ‘ and worked backwards.”
You can watch this portion of Colbert’s monologue from Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
Read original story Colbert Calls Trump a ‘Horny Old Racist Who Likes Cheeseburgers More Than His Children’ (Video) At TheWrap...
- 5/10/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Former FBI director James Comey’s new book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership is proving to be a bonafide publishing juggernaut. The book sold 600,000 in its first week, triple the early sales of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. Last week, Amazon ran out of stock on the book, sources said. Bolstered by a barnstorming tour by Comey, the book launched with an 850,000 copy print run, and Flatiron has gone back to the presses. There are more than 1 million copies in print, and they’ll burn through that by next week, making this a faster seller than either Trump-critical political books Fire and Fury and Hillary Clinton’s What Happened.
- 4/24/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Reviewers who wish to post a review on former FBI director James Comey’s new book, A Higher Loyalty, may have to find a venue other than Amazon.com.
Only “verified buyers” of the book via Amazon are allowed to post, and some online chatter suggests that low ratings of the book will not make it onto the site. The restrictions apply to print and Kindle book editions.
Those who try to post a review and didn’t buy the book through Amazon receive an error message: “Sorry, we are not able to accept your review of this product.”
So far, the Comey book is getting raves on Amazon, with 4.7 out of 5 stars based on more than 300 reviews.
Amazon has done similar restrictions in the past, notably with Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury account of the Trump White House, and on Hillary Clinton’s What Happened.
Still, some would-be reviewers...
Only “verified buyers” of the book via Amazon are allowed to post, and some online chatter suggests that low ratings of the book will not make it onto the site. The restrictions apply to print and Kindle book editions.
Those who try to post a review and didn’t buy the book through Amazon receive an error message: “Sorry, we are not able to accept your review of this product.”
So far, the Comey book is getting raves on Amazon, with 4.7 out of 5 stars based on more than 300 reviews.
Amazon has done similar restrictions in the past, notably with Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury account of the Trump White House, and on Hillary Clinton’s What Happened.
Still, some would-be reviewers...
- 4/21/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“SNL” continues to fire away at American politics and culture in Season 43, with no shortage of ammunition coming from Donald Trump and the rest of the White House staff.
This week marks the return of “Saturday Night Live” after a three-week break, with “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman hosting the episode, and Cardi B serving as musical guest.
Former “SNL” alumnus Bill Hader hosted the last new episode of “SNL” before the break, with indie rock band Arcade Fire filling the role of musical guest. The episode also featured guest appearances by John Goodman as former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and “SNL” alumnus Fred Armisen, playing “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff.
Also Read: 'SNL' Auditions Just About Every '90s Star for 'Jurassic Park' (Video)
Prior to Hader, “This is Us” actor Sterling K. Brown hosted, fresh off his Prime-Time Emmy win for his turn on the hit show and a role in “Black Panther,” with singer-songwriter James Bay as musical guest. Before that, basketball great Charles Barkley served as host, with musical guest Migos. That episode also saw Alec Baldwin reprising his role as Trump, which is only the second time in 2018 he’s played the role.
Natalie Portman played host for the first “SNL” episode to air following the hiatus for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, with musical guest Dua Lipa, on Feb. 3. Before Portman’s episode, which was her second turn as host, it had been a while since she was on the show — her last hosting turn was in 2006, and made a cameo on the show in 2012.
Portman’s episode marked the first time in 2018 that Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Donald Trump. He appeared in the episode’s cold open, in which Trump called into a parody version of Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” a show the real president seems to watch pretty consistently.
Also Read: 'SNL': John Goodman's Rex Tillerson Lashes Out Over Being Fired, Yells 'Trump Is a Moron'
Riffing on a gag from her 2006 hosting turn, Portman also took part in a “Star Wars”-infused rap in her latest episode.
Before Portman’s episode, another host returned to the show after a long hiatus — “SNL” alumnus Will Ferrell, who left the show way back in 2002. His Jan. 27 episode marked Ferrell’s fourth turn as host for the show in the last 16 years, and his first return to lead the show since 2012. Singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton took on the role of musical guest, ahead of his appearance Sunday playing at 2018 Grammy Awards.
Read original story ‘SNL': Is There a New Episode Airing This Week? At TheWrap...
This week marks the return of “Saturday Night Live” after a three-week break, with “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman hosting the episode, and Cardi B serving as musical guest.
Former “SNL” alumnus Bill Hader hosted the last new episode of “SNL” before the break, with indie rock band Arcade Fire filling the role of musical guest. The episode also featured guest appearances by John Goodman as former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and “SNL” alumnus Fred Armisen, playing “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff.
Also Read: 'SNL' Auditions Just About Every '90s Star for 'Jurassic Park' (Video)
Prior to Hader, “This is Us” actor Sterling K. Brown hosted, fresh off his Prime-Time Emmy win for his turn on the hit show and a role in “Black Panther,” with singer-songwriter James Bay as musical guest. Before that, basketball great Charles Barkley served as host, with musical guest Migos. That episode also saw Alec Baldwin reprising his role as Trump, which is only the second time in 2018 he’s played the role.
Natalie Portman played host for the first “SNL” episode to air following the hiatus for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, with musical guest Dua Lipa, on Feb. 3. Before Portman’s episode, which was her second turn as host, it had been a while since she was on the show — her last hosting turn was in 2006, and made a cameo on the show in 2012.
Portman’s episode marked the first time in 2018 that Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Donald Trump. He appeared in the episode’s cold open, in which Trump called into a parody version of Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” a show the real president seems to watch pretty consistently.
Also Read: 'SNL': John Goodman's Rex Tillerson Lashes Out Over Being Fired, Yells 'Trump Is a Moron'
Riffing on a gag from her 2006 hosting turn, Portman also took part in a “Star Wars”-infused rap in her latest episode.
Before Portman’s episode, another host returned to the show after a long hiatus — “SNL” alumnus Will Ferrell, who left the show way back in 2002. His Jan. 27 episode marked Ferrell’s fourth turn as host for the show in the last 16 years, and his first return to lead the show since 2012. Singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton took on the role of musical guest, ahead of his appearance Sunday playing at 2018 Grammy Awards.
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- 4/7/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
The demonstrators outside the Wme offices Monday provided a reminder that the role of the talent agency is undergoing a radical change – one that is reverberating on varied fronts.
In part, the demonstrators’ presence is a response to the budding relationship between Ari Emanuel and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These ties could result in a Saudi investment of $400 million in the talent emporium — a move with both financial and political ramifications. Emanuel, however, is not shy about politics: Last week, Endeavor Content, a new arm of the agency, emerged as the production entity for a project based on Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s ferocious book about Donald Trump. Endeavor is not just agenting the show; having acquired TV and film rights, it is effectively producing it and has signed Jay Roach, a client, to direct it. Roach directed Game Change, which is a good title for this business arrangement,...
In part, the demonstrators’ presence is a response to the budding relationship between Ari Emanuel and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These ties could result in a Saudi investment of $400 million in the talent emporium — a move with both financial and political ramifications. Emanuel, however, is not shy about politics: Last week, Endeavor Content, a new arm of the agency, emerged as the production entity for a project based on Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s ferocious book about Donald Trump. Endeavor is not just agenting the show; having acquired TV and film rights, it is effectively producing it and has signed Jay Roach, a client, to direct it. Roach directed Game Change, which is a good title for this business arrangement,...
- 4/3/2018
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Ronald Kessler -- who wrote his own book about the Trump administration -- says diversity isn't an issue in the White House ... just take a look at Ben Carson. We got the author of the forthcoming publication "The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game" in D.C. Sunday, where we asked what he thought of 45's Spring interns ... who are by and large white, save for a few folks of color. Kessler...
- 4/1/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In these tumultuous times, something like Michael Wolff’s incendiary, detailed account of the chaos in Trump’s administration, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” was sure to light up the news cycle, and it went off like a megaton bomb. Wolff, who recently said he’s barely a journalist, that his job has “nothing to do with truth” (jfc), essentially pitched a fake misleading, supposedly flattering book to the White House, and in doing so, gained unprecedented access to Trump, the senior staff, and all the surrounding bedlam.
- 3/29/2018
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Jay Roach Will Direct the Fire and Fury TV Series
Jay Roach has been chosen to direct Fire and Fury, the book-to-film adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Roach previously directed: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Meet the Parents, Borat, Brüno, Game Change, and Mark Felt: The Man Who [...]
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Jay Roach has been chosen to direct Fire and Fury, the book-to-film adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Roach previously directed: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Meet the Parents, Borat, Brüno, Game Change, and Mark Felt: The Man Who [...]
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- 3/29/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The HBO adaptation of Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff‘s best-selling book about the utter chaos and ineptitude inherent within the Trump White House, has found its director. Jay Roach, who helmed HBO’s political drama Game Change, has been tasked with turning Wolff’s book into a TV series. The troubled beginnings of the Trump administration are apparently too detailed […]
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- 3/28/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
The TV adaptation of Michael Wolff’s bestselling “Fire and Fury” has found its director. Jay Roach, who has tackled politics in previous projects like “Game Change,” “Trumbo,” and “Recount,” has signed on to adapt the series from Endeavor Content. The director had recently signed on to another installment of the “Game Change” franchise at HBO, this time a miniseries based on an upcoming book about the 2016 presidential election from from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. However, that project was dropped last October following sexual misconduct allegations against Halperin. Also Read: Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' Book About Trump White House to Be...
- 3/28/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The television adaptation of Michael Wolff's best-selling book <em>Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House </em>has landed a high-profile director.
Jay Roach, who won an Emmy for <em>Game Change</em>, HBO's dramatization of the 2008 presidential election,<em> </em>has signed on to direct the planned TV series. A network has yet to be attached to the drama.
Endeavor Content — the financing and sales arm formed in October between sister companies William Morris Endeavor and Img — purchased film and television rights to Wolff's controversial chart-topping book in January in a deal said to be in the seven-figure range....
Jay Roach, who won an Emmy for <em>Game Change</em>, HBO's dramatization of the 2008 presidential election,<em> </em>has signed on to direct the planned TV series. A network has yet to be attached to the drama.
Endeavor Content — the financing and sales arm formed in October between sister companies William Morris Endeavor and Img — purchased film and television rights to Wolff's controversial chart-topping book in January in a deal said to be in the seven-figure range....
- 3/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Simpsons team is at it again, lampooning one of their favorite targets – President Donald Trump. In the just-released A Tale of Two Trumps, the Commander-in-Chief ponders some of his life choices. Exiting staffers, Vladimir Putin, and author Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury all make an appearance in the piece, which was released today. Submitted for your approval: Melania Trump reading Fire and Fury; White House staff leaving via the “Recently Fired Key Personnel Exit”…...
- 3/24/2018
- Deadline TV
“Saturday Night Live” brought some real star power to this week’s cold open, with John Goodman lending his formidable gravitas to his portrayal of recently fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, “SNL” alum Fred Armisen as Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff, and the night’s host — and fellow former “SNL” star — Bill Hader reprising his amazing impression of Anthony “the...
- 3/18/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Each episode of Saturday Night Live is its own beast, complete with its own rhythms. There's zero predictability about what will unfold, which is precisely of the point of its inherent architecture. On paper, having Bill Hader return to Studio 8H to host should have been a slam dunk. Instead, what unfolded was a curiously stilted affair in which actual live content seemed few and far between.
For someone who used to dominate the show when on, Hader often faded into the background this week. Part of that had to...
For someone who used to dominate the show when on, Hader often faded into the background this week. Part of that had to...
- 3/18/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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