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Silver screen legend Robert Redford is no stranger to starring in beloved classics and delivering unforgettable performances, and he knocked it out of the park when he appeared as an unconventional U.S. Senate hopeful in the satiric 1972 political dramedy The Candidate. The sharp and witty film chronicles Redford's lawyer-turned-politician as he wades into foreign waters while on his quest to "defeat" the Republican nominee, with the charismatic character initially being chosen only because he had zero chances of winning.

The Candidate went on to achieve widespread acclaim, and Jeremy Larner took home the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, with the brilliant writer having had quite a bit of personal experience in the world of politics in preparation for penning the celebrated '70s hit. Let's explore...

As Rudy Giuliani’s financial and legal woes continue to pile up, the hosts of “Morning Joe” have no sympathy for the man once dubbed “America’s mayor.” On Friday morning, the MSNBC crew joked that he’s turned into “America’s deadbeat,” and that he brought it all on himself.

This week, it was reported that Giuliani ignored a court order instructing him to pay legal fees to election workers he defamed, is currently being sued by his own former lawyers for $1.4 million in unpaid fees, and he was hit with allegations that he inappropriately groped Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide who gave an explosive testimony against Trump last year.

“Every day, really. Every day, it gets worse for the guy who once called himself America’s mayor,” Joe Scarborough mocked on Friday. “You know, I don’t know if he faces prison, if he faces bankruptcy,...

The news that Rupert Murdoch was stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. quickly triggered talk of his legacy, overshadowing one aspect of his announcement: Whether it comes to politics or to his companies’ media properties, he’s not going away.

In his announcement to employees, Murdoch insisted that he would be involved “every day in the contest of ideas,” while echoing some of the cancel-culture themes prevalent on Fox News and in the New York Post: “Self-serving bureaucracies are seeking to silence those who would question their provenance and purpose. Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. Most of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth.”

The 92-year-old mogul added: “I will be watching our broadcasts with a critical eye, reading our newspapers and websites and books with much interest,...

SAG-AFTRA is set to formalize their strike plans on Thursday afternoon, after a midnight deadline on Wednesday passed without a new contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike will mark the first time both SAG-AFTRA and the WGA will be on strike together in 60 years and, on Thursday morning, the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” voiced their support for the situation.

As hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski discussed the negotiations, Scarborough explained that “at some point, this really starts to put a dent in the media companies’ bottom line,” but he and his colleagues were totally fine with that, considering it’s happening because actors and writers are simply trying to get fair compensation.

“A lot of people hear these stories, hear us reporting on these stories, and they think ‘Oh, a bunch of actors and screenwriters, they all make a lot of money.

The world of sports, Hollywood and politics came together online today to mourn the passing of Jim Brown, who made an outsized impact in all of those sectors.

Even though his last NFL game was more than 50 years ago, and his last film more than eight years ago, Brown still loomed large in the minds of those politicians, athletes and organizations who marveled at his skills in multiple venues.

Some of the online reactions so far:

I was too young to remember Jim Brown’s playing days, but I knew his legacy. One of the greatest football players ever, he was also an actor and activist – speaking out on civil rights, and pushing other Black athletes to do the same. Our thoughts are with Jim’s wife Monique, his…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 19, 2023

Fran and I are saddened to learn of the death of legendary NFL running back Jim Brown.

Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Garner, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are among the celebrity names expected at tonight’s White House State Dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron.

The event also is heavy in studio heads and moguls, including Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, NBCUniversal’s Jeff Shell, Walt Disney’s Dana Walden and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, along with Jeffrey Katzenberg and CAA’s Bryan Lourd. Also on the guest list is Charles Rivkin, the MPA chairman and former U.S. ambassador to France, and Sarandos’ wife, producer Nicole Avant, the former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.

Other media names include Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, Olivier Knox, Jon Meacham, and other notable non-government, non-politics guests include Apple’s Tim Cook, Anna Wintour and her guest Baz Luhrmann, developer Jeff Worthe, designer Christian Louboutin and Laurene Powell Jobs.

John Batiste, Colbert’s former bandleader, is...

Mika Brzezinski had been about as close to Jewel, the folk singer known for her hit “Who Will Save Your Soul” as Coca-Cola is to mayonnaise. But the two recently struck a connection that will have the musician appearing on one of the most distinctive broadcasts of Brzezinski’s long-running MSNBC program, “Morning Joe.”

On Wednesday, November 9, the day after the 2022 midterm elections, Kilcher will appear with Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist while they spend their program’s four hours analyzing the results and what they could mean for both Republicans and Democrats. Mike Barnicle and Jen Psaki will also appear, along with analysts ranging from Katty Kay to Jon Meacham. But Kilcher represents something a little different. Yes. she has expressed political views in the past, but she’s not the sort of politics aficionado who regularly visits the program.

Brzezinski met Kilcher through a specialist in dialetical behavior therapy,...

“Morning Joe” served up something other than coffee chatter Thursday A.M.

Joe Scarborough in the opening 15 minutes of the MSNBC program accused Capitol Police of opening “the f—ing doors” for insurrectionists during Wednesday’s invasion of Congress’ home base, a sign of how shocking the development has been to even the people charged with delivering news and commentary about it.

An audibly upset Scarborough suggested Capitol Police have in the past relied on stronger security policies than those used Wednesday when a mob inspired by President Donald Trump and his supporters broke into the Capitol and tried to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. “You open the f—ing doors…You open the doors for them and let them breach the people’s house! What is wrong with you?” asked Scarborough, who was heard to pound the desk he sits behind as scenes...

The set of “Morning Joe” took a negative view of the most recent media coverage surrounding Brett Kavanaugh, criticizing the allegations and innuendo which have surrounded his nomination to the Supreme Court this week.

“This has not been the media’s finest hour,” said show regular Mike Barnicle.

On set, Joe Scarborough went even further, denouncing liberal journalists who had seemingly already made up their minds before the facts could be known.

Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Says Kavanaugh Accuser Must Testify: 'There Is No Other Way Around It'

“Oh my God. We have been harshly critical of Fox News for being in the tank and being state television for Donald Trump,” said the former Gop Congressman. “What we’ve seen last week has made me want to call networks and put a ‘D’ in front of the name of the so-called journalists that have already decided hat Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist.

The set of “Morning Joe” offered a warm review of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

In the opening minutes of Tuesday’s show, the regulars on set took turns praising the Bush-era judge who has been a fixture in D.C. for more than a decade.

“The truth of the matter is that where there are places progressives will disagree on guns, abortion and presidential power. This is not a wild Judge Jeanine Pirro pick as some were fearing,” said Willie Geist. “This is an eminently qualified guy — and again you can disagree with his positions on certain issues — but this is a guy who is qualified for this job.”

Also Read: Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle's Relationship With Donald Trump Jr Raises Questions for Network

“Senate Democrats were going to put up a fight whoever this was.

The set of “Morning Joe” warned viewers Tuesday that children were being “taken hostage” by the U.S. government as the rhetoric continues to escalate surrounding the Trump administration’s policy of separating the families of migrant children at the border.

“Sadly, realistically, this is the American story now,” said show regular Mike Barnicle, “This is our story. The story of children being taken hostage on a hot Texas landscape, held in cages, away from their parents, being used as pawns to get money, to build a wall, by a Republican party whose policy is to separate them from their families, from their mothers and their fathers, that’s our story, in America today.”

“It’s up to the people of America and the people who represent them in Congress to decide whether that’s the story they want to go with,” he added.

Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Slams...

Joe Scarborough knows the answer for why Trump officials and their allies on Capitol Hill continue to stumble from one blunder to the next — they’re not very smart.

The “Morning Joe” host made his pronouncement on Wednesday as the show was reviewing the payments that Trump attorney Michael Cohen received from various companies in exchange for insights into his former boss.

“I don’t know how to politely say this,” said Scarborough. “They are not intelligent people. They are not smart people. They bumble around. I don’t mean to go back to Rudy Giuliani talking about how intelligent he is. But, who is dumb enough to go on the air, give three different accounts of an active case that the Southern District of New York is investigating?”

Also Read: Watch Mika Brzezinski Massage a Pig for More Than a Minute (Video)

“Seriously morons,” added co-host Mika Brzezinski. “I’ll just say it.”

Later on in the program, show regular Mike Barnicle suggested that Rudy’s Yankees season tickets right behind home plate might have made him the victim of foul ball related brain damage.

“We have to take into account — and this is in Rudy’s defense — his season tickets at Yankee stadium are right next to the Yankee dugout. Prior to the netting being established if you took a foul ball,” he said before trailing off.

“Morning Joe” spent most of the program digesting the latest news surrounding Cohen. In addition to the revelations earlier this week that he had accepted money from a Russian oligarch which indirectly paid for the Stormy Daniels settlement, news emerged yesterday that Cohen had provided vague consulting services for major U.S. companies, including At&T and Novartis, and billed them hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Reporting suggests that after he was shut out of a White House gig, Cohen moved to monetize his closeness to the president by providing insight to companies about the new president.

Read original story Joe Scarborough Blasts Trump Team: ‘They’re Not Smart People’ At TheWrap...

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” ripped President Trump for pardoning former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who guest Mike Barnicle said was “running a concentration camp.” Arpaio had been convicted of criminal contempt of court in a racial profiling case but was given a presidential pardon by Trump on Friday. Co-host Joe Scarborough doesn’t approve and said, “The list of horrors this guy has implemented is staggering.” Barnicle and New York Times reporter Nick Confessore were on hand to chime in, noting that the investigation started while George W. Bush was president and that child abuse cases went dark under Arpaio if the kids.

Reid got the windup from the show's resident woke grandpa, Mike Barnicle — who's been on something of a roll himself recently.

“Morning Joe” regular guest Mike Barnicle slammed President Trump on Friday, saying his recent comments were “chaos unmatched in American history.” During a Thursday White House press conference, Trump slammed Majority Leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell and threatened North Korea, while taking questions from the press. Co-host Joe Scarborough set Barnicle up to go off on Friday, asking what he noticed when Trump talked “to the press for the first time in a long time,” nothing that “unsettling” things were said. “You saw a level of chaos that’s been unmatched in presidential history. You saw a president of the United States.

"Oh my God," the show's resident curmudgeon Mike Barnicle muttered off-camera...

It’s almost like he’s done this before…

Bradley Cooper took a page out of his own playbook when made a surprise appearance at a wedding over the weekend. The Wedding Crashers actor, 41, stopped by to congratulate the newlyweds while visiting his alma mater at Georgetown Univeristy in Washington, D.C.

Cooper snuck up on the unsuspecting couple as they walked around campus â€. and luckily, the wedding photographer was on hand to capture the moment.

“Here’s a sneak peek from Meg and Nick’s private ceremony this past weekend! Their friend, Bradley Cooper, was visiting Georgetown...

nullHe may not have technically crashed this wedding, but Bradley Cooper definitely caused some picture-perfect moments.  Over the weekend, the Oscar nominee made a surprise appearance at a family friend's wedding in Washington, D.C. at his very own alma mater, Georgetown University,  "Here's a sneak peek from Meg and Nick's private ceremony this past weekend! Their friend, Bradley Cooper, was visiting Georgetown and made sure to congratulate the newlyweds as they walked around campus," the couple's photographer explained on Instagram.  By Monday, the groom's father, famed journalist Mike Barnicle appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe, where he...

Gary Johnson may not make the presidential debate stage after all following a cringe-worthy foreign policy stumble during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday. When the Libertarian presidential candidate and former governor of New Mexico was asked on MSNBC how he would address the situation in Aleppo, the city that is at the center of the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis, he replied, "What is Aleppo?" "You're kidding," MSNBC's Mike Barnicle said. "No," Johnson responded. After Barnicle explained what Aleppo was, Johnson replied, "Okay, got it," and went on to say he thinks the U.S. should...

Gary Johnson may not make the presidential debate stage after all following a cringe-worthy foreign policy stumble during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday. When the Libertarian presidential candidate and former governor of New Mexico was asked on MSNBC how he would address the situation in Aleppo, the city that is at the center of the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis, he replied, "What is Aleppo?" "You're kidding," MSNBC's Mike Barnicle said. "No," Johnson responded. After Barnicle explained what Aleppo was, Johnson replied, "Okay, got it," and went on to say he thinks the U.S. should...

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson had no idea what Aleppo was during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday. “What is Aleppo?” he asked, in a moment that could define his campaign and essentially end his long-shot presidential bid. Mike Barnicle asked Johnson what he would do about Aleppo if elected president, to which Johnson replied, “About?” When he asked what it was, Barnicle looked shocked and replied, “You’re kidding.” Also Read: What Is a Libertarian? Fox Business Host John Stossel Explains Ahead of Gary Johnson Town Hall Johnson ensured he wasn’t joking and Barnicle went...

Robert Redford played a baseball pitcher in the 1984 classic The Natural, and he has returned to the baseball field to narrate a new special to commemorate the 4th of July holiday. The 77-year-old Oscar winner read an excerpt from an essay penned by MSNBC's Mike Barnicle that will run during Espn's 4th of July major league baseball doubleheader on Friday. List Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films The Redford-voiced feature will air during the 3 p.m. Et New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins game and the 7 p.m. Et Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers showdown.

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The past several days have seen an awful lot of overselling, by the mainstream political press, of twin unfolding political scandals involving the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, and of the Justice Department's seizure of The Associated Press' phone records. On Wednesday morning's Morning Joe Obama Piñata Party, Mj regular Mike Barnicle threw another shrimp on the hype barbie when, during a litany of complaints about the President, he accused the Justice Department of "throwing an electronic eavesdropping blanket over 100 Associated Press reporters," in clear contradiction with the facts as they are currently known.

On Wednesday, Joe Scarborough picked up where he left off with the gun debate. Focusing on Democrats this time around, Scarborough called them out for their lack of courage on the issue when the polling shows support for background checks. The roundtable largely agreed with him — especially Mike Barnicle, who contrasted Americans' resilience, citing the Boston Marathon bombing, with Democrats' fear of the NRA.

Morning Joe took a look at President Obama's Republican outreach (in light of the White House pushing back on the report that it's a political ploy), as well as the recent drop in his favorability rating, during Wednesday's show. While the panel largely commended the president for heading over to Capitol Hill, Joe Scarborough noted that he wouldn't get good reception from his for taking on issues like entitlement reform. Right now, Mike Barnicle agreed, Obama simply "can't win."...

The National Rifle Association continued its headlong rush into political radioactivity by putting out an incredibly stupid, offensive ad in which they slam President Obama for sending his kids to a school with armed police officers, while expressing skepticism about the NRA's plan to require armed security in every school. On Wednesday morning's Morning Joe, panelist Mike Barnicle went so far as to call the ad "pornography," while co-host Mika Brzezinski called the NRA leadership "sick in the head."...

The stupidity in reaction to the attacks in Libya and Egypt, which has claimed five American lives so far, isn't limited to presidential candidates and also-rans. On Wednesday morning's Morning Joe, regular panelist Mike Barnicle opined that Pastor Terry Jones, who has been promoting the film that allegedly inspired the murderous riots, ought to be looked into by the Justice Department "as an accessory, before or after the fact."...

Coming up on MSNBC: guests/topics Thursday, August 23, 2012 .Morning Joe. (Live, 6-9 A.M. Et) Guests: Mike Barnicle, MSNBC Contributor; Harold Ford Jr., NBC News Political Analyst; Jim VandeHei, Politico; Mark McKinnon, Republican Strategist; Jill Abramson, The New York Times; Mallory Factor, Author, .Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind;. Rick Stengel, Time; Boone Pickens, Oil Tycoon & Bp Capital; Richard Belzer, Actor and Comedian; Brian Sullivan, CNBC; James Fallows, The Atlantic For videos and additional information: www.joe.msnbc.com .The Daily Rundown. (Live, 9-10 A.M. Et) Guests: Paul Kane, Washington Post; Susan David, USA Today; Jackie Kucinich, USA Today; Patti Solis Doyle, Fmr. Chief of Staff, Obama for America; Robert Costa, National Review For videos and additional information: www.rundown.msnbc.com...

Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs appeared on Monday's Morning Joe, driving off with a "bus" analogy to help explain his take on Mitt Romney's offshore accounts and the impact these will have on voters. "We've had a guy driving the bus for the past four years," said panelist Mike Barnicle. "Why should I continue to allow Barack Obama to drive the bus when I have another option?"...

Ron Paul stopped by Morning Joe on Wednesday, where he discussed a range of issues, from whether he believes Mitt Romney has "core convictions" (Short answer: Yes, although Paul would ultimately like to change the Gop's core convictions), to the delegates he's obtained, to entitlement programs. At one point in the segment, panelist Mike Barnicle asked Paul whether he was "headed in the direction of eliminating programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid."...

Yesterday's Democratic walkout at a House hearing on the Obama administration's contraception mandate, which featured an all-male panel of witnesses, has become the latest rallying point in the culture war over women's healthcare. On Friday morning's Morning Joe, fill-in hosts Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle were not about to let that stand, and convened a vagina-free panel to discuss it, leading to this stunning screenshot:...

On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough shouted down co-host Mika Brzezinski after she sympathized with President Obama for his alleged distaste for politics the way it is today. "It appears that you could make a case that Barack Obama doesn't like politics," contributor Mike Barnicle surmised, which Newsweek's Tina Brown agreed with. "Well who would today?" interjected Brezinski. "Oh come on!" interrupted Scarborough "If you don't like medicine, don't be a doctor.

After reviewing disturbing footage of Oakland cops firing teargas canisters on demonstrators, Morning Joe's panelists roundly condemned the Occupy Oakland crackdown on Thursday and Mike Barnicle characterized their actions as a "police riot." "You were watching a police riot," Barnicle exclaimed. "The Oakland police department has had a series of problems over the last 10 years and that was a police riot you were just watching."...

President Obama's speech yesterday in the aftermath of S&P downgrading America's credit rating resulted in generally negative reviews from the Morning Joe crew. As Mike Barnicle repeated "why, why, why" would Obama go out with anything to say, Mika Brzezinski attempting to defend Obama, suggested she knows at least one person who thought it was a good speech. Joe Scarborough joked that the one person was probably the President himself.

President Obama's re-election strategy was the main topic of conversation as the Morning Joe crew assessed what Obama might need to say or do in light of such a bad economy. While Joe Scarborough was most critical of Obama's policies which have failed to reduce unemployment, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle politely reminded Scarborough that in politics everything is relative, and essentially Obama just needs to campaign against the Republican nominee rather than simply discuss the economy.

MSNBC's Pat Buchanan attempted to justify the Republican position of not accepting a debt compromise with President Obama by suggesting that the last Republican to go along with such a deal was President George H.W. Bush and his reward for raising taxes was one term. Yet none of the other Morning Joe guests in the discussion including MSNBC contributors Ed Rendell, Harold Ford Jr., Mike Barnicle and Jonathan Capehart were buying Buchanan's argument that Republicans were taking a "principled position."...

The Morning Joe crew discussed the ongoing budget negotiations and the consensus of the table seemed to be that Republicans were still not willing to go along with a compromise, despite a potential deal with a 5:1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases, according to The Washington Post's Ezra Klein. Yet as Mika Brzezinski wondered "are we skewed" in concluding Republicans aren't putting anything new on the table, Mike Barnicle suggested that President Obama is trying to negotiate with Republicans who do not comprehend "real world" problems.

On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch was very pessimistic about the nation's economic recovery and also about President's Obama's chances for re-election. Most on the panel agreed it will be challenging for the President as Joe Scarborough thought many are starting to get sick of Obama's "cool detachment" and Mike Barnicle stressed that most Americans out on the street are truly frightful in this economy.

Mike Barnicle attends Morning Joe TV Show filming at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.Photo copyright Claudio Uema / PR Photos. Joe Scarborough attends Morning Joe TV Show filming at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.Photo copyright Claudio Uema / PR Photos. Mika Brzezinski attends Morning Joe TV Show filming at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.Photo copyright Claudio Uema / PR Photos. Mika Brzezinski attends Morning Joe TV Show filming at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.Photo copyright Claudio Uema / PR Photos. Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough attend Morning Joe TV Show filming at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.Photo copyright Claudio Uema / PR Photos. 06/10/2011 - Willie Geist, Mika...

With continuous resignations in the wake of the NPR hidden camera sting operation, the Morning Joe panel discussed whether NPR should continue to be federally funded, but did not seem happy to have to talk about it. Sitting in for Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle summed up the opinion of most on the panel when he suggested "talking about NPR, it’s ridiculous. It’s tedious."...

With another Major League Baseball postseason upon us, I find myself once again reflecting upon how much - or more aptly, how little - I care. It is a sensation I know well, as it has been with me for the last five Octobers. However, the roots of that disillusionment began 11 years earlier. The Tenth Inning, Ken Burns' sequel to his critically acclaimed miniseries Baseball, aired this past week on PBS. Watching it and reliving the past 16 years in the world of baseball accentuated this round of reflection.

I remember exactly where I was the night of September 14, 1994. I was driving south on highway 281 toward downtown San Antonio when the news of the World Series' cancellation was broadcast over the radio. The strike by the players had been in effect over a month, and neither the Mlbpa nor the owners would budge in their demands. The passengers in my car were not baseball fans,...

Updates Big Morris Earner Jim Griffin Pushed Out By Wme Paradigm just sent around this internal announcement: "We are very pleased to announce that veteran agent Jim Griffin has joined Paradigm and will be headquartered in our New York office beginning today.  Jim will be spearheading a new Broadcasting department for the agency. Jim has brought with him many of his long time clients including Regis Philbin, Emeril Lagasse, Fred Thompson, Jim Leher, Chris Cuomo, Geraldo Rivera, John Gibson, Bernard Goldberg, Mike Barnicle, Charles Grodin and Willard Scott. The agency will represent these clients in all areas. Additional new clients will be announced in [...]...

Behind the desk at Meet The Press, Tim Russert had a knack for shredding even the savviest of politicians. Whether stumping gubernatorial candidate David Duke with a basic economic question in 1991, grilling President Bush on non-existent weapons of mass destruction 11 months after the invasion of Iraq, or tripping up Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on gun control last year, Russert earned his reputation as a TV tough guy. But away from the cameras, friends say, Russert – who died of a heart attack on Friday – was a true family man and a "sweetheart of a guy." That's how newspaper columnist and television commentator Mike Barnicle,...