Jerry Seinfeld opened up about the negative reception of his latest Netflix movie, Unfrosted. Seinfeld shared that he didn’t care about the critical opinion and commented that he wanted to read the negative reviews since he found them to be funny. The film is loosely based on the invention of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries, and Seinfeld played Bob Cabana, a character based on William Post who created them.
Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted poster | Netflix
Seinfeld brought together his writing team — Barry Marder, who writes for his stand-up shows, and Seinfeld show writers Spike Feresten and Andy Robin. The ensemble cast of the film included Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Melissa McCarthy, and Amy Schumer.
Jerry Seinfeld Defends Negative Reviews Of His Netflix Film Unfrosted
Jerry Seinfeld with Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted | Netflix
During his latest appearance on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast, Jerry Seinfeld made numerous controversial statements that shocked fans.
Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted poster | Netflix
Seinfeld brought together his writing team — Barry Marder, who writes for his stand-up shows, and Seinfeld show writers Spike Feresten and Andy Robin. The ensemble cast of the film included Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Melissa McCarthy, and Amy Schumer.
Jerry Seinfeld Defends Negative Reviews Of His Netflix Film Unfrosted
Jerry Seinfeld with Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted | Netflix
During his latest appearance on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast, Jerry Seinfeld made numerous controversial statements that shocked fans.
- 6/1/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Comedian and director Jerry Seinfeld, 70, shared his thoughts on evolved perceptions of masculinity.
Seinfeld, who just released his directorial debut film Unfrosted, which is set in the 1960s, expressed his fascination with the “agreed-upon hierarchy” that he believes has been “vaporized” in the present day. He suggested that this loss of a clear social structure has contributed to the erratic and chaotic behavior he observes in modern society, such as aggressive driving.
“I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive: because we have no sense of hierarchy,” Seinfeld said in a new interview on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast. “And as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that.”
“If you want to talk about nostalgia, that is part of what makes that moment attractive looking back,” Seinfeld remarked about the period of his childhood. He fondly described figures from that era,...
Seinfeld, who just released his directorial debut film Unfrosted, which is set in the 1960s, expressed his fascination with the “agreed-upon hierarchy” that he believes has been “vaporized” in the present day. He suggested that this loss of a clear social structure has contributed to the erratic and chaotic behavior he observes in modern society, such as aggressive driving.
“I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive: because we have no sense of hierarchy,” Seinfeld said in a new interview on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast. “And as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that.”
“If you want to talk about nostalgia, that is part of what makes that moment attractive looking back,” Seinfeld remarked about the period of his childhood. He fondly described figures from that era,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Jerry Seinfeld’s latest comments on ‘dominant masculinity’ and ‘sense of hierarchy’ have irked some fans on social media. The comedian’s TV show, Seinfeld, included a plethora of jokes that mocked these topics back in the 1980s and ’90s. However, he shared in a recent podcast interview that he missed real masculinity due to his career as a comedian, which he said was a childish pursuit.
Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld | NBC
Seinfeld made a massive amount of money from his career as a comedian despite not becoming his idolized version of a masculine man. According to reports, he recently entered the billionaire club with his earnings on Seinfeld and other TV projects.
Jerry Seinfeld Misses ‘Dominant Masculinity’ and ‘Sense of Hierarchy’
Jerry Seinfeld with Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted | Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld made some controversial statements during his latest appearance on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast.
Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld | NBC
Seinfeld made a massive amount of money from his career as a comedian despite not becoming his idolized version of a masculine man. According to reports, he recently entered the billionaire club with his earnings on Seinfeld and other TV projects.
Jerry Seinfeld Misses ‘Dominant Masculinity’ and ‘Sense of Hierarchy’
Jerry Seinfeld with Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted | Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld made some controversial statements during his latest appearance on the Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast.
- 5/30/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Jerry Seinfeld got nostalgic in a recent interview and says he misses “dominant masculinity.”
In a sit down with Bari Weiss for The Free Press’s podcast Honestly, Seinfeld reminisced about growing up and wanting to become “a real man,” joking that he never “made it.”
“I really thought when I was in that era, again, it was [John F. Kennedy], it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there. That’s a real man,” he said.
Seinfeld said he grew up admiring these figures, but as a comedian, he didn’t become that because it is a “childish pursuit.”
He continued, “But I miss a dominant masculinity. Yeah, I get the toxic thing. Thank you, thank you. But still, I like a real man.”
The topic arose after Weiss discussed watching Seinfeld’s Netflix movie Unfrosted, set in the 60s.
In a sit down with Bari Weiss for The Free Press’s podcast Honestly, Seinfeld reminisced about growing up and wanting to become “a real man,” joking that he never “made it.”
“I really thought when I was in that era, again, it was [John F. Kennedy], it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there. That’s a real man,” he said.
Seinfeld said he grew up admiring these figures, but as a comedian, he didn’t become that because it is a “childish pursuit.”
He continued, “But I miss a dominant masculinity. Yeah, I get the toxic thing. Thank you, thank you. But still, I like a real man.”
The topic arose after Weiss discussed watching Seinfeld’s Netflix movie Unfrosted, set in the 60s.
- 5/29/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
NPR Business Desk Editor Uri Berliner. (Courtesy image)
Public radio program distributor NPR has suspended its business desk editor Uri Berliner over an editorial he wrote that was critical of the broadcaster and its former executives.
The suspension of Uri Berliner occurred last Friday, but was only made public on Tuesday after NPR revealed it in a news story on its website. The story was apparently with Berliner’s blessing, as he reportedly provided documents outlining the discipline to its media correspondent, David Folkenflik.
The unpaid suspension occurred several days after Berliner penned an essay for the Free Press, a Substack-distributed newsletter founded by former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. The newsletter offers “investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is,” and is often a haven for think-pieces from those who feel disenfranchised by the perceived progressive tilt of the American mainstream media.
In his column,...
Public radio program distributor NPR has suspended its business desk editor Uri Berliner over an editorial he wrote that was critical of the broadcaster and its former executives.
The suspension of Uri Berliner occurred last Friday, but was only made public on Tuesday after NPR revealed it in a news story on its website. The story was apparently with Berliner’s blessing, as he reportedly provided documents outlining the discipline to its media correspondent, David Folkenflik.
The unpaid suspension occurred several days after Berliner penned an essay for the Free Press, a Substack-distributed newsletter founded by former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. The newsletter offers “investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is,” and is often a haven for think-pieces from those who feel disenfranchised by the perceived progressive tilt of the American mainstream media.
In his column,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
“Donating sperm makes me feel good. Maybe it makes me feel wanted, and needed. Worth something to somebody else,” says Stefan, one of the subjects of “Spermworld,” the new FX on Hulu documentary that delves into the landscape of unregulated babymaking and just why prospective parents have sought out these unconventional solutions.
Director Lance Oppenheim went deep inside another distinctive community with his last documentary, “Some Kind of Heaven,” about The Villages in Florida. And there’s a throughline to Oppenheim’s films: They combine lushly saturated camera work with a narrator-free approach that lets subjects tell their own stories about their sometimes quixotic lives. That’s also the case with his next project, “Ren Faire,” a three-part HBO series about the Texas Renaissance Festival and its charismatic founder that premieres this summer.
Oppenheim fell into the world of prolific sperm donors through former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles...
Director Lance Oppenheim went deep inside another distinctive community with his last documentary, “Some Kind of Heaven,” about The Villages in Florida. And there’s a throughline to Oppenheim’s films: They combine lushly saturated camera work with a narrator-free approach that lets subjects tell their own stories about their sometimes quixotic lives. That’s also the case with his next project, “Ren Faire,” a three-part HBO series about the Texas Renaissance Festival and its charismatic founder that premieres this summer.
Oppenheim fell into the world of prolific sperm donors through former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles...
- 3/30/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Conservative activist and Supreme Court puppetmaster Leonard Leo recently outlined his pitch for billionaires on how they can help move the United States government and society to the right.
“It’s really important that we flood the zone with cases that challenge misuse of the Constitution by the administrative state and by Congress,” Leo said in a new podcast interview, calling on the ultra-wealthy to support these litigation efforts.
“We have a great Overton window in the next couple of decades to really try to create a free society,” Leo said of the Supreme Court.
“It’s really important that we flood the zone with cases that challenge misuse of the Constitution by the administrative state and by Congress,” Leo said in a new podcast interview, calling on the ultra-wealthy to support these litigation efforts.
“We have a great Overton window in the next couple of decades to really try to create a free society,” Leo said of the Supreme Court.
- 3/18/2024
- by Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
Oliver Anthony released another of his direct-to-camera “It’s a pleasure to meet you” videos, this time recorded in the cab of his truck while rain beats down upon the roof. It is a must-watch and arguably the most clear representation of the Virginia songwriter so far.
In the 10-minute YouTube clip, the Virginia songwriter, who skyrocketed into the public consciousness and even the Republican presidential debate, talks at length about the viral success of “Rich Men North of Richmond” and how it’s been co-opted by the very people...
In the 10-minute YouTube clip, the Virginia songwriter, who skyrocketed into the public consciousness and even the Republican presidential debate, talks at length about the viral success of “Rich Men North of Richmond” and how it’s been co-opted by the very people...
- 8/25/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
“Good job Linda for probably influencing that decision,” read one tweet in response to the change, referring to former NBCUniversal sales chief Linda Yaccarino, who was named Twitter’s CEO in May. The seasoned executive will be key to building relationships and strategies with advertisers, Twitter’s main source of revenue. Yaccarino herself tweeted two clap emojis in response to the news.
Progress at Twitter. Inquiries from members of the fourth estate to the company’s official press email are no longer receiving an automatic poop emoji in response. Instead, Musk said, the company “is now changing the auto reply to “a ‘We will get back to you soon’ infinite loop.”
The Tesla and SpaceX founder instituted the poop emoji communications regime in March. He reluctantly acquired Twitter for $44 billion last fall, ushering in a chaotic period marked by massive layoffs, technical bugs, advertising woes as well as jabs at the press,...
Progress at Twitter. Inquiries from members of the fourth estate to the company’s official press email are no longer receiving an automatic poop emoji in response. Instead, Musk said, the company “is now changing the auto reply to “a ‘We will get back to you soon’ infinite loop.”
The Tesla and SpaceX founder instituted the poop emoji communications regime in March. He reluctantly acquired Twitter for $44 billion last fall, ushering in a chaotic period marked by massive layoffs, technical bugs, advertising woes as well as jabs at the press,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Gas up the Learjets and break out the Moncler vests, it’s time for corporate chieftains to let their hair down, as only the one percent of the one percent knows how.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav, Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple head Tim Cook, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are heading to Idaho in July to attend the annual “summer camp for moguls,” known more formally as Sun Valley. And Bob Iger, back on the throne at the Walt Disney Company, will also be touching down in the resort town after a brief, unhappy (for shareholders) interregnum. They’ll be mixing and mingling with other media barons, Silicon Valley heavyweights and political players at the media finance retreat hosted by Allen & Co.
Among those getting tapped to dust off their Brooks Brothers casual wear are two former treasury secretaries,...
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav, Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple head Tim Cook, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are heading to Idaho in July to attend the annual “summer camp for moguls,” known more formally as Sun Valley. And Bob Iger, back on the throne at the Walt Disney Company, will also be touching down in the resort town after a brief, unhappy (for shareholders) interregnum. They’ll be mixing and mingling with other media barons, Silicon Valley heavyweights and political players at the media finance retreat hosted by Allen & Co.
Among those getting tapped to dust off their Brooks Brothers casual wear are two former treasury secretaries,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
All inquiries from members of the press directed to Twitter’s official press email now receive the same automatic reply: a poop emoji.
Elon Musk, who bought the social media company for $44 billion last year, relayed the update on his own Twitter feed over the weekend. The 51-year-old billionaire’s report drew 80,000 likes and thousands of retweets and replies, some of whom posed the rhetorical question of how young Musk must be reveling in a poop joke. (Others noted that the barnyard stance on press relations for such a vast and influential platform is also not exactly the stuff of comedy).
Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has elicited rounds of media backlash with several moves, including suspending journalists’ accounts and continually goading the media. “Some of the smartest people I know actively believe the press … amazing,” he wrote last month in one characteristic tweet.
Last December, the accounts of journalist Aaron Rupar,...
Elon Musk, who bought the social media company for $44 billion last year, relayed the update on his own Twitter feed over the weekend. The 51-year-old billionaire’s report drew 80,000 likes and thousands of retweets and replies, some of whom posed the rhetorical question of how young Musk must be reveling in a poop joke. (Others noted that the barnyard stance on press relations for such a vast and influential platform is also not exactly the stuff of comedy).
Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has elicited rounds of media backlash with several moves, including suspending journalists’ accounts and continually goading the media. “Some of the smartest people I know actively believe the press … amazing,” he wrote last month in one characteristic tweet.
Last December, the accounts of journalist Aaron Rupar,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
In the latest episode of the podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, which was released today, the Harry Potter author spoke about the reactions to her 2019 tweet, in which she expressed support for Maya Forstater, a British researcher fired for comments interpreted as anti-trans, and for which she drew condemnation from GLAAD.
At the time, the Harry Potter author took to Twitter to speak out in support of Forstater, saying, “Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill”
“I knew it was going to cause a massive storm,” Rowling said in today’s podcast, saying that what came at her was “absolute fury.” The author related replies to her tweet in which some commenters called her...
At the time, the Harry Potter author took to Twitter to speak out in support of Forstater, saying, “Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill”
“I knew it was going to cause a massive storm,” Rowling said in today’s podcast, saying that what came at her was “absolute fury.” The author related replies to her tweet in which some commenters called her...
- 3/15/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
In the new podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, debuting today, the Harry Potter author says she does not concern herself with thoughts of legacy or how she’ll be remembered.
“I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy,” Rowling says in the first episode, available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible and wherever podcasts are available. “You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. I care about now. I care about the living.”
Two episodes of the podcast were made available today, with the remaining five episodes to be released in weekly installments.
Rowling has been widely criticized for her repeated statements on the transgender community and a perceived threat to “the lived reality of women globally.” Rowling has maintained that self-declaration of gender identity should...
“I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy,” Rowling says in the first episode, available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible and wherever podcasts are available. “You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. I care about now. I care about the living.”
Two episodes of the podcast were made available today, with the remaining five episodes to be released in weekly installments.
Rowling has been widely criticized for her repeated statements on the transgender community and a perceived threat to “the lived reality of women globally.” Rowling has maintained that self-declaration of gender identity should...
- 2/21/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jk Rowling is addressing the controversy surrounding her stance on transgender rights head-on in an forthcoming podcast entitled The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.
The Harry Potter author has faced a sustained backlash in recent years for statements she’s made about gender ideology that critics and prominent voices in the LGBT+ community have described as “transphobic”.
“I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal,” Rowling says in the trailer for the podcast, which is hosted by Free Press.
Free Press is the independent media company founded by former New York Times opinions editor Bari Weiss, who is known for writing provocative columns about “woke culture” and gender issues.
“What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.’ And I...
The Harry Potter author has faced a sustained backlash in recent years for statements she’s made about gender ideology that critics and prominent voices in the LGBT+ community have described as “transphobic”.
“I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal,” Rowling says in the trailer for the podcast, which is hosted by Free Press.
Free Press is the independent media company founded by former New York Times opinions editor Bari Weiss, who is known for writing provocative columns about “woke culture” and gender issues.
“What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.’ And I...
- 2/16/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Jk Rowling is addressing the controversy surrounding her stance on transgender rights head-on in an forthcoming podcast entitled The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.
The Harry Potter author has faced a sustained backlash in recent years for statements she’s made about gender ideology that critics and prominent voices in the LGBT+ community have described as “transphobic”.
“I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal,” Rowling says in the trailer for the podcast, which is hosted by Free Press.
Free Press is the independent media company founded by former New York Times opinions editor Bari Weiss, who is known for writing provocative columns about “woke culture” and gender issues.
“What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.’ And I...
The Harry Potter author has faced a sustained backlash in recent years for statements she’s made about gender ideology that critics and prominent voices in the LGBT+ community have described as “transphobic”.
“I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal,” Rowling says in the trailer for the podcast, which is hosted by Free Press.
Free Press is the independent media company founded by former New York Times opinions editor Bari Weiss, who is known for writing provocative columns about “woke culture” and gender issues.
“What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.’ And I...
- 2/16/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, whose statements on transgender people have drawn widespread criticism over the years as transphobic – including from some of the Potter film franchise’s biggest stars – now says her viewpoint has been “profoundly” misunderstood.
In a trailer for the new podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling (listen below), Rowling says, “I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”
Rowling goes on to say that when people on social media say, “You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this,” she thinks: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.”
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling premieres Feb. 21 from The Free Press, the media company founded by Bari Weiss, the provocateur who routinely takes aim at what she perceives as woke culture and liberal censorship. The...
In a trailer for the new podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling (listen below), Rowling says, “I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”
Rowling goes on to say that when people on social media say, “You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this,” she thinks: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.”
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling premieres Feb. 21 from The Free Press, the media company founded by Bari Weiss, the provocateur who routinely takes aim at what she perceives as woke culture and liberal censorship. The...
- 2/14/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
House Republicans have made clear they intend to do everything they can to cast President Biden as the ringleader of a global crime racket that he’s now using the White House to facilitate. The House Oversight Committee, led by a guy who just a few days ago wondered if the alleged Chinese spy balloon was carrying bioweapons from Wuhan, is going to be responsible for a big chunk of this effort. It will hold its first hearing on Wednesday to investigate, what else, Hunter Biden stuff.
More specifically, the...
More specifically, the...
- 2/7/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
It’s Oscar nominations week, and a jovial Bill Maher zinged out a few Hollywood jabs to start the second Real Time of the spring. But later in the show, a cranky Maher revealed a dirty little secret about travel that he and other celebrities do all the time
“I can’t wait to see who slaps who,” said Maher about the Oscars revelations this week, noting the nominations leader is Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a title which he likened to “what you see when you shine a Uv light on a hotel bedspread.”
Avatar: The Way of Water was a sore spot with Maher, who noted he’s against its “Oscars so blue” nomination.
That out of the way, Maher turned to Ukraine and the decision this week to send them tanks. “Biden said they’re the most lethal weapon in our arsenal – if you don’t count the gas stove.
“I can’t wait to see who slaps who,” said Maher about the Oscars revelations this week, noting the nominations leader is Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a title which he likened to “what you see when you shine a Uv light on a hotel bedspread.”
Avatar: The Way of Water was a sore spot with Maher, who noted he’s against its “Oscars so blue” nomination.
That out of the way, Maher turned to Ukraine and the decision this week to send them tanks. “Biden said they’re the most lethal weapon in our arsenal – if you don’t count the gas stove.
- 1/28/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Elon Musk has turned on the reporter he hand picked to “expose” Twitter’s content moderation decisions after she … criticized his content moderation decisions.
Writer Bari Weiss was hand-selected by Musk as one of the conduits for a multi-part expose, dubbed “The Twitter Files,” that purported to unveil a grand conspiracy by Twitter’s management to censor and suppress conservatives on the platform. The heavily cherry-picked information largely reiterated events and positions from Twitter’s management that were already public knowledge, but did shed some light on the mechanisms through...
Writer Bari Weiss was hand-selected by Musk as one of the conduits for a multi-part expose, dubbed “The Twitter Files,” that purported to unveil a grand conspiracy by Twitter’s management to censor and suppress conservatives on the platform. The heavily cherry-picked information largely reiterated events and positions from Twitter’s management that were already public knowledge, but did shed some light on the mechanisms through...
- 12/16/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
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A number of high-profile journalists and commentators were suspended by Twitter on Thursday night with no warning, and without any obvious sign of what caused the suspensions.
Among those suspended were former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann, and CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan. Other journalists suspended Thursday included New York Times reporter Ryan Mac, Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, Matt Binder of Mashable and freelance journalist Aaron Rupar.
It is not immediately clear why Twitter, now owned by billionaire Elon Musk, suspended them, though some of the journalists covered and have been in some cases critical of Musk. Olbermann, shortly before being suspended, tweeted a link to a Mastodon social account that tracked Musk’s private jet (the Elon Musk jet account had been active on Twitter, until Musk changed the terms of service earlier this week to ban accounts that share real-time...
A number of high-profile journalists and commentators were suspended by Twitter on Thursday night with no warning, and without any obvious sign of what caused the suspensions.
Among those suspended were former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann, and CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan. Other journalists suspended Thursday included New York Times reporter Ryan Mac, Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, Matt Binder of Mashable and freelance journalist Aaron Rupar.
It is not immediately clear why Twitter, now owned by billionaire Elon Musk, suspended them, though some of the journalists covered and have been in some cases critical of Musk. Olbermann, shortly before being suspended, tweeted a link to a Mastodon social account that tracked Musk’s private jet (the Elon Musk jet account had been active on Twitter, until Musk changed the terms of service earlier this week to ban accounts that share real-time...
- 12/16/2022
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York, Dec 10 (Ians) Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin Stanford University professor, who had said that Covid lockdowns would harm children, was placed on a “Trends Blacklist”, internal Twitter documents have revealed
The second installment of “Twitter Files” released by journalist Bari Weiss on her social media platform took the lid off cases where the microblogging website prevented the tweets from trending.
Weiss shares a screenshot on her Twitter, which shows Bhattacharya’s account marked as having a “recent abuse strike” and as being on a “trends blacklist”.
“…Take, for example, Stanford’s Dr Jay Bhattacharya who argued that Covid lockdowns would harm children. Twitter secretly placed him on a “Trends Blacklist”, which prevented his tweets from trending,” Weiss wrote on Twitter.
Weiss said that the “investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics — all in secret,...
The second installment of “Twitter Files” released by journalist Bari Weiss on her social media platform took the lid off cases where the microblogging website prevented the tweets from trending.
Weiss shares a screenshot on her Twitter, which shows Bhattacharya’s account marked as having a “recent abuse strike” and as being on a “trends blacklist”.
“…Take, for example, Stanford’s Dr Jay Bhattacharya who argued that Covid lockdowns would harm children. Twitter secretly placed him on a “Trends Blacklist”, which prevented his tweets from trending,” Weiss wrote on Twitter.
Weiss said that the “investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics — all in secret,...
- 12/10/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Donald Trump is claiming vindication after the release of internal “Twitter Files” showing discussions between employees of the platform’s content moderation policies — and attempting to make a quick buck in the process.
A text sent out by the Trump campaign Friday morning read: “Breaking News: President Trump was Right! The Twitter files exposed Fraud and Corruption from Big Tech.”
The text linked recipients to a website where supporters could donate to the former president’s reelection campaign.
The “Twitter Files” are a series of internal documents intentionally leaked by...
A text sent out by the Trump campaign Friday morning read: “Breaking News: President Trump was Right! The Twitter files exposed Fraud and Corruption from Big Tech.”
The text linked recipients to a website where supporters could donate to the former president’s reelection campaign.
The “Twitter Files” are a series of internal documents intentionally leaked by...
- 12/9/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
May include provisions to prevent shadow banning in proposed Digital India Act: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
New Delhi, Dec 9 (Ians) Amid disturbing disclosures about microblogging site Twitter blacklisting content and preventing disfavoured tweets from trending, the Indian government on Friday said that it may ponder on including provisions in the proposed Digital India Act to prevent this kind of shadow banning or “visibility filtering”.
Minister of State for It and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told media persons that the government won’t allow weaponisation of information and added that though the ministry had pre-empted such threats while notifying the amended It rules last month, in the light of this revelation, it could think of including stricter provisions to prevent such activities in the proposed Digital India Act.
“We can only appeal social media platforms to heed to the new rules. However if they still violate them, then we will remove them from using safe hours provisions and they will be liable for prosecution,” he said.
The minister...
Minister of State for It and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told media persons that the government won’t allow weaponisation of information and added that though the ministry had pre-empted such threats while notifying the amended It rules last month, in the light of this revelation, it could think of including stricter provisions to prevent such activities in the proposed Digital India Act.
“We can only appeal social media platforms to heed to the new rules. However if they still violate them, then we will remove them from using safe hours provisions and they will be liable for prosecution,” he said.
The minister...
- 12/9/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 9 (Ians) New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday said the company will delete and free names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inactive for years on the platform.
“Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts. These are obvious account deletions with no tweets and no login for years,” said the billionaire.
Musk also said that the micro-blogging platform is working on a process to inform the users whether their tweets have been suppressed under a process known as “shadow banning” and they can appeal against the ban.
He added that Twitter is also working on a software update that will show your true account status.
“So you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal,” he mentioned.
Twitter has been accused of suppressing certain political speech on the platform.
The “Twitter Files 2” revealed that the micro-blogging platform,...
“Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts. These are obvious account deletions with no tweets and no login for years,” said the billionaire.
Musk also said that the micro-blogging platform is working on a process to inform the users whether their tweets have been suppressed under a process known as “shadow banning” and they can appeal against the ban.
He added that Twitter is also working on a software update that will show your true account status.
“So you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal,” he mentioned.
Twitter has been accused of suppressing certain political speech on the platform.
The “Twitter Files 2” revealed that the micro-blogging platform,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 9 (Ians) Elon Musk on Friday released the “Twitter Files” season 2, revealing that the micro-blogging platform had a secret group that included former legal and public policy head Vijaya Gadde, then Cto Parag Agrawal and Yoel Roth, former global head of trust and safety, that made controversial decisions including “shadow banning” high-profile users without informing then CEO Jack Dorsey.
This time, the “Twitter Files Two” were released by Bari Weiss, Founder and Editor of The Free Press, on the micro-blogging platform and endorsed by Musk.
“Controversial decisions were often made without getting Jack’s approval and he was unaware of systemic bias. The inmates were running the asylum. Jack has a pure heart imo (in my opinion),” tweeted Musk.
Weiss said that the “investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics — all in secret,...
This time, the “Twitter Files Two” were released by Bari Weiss, Founder and Editor of The Free Press, on the micro-blogging platform and endorsed by Musk.
“Controversial decisions were often made without getting Jack’s approval and he was unaware of systemic bias. The inmates were running the asylum. Jack has a pure heart imo (in my opinion),” tweeted Musk.
Weiss said that the “investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics — all in secret,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The second installment of the much-hyped “#TwitterFiles” debuted on Thursday night, with conservative writer Bari Weiss outlining — in a Twitter thread — what she described as the “shadow banning” of prominent conservatives including Charlie Kirk, Dan Bognino, and Libs of TikTok.
The #TwitterFiles represent an ongoing “leak” of documents revealing the social media giant’s past content-moderation decisions, directed by new owner and CEO Elon Musk. The files are being doled out to contrarian journalists including Weiss and Matt Taibbi, a Substack writer and former longtime writer for Rolling Stone.
The first #TwitterFiles installment,...
The #TwitterFiles represent an ongoing “leak” of documents revealing the social media giant’s past content-moderation decisions, directed by new owner and CEO Elon Musk. The files are being doled out to contrarian journalists including Weiss and Matt Taibbi, a Substack writer and former longtime writer for Rolling Stone.
The first #TwitterFiles installment,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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Crime Junkie, the true-crime podcast led by THR Next Gen 2022 honoree Ashley Flowers, was the most popular show on Apple Podcasts this year, the tech giant said on Monday.
To populate the lists, Apple looked at user listenership and engagement between November 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022. Crime Junkie, the flagship show of Flowers’ Audiochuck company, also took the top spots in the top followed and top shared categories, while Audiochuck was honored as the top free channel on Apple Podcasts for the year.
For podcast subscriptions, Morbid — a true-crime show hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ashleigh Kelley that has an exclusive ad sales and one-week windowing deal with Wondery and Amazon Music — landed at No. 1. Wondery retained its spot as the top subscriber channel on the platform.
Meanwhile, on Spotify, which released its annual Wrapped list on Nov. 30, the most listened-to podcast shows were led...
Crime Junkie, the true-crime podcast led by THR Next Gen 2022 honoree Ashley Flowers, was the most popular show on Apple Podcasts this year, the tech giant said on Monday.
To populate the lists, Apple looked at user listenership and engagement between November 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022. Crime Junkie, the flagship show of Flowers’ Audiochuck company, also took the top spots in the top followed and top shared categories, while Audiochuck was honored as the top free channel on Apple Podcasts for the year.
For podcast subscriptions, Morbid — a true-crime show hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ashleigh Kelley that has an exclusive ad sales and one-week windowing deal with Wondery and Amazon Music — landed at No. 1. Wondery retained its spot as the top subscriber channel on the platform.
Meanwhile, on Spotify, which released its annual Wrapped list on Nov. 30, the most listened-to podcast shows were led...
- 12/5/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Whatever you think of “The UnRedacted,” a documentary (formerly called “Jihad Rehab”) that got blacklisted after its Sundance premiere and has now been championed by publications from The New York Times to The Atlantic, you have to agree that its director, Meg Smaker, is a fighter.
And now she wants an Oscar nomination.
The film, a deep examination of five men who were jailed and tortured in Guantanamo after fighting for al-Qaeda and other extremist groups and then sent to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation, prompted a head-spinning reaction at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Smaker had spent years winning permission from Saudi Arabia to make the film, and more years winning the trust of the men in the film, four Yemenis and a Saudi. The documentary broke new ground in examining the reasons these men were drawn to jihad, and received strong reviews. “This is a movie for intelligent...
And now she wants an Oscar nomination.
The film, a deep examination of five men who were jailed and tortured in Guantanamo after fighting for al-Qaeda and other extremist groups and then sent to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation, prompted a head-spinning reaction at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Smaker had spent years winning permission from Saudi Arabia to make the film, and more years winning the trust of the men in the film, four Yemenis and a Saudi. The documentary broke new ground in examining the reasons these men were drawn to jihad, and received strong reviews. “This is a movie for intelligent...
- 11/23/2022
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Sun Valley, Idaho — The moguls have arrived.
On Tuesday, dozens of titans of the business, media and tech worlds came out to play at the Sun Valley Lodge in Idaho for the start of Allen & Co.’s annual meeting of movers and shakers.
The invitation-only conference will include three days of seminars and meetings that are held away from the prying eyes of the public, which kick off Wednesday morning. So today was all about meeting and greeting each other at the posh retreat in Idaho’s picturesque Sawtooth Mountains.
Arrivals began at the Sun Valley Lodge around 11 a.m. local time, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Comcast chief Brian Roberts, Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell, Paramount Global chairman Shari Redstone and investor Jeffrey Katzenberg among the first to check in, receive their agenda briefing books and strap on a mask before receiving a Covid test.
On Tuesday, dozens of titans of the business, media and tech worlds came out to play at the Sun Valley Lodge in Idaho for the start of Allen & Co.’s annual meeting of movers and shakers.
The invitation-only conference will include three days of seminars and meetings that are held away from the prying eyes of the public, which kick off Wednesday morning. So today was all about meeting and greeting each other at the posh retreat in Idaho’s picturesque Sawtooth Mountains.
Arrivals began at the Sun Valley Lodge around 11 a.m. local time, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Comcast chief Brian Roberts, Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell, Paramount Global chairman Shari Redstone and investor Jeffrey Katzenberg among the first to check in, receive their agenda briefing books and strap on a mask before receiving a Covid test.
- 7/6/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m done.”
So said Charlton Heston, the stoic but exhausted hero of the 1973 futurist thriller Soylent Green. The movie’s message: Society will self-destruct in the year 2022 even as rigid rules and secret efficiencies are imposed to cope with disease and food shortages.
As we launch into Year 3 of the pandemic, there are fears that 2022 might eerily turn out to be the doomsday year forecast by that movie, with Omicron and its subsequent variants stirring anger and confusion.
I’ve reached out to a mix of denizens of the entertainment community this week and found that the words “I’m done” comprise a frequent theme. Even Bill Maher, ever irascible at 66, has now joined the dissidents who reject what he calls the “mask paranoia.” He endorses the view of guest Bari Weiss that the U.S. has created “a pandemic of bureaucracy,” while Europe, by contrast, has learned to live with Covid-19.
The public,...
So said Charlton Heston, the stoic but exhausted hero of the 1973 futurist thriller Soylent Green. The movie’s message: Society will self-destruct in the year 2022 even as rigid rules and secret efficiencies are imposed to cope with disease and food shortages.
As we launch into Year 3 of the pandemic, there are fears that 2022 might eerily turn out to be the doomsday year forecast by that movie, with Omicron and its subsequent variants stirring anger and confusion.
I’ve reached out to a mix of denizens of the entertainment community this week and found that the words “I’m done” comprise a frequent theme. Even Bill Maher, ever irascible at 66, has now joined the dissidents who reject what he calls the “mask paranoia.” He endorses the view of guest Bari Weiss that the U.S. has created “a pandemic of bureaucracy,” while Europe, by contrast, has learned to live with Covid-19.
The public,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher’s Real Time was back on HBO Friday night, returning from its winter break as the host told his studio audience that it was “wonderful to see your beautiful masks again.”
That was the theme for most of the show, as Maher and guests looked back on things that happened in the long stretch between his last show in November and today. He exited at a time when omicron wasn’t really around, unlike now, when the variant is causing all sorts of chaos.
Thus, where things stand now with the pandemic was the key focus of Friday’s panel discussion with author/journalist Bari Weiss and New York Congressman Ritchie Torres.
Maher noted that there’s “A reset going on in the world. We have to live with (the coronavirus). It’s not going away.”
Torees agreed. “I think we’re gradually transitioning to normal,” while Weiss echoed,...
That was the theme for most of the show, as Maher and guests looked back on things that happened in the long stretch between his last show in November and today. He exited at a time when omicron wasn’t really around, unlike now, when the variant is causing all sorts of chaos.
Thus, where things stand now with the pandemic was the key focus of Friday’s panel discussion with author/journalist Bari Weiss and New York Congressman Ritchie Torres.
Maher noted that there’s “A reset going on in the world. We have to live with (the coronavirus). It’s not going away.”
Torees agreed. “I think we’re gradually transitioning to normal,” while Weiss echoed,...
- 1/22/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher had a lot on his mind Friday on “Real Time,” his first new show of 2022. The episode covered topics ranging from the attacks on democracy by increasingly right-wing Republicans, frustrations with Covid-19 measures and some of the usual complaining about “wokeness” with frequent guest Bari Weiss.
And then at the end, Maher closed things out with a novel suggestion for how President Joe Biden could save his presidency: By getting married to his ex-boss, former President Barack Obama.
The inspiration was Biden’s dismal polling numbers, which Maher attributed to a serious lack of enthusiasm for Biden, compared for the cultlike devotion Donald Trump inspires in his supporters. This means bad things for the 2024 election, Maher continued, since the Democratic party doesn’t at the moment seem to have anybody waiting in the wings who could energize the base. And that’s when he suggested that Biden and Obama tie the knot.
And then at the end, Maher closed things out with a novel suggestion for how President Joe Biden could save his presidency: By getting married to his ex-boss, former President Barack Obama.
The inspiration was Biden’s dismal polling numbers, which Maher attributed to a serious lack of enthusiasm for Biden, compared for the cultlike devotion Donald Trump inspires in his supporters. This means bad things for the 2024 election, Maher continued, since the Democratic party doesn’t at the moment seem to have anybody waiting in the wings who could energize the base. And that’s when he suggested that Biden and Obama tie the knot.
- 1/22/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Kim Kardashian isn't skimming over the bigger questions about her life. The mom of four recently sat down with journalist Bari Weiss and opened up about everything from prison reform and her journey to becoming a lawyer to the moment in 2018 when her ex, Kanye West, sparked major backlash by wearing a "Make America Great Again" red hat in support of Donald Trump during an episode of Saturday Night Live. Reflecting on Kanye's political stance at the time—and that night in particular—during the intimate conversation published on Dec. 16, Kim said, "I was very nervous. I didn't want him to wear the red hat. I'm not really a rule breaker, so my...
- 12/16/2021
- E! Online
Variety won nine first-place SoCal Journalism Awards from the Los Angeles Press Club Saturday night, including an entertainment journalist of the year honor for film critic Owen Gleiberman, repeating his win in that top category from two years ago.
A double winner, Gleiberman also picked up a first-place prize for film criticism at the Lapc ceremony, which returned to its longtime Millennium Biltmore Hotel Crystal Ballroom location — with a fully vaccinated audience — after taking place as an online event last year.
Others claiming first-place trophies for their Variety work included Matt Donnelly, Jennifer Dorn, Sophy Holland, Angelique Jackson, Tucker Morrison, Preston Northrup, Ramin Setoodeh, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Chris Willman and Meredith Woerner.
With 14 second-place prizes and 13 third-place finishers also factored in, Variety‘s ultimate tally of honors for the evening stood at 36, the most awarded to any entertainment publication.
Of Gleiberman’s win for entertainment journalist, the judges said, “Owen Gleiberman’s perceptive movie reviews,...
A double winner, Gleiberman also picked up a first-place prize for film criticism at the Lapc ceremony, which returned to its longtime Millennium Biltmore Hotel Crystal Ballroom location — with a fully vaccinated audience — after taking place as an online event last year.
Others claiming first-place trophies for their Variety work included Matt Donnelly, Jennifer Dorn, Sophy Holland, Angelique Jackson, Tucker Morrison, Preston Northrup, Ramin Setoodeh, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Chris Willman and Meredith Woerner.
With 14 second-place prizes and 13 third-place finishers also factored in, Variety‘s ultimate tally of honors for the evening stood at 36, the most awarded to any entertainment publication.
Of Gleiberman’s win for entertainment journalist, the judges said, “Owen Gleiberman’s perceptive movie reviews,...
- 10/17/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Sean Penn will receive one of the Los Angeles Press Club’s Bill Rosendahl Public Service Awards for Contributions to Civic Life. The Lapc announced Friday that he and Ann Lee, with whom he co-founded the crisis response organization Community Organized Relief Effort (Core) are the 2021 recipients.
“As the world was reeling from the spread of Covid-19, Sean and Ann jumped in and mobilized a massive testing effort in Southern California and beyond,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Lisa Richwine in a Friday statement.
She went on, “They are continuing to fight the pandemic with relief efforts targeted to marginalized and hard-to-reach communities.”
The award will be presented at the 63rd SoCal Journalism Awards Gala on Oct. 16th in downtown Los Angeles. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta will receive the President’s Award for Impact on Media while ABC7’s Marc Brown will get the Joseph M Quinn Award...
“As the world was reeling from the spread of Covid-19, Sean and Ann jumped in and mobilized a massive testing effort in Southern California and beyond,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Lisa Richwine in a Friday statement.
She went on, “They are continuing to fight the pandemic with relief efforts targeted to marginalized and hard-to-reach communities.”
The award will be presented at the 63rd SoCal Journalism Awards Gala on Oct. 16th in downtown Los Angeles. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta will receive the President’s Award for Impact on Media while ABC7’s Marc Brown will get the Joseph M Quinn Award...
- 8/20/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
When Michael Moore was in parochial school he started a newspaper dedicated to covering the comings-and-goings of his teachers and classmates. Initially, the nuns thought it was cute. Their attitude changed, however, after he share his iconoclastic take on a sacred topic.
“I wrote a critical article about the eighth grade football team and that was the end of it,” remembers Moore. “They shut it down.”
So began a long oppositional history, one that saw Moore clashing with the powers that be over his movies, books and journalism. In 2001, for instance, HarperCollins initially refused to release Moore’s book “Stupid White Men” because the News Corp.-owned publisher believed its blistering criticism of President George W. Bush would be seen as tone deaf in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In 2003, Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” was caught up in a struggle between Miramax and its parent company Disney over whether...
“I wrote a critical article about the eighth grade football team and that was the end of it,” remembers Moore. “They shut it down.”
So began a long oppositional history, one that saw Moore clashing with the powers that be over his movies, books and journalism. In 2001, for instance, HarperCollins initially refused to release Moore’s book “Stupid White Men” because the News Corp.-owned publisher believed its blistering criticism of President George W. Bush would be seen as tone deaf in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In 2003, Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” was caught up in a struggle between Miramax and its parent company Disney over whether...
- 8/19/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The much-delayed third season of Netflix’s “Master of None” is coming next month, according to a tweet from the @NetflixQueue account.
Here's just a taste of what's coming to Netflix (in The US) this May! pic.twitter.com/adTg3mwxEd
— Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) April 21, 2021
“Master of None,” created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, has had an unusual schedule, with the first season premiering in 2015 and Season 2 returning in 2017 — and now it’s been on hiatus for four years.
The season is expected to be a departure for the show, and it’s believed to focus on Lena Waithe’s character, Denise. Early reports about the third season indicated that Naomi Ackie (“The End of the F***ing World”) would join the cast.
In 2017, Waithe and Ansari won an Emmy for outstanding comedy writing for the Season 2 episode “Thanksgiving,” which focused on her character’s struggles with her family.
During the show’s four-year absence,...
Here's just a taste of what's coming to Netflix (in The US) this May! pic.twitter.com/adTg3mwxEd
— Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) April 21, 2021
“Master of None,” created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, has had an unusual schedule, with the first season premiering in 2015 and Season 2 returning in 2017 — and now it’s been on hiatus for four years.
The season is expected to be a departure for the show, and it’s believed to focus on Lena Waithe’s character, Denise. Early reports about the third season indicated that Naomi Ackie (“The End of the F***ing World”) would join the cast.
In 2017, Waithe and Ansari won an Emmy for outstanding comedy writing for the Season 2 episode “Thanksgiving,” which focused on her character’s struggles with her family.
During the show’s four-year absence,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
In 2021, there’s a simple formula for becoming a cancel culture martyr, and it’s essentially as follows: One, make a tone-deaf remark or faux pas betraying your ignorance of your own privilege; two, lose your job or be publicly reprimanded over said offense; three, get a centrist or right-leaning columnist or public figure with a large platform to take up your cause, persuading their audience to rally behind you as an unwitting sacrifice on the altar of hyper-wokeness. Last week, we saw this formula play out with Gina Carano,...
- 2/23/2021
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
The amount of money raised by the Met Council on Jewish Poverty’s Monday night table reading of Purim: Funny Story is nothing to joke about. A total of $500,000 was raised from more than 2,000 donors, funds that will be used for Covid-19 emergency relief.
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned in.
Met Council is one of the largest Jewish charity organizations dedicated to serving those in need. It operates or supplies goods to dozens of food pantries across New York’s five boroughs. During the pandemic, the org’s emergency fund has helped feed more than 300,000 New Yorkers.
“The story of Purim is a story of perseverance and hope,...
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned in.
Met Council is one of the largest Jewish charity organizations dedicated to serving those in need. It operates or supplies goods to dozens of food pantries across New York’s five boroughs. During the pandemic, the org’s emergency fund has helped feed more than 300,000 New Yorkers.
“The story of Purim is a story of perseverance and hope,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The amount of money raised by the Met Council on Jewish Poverty’s Monday night table reading of Purim: Funny Story is nothing to joke about. A total of $500,000 was raised from more than 2,000 donors, funds that will be used for Covid-19 emergency relief.
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned ...
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The amount of money raised by the Met Council on Jewish Poverty’s Monday night table reading of Purim: Funny Story is nothing to joke about. A total of $500,000 was raised from more than 2,000 donors, funds that will be used for Covid-19 emergency relief.
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned ...
The virtual event featured a lineup that included Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Elon Gold, Russell Peters, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Eli Leonard, Montana Tucker, columnist Bari Weiss, and social media stars Violet Benson and Claudia Oshry. Per event organizers, more than 25,000 people tuned ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gina Carano‘s loss will likely be another lucky actress’ gain.
The Mandalorian is poised to recast the role of Cara Dune in the wake of original portrayer Carano’s dismissal, according to THR, which notes that the switcheroo would likely take place “down the road.” The trade notes that the popular character’s vast storyline and merchandising potential (see: the brisk sales of the now-scrapped Cara Dune action figure) is expected to drive the decision to keep the character alive.
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The Mandalorian is poised to recast the role of Cara Dune in the wake of original portrayer Carano’s dismissal, according to THR, which notes that the switcheroo would likely take place “down the road.” The trade notes that the popular character’s vast storyline and merchandising potential (see: the brisk sales of the now-scrapped Cara Dune action figure) is expected to drive the decision to keep the character alive.
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- 2/17/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Gina Carano, who Lucasfilm deemed “was no longer an employee”, following The Mandalorian actress’ controversial social media posts, comparing being conservative in America to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, exclaimed in a recent interview with journalist Bari Weiss, that she learned of her firing from the hit Disney+ series “through social media, like everyone else.”
Carano also told the former New York Times and Wall Street Journal alum, that Disney barred the Cara Dune actress from doing any season 2 press following her social media mockery of pronoun usage at a time when many are respecting inclusivity and non-binary identities.
“Earlier on last year before The Mandalorian came out, they wanted me to use their exact wording for an apology over pronoun usage. I declined and offered a statement in my own words. I made clear I wanted nothing to do with mocking the transgender community, and was just...
Carano also told the former New York Times and Wall Street Journal alum, that Disney barred the Cara Dune actress from doing any season 2 press following her social media mockery of pronoun usage at a time when many are respecting inclusivity and non-binary identities.
“Earlier on last year before The Mandalorian came out, they wanted me to use their exact wording for an apology over pronoun usage. I declined and offered a statement in my own words. I made clear I wanted nothing to do with mocking the transgender community, and was just...
- 2/16/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Gina Carano is continuing to speak out about her firing from “The Mandalorian,” this time in statements given to former New York Times writer Bari Weiss (via Weiss’ Substack page). Lucasfilm announced February 10 it was severing ties with the actress over her history of controversial social media posts, which culminated last week in an Instagram story post comparing the current U.S. political climate to Nazi Germany. Speaking to Weiss, Carano revealed she had no warning about her firing and found out on social media that her relationship with Lucasfilm had ended.
The #FireGinaCarano movement on Twitter went viral last year after Carano appeared to mock transgender pronouns by putting “Beep/bop/boop” in her profile bio. Carano said Lucasfilm pushed her to release a company-written apology statement over the matter, but she refused.
“Earlier on last year before ‘The Mandalorian’ came out, they wanted me to use their exact...
The #FireGinaCarano movement on Twitter went viral last year after Carano appeared to mock transgender pronouns by putting “Beep/bop/boop” in her profile bio. Carano said Lucasfilm pushed her to release a company-written apology statement over the matter, but she refused.
“Earlier on last year before ‘The Mandalorian’ came out, they wanted me to use their exact...
- 2/16/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Whoopi Goldberg went off on Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner during Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” calling him out for comments he made last night about Black Americans’ desire for success.
“Boy am I getting tired of hearing this crap from people who don’t know anything about what’s going on,” Goldberg said at the top of the segment.
After hearing from co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and guest-host Bari Weiss, Goldberg closed the segment with a rant about what she’d like to stay to Kushner.
“Here’s what is wrong for me. If you want people to stop bitching about stuff, then do something about it. You want people to stop saying ‘Hey, stop shooting us,’ then stop shooting us! You want to understand what’s going on in the Black community, ask the white folks that are marching with all these Black Lives Matter kids,...
“Boy am I getting tired of hearing this crap from people who don’t know anything about what’s going on,” Goldberg said at the top of the segment.
After hearing from co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and guest-host Bari Weiss, Goldberg closed the segment with a rant about what she’d like to stay to Kushner.
“Here’s what is wrong for me. If you want people to stop bitching about stuff, then do something about it. You want people to stop saying ‘Hey, stop shooting us,’ then stop shooting us! You want to understand what’s going on in the Black community, ask the white folks that are marching with all these Black Lives Matter kids,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Sara Haines, a former co-host of ABC’s The View, soon could be former no more. Sources say that Haines is in talks to return to the daytime talk show, where she’d take the seat left vacant by Abby Huntsman.
Haines was a View co-host from for two seasons from 2016-18 but left to join a third hour of ABC News’ Good Morning America with Michael Strahan. Last year, the hour was retitled Strahan, Sara and Keke (with Keke Palmer), but the show had been replaced with coverage of the coronavirus pandemic since March and was recently canceled permanently.
ABC declined to comment on Haines’ View return.
Huntsman, one of The View‘s conservative voices, left the show in January, leaving the show with only one decidedly Republican voice — Meghan McCain — during an election year. Haines has described her Midwest upbringing as “extremely conservative” but has said her student...
Haines was a View co-host from for two seasons from 2016-18 but left to join a third hour of ABC News’ Good Morning America with Michael Strahan. Last year, the hour was retitled Strahan, Sara and Keke (with Keke Palmer), but the show had been replaced with coverage of the coronavirus pandemic since March and was recently canceled permanently.
ABC declined to comment on Haines’ View return.
Huntsman, one of The View‘s conservative voices, left the show in January, leaving the show with only one decidedly Republican voice — Meghan McCain — during an election year. Haines has described her Midwest upbringing as “extremely conservative” but has said her student...
- 8/14/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Sara Haines is close to finalizing a deal to return to “The View” as its newest co-host, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
Haines, who had previously served on the ABC daytime talker from 2016-2018, will replace Abby Hunstman, who left the show back in January. She has filled in as a guest co-host sporadically in Huntsman’s absence.
“The View” returns from its summer hiatus on Sept. 24. ABC declined to comment.
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Prior to her first “View” stint, Haines was a weekend anchor on “Good Morning America.” She left “The View” to host the third hour of “GMA” on weekdays with Michael Strahan. It was pulled off the air in March in favor of coronavirus coverage.
Huntsman left the show in order to work on her father’s Utah gubernatorial campaign, which...
Haines, who had previously served on the ABC daytime talker from 2016-2018, will replace Abby Hunstman, who left the show back in January. She has filled in as a guest co-host sporadically in Huntsman’s absence.
“The View” returns from its summer hiatus on Sept. 24. ABC declined to comment.
Also Read: Jason Kilar Breaks Down Massive WarnerMedia Shakeup: 'Very Excited About Where We're Going'
Prior to her first “View” stint, Haines was a weekend anchor on “Good Morning America.” She left “The View” to host the third hour of “GMA” on weekdays with Michael Strahan. It was pulled off the air in March in favor of coronavirus coverage.
Huntsman left the show in order to work on her father’s Utah gubernatorial campaign, which...
- 8/14/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The View‘s Meghan McCain is most definitely returning to the ABC daytime talk show following maternity leave, and seems really sick of being asked about it.
“Why does everyone ask me if I’m getting fired or quitting every 20 seconds?” McCain said in response to a viewer question on Bravo’s Watch What Happens: Live With Andy Cohen. “No other host has to deal with this Bs. Yes, I’m coming back. It’s an election cycle.”
McCain, who frequently butts heads with cohosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and moderator Whoopi Goldberg – and guests – added an “I hate this” about the question, for good measure.
McCain will be going on maternity leave this fall – she’s expecting her first child, with husband, The Federalist publisher Ben Domenech – and while ABC has not announced her temporary replacement, McCain herself earlier this week endorsed recent New York Times exile Bari Weiss for the gig.
“Why does everyone ask me if I’m getting fired or quitting every 20 seconds?” McCain said in response to a viewer question on Bravo’s Watch What Happens: Live With Andy Cohen. “No other host has to deal with this Bs. Yes, I’m coming back. It’s an election cycle.”
McCain, who frequently butts heads with cohosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and moderator Whoopi Goldberg – and guests – added an “I hate this” about the question, for good measure.
McCain will be going on maternity leave this fall – she’s expecting her first child, with husband, The Federalist publisher Ben Domenech – and while ABC has not announced her temporary replacement, McCain herself earlier this week endorsed recent New York Times exile Bari Weiss for the gig.
- 8/6/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher returned to original episodes for the first time in a month, still resigned to taping HBO’s Real Time at his own house.
He came back with a bang though, with a strong guest list that included Kerry Washington discussing her ACLU documentary The Fight, Jim Carrey on his new bestselling novel, and a spirited discussion with now-ex-New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss and New York Times Magazine and Harper’s Magazine contributor Thomas Chatterton Williams on standing up to illiberalism, two weeks after Weiss resigned from the Nyt in protest of its editorial atmosphere in which “self-censorship has become the norm.”
As Maher relayed in his opening monologue, he had missed a lot during his four-week hiatus, but centered on President Donald Trump’s latest jab just Thursday, when chipping away on protesting mail-in voting he suggested the November 3 presidential election could be delayed.
“With Universal Mail-In Voting, 2020 will be the most Inaccurate & Fraudulent Election in history,” Trump had tweeted Thursday, the day Maher taped tonight’s show. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
Regular watchers of Real Time will know that Maher for months and months has been among the most consistent of pundits to openly question whether Trump would actually leave office if Democratic opponent Joe Biden were to be elected president — Maher has asked the question of “what happens when he won’t leave?” of almost all of his panels.
Biden has even wondered as much, in April saying Trump “is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held.” Most recent national polls show Biden enjoying a clear lead in the race.
Maher saved the topic for the end of the monologue Friday.
“The most important issue, or it least it should be” was Trump’s tweet floating the election-day move idea, he said. “Ok, for everyone who has called me crazy the last three years because I was asking this question and saying he would do exactly that? I will accept your apology in weed.”
Here’s his full opening:
Okay, for everyone who has called me crazy the last three years because I was saying Trump will want to delay the election, I will accept your apology in weed. pic.twitter.com/JuxbSjvTJT
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 1, 2020
Here’s Washington on The Fight, which launched Friday:
Here’s Carrey, talking his bestseller Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel:
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He came back with a bang though, with a strong guest list that included Kerry Washington discussing her ACLU documentary The Fight, Jim Carrey on his new bestselling novel, and a spirited discussion with now-ex-New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss and New York Times Magazine and Harper’s Magazine contributor Thomas Chatterton Williams on standing up to illiberalism, two weeks after Weiss resigned from the Nyt in protest of its editorial atmosphere in which “self-censorship has become the norm.”
As Maher relayed in his opening monologue, he had missed a lot during his four-week hiatus, but centered on President Donald Trump’s latest jab just Thursday, when chipping away on protesting mail-in voting he suggested the November 3 presidential election could be delayed.
“With Universal Mail-In Voting, 2020 will be the most Inaccurate & Fraudulent Election in history,” Trump had tweeted Thursday, the day Maher taped tonight’s show. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
Regular watchers of Real Time will know that Maher for months and months has been among the most consistent of pundits to openly question whether Trump would actually leave office if Democratic opponent Joe Biden were to be elected president — Maher has asked the question of “what happens when he won’t leave?” of almost all of his panels.
Biden has even wondered as much, in April saying Trump “is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held.” Most recent national polls show Biden enjoying a clear lead in the race.
Maher saved the topic for the end of the monologue Friday.
“The most important issue, or it least it should be” was Trump’s tweet floating the election-day move idea, he said. “Ok, for everyone who has called me crazy the last three years because I was asking this question and saying he would do exactly that? I will accept your apology in weed.”
Here’s his full opening:
Okay, for everyone who has called me crazy the last three years because I was saying Trump will want to delay the election, I will accept your apology in weed. pic.twitter.com/JuxbSjvTJT
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 1, 2020
Here’s Washington on The Fight, which launched Friday:
Here’s Carrey, talking his bestseller Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel:
Related Deadline Video...
- 8/1/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 280 journalists at The Wall Street Journal and parent company Dow Jones have a difference on opinion.
In a letter sent to Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour, the editors, reporters and others protested what they termed the spread of “misinformation” in the WSJ opinion section.
The WSJ dustup comes just weeks after a similar uprising at the New York Times over an opinion piece by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, which called for federal troops to stop nationwide protests. The fallout after it ran saw Opinion Editor James Bennet resign, followed by columnist Bari Weiss, who condemned the paper’s “Illiberal environment.”
At the WSJ, the employee letter called for a clearer firewall between the news and opinion divisions.
“Opinion’s lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers’ trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources,” the letter states. “Many readers already...
In a letter sent to Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour, the editors, reporters and others protested what they termed the spread of “misinformation” in the WSJ opinion section.
The WSJ dustup comes just weeks after a similar uprising at the New York Times over an opinion piece by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, which called for federal troops to stop nationwide protests. The fallout after it ran saw Opinion Editor James Bennet resign, followed by columnist Bari Weiss, who condemned the paper’s “Illiberal environment.”
At the WSJ, the employee letter called for a clearer firewall between the news and opinion divisions.
“Opinion’s lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers’ trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources,” the letter states. “Many readers already...
- 7/23/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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