For Yamiche Alcindor, a Washington correspondent for NBC News, “truth is fact.” It’s a simple definition, yet not everyone subscribes to it.
While reporting for PBS in 2020, Alcindor stood outside the White House waiting for former President Donald Trump to walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church. Before she knew it, she was choking on tear gas used to clear peaceful protestors out of Trump’s way. Alcindor quickly returned to PBS to report what happened, but after the news went live, the Government called her story a lie.
“[The Government] gassed me, this is not me interviewing somebody. I was choking, I was crying, I was there,” Alcindor said. “Only a couple days later did the Government then say, ‘Oh, actually, ya we did kind of tear gas people. It was some sort of gas, not exactly tear gas.’ This is a prime example of, as a reporter, being like,...
While reporting for PBS in 2020, Alcindor stood outside the White House waiting for former President Donald Trump to walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church. Before she knew it, she was choking on tear gas used to clear peaceful protestors out of Trump’s way. Alcindor quickly returned to PBS to report what happened, but after the news went live, the Government called her story a lie.
“[The Government] gassed me, this is not me interviewing somebody. I was choking, I was crying, I was there,” Alcindor said. “Only a couple days later did the Government then say, ‘Oh, actually, ya we did kind of tear gas people. It was some sort of gas, not exactly tear gas.’ This is a prime example of, as a reporter, being like,...
- 8/15/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Just over eight years ago, Donald Trump announced Mike Pence as his running mate. The choice was seen as an olive branch to the insiders of the Republican Party who appreciated Pence as a classical conservative with rock solid right-wing policy views. Pence also represented a salvo for white evangelicals still unsure of voting for Trump. “’I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican — in that order,” Pence proclaimed in his acceptance speech. As Richard Land, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told The Atlantic,...
- 7/27/2024
- by Bradley Onishi
- Rollingstone.com
Joe Biden got in a few zingers at his rival Donald Trump, but he devoted a large part of his remarks to the serious threat to democracy.
“Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather,” Biden quipped, referencing Trump’s current hush money trial.
The president also riffed on reports that Trump dozed off during his trial, calling him “sleepy Don.”
“Trump’s speech was so embarrassing, the statue of Robert E. Lee surrendered again,” he said.
The president, though, devoted a large chunk to his speech to warning of the threat to the democracy and the press’s role in a free society.
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“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” Biden said. “Every single one of us has a role to play, a serious role to play, in making sure democracy endures. American democracy,...
“Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather,” Biden quipped, referencing Trump’s current hush money trial.
The president also riffed on reports that Trump dozed off during his trial, calling him “sleepy Don.”
“Trump’s speech was so embarrassing, the statue of Robert E. Lee surrendered again,” he said.
The president, though, devoted a large chunk to his speech to warning of the threat to the democracy and the press’s role in a free society.
Related: White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2024 Photos: Best Of The Red Carpet
“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” Biden said. “Every single one of us has a role to play, a serious role to play, in making sure democracy endures. American democracy,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Walk around or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and chances are you will see the name David Rubenstein.
The co-founder of The Carlyle Group has funded restorations and expansions of the Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument, along with the Kennedy Center, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. “All told, Rubenstein has shaped the cultural landscape of the nation’s capital perhaps more than any other private citizen in the past century,” NPR reported in 2020.
Rubenstein’s PBS series Iconic America, an eight-part series that has been running since the spring, expands on his philanthropic passions by delving into the origins and history of the meaning of monuments and symbols of the United States, from Fenway Park to the Statue of Liberty to the Hollywood sign.
The latest episode, debuting Tuesday, is perhaps the most controversial: Stone Mountain in Georgia,...
The co-founder of The Carlyle Group has funded restorations and expansions of the Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument, along with the Kennedy Center, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. “All told, Rubenstein has shaped the cultural landscape of the nation’s capital perhaps more than any other private citizen in the past century,” NPR reported in 2020.
Rubenstein’s PBS series Iconic America, an eight-part series that has been running since the spring, expands on his philanthropic passions by delving into the origins and history of the meaning of monuments and symbols of the United States, from Fenway Park to the Statue of Liberty to the Hollywood sign.
The latest episode, debuting Tuesday, is perhaps the most controversial: Stone Mountain in Georgia,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Rita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician at the forefront of the Tropicália movement as the co-founder and lead singer for Os Mutantes, died Monday, May 8. She was 75.
Lee’s family confirmed her death in a statement shared on Instagram. In 2021, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, jokingly nicknaming her tumor “Jair” after Brazil’s former, and much loathed president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In their statement, Lee’s family said the musician died at her home in São Paulo surrounded by family. As per Lee’s wishes, she will be cremated. A...
Lee’s family confirmed her death in a statement shared on Instagram. In 2021, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, jokingly nicknaming her tumor “Jair” after Brazil’s former, and much loathed president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In their statement, Lee’s family said the musician died at her home in São Paulo surrounded by family. As per Lee’s wishes, she will be cremated. A...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Some classic rock songs are just terribly racist. The fact that some of these classic rock songs got any airplay is upsetting. For example, John Lennon released a song that was supposed to be feminist but failed miserably.
John Lennon | Harry Benson / Stringer 5. John Lennon’s ‘Woman is the N-Word of the World’
According to a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John called “Woman Is the N-Word of the World” the first feminist song ever. That’s just false. He praises “Woman Is the N-Word of the World” for coming out before Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman,” a song that aged far better.
In “Woman Is the N-Word of the World,” he’s definitely trying to speak about the oppression of women, but he repeatedly uses a slur to make his point. He never should have gone there.
John Lennon | Harry Benson / Stringer 5. John Lennon’s ‘Woman is the N-Word of the World’
According to a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John called “Woman Is the N-Word of the World” the first feminist song ever. That’s just false. He praises “Woman Is the N-Word of the World” for coming out before Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman,” a song that aged far better.
In “Woman Is the N-Word of the World,” he’s definitely trying to speak about the oppression of women, but he repeatedly uses a slur to make his point. He never should have gone there.
- 2/23/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Conservatives have been none too pleased with President Biden’s move on Wednesday to cancel 10,000 in student debt for borrowers earning less than 125,000 a year and 20,000 for Pell grant recipients. Stephen Moore, a right-wing economist former President Trump tapped for a spot on the Federal Reserve, joined the chorus on Thursday night during an appearance on Hannity.
“This isn’t what America is about,” he said of the plan to ease the financial burden on millions. “You play by the rules, and you get rewarded. If you’re not paying your debts,...
“This isn’t what America is about,” he said of the plan to ease the financial burden on millions. “You play by the rules, and you get rewarded. If you’re not paying your debts,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
New York City Center’s Encores!, which recently announced that its acclaimed production of Into The Woods is planning a Broadway transfer, has set revivals of The Light in the Piazza, Dear World and Oliver! for its 2023 season.
Encores!, which presents a mix of classic and rarely performed Broadway musicals in enhanced concert form, will kick off the 2023 season on February 1 with The Light in the Piazza starring Ruthie Ann Miles (The King & I) and directed by Chay Yew. The musical, which premiered in 2005, features a book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, and follows an American mother and daughter living in the shadow of a tragic accident who find joy while on vacation in 1950s Florence.
Encores! describes the upcoming production, which will run through Feb. 5, as “a deeply personal exploration of the material, transmuting the musical’s...
Encores!, which presents a mix of classic and rarely performed Broadway musicals in enhanced concert form, will kick off the 2023 season on February 1 with The Light in the Piazza starring Ruthie Ann Miles (The King & I) and directed by Chay Yew. The musical, which premiered in 2005, features a book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, and follows an American mother and daughter living in the shadow of a tragic accident who find joy while on vacation in 1950s Florence.
Encores! describes the upcoming production, which will run through Feb. 5, as “a deeply personal exploration of the material, transmuting the musical’s...
- 6/14/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
In August 2017, Americans clashed in Charlottesville, Va., over the question of whether to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. It was, unofficially speaking, a reenactment of the Civil War that divided this country 150 years earlier, and comedian-cum-filmmaker Cj Hunt was there to witness the standoff.
We all know what Trump said of those on both sides of the issue, but Hunt’s alternately amusing and enraging essay film “The Neutral Ground” goes beyond the surface debates to examine why some Southerners are so attached to their Civil War heroes. The answer, complicated though it may be, is tied up in the pernicious propaganda campaign known as the Lost Cause, which has enabled subsequent generations to rationalize (rather than reconcile/repair) the racism of their not-so-distant past.
“There are no Hitler statues in Germany today,” Rev. Jesse Jackson observed after the confrontation in Charlottesville turned violent. That tragedy...
We all know what Trump said of those on both sides of the issue, but Hunt’s alternately amusing and enraging essay film “The Neutral Ground” goes beyond the surface debates to examine why some Southerners are so attached to their Civil War heroes. The answer, complicated though it may be, is tied up in the pernicious propaganda campaign known as the Lost Cause, which has enabled subsequent generations to rationalize (rather than reconcile/repair) the racism of their not-so-distant past.
“There are no Hitler statues in Germany today,” Rev. Jesse Jackson observed after the confrontation in Charlottesville turned violent. That tragedy...
- 6/28/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Playing John Brown in Showtime’s limited series “The Good Lord Bird” required an intensity from star and executive producer Ethan Hawke that pushed him to his limits. “It was the first time I knew what having a heart attack might feel like,” Hawke told Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. And shooting the series in the middle of a hot and humid Virginia summer didn’t help. “It was 107. And I’m carrying like, seven rifles and three pistols and dressed in wool and screaming my full head off.”
But to play this historic abolitionist figure, as adapted from the James McBride novel “The Good Lord Bird,” Hawke knew he couldn’t do it lightly. “When society is insane, it takes a bit of insanity for it to see itself,” he said. “How I felt, is to be a person who is going to shatter an insane element of society.
But to play this historic abolitionist figure, as adapted from the James McBride novel “The Good Lord Bird,” Hawke knew he couldn’t do it lightly. “When society is insane, it takes a bit of insanity for it to see itself,” he said. “How I felt, is to be a person who is going to shatter an insane element of society.
- 6/25/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Mitch Douglas, a literary agent who spent three decades at ICM and represented the likes of Tennessee Williams, Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, Lanford Wilson and Howard Koch, has died. He was 78.
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mitch Douglas, a literary agent who spent three decades at ICM and represented the likes of Tennessee Williams, Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, Lanford Wilson and Howard Koch, has died. He was 78.
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
Douglas died Nov. 5 of metastatic brain cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, his friend and client Lawrence Leritz announced.
Other clients for the Kentucky native included Broadway duos John Kander & Fred Ebb and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; playwrights Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy), Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder) and Reginald Rose (12 Angry Men); and novelists Manuel Puig (Kiss of the Spider ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Chadwick Boseman’s hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, a Confederate statue has stood for 118 years. Now, a new petition is calling for that statue to be replaced with one of the late “Black Panther” star. Boseman died Friday after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
The Change.org petition praised Boseman’s efforts to give back to his small hometown of 27,000, including renting out a theater in Anderson to allow residents, including hundreds of Black children, to see “Black Panther” for free. The petition’s creator, DeAndre Weaver, is himself an Anderson resident and described Boseman’s impact on his life as the first Black graduate of Anderson University’s Bfa Acting program.
“Mr. Boseman is without question an American treasure and his accolades go on and on. It is only fitting that his work is honored in the same place that birthed him,” Weaver wrote.
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The Change.org petition praised Boseman’s efforts to give back to his small hometown of 27,000, including renting out a theater in Anderson to allow residents, including hundreds of Black children, to see “Black Panther” for free. The petition’s creator, DeAndre Weaver, is himself an Anderson resident and described Boseman’s impact on his life as the first Black graduate of Anderson University’s Bfa Acting program.
“Mr. Boseman is without question an American treasure and his accolades go on and on. It is only fitting that his work is honored in the same place that birthed him,” Weaver wrote.
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- 8/31/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The word that caused so much trouble for the country band that now wants to be known as Lady A isn’t a problem for the movie “Antebellum,” because the last thing the Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz drama wants to be is a romanticization of the pre-Civil War South.
In fact, it’s pretty much an attack on the antebellum world in the guise of a horror thriller — or, to be more precise, an attack on our world in the guise of a horror thriller about the antebellum world.
That makes the Lionsgate release, which was supposed to have received a theatrical release in April before that was scuttled in favor of a Sept. 18 VOD premiere, an extremely timely film. Within the thriller structure is an exploration of racism in America that manages to incorporate the social justice movement, a Confederate flag, white-nationalist conspiracy and even a statue of Robert E. Lee.
In fact, it’s pretty much an attack on the antebellum world in the guise of a horror thriller — or, to be more precise, an attack on our world in the guise of a horror thriller about the antebellum world.
That makes the Lionsgate release, which was supposed to have received a theatrical release in April before that was scuttled in favor of a Sept. 18 VOD premiere, an extremely timely film. Within the thriller structure is an exploration of racism in America that manages to incorporate the social justice movement, a Confederate flag, white-nationalist conspiracy and even a statue of Robert E. Lee.
- 8/31/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it, anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.” These were the words spoken by Richard Harris at his most regal in Gladiator, adding some blockbuster poeticism to the democratic ideals of the Roman republic—a dream lost long before Gladiator begins. But he could just as easily be speaking about the beauty and grandeur of the historical epics which inspired Gladiator .
Decades before Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott reawakened that whisper to a mighty roar, historical war epics, from swords and sandals beefcake cinema to Napoleonic and Revolutionary melodramas, were the order of the day in Hollywood. Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus and Charlton Heston’s Ben-Hur were the superheroes of the early ‘60s, before the genre’s popularity receded to camp TV miniseries ignominy. Then came Gladiator (and to a lesser extent Braveheart five years earlier), and...
Decades before Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott reawakened that whisper to a mighty roar, historical war epics, from swords and sandals beefcake cinema to Napoleonic and Revolutionary melodramas, were the order of the day in Hollywood. Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus and Charlton Heston’s Ben-Hur were the superheroes of the early ‘60s, before the genre’s popularity receded to camp TV miniseries ignominy. Then came Gladiator (and to a lesser extent Braveheart five years earlier), and...
- 8/18/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Image Source: Getty / Brett Carlsen
Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum, newly named Lady A, are one of the latest examples of celebrities and brands hoping to get ahead of any potential backlash in the wake of Black Lives Matter. The nationwide movement has swirled up a purge of firings in the entertainment industry, with four Vanderpump Rules stars, Lana Del Rey, and Glee's Lea Michele all facing serious scrutiny for racially insensitive remarks and incidents. In order to avoid imminent cancellation, A-listers and big businesses alike have announced statements in support of the protests, but some of these preemptive apologies, including Lady A's extremely overdue rebranding, resonate as flat and performative.
The trio, made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood, announced on June 11 that "antebellum," a racially charged term that refers to the pre-Civil War era, will be dropped from their name. In a lengthy social...
Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum, newly named Lady A, are one of the latest examples of celebrities and brands hoping to get ahead of any potential backlash in the wake of Black Lives Matter. The nationwide movement has swirled up a purge of firings in the entertainment industry, with four Vanderpump Rules stars, Lana Del Rey, and Glee's Lea Michele all facing serious scrutiny for racially insensitive remarks and incidents. In order to avoid imminent cancellation, A-listers and big businesses alike have announced statements in support of the protests, but some of these preemptive apologies, including Lady A's extremely overdue rebranding, resonate as flat and performative.
The trio, made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood, announced on June 11 that "antebellum," a racially charged term that refers to the pre-Civil War era, will be dropped from their name. In a lengthy social...
- 6/23/2020
- by Kennedy Hill
- Popsugar.com
Amazon is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in July.
New Amazon Originals include the second seasons of “Hanna” and “Absentia.” The 2019 Marie Curie biopic starring Rosamund Pike, “Radioactive,” is also coming, as a new comedy special from Jim Gaffigan called “Jim Gaffigan: Pale Tourist.”
Other existing movies that are being added include “Big Fish,” “Megamind,” “Pineapple Express” “Hitch,” “Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Vivarium,” and “The Weekend.”
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“As we confront systemic racism and injustice, Prime members can watch or re-watch a selection of titles such as ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘Betty Davis,’ ‘Crown Heights’ and many others in a dedicated carousel,” the streamer adds.
Here is the full list of everything coming to Amazon in July:
July 1
Movies
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Ali (2001)
An Eye For An Eye (1966)
Anaconda (1997)
Big Fish...
New Amazon Originals include the second seasons of “Hanna” and “Absentia.” The 2019 Marie Curie biopic starring Rosamund Pike, “Radioactive,” is also coming, as a new comedy special from Jim Gaffigan called “Jim Gaffigan: Pale Tourist.”
Other existing movies that are being added include “Big Fish,” “Megamind,” “Pineapple Express” “Hitch,” “Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Vivarium,” and “The Weekend.”
Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes for 'Embarrassing' and 'Thoughtless' Past Blackface Sketches
“As we confront systemic racism and injustice, Prime members can watch or re-watch a selection of titles such as ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘Betty Davis,’ ‘Crown Heights’ and many others in a dedicated carousel,” the streamer adds.
Here is the full list of everything coming to Amazon in July:
July 1
Movies
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Ali (2001)
An Eye For An Eye (1966)
Anaconda (1997)
Big Fish...
- 6/23/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
In an ideal world, the White House press secretary would be a fearless defender of the truth and a window into the actions of the United States’ most powerful office.
In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the administration’s actions and viewpoints through a selective mix of facts and spin. And then there’s the Trumpian hellworld we live in now, where the press secretary’s job is to surround the administration’s actions with a...
In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the administration’s actions and viewpoints through a selective mix of facts and spin. And then there’s the Trumpian hellworld we live in now, where the press secretary’s job is to surround the administration’s actions with a...
- 4/10/2020
- by Rick Carp and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
This week’s “Saturday Night Live” saw musician (and noted comedy nerd) Harry Styles return to Studio 8H in the coveted dual host-musical guest role. Naturally, comparisons can be made to Justin Timberlake and the recent host/musical guest Chance the Rapper, but much like in his career post-One Direction, Styles had to make his own way here.
Host: Harry Styles
The go-to “SNL” monologue for a musical artist is, of course, a musical monologue. Yet despite the eventual piano, that’s thankfully not what the episode provided. Instead, “SNL” showed off Styles’ dry yet somewhat absurd sense of humor early with the opening monologue. Taking a page out of Zach Galifianakis’ playbook* with the piano and teasing a reunion with his One Direction brethren (minus Zayn Malik but plus Ringo Starr), the typical first-time hosting jitters were nowhere to be found. Not even during the close-up shot of “his” hands.
Host: Harry Styles
The go-to “SNL” monologue for a musical artist is, of course, a musical monologue. Yet despite the eventual piano, that’s thankfully not what the episode provided. Instead, “SNL” showed off Styles’ dry yet somewhat absurd sense of humor early with the opening monologue. Taking a page out of Zach Galifianakis’ playbook* with the piano and teasing a reunion with his One Direction brethren (minus Zayn Malik but plus Ringo Starr), the typical first-time hosting jitters were nowhere to be found. Not even during the close-up shot of “his” hands.
- 11/17/2019
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Riley Green gets a boost from a loud and rowdy crowd in a new live performance video of his current single, “I Wish Grandpas Never Died.” The song appears on the Jacksonville, Alabama, native’s 2019 album Different ‘Round Here.
Filmed before a sold-out audience in his home state’s Phenix City, the clip features Green delivering the song as a solo acoustic number. The stripped-down presentation highlights the natural warmth of Green’s voice and complements his lyrics about the many good things he sees in the world, adding a...
Filmed before a sold-out audience in his home state’s Phenix City, the clip features Green delivering the song as a solo acoustic number. The stripped-down presentation highlights the natural warmth of Green’s voice and complements his lyrics about the many good things he sees in the world, adding a...
- 11/7/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The United States will require much correction in the wake of Donald Trump, should he be defeated and should he actually leave the presidency peacefully. I assume neither, given his behavior and the current slate of candidates opposing him, numerous as they are.
There are 20 of them now, with Joe Biden adding himself formally to the mix last Thursday with a video that oddly invoked the 2017 white-supremacist chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia solely to take a shot at his presumed general election opponent. With any number of policy horrors to choose from in this administration,...
There are 20 of them now, with Joe Biden adding himself formally to the mix last Thursday with a video that oddly invoked the 2017 white-supremacist chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia solely to take a shot at his presumed general election opponent. With any number of policy horrors to choose from in this administration,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Colbert poked fun at Donald Trump’s attempts to lie his way past the natural passage of time on The Late Show Monday.
With fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden entering the 2020 presidential race, a reporter recently asked Trump how old was too old to be president, prompting him to reply, “I’m so young, I’m the youngest person, I am a young vibrant man!” Colbert had a field day picking apart this statement, cracking, “That is usually what you hear someone say as the nurse leads them out of...
With fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden entering the 2020 presidential race, a reporter recently asked Trump how old was too old to be president, prompting him to reply, “I’m so young, I’m the youngest person, I am a young vibrant man!” Colbert had a field day picking apart this statement, cracking, “That is usually what you hear someone say as the nurse leads them out of...
- 4/30/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Updated with video: Former Veep Joe Biden kicked off campaigning today, after teeing up his 2020 race last week with a candidacy announcement video blasting President Donald Trump for his “very fine people on both sides” of the issue at the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
At that rally, neo-Nazis chanted the same bile heard in Germany in the ’30s, Biden said.
Biden is appealing to his core demo: people alive in the 1930’s, Colbert snarked. The leading Dem 2020 hopeful went after the white supremacists’ “hero,” saying when Trump made that false equivalency, he knew Trump was a “threat to this nation unlike any I’d ever seen in my lifetime.”
Calling the ad “powerful stuff, and true,” Colbert commended Biden for getting Trump’s knickers knotted over that video. “Proof of that is that this ad did something none of the other Democrats have been able to do: put him on the defensive.
At that rally, neo-Nazis chanted the same bile heard in Germany in the ’30s, Biden said.
Biden is appealing to his core demo: people alive in the 1930’s, Colbert snarked. The leading Dem 2020 hopeful went after the white supremacists’ “hero,” saying when Trump made that false equivalency, he knew Trump was a “threat to this nation unlike any I’d ever seen in my lifetime.”
Calling the ad “powerful stuff, and true,” Colbert commended Biden for getting Trump’s knickers knotted over that video. “Proof of that is that this ad did something none of the other Democrats have been able to do: put him on the defensive.
- 4/30/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
During a Sunday appearance on ABC News’ This Week, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-sc) used President Trump’s own words against him when answering a question regarding the president’s recent praise of Robert E. Lee.
“I find it kind of interesting that the president is now glorifying a loser. He always said that he hated losers. Robert E. Lee was a loser,” Clyburn said.
Rep. James Clyburn on Pres. Trump praising Lee: "Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Thankfully, he lost that war.
“I find it kind of interesting that the president is now glorifying a loser. He always said that he hated losers. Robert E. Lee was a loser,” Clyburn said.
Rep. James Clyburn on Pres. Trump praising Lee: "Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Thankfully, he lost that war.
- 4/28/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
“I think we beat him easily,” President Donald Trump told reporters gathered Friday morning on the White House lawn about Joe Biden, the morning after the former Veep officially announced his 2020 White House bid.
The previous morning, Biden officially announced his 2020 run via video, warning voters “The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy…everything that has made America – America – is at stake.”
In a clear signal he’s running on a throw-the-bum-out platform, Biden opened the video with shots of the so-called Unite The Right Rally of 2017 in Charlottesville, in which a torch-bearing crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists chanted “the same antisemitic bile heard across Europe in the ’30s,” Biden described.
“That’s when we heard the words of the President of United States that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation. He said there were ‘some very fine...
The previous morning, Biden officially announced his 2020 run via video, warning voters “The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy…everything that has made America – America – is at stake.”
In a clear signal he’s running on a throw-the-bum-out platform, Biden opened the video with shots of the so-called Unite The Right Rally of 2017 in Charlottesville, in which a torch-bearing crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists chanted “the same antisemitic bile heard across Europe in the ’30s,” Biden described.
“That’s when we heard the words of the President of United States that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation. He said there were ‘some very fine...
- 4/26/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
The rope scarred James Cameron’s neck. That’s how close he came to dying in 1930. The same mob that had already lynched two other suspects in a white man’s murder spared the 16-year-old when, as he would tell it, a voice proclaimed his innocence. Cameron thus became the only known survivor of a lynching attempt in the United States when he died in 2006 at age 92. There haven’t been any others since, no matter what Clarence Thomas would have you believe.
Fifteen years after the eventual Supreme Court...
Fifteen years after the eventual Supreme Court...
- 2/26/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump went on a tangent on Civil War history in the home state of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee during his Make America Great Again rally in Lebanon, Ohio, on Friday night.
“So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia,” Trump began the history lesson after praising Ohio-born President William McKinley, “He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story, but Robert E. Lee...
“So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia,” Trump began the history lesson after praising Ohio-born President William McKinley, “He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee. He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story, but Robert E. Lee...
- 10/13/2018
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The first thing to understand about Corey Stewart, Virginia’s long-shot Republican Senate candidate and perhaps America’s purest political distillation of Donald Trump, is that he’s crazy. I found out when I sent a routine e-mail to his press office, in hopes of obtaining an event schedule. In the campaign version of dialing 411 and having the Verizon CEO pick up, an angry Stewart himself answered:
Rolling Stone has been the most misleading left-leaning publication we’ve worked with. Is there any good reason for us to cooperate with you?...
Rolling Stone has been the most misleading left-leaning publication we’ve worked with. Is there any good reason for us to cooperate with you?...
- 8/19/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio are looking to team up on another film project together. They are in early discussions to join an epic biopic that will tell the story of Ulysses S. Grant. The movie will be based on the biography written by Ron Chernow, and it will be adapted by David James Kelly, who recently worked in the upcoming Robin Hood movie with Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx.
Spielberg obviously still has some interest in exploring the Civil War. He did a fantastic job with his film Lincoln and I have no doubt that he and DiCaprio would make a solid movie about Grant. I hope this works out because it would be great to see these two talented individuals work together again. The last time they worked together was on the film Catch Me If You Can. Here's a description of the book that the movie will be based on:
Ulysses S.
Spielberg obviously still has some interest in exploring the Civil War. He did a fantastic job with his film Lincoln and I have no doubt that he and DiCaprio would make a solid movie about Grant. I hope this works out because it would be great to see these two talented individuals work together again. The last time they worked together was on the film Catch Me If You Can. Here's a description of the book that the movie will be based on:
Ulysses S.
- 5/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio are in early discussions to re-team on an epic biopic of Ulysses S. Grant that DiCaprio and Appian Way partner Jeniffer Davisson are producing at Lionsgate. I’m told that Spielberg wants to direct DiCaprio in that role in their first collaboration since the 2002 drama Catch Me If You Can.
Lionstate and Appian Way last November acquired movie rights to Grant, the bestselling Ron Chernow biography that is being adapted by David James Kelly. The writer just worked for Appian Way and Lionsgate on Robin Hood, the Otto Bathurst-directed that stars Taron Egerton in the starring role.
Pinning down a time when these two titans will work together is always a challenge. As Deadline revealed last January, Spielberg set Indiana Jones and West Side Story to be his next two films as his followup to The Post and Ready Player One. DiCaprio, who...
Lionstate and Appian Way last November acquired movie rights to Grant, the bestselling Ron Chernow biography that is being adapted by David James Kelly. The writer just worked for Appian Way and Lionsgate on Robin Hood, the Otto Bathurst-directed that stars Taron Egerton in the starring role.
Pinning down a time when these two titans will work together is always a challenge. As Deadline revealed last January, Spielberg set Indiana Jones and West Side Story to be his next two films as his followup to The Post and Ready Player One. DiCaprio, who...
- 5/17/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The aftershocks of white nationalist rallies and their violence are still felt in Charlottesville, which hosted the 30th annual Virginia Film Festival this weekend. At the entrance of the fest’s marquee venue, the Paramount Theater (located on the idyllic main street that became a conflict zone August 12), the state pressured festival organizers to install metal detectors. Even as the festival decided to focus on the theme of “Race in Film,” out-of-town white supremacists started making their presence felt in Charlottesville as court appearances stemming from “A12” (the locals’ term for the horrific events this summer) began.
Against this backdrop, Spike Lee came to Charlottesville this weekend and screened his 1997 documentary “4 Little Girls,” about the 1963 murder of four young African-American girls in the bombing of the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
“I think terrorism is terrorism whether it’s Isis, the Klan, it’s all terrorism,” said Lee introducing the...
Against this backdrop, Spike Lee came to Charlottesville this weekend and screened his 1997 documentary “4 Little Girls,” about the 1963 murder of four young African-American girls in the bombing of the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
“I think terrorism is terrorism whether it’s Isis, the Klan, it’s all terrorism,” said Lee introducing the...
- 11/13/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Twitter has suspended its account verification policy after it came under fire for giving a coveted blue checkmark used to establish authenticity of identities to Jason Kessler, one of the organizers of the deadly Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Virginia in August.
The social media company announced the news on Thursday, a day after Kessler’s verification was granted.
“Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance,” Twitter said in a statement on its support account. “We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it.
The social media company announced the news on Thursday, a day after Kessler’s verification was granted.
“Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance,” Twitter said in a statement on its support account. “We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it.
- 11/10/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has come under fire for praising Civil War general Robert E. Lee and making some curious claims about the cause of the 19th-century conflict. “Robert E. Lee was an honorable man. He was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which 150 years ago was more important than country,” Kelly said Monday in an interview on the debut edition of Laura Ingraham’s new Fox News show, “The Ingraham Angle.” “It was always loyalty to state first in those days. Now it’s different today,” the retired U.S.
- 10/31/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
ABC’s Designated Survivor this week inadvertently rips from the headlines, with a storyline about the propriety of Confederate statues that was filmed weeks before the infamous Aug. 11 rally in Charlottesville.
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The real-life rally, in which white supremacists converged on the Virginia town to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, erupted into violence, with three people dying in the surrounding chaos.
In the third episode of Designated Survivor‘s second season, which filmed the week of July 25 and airs tonight at 10/9c, new...
Related2018 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled?
The real-life rally, in which white supremacists converged on the Virginia town to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, erupted into violence, with three people dying in the surrounding chaos.
In the third episode of Designated Survivor‘s second season, which filmed the week of July 25 and airs tonight at 10/9c, new...
- 10/11/2017
- TVLine.com
John Oliver delivered a seething takedown of Confederate monuments on Sunday's Last Week Tonight, which featured a guest appearance by Stephen Colbert.
"In recent years, there has been a robust debate over Confederate symbols, from flags being taken down to statues being removed to the white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, both the one that ended in violence in August and another one that happened just last night," Oliver said.
"So as this debate is clearly not going away, we wanted to take a look at some of the arguments, as...
"In recent years, there has been a robust debate over Confederate symbols, from flags being taken down to statues being removed to the white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, both the one that ended in violence in August and another one that happened just last night," Oliver said.
"So as this debate is clearly not going away, we wanted to take a look at some of the arguments, as...
- 10/9/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Ohio Town Honors Its Non-Existent Confederate History, Reinstalls Robert E. Lee Statue...
- 9/29/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
Some of the biggest names in music are coming together for a good cause.
After the white nationalist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, where protesters holding flaming torches, weapons and Nazi symbols marched to protest the town's removal of a statue of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee, many across the country were left feeling empty and confused.
Related: Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Honored in Emotional Tribute from Her Mother at MTV VMAs
On Wednesday, it was announced that Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Dave Matthews Band and many other artists are hosting A Concert for Charlottesville, an evening of music and unity in response to the recent event, which left one woman, Heather Heyer, dead and 20 injured after a car drove through a crowd of counterprotesters.
The show will take place on Sunday, Sept. 24 at Uva's Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. Pharrell Williams, Chris Stapleton, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, The Roots, Cage the Elephant...
After the white nationalist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, where protesters holding flaming torches, weapons and Nazi symbols marched to protest the town's removal of a statue of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee, many across the country were left feeling empty and confused.
Related: Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Honored in Emotional Tribute from Her Mother at MTV VMAs
On Wednesday, it was announced that Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Dave Matthews Band and many other artists are hosting A Concert for Charlottesville, an evening of music and unity in response to the recent event, which left one woman, Heather Heyer, dead and 20 injured after a car drove through a crowd of counterprotesters.
The show will take place on Sunday, Sept. 24 at Uva's Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. Pharrell Williams, Chris Stapleton, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, The Roots, Cage the Elephant...
- 9/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
[[tmz:video id="0_s11znpbb"]] Rev. Robert Wright Lee -- General Robert E. Lee's descendant -- isn't done speaking out against racism, and says it's way more prevalent than you think in rural America's white churches. Hours after announcing he'd essentially been forced out of his pastor gig with Bethany United Church of Christ ... Rev. Lee told us Winston-Salem, Nc is just an example of what's happening all over the country. Lee says racism is making a comeback, and...
- 9/5/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_cz7c0l1r"]] The Robert E. Lee descendant, who denounced white supremacy during the VMAs, says that speech cost him his job as pastor of a North Carolina church. Rev. Robert Wright Lee says factions of his United Church of Christ in Winston-Salem "were concerned about my speech and that I lifted up Black Lives Matter movement, the Women’s March, and Heather Heyer as examples of racial justice work." Rev. Lee says there were also church members...
- 9/5/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
On Monday, Reverend Robert Wright Lee IV, the great-great-great-great-nephew of General Robert E. Lee, announced his decision to leave his church, Bethany United Church of Christ, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
His decision, which he explains on the Auburn Theological Seminary’s website, comes only one week after he gave an impassioned speech at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards denouncing “racism, America’s original sin.”
“My presence at the church as a descendent of Robert E. Lee and an outspoken opponent of White Supremacy had already attracted attention, but with my appearance on MTV the media’s focus on my church reached an all time high.
His decision, which he explains on the Auburn Theological Seminary’s website, comes only one week after he gave an impassioned speech at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards denouncing “racism, America’s original sin.”
“My presence at the church as a descendent of Robert E. Lee and an outspoken opponent of White Supremacy had already attracted attention, but with my appearance on MTV the media’s focus on my church reached an all time high.
- 9/5/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
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- 9/5/2017
- by Kinja! on Kinja Roundup, shared by Baraka Kaseko to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
[[tmz:video id="0_813d127n"]] Charlamagne tha God is done parsing words when it comes to white supremacists, and wants white people to join him in calling out "white devils" and "cracker-ass crackers." We got the 'Breakfast Club' co-host at Lax Monday after the VMAs ... where he spoke to Susan Bro, mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer. Susan joined Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV -- a descendant of confederate General Robert E. Lee -- to denounce racism during the VMAs.
- 8/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A descendant of Robert E. Lee and Susan Bro, the mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, appeared during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) to speak out against racism and white supremacy. Robert Wright Lee IV took the stage to denounce the white nationalists who protested the removal of a statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, that pays tribute to the late Confederate general from the Civil War. “We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism and hate,” Lee said. “As a pastor, it is my moral duty to speak out against racism, America’s original sin. Today,...
- 8/28/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
MTV is honoring the stars who are trying to make a difference. While six nominees were featured in the "Best Fight Against the System" award category at tonight's MTV Video Music Awards, event organizers decided to switch things up. Perhaps one winner just isn't enough. After being introduced by Rev. Robert E. Lee, Heather Heyer's mom Susan Bro delivered a speech about fighting hatred. "Only 15 days ago, my daughter Heather was killed as she protested racism. I miss her, but I know she is here tonight," Susan explained. "I have been deeply moved to see people across the world, the whole world, find inspiration in her courage. Today, I am announcing the launch of the Heather...
- 8/28/2017
- E! Online
[[tmz:video id="0_cz7c0l1r"]] A distant blood relative of Robert E. Lee publicly denounced racism and white supremacy at the VMAs this weekend ... directly calling out "America's original sin." Reverend Robert Lee IV -- a direct descendant of the Confederate general -- came onstage Sunday at the MTV award show to call out racism and white supremacy as evil and wrong ... and made a call to action for everyone to stand up against it head on. Lee said it...
- 8/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Susan Bro — the mother of Heather Heyer — made an emotional appearance at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night.
During a moving speech before presenting the best fight against the system award, Bro announced the Heather Heyer Foundation — a nonprofit organization providing scholarships for those interested in social justice issues.
“Only 15 days ago, my daughter was killed as she protested racism,” Bro began. “I miss her, but I know she’s here tonight. I have been deeply moved to see people around the world — the whole world — find inspiration in her courage.”
She continued: “I want people to know that Heather never marched alone,...
During a moving speech before presenting the best fight against the system award, Bro announced the Heather Heyer Foundation — a nonprofit organization providing scholarships for those interested in social justice issues.
“Only 15 days ago, my daughter was killed as she protested racism,” Bro began. “I miss her, but I know she’s here tonight. I have been deeply moved to see people around the world — the whole world — find inspiration in her courage.”
She continued: “I want people to know that Heather never marched alone,...
- 8/28/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
A lot of people aren’t happy with Espn’s decision to reassign play-by-play broadcaster Robert Lee — so that he will no longer cover a football game at the University of Virginia next month because his name is similar to that of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. And they’re tweeting out their dismay. Espn’s Lee is Asian American, and folks on Twitter are saying the move to reassign him is racist in itself, pointing out the irony of “punishing” an American of Asian background for the sins of a white man during the Civil War. Espn said the decision was made by.
- 8/23/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Espn has reassigned play-by-play broadcaster Robert Lee so that he will no longer cover a football game at the University of Virginia next month because his name is similar to that of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Espn’s Lee, who is Asian American, is not related to the Confederate general. But the network responded after potential removal of a Robert E. Lee statue near the campus of University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, sparked a series of violent protests by white supremacists and neo-Nazis earlier this month. Three people died and dozens were injured. “We collectively made the decision with Robert to.
- 8/23/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Asian sports announcer Robert Lee — not to be confused with Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who died in 1870 — will no longer call the University of Virginia’s first college football game of the season, Espn has announced.
The decision to remove Lee from the broadcast comes after white nationalist rallies were held on the UVa campus earlier this month protesting the city’s plan to remove a statue of the controversial historical figure of the same name. Those protests eventually turned violent, culminating in a domestic terrorist attack during which a man rammed his car into a group of demonstrators,...
The decision to remove Lee from the broadcast comes after white nationalist rallies were held on the UVa campus earlier this month protesting the city’s plan to remove a statue of the controversial historical figure of the same name. Those protests eventually turned violent, culminating in a domestic terrorist attack during which a man rammed his car into a group of demonstrators,...
- 8/23/2017
- TVLine.com
President Donald Trump spent the first part of his Tuesday rally in Phoenix, Arizona, blaming the media for twisting his words and inflaming divisions following the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Reading from a piece of paper, Trump detailed his multiple responses given on separate days following the white supremacists rally protesting the removal of a statue of Civil War general Robert E. Lee. However, missing from his recall was his now infamous “on many sides” remark. “What happened in Charlottesville strikes at the core of America. And tonight, this entire arena stands united against the thugs who perpetrate hatred and.
- 8/23/2017
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
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