At a comedy show as part of Netflix Is a Joke Fest on Friday, Jon Stewart went deep on Joe Biden, antisemitism and the idea of “go woke and go broke.”
Stewart headlined at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles for his “Jon Stewart and Friends” show, which saw him bring out Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and Mike Birbiglia as his special guests.
Starting things off with the upcoming presidential election, Stewart questioned, “Why are we allowing this? And now we’re going to have a president that’s the two oldest people that have ever run for the office of the presidency,” with Biden and Donald Trump breaking the record that they themselves set four years ago.
“I know liberals say, ‘Don’t say Joe Biden is old’ — don’t say what people see with their own eyes! You can say it, he can’t hear us,” he joked.
Stewart headlined at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles for his “Jon Stewart and Friends” show, which saw him bring out Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and Mike Birbiglia as his special guests.
Starting things off with the upcoming presidential election, Stewart questioned, “Why are we allowing this? And now we’re going to have a president that’s the two oldest people that have ever run for the office of the presidency,” with Biden and Donald Trump breaking the record that they themselves set four years ago.
“I know liberals say, ‘Don’t say Joe Biden is old’ — don’t say what people see with their own eyes! You can say it, he can’t hear us,” he joked.
- 5/4/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Friday, former White House press secretary and director of communications Hope Hicks delivered a powerful testimony against former President Donald Trump. On the third week of Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial, Hicks became a key witness. The announcement of Hicks’ appearance stirred a whispers in the courtroom.
Hicks, 35, sat in the witness box and kept her eyes away from Trump. Not once did she look at her former boss, and she went into detail about his numerous scandals. Trump himself appeared indifferent during Hicks’ testimony, though the former president was seen whispering to his lawyer Todd Blanche.
Hicks was visibly nervous on the stand but still delivered a concise, three-hour testimony. She spoke positively about her career in the White House, praising the Trump family, before moving into Trump’s legal issues. Hicks discussed Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood clip where he talked about grabbing women’s genitals and the Stormy Daniels hush-money situation.
Hicks, 35, sat in the witness box and kept her eyes away from Trump. Not once did she look at her former boss, and she went into detail about his numerous scandals. Trump himself appeared indifferent during Hicks’ testimony, though the former president was seen whispering to his lawyer Todd Blanche.
Hicks was visibly nervous on the stand but still delivered a concise, three-hour testimony. She spoke positively about her career in the White House, praising the Trump family, before moving into Trump’s legal issues. Hicks discussed Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood clip where he talked about grabbing women’s genitals and the Stormy Daniels hush-money situation.
- 5/4/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
It looks like he’s having a difficult time juggling his courtroom and campaign trail obligations. There’s a new report that suggests Donald Trump’s hush money case is certainly hurting his presidential campaign.
But that shouldn’t surprise anyone, seeing how the former president might end up serving four years behind bars if he’s convicted for his crimes. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Donald Trump’s – Hush Money Case Is Hurting His Presidential Campaign
A lot of Donald Trump’s fans are concerned that his hush money case might be the reason why he doesn’t win this year’s presidential election.
Even though Donald is confident that he will win the keys to the White House for his second term, a lot of political pundits think there’s a slim chance of that happening.
That’s not just because President Joe Biden...
But that shouldn’t surprise anyone, seeing how the former president might end up serving four years behind bars if he’s convicted for his crimes. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Donald Trump’s – Hush Money Case Is Hurting His Presidential Campaign
A lot of Donald Trump’s fans are concerned that his hush money case might be the reason why he doesn’t win this year’s presidential election.
Even though Donald is confident that he will win the keys to the White House for his second term, a lot of political pundits think there’s a slim chance of that happening.
That’s not just because President Joe Biden...
- 5/4/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
It hasn’t been an easy year for Melania Trump, her husband Donald Trump, or the rest of the Trump family for that matter. But then again, do they ever have it easy?
There’s heavy speculation that if Donald is found guilty in his hush money trial, he might end up serving four years in jail.
If he does, there’s a very good chance that his wife Melania will weigh some of the options that she has, should she want to proceed forward with a divorce from the former president. But it won’t be easy. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Melania Trump’s – Divorce Options Revealed
Melania Trump’s divorce options have been revealed. As many critics know by now, Donald Trump is being accused of trying to pay off an adult film star in order to keep her quiet about an alleged...
There’s heavy speculation that if Donald is found guilty in his hush money trial, he might end up serving four years in jail.
If he does, there’s a very good chance that his wife Melania will weigh some of the options that she has, should she want to proceed forward with a divorce from the former president. But it won’t be easy. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Melania Trump’s – Divorce Options Revealed
Melania Trump’s divorce options have been revealed. As many critics know by now, Donald Trump is being accused of trying to pay off an adult film star in order to keep her quiet about an alleged...
- 5/4/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
British royal family news reveals that Meghan Markle could be hedging her jam-making bets by keeping an eye toward a political career.
She just announced a lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, but there is no merch available; Not exactly a promising start in the business world. Maybe politics will be more accepting of the royal traitor?
The New York Post reports that the Duchess of Sussex has “been forging connections with top Democrats since quitting royal life in 2020.”
Add to that the fact that President Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, “endorsed” Markle as President of the United States. How likely is it that Meghan finds political success? Read on to discover what the experts are saying!
Royal Family News – Can Meghan Be Potus?
The late Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell noted “I’ve always said Meghan has her eye on a bigger gain … I’ve always...
She just announced a lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, but there is no merch available; Not exactly a promising start in the business world. Maybe politics will be more accepting of the royal traitor?
The New York Post reports that the Duchess of Sussex has “been forging connections with top Democrats since quitting royal life in 2020.”
Add to that the fact that President Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, “endorsed” Markle as President of the United States. How likely is it that Meghan finds political success? Read on to discover what the experts are saying!
Royal Family News – Can Meghan Be Potus?
The late Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell noted “I’ve always said Meghan has her eye on a bigger gain … I’ve always...
- 5/4/2024
- by Tanya Clark
- Celebrating The Soaps
Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and front man for the Who Roger Daltrey has a solo North American tour on June 10. So he stopped by Bill Maher’s Real Time on Friday to do some reminiscing on his long career and what comes next.
After thanking Daltrey “for all the entertainment over the years,” Maher got right to the point: “I don’t remember seeing you with a shirt,” he said, offering a brief montage of Daltrey in his prime, sans shirt.
“A little bit too much information,” Daltrey said, and then admitted, “I get incredibly hot when I sing. It’s like a furnace.” Still, he allowed, at 80 years old, he’s more likely to keep the shirt on this time around.
They tripped down memory lane, with Daltrey revealing the iconic cover of Who’s Next was a composite of an obelisk holding up a slag heap,...
After thanking Daltrey “for all the entertainment over the years,” Maher got right to the point: “I don’t remember seeing you with a shirt,” he said, offering a brief montage of Daltrey in his prime, sans shirt.
“A little bit too much information,” Daltrey said, and then admitted, “I get incredibly hot when I sing. It’s like a furnace.” Still, he allowed, at 80 years old, he’s more likely to keep the shirt on this time around.
They tripped down memory lane, with Daltrey revealing the iconic cover of Who’s Next was a composite of an obelisk holding up a slag heap,...
- 5/4/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump has dismissed recent media reports that say he fell asleep in his ongoing trial about the hush money payments in New York. Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, in a recess in the Manhattan Supreme Court trial to address the claims.
“Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today,” he wrote.
He continued, “I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
After the post, online critics rushed to social media to mock his praise of his eye color.
Earlier, Trump’s campaign had vehemently criticized multiple reporters, such as Maggie Haberman from The New York Times, who observed Trump seemingly doze off on the first day of jury selection. Throughout the trial, which entered its tenth day on Thursday, there have been several instances...
“Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today,” he wrote.
He continued, “I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
After the post, online critics rushed to social media to mock his praise of his eye color.
Earlier, Trump’s campaign had vehemently criticized multiple reporters, such as Maggie Haberman from The New York Times, who observed Trump seemingly doze off on the first day of jury selection. Throughout the trial, which entered its tenth day on Thursday, there have been several instances...
- 5/3/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Donald Trump is privately trashing South Dakota’s Maga Gov. Kristi Noem for executing her puppy and writing about it in her forthcoming memoir — a matter that appears to have closed the book on the idea of selecting her as a vice presidential nominee.
During conversations with close political allies and other confidants, sources say, the former president has repeatedly brought up the incident, including as recently as in the past couple days, to criticize Noem and question her political acumen.
This reporting is based on four sources familiar with the matter,...
During conversations with close political allies and other confidants, sources say, the former president has repeatedly brought up the incident, including as recently as in the past couple days, to criticize Noem and question her political acumen.
This reporting is based on four sources familiar with the matter,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
After his years-long litany of protestations against Donald Trump, Oscar-winner Robert De Niro tried to be more measured, but even more urgent, in his criticism of the former president this week. In an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, the actor said, “I’m tired of calling him names…He is really, genuinely a sick person.”
Asked by Ruhle if he would ever play Trump onscreen, De Niro nearly cut off the question he was so quick to answer, “Never. There’s nothing about him — there’s not one redeeming thing in him that I can see.”
To those who would hold their noses and vote for Trump despite obvious failings, the actor said, “I...
Asked by Ruhle if he would ever play Trump onscreen, De Niro nearly cut off the question he was so quick to answer, “Never. There’s nothing about him — there’s not one redeeming thing in him that I can see.”
To those who would hold their noses and vote for Trump despite obvious failings, the actor said, “I...
- 5/3/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
2nd Update 1:56 Pm: Not for the first time, Donald Trump made someone cry today.
Hope Hicks wept on the stand today in the hush money trial of her former boss moments after a prosecutor had finished questioning her about her dealings with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Finished talking to Assistant D.A. Matthew Coloangela on the stand in Manhattan, the former White House Communications Director had just begun taking questions from a defense lawyer when she turned her head away from the courtroom gallery and, crying audibly, reached for a tissue to dab away tears.
“Ms. Hicks, do you need a break?” Judge Juan Merchan asked of the much anticipated witness. “Yes,” she replied in a shaky voice.
The court recessed for about 10 minutes, and Ms. Hicks returned to the stand. “Sorry about that,” she said.
Earlier, Hicks discussed the Trump campaign’s decision to deny...
Hope Hicks wept on the stand today in the hush money trial of her former boss moments after a prosecutor had finished questioning her about her dealings with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Finished talking to Assistant D.A. Matthew Coloangela on the stand in Manhattan, the former White House Communications Director had just begun taking questions from a defense lawyer when she turned her head away from the courtroom gallery and, crying audibly, reached for a tissue to dab away tears.
“Ms. Hicks, do you need a break?” Judge Juan Merchan asked of the much anticipated witness. “Yes,” she replied in a shaky voice.
The court recessed for about 10 minutes, and Ms. Hicks returned to the stand. “Sorry about that,” she said.
Earlier, Hicks discussed the Trump campaign’s decision to deny...
- 5/3/2024
- by Sean Piccoli and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A business mogul finds himself on the cusp of bankruptcy just after his big, glamorous 60th birthday party. Adapted from Tom Wolfe’s much-celebrated novel, Regina King’s limited series A Man in Full is a bummer. Set in Atlanta, Georgia, the series never takes itself seriously until the closing moments. The 60-minute man, Atlanta’s favorite boy Charlie Croker, plays a toned-down Donald Trump, but the character still holds some morals compared to the former President. In this article, we’re discussing the highlights of A Man in Full.
Spoilers Ahead
Why is Charlie getting the stick from the bank?
Charlie Croker is a real estate developer and pretty much a celebrity in Atlanta for his heroics in a university football match. Now, as a business mogul, Charlie faces the wrath of the bank for being over a billion dollars in debt. Charlie’s own vanity and reckless spending overtook his profits in business,...
Spoilers Ahead
Why is Charlie getting the stick from the bank?
Charlie Croker is a real estate developer and pretty much a celebrity in Atlanta for his heroics in a university football match. Now, as a business mogul, Charlie faces the wrath of the bank for being over a billion dollars in debt. Charlie’s own vanity and reckless spending overtook his profits in business,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Aniket Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Former President Donald Trump stated that, if he becomes president again, then he would consider pardoning all the convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on a “case-by-case” basis.
“You have called the men and women who have been prosecuted for their actions on Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ and ‘political prisoners,'” the Time journalist asked Trump. “More than 800 of these people have been sentenced through our judicial system, most of whom pleaded guilty. Some of them have been convicted by juries. You’ve said you will pardon them. Are you calling into question the conclusions of the justice system in more than 800 cases?”
“It’s a two-tier system,” the former president declared. “Because when I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them.
“You have called the men and women who have been prosecuted for their actions on Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ and ‘political prisoners,'” the Time journalist asked Trump. “More than 800 of these people have been sentenced through our judicial system, most of whom pleaded guilty. Some of them have been convicted by juries. You’ve said you will pardon them. Are you calling into question the conclusions of the justice system in more than 800 cases?”
“It’s a two-tier system,” the former president declared. “Because when I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them.
- 5/3/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks took the stand in Manhattan court Friday to testify in the criminal trial of her ex-boss, Donald Trump.
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last year, revolves around allegations that a 2016 hush-money payment made at Trump’s direction to adult film actress Stormy Daniels violated campaign finance laws.
Hicks, who left the White House alongside the former president in 2021, was a central figure in Trump’s 2016 campaign and subsequent...
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last year, revolves around allegations that a 2016 hush-money payment made at Trump’s direction to adult film actress Stormy Daniels violated campaign finance laws.
Hicks, who left the White House alongside the former president in 2021, was a central figure in Trump’s 2016 campaign and subsequent...
- 5/3/2024
- by Catherina Gioino and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Jimmy Kimmel could hardly contain himself Thursday night, opening his monologue by jumping right into the news that he was mentioned in the ongoing criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.
“I am very excited, I am very proud, I’m exhilarated even,” Kimmel told his audience. “Because from here on, we aren’t just following the Donald Trump drama in New York. We are part of it.”
Text messages entered into evidence by the prosecution yesterday showed a 2018 exchange between Trump’s then-attorney Michael Cohen and Keith Davidson, who represented Stormy Daniels in the hush money payment, discussing an interview with Daniels on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The interview in question took place on January 30, 2018, following the State of the Union. In it, Kimmel brought up a letter Daniels had allegedly signed denying she had an affair with Trump, pressing Daniels on whether the signature was authentic.
Continue reading Jimmy...
“I am very excited, I am very proud, I’m exhilarated even,” Kimmel told his audience. “Because from here on, we aren’t just following the Donald Trump drama in New York. We are part of it.”
Text messages entered into evidence by the prosecution yesterday showed a 2018 exchange between Trump’s then-attorney Michael Cohen and Keith Davidson, who represented Stormy Daniels in the hush money payment, discussing an interview with Daniels on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The interview in question took place on January 30, 2018, following the State of the Union. In it, Kimmel brought up a letter Daniels had allegedly signed denying she had an affair with Trump, pressing Daniels on whether the signature was authentic.
Continue reading Jimmy...
- 5/3/2024
- by Nick Riccardo
- LateNighter
“I’ve lost track of all time, hours, days,” says Mehdi Hasan, explaining it has been “a manic six weeks.”
The former MSNBC host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasan raised $4 million in seed money, Zeteo generated more than 20,000 paid subscribers in its first two weeks. While a standard subscription costs $8 per month, or $72 per year, many subscribers have paid a whole lot more.
“I’m not going to tell you how many founding members we have, who paid $500,” Hasan says,...
The former MSNBC host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasan raised $4 million in seed money, Zeteo generated more than 20,000 paid subscribers in its first two weeks. While a standard subscription costs $8 per month, or $72 per year, many subscribers have paid a whole lot more.
“I’m not going to tell you how many founding members we have, who paid $500,” Hasan says,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
Could this be the reason why she’s been so quiet lately? Maybe, as there’s strong speculation that Chelsea Clinton has been out of the spotlight these last several months because of all the reports that connected her family to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
In fact, it seems like Chelsea might have been left humiliated after it was revealed that Jeffrey’s ex Ghislaine Maxwell was at her 2010 wedding. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Chelsea Clinton – Left Humiliated Over Ghislaine Maxwell Connection
As the daughter of Bill and Hilary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton is often very vocal about many hot topics and the world of politics in general.
In fact, she’s very much like her mother when it comes to voicing her opinion about certain things on social media.
Melania Trump’s Marriage To Donald Trump Is Being Questioned Again View Story
Alot of fans...
In fact, it seems like Chelsea might have been left humiliated after it was revealed that Jeffrey’s ex Ghislaine Maxwell was at her 2010 wedding. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Chelsea Clinton – Left Humiliated Over Ghislaine Maxwell Connection
As the daughter of Bill and Hilary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton is often very vocal about many hot topics and the world of politics in general.
In fact, she’s very much like her mother when it comes to voicing her opinion about certain things on social media.
Melania Trump’s Marriage To Donald Trump Is Being Questioned Again View Story
Alot of fans...
- 5/3/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
She might be one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world, but sometimes her life behind closed doors can get a little lonely.
There’s heavy speculation on social media that suggests Melania Trump didn’t get the birthday celebration that she wanted.
While she was certainly surrounded by her loved ones, it was a different kind of birthday that she won’t forget. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Melania Trump – Didn’t Get The Birthday Celebration She Wanted
Melania Trump didn’t get the birthday celebration that she so desperately wanted. Because the only thing that she’s been asking for year after year is peace.
With this being an election year and her husband Donald Trump in court for his hush money case, the former First Lady isn’t getting the sleep that she’s used to having. Not only that,...
There’s heavy speculation on social media that suggests Melania Trump didn’t get the birthday celebration that she wanted.
While she was certainly surrounded by her loved ones, it was a different kind of birthday that she won’t forget. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Melania Trump – Didn’t Get The Birthday Celebration She Wanted
Melania Trump didn’t get the birthday celebration that she so desperately wanted. Because the only thing that she’s been asking for year after year is peace.
With this being an election year and her husband Donald Trump in court for his hush money case, the former First Lady isn’t getting the sleep that she’s used to having. Not only that,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
Missed Tuesday’s late-night monologues? We’ve got you covered with our round-up of the night’s best laughs from across the dial.
The Defense Rests
After a day off, Donald Trump’s election fraud/hush money trial was back in session on Thursday. That meant plenty more ammo for late-night hosts, especially since Trumps’ presence in the New York courtroom entails everything from tiny crowds of supporters (literally one lady showed up today), frequent in-session naps, and the occasional toilet humor-derived insulting nickname read out in front of a helplessly scowling (or snoring) Trump.
It’s no secret at this point that all the major hosts are no fans of the former President/current defendant, with Stephen Colbert going out of his way to contrast a lovely May day with his frequent target’s daily legal routine. “It was a beautiful Spring day here in New York City. 10 out...
The Defense Rests
After a day off, Donald Trump’s election fraud/hush money trial was back in session on Thursday. That meant plenty more ammo for late-night hosts, especially since Trumps’ presence in the New York courtroom entails everything from tiny crowds of supporters (literally one lady showed up today), frequent in-session naps, and the occasional toilet humor-derived insulting nickname read out in front of a helplessly scowling (or snoring) Trump.
It’s no secret at this point that all the major hosts are no fans of the former President/current defendant, with Stephen Colbert going out of his way to contrast a lovely May day with his frequent target’s daily legal routine. “It was a beautiful Spring day here in New York City. 10 out...
- 5/3/2024
- by Dennis Perkins
- LateNighter
Former President Donald Trump denied reports that he has fallen asleep during certain moments of the hush money trial, insisting that he is still awake even if his eyes are closed.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
The notion that Trump dozed off largely started during jury selection, when Maggie Haberman of The New York Times reported that Trump “appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.” She wrote that his attorney, Todd Blanche, “appeared to jolt” Trump awake so that he would notice notes that he had passed to him during the proceedings.
Trump has since complained of the...
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
The notion that Trump dozed off largely started during jury selection, when Maggie Haberman of The New York Times reported that Trump “appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.” She wrote that his attorney, Todd Blanche, “appeared to jolt” Trump awake so that he would notice notes that he had passed to him during the proceedings.
Trump has since complained of the...
- 5/2/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Prosecutors Play Recording Of Donald Trump And Michael Cohen Discussing Hush Money Payments — Update
Update: Jurors today heard a recording in which Donald Trump and his then-lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, discuss payments to Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with The Apprentice host.
The recording was made by Cohen in September of 2016 — and first reported on by CNN in 2018. In it, Trump and Cohen discussed buying the rights to McDougal’s story.
“I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David,” Cohen said, referring to David Pecker, then-ceo of American Media, the tabloid publisher that bought McDougal’s story for $150,000 with the intention of burying it.
When Cohen turned to the subject of “financing,” Trump asked, “What financing?”
“We’ll have to pay,” Cohen said. It wasn’t clear from the garbled audio at that point whether Trump agreed. Pecker, a prosecution witness last week, said...
The recording was made by Cohen in September of 2016 — and first reported on by CNN in 2018. In it, Trump and Cohen discussed buying the rights to McDougal’s story.
“I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David,” Cohen said, referring to David Pecker, then-ceo of American Media, the tabloid publisher that bought McDougal’s story for $150,000 with the intention of burying it.
When Cohen turned to the subject of “financing,” Trump asked, “What financing?”
“We’ll have to pay,” Cohen said. It wasn’t clear from the garbled audio at that point whether Trump agreed. Pecker, a prosecution witness last week, said...
- 5/2/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump for a lack of “seriousness.”
Obama joined Joe Biden and Bill Clinton during an episode of the Smartless podcast to criticize Trump’s behavior.
Actor Jason Bateman, one of the podcast’s hosts, asked Obama if he was surprised “how quickly that protection and passion for democracy was diluted” and “how primed the country was to just sort of dissolve and – and get lazy with it and let it go.”
“You know, I will say – and Bill saw this begin to happen during his presidency – it then accelerated during my presidency – I have been surprised that there haven’t been guard rails inside the Republican Party,” Obama replied.
“Trump didn’t surprise me, no,” he added. “You watch Trump’s campaign, you watch his career. If you know anybody who’s a—I mean, he comes from New York, there’s nobody in...
Obama joined Joe Biden and Bill Clinton during an episode of the Smartless podcast to criticize Trump’s behavior.
Actor Jason Bateman, one of the podcast’s hosts, asked Obama if he was surprised “how quickly that protection and passion for democracy was diluted” and “how primed the country was to just sort of dissolve and – and get lazy with it and let it go.”
“You know, I will say – and Bill saw this begin to happen during his presidency – it then accelerated during my presidency – I have been surprised that there haven’t been guard rails inside the Republican Party,” Obama replied.
“Trump didn’t surprise me, no,” he added. “You watch Trump’s campaign, you watch his career. If you know anybody who’s a—I mean, he comes from New York, there’s nobody in...
- 5/2/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Given her one-of-a-kind awards resume and irrefutable status as an acting legend, it’s no wonder Meryl Streep is widely expected to be honored at this year’s Emmys for her work on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.” Taking the gold for her first regular comedy series role would be impressive enough, but the noteworthiness of her win would extend far beyond that. Having joined her show in its third season, she would be only the 10th non-original comedy series cast member to ever pull off a lead or supporting Emmy victory.
Not including sketch performers, Streep would be said winners club’s first new entrant in over three decades. The last was Kirstie Alley, who replaced Shelley Long as the female lead of “Cheers” at the start of season six and prevailed on her third Emmy bid in 1991. That same year, supporting “Cheers” actress Bebe Neuwirth achieved...
Not including sketch performers, Streep would be said winners club’s first new entrant in over three decades. The last was Kirstie Alley, who replaced Shelley Long as the female lead of “Cheers” at the start of season six and prevailed on her third Emmy bid in 1991. That same year, supporting “Cheers” actress Bebe Neuwirth achieved...
- 5/2/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Former President Donald Trump is ramping up his attacks on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the complex presidential campaign heats up.
On Truth Social, Trump wrote Kennedy is “far more Liberal than anyone running as a Democrat, including West and Stein,” referencing other third-party candidates Cornel West and Jill Stein.
Without any evidence, Trump claimed that Kennedy was pushed out of the Democratic Party “because he was taking primary votes away” from President Joe Biden.
“Rfk Jr. is a Democrat’ Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump wrote. “A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a Wasted Protest Vote that could swing either way but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him. Junior’ is totally Anti-Gun, an Extreme Environmentalist...
On Truth Social, Trump wrote Kennedy is “far more Liberal than anyone running as a Democrat, including West and Stein,” referencing other third-party candidates Cornel West and Jill Stein.
Without any evidence, Trump claimed that Kennedy was pushed out of the Democratic Party “because he was taking primary votes away” from President Joe Biden.
“Rfk Jr. is a Democrat’ Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump wrote. “A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a Wasted Protest Vote that could swing either way but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him. Junior’ is totally Anti-Gun, an Extreme Environmentalist...
- 5/2/2024
- by Anushka Desai
- Uinterview
Donald Trump claimed that he is unable to take the stand as a witness in his New York hush-money trial because he is under a gag order. This is not true.
Nevertheless, the former president claimed on Thursday that he’s “not allowed to testify.”
“I’m under a gad order,” he added in his statement to reporters gathered outside of the courtroom. “I’m not allowed to testify because this judge is totally conflicted — has me under an institutional gag order. Nobody’s ever had that before, and we don’t like it,...
Nevertheless, the former president claimed on Thursday that he’s “not allowed to testify.”
“I’m under a gad order,” he added in his statement to reporters gathered outside of the courtroom. “I’m not allowed to testify because this judge is totally conflicted — has me under an institutional gag order. Nobody’s ever had that before, and we don’t like it,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Catherina Gioino
- Rollingstone.com
Louis Leterrier (Fast X) will direct and produce 11817, a sci-fi horror film scripted by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) that is being presented to buyers at Cannes by Rocket Science.
The film watches as inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…
Casting is currently underway on the pic to be produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment (A North Road Company) and 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers include Leterrier, Thomas Benski and Omar Sy for Carrousel Studios, Lars Sylvest for Thank You Studios, Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, Oly Obst of 3 Arts Entertainment, Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science, and Joe Neurauter. Cecile Gaget is exec producing for Carrousel Studios.
The film watches as inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…
Casting is currently underway on the pic to be produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment (A North Road Company) and 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers include Leterrier, Thomas Benski and Omar Sy for Carrousel Studios, Lars Sylvest for Thank You Studios, Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, Oly Obst of 3 Arts Entertainment, Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science, and Joe Neurauter. Cecile Gaget is exec producing for Carrousel Studios.
- 5/2/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden weighed in on the unrest on college campuses as a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations has led to mass arrests, vandalism and some violent incidents, saying in brief remarks that “order must prevail.”
“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” Biden said from the Roosevelt Room.
The president had been urged to make some kind of statement after weeks of demonstrations. In recent days, the occupation of a building at Columbia University and an encampment at UCLA have dominated press coverage.
The White House has grappled with a response to divisions on the left, with Palestinian and Arab Americans protesting Biden’s support for Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack. That has raised doubts about Biden’s ability to hold the Democratic coalition that helped him win the White House in 2020. Demonstrators have referred to the president as “genocide Joe.
“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” Biden said from the Roosevelt Room.
The president had been urged to make some kind of statement after weeks of demonstrations. In recent days, the occupation of a building at Columbia University and an encampment at UCLA have dominated press coverage.
The White House has grappled with a response to divisions on the left, with Palestinian and Arab Americans protesting Biden’s support for Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack. That has raised doubts about Biden’s ability to hold the Democratic coalition that helped him win the White House in 2020. Demonstrators have referred to the president as “genocide Joe.
- 5/2/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump once again refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, and hinted that he was prepared to “fight” if the outcome isn’t “honest.”
“If everything’s honest, I’d gladly accept the results,” Trump told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a Wednesday interview when asked if he would accept Wisconsin’s election results. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”
The former president went on to add that “ if everything’s honest, which we anticipate it will be...
“If everything’s honest, I’d gladly accept the results,” Trump told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a Wednesday interview when asked if he would accept Wisconsin’s election results. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”
The former president went on to add that “ if everything’s honest, which we anticipate it will be...
- 5/2/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans are up in arms about students demonstrating against the war in Gaza on university campuses across the nation. The epicenter for the now weekslong protest movement is Columbia University, where on Tuesday students occupied Hamilton Hall before the NYPD forcibly removed and arrested them. J.D. Vance, the Donald Trump-loving Republican senator from Ohio, on Wednesday night told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that the students who took control of the campus building should face legal consequences.
“So you agree that people who break into and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?...
“So you agree that people who break into and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?...
- 5/2/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Real Time With Bill Maher continues Friday, May 3 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/7:00-8:00 p.m. Pt). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature “New Rules.” The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on Max. This week features a one-on-one interview with Roger Daltrey, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, co-founder, and frontman for the rock band “The Who.” This week’s panel discussion includes Kellyanne Conway, former senior counselor to President Trump, Fox News contributor, and author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller, “Here’s the Deal: A Memoir”; ... Read more...
- 5/2/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Meryl Streep will receive the honorary Palme d’Or on the opening night of the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival, Variety has learned.
Luring the Oscar winner is yet another feat for this Cannes edition, which will bring together a flurry Hollywood legends. Notably, George Lucas will receive the honorary Palme d’Or during the closing ceremony; Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” are playing in competition; and George Miller‘s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga” are playing out of competition. Streep will be also in good company at the festival with “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig serving as jury president. The pair worked together on “Little Women.”
The honorary tribute will mark Streep’s long-awaited return to Cannes after decades. It appears that her last trip to the festival dates back to Fred Schepisi...
Luring the Oscar winner is yet another feat for this Cannes edition, which will bring together a flurry Hollywood legends. Notably, George Lucas will receive the honorary Palme d’Or during the closing ceremony; Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” are playing in competition; and George Miller‘s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga” are playing out of competition. Streep will be also in good company at the festival with “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig serving as jury president. The pair worked together on “Little Women.”
The honorary tribute will mark Streep’s long-awaited return to Cannes after decades. It appears that her last trip to the festival dates back to Fred Schepisi...
- 5/2/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It’s one thing to have your husband cheat on you, and it’s another thing to have the entire world hear about all of the details surrounding his alleged affair. Melania Trump feels absolutely humiliated over her husband Doanld Trump’s cheating allegations.
That’s because prosecutors in the Trump hush money trial have introduced text messages as evidence between Stormy Daniels’ former attorney and Dylan Howard, the former editor of the National Enquirer. And of course, the world certainly has a lot to say about it, leaving Melania incredibly frustrated behind closed doors.
Melania Trump Humiliated Over Cheating Allegations
Did Donald Trump cheat on his wife Melania Trump? That’s what the world can’t help but ask right now.
As many fans and critics alike know, Donald Trump is being accused of trying to pay off an adult film star about an affair they had back in...
That’s because prosecutors in the Trump hush money trial have introduced text messages as evidence between Stormy Daniels’ former attorney and Dylan Howard, the former editor of the National Enquirer. And of course, the world certainly has a lot to say about it, leaving Melania incredibly frustrated behind closed doors.
Melania Trump Humiliated Over Cheating Allegations
Did Donald Trump cheat on his wife Melania Trump? That’s what the world can’t help but ask right now.
As many fans and critics alike know, Donald Trump is being accused of trying to pay off an adult film star about an affair they had back in...
- 5/2/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
Missed Tuesday’s late-night monologues? We’ve got you covered with our round-up of the night’s best laughs from across the dial.
Have You Tried Shaking a Jar Full of Pennies?
The Donald Trump election fraud trial in New York takes Wednesdays off, but that only left late-night hosts time to play catchup with the widely reported fact that the GOP nominee for President can’t keep his eyes open for ten minutes at a time. As reports came out that Trump’s madly spinning legal team is being forced to come up with unique “devices” to keep their client conscious during his criminal trial, Kimmel called his nemesis “Naptain America” before mocking the apparent projection of Trump’s recent 4 a.m. social media post accusing President Biden of being the sleepy one.
“Where’s Sleepy Joe?,” began Trump’s Truth Social post before concluding triumphantly, “He’s Sleeping,...
Have You Tried Shaking a Jar Full of Pennies?
The Donald Trump election fraud trial in New York takes Wednesdays off, but that only left late-night hosts time to play catchup with the widely reported fact that the GOP nominee for President can’t keep his eyes open for ten minutes at a time. As reports came out that Trump’s madly spinning legal team is being forced to come up with unique “devices” to keep their client conscious during his criminal trial, Kimmel called his nemesis “Naptain America” before mocking the apparent projection of Trump’s recent 4 a.m. social media post accusing President Biden of being the sleepy one.
“Where’s Sleepy Joe?,” began Trump’s Truth Social post before concluding triumphantly, “He’s Sleeping,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Dennis Perkins
- LateNighter
If Donald Trump had gotten his way, he would have spent Jan. 6, 2021, looking upon his supporters as they stormed into the Capitol building.
During his first political rally since his hush-money trial began, when he wasn’t recapping the chaos of abortion rights post-Roe v. Wade to the crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Trump reminisced about asking his Secret Service staff if he could join the burgeoning insurrection.
“I sat in the back, and you know what I did say? I said, ‘I’d like to go down there, ‘cause I...
During his first political rally since his hush-money trial began, when he wasn’t recapping the chaos of abortion rights post-Roe v. Wade to the crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Trump reminisced about asking his Secret Service staff if he could join the burgeoning insurrection.
“I sat in the back, and you know what I did say? I said, ‘I’d like to go down there, ‘cause I...
- 5/2/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
Of President Joe Biden’s myriad quips and Dad joke-level zingers at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — including around the thorny issue of his age and aimed at former President Donald Trump — one joke, in particular, referenced a notable, recent move by his campaign.
Speaking to a crowd of media figures, A-list celebrities and Beltway power brokers who’d just wrapped up their dinner, Biden started serving up one punchline after another. About halfway through his tight 15, the president referred to his recent sitdown with talk radio host Howard Stern.
“I have higher standards,” Biden said from the podium. “I do interviews with strong independent journalists who millions of people actually listen to…like Howard Stern.”
Goofing on Stern’s journalistic credibility landed with the audience, which, despite the spectacle of the star-studded event, is meant to honor the bravery, tenacity and grit of some of the best reporters in the nation.
Speaking to a crowd of media figures, A-list celebrities and Beltway power brokers who’d just wrapped up their dinner, Biden started serving up one punchline after another. About halfway through his tight 15, the president referred to his recent sitdown with talk radio host Howard Stern.
“I have higher standards,” Biden said from the podium. “I do interviews with strong independent journalists who millions of people actually listen to…like Howard Stern.”
Goofing on Stern’s journalistic credibility landed with the audience, which, despite the spectacle of the star-studded event, is meant to honor the bravery, tenacity and grit of some of the best reporters in the nation.
- 5/2/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After calling Time magazine’s long interview with Donald Trump “shocking” and “reprehensible” earlier today, Joe Biden this evening doubled down on his predecessor’s dystopian second term plans.
“Trump did a long interview with Time magazine,” the president told an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander fundraiser at Washington DC’s Mayflower Hotel on Wednesday. “It’s coming out, you gotta read it. It’s a mandatory read.”
“This election is about competing values and competing visions for America,” Biden added to a crowd that had Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-il) and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai among the attendees. “Trump’s values and visions are ones of anger, hate, revenge, retribution.”
In case his audience didn’t take his advice, the incumbent then cited a couple of the topics in the wide ranging “How Far Would Trump Go?’ piece like letting the states control abortion rights, monitoring pregnant women,...
“Trump did a long interview with Time magazine,” the president told an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander fundraiser at Washington DC’s Mayflower Hotel on Wednesday. “It’s coming out, you gotta read it. It’s a mandatory read.”
“This election is about competing values and competing visions for America,” Biden added to a crowd that had Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-il) and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai among the attendees. “Trump’s values and visions are ones of anger, hate, revenge, retribution.”
In case his audience didn’t take his advice, the incumbent then cited a couple of the topics in the wide ranging “How Far Would Trump Go?’ piece like letting the states control abortion rights, monitoring pregnant women,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
House Republicans are calling for NPR CEO Katherine Maher to appear at a hearing on May 8 following a now former staffer’s allegations of bias in news coverage.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-wa), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined with two other House Republicans in a letter to Maher. “The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership,” they wrote. “As a taxpayer funded, public radio organization, NPR should focus on fair and objective news reporting that both considers and reflects the views of the larger U.S. population and not just a niche audience.” The hearing would be before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Maher has defended the network after Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, published an essay in The Free Press that claimed that the network lacked an “open minded spirit” and viewpoint diversity,...
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-wa), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined with two other House Republicans in a letter to Maher. “The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership,” they wrote. “As a taxpayer funded, public radio organization, NPR should focus on fair and objective news reporting that both considers and reflects the views of the larger U.S. population and not just a niche audience.” The hearing would be before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Maher has defended the network after Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, published an essay in The Free Press that claimed that the network lacked an “open minded spirit” and viewpoint diversity,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump continues to claim that Americans are positively over the moon about the destruction of reproductive rights — but he couldn’t be more wrong.
During a Wednesday rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the former president once again bragged about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, and ending the federal right to abortion.
“Basically the states decide on abortion, and people are absolutely thrilled with the way that’s going on,” Trump told a crowd of supporters.
Trump on overturning Roe: People are absolutely thrilled pic.twitter.com/o44rnhUTXo...
During a Wednesday rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the former president once again bragged about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, and ending the federal right to abortion.
“Basically the states decide on abortion, and people are absolutely thrilled with the way that’s going on,” Trump told a crowd of supporters.
Trump on overturning Roe: People are absolutely thrilled pic.twitter.com/o44rnhUTXo...
- 5/1/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump can attend his son Barron Trump‘s high school graduation. On Tuesday, New York Judge Juan Merchan allowed Trump to miss a court date in May to attend Barron’s graduation ceremony, which will take place at Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida.
In the initial court proceedings on April 15, Trump had petitioned the judge to adjourn the trial for Barron’s graduation. At the time, Judge Merchan did not rule on the request due to time constraints, but he acknowledged that if the prosecution progressed as planned, it would be feasible to adjourn for a day to facilitate Trump’s attendance.
In addition to the request for the May court date, Trump had also sought to adjourn a court day in April to attend Supreme Court arguments. However, Judge Merchan denied this request and asserted that Trump’s ongoing criminal trial precedes other court matters.
While Trump...
In the initial court proceedings on April 15, Trump had petitioned the judge to adjourn the trial for Barron’s graduation. At the time, Judge Merchan did not rule on the request due to time constraints, but he acknowledged that if the prosecution progressed as planned, it would be feasible to adjourn for a day to facilitate Trump’s attendance.
In addition to the request for the May court date, Trump had also sought to adjourn a court day in April to attend Supreme Court arguments. However, Judge Merchan denied this request and asserted that Trump’s ongoing criminal trial precedes other court matters.
While Trump...
- 5/1/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Supreme Court oral arguments were made for social media. Social media was not made to make Supreme Court arguments persuasive or even understandable.
The court’s latest Donald Trump case is a perfect illustration. The justices on this court are relatively young. Their questions are clear and direct, and they all are engaged, respectful, and fair. If you listen from start to finish, you can’t help but think this is the most deliberate and serious branch of the three-ring circus that is Washington, D.C.
Yet clips from any argument,...
The court’s latest Donald Trump case is a perfect illustration. The justices on this court are relatively young. Their questions are clear and direct, and they all are engaged, respectful, and fair. If you listen from start to finish, you can’t help but think this is the most deliberate and serious branch of the three-ring circus that is Washington, D.C.
Yet clips from any argument,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Lawrence Lessig
- Rollingstone.com
So this might be the reason why she’s been missing from all of those parties at Mar-a-Lago. There’s a new report that suggests Ivanka Trump is doing everything she can to keep away from her father, Donald Trump.
And that’s not because she doesn’t love him anymore, but mostly because she’s embarrassed over his hush money case and doesn’t want to be associated with it at all. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Ivanka Trump – Is Avoiding Her ‘Embarrassing’ Father Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump is avoiding her embarrassing father, Donald Trump. As many of his critics are already aware of, the former president has been accused of supposedly trying to pay off an adult film star in the hopes that she would keep quiet about their relationship.
They had their affair back in 2005, but the news about it broke out in 2016 and right before the 2016 election.
And that’s not because she doesn’t love him anymore, but mostly because she’s embarrassed over his hush money case and doesn’t want to be associated with it at all. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
Ivanka Trump – Is Avoiding Her ‘Embarrassing’ Father Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump is avoiding her embarrassing father, Donald Trump. As many of his critics are already aware of, the former president has been accused of supposedly trying to pay off an adult film star in the hopes that she would keep quiet about their relationship.
They had their affair back in 2005, but the news about it broke out in 2016 and right before the 2016 election.
- 5/1/2024
- by Maya Jimenez
- Celebrating The Soaps
Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt of court on Tuesday for repeatedly violating the gag order in the former president’s New York hush-money case. Merchan fined Trump a total of $9,000 for bucking the order against publicly commenting on court staff, prosecutors, prospective jurors, or the judge’s family — and lamented that New York state law prevented him from laying down a steeper penalty.
Penalizing Trump $1,000 for each infraction “unfortunately will not achieve the desired result,” the judge said, adding that the court “must therefore consider whether in...
Penalizing Trump $1,000 for each infraction “unfortunately will not achieve the desired result,” the judge said, adding that the court “must therefore consider whether in...
- 5/1/2024
- by Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Missed Tuesday’s late-night monologues? We’ve got you covered with our round-up of the night’s best laughs from across the dial.
Trying Our Patience
The criminal trial of Donald Trump continued on Tuesday, as witnesses continued to spell out just how vast was the conspiracy to keep potentially damaging (and sleazy) details of then-candidate Trump’s various affairs from impacting his election chances. It’s going to be a long, weird ride for us all, so late-night hosts picked apart everything from Trump’s daily mid-testimony nappy times, to his complaints about everything from the judge-imposed gag order to the temperature in the courtroom, and even his attacks on his own lawyers.
With each day’s testimony seeming to implicate Trump further and further in a felonious web of election fraud and hush money payments, perhaps one could be excused for feeling a little pity over the defendant...
Trying Our Patience
The criminal trial of Donald Trump continued on Tuesday, as witnesses continued to spell out just how vast was the conspiracy to keep potentially damaging (and sleazy) details of then-candidate Trump’s various affairs from impacting his election chances. It’s going to be a long, weird ride for us all, so late-night hosts picked apart everything from Trump’s daily mid-testimony nappy times, to his complaints about everything from the judge-imposed gag order to the temperature in the courtroom, and even his attacks on his own lawyers.
With each day’s testimony seeming to implicate Trump further and further in a felonious web of election fraud and hush money payments, perhaps one could be excused for feeling a little pity over the defendant...
- 5/1/2024
- by Dennis Perkins
- LateNighter
Every once in a while, rumors about Julie Chrisley circulate regarding her alleged past as a beauty pageant contestant. Fans got online to discuss whether or not there was any truth to the rumors. So, did Julie Chrisley really compete (and win) a beauty pageant? Here is everything you need to know.
Todd & Julie Chrisley Are Close Friends With A Miss South Carolina
A Reddit user posted about Julie Chrisley’s alleged beauty pageant winnings. They started the post, “This comes up every so often and although I’m no fan of fraudsters, in fairness to Julie Chrisley, she has never publicly stated that she was ever a pageant winner, much less a contestant.”
YouTube/Chrisley Knows Best
In a lengthy post, they continued to break down why the rumors come up and what truth there is behind them if anything. The person pointed to a Radar Online article from...
Todd & Julie Chrisley Are Close Friends With A Miss South Carolina
A Reddit user posted about Julie Chrisley’s alleged beauty pageant winnings. They started the post, “This comes up every so often and although I’m no fan of fraudsters, in fairness to Julie Chrisley, she has never publicly stated that she was ever a pageant winner, much less a contestant.”
YouTube/Chrisley Knows Best
In a lengthy post, they continued to break down why the rumors come up and what truth there is behind them if anything. The person pointed to a Radar Online article from...
- 5/1/2024
- by Amanda Blankenship
- TV Shows Ace
Fox News continued its dominance in the April ratings, while network coverage of Donald Trump’s hush money trial has failed to produce blockbuster viewership.
In fact, all the major cable news networks saw a drop off in the key 25-54 demo versus a year ago.
Working against the networks is the fact that the television coverage of the Trump trial is prohibited in the courtroom, leaving it to correspondents to check in with regular reports along with an assortment of legal analysts. CNN and MSNBC have added scrolls on the side of their screens with real time text updates from the courthouse.
In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 1.98 million viewers, down 5% versus 2023, compared to MSNBC with 1.25 million, down 5%, and CNN with 624,000, up 6%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 219,000, down 9%, compared to MSNBC with 114,000, down 3%, and CNN with 113,000, down 16%.
In total day, Fox News averaged 1.27 million,...
In fact, all the major cable news networks saw a drop off in the key 25-54 demo versus a year ago.
Working against the networks is the fact that the television coverage of the Trump trial is prohibited in the courtroom, leaving it to correspondents to check in with regular reports along with an assortment of legal analysts. CNN and MSNBC have added scrolls on the side of their screens with real time text updates from the courthouse.
In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 1.98 million viewers, down 5% versus 2023, compared to MSNBC with 1.25 million, down 5%, and CNN with 624,000, up 6%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 219,000, down 9%, compared to MSNBC with 114,000, down 3%, and CNN with 113,000, down 16%.
In total day, Fox News averaged 1.27 million,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this month, Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Senate candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, suggested that many senior citizens in nursing homes are not qualified to vote.
“We had nursing homes where the sheriff of Racine investigated, where you had 100% voting in nursing homes,” Hovde said of the 2020 election during an interview on the Guy Benson Show. “Well, if you’re in a nursing home, you only have five, six months life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. And you have children, adult children showing up that said, who voted for my 85- or 90-year-old father or mother?”
The Wisconsin Senate Candidate’s campaign spokesman said he did not mean to imply that elderly people should not vote.
“In no manner did Eric Hovde suggest that elderly people should not vote,” Hovde spokesman Ben Voelkel said in a statement. “He was referring to specific cases in Racine Co.
“We had nursing homes where the sheriff of Racine investigated, where you had 100% voting in nursing homes,” Hovde said of the 2020 election during an interview on the Guy Benson Show. “Well, if you’re in a nursing home, you only have five, six months life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. And you have children, adult children showing up that said, who voted for my 85- or 90-year-old father or mother?”
The Wisconsin Senate Candidate’s campaign spokesman said he did not mean to imply that elderly people should not vote.
“In no manner did Eric Hovde suggest that elderly people should not vote,” Hovde spokesman Ben Voelkel said in a statement. “He was referring to specific cases in Racine Co.
- 5/1/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Despite a myriad of health issues landing the incarcerated Harvey Weinstein in hospital last week, the much-accused producer is still expected to show up in court tomorrow — at least right now.
“Mr. Weinstein entered prison with serious medical issues, and they have not magically disappeared, but are being managed,” the producer’s long-time spokesperson Juda Engelmayer tells Deadline of his client who is suffering from diabetes, cardiac issued, sleep apnea, and who is also near blind.
Following the April 25 overturning of his 2020 sex crimes conviction, the past few days have seen a storm of rumors that 72-year-old Weinstein wouldn’t make the re-arraignment hearing in the early afternoon local time at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. While Weinstein’s current condition is far from critical at present and he is under observation at Bellevue, one well-positioned law enforcement source said that “things could turn on a dime” and not to rule out “more drama.
“Mr. Weinstein entered prison with serious medical issues, and they have not magically disappeared, but are being managed,” the producer’s long-time spokesperson Juda Engelmayer tells Deadline of his client who is suffering from diabetes, cardiac issued, sleep apnea, and who is also near blind.
Following the April 25 overturning of his 2020 sex crimes conviction, the past few days have seen a storm of rumors that 72-year-old Weinstein wouldn’t make the re-arraignment hearing in the early afternoon local time at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. While Weinstein’s current condition is far from critical at present and he is under observation at Bellevue, one well-positioned law enforcement source said that “things could turn on a dime” and not to rule out “more drama.
- 4/30/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The lawyer for Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels further outlined the hush money deals made to his clients, including his suspicion that Donald Trump was “the one” who ultimately funded the Daniels payoff.
Lawyer Keith Davidson said on Tuesday that he did not enjoy having to deal with Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen.
The tension went back to a hostile phone call in 2011 after a gossip site called TheDirty blogged about rumors of a sexual liaison between adult film star Daniels and Trump. “Before I could barely get my name out, I was met with a hostile barrage of insults and allegations,” Davidson testified in Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan.
Cohen was “just screaming,” Davidson said, and he accused Davidson’s clients, Daniels and her manager, Gina Rodriguez, of leaking the claim to TheDirty. “Finally, after he finished,” Davidson recalled, he assured Cohen that Daniels didn’t want the story publicized.
Lawyer Keith Davidson said on Tuesday that he did not enjoy having to deal with Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen.
The tension went back to a hostile phone call in 2011 after a gossip site called TheDirty blogged about rumors of a sexual liaison between adult film star Daniels and Trump. “Before I could barely get my name out, I was met with a hostile barrage of insults and allegations,” Davidson testified in Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan.
Cohen was “just screaming,” Davidson said, and he accused Davidson’s clients, Daniels and her manager, Gina Rodriguez, of leaking the claim to TheDirty. “Finally, after he finished,” Davidson recalled, he assured Cohen that Daniels didn’t want the story publicized.
- 4/30/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
We all know he’s guilty — even the New York appeals court majority that ordered a new trial for Harvey Weinstein knows it. That makes the narrow, 4-3 reversal of Weinstein’s conviction all the more enraging.
Anyone who has ever watched a cop show knows how difficult it is to get a conviction in a sexual assault case. Yet the court majority found that the trial judge made an “egregious” mistake in letting three women testify about alleged sexual assaults even though their claims were not part of the charges against Weinstein (known as “Molineux witnesses”). Without that testimony, the majority concluded that Weinstein might have walked.
Dissenting Judge Anthony Cannataro wrote that the decision was “endangering decades of progress in this incredibly complex and nuanced area of law.” What message does the New York appeals court ruling send? In a new trial, the women whose testimony achieved the...
Anyone who has ever watched a cop show knows how difficult it is to get a conviction in a sexual assault case. Yet the court majority found that the trial judge made an “egregious” mistake in letting three women testify about alleged sexual assaults even though their claims were not part of the charges against Weinstein (known as “Molineux witnesses”). Without that testimony, the majority concluded that Weinstein might have walked.
Dissenting Judge Anthony Cannataro wrote that the decision was “endangering decades of progress in this incredibly complex and nuanced area of law.” What message does the New York appeals court ruling send? In a new trial, the women whose testimony achieved the...
- 4/30/2024
- by Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Hoft, the founder of the right-wing media site The Gateway Pundit, announced that this company filed for bankruptcy after it faced many lawsuits about false claims it made about the 2020 election.
The Gateway Pundit has been facing litigation by election workers and other people who endured harassment after the site made inaccurate claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Some of these lawsuits were made by people who claim to have received numerous threats after being vilified in fake stories.
One lawsuit is being brought by mother-and-daughter Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. Last year, the pair won a $148 million defamation verdict against the former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
According to the company, the litigation forced it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida.
Their petition estimated it had assets between $500,000 and $1 million.
“Tgp Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, recently...
The Gateway Pundit has been facing litigation by election workers and other people who endured harassment after the site made inaccurate claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Some of these lawsuits were made by people who claim to have received numerous threats after being vilified in fake stories.
One lawsuit is being brought by mother-and-daughter Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. Last year, the pair won a $148 million defamation verdict against the former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
According to the company, the litigation forced it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida.
Their petition estimated it had assets between $500,000 and $1 million.
“Tgp Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, recently...
- 4/30/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed congressional Republicans for squandering their leverage to tackle the border crisis.
DeSantis stated that House Republicans “surrendered” their power to address the ongoing crisis happening at the U.S.-Mexico border after the chamber had passed a foreign aid package distributed billions of dollars to American allies.
The Florida governor accused the party of handing President Joe Biden the foreign aid funds he requested while gaining nothing in exchange for securing the border.
“They basically just surrendered on the border,” he told reporters. “They now have no leverage to do anything on the border. They had an opportunity to insist that Biden accept the border if he wanted all the foreign aid, and they decided to capitulate.”
“And so he got everything he wants, and Republicans voters did not get anything with respect to stopping this problem at the southern border. Look, we’re...
DeSantis stated that House Republicans “surrendered” their power to address the ongoing crisis happening at the U.S.-Mexico border after the chamber had passed a foreign aid package distributed billions of dollars to American allies.
The Florida governor accused the party of handing President Joe Biden the foreign aid funds he requested while gaining nothing in exchange for securing the border.
“They basically just surrendered on the border,” he told reporters. “They now have no leverage to do anything on the border. They had an opportunity to insist that Biden accept the border if he wanted all the foreign aid, and they decided to capitulate.”
“And so he got everything he wants, and Republicans voters did not get anything with respect to stopping this problem at the southern border. Look, we’re...
- 4/30/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.