Matt Lauer, the former morning show host who was fired from NBC after allegations of sexual assault, wants to stage a comeback in the media industry.
Lauer, 66, is still deeply upset about how he was portrayed in the incident and perceives himself as a victim. While he spent most of his time on Long Island, Lauer wants to regain relevance in the media landscape. Lauer reportedly believes sufficient time has passed and deserves the opportunity to return to the media space.
Lauer’s fall from grace occurred in November 2017, when a female colleague accused him of inappropriate behavior amidst the larger #MeToo movement involving numerous high-profile men. Journalist Ronan Farrow further detailed the allegations in his book Catch and Kill, which Lauer vehemently denies.
Lauer’s public image has been severely tarnished, with headlines consistently labeling him “disgraced.” The situation has taken a toll on Lauer, making appearing publicly with his girlfriend difficult.
Lauer, 66, is still deeply upset about how he was portrayed in the incident and perceives himself as a victim. While he spent most of his time on Long Island, Lauer wants to regain relevance in the media landscape. Lauer reportedly believes sufficient time has passed and deserves the opportunity to return to the media space.
Lauer’s fall from grace occurred in November 2017, when a female colleague accused him of inappropriate behavior amidst the larger #MeToo movement involving numerous high-profile men. Journalist Ronan Farrow further detailed the allegations in his book Catch and Kill, which Lauer vehemently denies.
Lauer’s public image has been severely tarnished, with headlines consistently labeling him “disgraced.” The situation has taken a toll on Lauer, making appearing publicly with his girlfriend difficult.
- 4/10/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Nick Taylor and Cláudio Alves are watching and recapping RuPaul’s Drag Race season sixteen. This week, it’s time for episode fourteen…
Ronan Farrow has that All Stars glow-up.
CLÁUDIO: Just when we were starting to think the season had turned into a two-way race for the crown between Sapphira and Plane, here comes a new episode to shake things up. After years of top fours and a one-time fiver, RuPaul’s Drag Race has returned to a triadic finale, using this fourteenth chapter to boot its fourth-placer, fragilize one of the frontrunners’ bid, and bolster another contender’s narrative. A well-produced piece of television, this game-changer hour felt like a gift to Nymphia Wind fans everywhere, making it look like she might stand a chance after all. Considering her strange edit, I’m skeptical, but this episode gave me some much-needed hope. Were you similarly enthused, or is this season...
Ronan Farrow has that All Stars glow-up.
CLÁUDIO: Just when we were starting to think the season had turned into a two-way race for the crown between Sapphira and Plane, here comes a new episode to shake things up. After years of top fours and a one-time fiver, RuPaul’s Drag Race has returned to a triadic finale, using this fourteenth chapter to boot its fourth-placer, fragilize one of the frontrunners’ bid, and bolster another contender’s narrative. A well-produced piece of television, this game-changer hour felt like a gift to Nymphia Wind fans everywhere, making it look like she might stand a chance after all. Considering her strange edit, I’m skeptical, but this episode gave me some much-needed hope. Were you similarly enthused, or is this season...
- 4/10/2024
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 16 continued on April 5 with the fourteenth episode in RuPaul’s quest to find “America’s next drag superstar.” Previously in episode 13, Sapphira Cristál found herself vulnerable to elimination for the first time in the competition after serving up the judges’ least favorite “family resemblance” in the drag makeover challenge. In the Lip Sync for Your Life, her track record proved too impressive for Morphine Love Dion, lip syncing for the fourth time, to overcome.
Seated at the judges’ dais this week for episode 14 titled “Booked & Blessed” was Emmy winning host RuPaul Charles, longtime bestie Michelle Visage, recurring judge Ts Madison, and journalist Ronan Farrow as the special guest judge.
The queens still vying for the crown are: Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Q, and Sapphira Cristál.
Check out our full recap of episode 14 below:
Morphine’s elimination narrowed the competition down to a final four of girls...
Seated at the judges’ dais this week for episode 14 titled “Booked & Blessed” was Emmy winning host RuPaul Charles, longtime bestie Michelle Visage, recurring judge Ts Madison, and journalist Ronan Farrow as the special guest judge.
The queens still vying for the crown are: Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Q, and Sapphira Cristál.
Check out our full recap of episode 14 below:
Morphine’s elimination narrowed the competition down to a final four of girls...
- 4/6/2024
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
One of the benefits of hosting any sort of news or discussion program on TV is an authorization to talk. Now some TV journalists and personalities are also being given permission to bite.
NBCUniversal needs to get out the proverbial Bactine after being savaged earlier this week by many of its top news personalities over the hire made by NBC News executives of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel. McDaniel was, until Wednesday, to have been a prominent political-news analyst weighing in on topics as the 2024 presidential election drew close. But the prospect of paying someone who had openly tried to help former President Donald Trump discredit the results of the 2020 election raised the internal alarms of many NBC News anchors and many of them — including Joe Scarborough, Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace — took significant time on Monday to push back against the decision, with Maddow spending...
NBCUniversal needs to get out the proverbial Bactine after being savaged earlier this week by many of its top news personalities over the hire made by NBC News executives of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel. McDaniel was, until Wednesday, to have been a prominent political-news analyst weighing in on topics as the 2024 presidential election drew close. But the prospect of paying someone who had openly tried to help former President Donald Trump discredit the results of the 2020 election raised the internal alarms of many NBC News anchors and many of them — including Joe Scarborough, Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace — took significant time on Monday to push back against the decision, with Maddow spending...
- 3/28/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Tuesday was not a good day for Ronna McDaniel — or, is it Ronna Romney McDaniel again, as she now admits the 2020 election was not stolen? She went from a high-profile gig on NBC to no gig and no agent, as CAA also dropped her.
It was also a bad day for NBC News Group chairman Cesar Conde, who found it necessary to “personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down.” Conde didn’t exactly fall on his sword by himself; he mentioned in his letter to staff that this was “a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team.” But he acknowledged that the buck stopped with him.
At least McDaniel is getting a payout. So, no harm, no foul, right? Well, not exactly. This was hardly the simple loss of a job, as the fallout at NBC has made it impossible for her to...
It was also a bad day for NBC News Group chairman Cesar Conde, who found it necessary to “personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down.” Conde didn’t exactly fall on his sword by himself; he mentioned in his letter to staff that this was “a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team.” But he acknowledged that the buck stopped with him.
At least McDaniel is getting a payout. So, no harm, no foul, right? Well, not exactly. This was hardly the simple loss of a job, as the fallout at NBC has made it impossible for her to...
- 3/27/2024
- by Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chuck Todd left moderating duties at “Meet the Press” behind several months ago, but he isn’t through with the show yet.
During a surprising appearance on Sunday’s broadcast of the program on NBC, Todd took issue with a decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as an NBC News contributor, then put her on “Meet the Press” for an interview with current moderator Kristen Welker, who had booked McDaniel prior to the hiring becoming known.
“You got put into an impossible situation, booking this interview, and then all of a sudden the rug was pulled out from under you, and you find out she’s being paid to show up?” Todd said Sunday. “It’s unfortunate for this program, but I am glad you did the best that you could.”
McDaniel’s hire as a contributor was unveiled Friday, and has sparked concerns about her...
During a surprising appearance on Sunday’s broadcast of the program on NBC, Todd took issue with a decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as an NBC News contributor, then put her on “Meet the Press” for an interview with current moderator Kristen Welker, who had booked McDaniel prior to the hiring becoming known.
“You got put into an impossible situation, booking this interview, and then all of a sudden the rug was pulled out from under you, and you find out she’s being paid to show up?” Todd said Sunday. “It’s unfortunate for this program, but I am glad you did the best that you could.”
McDaniel’s hire as a contributor was unveiled Friday, and has sparked concerns about her...
- 3/24/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Anne Hathaway and Sandra Bullock appeared together in 2018’s heist comedy movie Ocean’s 8 directed by Gary Ross. The movie was the fourth installment and a spin-off from Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s series. The ensemble cast also included Mindy Kaling, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, and Awkwafina alongside Hathaway and Bullock.
The power-packed female-led movie received a positive response from the audience upon its release. It was however stated at the time that the movie wasn’t as smooth as its predecessors but the cast and their chemistry together blended well enough for the audience to enjoy. During the promotion of Ocean’8, the cast came across a host whose comments sickened the actresses.
Still from female-led Ocean’s 8
Mindy Kaling appreciates Anne Hathaway for handling the 2012 Matt Lauer Interview with grace
Mindy Kaling played Amita, the jewelry maker in Gary Ross’ Ocean’s 8, and had formed...
The power-packed female-led movie received a positive response from the audience upon its release. It was however stated at the time that the movie wasn’t as smooth as its predecessors but the cast and their chemistry together blended well enough for the audience to enjoy. During the promotion of Ocean’8, the cast came across a host whose comments sickened the actresses.
Still from female-led Ocean’s 8
Mindy Kaling appreciates Anne Hathaway for handling the 2012 Matt Lauer Interview with grace
Mindy Kaling played Amita, the jewelry maker in Gary Ross’ Ocean’s 8, and had formed...
- 3/18/2024
- by Avneet Ahluwalia
- FandomWire
RuPaul Charles is “Mother Ru” to Drag Race contestants, but when it comes to his coworkers, he keeps himself guarded.
In a new New Yorker profile by Ronan Farrow, who has been a guest judge on All Stars season 7 and Drag Race season 16, the writer pointed out that even while appearing on the show he didn’t get to have “substantive exchanges” with the series’ host until the interview.
In their conversation, the drag icon confirmed that he likes to “keep the boundaries” between panelists and contestants on the show. He shared that a former colleague, who he does not name, had worked with him for decades without them developing a deep friendship.
“We kept a working relationship, we traveled the world together,” Charles explained. “But sometimes I would hear her talking to a friend, and she’d be talking about her latest boyfriend. She never did that with me,...
In a new New Yorker profile by Ronan Farrow, who has been a guest judge on All Stars season 7 and Drag Race season 16, the writer pointed out that even while appearing on the show he didn’t get to have “substantive exchanges” with the series’ host until the interview.
In their conversation, the drag icon confirmed that he likes to “keep the boundaries” between panelists and contestants on the show. He shared that a former colleague, who he does not name, had worked with him for decades without them developing a deep friendship.
“We kept a working relationship, we traveled the world together,” Charles explained. “But sometimes I would hear her talking to a friend, and she’d be talking about her latest boyfriend. She never did that with me,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I’m seeing it logged on Letterboxd. You know anything?”
This was the message I received from an industry friend. The topic was Woody Allen’s 50-somethingth directorial effort, Coup de Chance. Little did I know a network of file sharing and secret screenings were already underway, part of a series that (almost) included Timothée Chalamet.
The 88-year-old director’s latest and perhaps final film debuted at the Venice Film Festival out of competition in early September 2023 to solid reviews, and is currently boasting an 84 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. (The Hollywood Reporter’s critic Leslie Felperin was muted in her praise, calling it “competent but forgettable.”) The droll relationship drama with a soupçon of criminality has accrued $7.4 million in receipts, according to BoxOfficeMojo, with its top four markets being Italy, Spain, Russia and France.
Yet the people leaving their witty remarks on the popular cinephile social networking service Letterboxd were not doing so from overseas.
This was the message I received from an industry friend. The topic was Woody Allen’s 50-somethingth directorial effort, Coup de Chance. Little did I know a network of file sharing and secret screenings were already underway, part of a series that (almost) included Timothée Chalamet.
The 88-year-old director’s latest and perhaps final film debuted at the Venice Film Festival out of competition in early September 2023 to solid reviews, and is currently boasting an 84 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. (The Hollywood Reporter’s critic Leslie Felperin was muted in her praise, calling it “competent but forgettable.”) The droll relationship drama with a soupçon of criminality has accrued $7.4 million in receipts, according to BoxOfficeMojo, with its top four markets being Italy, Spain, Russia and France.
Yet the people leaving their witty remarks on the popular cinephile social networking service Letterboxd were not doing so from overseas.
- 2/7/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tisa Farrow, a former actor born, like sister Mia Farrow, to show business parents Maureen O’Sullivan and John Farrow, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning. She was 72.
Her death was announced on social media by Mia Farrow, who said that Tisa apparently died in her sleep.
“If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” Mia wrote on Instagram and X. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”
While never achieving the fame of sister Mia – or, for that matter, sister Prudence, who was immortalized by John Lennon in the classic 1968 Beatles White Album song “Dear Prudence” – Tisa Farrow nonetheless...
Her death was announced on social media by Mia Farrow, who said that Tisa apparently died in her sleep.
“If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” Mia wrote on Instagram and X. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”
While never achieving the fame of sister Mia – or, for that matter, sister Prudence, who was immortalized by John Lennon in the classic 1968 Beatles White Album song “Dear Prudence” – Tisa Farrow nonetheless...
- 1/12/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
When it comes to finding the best awards contenders, you have to go where the action is. This week, it’s Netflix’s “The Brothers Sun,” a new series from Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk.
The eight-episode first season, which is now streaming, stars Justin Chien as Charles, a ruthless trained killer and the son of a powerful Taiwanese triad leader. After an attempt on his father’s life, Charles heads to Los Angeles in search of the mother (Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh) he hasn’t seen in years. Intent on protecting his family from their many enemies, he is surprised to discover that his mother is living a lie and has kept the family’s long criminal history from his younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li), whose interests have less to do with killing and more to do with improv. The result is a mishmash of genres that comes...
The eight-episode first season, which is now streaming, stars Justin Chien as Charles, a ruthless trained killer and the son of a powerful Taiwanese triad leader. After an attempt on his father’s life, Charles heads to Los Angeles in search of the mother (Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh) he hasn’t seen in years. Intent on protecting his family from their many enemies, he is surprised to discover that his mother is living a lie and has kept the family’s long criminal history from his younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li), whose interests have less to do with killing and more to do with improv. The result is a mishmash of genres that comes...
- 1/6/2024
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Racers, start your engines! “RuPaul's Drag Race” is back in the house for its 16th season, introducing an all-new group of 14 talented queens as they face off to be crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar and win a cash prize of $200,000! “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will premiere on MTV on Friday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. Et. You can watch RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 16 and MTV with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.
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About ‘RuPaul's Drag Race’ Season 16 Premiere
Ringing in its 15th anniversary, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition series documents the search...
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About ‘RuPaul's Drag Race’ Season 16 Premiere
Ringing in its 15th anniversary, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition series documents the search...
- 1/5/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Who will win “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 16? The Ru-vealing new season premieres Friday, January 5, 2024 on MTV with a two-part episode that introduces the 14 queens competing for the crown. All season long, Gold Derby readers will be making their “RuPaul’s Drag Race 16” winner predictions for which contestant they think will go the distance and claim the $200,000 grand prize on finale night.
Sight unseen, Sapphira Cristal is the current favorite to win the competition, based on the pre-season odds derived from our users’ predictions. Per her MTV bio, Sapphira is “Philadelphia’s crown jewel” and is “a serious musician with a six-octave vocal range.” Below, see a snapshot in time of the racetrack odds for Season 16, Episode 1:
1. Sapphira Cristal — 16/5 odds
Age 34 from Philadelphia, Pa
2. Plasma — 9/2 odds
Age 24 from New York City, NY
3. Plane Jane — 5/1 odds
Age 24 from Boston, Ma
4. Nymphia Wind — 7/1 odds
Age 27 from Taiwan / NY
5. Mhi’ya Iman LePaige — 9/1 odds
Age 34 from Miami,...
Sight unseen, Sapphira Cristal is the current favorite to win the competition, based on the pre-season odds derived from our users’ predictions. Per her MTV bio, Sapphira is “Philadelphia’s crown jewel” and is “a serious musician with a six-octave vocal range.” Below, see a snapshot in time of the racetrack odds for Season 16, Episode 1:
1. Sapphira Cristal — 16/5 odds
Age 34 from Philadelphia, Pa
2. Plasma — 9/2 odds
Age 24 from New York City, NY
3. Plane Jane — 5/1 odds
Age 24 from Boston, Ma
4. Nymphia Wind — 7/1 odds
Age 27 from Taiwan / NY
5. Mhi’ya Iman LePaige — 9/1 odds
Age 34 from Miami,...
- 12/27/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Trixie Mattel is returning to RuPaul’s Drag Race!
The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 is set to host The Pit Stop, a weekly show that will recap each episode of Drag Race season 16, Variety reports.
Keep reading to find out more…
The show will return to its 90-minute episode format on MTV on January 5, 2024. New episodes of The Pit Stop will air on the RuPaul’s Drag Race official YouTube channel every Saturday.
In a statement to the outlet, Trixie said, “Making snap judgments is my passion but I also love enduring characters that develop and grow (while dressed as women). I also love drama.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adam Shankman, Icona Pop, Isaac Mizrahi, Kaia Gerber, Kyra Sedgwick, Law Roach, Ronan Farrow, and Charlize Theron will appear as guest judges for season 16.
Watch Trixie Mattel return to Ru Paul’s Drag Race in a new teaser for The Pit Stop…...
The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 is set to host The Pit Stop, a weekly show that will recap each episode of Drag Race season 16, Variety reports.
Keep reading to find out more…
The show will return to its 90-minute episode format on MTV on January 5, 2024. New episodes of The Pit Stop will air on the RuPaul’s Drag Race official YouTube channel every Saturday.
In a statement to the outlet, Trixie said, “Making snap judgments is my passion but I also love enduring characters that develop and grow (while dressed as women). I also love drama.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adam Shankman, Icona Pop, Isaac Mizrahi, Kaia Gerber, Kyra Sedgwick, Law Roach, Ronan Farrow, and Charlize Theron will appear as guest judges for season 16.
Watch Trixie Mattel return to Ru Paul’s Drag Race in a new teaser for The Pit Stop…...
- 12/16/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel is set to return as the host of “Drag Race’s” Season 16 weekly recap show, “The Pit Stop.”
Mattel and a guest will review and recap each episode of “Drag Race” Season 16, which returns to MTV on Jan. 5. “The Pit Stop” will air on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” YouTube channel every Saturday.
“Making snap judgments is my passion but I also love enduring characters that develop and grow (while dressed as women),” Mattel said in a statement to Variety. “I also love drama.”
As previously announced, “Drag Race” will return to its 90-minute format this season. The queens competing for the Season 16 title of America’s Drag Superstar include Amanda Tori Meating, Dawn, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Megami, Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige, Mirage, Morphine Love Dion, Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Plasma, Q, Sapphira Cristál and Xunami Muse.
Spicing things up this season will be “Rate-a-Queen.
Mattel and a guest will review and recap each episode of “Drag Race” Season 16, which returns to MTV on Jan. 5. “The Pit Stop” will air on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” YouTube channel every Saturday.
“Making snap judgments is my passion but I also love enduring characters that develop and grow (while dressed as women),” Mattel said in a statement to Variety. “I also love drama.”
As previously announced, “Drag Race” will return to its 90-minute format this season. The queens competing for the Season 16 title of America’s Drag Superstar include Amanda Tori Meating, Dawn, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Megami, Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige, Mirage, Morphine Love Dion, Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Plasma, Q, Sapphira Cristál and Xunami Muse.
Spicing things up this season will be “Rate-a-Queen.
- 12/15/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
A new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is just weeks away — and the guest judges are gaggy. On Thursday, MTV released the first trailer of the new season, revealing a star-studded list of guest judges and new twists to the fan-favorite drag competition.
Among the guest judges are Mexican-American pop star Becky G, actress Charlize Theron, country singer Kelsea Ballerini, “I Love It” pop duo Icona Pop, Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Sarah Michelle Gellar, and journalist Ronan Farrow, among others.
“I’ve been slaying bitches forever,” Gellar says in the trailer; “I was seduced!
Among the guest judges are Mexican-American pop star Becky G, actress Charlize Theron, country singer Kelsea Ballerini, “I Love It” pop duo Icona Pop, Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Sarah Michelle Gellar, and journalist Ronan Farrow, among others.
“I’ve been slaying bitches forever,” Gellar says in the trailer; “I was seduced!
- 12/15/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
The word “slay” is thrown around a lot on RuPaul’s Drag Race, but it’s about to take on a whole new meaning in Season 16. As revealed in MTV’s just-released trailer, Sarah Michelle Gellar (aka Buffy the Vampire Slayer herself!) is among the extra-special guest judges visiting the main stage in 2024.
Drag Race‘s two-part Season 16 premiere kicks off on Friday, Jan. 5 (8/7c) with guest judge Charlize Theron, while singer Becky G will join the judges’ panel for Part 2 on Friday, Jan. 12.
More from TVLineBring Back My Girls: Ts Madison Hosts the Ultimate Drag Race Reunion Show - Watch...
Drag Race‘s two-part Season 16 premiere kicks off on Friday, Jan. 5 (8/7c) with guest judge Charlize Theron, while singer Becky G will join the judges’ panel for Part 2 on Friday, Jan. 12.
More from TVLineBring Back My Girls: Ts Madison Hosts the Ultimate Drag Race Reunion Show - Watch...
- 12/14/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
In the past couple of years, Reese Witherspoon took a hiking-filled girls trip in the Costa Rican mountains; Adam Scott fell in love with the country’s coffee; Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly went on an ayahuasca journey; Zac Efron filmed a Down to Earth With Zac Efron episode in an Alajuela Province sustainable commune; Emma Roberts eased into “the most beautiful reset,” she posted; Molly Sims, Netflix’s Scott Stuber and their kids zip-lined over the Tempisque River; and Natasha Lyonne, Freeform president Tara Duncan and Ronan Farrow rode horses on the beach. Other stars who have visited the country include Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus, Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth, Matt Damon and Shakira.
“Costa Rica is on everyone’s bucket list,” says Alicia Repetto of Costa Rica hospitality group Casa Chameleon Hotels. “The country has so many things to offer with wonderful sceneries that change in a short drive.
“Costa Rica is on everyone’s bucket list,” says Alicia Repetto of Costa Rica hospitality group Casa Chameleon Hotels. “The country has so many things to offer with wonderful sceneries that change in a short drive.
- 11/18/2023
- by Kathryn Romeyn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for The Iron Claw, The Marvels and Wish.
The Marvels special screening
Director Nia DaCosta, producer Kevin Feige, executive producers Mary Livanos and Jonathan Schwartz, and composer Laura Karpman attended a special screening event for The Marvels in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Two days later, after the end of the actors strike when SAG-AFTRA reached a new deal with the studios and streamers, star Iman Vellani made an appearance alongside DaCosta at a special screening event in Los Angeles.
Laura Karpman, Kevin Feige, Nia DaCosta, Rizzo the cat, Mary Livanos and Jonathan Schwartz Nia DaCosta and Iman Vellani
The Iron Claw premiere
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons joined filmmaker Sean Durkin at the world premiere of their wrestling film in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday.
The Marvels special screening
Director Nia DaCosta, producer Kevin Feige, executive producers Mary Livanos and Jonathan Schwartz, and composer Laura Karpman attended a special screening event for The Marvels in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Two days later, after the end of the actors strike when SAG-AFTRA reached a new deal with the studios and streamers, star Iman Vellani made an appearance alongside DaCosta at a special screening event in Los Angeles.
Laura Karpman, Kevin Feige, Nia DaCosta, Rizzo the cat, Mary Livanos and Jonathan Schwartz Nia DaCosta and Iman Vellani
The Iron Claw premiere
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons joined filmmaker Sean Durkin at the world premiere of their wrestling film in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday.
- 11/10/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liev Schreiber and Taylor Neisen are enjoying a night out after the birth of their daughter!
The couple posed for photos on the red carpet as they arrived at Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala on Wednesday evening (October 4) held at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Liev Schreiber
Last month, Liev announced that he and Taylor welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Hazel Bee.
Along with Hazel, Liev is also dad to Sasha, 16, and Kai, 14, whom he shares with ex, Naomi Watts.
Other stars in attendance at the Opening Night Gala included Patricia Clarkson, Shawn Levy and wife Serena, Ronan Farrow, designer Zac Posen and husband Harrison Ball, and Gina Gershon.
Earlier this summer, it was announced that Liev will be returning to Broadway!
Click through the gallery for 15+ pictures of the stars at the event…...
The couple posed for photos on the red carpet as they arrived at Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala on Wednesday evening (October 4) held at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Liev Schreiber
Last month, Liev announced that he and Taylor welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Hazel Bee.
Along with Hazel, Liev is also dad to Sasha, 16, and Kai, 14, whom he shares with ex, Naomi Watts.
Other stars in attendance at the Opening Night Gala included Patricia Clarkson, Shawn Levy and wife Serena, Ronan Farrow, designer Zac Posen and husband Harrison Ball, and Gina Gershon.
Earlier this summer, it was announced that Liev will be returning to Broadway!
Click through the gallery for 15+ pictures of the stars at the event…...
- 10/5/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Frank Sinatra had a healthy and robust love life. The blue-eyed crooner romanced several stunning women and married multiple times. While many people remember his marriage to Mia Farrow, he was also married to another starlet. Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were married for several tumultuous years, and their romance began with shooting out streetlights.
Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra’s first meeting involved guns
While most people who are romantically interested in each other test things out with dinner and a movie, that was a bit too boring for Gardner and Sinatra. According to Vanity Fair, the couple’s romance began with a wild drunken night out that ended at the police station in Indio, California.
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Gardner and Sinatra met at a party hosted by Darryl Zanuck, an entertainment executive. The stars were both drunk when they decided to leave the party together.
Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra’s first meeting involved guns
While most people who are romantically interested in each other test things out with dinner and a movie, that was a bit too boring for Gardner and Sinatra. According to Vanity Fair, the couple’s romance began with a wild drunken night out that ended at the police station in Indio, California.
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Gardner and Sinatra met at a party hosted by Darryl Zanuck, an entertainment executive. The stars were both drunk when they decided to leave the party together.
- 9/16/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here.”
While awaiting the sentencing of Danny Masterson on Thursday morning, those words from Judge Charlaine Olmedo broke through mounting courtroom tension. The conviction on two counts of forcible rape left only two possible sentences: 15 years to life or 30 years to life in prison. Masterson’s defense team, Phil Cohen and Shawn Holley, attempted to argue for the lesser sentence emphasizing what the loss of many years could mean for the defendant. Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller turned their argument on its face when he reminded the Judge of what the Jane Does had already lost over the past 20 years, stressing the constant retraumatization that comes with seeking justice as well as the witness’ complete devastation on the stand nearly two decades after being assaulted.
Survivors of rape need not only survive the assault, they must survive living in its aftermath. It is...
While awaiting the sentencing of Danny Masterson on Thursday morning, those words from Judge Charlaine Olmedo broke through mounting courtroom tension. The conviction on two counts of forcible rape left only two possible sentences: 15 years to life or 30 years to life in prison. Masterson’s defense team, Phil Cohen and Shawn Holley, attempted to argue for the lesser sentence emphasizing what the loss of many years could mean for the defendant. Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller turned their argument on its face when he reminded the Judge of what the Jane Does had already lost over the past 20 years, stressing the constant retraumatization that comes with seeking justice as well as the witness’ complete devastation on the stand nearly two decades after being assaulted.
Survivors of rape need not only survive the assault, they must survive living in its aftermath. It is...
- 9/13/2023
- by Jessica Barth
- The Wrap
Walter Isaacson, author of the new Elon Musk biography, has walked back his explosive claim that Musk ordered Starlink engineers to cut off internet connectivity to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s naval fleet last year.
The claim — which first emerged last week ahead of the biography’s publication — originally stated that in March 2022 Musk told his engineers to turn off Starlink’s connectivity along the Crimean coast (Musk had allowed Ukraine to use Starlink — which is operated by his company SpaceX — for satellite internet after Russia invaded a...
The claim — which first emerged last week ahead of the biography’s publication — originally stated that in March 2022 Musk told his engineers to turn off Starlink’s connectivity along the Crimean coast (Musk had allowed Ukraine to use Starlink — which is operated by his company SpaceX — for satellite internet after Russia invaded a...
- 9/12/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Woody Allen is attending the Venice International Film Festival for the premiere of his latest film, “Coup de Chance”.
On Monday, the director of such acclaimed comedies as “Annie Hall” and “Midnight in Paris” walked the red carpet ahead of the movie’s screening, joined by wife Soon-Yi Previn and the couple’s daughters, Bechet, 24, and Manzie, 23.
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As People reported, during the “Coup de Chance” press conference, the 87-year-old director discussed his contentment with his family.
“I was lucky my whole life really,” Allen said.
Read More: Woody Allen Talks Cancel Culture, Reveals He Hasn’t Seen Dylan Or Ronan Farrow Since Sexual Assault Allegations
“I had two loving parents, I have good friends. I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children,” he said.
Allen’s appearance at the festival was not without controversy.
On Monday, the director of such acclaimed comedies as “Annie Hall” and “Midnight in Paris” walked the red carpet ahead of the movie’s screening, joined by wife Soon-Yi Previn and the couple’s daughters, Bechet, 24, and Manzie, 23.
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As People reported, during the “Coup de Chance” press conference, the 87-year-old director discussed his contentment with his family.
“I was lucky my whole life really,” Allen said.
Read More: Woody Allen Talks Cancel Culture, Reveals He Hasn’t Seen Dylan Or Ronan Farrow Since Sexual Assault Allegations
“I had two loving parents, I have good friends. I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children,” he said.
Allen’s appearance at the festival was not without controversy.
- 9/6/2023
- by Etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
Woody Allen isn’t concerned about being cancelled.
In a new interview with Variety, the 87-year-old writer-director spoke about his views on “cancel culture,” and daughter Dylan Farrow’s sexual assault allegations against him.
Farrow’s allegations were the subject of the 2021 documentary series “Allen v. Farrow”, which detailed Dylan’s allegation that Allen abused her as a child.
Read More: Rosie O’Donnell Reveals She Turned Down A Woody Allen Movie Due To Abuse Allegations: ‘F**k No’
Discussing whether he feels “cancelled” in the wake of his daughter’s allegations gaining public attention, the director said, “I feel if you’re going to be canceled, this is the culture to be canceled by. I just find that all so silly. I don’t think about it. I don’t know what it means to be canceled.”
He continued, “I know that over the years everything has been the same for me.
In a new interview with Variety, the 87-year-old writer-director spoke about his views on “cancel culture,” and daughter Dylan Farrow’s sexual assault allegations against him.
Farrow’s allegations were the subject of the 2021 documentary series “Allen v. Farrow”, which detailed Dylan’s allegation that Allen abused her as a child.
Read More: Rosie O’Donnell Reveals She Turned Down A Woody Allen Movie Due To Abuse Allegations: ‘F**k No’
Discussing whether he feels “cancelled” in the wake of his daughter’s allegations gaining public attention, the director said, “I feel if you’re going to be canceled, this is the culture to be canceled by. I just find that all so silly. I don’t think about it. I don’t know what it means to be canceled.”
He continued, “I know that over the years everything has been the same for me.
- 9/4/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Elon Musk says that he plans to make another move that will complicate news media outlets effort to draw traffic to their content on Twitter/X.
He confirmed a report in Fortune that the platform will strip out the headline from story links so that the links are only from the article’s lead image.
“This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics,” Musk wrote on Twitter/X on Monday.
The plans were revealed on the same day as a lengthy piece on Musk in The New Yorker written by Ronan Farrow. The story delved into Musk’s influence over the war in Ukraine because he provides the Ukrainian military with the use of his Starlink internet service. But he has threatened to cut off access, while at the same time has had conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one anecdote from last year involving a call with Colin Kahl,...
He confirmed a report in Fortune that the platform will strip out the headline from story links so that the links are only from the article’s lead image.
“This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics,” Musk wrote on Twitter/X on Monday.
The plans were revealed on the same day as a lengthy piece on Musk in The New Yorker written by Ronan Farrow. The story delved into Musk’s influence over the war in Ukraine because he provides the Ukrainian military with the use of his Starlink internet service. But he has threatened to cut off access, while at the same time has had conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one anecdote from last year involving a call with Colin Kahl,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The parallels between How I Met Your Mother‘s Season 1 finale and How I Met Your Father‘s Season 2 finale are hard to ignore.
Both finales feature inclement weather, culminating in a kiss that changes everything. Both finales feature an Earth-shattering breakup. And both finales feature Sandy Rivers being the absolute worst. (Finish him, Ronan Farrow!)
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Both finales feature inclement weather, culminating in a kiss that changes everything. Both finales feature an Earth-shattering breakup. And both finales feature Sandy Rivers being the absolute worst. (Finish him, Ronan Farrow!)
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- 7/11/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Hey, "Late Night With Host Stephen Colbert" fans. We're back on here to let you know that CBS unfortunately has to air another week of Late Night With Stephen Colbert repeat episodes this week, June 19-23, 2023 because the WGA writers strike is still going on with no end currently in sight. It started back on May 2, 2023. So, we're almost about to reach a second month of this writers strike. With that said, CBS did let us know which repeat episodes they will be serving up this week in one of their press releases for the show. So, we're going to run that list off to you guys right now. Let's go. Tonight, June 19, 2023, CBS is going to re-air the episode that originally aired back on June 27, 2022. It featured appearances from actress/comedian Wanda Sykes and Ronan Farrow.
- 6/20/2023
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Talent agency WME is establishing a foothold inside the Beltway.
The Beverly Hills-based representation giant has acquired the literary agency Ross Yoon, the company said on Friday. Led by Gail Ross and Howard Yoon, the agency focuses on the non-fiction space, and has a roster of author clients including Time journalist Molly Ball, Mother Jones’ D.C. chief David Corn, New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, Politico Playbook writer Ryan Lizza, Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty, Vanity Fair correspondent Gabriel Sherman and many others.
As part of the deal — financial terms weren’t disclosed — Ross and Yoon will join WME as partners and bring agent Ethan Bassoff and coordinator Dara Kaye with them. A media lawyer in addition to founding the literary agency, Ross is also a partner at law firm Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold in D.C. Yoon, a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University as well as author and book consultant,...
The Beverly Hills-based representation giant has acquired the literary agency Ross Yoon, the company said on Friday. Led by Gail Ross and Howard Yoon, the agency focuses on the non-fiction space, and has a roster of author clients including Time journalist Molly Ball, Mother Jones’ D.C. chief David Corn, New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, Politico Playbook writer Ryan Lizza, Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty, Vanity Fair correspondent Gabriel Sherman and many others.
As part of the deal — financial terms weren’t disclosed — Ross and Yoon will join WME as partners and bring agent Ethan Bassoff and coordinator Dara Kaye with them. A media lawyer in addition to founding the literary agency, Ross is also a partner at law firm Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold in D.C. Yoon, a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University as well as author and book consultant,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last month, when “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong announced that the fourth season of the Emmy-winning HBO drama would be its last, the internet howled in despair. But Brian Cox — who’s played the ferocious mogul Logan Roy since the show’s 2018 premiere — applauds Armstrong’s decision. “He’s very disciplined in that way, and also he’s very British in that way,” says Cox, who is Scottish, and in conversation seems to mention birthplace to explain behavior. “The American inclination is to milk it for all it’s worth.”
Not that Cox, 76, won’t feel the loss. “I’ll miss the cast, I’ll miss the atmosphere, I’ll miss the bonhomie,” he says, ticking off reasons during a recent Zoom interview from London. And Logan? “Logan, probably, I’ll miss a bit. But upward and onwards.”
Cox may be circumspect about the Murdochian founder of Waystar Royco — the mega-corporation at the show’s center,...
Not that Cox, 76, won’t feel the loss. “I’ll miss the cast, I’ll miss the atmosphere, I’ll miss the bonhomie,” he says, ticking off reasons during a recent Zoom interview from London. And Logan? “Logan, probably, I’ll miss a bit. But upward and onwards.”
Cox may be circumspect about the Murdochian founder of Waystar Royco — the mega-corporation at the show’s center,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
At 11:30 p.m., Daniel Kwan was ready for a late dinner. The movie that he co-directed — “Everything Everywhere All At Once” — had swept the 95th annual Academy Awards, winning a historic seven statues, including best picture and best director. But he hadn’t had a bite to eat in hours. So at Vanity Fair’s annual Oscars party, he grabbed an In-n-Out burger from a tray to refuel.
But before he could dig in, he was greeted by one of his many fans — named Steven Spielberg. The man who saw his cinematic memoir, “The Fabelmans,” get crushed by the Daniels (as Kwan and his collaborator Daniel Scheinert are called) didn’t seem the least bit upset.
Instead, Spielberg animatedly spoke to Kwan for a long time, beyond the normal length of chitchat at an Oscar afterparty. Was Spielberg giving him advice? Expressing his admiration? Talking about butt plugs (a...
But before he could dig in, he was greeted by one of his many fans — named Steven Spielberg. The man who saw his cinematic memoir, “The Fabelmans,” get crushed by the Daniels (as Kwan and his collaborator Daniel Scheinert are called) didn’t seem the least bit upset.
Instead, Spielberg animatedly spoke to Kwan for a long time, beyond the normal length of chitchat at an Oscar afterparty. Was Spielberg giving him advice? Expressing his admiration? Talking about butt plugs (a...
- 3/13/2023
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios is developing Assume Nothing, a limited series based on Tanya Selvaratnam’s memoir of the same name, from Joanna Coles, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures, with Chopra Jonas also in talks to star, and ABC Signature.
Assume Nothing will be adapted and executive produced by Mimi Won Techentin (Queen Sugar), who also will serve as showrunner. In it, dating New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman – advocate for women’s rights, prosecutor of Harvey Weinstein – seemed like a dream. After the terrifying end of the relationship, Selvaratnam bravely shares her story with Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker, which leads to Schneiderman’s downfall and his replacement by Letitia James, the first female attorney general of New York State.
Coles and Jessica Whitaker executive produce for Joanna Coles Productions, with Chopra Jonas and Mary Rohlich for Purple Pebble Pictures. Selvaratnam will serve as producers.
Assume Nothing will be adapted and executive produced by Mimi Won Techentin (Queen Sugar), who also will serve as showrunner. In it, dating New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman – advocate for women’s rights, prosecutor of Harvey Weinstein – seemed like a dream. After the terrifying end of the relationship, Selvaratnam bravely shares her story with Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker, which leads to Schneiderman’s downfall and his replacement by Letitia James, the first female attorney general of New York State.
Coles and Jessica Whitaker executive produce for Joanna Coles Productions, with Chopra Jonas and Mary Rohlich for Purple Pebble Pictures. Selvaratnam will serve as producers.
- 2/28/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Pamela Anderson has addressed her previous comments made during the early stages of the #MeToo movement, in which she claimed that female actors in hotel rooms know what they’re “getting into”.
The former Baywatch star released her memoir, Love, Pamela, as well as her Netflix documentary film Pamela, A Love Story, earlier this week.
While promoting her new projects, Anderson has discussed several aspects of her life and career so far.
In a recent interview, the actor was asked about her 2017 comments made on the Today show about predatory people in Hollywood being “common knowledge”, in the wake of actors opening up about Harvey Weinstein’s pattern of sexual abuse.
At the time, she told host Megyn Kelly: “It was common knowledge [which] certain producers or certain people in Hollywood or people to avoid, privately. You know what you’re getting into if you’re going into a hotel room,...
The former Baywatch star released her memoir, Love, Pamela, as well as her Netflix documentary film Pamela, A Love Story, earlier this week.
While promoting her new projects, Anderson has discussed several aspects of her life and career so far.
In a recent interview, the actor was asked about her 2017 comments made on the Today show about predatory people in Hollywood being “common knowledge”, in the wake of actors opening up about Harvey Weinstein’s pattern of sexual abuse.
At the time, she told host Megyn Kelly: “It was common knowledge [which] certain producers or certain people in Hollywood or people to avoid, privately. You know what you’re getting into if you’re going into a hotel room,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Pamela Anderson earned widespread backlash in November 2017 due to an interview with “Today” in which she appeared to victim blame the survivors of the #MeToo movement. Anderson told interviewer Megyn Kelly at the time: “It was common knowledge that certain producers or certain people in Hollywood are people to avoid, privately. You know what you’re getting into if you’re going into a hotel room alone.”
Does Anderson stand by that statement nearly six years later? “I could even take it a step further,” she recently told Ronan Farrow during a new discussion for Interview Magazine.
“My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango,” Anderson said, attempting to explain the rationale behind her controversial #MeToo comment. “Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.
Does Anderson stand by that statement nearly six years later? “I could even take it a step further,” she recently told Ronan Farrow during a new discussion for Interview Magazine.
“My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango,” Anderson said, attempting to explain the rationale behind her controversial #MeToo comment. “Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.
- 2/2/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Things in Hollywood have improved, in Pamela Anderson’s eyes.
Sitting down with journalist Ronan Farrow for Interview magazine, the “Baywatch” star spoke about her experiences surviving the industry, and how things have changed since #MeToo.
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In particular, Farrow was interested in Anderson’s response to the movement when it emerged following the Harvey Weinstein revelations in 2017, which got her some backlash at the time.
“The spirit of honesty that runs through so much of your public life has sometimes blown up in your face a little bit,” he noted.
“You faced a lot of criticism, in the midst of #MeToo reporting that was coming out in the last several years, when you suggested women need to protect themselves a little more. You told Megyn Kelly, ‘You know what you’re getting into...
Sitting down with journalist Ronan Farrow for Interview magazine, the “Baywatch” star spoke about her experiences surviving the industry, and how things have changed since #MeToo.
Read More: Pamela Anderson: Can’t Wait To See Myself Old, Don’t Want To Chase Ageing
In particular, Farrow was interested in Anderson’s response to the movement when it emerged following the Harvey Weinstein revelations in 2017, which got her some backlash at the time.
“The spirit of honesty that runs through so much of your public life has sometimes blown up in your face a little bit,” he noted.
“You faced a lot of criticism, in the midst of #MeToo reporting that was coming out in the last several years, when you suggested women need to protect themselves a little more. You told Megyn Kelly, ‘You know what you’re getting into...
- 2/2/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
In the wickedly ambiguous Sundance conversation-starter “Cat Person,” two singles a half-generation apart see their relationship quite differently. Even the word “relationship” is relative. Margot (Emilia Jones), a 20-year-old sophomore, works the concession stand at a repertory theater, where she flirts with a patron (Nicholas Braun of “Succession”) who looks kinda like a young Nicolas Cage. Not “Valley Girl” young. More like “Wild at Heart”-era Nicolas Cage, minus the charisma. Margot describes him as “tall, dark and … problematic” to her roommate. Still, she’s intrigued enough to give him her number. The two start to text, sending what could aptly be called “mixed messages,” and things get complicated.
A co-writer on Gen Z coming-of-ager “Booksmart,” director Susanna Fogel likes complicated. Back in 2017, “Cat Person” originated as a fiction entry in The New Yorker, but quickly became something more. Long before anyone thought of adapting it to the big screen,...
A co-writer on Gen Z coming-of-ager “Booksmart,” director Susanna Fogel likes complicated. Back in 2017, “Cat Person” originated as a fiction entry in The New Yorker, but quickly became something more. Long before anyone thought of adapting it to the big screen,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
That sinking feeling you get watching a great conspiracy thriller usually boils down to this: all your worst fears are true.
Doug Liman’s “Justice,” a breathtaking documentary about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s silenced sexual assault accusers, goes a long way to proving the reality of the fears at the heart of this particular case. Mainly, that there was such a desire at several levels of government to see Kavanaugh on the bench that due diligence wasn’t followed, and barely even attempted.
Tightly edited to a coiled 84 minutes, the film doesn’t offer quite as many revelations as some might have hoped. But it pieces together what already was known into a compelling argument that calls into question the entire process of Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Key to this is the account of Debbie Ramirez, the Yale undergrad classmate of Kavanaugh who told The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow...
Doug Liman’s “Justice,” a breathtaking documentary about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s silenced sexual assault accusers, goes a long way to proving the reality of the fears at the heart of this particular case. Mainly, that there was such a desire at several levels of government to see Kavanaugh on the bench that due diligence wasn’t followed, and barely even attempted.
Tightly edited to a coiled 84 minutes, the film doesn’t offer quite as many revelations as some might have hoped. But it pieces together what already was known into a compelling argument that calls into question the entire process of Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Key to this is the account of Debbie Ramirez, the Yale undergrad classmate of Kavanaugh who told The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow...
- 1/21/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
The big news on opening day of Sundance was the addition of Justice, an investigative documentary notable as the first foray into nonfiction filmmaking for major-league director Doug Liman, and for the fact that its existence had been kept under wraps for more than a year, with all participants signing NDAs. But to anyone who followed the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings and the shameful treatment of Christine Blasey Ford, who came forward with accusations of attempted rape when they were at high school together in the early ‘80s, there will be very little here that comes close to an earth-shaking revelation. Sure, the outrage still stings, but where’s the news?
Liman and his producer and writer Amy Herdy spoke after the film’s premiere about the hope that it might trigger action and lead to “a real investigation with subpoena powers.” But with Kavanaugh now ensconced in a lifetime Supreme Court seat,...
Liman and his producer and writer Amy Herdy spoke after the film’s premiere about the hope that it might trigger action and lead to “a real investigation with subpoena powers.” But with Kavanaugh now ensconced in a lifetime Supreme Court seat,...
- 1/21/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A collective eyebrow was raised when the 2023 Sundance Film Festival announced a last-minute addition to the lineup: Justice, a documentary probing the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. That the film marked the first documentary directed by Doug Liman, the man behind Swingers and The Bourne Identity, and was produced by Amy Herdy, an ex-journalist and key researcher for the documentaries Allen v. Farrow and On the Record, only piqued curiosity further. Would the film contain new claims against Kavanaugh beyond what emerged during and around...
- 1/21/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
A surprise documentary unveiled at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night revealed new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and raised disturbing questions about whether the FBI ever actually investigated his behavior.
The most heart-wrenching footage in the documentary by director Doug Liman and producer Amy Herdy involved a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Yale. Deborah Ramirez went on camera for the first time to detail her story of being sexually harassed by Kavanaugh in front of their friends during a drunken college party in the 1980s.
Ramirez previously alleged in a New Yorker piece by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer that Kavanaugh pushed his penis in her face in front of a group of friends at a party, humiliating her. Kavanaugh has denied the incident ever occurred. Ramirez was never called to testify by the Senate Judiciary Committee that confirmed Kavanaugh.
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The most heart-wrenching footage in the documentary by director Doug Liman and producer Amy Herdy involved a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Yale. Deborah Ramirez went on camera for the first time to detail her story of being sexually harassed by Kavanaugh in front of their friends during a drunken college party in the 1980s.
Ramirez previously alleged in a New Yorker piece by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer that Kavanaugh pushed his penis in her face in front of a group of friends at a party, humiliating her. Kavanaugh has denied the incident ever occurred. Ramirez was never called to testify by the Senate Judiciary Committee that confirmed Kavanaugh.
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- 1/21/2023
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News since early 2017, will leave the organization in an unorthodox shake-up that will elevate three different executives, effectively separating the massive news outlet into different pieces, all of which will report to Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal’s portfolio of news assets.
Under a new structure, Libby Leist, the NBC News executive who oversees “Today,” and Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive who supervises the streaming outlet NBC News Now, will both report to Conde. They will be joined by Rebecca Blumenstein, a senior editor at The New York Times who will take up the role of president of editorial for NBC News and who will also report to Conde. Blumenstein is charged with oversight of editorial, news gathering, bureaus, field operations, booking, “Meet the Press,” “Dateline,” and NBC News Studios.
The reorganization means that NBC News’ most popular programs will no longer be under...
Under a new structure, Libby Leist, the NBC News executive who oversees “Today,” and Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive who supervises the streaming outlet NBC News Now, will both report to Conde. They will be joined by Rebecca Blumenstein, a senior editor at The New York Times who will take up the role of president of editorial for NBC News and who will also report to Conde. Blumenstein is charged with oversight of editorial, news gathering, bureaus, field operations, booking, “Meet the Press,” “Dateline,” and NBC News Studios.
The reorganization means that NBC News’ most popular programs will no longer be under...
- 1/11/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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All that Breathes topped the 2022 IDA Documentary Awards, winning best feature and two other competitive awards. The film was previously selected as the winner of the Pare Lorentz Award.
In addition to the top prize, the HBO title, which follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites that are often affected by air pollution in New Delhi, won best director for helmer Shaunak Sen and best editing.
National Geographic and Neon’s Fire of Love documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, which led the nominations for the 38th annual International Documentary Association honors with five nods, won two awards.
The IDA Documentary Awards were presented in a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theater, hosted by actor-comedian Jenny Yang.
Best Feature Documentary
All that Breathes (India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe, HBO Documentary Films...
All that Breathes topped the 2022 IDA Documentary Awards, winning best feature and two other competitive awards. The film was previously selected as the winner of the Pare Lorentz Award.
In addition to the top prize, the HBO title, which follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites that are often affected by air pollution in New Delhi, won best director for helmer Shaunak Sen and best editing.
National Geographic and Neon’s Fire of Love documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, which led the nominations for the 38th annual International Documentary Association honors with five nods, won two awards.
The IDA Documentary Awards were presented in a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theater, hosted by actor-comedian Jenny Yang.
Best Feature Documentary
All that Breathes (India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe, HBO Documentary Films...
- 12/11/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began reporting on Harvey Weinstein, they had very few connections in Hollywood.
“Full disclosure: I barely knew who Harvey Weinstein was,” Twohey noted Wednesday during the pair’s keynote address at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime.
They developed those sources, however, and their reporting on a litany of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein, spanning several decades, first published in 2017, helped lead to the former movie mogul’s downfall (he was convicted on sexual assault and third-degree rape charges in New York and is currently on trial in Los Angeles for alleged crimes that took place there). They won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 (shared with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker) and later expanded their stories into the book She Said — which was adapted for...
When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began reporting on Harvey Weinstein, they had very few connections in Hollywood.
“Full disclosure: I barely knew who Harvey Weinstein was,” Twohey noted Wednesday during the pair’s keynote address at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime.
They developed those sources, however, and their reporting on a litany of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein, spanning several decades, first published in 2017, helped lead to the former movie mogul’s downfall (he was convicted on sexual assault and third-degree rape charges in New York and is currently on trial in Los Angeles for alleged crimes that took place there). They won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 (shared with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker) and later expanded their stories into the book She Said — which was adapted for...
- 12/7/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Admirably straightforward drama follows two of the reporters who cut through the defences around the apparently invulnerable producer
The title takes the second half of the famous phrase habitually used to dismiss rape allegations as hearsay – “he said, she said” – and in doing so restores the importance of women’s testimony. This is the story of the two New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, and their battle to write the story about the now disgraced and imprisoned movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his decades-long practice of intimidation, harassment and rape of young female actors and junior staff, hushing them up with threats and NDA payoffs, enabled by a vast male superstructure of silence. It is adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from the journalists’ book of the same title and directed by Maria Schrader.
The journalists’ plan was to try for a number of accusers going public at once – or failing that,...
The title takes the second half of the famous phrase habitually used to dismiss rape allegations as hearsay – “he said, she said” – and in doing so restores the importance of women’s testimony. This is the story of the two New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, and their battle to write the story about the now disgraced and imprisoned movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his decades-long practice of intimidation, harassment and rape of young female actors and junior staff, hushing them up with threats and NDA payoffs, enabled by a vast male superstructure of silence. It is adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from the journalists’ book of the same title and directed by Maria Schrader.
The journalists’ plan was to try for a number of accusers going public at once – or failing that,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The new movie "She Said" chronicles the investigation by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (played by Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (played by Carey Mulligan) into sexual harassment and assault allegations against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The article they eventually published on Oct. 5, 2017, was groundbreaking, and their reporting (along with New Yorker journalist Ronan Farrow's) eventually led to dozens of women coming out with allegations about Weinstein. It also helped spark the #MeToo movement.
The story central to "She Said" involves a lot of famous people, but the movie takes a mixed approach in how it portrays them on film. On screen, the writers talk to Gwyneth Paltrow (just like they did in real life), but the movie doesn't show their conversation, just that they went to her house. Meanwhile, Ashley Judd, who went on the record in Twohey and Kantor's first story, plays herself in the film in multiple scenes.
The story central to "She Said" involves a lot of famous people, but the movie takes a mixed approach in how it portrays them on film. On screen, the writers talk to Gwyneth Paltrow (just like they did in real life), but the movie doesn't show their conversation, just that they went to her house. Meanwhile, Ashley Judd, who went on the record in Twohey and Kantor's first story, plays herself in the film in multiple scenes.
- 11/18/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Talk to any investigative reporter, and they will fill your ears with tales about the combination of excitement and pure existential dread that occurs right before an editor hits the Publish button. So much legwork leads up to that moment; so much shoe-leather, metaphorical or otherwise, gets sanded away in the name of bringing something to light, or someone to justice. Then, with a click — and in the age of digital journalism, it’s usually a click — they pass the point of no return (and/or enter the realm of...
- 11/17/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
When journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their first bombshell report on Harvey Weinstein in The New York Times in October 2017, the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winning expose included eight different accusers. Some of them were named (like actress Ashley Judd or former Miramax employee Lauren Madden), while others opted to tell their stories but to remain anonymous.
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
- 11/16/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Workers at podcast firm Pineapple Street Studios have successfully unionized after a card check determined that a majority supported organizing with the Writers Guild of America East.
The company, behind breakout titles including Missing Richard Simmons and The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, voluntarily recognized a 42-member bargaining unit after an independent arbitrator administered the card check. Writers, producers, editors, engineers and others are included in the union, whose next step will be to negotiate a contract with management. The Writers Guild announced the news, which was confirmed by Audacy, the studio’s parent company, on Wednesday.
“We are so proud to have won voluntary recognition from management at Pineapple and Audacy. This victory is a direct result of months of hard work and dedication to building solidarity across our organization,” Pineapple Street Union said in a statement. “We’re excited...
Workers at podcast firm Pineapple Street Studios have successfully unionized after a card check determined that a majority supported organizing with the Writers Guild of America East.
The company, behind breakout titles including Missing Richard Simmons and The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, voluntarily recognized a 42-member bargaining unit after an independent arbitrator administered the card check. Writers, producers, editors, engineers and others are included in the union, whose next step will be to negotiate a contract with management. The Writers Guild announced the news, which was confirmed by Audacy, the studio’s parent company, on Wednesday.
“We are so proud to have won voluntary recognition from management at Pineapple and Audacy. This victory is a direct result of months of hard work and dedication to building solidarity across our organization,” Pineapple Street Union said in a statement. “We’re excited...
- 11/16/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS is still employing Ian Metrose, the senior network executive who in 2017 acted as a go-between for an LAPD captain accused of leaking confidential information about sexual assault allegations filed against then-ceo Les Moonves, TheWrap has learned.
Metrose, a 20-year veteran of the network who serves as SVP of talent relations and special events, was one of a handful of CBS executives named last week in a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James – but the only one still working there. The report is the basis for a 24.5 million settlement that Paramount Global and Moonves agreed to pay to CBS shareholders over Moonves’ 2018 ouster after the sex abuse claims finally came to light.
According to James’ report, Metrose was an intermediary between a now-retired LAPD captain and senior CBS executives to obtain unredacted, confidential police reports, which they used to suppress news about the accusations against Moonves for weeks...
Metrose, a 20-year veteran of the network who serves as SVP of talent relations and special events, was one of a handful of CBS executives named last week in a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James – but the only one still working there. The report is the basis for a 24.5 million settlement that Paramount Global and Moonves agreed to pay to CBS shareholders over Moonves’ 2018 ouster after the sex abuse claims finally came to light.
According to James’ report, Metrose was an intermediary between a now-retired LAPD captain and senior CBS executives to obtain unredacted, confidential police reports, which they used to suppress news about the accusations against Moonves for weeks...
- 11/11/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
A model whose police report caused sex crimes prosecutors to investigate Harvey Weinstein in 2015 — two years before his colossal downfall in 2017 — testified in Weinstein’s rape trial on Tuesday at the criminal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez — who is an uncharged witness in Weinstein’s current trial — was at the center of a NYPD sting operation in 2015. She had cooperated with police to wear a wire and record Weinstein, following her allegations that he had groped her breasts and put his hand up her skirt during a casting meeting. Gutierrez’s participation with the cops led to Weinstein being investigated, but former Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance opted not to prosecute the case and Weinstein was never charged. After that first brush with authorities, Weinstein continued to court power as one of the most influential producers in Hollywood for more than two years, until further allegations against him ignited the #MeToo movement.
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez — who is an uncharged witness in Weinstein’s current trial — was at the center of a NYPD sting operation in 2015. She had cooperated with police to wear a wire and record Weinstein, following her allegations that he had groped her breasts and put his hand up her skirt during a casting meeting. Gutierrez’s participation with the cops led to Weinstein being investigated, but former Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance opted not to prosecute the case and Weinstein was never charged. After that first brush with authorities, Weinstein continued to court power as one of the most influential producers in Hollywood for more than two years, until further allegations against him ignited the #MeToo movement.
- 11/9/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
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