Ady Barkan, an attorney and influential activist who used his years-long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to advance healthcare rights, has died. He was 39.
His wife, Rachael Scarborough King, shared the news on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday that Barkan “died from complications of Als.”
“You probably knew Ady as a healthcare activist. But more importantly he was a wonderful dad and my life partner for 18 years,” she wrote in a statement. “Ady fought for the 24/7 care he needed to be home with us until the end of his life. It’s impossible to thank his incredible caregivers enough for their labor and care, which allowed us to live as a family through Ady’s health challenges. Everyone should have that chance.
Her statement continued, “Thank you to everyone who has supported Ady and our family over the years—from the amazing caregivers who became family to us to the activists...
His wife, Rachael Scarborough King, shared the news on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday that Barkan “died from complications of Als.”
“You probably knew Ady as a healthcare activist. But more importantly he was a wonderful dad and my life partner for 18 years,” she wrote in a statement. “Ady fought for the 24/7 care he needed to be home with us until the end of his life. It’s impossible to thank his incredible caregivers enough for their labor and care, which allowed us to live as a family through Ady’s health challenges. Everyone should have that chance.
Her statement continued, “Thank you to everyone who has supported Ady and our family over the years—from the amazing caregivers who became family to us to the activists...
- 11/2/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As President Joe Biden, the January 6th Committee and a number of longtime conservatives sound the alarm over the threat to American democracy, the latest Frontline, debuting on Tuesday on PBS, examines the warning signs.
The two-hour season premiere, Lies, Politics and Democracy, digs into Donald Trump’s influence and grip over the Republican party. The focus isn’t so much on the former president as it is the decisions that GOP leaders made that enabled his rise to power.
The documentary offers a timeline of acquiescence, from the 2016 primary season to the present day, as so many in the party have aligned with Trump and his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen. A reminder of how much Trump shattered norms comes at the start of the film, with clips of presidential election concession speeches going back to the 1930s, the obvious exception being the last occupant of the White House.
The two-hour season premiere, Lies, Politics and Democracy, digs into Donald Trump’s influence and grip over the Republican party. The focus isn’t so much on the former president as it is the decisions that GOP leaders made that enabled his rise to power.
The documentary offers a timeline of acquiescence, from the 2016 primary season to the present day, as so many in the party have aligned with Trump and his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen. A reminder of how much Trump shattered norms comes at the start of the film, with clips of presidential election concession speeches going back to the 1930s, the obvious exception being the last occupant of the White House.
- 9/5/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, lost a race for mayor of Fountain Hills on Wednesday. Arpaio’s defeat at the hands of two-term incumbent Ginny Dickey marks the fourth consecutive loss at the polls for the Trump-loving 90-year-old, dating back to his ouster as sheriff of the state’s most populous county in 2016, in part due to his abusive immigration tactics that have resulted in at least 100 million in taxpayer-funded legal bills.
Arpaio has yet to concede the race, though, and may pursue a legal challenge,...
Arpaio has yet to concede the race, though, and may pursue a legal challenge,...
- 8/11/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Not Going Quietly, the award-winning documentary about progressive activist Ady Barkan and his battle with Als, will begin streaming on Hulu this Friday.
Nicholas Bruckman directed the film, which won the audience award and a special jury award at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, earned three IDA Awards nominations, and honors for Barkan at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors Awards. Not Going Quietly was released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment last August and later aired as part of the PBS series Pov before it was acquired by Hulu.
Barkan was diagnosed with Als, the progressive neurodegenerative disease, at the age of 32. He hasn’t let his declining physical condition deter him from making an impact on national politics, becoming, as Politico described him, “the most powerful activist in America.”
He fought for passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, which made it through the...
Nicholas Bruckman directed the film, which won the audience award and a special jury award at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, earned three IDA Awards nominations, and honors for Barkan at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors Awards. Not Going Quietly was released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment last August and later aired as part of the PBS series Pov before it was acquired by Hulu.
Barkan was diagnosed with Als, the progressive neurodegenerative disease, at the age of 32. He hasn’t let his declining physical condition deter him from making an impact on national politics, becoming, as Politico described him, “the most powerful activist in America.”
He fought for passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, which made it through the...
- 5/12/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary follows Barkan, who has motor neurone disease, as he campaigns for better public healthcare in the US
This is a touching if a tad treacly portrait of Ady Barkan, an inspiring American activist who has the terminal neurodegenerative disease Als (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Aka motor neurone disease). Filmed over several years and directed by Nicholas Bruckman, it starts with Barkan, originally a lawyer, already well into his career as a protester and campaigner, particularly on issues that affect people on low incomes. When first met he seems like a loving family man, devoted to his wife Rachael, an academic, and their adorable baby son Carl. But then he’s diagnosed with Als, and naturally everything changes. The film includes a tearful, wrenching clip he shot himself in the middle of the night after he found out and couldn’t sleep for worry. His health seems to deteriorate quickly – though...
This is a touching if a tad treacly portrait of Ady Barkan, an inspiring American activist who has the terminal neurodegenerative disease Als (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Aka motor neurone disease). Filmed over several years and directed by Nicholas Bruckman, it starts with Barkan, originally a lawyer, already well into his career as a protester and campaigner, particularly on issues that affect people on low incomes. When first met he seems like a loving family man, devoted to his wife Rachael, an academic, and their adorable baby son Carl. But then he’s diagnosed with Als, and naturally everything changes. The film includes a tearful, wrenching clip he shot himself in the middle of the night after he found out and couldn’t sleep for worry. His health seems to deteriorate quickly – though...
- 3/14/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
TikTok, the omnipresent video-based social-media app that launched five years ago, has always seemed a less serious, more frivolously youthquakey destination than a number of other online networking services — most obviously Facebook. Yet as Shalini Kantayya’s sprightly, informative documentary “TikTok, Boom.” makes clear, there are more levels to the TikTok phenomenon than there are to almost any other blockbuster app.
There are the countless people who consume it: the kids from all over the world who get addicted to watching the up-to-three-minute-long videos as if they were popping Sour Patch Kids. There are the people who are on it: the makers of those videos, who could be just about anyone and might be doing it just for kicks, though what a lot of them want to be, if they can go viral enough, are influencers — the elite echelon of TikTok stars who have made themselves over into brands, based...
There are the countless people who consume it: the kids from all over the world who get addicted to watching the up-to-three-minute-long videos as if they were popping Sour Patch Kids. There are the people who are on it: the makers of those videos, who could be just about anyone and might be doing it just for kicks, though what a lot of them want to be, if they can go viral enough, are influencers — the elite echelon of TikTok stars who have made themselves over into brands, based...
- 2/5/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
tephen Hayes, the conservative political analyst who raised eyebrows in November when he took to The New York Times to announce his breaking ties with Fox News Channel as a longtime contributor, is taking up with NBC News in advance of the midterm elections.
Hayes is expected to appear regularly across all NBC News properties, including TV shows like “Today,” “Meet The Press” and the streaming outlet NBC News Now. His first appearance under his new contributor deal with the NBCUniversal news division is expected to take place this Sunday on “Meet The Press.”
Hayes is a founder of “The Dispatch,” a digital publication that espouses a center-right point of view. Hayes, a longtime habitue of Washington media circles, was previously editor in chief of “The Weekly Standard,” now defunct. In November, he and his colleague, Jonah Goldberg, took to the “Media Equation” column of The New York Times to...
Hayes is expected to appear regularly across all NBC News properties, including TV shows like “Today,” “Meet The Press” and the streaming outlet NBC News Now. His first appearance under his new contributor deal with the NBCUniversal news division is expected to take place this Sunday on “Meet The Press.”
Hayes is a founder of “The Dispatch,” a digital publication that espouses a center-right point of view. Hayes, a longtime habitue of Washington media circles, was previously editor in chief of “The Weekly Standard,” now defunct. In November, he and his colleague, Jonah Goldberg, took to the “Media Equation” column of The New York Times to...
- 1/28/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Each day progressive activist Ady Barkan, who is battling the debilitating and incurable disease Als, faces a difficult reality: “I got a lot to say and not a lot of time left to say it in.”
Barkan, 37, makes that observation in Not Going Quietly, the new documentary about his life and work that opens today in theaters in New York and L.A. The film follows Barkan on what, under the circumstances, is an almost super-human task—a cross country tour in 2018 aiming to flip the House from Republican to Democratic control, and to spotlight Republican attempts to gut medical coverage for those who need it most.
The grueling trek of 30 Congressional districts threatened to worsen his health, but Barkan insists in the film, “Movement building is invigorating for me. It allows me to transcend my body and be part of something bigger than myself.”
The Greenwich Entertainment release, written...
Barkan, 37, makes that observation in Not Going Quietly, the new documentary about his life and work that opens today in theaters in New York and L.A. The film follows Barkan on what, under the circumstances, is an almost super-human task—a cross country tour in 2018 aiming to flip the House from Republican to Democratic control, and to spotlight Republican attempts to gut medical coverage for those who need it most.
The grueling trek of 30 Congressional districts threatened to worsen his health, but Barkan insists in the film, “Movement building is invigorating for me. It allows me to transcend my body and be part of something bigger than myself.”
The Greenwich Entertainment release, written...
- 8/13/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A tireless advocate for progressive social justice causes, attorney Ady Barkan got diagnosed with terminal Als in 2016. It was only a matter of time that the regular motor functions and vocal abilities of the energetic Santa Barbara resident — an adoring husband to his wife Rachael and the brand-new father of baby Carl — would begin to deteriorate. The 32-year-old Barkan obviously knew that he was dying, with only a handful of years left to live based on his doctors’ estimations. But in Nicholas Bruckman’s compassionate “Not Going Quietly,” a clearsighted and traditionally inspirational documentary portrait of Barkan’s rise to prominence in the healthcare debate, Barkan rightfully indicates that dealing with insurance then was far worse than this harrowing awareness. Simply put, he needed a breathing machine to stay alive, but his insurance company refused to pay for it, flagging the device as “experimental.”
Shortly after, Barkan and his family...
Shortly after, Barkan and his family...
- 8/12/2021
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
The feel good political activist doc “Not Going Quietly” is often as square, impassioned and charming as its subject: Ady Barkan, a person with Als and a Medicare for All advocate whose speeches and ambush-style interviews have put essential pressure on otherwise apathetic politicians.
The makers of “Not Going Quietly” are up front and incisive about Barkan’s down-to-earth character, acknowledging not only his superhuman stamina but also his political savviness and overwhelming love for his family. This is the kind of character study/rallying-the-troops advocacy doc that’s often held back by filmmakers who just don’t have the footage they need to convince uninitiated (and probably skeptical) viewers that a star activist is also real enough, both on- and off-stage. Thankfully, writer-director Nicholas Bruckman and co-writer–producer Amanda Roddy found and assembled enough human moments to give Barkan a fitting tribute.
For starters, Bruckman and Roddy don’t...
The makers of “Not Going Quietly” are up front and incisive about Barkan’s down-to-earth character, acknowledging not only his superhuman stamina but also his political savviness and overwhelming love for his family. This is the kind of character study/rallying-the-troops advocacy doc that’s often held back by filmmakers who just don’t have the footage they need to convince uninitiated (and probably skeptical) viewers that a star activist is also real enough, both on- and off-stage. Thankfully, writer-director Nicholas Bruckman and co-writer–producer Amanda Roddy found and assembled enough human moments to give Barkan a fitting tribute.
For starters, Bruckman and Roddy don’t...
- 8/11/2021
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Not Going Quietly Greenwich Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Nicholas Bruckman Writer: Nicholas Bruckman, Amanda Roddy Cast: Ady Barkan, Tracey Corder, Elizabeth Jaff, Rachael King, Ana Maria Archila, Nate Smith, Jeff Flake, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 7/10/21 […]
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- 8/8/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
A new documentary, Not Going Quietly, highlights the work of activist Ady Barkan, who has fought to improve the U.S. healthcare system since being diagnosed with Als.
After receiving his diagnosis shortly after the birth of his son in 2016, Barkan was almost immediately confronted with the debilitatingly high costs of private health insurance in the United States. “The knowledge that I was dying was terrible, but dealing with my insurance company was even worse,” Barkan says in the film’s trailer via a speech-generating device. “I wanted to spend...
After receiving his diagnosis shortly after the birth of his son in 2016, Barkan was almost immediately confronted with the debilitatingly high costs of private health insurance in the United States. “The knowledge that I was dying was terrible, but dealing with my insurance company was even worse,” Barkan says in the film’s trailer via a speech-generating device. “I wanted to spend...
- 7/29/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Deja Foxx was unpacking her dorm room at Columbia University when she got a Dm from Meena Harris. Vice President Kamala Harris's niece was looking for someone to join her aunt's presidential campaign on the digital team. She sent Deja a job description, and the then-19-year-old started brainstorming some friends that would fit the role.
"'Oh, I have some friends that just graduated. Let me send you some recommendations. I know some people that would be a good fit,'" Deja recalled during a conversation with Popsugar for Instagram's Creator Week. "And [Meena] stopped me and said, 'I think you would be a good fit. Have you considered it?' And I said, 'I'm packing my dorm up. I'm repacking. Don't even worry. I'm on my way.'"
Fearless. The word sums up Deja's decision to dive headfirst into a new political role, and, funnily enough, it's also...
"'Oh, I have some friends that just graduated. Let me send you some recommendations. I know some people that would be a good fit,'" Deja recalled during a conversation with Popsugar for Instagram's Creator Week. "And [Meena] stopped me and said, 'I think you would be a good fit. Have you considered it?' And I said, 'I'm packing my dorm up. I'm repacking. Don't even worry. I'm on my way.'"
Fearless. The word sums up Deja's decision to dive headfirst into a new political role, and, funnily enough, it's also...
- 6/24/2021
- by Karenna Meredith
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Nicholas Bruckman’s Not Going Quietly, with plans to release the film in theaters on August 13.
The documentary, which won the Audience Award and Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action at SXSW, offers an intimate and inspiring look at the life of political activist Ady Barkan.
“If you didn’t already know that Ady Barkan is an incredible badass who has overcome every possible obstacle to transform our democracy for the better, soon you will thanks to Greenwich Entertainment,” said director Nicholas Bruckman in a statement. “We’re beyond excited to be working with the passionate team at Greenwich on the release of Not Going Quietly, and to share Ady’s story nationwide at this profound and hopeful moment for our country.”
A progressive hero and loving father, Barkan was diagnosed with Als at age 32. In spite of his declining physical abilities,...
The documentary, which won the Audience Award and Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action at SXSW, offers an intimate and inspiring look at the life of political activist Ady Barkan.
“If you didn’t already know that Ady Barkan is an incredible badass who has overcome every possible obstacle to transform our democracy for the better, soon you will thanks to Greenwich Entertainment,” said director Nicholas Bruckman in a statement. “We’re beyond excited to be working with the passionate team at Greenwich on the release of Not Going Quietly, and to share Ady’s story nationwide at this profound and hopeful moment for our country.”
A progressive hero and loving father, Barkan was diagnosed with Als at age 32. In spite of his declining physical abilities,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ady Barkan was already dying of Als when he confronted Senator Jeff Flake on a plane in 2018, but the liberal activist’s story had only just started. Barkan’s back-and-forth with the Republican senator, who would soon vote in favor of the Trump Administration’s assaultive tax reform despite Barkan’s pleas, went viral (under the coy hashtag #FlakesonaPlane) before they landed. “Not Going Quietly,” the wrenching and earnest documentary about Barkan’s tireless advocacy for healthcare reform, explains many of the crucial steps that came next. As it builds to a 2019 testimony at a congressional hearing for Medicare-for-all,
Director Nicholas Bruckman (“La Americana”) assembles a brisk overview of Barkan’s hard work at rallies and demonstrations in the moments leading up to his diagnosis, as well as the happy life he’s built with his wife and young son. But it only takes a few minutes for the tragic...
Director Nicholas Bruckman (“La Americana”) assembles a brisk overview of Barkan’s hard work at rallies and demonstrations in the moments leading up to his diagnosis, as well as the happy life he’s built with his wife and young son. But it only takes a few minutes for the tragic...
- 3/17/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Deja Foxx was unpacking in her dorm room to start her sophomore year at Columbia University when Meena Harris Dm’d her about working on her Aunt Kamala’s presidential campaign. “I just started repacking,” Foxx says, laughing. “I wasn’t going to sit in a classroom and talk about Plato and Aristotle when I had skills that could make a difference.”
The youngest staffer on Kamala Harris’ campaign, Foxx, at 19, was already a seasoned activist, driven by her own experience with homelessness and her struggle to access birth control growing up in Tucson,...
The youngest staffer on Kamala Harris’ campaign, Foxx, at 19, was already a seasoned activist, driven by her own experience with homelessness and her struggle to access birth control growing up in Tucson,...
- 2/24/2021
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
During his seminal “House of Many Mansions” address, Winston Churchill identified the problem with appeasement in one of history’s most momentous mixed metaphors. “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear greatly that the storm will not pass.”
The Trumpian storm did not pass for establishment Republicans after his defeat in November, in fact it came for them in the most tangible way imaginable.
The Trumpian storm did not pass for establishment Republicans after his defeat in November, in fact it came for them in the most tangible way imaginable.
- 2/1/2021
- by Tim Miller
- Rollingstone.com
A decade ago, the crowds attending Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s first inauguration were so great that a flood of ticketholders got stuck throughout the ceremony in a Capitol Hill tunnel, a snafu that was dubbed the Purple Tunnel of Hell.
This time around, save for Capitol Hill police and National Guard troops, there wasn’t an attendee to be found around that tunnel.
There were, in fact, relatively few people at all at Wednesday’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony (in the low thousands), given the mandates of Covid-19 and the threats following the Capitol siege. Inside a vast security perimeter that surrounds the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in at a ceremony that seemed designed to inspire a sense of relief more than anything.
That’s despite all of the anxieties leading up to the moment: Washington, D.
This time around, save for Capitol Hill police and National Guard troops, there wasn’t an attendee to be found around that tunnel.
There were, in fact, relatively few people at all at Wednesday’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony (in the low thousands), given the mandates of Covid-19 and the threats following the Capitol siege. Inside a vast security perimeter that surrounds the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in at a ceremony that seemed designed to inspire a sense of relief more than anything.
That’s despite all of the anxieties leading up to the moment: Washington, D.
- 1/21/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Why would you deny me the American dream?”
Deja Foxx’s biting question to former Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona at a town hall meeting in 2017, coupled with her impassioned defense of reproductive rights, launched Foxx as a leading political voice of her generation when she was only 16 years old. (It’s not the only time a viral confrontation with Flake put a left-leaning activist in the national spotlight.)
Four years later, Foxx has built her own personal brand as a young, fearless advocate, while also working as a model,...
Deja Foxx’s biting question to former Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona at a town hall meeting in 2017, coupled with her impassioned defense of reproductive rights, launched Foxx as a leading political voice of her generation when she was only 16 years old. (It’s not the only time a viral confrontation with Flake put a left-leaning activist in the national spotlight.)
Four years later, Foxx has built her own personal brand as a young, fearless advocate, while also working as a model,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Reed Dunlea and Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Ady Barkan spoke with just about all of them: Elizabeth. Cory. Bernie. Kamala. Julián. Pete.
The only Democratic presidential candidate Barkan hadn’t spoken with? Joe.
But after Biden edged out the rest of his party’s competition, that changed. Eventually, everyone wants to talk with Barkan.
“When he won the nomination, my team reached out one more time. And despite our differences on a lot of policy issues, he agreed to meet with me,” said Barkan, an iconic activist pushing universal health coverage through Medicare for All.
“He and...
The only Democratic presidential candidate Barkan hadn’t spoken with? Joe.
But after Biden edged out the rest of his party’s competition, that changed. Eventually, everyone wants to talk with Barkan.
“When he won the nomination, my team reached out one more time. And despite our differences on a lot of policy issues, he agreed to meet with me,” said Barkan, an iconic activist pushing universal health coverage through Medicare for All.
“He and...
- 10/30/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
Ady Barkan will address the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening — a prime speaking slot that reflects the influence and prominence of someone who Politico called “the most powerful activist in America.” Diagnosed with Als in 2016, Barkan is also the subject of a new documentary, Not Going Quietly, which captures his determination to keep pressing forward on progressive causes, particularly healthcare. even as he loses muscle function and the ability to speak. An excerpt of the film will be shown along with Barkan’s two-minute remarks. “I wanted to convey two ideas: That defeating Trump is essential, even if you don’t love Joe Biden, and that none of our struggles will be over after this election. We need to keep on keepin’ on,” Barkan told Deadline in response to emailed questions. The movie, with Bradley Whitford and the Duplass brothers as executive producers, follows Barkan as he battles Als,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: After announcing plans earlier this month to make Election Day a paid holiday, ICM Partners is today voicing its support for country-wide mail voting and has said that young and healthy employees should be encouraged to volunteer to be poll workers, taking the burden off elderly people manning poll stations. “Our industry has the unique power and responsibility to lead through culture, but we must also lead through action,” said ICM CEO Chris Silbermann.
July 2: ICM Partners announced this morning that it will mark the coming Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as a paid holiday to allow employees time to vote.
“We strongly believe that no one should have to choose between their paycheck and their right to vote,” the agency wrote in a note distributed to employees. The agency will also distribute voting and registration information beforehand.
Here is the text of the note sent to ICM staff:
During the last presidential election,...
July 2: ICM Partners announced this morning that it will mark the coming Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as a paid holiday to allow employees time to vote.
“We strongly believe that no one should have to choose between their paycheck and their right to vote,” the agency wrote in a note distributed to employees. The agency will also distribute voting and registration information beforehand.
Here is the text of the note sent to ICM staff:
During the last presidential election,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lit agency Aevitas Creative Management has expanded its operations to the UK by joining with Toby Mundy Associates to form Acm UK Limited. Mundy will serve as Chairman/CEO of the new venture.
Acm UK will providing literary representation and consulting services to authors. Mundy will be joined in the UK company by four agents: Natalie Jerome, Max Edwards, Trevor Dolby, and the writer and media consultant Simon Targett. Abner Stein will continue handling UK rights for Acm Us, and the current co-agents for Acm Us will continue handling translation rights; Acm UK translation rights will be handled by Susanna Lea Associates.
Aevitas Creative Management was formed in New York three years ago by managing partners David Kuhn, Todd Shuster, and Esmond Harmsworth. The agency has outposts in Gotham, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, and Los Angeles, with 24 agents repping more than 600 authors, ranging from memoirists Cheryl Strayed and Arun Gandhi to novelists Ha Jin,...
Acm UK will providing literary representation and consulting services to authors. Mundy will be joined in the UK company by four agents: Natalie Jerome, Max Edwards, Trevor Dolby, and the writer and media consultant Simon Targett. Abner Stein will continue handling UK rights for Acm Us, and the current co-agents for Acm Us will continue handling translation rights; Acm UK translation rights will be handled by Susanna Lea Associates.
Aevitas Creative Management was formed in New York three years ago by managing partners David Kuhn, Todd Shuster, and Esmond Harmsworth. The agency has outposts in Gotham, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, and Los Angeles, with 24 agents repping more than 600 authors, ranging from memoirists Cheryl Strayed and Arun Gandhi to novelists Ha Jin,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a take-off-the-gloves Saturday for President Donald Trump. He’s on the move and on the attack against his enemies in the media and politics.
So far, the early tweets have targeted the New York Times and Washington Post, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and particularly Sen. Mitt Romney, whom Trump once endorsed but later denied the opportunity to become the secretary of state. In response to recent criticisms, Trump noted, “If Mitt worked this hard on Obama, he could have won. Sadly, he choked!”
The Commander-in-Tweet went on to call Romney a pompous “ass” who is “so bad for R’s!”
A motorcade has left the White House, presumably headed to Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Va., the President’s usual weekend retreat. We’ll post more as the day progresses and the tweetstorm grows.
The tweetstorm so far:
This is real reason why Washington Democrats are trying to impeach.
So far, the early tweets have targeted the New York Times and Washington Post, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and particularly Sen. Mitt Romney, whom Trump once endorsed but later denied the opportunity to become the secretary of state. In response to recent criticisms, Trump noted, “If Mitt worked this hard on Obama, he could have won. Sadly, he choked!”
The Commander-in-Tweet went on to call Romney a pompous “ass” who is “so bad for R’s!”
A motorcade has left the White House, presumably headed to Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Va., the President’s usual weekend retreat. We’ll post more as the day progresses and the tweetstorm grows.
The tweetstorm so far:
This is real reason why Washington Democrats are trying to impeach.
- 10/5/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a rough few years for Republicans who aren’t fans of President Trump. Their party has been almost totally subsumed by the former reality TV star, with 90 percent of Republicans now approving of the president, according to a recent Gallup poll. Though former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld appears poised to challenge Trump in the 2020 primary, barring video evidence of the president passing a sack of cash to Vladimir Putin, it’s hard to imagine anyone else having even a remote chance of leading the Gop ticket next November.
- 3/29/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
One of the closest races of the 2018 midterms was the battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona vacated by Jeff Flake. It took a recount to determine that Democrat Kyrsten Sinema edged out Republican Martha McSally, who ignored calls from the White House to accuse her opponent of voter fraud. McSally was rewarded less than a month later, though, when Arizona Governor Doug Ducey tapped her to step in for Jon Kyl, who replaced John McCain following his death in August, only to resign in December. It’s going...
- 2/12/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Gma Day has a new title: The afternoon talker has been rebranded as Strahan & Sara, it was announced on Twitter.
The Good Morning America offshoot, hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines, debuted last September on ABC, filling the void left by the cancellation of The Chew.
New name, same @sarahaines and @michaelstrahan! We’ll see you for lunch every weekday 1pET/12pC/P. pic.twitter.com/07os3fwIeW
— Strahan and Sara (@StrahanAndSara) January 28, 2019
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Hulu’s forthcoming Veronica Mars revival has tapped Tyler Alvarez (American Vandal) to recur as a member...
The Good Morning America offshoot, hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines, debuted last September on ABC, filling the void left by the cancellation of The Chew.
New name, same @sarahaines and @michaelstrahan! We’ll see you for lunch every weekday 1pET/12pC/P. pic.twitter.com/07os3fwIeW
— Strahan and Sara (@StrahanAndSara) January 28, 2019
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- 1/29/2019
- TVLine.com
Former Arizona Republican senator Jeff Flake has joined CBS News as a contributor.
Flake appeared Tuesday on CBS This Morning to talk about his new role, and confirmed he will not be a candidate in the 2020 presidential race. “I’ve always said that I do hope that there is a Republican who challenges the president in the primary. I still hope that somebody does, but that somebody won’t be me. I will not be a candidate,” Flake said.
Flake will contribute to a new series for CBS News titled Common Ground, a series of stories that the network says are meant to “shine a light on opposing groups coming together.”
“Common ground might be dead in Washington, but it’s alive and well everywhere else – on city councils, in state legislatures, any kind of association or group, people find common ground. It just often doesn’t translate into something in Washington,...
Flake appeared Tuesday on CBS This Morning to talk about his new role, and confirmed he will not be a candidate in the 2020 presidential race. “I’ve always said that I do hope that there is a Republican who challenges the president in the primary. I still hope that somebody does, but that somebody won’t be me. I will not be a candidate,” Flake said.
Flake will contribute to a new series for CBS News titled Common Ground, a series of stories that the network says are meant to “shine a light on opposing groups coming together.”
“Common ground might be dead in Washington, but it’s alive and well everywhere else – on city councils, in state legislatures, any kind of association or group, people find common ground. It just often doesn’t translate into something in Washington,...
- 1/29/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After retiring from the U.S. Senate last week, Jeff Flake is still looking for his "next thing." It might just be at CBS News, which has engaged in talks with the Arizona Republican about a role at the network, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Flake, who emerged as one of President Donald Trump's biggest critics and might challenge him for the party nomination in 2020, was spotted last Friday at the network's Manhattan headquarters.
Flake could serve in the standard role for ex-politicians as an on-air contributor — or as something more, according to knowledgeable sources....
Flake, who emerged as one of President Donald Trump's biggest critics and might challenge him for the party nomination in 2020, was spotted last Friday at the network's Manhattan headquarters.
Flake could serve in the standard role for ex-politicians as an on-air contributor — or as something more, according to knowledgeable sources....
- 1/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has officially captured a Republican-held Senate seat in Arizona. Sinema, who at 41 is one of the youngest women ever elected to the Senate, also happens to be the first Arizona Democrat elected to the Senate in over 30 years. The results, which took almost a full week to tabulate, will come as a disappointment to the president, who bragged the day after the election when Republican Martha McSally was still leading that he personally “retired” Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.
“In Jeff Flake’s case it’s me,...
“In Jeff Flake’s case it’s me,...
- 11/13/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump took his cues from Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends this morning, tweeting about the “paid protesters” at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.
Not coincidentally, Fox & Friends this morning discussed a Wall Street Journal op ed that referenced hearing from protesters being hopping mad because they did not get their checks. Turns out, protesters were being sarcastic, which did not deter the F&F gang from using it as proof the women who confronted Gop Sens. Jeff Flake and Orrin Hatch in the halls and elevators of the Senate had been paid by George Soros.
Trump took the bait and ran with it, tweeting:
“The paid D.C. protesters are now ready to Really protest because they haven’t gotten their checks – in other words, they weren’t paid! Screamers in Congress, and outside, were far too obvious – less professional than anticipated by those...
Not coincidentally, Fox & Friends this morning discussed a Wall Street Journal op ed that referenced hearing from protesters being hopping mad because they did not get their checks. Turns out, protesters were being sarcastic, which did not deter the F&F gang from using it as proof the women who confronted Gop Sens. Jeff Flake and Orrin Hatch in the halls and elevators of the Senate had been paid by George Soros.
Trump took the bait and ran with it, tweeting:
“The paid D.C. protesters are now ready to Really protest because they haven’t gotten their checks – in other words, they weren’t paid! Screamers in Congress, and outside, were far too obvious – less professional than anticipated by those...
- 10/9/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Scarborough accused President Trump of engaging in ant-semitism on Monday’s “Morning Joe,” saying his Friday tweet accusing George Soros of paying Brett Kavanaugh protesters was an old “trick.”
“That’s a very old, tired, anti-semitic — very old anti-semitic trick that people have claimed, usually on the internet,” he said.
Also on set was Mika Brzezinski, who read Trump’s tweet on air.
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs,” she read, quoting the president. “Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!”
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The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it!
“That’s a very old, tired, anti-semitic — very old anti-semitic trick that people have claimed, usually on the internet,” he said.
Also on set was Mika Brzezinski, who read Trump’s tweet on air.
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs,” she read, quoting the president. “Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!”
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The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it!
- 10/8/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A writer for the “Late Show With Stephen Colbert ” says she regretted a tweet saying she was “glad” that Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination hearings to the Supreme Court had “ruined” his life.
“The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally,” said Ariel Dumas in a tweet. “The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on Twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.”
The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally. The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.
— Ariel Dumas (@ArielDumas) October 7, 2018
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The original tweet — which sparked an immediate conservative backlash — was posted...
“The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally,” said Ariel Dumas in a tweet. “The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on Twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.”
The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally. The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.
— Ariel Dumas (@ArielDumas) October 7, 2018
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The original tweet — which sparked an immediate conservative backlash — was posted...
- 10/8/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A week after Saturday Night Live opened its 44th season with Matt Damon playing a raucous Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when it seemed like sexual harassment allegations might halt his appointment, what in the world were the writers going to do, hours after Kavanaugh was approved by a narrow vote?
How about a funereal-feeling skit that replicated the winning and losing locker rooms of the baseball playoffs? The skit opened with the CNN logo and Kenan Thompson as a somber Don Lemon, saying there were protests in Washington, and several cry breaks here at CNN. Cut to Dana Bash, standing in the Republican Senate locker room, where a group of towel snapping, high-fiving senators celebrated their victory and where Bash said, a lot of pacemakers were being put to the test tonight.
The revelers included Senator John Kennedy (Kyle Mooney), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Beck Bennett?) who said...
How about a funereal-feeling skit that replicated the winning and losing locker rooms of the baseball playoffs? The skit opened with the CNN logo and Kenan Thompson as a somber Don Lemon, saying there were protests in Washington, and several cry breaks here at CNN. Cut to Dana Bash, standing in the Republican Senate locker room, where a group of towel snapping, high-fiving senators celebrated their victory and where Bash said, a lot of pacemakers were being put to the test tonight.
The revelers included Senator John Kennedy (Kyle Mooney), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Beck Bennett?) who said...
- 10/7/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Just hours after Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate to become a justice of the Supreme Court, “Saturday Night Live” aired its second episode of its 44th season. And it wasted no time taking aim at the decision, starting with a cold open sketch that saw CNN go live inside the Gop locker room.
Kenan Thompson played Don Lemon back at the news desk, noting there were quite a few “cry breaks” for the staff, while Heidi Gardner was political correspondent Dana Bash, who categorized the mood in the locker room as “nothing short of euphoric.”
“There are quite a few pacemakers being put to the test tonight,” she said.
Beck Bennett’s take on Mitch McConnell said, “Everyone’s pumped — from white men over 60 to white men over 70.” Putting the victory in context, he added: “It’s up there with Vietname, for sure. This is historic.”
Kate McKinnon...
Kenan Thompson played Don Lemon back at the news desk, noting there were quite a few “cry breaks” for the staff, while Heidi Gardner was political correspondent Dana Bash, who categorized the mood in the locker room as “nothing short of euphoric.”
“There are quite a few pacemakers being put to the test tonight,” she said.
Beck Bennett’s take on Mitch McConnell said, “Everyone’s pumped — from white men over 60 to white men over 70.” Putting the victory in context, he added: “It’s up there with Vietname, for sure. This is historic.”
Kate McKinnon...
- 10/7/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
3:20 Pm Pt -- Kavanaugh has reportedly been sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice in a private ceremony at court. 1:45 Pm Pt -- Trump congratulated the Senate on "confirming our Great Nominee" ... and says he will sign Kavanaugh's Commission of Appointment and swear him in later today. There were no last minute surprises or curveballs -- Brett Kavanaugh got the votes he needed to be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States ... but just barely.
- 10/6/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Weeks of negotiations, accusations, emotional speeches, high drama and partisan anger that divided the country into identity camps ended today with Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation as an Associate Justice to the Us Supreme Court.
As expected, the vote went strictly along party lines, giving Kavanaugh a narrow 50-48 victory. There were several disruptions in the Senate gallery before the final vote was taken, causing presiding Vice President Mike Pence to ask for order to be restored. Shouting could be heard at several junctures and some spectators were forcibly removed.
The vote today followed Friday’s decision to end debate on the nominee, who had been accused of sexual misconduct by several women when he was in high school and college. The FBI investigated the accusations and found no corroborating evidence, clearing the way for today’s Senate vote.
The final vote hinged on Gop senators Susan Collins of Maine, Jeff Flake of Arizona,...
As expected, the vote went strictly along party lines, giving Kavanaugh a narrow 50-48 victory. There were several disruptions in the Senate gallery before the final vote was taken, causing presiding Vice President Mike Pence to ask for order to be restored. Shouting could be heard at several junctures and some spectators were forcibly removed.
The vote today followed Friday’s decision to end debate on the nominee, who had been accused of sexual misconduct by several women when he was in high school and college. The FBI investigated the accusations and found no corroborating evidence, clearing the way for today’s Senate vote.
The final vote hinged on Gop senators Susan Collins of Maine, Jeff Flake of Arizona,...
- 10/6/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld took a spiritual turn Thursday night, telling viewers of “The Five” that the Brett Kavanaugh hearings reminded him of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
“Crucifixion was an important event because it was designed to establish a wall between justice and mob rule — Christ died so that the mob wouldn’t survive,” Gutfeld said, citing his 12 years of experience with the Catholic Church.
“What Democrats have tried to do is tear down the wall between justice and mob rule,” he said. “They decided to crucify someone once again.”
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It’s unclear what Gutfeld meant with that “once again” line; the U.S. Democratic Party only came into existence roughly 1,800 years after Jesus’ death.
A rep for the channel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Crucifixion was an important event because it was designed to establish a wall between justice and mob rule — Christ died so that the mob wouldn’t survive,” Gutfeld said, citing his 12 years of experience with the Catholic Church.
“What Democrats have tried to do is tear down the wall between justice and mob rule,” he said. “They decided to crucify someone once again.”
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It’s unclear what Gutfeld meant with that “once again” line; the U.S. Democratic Party only came into existence roughly 1,800 years after Jesus’ death.
A rep for the channel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
- 10/5/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Actress-comedian Amy Schumer was arrested and detained in Washington, D.C. ,Thursday as thousands of people descended on the Hart Senate Office Building to protest the possible appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, per MSNBC.
Holding a “We Believe Anita Hill” sign, Schumer joined others in condemning Kavanaugh, whose nomination has intensified an already-polarized Senate over sexual assault accusations and a subsequent FBI report that the Senate is in the process of reviewing before a key cloture vote on Friday. “I think we’re going to get arrested,...
Holding a “We Believe Anita Hill” sign, Schumer joined others in condemning Kavanaugh, whose nomination has intensified an already-polarized Senate over sexual assault accusations and a subsequent FBI report that the Senate is in the process of reviewing before a key cloture vote on Friday. “I think we’re going to get arrested,...
- 10/4/2018
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-ne) gave a little performance on the Senate floor last night. As Sasse and his colleagues waited to receive the FBI’s report on its investigation into the sexual assault claims made against Brett Kavanaugh, the Republican from Nebraska took to the podium to talk about how friends of his have been raped, how the #MeToo movement is “a good thing” and how President Trump’s mockery of Christine Blasey Ford earlier this week was unacceptable. “We all know that the president cannot lead us through this time,...
- 10/4/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Michael Stipe, Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu are among a group of musicians, activists and artists who will lead a protest against Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. The event, called “Bravery Is Contagious,” will take place at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. and also include Maggie Gyllenhaal, Norman Lear and Esperanza Spalding.
“We anticipate a vote on the Senate floor to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as early as Friday,” the protest’s official website notes. “It is critical we make our voices heard on the ground in Washington on Thursday.
“We anticipate a vote on the Senate floor to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as early as Friday,” the protest’s official website notes. “It is critical we make our voices heard on the ground in Washington on Thursday.
- 10/2/2018
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past underway, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reminded viewers it was Arizona’s Gop Sen. Jeff Flake who forced the issue last week.
“Flake was brave enough to stand up to his fellow Republicans and say, ‘I’ll still vote yes, but can we do this next Friday instead? Got yelled at in the elevator’,” Kimmel joked.
“It’s kind of crazy to think Brett Kavanaugh could be on the Supreme Court right now if Jeff Flake had taken the stair, but he didn’t.”
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee now being picked apart, Kavanaugh was asked about the terms “Devil’s Triangle” and “boofing” that are written in his high school yearbook.
Kavanaugh claimed, with a straight face, that “Devil’s Triangle” is a drinking game and “boofing” is slanguage for “flatulence.”
“But according to a thorough...
“Flake was brave enough to stand up to his fellow Republicans and say, ‘I’ll still vote yes, but can we do this next Friday instead? Got yelled at in the elevator’,” Kimmel joked.
“It’s kind of crazy to think Brett Kavanaugh could be on the Supreme Court right now if Jeff Flake had taken the stair, but he didn’t.”
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee now being picked apart, Kavanaugh was asked about the terms “Devil’s Triangle” and “boofing” that are written in his high school yearbook.
Kavanaugh claimed, with a straight face, that “Devil’s Triangle” is a drinking game and “boofing” is slanguage for “flatulence.”
“But according to a thorough...
- 10/2/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The New York Times reported on Monday that the White House has expanded the scope of the investigation into the claims of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh. The FBI will now be permitted to interview “anyone it deems necessary as long the review is finished by the end of the week,” according to the Times.
The expansion of the investigation comes after a weekend of criticism from Democrats over the strict set of parameters White House legal counsel Don McGahn was reported to have given the FBI. Among the...
The expansion of the investigation comes after a weekend of criticism from Democrats over the strict set of parameters White House legal counsel Don McGahn was reported to have given the FBI. Among the...
- 10/1/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Kellyanne Conway went on CNN’s State of the Union this morning to defend the nomination and confirmation-hearing performance of Scotus nominee Brett Kavanaugh but ended up making a headline of her own.
The counselor to President Donald Trump revealed to Jake Tapper on his Beltway show that she is a survivor of sexual assault. “I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape. That” — Conway paused, cleared her throat and continued — “I’m a victim of sexual assault. I don’t expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. You have to responsible for your own conduct.”
Watch a clip of the interview below.
After chiding Tapper and CNN for equating Kavanaugh with Bill Cosby “or even Bill Clinton,” Conway continued: “I want those women who were sexually assaulted who were confronting Jeff Flake — God bless them.
The counselor to President Donald Trump revealed to Jake Tapper on his Beltway show that she is a survivor of sexual assault. “I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape. That” — Conway paused, cleared her throat and continued — “I’m a victim of sexual assault. I don’t expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. You have to responsible for your own conduct.”
Watch a clip of the interview below.
After chiding Tapper and CNN for equating Kavanaugh with Bill Cosby “or even Bill Clinton,” Conway continued: “I want those women who were sexually assaulted who were confronting Jeff Flake — God bless them.
- 9/30/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday that she had been a victim of sexual assault. Her allegation came during a live interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” while defending Judge Brett Kavanaugh against sexual misconduct allegations he is facing.
“I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape,” Conway told host Jake Tapper. “I’m a victim of sexual assault. I don’t expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. You have to be responsible for your own conduct.”
Conway didn’t offer any additional specifics.
Tapper was seemingly taken aback by her statement, telling the Trump confidante that he was deeply sorry for her experience.
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“This is the first time I’ve ever heard you talk about...
“I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape,” Conway told host Jake Tapper. “I’m a victim of sexual assault. I don’t expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. You have to be responsible for your own conduct.”
Conway didn’t offer any additional specifics.
Tapper was seemingly taken aback by her statement, telling the Trump confidante that he was deeply sorry for her experience.
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“This is the first time I’ve ever heard you talk about...
- 9/30/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh contributed $10,000 to a GoFundMe campaign benefitting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her family.
A representative for Lesh confirmed to Rolling Stone that the bassist did make the donation, though Lesh declined to provide further comment. Lesh ostensibly made his donation last Sunday, September 23rd, though it wasn’t until Thursday – the day Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary committee about the time Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her – that several websites spotted the contribution
The GoFundMe campaign for Ford and...
A representative for Lesh confirmed to Rolling Stone that the bassist did make the donation, though Lesh declined to provide further comment. Lesh ostensibly made his donation last Sunday, September 23rd, though it wasn’t until Thursday – the day Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary committee about the time Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted her – that several websites spotted the contribution
The GoFundMe campaign for Ford and...
- 9/29/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
60 Minutes has booked Sen. Jeff Flake (R-az) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-de) to tell the "inside story" of the Senate Judiciary Committee decision on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for its 51st season premiere on Sunday.
The CBS newsmagazine on Saturday in a tweet announced the lawmaker guests would be appearing on the show. "How did the Senate Judiciary Committee arrive at its last-minute compromise to continue the Supreme Court confirmation process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh? Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons tell the inside story tomorrow on 60 Minutes," it read. The accompanying photo showed 60 MInutes correspondent Scott ...
The CBS newsmagazine on Saturday in a tweet announced the lawmaker guests would be appearing on the show. "How did the Senate Judiciary Committee arrive at its last-minute compromise to continue the Supreme Court confirmation process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh? Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons tell the inside story tomorrow on 60 Minutes," it read. The accompanying photo showed 60 MInutes correspondent Scott ...
- 9/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Following the testimonies delivered by Supreme Court hopeful Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the university professor who accused the circuit court judge of sexual assault, many were hoping to have late-night TV’s only female host weigh in. Unfortunately, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee‘s once-a-week format made that impossible… or so we thought.
Bee and her team ultimately found a workaround, posting a video exclusive to the Internet on Friday night to respond to Thursday’s testimonies, as well as Friday’s Senate Judiciary Committee vote. In the above clip, Bee welcomes viewers into her sadness den,...
Bee and her team ultimately found a workaround, posting a video exclusive to the Internet on Friday night to respond to Thursday’s testimonies, as well as Friday’s Senate Judiciary Committee vote. In the above clip, Bee welcomes viewers into her sadness den,...
- 9/29/2018
- TVLine.com
We know how Donald Trump feels about flippers, but he apparently has no trouble being a flip-flopper. The president of the United States tonight deployed his usual method of talking to the world — via Twitter — to seemingly mock the newly launched FBI investigation into claims of sexual assault against his Supreme Court nominee.
Yes — the probe he ordered Friday afternoon.
Just started, tonight, our 7th FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He will someday be recognized as a truly great Justice of The United States Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2018
Now maybe he’s just scoring along at home or wants to be certain that everyone knows this is Lucky No. 7 for Brett Kavanaugh. Regardless, Trump felt the need to weigh in on an investigation that either could embarrass him and Senate Republicans or help the president get the second Supreme Court justice of his administration. Neil Gorsuch...
Yes — the probe he ordered Friday afternoon.
Just started, tonight, our 7th FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He will someday be recognized as a truly great Justice of The United States Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2018
Now maybe he’s just scoring along at home or wants to be certain that everyone knows this is Lucky No. 7 for Brett Kavanaugh. Regardless, Trump felt the need to weigh in on an investigation that either could embarrass him and Senate Republicans or help the president get the second Supreme Court justice of his administration. Neil Gorsuch...
- 9/29/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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