In “Golda,” Helen Mirren, acting with deft skill and control beneath one of those startling transformative prosthetic makeup jobs, portrays Golda Meir during the three-week cataclysm of the Yom Kippur War, which shook Israel to its bones in the fall of 1973. As the actor stands before us, we can believe our eyes that this is the Iron Lady of Israel. For here is that frown, those beetle brows, that coarse wavy hair tied into a bun like challah bread, that pugnacious nose, that stare of implacability designed to bore a hole in its beholder. Here, as well, is the woman who lit a thousand cigarettes, chain-smoking her way through the war-room anxiety and through the secret medical treatments she was undergoing at the time for lymphoma.
Yet the voice that emerges from this formidable figure is not what we might expect. It’s light, fast, and American, and Mirren gets it exactly right.
Yet the voice that emerges from this formidable figure is not what we might expect. It’s light, fast, and American, and Mirren gets it exactly right.
- 2/20/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Russia’s top box-office grosses for 2021 reflect something we rarely see on international charts: near-total domination by major U.S. studio releases. (#1 was “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”) The two local titles in the top 10 — “Upon the Magic Roads” and “The Last Warrior: Root of Evil” — were Sony and Disney co-productions, respectively.
A check of key Moscow theaters’ websites shows multiple venues set to open Warner Bros. release “The Batman” on March 2, with tickets on sale for specific showtimes. Top films usually open in Russia parallel to worldwide release as they often do in Ukraine, including “Uncharted” last weekend. Per IMDb Pro, Ukraine had not set an opening date for “The Batman” prior to the invasion.
The invading country has been kicked off the Eurovision Song Contest. Formula 1 canceled the Russian Grand Prix. Ukrainian filmmakers are asking that Russian films be denied access to international festivals. Twitter has blocked...
A check of key Moscow theaters’ websites shows multiple venues set to open Warner Bros. release “The Batman” on March 2, with tickets on sale for specific showtimes. Top films usually open in Russia parallel to worldwide release as they often do in Ukraine, including “Uncharted” last weekend. Per IMDb Pro, Ukraine had not set an opening date for “The Batman” prior to the invasion.
The invading country has been kicked off the Eurovision Song Contest. Formula 1 canceled the Russian Grand Prix. Ukrainian filmmakers are asking that Russian films be denied access to international festivals. Twitter has blocked...
- 2/27/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
By Yajurvindra Singh
A popular schoolboys' riddle to denote a newspaper as 'Black and White and Read All Over' has become relevant to the social media world of today. The digital world that we live in has made the life of every individual far more transparent and open.
The world is flat was stated by Thomas Friedman very aptly in his book. One's actions, verbal or written or comments, as well as one's movements are now available with just the click of a finger. The length and breadth of our universe can now be easily accessed with the enormous knowledge, material, and content floating in the internet cloud hovering around us.
The internet has transformed our very existence. Celebrities, unfortunately, are balancing on a double-edged sword. They need to be or become a part of the fast interactive world. They cannot afford to behave like an Ostrich by burying their head into the ground,...
A popular schoolboys' riddle to denote a newspaper as 'Black and White and Read All Over' has become relevant to the social media world of today. The digital world that we live in has made the life of every individual far more transparent and open.
The world is flat was stated by Thomas Friedman very aptly in his book. One's actions, verbal or written or comments, as well as one's movements are now available with just the click of a finger. The length and breadth of our universe can now be easily accessed with the enormous knowledge, material, and content floating in the internet cloud hovering around us.
The internet has transformed our very existence. Celebrities, unfortunately, are balancing on a double-edged sword. They need to be or become a part of the fast interactive world. They cannot afford to behave like an Ostrich by burying their head into the ground,...
- 6/12/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
In the latest socially distanced episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friend-of-the-podcast Glenn Greenwald.
Matt and Katie cover Neera Tanden’s contentious confirmation hearing to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Omb). Our hosts break down the exhaustive GOP questioning of Tanden, in which lawmakers notably cited troves of her old, shit-talking tweets, many of which were aimed at Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters. This included a debate around the phrase “ignorant slut.”
“You just had...
Matt and Katie cover Neera Tanden’s contentious confirmation hearing to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Omb). Our hosts break down the exhaustive GOP questioning of Tanden, in which lawmakers notably cited troves of her old, shit-talking tweets, many of which were aimed at Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters. This included a debate around the phrase “ignorant slut.”
“You just had...
- 2/12/2021
- by Reed Dunlea and Daniel Halperin
- Rollingstone.com
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by former Congresswoman Katie Hill, who spoke about life after her resignation from Congress.
For Republicans Suck, Matt offers his take on what’s going on with the U.S. Postal Service, mail-in voting, and new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. “You could easily make the argument that undermining the Post Office is going to make fewer Democratic votes counted,” says Matt, who also points to longstanding financial assaults on the Usps,...
For Republicans Suck, Matt offers his take on what’s going on with the U.S. Postal Service, mail-in voting, and new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. “You could easily make the argument that undermining the Post Office is going to make fewer Democratic votes counted,” says Matt, who also points to longstanding financial assaults on the Usps,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Reed Dunlea and Daniel Halperin
- Rollingstone.com
It was the politics of pandemic that took over Real Time with Bill Maher tonight with Michael Moore as the marquee guest.
“The only way they are going to pull it off is if he’s able to cancel the election or postpone it,” the Fahrenheit 9/11 director said of Donald Trump’s chances at the ballot box in November against Joe Biden after this Covid-19 spring that has seen almost 100,000 deaths so far from the respiratory ailment. “I’m certain that’s what’s going on in his head right now,” Moore worried as he has before, pledging that people will need to take to the streets on January 20, 2021 to “get this motherfucker out.”
“The only way Republicans can win is if they cheat,” Moore declared to Maher as he stated that most Americans are actually in sync fundamentally with progressive policies.
Not that the Oscar winner was advocating to...
“The only way they are going to pull it off is if he’s able to cancel the election or postpone it,” the Fahrenheit 9/11 director said of Donald Trump’s chances at the ballot box in November against Joe Biden after this Covid-19 spring that has seen almost 100,000 deaths so far from the respiratory ailment. “I’m certain that’s what’s going on in his head right now,” Moore worried as he has before, pledging that people will need to take to the streets on January 20, 2021 to “get this motherfucker out.”
“The only way Republicans can win is if they cheat,” Moore declared to Maher as he stated that most Americans are actually in sync fundamentally with progressive policies.
Not that the Oscar winner was advocating to...
- 5/23/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Animated anchor James Smartwood will start mocking the news later this month after CBS All Access set a premiere date for Stephen Colbert-exec produced cartoon series Tooning Out The News.
The show will launch on the digital platform in the U.S. and Canada on Monday March 16.
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Colbert and The Late Show showrunner Chris Licht are teaming up with Rj Fried and Tim Luecke, who co-created Showtime’s Our Cartoon President on the series.
Produced by CBS Television Studios, it will feature short daily segments leading up to a weekly full episode that includes a cast of animated characters mocking news of the day, and interviewing real world guests and newsmakers.
The show will launch on the digital platform in the U.S. and Canada on Monday March 16.
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Colbert and The Late Show showrunner Chris Licht are teaming up with Rj Fried and Tim Luecke, who co-created Showtime’s Our Cartoon President on the series.
Produced by CBS Television Studios, it will feature short daily segments leading up to a weekly full episode that includes a cast of animated characters mocking news of the day, and interviewing real world guests and newsmakers.
- 3/11/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
What a catastrophe Wednesday night was for Mike Bloomberg. The New York plutocrat was kicked in the teeth by Elizabeth Warren in the first minutes — she denounced him as a Trump-like “arrogant billionaire” who called women “horse-faced lesbians” — and never made it back to his feet.
Bloomberg stood in mute fury as his $400 million campaign investment went up in smoke. His contempt for democracy and sense of entitlement surpass even Donald Trump, who at least likes crowds — Bloomberg’s joyless imperiousness makes Trump seem like Robin Williams.
That Bloomberg has...
Bloomberg stood in mute fury as his $400 million campaign investment went up in smoke. His contempt for democracy and sense of entitlement surpass even Donald Trump, who at least likes crowds — Bloomberg’s joyless imperiousness makes Trump seem like Robin Williams.
That Bloomberg has...
- 2/20/2020
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Tim Cook, Lachlan Murdoch, Shari Redstone, Brian Roberts, Mark Zuckerberg and Bob Iger are among the media and technology moguls who will be touching down in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference.
The invite-only confab is a chance for the one-percent of the one-percent to break out their windbreakers and jeans, and give the power suits a rest while biking and hiking in alpine splendor. It’s also historically been the locus of deal-making. Comcast’s purchase of NBC/Universal, the Washington Post’s sale to Jeff Bezos and Disney’s pact for Capital Cities/ABC were all hatched at Sun Valley. The conference was also the birthplace of some less successful mergers, namely AOL’s disastrous marriage to Time Warner.
In recent years, as technology and streaming have upended the traditional entertainment business, the biggest stars at Sun Valley have hailed from Silicon Valley.
The invite-only confab is a chance for the one-percent of the one-percent to break out their windbreakers and jeans, and give the power suits a rest while biking and hiking in alpine splendor. It’s also historically been the locus of deal-making. Comcast’s purchase of NBC/Universal, the Washington Post’s sale to Jeff Bezos and Disney’s pact for Capital Cities/ABC were all hatched at Sun Valley. The conference was also the birthplace of some less successful mergers, namely AOL’s disastrous marriage to Time Warner.
In recent years, as technology and streaming have upended the traditional entertainment business, the biggest stars at Sun Valley have hailed from Silicon Valley.
- 5/29/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Apr 25, 2019
Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, Trevor Noah, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Avengers: Endgame is set to be the biggest Marvel film in the franchise's history.
"For San Diego resident Shawn Richter, Avengers: Endgame is more than the conclusion to a monumental period in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As the West Coast branch chair of Avengers Initiative, a cosplay charity that raises money for causes like the Ronald McDonald House Children’s Charities, the comics of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby are deeply woven into Richter’s identity. On Monday, Richter and girlfriend Lisa Lower were invited to the world premiere of “Endgame.” As they walked down the purple carpet packed with everyone from Chris Hemsworth to Brie Larson, Richter popped the question. Spoiler alert: she said yes."
Read more at Variety.
Here's why Gendry may be the legendary Azor Ahai on Game of Thrones.
"Gendry might...
Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, Trevor Noah, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Avengers: Endgame is set to be the biggest Marvel film in the franchise's history.
"For San Diego resident Shawn Richter, Avengers: Endgame is more than the conclusion to a monumental period in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As the West Coast branch chair of Avengers Initiative, a cosplay charity that raises money for causes like the Ronald McDonald House Children’s Charities, the comics of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby are deeply woven into Richter’s identity. On Monday, Richter and girlfriend Lisa Lower were invited to the world premiere of “Endgame.” As they walked down the purple carpet packed with everyone from Chris Hemsworth to Brie Larson, Richter popped the question. Spoiler alert: she said yes."
Read more at Variety.
Here's why Gendry may be the legendary Azor Ahai on Game of Thrones.
"Gendry might...
- 4/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Thomas Friedman, metaphor Jedi, is back.
After years of what’s seemed like a concerted effort to ease back on his famed use of mixed imagery, the New York Times columnist delivered a classic in, “Is America Becoming a Four Party State?”
The piece is designed to set the stage heading into the 2020 election. The premise: Both parties are in schism, and the schism is defined by how we view pie. The “Green New Deal” plan touted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he says, highlights:
…the most important fault line in...
After years of what’s seemed like a concerted effort to ease back on his famed use of mixed imagery, the New York Times columnist delivered a classic in, “Is America Becoming a Four Party State?”
The piece is designed to set the stage heading into the 2020 election. The premise: Both parties are in schism, and the schism is defined by how we view pie. The “Green New Deal” plan touted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he says, highlights:
…the most important fault line in...
- 2/21/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Turkey, one of the most heavily surveilled countries in the world, reportedly has an audio recording of the torture and murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. According to an unnamed senior Turkish official who claims to have heard the recording, the 15-man hit squad beat Khashoggi, cut off his fingers, chopped off his head, dismembered him with a bone saw and threatened the hapless Saudi consul when he tried to protest. “If you want to live when you come back to Arabia, shut up,” one of the agents told the consul,...
- 10/18/2018
- by Seth Harp
- Rollingstone.com
While America was consumed with the Brett Kavanaugh drama last week, the Washington Post unearthed a crazy tidbit in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (Nhtsa) latest environmental impact statement.
The study predicts a rise in global temperatures of about four degrees Celsius, or seven degrees Fahrenheit, by the year 2100. Worse, it asserts global warming is such an inevitable reality, there’s no point in reducing auto emissions, as we’re screwed anyway.
“The emissions reductions necessary to keep global emissions within this carbon budget could not be achieved...
The study predicts a rise in global temperatures of about four degrees Celsius, or seven degrees Fahrenheit, by the year 2100. Worse, it asserts global warming is such an inevitable reality, there’s no point in reducing auto emissions, as we’re screwed anyway.
“The emissions reductions necessary to keep global emissions within this carbon budget could not be achieved...
- 10/1/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
With its plummy accents, couture gowns and clumsy merging of cultures, this ‘tale of empowerment’ is just Sex and the City in Singapore
Crazy Rich Asians opens with Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis Vuitton. “Let China sleep,” the film quotes the great Frenchman saying, “for when she awakens she will shake the world.” An opulent London hotel refuses to honour Singaporean matriarch Eleanor Young’s reservation, as her children slump across their Lv suitcases, suggesting perhaps she might be happier somewhere in Chinatown. An enraged Young, played by Michelle Yeoh, makes one phone call to her husband, who buys the hotel – an act that has been hailed as Asian empowerment. We never see nor hear from Young’s husband, whose sole function seems to be the revenge purchasing of hotels, again. But many more vignettes of ostentatious acquisition and wealth follow. Even the pet dogs are called Astor and Rockefeller.
In a recent op-ed,...
Crazy Rich Asians opens with Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis Vuitton. “Let China sleep,” the film quotes the great Frenchman saying, “for when she awakens she will shake the world.” An opulent London hotel refuses to honour Singaporean matriarch Eleanor Young’s reservation, as her children slump across their Lv suitcases, suggesting perhaps she might be happier somewhere in Chinatown. An enraged Young, played by Michelle Yeoh, makes one phone call to her husband, who buys the hotel – an act that has been hailed as Asian empowerment. We never see nor hear from Young’s husband, whose sole function seems to be the revenge purchasing of hotels, again. But many more vignettes of ostentatious acquisition and wealth follow. Even the pet dogs are called Astor and Rockefeller.
In a recent op-ed,...
- 9/12/2018
- by Fatima Bhutto
- The Guardian - Film News
Almost two years ago, after New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman used a graph to conquer the space-time continuum in his book Thank You For Being Late, I had to sift through over 3,000 hilarious submissions to name a “Most Meaningless Friedman Graph” contest winner.
It took hours to settle on “Amount of Relish, per ounce, vs. Degree of Nonsense, now and then, relished by the wisest men, vs. Frequency of Relish” as the winner.
Last week, I asked readers to send in entries for another contest, in honor of Friedman...
It took hours to settle on “Amount of Relish, per ounce, vs. Degree of Nonsense, now and then, relished by the wisest men, vs. Frequency of Relish” as the winner.
Last week, I asked readers to send in entries for another contest, in honor of Friedman...
- 9/10/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Thomas Friedman goes to the movies, sees Crazy Rich Asians. What column is he inspired to write after two hours following the adventures of Rachel Chu and Nick Young?
The New York Times Twitter caption about Friedman’s next column provides the answer:
“Crazy Rich Asians versus Crazy Poor Middle Easterners — one has invested in education, trade, infrastructure, and human capital, the other has not.”
If “Crazy Poor Middle Easterners” isn’t the greatest Thomas Friedman column of all time, it’s pretty close. The only thing it’s missing is a taxi driver.
The New York Times Twitter caption about Friedman’s next column provides the answer:
“Crazy Rich Asians versus Crazy Poor Middle Easterners — one has invested in education, trade, infrastructure, and human capital, the other has not.”
If “Crazy Poor Middle Easterners” isn’t the greatest Thomas Friedman column of all time, it’s pretty close. The only thing it’s missing is a taxi driver.
- 9/7/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
The title of Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” clearly suggests that it’s going to be a sequel, of sorts, to “Fahrenheit 9/11.” And since the earlier film was Moore’s freewheeling satirical grab-bag essay about the presidency of George W. Bush, it seemed likely that Moore would take something of the same tack with the presidency of Donald Trump. I went in expecting a fair amount of finger-in-the-eye newsreel satire, with Moore offering a clever rehash of Trump’s greatest hits of infamy.
For 20 minutes or so, that’s exactly what it is. Moore replays all the pre-election liberal smugness about how America couldn’t possibly elect Donald Trump. Then comes election night, and Moore replays, once again, how hope collapsed like air draining out of a balloon. He makes the point that Donald Trump has always committed corruptions and outrages in plain sight. It’s not that we don’t...
For 20 minutes or so, that’s exactly what it is. Moore replays all the pre-election liberal smugness about how America couldn’t possibly elect Donald Trump. Then comes election night, and Moore replays, once again, how hope collapsed like air draining out of a balloon. He makes the point that Donald Trump has always committed corruptions and outrages in plain sight. It’s not that we don’t...
- 9/7/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
New York Times features writer Elizabeth Williamson apologized for and deleted a tweet on Thursday that was critical of her new colleague, Sarah Jeong.
“I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate,” she said in a statement. “I apologize.” Williamson also included a link to Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ most recent piece in which said he was willing to look past the Jeong outrage.
I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate. I apologize. https://t.co/Z6tNMHHzMD
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 9, 2018
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The tweet that sparked the retraction also shared the Stephens piece, but instead of contrition, carried a sharp summary of Williamson’s thoughts on her new colleague.
“Here’s @BretStehensNYT offering a classy welcome to a colleague who has yet to prove she deserves one,...
“I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate,” she said in a statement. “I apologize.” Williamson also included a link to Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ most recent piece in which said he was willing to look past the Jeong outrage.
I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate. I apologize. https://t.co/Z6tNMHHzMD
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 9, 2018
Also Read: NY Times' New Hire Sarah Jeong Trashed Paper's Op-Ed Writers in Old Tweets: 'Absolute Nitwit'
The tweet that sparked the retraction also shared the Stephens piece, but instead of contrition, carried a sharp summary of Williamson’s thoughts on her new colleague.
“Here’s @BretStehensNYT offering a classy welcome to a colleague who has yet to prove she deserves one,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Things could get awkward at Sun Valley, the annual gathering of moguls and media barons taking place next month in Idaho.
Shari Redstone and Leslie Moonves, currently locked in a fierce battle for control of CBS that has them trading legal jabs and corporate put-downs on a daily basis, have both been invited to the one-percent confab. By the time Sun Valley takes place in July, Moonves may have succeeded in his plan to dilute the Redstone family’s control of CBS and prevent a shotgun merger with Viacom. If he fails, he could be out of a job.
Viacom CEO and Redstone favorite Bob Bakish’s name does not appear on the list.
Redstone and Moonves aren’t the only big names gassing up the private jets and hitting Idaho for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon head Jeff Bezos, General Motors CEO Mary Barra,...
Shari Redstone and Leslie Moonves, currently locked in a fierce battle for control of CBS that has them trading legal jabs and corporate put-downs on a daily basis, have both been invited to the one-percent confab. By the time Sun Valley takes place in July, Moonves may have succeeded in his plan to dilute the Redstone family’s control of CBS and prevent a shotgun merger with Viacom. If he fails, he could be out of a job.
Viacom CEO and Redstone favorite Bob Bakish’s name does not appear on the list.
Redstone and Moonves aren’t the only big names gassing up the private jets and hitting Idaho for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon head Jeff Bezos, General Motors CEO Mary Barra,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The set of “Morning Joe” warned viewers Tuesday that they should to vote Democrat in the 2018 midterms or else it could be the end of American democracy.
“These midterms are soon to be upon us and I only have one piece of advice for people. You have to vote for a Democrat,” said New York Times opinion writer Thomas Friedman on Tuesday.
The moment elicited an instant “yeah” from co-host Mika Brzezinski.
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Friedman said that he has a lot of “very conservative leanings” on a number of issues and that his warnings were only motivated with the country’s best interests in mind.
“The man sitting in the Oval Office today is the greatest threat to our democracy,” Friedman continued. “If you see the norms that he is violating, the way that he is trashing our most cherished institutions.
“These midterms are soon to be upon us and I only have one piece of advice for people. You have to vote for a Democrat,” said New York Times opinion writer Thomas Friedman on Tuesday.
The moment elicited an instant “yeah” from co-host Mika Brzezinski.
Also Read: Michael Avenatti Teases 'At Least 2' More Women Signed NDAs With Trump (Video)
Friedman said that he has a lot of “very conservative leanings” on a number of issues and that his warnings were only motivated with the country’s best interests in mind.
“The man sitting in the Oval Office today is the greatest threat to our democracy,” Friedman continued. “If you see the norms that he is violating, the way that he is trashing our most cherished institutions.
- 5/29/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The Pulitzer at 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, has died. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Pulitzer At 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, died at the age of 63 on April 14 in New York.
For his most recent documentary, Kirk assembled a grand cast plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us, Ingmar...
The Pulitzer At 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, died at the age of 63 on April 14 in New York.
For his most recent documentary, Kirk assembled a grand cast plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us, Ingmar...
- 4/26/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Washington — Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of the new political thriller “Beirut,” says that he originally completed the script in the early 1990s, thinking that production company Interscope would give it a green light.
Instead, “it just disappears and goes in a bin,” Gilroy tells Variety‘s “PopPolitics” on SiriusXM, before the company, searching for material that it already owned, finally revived it two decades later with Brad Anderson directing.
Jon Hamm plays Mason Skiles, a diplomat in 1972 Beirut, then a thriving, cosmopolitan center of the Middle East, whose life is upended when a group of terrorists kills his wife. Ten years later, having switched careers, he reluctantly returns to the city, torn apart by civil war. The CIA convinces him to help negotiate the release of one their agents, one of his former colleagues, who the Reagan administration fears will give up intelligence secrets.
Gilroy thinks that the politics were...
Instead, “it just disappears and goes in a bin,” Gilroy tells Variety‘s “PopPolitics” on SiriusXM, before the company, searching for material that it already owned, finally revived it two decades later with Brad Anderson directing.
Jon Hamm plays Mason Skiles, a diplomat in 1972 Beirut, then a thriving, cosmopolitan center of the Middle East, whose life is upended when a group of terrorists kills his wife. Ten years later, having switched careers, he reluctantly returns to the city, torn apart by civil war. The CIA convinces him to help negotiate the release of one their agents, one of his former colleagues, who the Reagan administration fears will give up intelligence secrets.
Gilroy thinks that the politics were...
- 4/15/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
The set of “Morning Joe” engaged in some happy speculation Tuesday about how special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Donald Trump was likely to end. New York Times writer Thomas Friedman was on hand to warn of a coming “constitutional crisis” when Mueller finally drops the hammer. “I believe the Mueller investigation, when it is finally put on the table before us, will trigger some form of constitutional crisis,” said Friedman. “I don’t know what it’s going to find about the president, whether it’s collusion, whether it’s financial impropriety, I have no idea what it’s going to find, but I think...
- 4/3/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is currently deep into a coast-to-coast U.S. charm offensive. Leading figures from the worlds of politics, business, entertainment and media are being lined up and are lining up to meet the most influential figure from the world’s leading oil exporter. But who exactly has made the cut?
We know the Saudi heir met with U.S. President Donald Trump and key members of the Trump administration soon after his arrival just over one week ago. In a refreshing move he also reached out to New York’s leading rabbis. But details of his itinerary have been kept largely under wraps. That is until yesterday. According to a 36-page leaked document reportedly seen by UK national newspaper The Independent, alongside political honchos such as Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, John Kerry, Gen David Petraeus and Condoleezza Rice,...
We know the Saudi heir met with U.S. President Donald Trump and key members of the Trump administration soon after his arrival just over one week ago. In a refreshing move he also reached out to New York’s leading rabbis. But details of his itinerary have been kept largely under wraps. That is until yesterday. According to a 36-page leaked document reportedly seen by UK national newspaper The Independent, alongside political honchos such as Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, John Kerry, Gen David Petraeus and Condoleezza Rice,...
- 3/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in The Pulitzer At 100
In the second installment of my conversation with The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon we discussed where Michael Cunningham (The Hours) and Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which is also read by Martin Scorsese) keep their Pulitzers, multiple winners Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times on working hard every day, a Tony Kushner Angels In America accent, Paula Vogel's (How I Learned to Drive) winning headline, Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced), and paying homage to Walter Hill's The Warriors when filming Tracy K Smith's reading of Life On Mars.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Michael Cunningham, with a sheepish grin, states that where his Pulitzer is kept is connected to the fate of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and The Great Gatsby.
Pulitzer winner Paula Vogel taught Ayad Akhtar,...
In the second installment of my conversation with The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon we discussed where Michael Cunningham (The Hours) and Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which is also read by Martin Scorsese) keep their Pulitzers, multiple winners Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times on working hard every day, a Tony Kushner Angels In America accent, Paula Vogel's (How I Learned to Drive) winning headline, Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced), and paying homage to Walter Hill's The Warriors when filming Tracy K Smith's reading of Life On Mars.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Michael Cunningham, with a sheepish grin, states that where his Pulitzer is kept is connected to the fate of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and The Great Gatsby.
Pulitzer winner Paula Vogel taught Ayad Akhtar,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon on the man Liev Schreiber portrayed in Tom McCarthy's Oscar-winning Spotlight: "You do not mess with Marty Baron!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon has assembled a grand cast (Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, and Liev Schreiber) plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers (including Paula Vogel, Toni Morrison, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, John Adams, Carl Bernstein, Nicholas Kristof, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas Friedman, Michael Cunningham, John Adams, Michael Chabon, Martin Baron, Junot Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, Robin Givhan, Sheri Fink, John Filo, Nick Ut, and Robert A. Caro) who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Helen Mirren has a Long Day's Journey Into Night with Eugene O'Neill Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
Kirk Simon has assembled a grand cast (Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, and Liev Schreiber) plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers (including Paula Vogel, Toni Morrison, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, John Adams, Carl Bernstein, Nicholas Kristof, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas Friedman, Michael Cunningham, John Adams, Michael Chabon, Martin Baron, Junot Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, Robin Givhan, Sheri Fink, John Filo, Nick Ut, and Robert A. Caro) who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Helen Mirren has a Long Day's Journey Into Night with Eugene O'Neill Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
- 7/18/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Richard and Maurice McDonald revolutionized the way that billions of people around the world eat – and produce – fast food.
The business they started in the 1930s as a hot dog stand near a racetrack is now valued at over $110 billion with more than 36,000 locations in over 100 countries around the world.
But McDonald’s wouldn’t be the global force it is today if not for the man who bought the family business and turned it into an empire.
The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, tells the story of Ray Kroc, a one-time traveling salesman who joined McDonald’s as a franchise...
The business they started in the 1930s as a hot dog stand near a racetrack is now valued at over $110 billion with more than 36,000 locations in over 100 countries around the world.
But McDonald’s wouldn’t be the global force it is today if not for the man who bought the family business and turned it into an empire.
The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, tells the story of Ray Kroc, a one-time traveling salesman who joined McDonald’s as a franchise...
- 1/24/2017
- by tiaredunlap1
- PEOPLE.com
NBC News is feting Tom Brokaw again. This time, it will celebrate the 50th anniversary at the network of the former anchor, and these days special correspondent. And it will include appearances of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Jon Stewart, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Letterman, Lorne Michaels as well as Bill Gates, Nikki Haley, Colin Powell, Sheryl Sandberg, Jim Webb, Wes Moore, Thomas Friedman and Maria Shriver. Lester Holt, who now anchors NBC Nightly New…...
- 1/23/2017
- Deadline TV
Bill Maher spent the opening portion of the first post-election Real Time, and the first episode with President-elect Donald Trump, discussing how the mogul became commander-in-chief despite getting 500,000 (and counting) less votes than Hillary Clinton.
"One other little detail about the election: Hillary won," Maher said in his opening monologue. "She won popular vote, probably by a million and a half. It's just that there were more Trump voters in the places that it counted, like Moscow."
In a sit-down interview with Eric Holder, the former Attorney General said flatly,...
"One other little detail about the election: Hillary won," Maher said in his opening monologue. "She won popular vote, probably by a million and a half. It's just that there were more Trump voters in the places that it counted, like Moscow."
In a sit-down interview with Eric Holder, the former Attorney General said flatly,...
- 11/12/2016
- Rollingstone.com
On this episode of Years of Living Dangerously, Tom Friedman examines the plight of climate refugees and Don Cheadle investigates California’s water shortage. Journalist and three time Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman, looks at ow climate change together with soaring population and globalisation is straining the traditional farming lifestyle in parts of Africa. This is driving an exodus of people to urban areas and then to other countries as they try to escape the unsustainable. Friedman points out the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and even America is partly the result of this exodus and the climate change is driven by our emissions. He...read more...
- 11/10/2016
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
National Geographic Channel (Ngc) is bringing back documentary series “Years of Living Dangerously,” a collaborative effort with The Years Project that dives deep into climate change. The new season of the critically acclaimed series will air exclusively on Ngc next year in 171 countries and 45 languages, and will once again feature some of Hollywood’s biggest influencers who are passionate about environmental issues, as well as reveal emotional and hard-hitting accounts of the effects of climate change from across the planet. This time around, correspondents will include Jack Black, Ty Burrell, James Cameron, Thomas Friedman, Joshua Jackson, David Letterman, Aasif Mandvi,...
- 9/17/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Telluride — "Birdman" has arrived stateside and made as significant an impact as it did at the Venice Film Festival last week. You won't run into too many people who have managed to catch it at one of its packed screenings who weren't completely blown away by the accomplishment, and for director Alejandro González Iñárritu, it was clearly a much-needed exercise in self-reflection away from the somber fray of his filmography to date. From "Amores Perros" to "21 Grams," "Babel" to "Biutiful," González Iñárritu has marinated in heavy drama. And it's not that "Birdman" is without its own profound gravity — quite the opposite, in fact — but it gave him an opportunity to finally have fun and get outside his own head a bit, albeit through a film that very much exists as an exploration of his own midlife considerations. That made sitting down with him all the more enjoyable. Jet-lagged from Venice...
- 9/1/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Ian Somerhalder is clearly more than just a pretty face. He's a pretty face who's trying to make the world a better place. During an appearance on Thursday's Chelsea Lately, the Vampire Diaries star talked about how he became involved with Years of Living Dangerously, the new Showtime documentary series focusing on climate change. "When your manager calls you and tells you James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger are producing a show for Showtime that's Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, and then says you, I jumped out of my chair," the 35-year-old actor recalled. He explained, "It's a nine-episode docu-series [that] shows...
- 4/25/2014
- E! Online
Showtime has announced its return dates for two award-winning dramas, plus new horror thriller "Penny Dreadful."
"Nurse Jackie," starring Emmy-winning actresses Edie Falco and Merritt Wever, and "Californication," starring Golden Globe winner David Duchovny, will return Sunday, April 13 at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively. It will be the start of "Nurse Jackie's" sixth season and "Californication's" seventh and final season.
The returning dramedies will serve as a lead-in for "Years of Living Dangerously" at 10 p.m. The docu-series follows celebrity correspondents as they travel the globe and explore a range of subjects all having to do with climate change. The correspondents include Jessica Alba, Mark Bittman, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, America Ferrera, Harrison Ford, Thomas Friedman, Michael C. Hall, Chris Hayes, Olivia Munn, Dr. M. Sanjayan, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Somerhalder and Lesley Stahl.
Premiering the following month is "Penny Dreadful," a psychosexual thriller that features...
"Nurse Jackie," starring Emmy-winning actresses Edie Falco and Merritt Wever, and "Californication," starring Golden Globe winner David Duchovny, will return Sunday, April 13 at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively. It will be the start of "Nurse Jackie's" sixth season and "Californication's" seventh and final season.
The returning dramedies will serve as a lead-in for "Years of Living Dangerously" at 10 p.m. The docu-series follows celebrity correspondents as they travel the globe and explore a range of subjects all having to do with climate change. The correspondents include Jessica Alba, Mark Bittman, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, America Ferrera, Harrison Ford, Thomas Friedman, Michael C. Hall, Chris Hayes, Olivia Munn, Dr. M. Sanjayan, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Somerhalder and Lesley Stahl.
Premiering the following month is "Penny Dreadful," a psychosexual thriller that features...
- 1/16/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Alex Trebek lit up Twitter with his dry delivery of classic hip-hop lyrics on Monday’s “Jeopardy.” It was a Notoriously E.A.S.Y. category ever for anyone with a passing fondness for hip-hop. But Trebek livened it up by breezing through lines like, “Never let me slip, ’cause if I slip, then I’m slippin’.” Also read: Alex Trebek Q&A: How Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman Lost on ‘Jeopardy’ Never did he slip as he delivered rhymes from the Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Public Enemy, Grammaster Flash and the Beastie Boys with his flawless Canadian diction. This...
- 1/7/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Enlisting the help of a celebrity narrator is a tried and true way for issue docs to try to get an extra boost of attention. Showtime is going one step further with "Years of Living Dangerously," an upcoming doc series slated for April 2014 that will bring in a slew of famous faces to serve as correspondents traveling the globe for an in-depth examination of climate change. The series, which will run six to eight hour-long episodes, also comes from some big names -- James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger are the executive producers, alongside Joel Bach and David Gelber ("60 Minutes") as well as climate expert Daniel Abbasi. The correspondents are Jessica Alba, Mark Bittman, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, America Ferrera, Harrison Ford, Thomas Friedman, Michael C. Hall, Chris Hayes, Olivia Munn, Dr. M. Sanjayan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Somerhalder and Lesley Stahl. The topics they'll tackle include the aftermath of Super Storm.
- 11/1/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The life of the Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning Washington Post cartoonist who took on Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon is coming to HBO next year. The premium network said today that it has picked up U.S. TV rights to Herblock: The Black & The White. The Michael Stevens-directed and George Stevens-produced documentary will air January 27. Political cartoonist Herb Block also won four Pulitzer Prizes during his 55 years at the Post from 1944 to his death in 2001. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, comedian Lewis Black and journalists Ted Koppel, David Brooks, Gwen Ifill, Tom Brokaw, Bob Schieffer, Jules Feiffer, and Tom Friedman are featured in the film. The 95-minute Herblock played at various festivals including this year’s Tribeca.
- 10/31/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Showtime has announced plans to address climate change in a new documentary series.
“Years Of Living Dangerously” will address the impact of human-induced climate change through first-person narratives, exploring solutions for the future. The hour-long series, planned to premiere in 2013 in six to eight segments, boasts an all-star cast both in front of and behind the camera.
According to the press release, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub are executive producers. As governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the biggest supporters of environmental issues, and launched the largest greenhouse gas emissions trading program in the U.S. In his blockbuster film “Avatar,” James Cameron grapples with themes of environmental injustice, and is an advocate of clean energy practices on his film sets.
Emmy-winning "60 Minutes" producers Joel Bach and David Gelber and climate expert Daniel Abbasi are also on the “Years Of Living Dangerously" production team.
The release...
“Years Of Living Dangerously” will address the impact of human-induced climate change through first-person narratives, exploring solutions for the future. The hour-long series, planned to premiere in 2013 in six to eight segments, boasts an all-star cast both in front of and behind the camera.
According to the press release, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub are executive producers. As governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the biggest supporters of environmental issues, and launched the largest greenhouse gas emissions trading program in the U.S. In his blockbuster film “Avatar,” James Cameron grapples with themes of environmental injustice, and is an advocate of clean energy practices on his film sets.
Emmy-winning "60 Minutes" producers Joel Bach and David Gelber and climate expert Daniel Abbasi are also on the “Years Of Living Dangerously" production team.
The release...
- 12/5/2012
- by Jessica Leader
- Huffington Post
Showtime, currently in the midst of exploring "The Untold History of the United States" with Oliver Stone, will venture into the topic of climate change in the network's next nonfiction series, "Years of Living Dangerously." The project, which will run for six to eight hour-long episodes and will be broadcast in 2013, is a starry one being executive produced by James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joel Bach and David Gelber of "60 Minutes" and climate expert Daniel Abbasi. Celebs who'll serve as on-the-ground narrators include Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Alec Baldwin, with journalist Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof, Mark Bittman and Chris Hayes reporting from the field. Read More: Oliver Stone Premieres His Daring New Showtime Series 'Untold History of the United States' in New York Climate change is particularly pressing topic in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and in the announcement Cameron says of...
- 12/4/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Showtime is tackling climate change as part of a multi-episode documentary series titled Years of Living Dangerously. The event series, which will explore the human impact, is a collaboration of high-profile producers, actors and journalists including James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, Arnold Schwarzenegger and 60 Minutes producers Joel Bach and David Gelber. Climate expert Daniel Abbasi will join the group as an executive producer. Stars including Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Alec Baldwin and likely Edward Norton will serve as first-person narrators on the ground. Other prominent names involved include three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman, two-time Pulitzer winner Nicholas Kristof, renowned
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- 12/3/2012
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime has ordered Years Of Living Dangerously, a documentary series which explores the human impact of climate change. It is executive produced by James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with Emmy-winning 60 Minutes producers Joel Bach and David Gelber, and climate expert Daniel Abbasi. Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Alec Baldwin will narrate the series, which will feature first-person accounts of those affected by — and seeking solutions to — global warming. Also expected to join the project is actor Edward Norton, with more names to be announced soon. Reporting from the field is a team of New York Times journalists including three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, as well as columnist Mark Bittman, and MSNBC host and political commentator Chris Hayes, among others. Years Of Living Dangerously will air in 2013 as a six-to-eight-episode hourlong series. “The recent devastation on the East Coast is a...
- 12/3/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There are few forms of journalism more entertaining than a really good bad review. But it has to be done right: here's how
Among the terrible reviews of Liz and Dick, this week – "stunningly cynical" (TV Guide), "unbearably hilarious" (Hollywood Reporter), "badly paced, cheap-looking and encrusted with a tinkly, preposterous soundtrack designed to make viewers go insane" (Huffington Post) – none was quite brutal enough to ascend to that category of criticism that sweeps the internet now and then, and warms the darkest recess of the heart: the magisterial takedown.
(David Wiegand in the San Francisco Chronicle gave it his best shot with "It's so terrible, you'll need to ice your face when it's over to ease the pain of wincing for two hours." but there wasn't quite enough artistry in his bitching.)
No. For a negative review really to fly, it must meet five broad criteria.
1. Have about it the...
Among the terrible reviews of Liz and Dick, this week – "stunningly cynical" (TV Guide), "unbearably hilarious" (Hollywood Reporter), "badly paced, cheap-looking and encrusted with a tinkly, preposterous soundtrack designed to make viewers go insane" (Huffington Post) – none was quite brutal enough to ascend to that category of criticism that sweeps the internet now and then, and warms the darkest recess of the heart: the magisterial takedown.
(David Wiegand in the San Francisco Chronicle gave it his best shot with "It's so terrible, you'll need to ice your face when it's over to ease the pain of wincing for two hours." but there wasn't quite enough artistry in his bitching.)
No. For a negative review really to fly, it must meet five broad criteria.
1. Have about it the...
- 11/28/2012
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
Generally speaking, Sunday morning talk shows like NBC's Meet the Press take great care to have panelists representing both sides. It's become a staple of these shows to air rigorous debate among the big thinkers from both sides of the aisle. Today's panel offering was particularly interesting: former Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich, former Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, and NBC reporter Tom Brokaw, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The panel was not only interesting for its subject matter, but because it begs the question: was the show effectively putting up two journalists (Friedman and Brokaw) as representatives of the left?...
- 9/2/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
Media watchers are having some laughs today over New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman's loss on "Jeopardy" last week. He lost to Anderson Cooper during the show's visit to Washington, D.C. for Power Players week. But speaking to TheWrap on Monday, Alex Trebek said the loss shouldn't cause us to doubt the intelligence of Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. (MSNBC's Chris Matthews also fared poorly last week, while Fox News' Chris Wallace won. On Friedman's episode, NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell came in second.) At the Peabody Awards ceremony, where "Jeopardy"...
- 5/22/2012
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Washington -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, playing on behalf of an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for Lgbt youth, won Friday's "Jeopardy!" Power Players, beating New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
- 5/19/2012
- by Michael Grass
- Huffington Post
Washington -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, playing on behalf of an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for Lgbt youth, won Friday's "Jeopardy!" Power Players, beating New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
- 5/19/2012
- by Michael Grass
- Aol TV.
Washington -- NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd won Thursday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match, taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Huffington Post
Washington -- NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd won Thursday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match, taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Aol TV.
Washington -- Who was the winner of Monday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players game?
It's former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs, currently an adviser to President Obama's re-election campaign, beat out CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary and MSNBC's Chris Matthews in the first of the "Jeopardy!" 2012 Power Players series matches, filmed in April at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
Gibbs won $50,000 for Pine Hills Literacy Project, an organization that works in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club in Auburn, Ala. O'Leary won $10,000 for 826Dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Matthews won $10,000 for La Salle College High School (he also won ridicule from blogger Noel Sheppard on the conservative website Newsbusters for what Sheppard sees as Matthews' lackluster performance).
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, CNBC anchor David Faber and Fox News contributor Dana Perino will square off in Tuesday night's Power Players match.
Wednesday...
It's former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs, currently an adviser to President Obama's re-election campaign, beat out CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary and MSNBC's Chris Matthews in the first of the "Jeopardy!" 2012 Power Players series matches, filmed in April at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
Gibbs won $50,000 for Pine Hills Literacy Project, an organization that works in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club in Auburn, Ala. O'Leary won $10,000 for 826Dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Matthews won $10,000 for La Salle College High School (he also won ridicule from blogger Noel Sheppard on the conservative website Newsbusters for what Sheppard sees as Matthews' lackluster performance).
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, CNBC anchor David Faber and Fox News contributor Dana Perino will square off in Tuesday night's Power Players match.
Wednesday...
- 5/15/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Huffington Post
Jeopardy! has announced the line-up of celebrities who will participate in the special “Power Players Week” tournament. Silver fox Anderson Cooper, New Girl cameo maker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lewis Black are just a few names on the eclectic roster of competitor, who each stand to earn $10,000 for their charity (winners earn a minimum of $50,000). Click through for the full list of celebrities and their causes.
Monday, May 14
Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (Competing for Pine Hills Literacy Project)
Hardball host Chris Matthews (La Salle College High School)
CNN correspondent Lizzie O’Leary (826Dc)
Tuesday, May 15
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Skyhook...
Monday, May 14
Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (Competing for Pine Hills Literacy Project)
Hardball host Chris Matthews (La Salle College High School)
CNN correspondent Lizzie O’Leary (826Dc)
Tuesday, May 15
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Skyhook...
- 5/9/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside TV
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