A gallery of tech industry CEOs, including Tesla/X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, are scheduled to attend a Senate forum on artificial intelligence next month.
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
- 8/31/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
This is Day 113 of the WGA strike and Day 40 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
National Union Solidarity Day kicked off on Tuesday in New York City with several hundred marchers forming a picket line that stretched two full blocks outside the Manhattan corporate offices of Amazon and HBO. Striking writers and actors saw their ranks bolstered on Tuesday by unionized teachers, nurses, truckers, musicians, retail and hotel workers, and they got vocal encouragement from union chiefs who promised to have their backs.
In what might be a sign of how long the WGA strike seems to have lasted, New York State Senator Jessica Ramos began her remarks with a reference to “the past 100 years” before checking herself to say “100 days,” a correction that drew laughs. “It felt like 100 years,” she clarified before moving on.
No better sound to start the morning than a union chorus: chants, cowbells, and Teamsters horns!
National Union Solidarity Day kicked off on Tuesday in New York City with several hundred marchers forming a picket line that stretched two full blocks outside the Manhattan corporate offices of Amazon and HBO. Striking writers and actors saw their ranks bolstered on Tuesday by unionized teachers, nurses, truckers, musicians, retail and hotel workers, and they got vocal encouragement from union chiefs who promised to have their backs.
In what might be a sign of how long the WGA strike seems to have lasted, New York State Senator Jessica Ramos began her remarks with a reference to “the past 100 years” before checking herself to say “100 days,” a correction that drew laughs. “It felt like 100 years,” she clarified before moving on.
No better sound to start the morning than a union chorus: chants, cowbells, and Teamsters horns!
- 8/22/2023
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s Note: This article previously stated that Disney CEO Bob Iger was at the company’s Upfronts today in NYC, based on accounts from eyewitnesses outside the venue. The exec was not in New York Tuesday, and references to him have been removed from this story. We regret the error.
It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles. And the two scenes were very different.
This morning at the Disney upfront, pickets were being kept a solid two blocks away from the venue on 10th Ave. Here’s the view looking south from the main entrance:
Outside the Disney upfront with picketers held back below the LED screen in the distance. (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
By Tuesday afternoon, upfront guests in power suits and skirts shared...
It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles. And the two scenes were very different.
This morning at the Disney upfront, pickets were being kept a solid two blocks away from the venue on 10th Ave. Here’s the view looking south from the main entrance:
Outside the Disney upfront with picketers held back below the LED screen in the distance. (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
By Tuesday afternoon, upfront guests in power suits and skirts shared...
- 5/17/2023
- by Sean Piccoli, Dade Hayes and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The WGA East has confirmed that it will be out on the picket line for this week’s upfronts on all three days of events, starting Monday.
The pickets will be supported by guest speakers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Congressmember Maxwell Frost. Presentations are scheduled from NBC, Fox, The View, Disney, Paramount+, Warner Bros. Discovery, and YouTube Broadcast.
Exclusive: This month’s upfronts in New York City, where the networks pitch their fall lineups to advertisers, would be the target of WGA East picketing if negotiations fail to reach an agreement on a new film and scripted TV contract. The Writers Guild contract talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are entering their final day today, with the guild’s current contract set to expire tonight at midnight Pt.
A list of potential WGA East picket sites obtained by Deadline...
The pickets will be supported by guest speakers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Congressmember Maxwell Frost. Presentations are scheduled from NBC, Fox, The View, Disney, Paramount+, Warner Bros. Discovery, and YouTube Broadcast.
Exclusive: This month’s upfronts in New York City, where the networks pitch their fall lineups to advertisers, would be the target of WGA East picketing if negotiations fail to reach an agreement on a new film and scripted TV contract. The Writers Guild contract talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are entering their final day today, with the guild’s current contract set to expire tonight at midnight Pt.
A list of potential WGA East picket sites obtained by Deadline...
- 5/14/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Marjorie Taylor Greene turned her ire onto stepmothers at a committee hearing this week, which was something that absolutely baffled “The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic — mostly because, according to Lydic, Greene herself radiates “stepmom energy.”
At a hearing this week about Covid school closings, Greene put Teachers Union president Randi Weingarten in her crosshairs, asking the woman if she’s a mother. When Weingarten clarified that she is a stepmother, Greene later dismissed her insights because Weingarten is “not a medical doctor, not a biological mother, and really not a teacher.”
“What the hell was that about? Listen Marjorie, you don’t get to decide who’s a mother or not,” Lydic bit back after watching the moment. “That job exclusively belongs to gay men on TikTok.”
Lydic then got a bit more vicious, calling out Greene’s own vibes, particularly on the day she heckled President Joe Biden from the House floor.
At a hearing this week about Covid school closings, Greene put Teachers Union president Randi Weingarten in her crosshairs, asking the woman if she’s a mother. When Weingarten clarified that she is a stepmother, Greene later dismissed her insights because Weingarten is “not a medical doctor, not a biological mother, and really not a teacher.”
“What the hell was that about? Listen Marjorie, you don’t get to decide who’s a mother or not,” Lydic bit back after watching the moment. “That job exclusively belongs to gay men on TikTok.”
Lydic then got a bit more vicious, calling out Greene’s own vibes, particularly on the day she heckled President Joe Biden from the House floor.
- 4/28/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would like stepmoms to know that, no, that doesn’t count as motherhood.
In a hearing for the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Select Coronavirus Crisis on school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Georgia congresswoman attacked the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for not being “a biological mother.”
Greene: People like you need to admit that you’re just a political activist.. not a mother pic.twitter.com/s5zWf9gBNa...
In a hearing for the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Select Coronavirus Crisis on school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Georgia congresswoman attacked the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for not being “a biological mother.”
Greene: People like you need to admit that you’re just a political activist.. not a mother pic.twitter.com/s5zWf9gBNa...
- 4/27/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News’ Pete Hegseth on Thursday accused teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten of advocating against inclusivity in schools — after rolling a clip of her advocating for inclusivity in schools. He later corrected his error, but not before dedicating a segment of “Fox & Friends” to his misinterpretation of her statement.
During the morning show — which averaged 1.2 million total viewers last quarter and regularly commands a large audience — Hegseth and his co-hosts first played the footage of the American Federation of Teachers president discussing critical race theory and saying, “We are committed to helping educators understand how to engage with diverse student populations, to focus on promoting racial literacy, to enable educators to advocate for racial inclusivity.”
She went on, “There are legislators, mostly from the Republican Party, who are currently bullying teachers and trying to stop us from teaching kids honest history. Maybe they’re just trying to raise the...
During the morning show — which averaged 1.2 million total viewers last quarter and regularly commands a large audience — Hegseth and his co-hosts first played the footage of the American Federation of Teachers president discussing critical race theory and saying, “We are committed to helping educators understand how to engage with diverse student populations, to focus on promoting racial literacy, to enable educators to advocate for racial inclusivity.”
She went on, “There are legislators, mostly from the Republican Party, who are currently bullying teachers and trying to stop us from teaching kids honest history. Maybe they’re just trying to raise the...
- 7/8/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
It’s no surprise when any entertainment figure endorses the presidential campaign of a Democrat. Joe Biden’s campaign enjoys lopsided support from showbiz compared to Donald Trump, a difference between the candidates that is perhaps greater than any recent cycle.
But the Biden campaign singled out an endorsement on Thursday from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of Hamilton.
“I’m voting for Joe,” Miranda said in a conversation with Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers.
“I am voting for Joe because our democracy is at stake, and I thnk we have had four years of the perils of someone with no experience at the wheel, and we’ve …It’s so much worse than everyone feared.”
Miranda has been outspoken about Trump throughout his presidency, especially over his response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico. He also campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 cycle, and even...
But the Biden campaign singled out an endorsement on Thursday from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of Hamilton.
“I’m voting for Joe,” Miranda said in a conversation with Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers.
“I am voting for Joe because our democracy is at stake, and I thnk we have had four years of the perils of someone with no experience at the wheel, and we’ve …It’s so much worse than everyone feared.”
Miranda has been outspoken about Trump throughout his presidency, especially over his response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico. He also campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 cycle, and even...
- 7/30/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
With about a month to go until the start of the new school year, the battle lines are being drawn over whether Us students will return to campuses or continue online schooling.
The stakes being anted include federal and state funding, health and safety issues, and union rules and compliance. None of the potential winners in this war are clear to parents, many of them facing child care and transportation issues dependent on knowing what will happen.
Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to rise. CNN reported Sunday that three Arizona teachers who shared a classroom were infected with coronavirus despite following strict safety protocols, and one has died.
Us Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Fox News Sunday that she intends to have students back in classrooms this fall.
“Parents are expecting that this fall their kids are going to have a full-time experience with their learning, and we...
The stakes being anted include federal and state funding, health and safety issues, and union rules and compliance. None of the potential winners in this war are clear to parents, many of them facing child care and transportation issues dependent on knowing what will happen.
Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to rise. CNN reported Sunday that three Arizona teachers who shared a classroom were infected with coronavirus despite following strict safety protocols, and one has died.
Us Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Fox News Sunday that she intends to have students back in classrooms this fall.
“Parents are expecting that this fall their kids are going to have a full-time experience with their learning, and we...
- 7/12/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Two of the Trump administration’s most prominent women, first daughter Ivanka Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, made an appearance together Tuesday morning in honor of Women’s History Month.
The pair were joined by Nasa astronaut Kay Hire at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, to celebrate and support women in science, technology, engineering and math — also known as Stem — fields with a special screening of the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures.
Hear from @NASA_Astronauts, @IvankaTrump & more at @AirAndSpace Museum for #WomensHistoryMonth on Nasa's @Snapchat: https://t.co/lcDapCrSnS pic.twitter.com/uEZfk6OGeV
— Nasa (@Nasa...
The pair were joined by Nasa astronaut Kay Hire at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, to celebrate and support women in science, technology, engineering and math — also known as Stem — fields with a special screening of the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures.
Hear from @NASA_Astronauts, @IvankaTrump & more at @AirAndSpace Museum for #WomensHistoryMonth on Nasa's @Snapchat: https://t.co/lcDapCrSnS pic.twitter.com/uEZfk6OGeV
— Nasa (@Nasa...
- 3/28/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Detroit's Public Schools Are in Crisis: Students and Teachers Deal Daily With Rats, Mold and No Heat
Rats and cockroaches scurry through the hallways, water leaks through the roof, toilets are broken, windows are littered with bullet holes and a musty aroma fills the air. Sometimes, Shoniqua Kemp wonders whether her children would be better off going to school in a developing country instead of coping with the deplorable conditions at Osborn Evergreen Academy - one of numerous public schools in Detroit now under threat of closure due to unsafe and deteriorating conditions overseen by Darnell Earley, the former emergency manager for the city of Flint, Mich., which is now suffering a water crisis. Earley, the state-appointed...
- 2/3/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Detroit's Public Schools Are in Crisis: Students and Teachers Deal Daily With Rats, Mold and No Heat
Rats and cockroaches scurry through the hallways, water leaks through the roof, toilets are broken, windows are littered with bullet holes and a musty aroma fills the air. Sometimes, Shoniqua Kemp wonders whether her children would be better off going to school in a developing country instead of coping with the deplorable conditions at Osborn Evergreen Academy - one of numerous public schools in Detroit now under threat of closure due to unsafe and deteriorating conditions overseen by Darnell Earley, the former emergency manager for the city of Flint, Mich., which is now suffering a water crisis. Earley, the state-appointed...
- 2/3/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Tags: OutOut magazinePower LesbiansEllen DeGeneresRachel MaddowIMDbDIana NyadJillian MichaelsHilary RosenKate KendellMegan EllisonMarlene KingJodie Foster
Every year Out puts together a list of the 50 most powerful gays and lesbians. This year, 11 women were included:
46. Megan Smith, Google Executive/Inventor, 40. Jane Lynch, Actress, 38. Jenna Lyons, President and Executive Creative Director, J. Crew, 37. Mary Kay Henry, International President, Seiu, 36. Annise Parker, Mayor of Houston 28. Suze Orman TV Host/Author/Financial Advisor/Entrepreneur, 20. Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, 18. Martha Nelson, Editor in Chief, Time Inc., 9. Tammy Baldwin, Senator, 4. Rachel Maddow, TV Host/Political Commentator, 2. Ellen DeGeneres, Talk Show Host/Producer/Spokesperson
In case Out needs some more ideas, we thought we'd come up with some for them. You know, for next year.
Diana Nyad, swimmer
Megan Rapinoe, soccer player
Megan Ellison, producer
Urvashi Vaid, attorney/activist
Patricia Cornwell, author
Emma Donoghue, author
Fran Lebowitz, writer
Annie Leibovitz, photographer
Ariel Levy, writer
Laura Ricketts,...
Every year Out puts together a list of the 50 most powerful gays and lesbians. This year, 11 women were included:
46. Megan Smith, Google Executive/Inventor, 40. Jane Lynch, Actress, 38. Jenna Lyons, President and Executive Creative Director, J. Crew, 37. Mary Kay Henry, International President, Seiu, 36. Annise Parker, Mayor of Houston 28. Suze Orman TV Host/Author/Financial Advisor/Entrepreneur, 20. Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, 18. Martha Nelson, Editor in Chief, Time Inc., 9. Tammy Baldwin, Senator, 4. Rachel Maddow, TV Host/Political Commentator, 2. Ellen DeGeneres, Talk Show Host/Producer/Spokesperson
In case Out needs some more ideas, we thought we'd come up with some for them. You know, for next year.
Diana Nyad, swimmer
Megan Rapinoe, soccer player
Megan Ellison, producer
Urvashi Vaid, attorney/activist
Patricia Cornwell, author
Emma Donoghue, author
Fran Lebowitz, writer
Annie Leibovitz, photographer
Ariel Levy, writer
Laura Ricketts,...
- 4/10/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Washington -- The most controversial thing to happen at the Democratic National Convention this week may end up being a movie screening.
On Monday afternoon, a Hollywood film called "Won't Back Down" -- which opens in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28 -- will be shown to a select crowd of convention-goers in Charlotte, N.C., just as it was one week prior at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
But unlike Tampa, where the promoters had little concern about making waves with the party establishment and had no trouble when they ran the idea past the Republican National Committee, the request for a Charlotte screening went to the highest levels of the Obama administration, which passed the decision off to the Democratic National Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the chain of events. According to this source, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's close personal adviser, and David Plouffe, his top political adviser,...
On Monday afternoon, a Hollywood film called "Won't Back Down" -- which opens in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28 -- will be shown to a select crowd of convention-goers in Charlotte, N.C., just as it was one week prior at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
But unlike Tampa, where the promoters had little concern about making waves with the party establishment and had no trouble when they ran the idea past the Republican National Committee, the request for a Charlotte screening went to the highest levels of the Obama administration, which passed the decision off to the Democratic National Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the chain of events. According to this source, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's close personal adviser, and David Plouffe, his top political adviser,...
- 9/3/2012
- by Jon Ward
- Huffington Post
And so, the war over The Weinstein Company’s provocative documentary, Bully, ends – to use an exhausted cliché – not with a bang, but with a whimper. Since its release at the end of March, the doc has grossed approximately $3 million; not bad for a reality piece, and, measured against the flick’s $1.1 million budget, it means TWC will go home with some money in its pocket. But considering the thundering opening bombardments which accompanied the film’s debut, it’s hard not to look at that sum as a bit of a disappointment. After all, Disney’s warm and cuddly and topically irrelevant doc Chimpanzee, released almost three weeks later to a lot less fuss, has earned over $27 million.
Undoubtedly, there are going to be those who think Bully was hobbled at the box office by its nasty run-in with the MPAA. But I keep looking at Bully’s $3 mil,...
Undoubtedly, there are going to be those who think Bully was hobbled at the box office by its nasty run-in with the MPAA. But I keep looking at Bully’s $3 mil,...
- 5/24/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Washington - The heads of the nation's two largest teachers' unions stressed Tuesday night the need for government leaders to continue to focus on bullying prevention in an era of school funding shortages.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, co-hosted a screening of the new documentary, "Bully," and used the event to continue a call for bullying prevention. Among the steps discussed during the event were providing a classroom environment conducive to civility, alerting students to adults whom they could trust to discuss bullying and peer leadership initiatives.
"You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it," Weingarten told HuffPost during a press availability prior to the screening. "At the end of the day, we need to take concise, tangible steps."
Weingarten said that educators need to avoid cutting funds for guidance counselors and others...
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, co-hosted a screening of the new documentary, "Bully," and used the event to continue a call for bullying prevention. Among the steps discussed during the event were providing a classroom environment conducive to civility, alerting students to adults whom they could trust to discuss bullying and peer leadership initiatives.
"You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it," Weingarten told HuffPost during a press availability prior to the screening. "At the end of the day, we need to take concise, tangible steps."
Weingarten said that educators need to avoid cutting funds for guidance counselors and others...
- 4/11/2012
- by John Celock
- Huffington Post
Four months into the release of Waiting for Superman, glimmers of possible change in public education illuminate the horizon.
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
- 1/30/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Recently we saw the release of Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for "Superman" and arriving this weekend is Charles Ferguson's Inside Job. Waiting for "Superman" deals with the issues facing public schooling in America while Inside Job tackles the causes of the economic crisis. As of right now Superman has a 93% RottenTomatoes rating and Inside Job has a pre-release rating of 95%. These are extraordinarily high numbers signaling these must be great films, but what does that mean?
Does it mean public schooling in America will begin improving immediately? Does it mean those responsible for causing the economic crisis will be held accountable? Does it mean critics and audiences hailing the films as marvels will take an active role? The answer to those first two questions is obviously no, but what I'm more interested in is the third question and how it relates to the overall effect of a documentary.
Can...
Does it mean public schooling in America will begin improving immediately? Does it mean those responsible for causing the economic crisis will be held accountable? Does it mean critics and audiences hailing the films as marvels will take an active role? The answer to those first two questions is obviously no, but what I'm more interested in is the third question and how it relates to the overall effect of a documentary.
Can...
- 10/7/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The new hollywood documentary on alleged education reform titled, Waiting for Superman, is about to be released to the general public. Directed by the same man who directed and produced An Inconvenient Truth, namely Davis Guggenheim -- this documentary consists of a business panel analysis by corporate heads such as Bill Gates, and corporate toadies such as Washington D.C.'s present Superintendent of Schools, Michelle Rhee. Tokenism towards teachers comes in the form of Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers. While 'innovations', such as charter schools managed by corporate sources, are heralded; no analysis of fiscal issues is discussed. The film has it own 'inconvenient truth,' namely that slashed budgets and overcrowded classes are ignored. Furthermore, the ravages of the most extreme poverty seen since the Great Depression and the psychological impact...
- 9/21/2010
- by Jeanine Molloff
- Huffington Post
Calling it a "Rosa Parks moment," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan put a momentous stamp on the upcoming release of Davis Guggenheim's education-reform documentary "Waiting for Superman."
The occasion was the film's Wednesday night Washington premiere, organized by distributor Paramount Vantage, with a screening at the Newseum followed by a Q&A with notables involved in the film. That it will have the impact on public policy Parks' actions ultimately had on the civil rights movement might be unlikely, but a good portion of Washington's political class attended the event to further investigate the subject matter.
In addition to Duncan and several others from his Education Department staff, David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama; Melody Barnes, head of the president's Domestic Policy Council; Heather Higginbottom, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy; Rep. Jane Harman; Rep. Mary Bono Mack; Sen. Al Franken; Sen. Scott Brown; Sen. Christopher Dodd; and Sen.
The occasion was the film's Wednesday night Washington premiere, organized by distributor Paramount Vantage, with a screening at the Newseum followed by a Q&A with notables involved in the film. That it will have the impact on public policy Parks' actions ultimately had on the civil rights movement might be unlikely, but a good portion of Washington's political class attended the event to further investigate the subject matter.
In addition to Duncan and several others from his Education Department staff, David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama; Melody Barnes, head of the president's Domestic Policy Council; Heather Higginbottom, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy; Rep. Jane Harman; Rep. Mary Bono Mack; Sen. Al Franken; Sen. Scott Brown; Sen. Christopher Dodd; and Sen.
- 9/16/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Rev. Al Sharpton has created his own media company and will launch a Sunday-morning syndicated TV show, he told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday.
The controversial civil rights advocate will unveil his 30-minute show, "Education Superhighway," Thursday morning at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 40th Annual Legislative Conference. It's already cleared in 150 markets, including Kcop in Los Angeles.
Sharpton's media company, Esh Holdings (named after the series' initials) will produce the TV show as well as a planned print magazine.
The TV show, which begins airing Sept. 26, consists of news and roundtable discussions primarily about education. Guests already lined up include Bill Gates, Newt Gingrich, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten.
Sharpton is a frequent commentator on cable news outlets, including The Fox News Channel, where he's often highlighted as the voice of dissent on shows like "The Sean Hannity Show" and "The O'Reilly Factor.
The controversial civil rights advocate will unveil his 30-minute show, "Education Superhighway," Thursday morning at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 40th Annual Legislative Conference. It's already cleared in 150 markets, including Kcop in Los Angeles.
Sharpton's media company, Esh Holdings (named after the series' initials) will produce the TV show as well as a planned print magazine.
The TV show, which begins airing Sept. 26, consists of news and roundtable discussions primarily about education. Guests already lined up include Bill Gates, Newt Gingrich, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten.
Sharpton is a frequent commentator on cable news outlets, including The Fox News Channel, where he's often highlighted as the voice of dissent on shows like "The Sean Hannity Show" and "The O'Reilly Factor.
- 9/13/2010
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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