The Entertainment Community Fund has set its sights on Warner Bros. Television Group for top honors at an upcoming gala in New York City.
The studio division, led by chairman and CEO Channing Dungey, has been selected to receive a medal of honor during the gala, set for Manhattan’s New York Marriott Marquis on April 8. Additional honorees at the event include mogul and multihyphenate Seth MacFarlane, and Olivier and Tony award-winning producer Sonia Friedman (Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon).
“We are so honored to be recognized by the Entertainment Community Fund, an outstanding organization that has helped actors and artists for more than 140 years. In the wake of the pandemic and last year’s strikes, the work of the fund continues to be more critical than ever. Everyone at the Warner Bros. Television Group is proud to support the Fund and their incredible efforts,” offered Dungey in a statement.
The studio division, led by chairman and CEO Channing Dungey, has been selected to receive a medal of honor during the gala, set for Manhattan’s New York Marriott Marquis on April 8. Additional honorees at the event include mogul and multihyphenate Seth MacFarlane, and Olivier and Tony award-winning producer Sonia Friedman (Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon).
“We are so honored to be recognized by the Entertainment Community Fund, an outstanding organization that has helped actors and artists for more than 140 years. In the wake of the pandemic and last year’s strikes, the work of the fund continues to be more critical than ever. Everyone at the Warner Bros. Television Group is proud to support the Fund and their incredible efforts,” offered Dungey in a statement.
- 4/1/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Midterm elections are in full swing, and twice-impeached former President Donald Trump has been vocal in them, endorsing candidates and his 2020 election lies about voter fraud. Many have dubbed it Trump’s “revenge tour” as he gears up to announce another run for president in 2024. Seth Meyers, for one, roasted the life out of that terminology.
During his “A Closer Look” segment on Thursday night, Meyers began by mocking Trump’s particular interest in Arizona as “a revenge state.”
“I’m sorry, Arizona is a revenge state for him? What’s he gonna do, make us live there? ‘Oh sure, it’s sunny and beautiful, but just try to order a pizza after 9 p.m. Speaking of sun, make sure to find a dermatologist you really like because you’re gonna see her more than you see your own family.'”
The late-night host then circled back to mocking the...
During his “A Closer Look” segment on Thursday night, Meyers began by mocking Trump’s particular interest in Arizona as “a revenge state.”
“I’m sorry, Arizona is a revenge state for him? What’s he gonna do, make us live there? ‘Oh sure, it’s sunny and beautiful, but just try to order a pizza after 9 p.m. Speaking of sun, make sure to find a dermatologist you really like because you’re gonna see her more than you see your own family.'”
The late-night host then circled back to mocking the...
- 8/5/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Saban Films have secured the worldwide rights to the western “The Last Manhunt,” which charts the legend of Willie Boy, the distributor announced on Tuesday. The Christian Camargo–directed film features a story by Jason Mamoa (who’s also executive producing) and screenwriter Thomas Pa’a Sibbett.
True to its name, “The Last Manhunt” is the real-world story of the last great American manhunt of the old west, based on the oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe within the boundaries of what became Joshua Tree National Park. The project features a largely Native American ensemble cast, including Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Zahn McClarnon, Lily Gladstone, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes and Tantoo Cardinal.
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Set in 1909 when a reputed murder spawns a tragedy reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, “The Last Manhunt” follows Willie Boy (Sensmeier) and...
True to its name, “The Last Manhunt” is the real-world story of the last great American manhunt of the old west, based on the oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe within the boundaries of what became Joshua Tree National Park. The project features a largely Native American ensemble cast, including Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Zahn McClarnon, Lily Gladstone, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes and Tantoo Cardinal.
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Jason Momoa to Star in Action Comedy Spec ‘Shots! Shots! Shots!’ Acquired by Universal
Set in 1909 when a reputed murder spawns a tragedy reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, “The Last Manhunt” follows Willie Boy (Sensmeier) and...
- 6/21/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Saban Films has secured worldwide distribution rights to Jason Momoa’s forthcoming Western “The Last Manhunt.”
Featuring a largely Native American ensemble cast, the movie follows the true story of the outlaw Willie Boy.
Set in 1909, when a reputed murder sparks a Shakespearean tragedy, Momoa’s Willie accidentally shoots his love interest’s father after a confrontation gone wrong. With President Taft coming to town, a local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for their fallen tribal leader.
The story is based on an oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe. Christian Camargo directs the On The Roam production from a script by Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, who crafted the story with Momoa. Additional cast includes “Certain Women” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone, Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Zahn McClarnon,, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes, and Tantoo Cardinal.
Saban is charting a November release. Producers include Martin Kistler and J. Eric Laciste.
Featuring a largely Native American ensemble cast, the movie follows the true story of the outlaw Willie Boy.
Set in 1909, when a reputed murder sparks a Shakespearean tragedy, Momoa’s Willie accidentally shoots his love interest’s father after a confrontation gone wrong. With President Taft coming to town, a local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for their fallen tribal leader.
The story is based on an oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe. Christian Camargo directs the On The Roam production from a script by Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, who crafted the story with Momoa. Additional cast includes “Certain Women” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone, Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Zahn McClarnon,, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes, and Tantoo Cardinal.
Saban is charting a November release. Producers include Martin Kistler and J. Eric Laciste.
- 6/21/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Late-night hosts including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien, Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee all urged patience as the ballot-counting process continues.
While they were all recorded earlier today, ranging between 11am to 5pm, the message remains as voters wait for ballots to be counted in key states including Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon said today felt like “waking up with a hangover and finding out you’re still at the bar.”
“As we speak some states are still counting the votes. Somehow Chucky Cheese can count a million tickets on the spot, but we still can’t count the votes in three days,” Fallon said. “I’m not sure [patience] is one of America’s strengths, if a TikTok video isn’t fun in the first three seconds, we’re like ‘next’. We need to be patient in a country...
While they were all recorded earlier today, ranging between 11am to 5pm, the message remains as voters wait for ballots to be counted in key states including Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon said today felt like “waking up with a hangover and finding out you’re still at the bar.”
“As we speak some states are still counting the votes. Somehow Chucky Cheese can count a million tickets on the spot, but we still can’t count the votes in three days,” Fallon said. “I’m not sure [patience] is one of America’s strengths, if a TikTok video isn’t fun in the first three seconds, we’re like ‘next’. We need to be patient in a country...
- 11/5/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The formal condemnation of President Donald Trump by the Democrat majority House of Representatives provided some rich comedy material for Stephen Colbert.
House lawmakers approved a resolution on Tuesday that formally denounced President Trump’s recent tirade against the four congresswomen known as The Squad. Trump tweeted Sunday that the four should “go back” to their countries and fix them, then return to the Us and show us how it’s done.
The House measure passed by a vote of 240 to 187, including approval votes by four Republicans, including Reps. Will Hurd of Texas, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan and Susan Brooks of Indiana.
Colbert mocked the vote, terming it “a ceremonial rebuke,” and said Trump would soon come up with nicknames for the four Republicans who voted against him: Freaky Fred, Lazy Susan, Bitchy Brian, and the black guy is Frederick Douglass.
This was an historical moment,...
House lawmakers approved a resolution on Tuesday that formally denounced President Trump’s recent tirade against the four congresswomen known as The Squad. Trump tweeted Sunday that the four should “go back” to their countries and fix them, then return to the Us and show us how it’s done.
The House measure passed by a vote of 240 to 187, including approval votes by four Republicans, including Reps. Will Hurd of Texas, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan and Susan Brooks of Indiana.
Colbert mocked the vote, terming it “a ceremonial rebuke,” and said Trump would soon come up with nicknames for the four Republicans who voted against him: Freaky Fred, Lazy Susan, Bitchy Brian, and the black guy is Frederick Douglass.
This was an historical moment,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
At first sweep, you could say there's nothing normal going on in the White House. But that wouldn't be entirely true. As was the case with the last administration, and with a number of them over the years, there's a child growing up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Eleven-year-old Barron Trump has lived there since June, the first young son since John F. Kennedy Jr. to reside there with his parents. But JFK Jr. was born just a couple months before the family moved into the White House in January 1961, making Barron the first cognizant pre-teen boy to have the run of the place since Charles Taft II, who was 11 when his father, William Howard Taft, was elected president in...
- 2/22/2018
- E! Online
[[tmz:video id="0_g4o3a20j"]] Watch out, NFL -- Antonio Brown's got some gnarly new lip hair ... and he's using it to haunt your dreams. Ab's going the Dick Dastardly route with his lip warmer -- rockin' a hipster twist on the handlebar mustache on the way to his pre-season game against the NY Giants. With this new look, Ab joins a short but prestigious list of celebrity hipster handlebar wearers including Rollie Fingers, Salvador Dali, William Howard Taft,...
- 8/11/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In this brand-spanking-new episode of Tfgp, Eric discusses his obsession with Gears of War 4 and it’s Horde Mode while Ransom commands his armies in Civilization 6. The cast breaks down the latest news on the Nintendo Switch and also cover the announcements from the recent Microsoft Creators event. Come inside to have a listen!
Cast: Mike, Ransom, Eric
Full topic rundown:
President Taft Aka I'd Taft that.
Gears of War 4
Civilization 6
Nintendo Switch
Discussion Microsoft's creator’s update: 3D for everyone.
Uwe Bowl retirement
Accounting on Vive
Halloween traditions
The Walking Dead S7E1 opinions
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Cast: Mike, Ransom, Eric
Full topic rundown:
President Taft Aka I'd Taft that.
Gears of War 4
Civilization 6
Nintendo Switch
Discussion Microsoft's creator’s update: 3D for everyone.
Uwe Bowl retirement
Accounting on Vive
Halloween traditions
The Walking Dead S7E1 opinions
Libsyn
Direct Link
Youtube
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- 10/30/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Gibbs)
- Cinelinx
On MacGyver Season 1 Episode 6, it’s Halloween weekend, and Millennial MacGyver is chasing a Ghost. Not the kind of phantom that shows up at Halloween party, but the kind that sets off bombs for the highest bidder.
The sadistic bombmaker-for-hire killed Mac’s mentor in Afghanistan, and now he’s threatening to blow up the Un. Ghost, or monster? In any case, he’s scary.
So naturally, with a bomber on the loose, this episode was a blast (pun intended)!
I counted four explosions, along with two other bombs that Mac managed to dismantle. Let’s detail the detonations, shall we?
1) The cold open could have been the end of another episode. In fact, someday I hope they make the rest so we find out how Riley, Mac and Jack end up buried alive inside a car somewhere in Eastern Europe. To escape, Mac rigs the car’s airbags to explode through the windshield,...
The sadistic bombmaker-for-hire killed Mac’s mentor in Afghanistan, and now he’s threatening to blow up the Un. Ghost, or monster? In any case, he’s scary.
So naturally, with a bomber on the loose, this episode was a blast (pun intended)!
I counted four explosions, along with two other bombs that Mac managed to dismantle. Let’s detail the detonations, shall we?
1) The cold open could have been the end of another episode. In fact, someday I hope they make the rest so we find out how Riley, Mac and Jack end up buried alive inside a car somewhere in Eastern Europe. To escape, Mac rigs the car’s airbags to explode through the windshield,...
- 10/29/2016
- by Megan King
- TVfanatic
The King Baggot Tribute will take place Wednesday September 28th at 7pm at Lee Auditorium inside the Missouri History Museum (Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri). The 1913 silent film Ivanhoe will be accompanied by The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra and there will be a 40-minute illustrated lecture on the life and career of King Baggot by We Are Movie Geeks’ Tom Stockman. A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here
Here’s a comprehensive look at the life and career of King Baggot
Article by Tom Stockman
They gathered to see the stars at St. Louis Union Station on Saturday March 25th 1910. President Taft had made a stop near the Twentieth Street entrance ten days earlier, but the crowd this day was much larger. Thousands, mostly excited women wearing ankle-length dresses and waving felt pennants lined up hoping for a glimpse, or perhaps...
Here’s a comprehensive look at the life and career of King Baggot
Article by Tom Stockman
They gathered to see the stars at St. Louis Union Station on Saturday March 25th 1910. President Taft had made a stop near the Twentieth Street entrance ten days earlier, but the crowd this day was much larger. Thousands, mostly excited women wearing ankle-length dresses and waving felt pennants lined up hoping for a glimpse, or perhaps...
- 9/28/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The King Baggot Tribute will take place Wednesday September 28th at 7pm at Lee Auditorium inside the Missouri History Museum (Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri). The 1913 silent film Ivanhoe will be accompanied by The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra and there will be a 40-minute illustrated lecture on the life and career of King Baggot by We Are Movie Geeks’ Tom Stockman. A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here
Hollywood Cinematographer Stephen King Baggot, also known as King Baggot III, is a retired cinematographer and news cameraman born in 1943. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was always billed onscreen as simply ‘King Baggot’. The first King Baggot (1879-1948) was at one time Hollywood’s most popular star, known in his heyday as ‘King of the Movies’ ,’The Most Photographed Man in the World’ and “More Famous Than the Man in...
Hollywood Cinematographer Stephen King Baggot, also known as King Baggot III, is a retired cinematographer and news cameraman born in 1943. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was always billed onscreen as simply ‘King Baggot’. The first King Baggot (1879-1948) was at one time Hollywood’s most popular star, known in his heyday as ‘King of the Movies’ ,’The Most Photographed Man in the World’ and “More Famous Than the Man in...
- 9/22/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes, and clips and puts it all in perspective. It's a story about time travel, I'm in. You had me at "time travel." This show is created by the Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield) so it comes with a strong pedigree. An evil man (or is he?) played by Goran Visnjic travels back through American history in order to alter some important events. As we know from Back to the Future theory that changing history ruins the entire time-space continuum. We can't have that, so our three heroes (or are they?) have to prevent Goran Visnjic from preventing things from happening such as the Hindenburg disaster. My favorite part of this trailer is the engineer initially refusing to join the team because, "I am black. There is literally no place in American history that will be awesome for me.
- 8/30/2016
- by Jon Davis
- Hitfix
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School loosely based on William Howard Taft School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
- 8/19/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Having missed it in the theater, I finally caught this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, Spotlight, on Blu-Ray. I thought it was mighty impressive, deserving of all the kudos and awards it has gotten.
Directed and co-written by Tom McCarthy and starring Michael Keaton (having a brilliant career renaissance), Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and a whole slew of really good actors, it tells the account of the breaking of the pederast priests story in the Boston Archdiocese by the Spotlight investigative team of the Boston Globe. The four journalists working for Spotlight are long form investigators who can work on a story over a long period of time, sometimes years.
The movie is both riveting and appalling, making clear how the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Boston – and elsewhere – covered up the sexual abuse of children. It’s a scandal that continues to...
Directed and co-written by Tom McCarthy and starring Michael Keaton (having a brilliant career renaissance), Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and a whole slew of really good actors, it tells the account of the breaking of the pederast priests story in the Boston Archdiocese by the Spotlight investigative team of the Boston Globe. The four journalists working for Spotlight are long form investigators who can work on a story over a long period of time, sometimes years.
The movie is both riveting and appalling, making clear how the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Boston – and elsewhere – covered up the sexual abuse of children. It’s a scandal that continues to...
- 3/6/2016
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
In today's things you didn't know about boy-banders: Nick Lachey is a total pothead! Okay, maybe not. But the 98 Degrees singer does have Pablo Escobar–size aspirations of becoming a drug kingpin. As the Washington Post notes, he currently co-owns a 29-acre weed farm in Akron, Ohio — one of ten such farms in the state producing weed. As it happens, Ohioans are expected to vote on marijuana legalization this Tuesday in a controversial ballot that Lachey stands to profit from hugely if the state votes yes to getting high legally. Monday night, Lachey tweeted to ask voters to "head to the poll" and "end marijuana prohibition." That's because he, along with the other farms' owners — descendants of President Taft, designer Nanette Lepore, NBA great Oscar Robertson, the Arizona Cardinals' Frostee Rucker, and more — put up as much as $4 million just to get the ballot off the...
- 11/4/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School loosely based on William Howard Taft School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
- 8/19/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
With Curtain Call, we asked our team what some of their most memorable and satisfactory finales were in the realm of gaming, and these entries are the result. Please note that they may include a bevy of spoilers concerning the endings in question and the plots they pertain to. You’ve been warned!
It’s not how you start, but how you finish. In the case of High Voltage Software’s cheesy sci-fi shooter sequel for the Wii, Conduit 2, you can substitute “start” with “spend ninety-nine percent of the game”, and this axiom still rings true. Why? Because despite a lackluster (though improved) experience fighting alien invaders across the globe while being annoyed by the disembodied voice of Kevin Sorbo now residing in your futuristic battle armor suit, Conduit 2 has an ending that totally nails the utterly ridiculous SyFy Channel nature of its up until then boring, cardboard story. I mean perfectly.
It’s not how you start, but how you finish. In the case of High Voltage Software’s cheesy sci-fi shooter sequel for the Wii, Conduit 2, you can substitute “start” with “spend ninety-nine percent of the game”, and this axiom still rings true. Why? Because despite a lackluster (though improved) experience fighting alien invaders across the globe while being annoyed by the disembodied voice of Kevin Sorbo now residing in your futuristic battle armor suit, Conduit 2 has an ending that totally nails the utterly ridiculous SyFy Channel nature of its up until then boring, cardboard story. I mean perfectly.
- 6/24/2015
- by Patrick Murphy
- SoundOnSight
The King Baggot Tribute will take place Friday, November 14th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium beginning at 7pm as part of this year’s St. Louis Intenational FIlm Festival. The program will consist a rare 35mm screening of the 1913 epic Ivanhoe starring King Baggot with live music accompaniment by the Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra. Ivanhoe will be followed by an illustrated lecture on the life and films of King Baggot presented by Tom Stockman, editor here at We Are Movie Geeks. After that will screen the influential silent western Tumbleweeds (1925), considered to be one of King Baggot’s finest achievements as a director. Tumbleweeds will feature live piano accompaniment by Matt Pace.
Here’s a comprehensive look at the life and career of King Baggot
Article by Tom Stockman
They gathered to see the stars at St. Louis Union Station on Saturday March 25th 1910. President Taft had...
Here’s a comprehensive look at the life and career of King Baggot
Article by Tom Stockman
They gathered to see the stars at St. Louis Union Station on Saturday March 25th 1910. President Taft had...
- 11/14/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The King Baggot Tribute is this Friday, November 14th at 7pm at Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium. A 35mm print of Ivanhoe (1913) starring King Baggot will screen with live music by The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra. The screening will be followed by an illustrated lecture on the life and career of King Baggot, which will be followed by the screening of Tumbleweeds (digital source 1925), directed by King Baggot with piano accompaniment by Matt Pace. Ticket information for the event can be found Here.
http://tributetokingbaggot.bpt.me/
Hollywood Cinematographer Stephen King Baggot, also known as King Baggot III, is a retired cinematographer and news cameraman born in 1943. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was always billed onscreen as simply ‘King Baggot’. The first King Baggot (1879-1948) was at one time Hollywood’s most popular star, known in his heyday as ‘King of the Movies’ ,’The...
http://tributetokingbaggot.bpt.me/
Hollywood Cinematographer Stephen King Baggot, also known as King Baggot III, is a retired cinematographer and news cameraman born in 1943. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was always billed onscreen as simply ‘King Baggot’. The first King Baggot (1879-1948) was at one time Hollywood’s most popular star, known in his heyday as ‘King of the Movies’ ,’The...
- 11/13/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School loosely based on William Howard Taft School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
- 8/19/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Her political career may not have the ups and downs of say, a William Howard Taft (it’s also lacking fat-guy-in-bathtub anecdotes), but there’s some unseen force determined to give Hillary Clinton her own movie. This unseen force, whatever it may be, does not have a stellar track record. First came the conservative-produced Hillary: The Movie, which linked the former first lady to a series of seriously not-good scandals (despite what Scandal has lead us to believe, real-life scandals rarely involve steamy presidential love triangles that everyone can enjoy). The film was slated to release right before Mrs. Clinton’s performance in the 2008 Democratic Primaries, but the federal government intervened and shut the whole thing down. Hillary: The Movie was actually set to air solely on VOD, so the folks willing to pay for it would be the only ones affected by its various sordid accusations, but the mere threat of media-election tampering was enough to...
- 12/4/2013
- by Adam Bellotto
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Doris Kearns Goodwin, the popular historian whose book Team of Rivals became the basis for the Oscar-nominated film Lincoln, is back, reintroducing another favorite president to the American public. Photos: Hollywood Does JFK: 12 Actors Who Played the 35th President In Bully Pulpit she turns her attention to the bromance between Teddy Roosevelt and his successor and later rival William Howard Taft. Roosevelt was president from 1901-1908, taking office after William McKinley's assassination. Taft was his Secretary of War and protege, succeeding him in 1908, when Roosevelt chose not to run for a third term. In
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- 11/15/2013
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Continuing its mission to educate the masses on all the stuff they missed in history class, DreamWorks has acquired the film rights to a yet-to-be-released book about one of the biggest political feuds of the 20th century: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose previous work became the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. According to DreamWorks, the book (which will be released November 5) “tells the riveting story of two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents. Roosevelt’s fighting spirit and ...
- 11/1/2013
- avclub.com
The Rockford Files
Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBO's upcoming "True Detective" and a staff writer on AMC's "The Killing", has come on board to pen the new cinematic take on the classic 1970s NBC series "The Rockford Files" for Universal Pictures.
James Garner starred in the original series as a scrappy and disheveled P.I. who makes a living taking on cold cases from this low-rent mobile home. Vince Vaughn takes on the role in the remake. [Source: Deadline]
The Coup
Principal photography kicked off in Thailand yesterday on John Erick Dowdle's action thriller "The Coup" at Bold Films. Drew Dowdle, Michel Litvak and David Lancaster are producing.
Owen Wilson and Lake Bell star as the parents in an American family living in Southeast Asia who find themselves caught in the middle of a military uprising. Pierce Brosnan plays a heroic government operative. [Source: Screen]
The Bully Pulpit
DreamWorks has optioned Doris Kearns Goodwin...
Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBO's upcoming "True Detective" and a staff writer on AMC's "The Killing", has come on board to pen the new cinematic take on the classic 1970s NBC series "The Rockford Files" for Universal Pictures.
James Garner starred in the original series as a scrappy and disheveled P.I. who makes a living taking on cold cases from this low-rent mobile home. Vince Vaughn takes on the role in the remake. [Source: Deadline]
The Coup
Principal photography kicked off in Thailand yesterday on John Erick Dowdle's action thriller "The Coup" at Bold Films. Drew Dowdle, Michel Litvak and David Lancaster are producing.
Owen Wilson and Lake Bell star as the parents in an American family living in Southeast Asia who find themselves caught in the middle of a military uprising. Pierce Brosnan plays a heroic government operative. [Source: Screen]
The Bully Pulpit
DreamWorks has optioned Doris Kearns Goodwin...
- 11/1/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
When putting together the presidential biopic Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg had the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as source material. Now Spielberg and his DreamWorks banner are taking cues from Goodwin again as the studio has announced an adaptation of Goodwin's forthcoming book The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, a chronicle of the two friends turned political opponents Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Read on! The book arrives November 5th, and a press release from DreamWorks says it "tells the riveting story of two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents. Roosevelt's fighting spirit and impulsive temperament stood in counterpoint to Taft's deliberative, conciliatory disposition. Yet, their opposing qualities proved complementary, allowing them to create a rare camaraderie and productive collaboration until their brutal fight for...
- 10/31/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner added a dash of backroom intrigue and punchy exchanges to his script for Steven Spielberg's “Lincoln” last year, and while the film brought us a typically excellent performance from Daniel Day Lewis and a sort of genius, odd turn from James Spader as a political operative, it also garnered appropriate rewards—12 Oscar nominations (winning two, for Ddl and Production Design) and more than $275 million at the box office. Obviously that's a result that begs for follow-up considerations, and now, DreamWorks are turning to the source that wrote of Lincoln's political tactics once more for another historical drama, this time on the 26th and 27th Presidents of the United States. THR reports Dreamworks have swooped in on the rights for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearn Goodwin's upcoming book, “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism,” which tracks the friendship and then rivalry between.
- 10/31/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
A week ahead of the book's publication, DreamWorks has snapped up rights to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism," studio partner and co-chair Stacey Snider announced today. The book (out November 5 via Simon & Schuster) tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, two longtime friends who became bitter political enemies in 1912 when they went toe-to-toe for the presidential nomination. "The Bully Pulpit" delves into the historical aftermath of their rivalry, which divided their friends, families, colleagues and the Republican Party. Author Kearns Goodwin worked with Steven Spielberg on "Lincoln," based partly on her book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" with an Oscar-nominated script by Tony Kushner. In 1995, Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in history for the political biography "No Ordinary...
- 10/30/2013
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The combination of Doris Kearns Goodwin and Steven Spielberg seemed to work out for Lincoln. Oscars were won, audiences became weepy-eyed, and Daniel Day-Lewis got to strut around with a big bushy beard. Now DreamWorks is looking to go two for two with the same creative combo – the studio has just picked up the rights to Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism.” The book (which comes out next week) details the long and fruitful friendship between Roosevelt and Taft, and how their beautiful bromance was cracked in two when both men desired the presidential nomination in 1912. And while Spielberg might not be attached to direct (at least not yet, anyway), he’ll be involved in some capacity. The Wrap has Spielberg exclaiming his admiration for Goodwin: “Doris has once again given us the best seats in the house where we can watch two dynamic American personalities in...
- 10/30/2013
- by Adam Bellotto
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
DreamWorks Studios has closed a preemptive deal to acquire feature rights to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s upcoming book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, And The Golden Age Of Journalism.
The book, due out on November 5 through Simon & Schuster, tells of the two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents, split the Republican Party and altered the course of American history.
DreamWorks collaborated with Kearns on Lincoln, which was based on her book Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln.
Principal photography has begun on MGM’s If I Stay starring Chloe Moretz. Rj Cutler directs based on Gayle Forman’s Young Adult bestseller about a fateful day in the life of a teenager.
The book, due out on November 5 through Simon & Schuster, tells of the two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents, split the Republican Party and altered the course of American history.
DreamWorks collaborated with Kearns on Lincoln, which was based on her book Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln.
Principal photography has begun on MGM’s If I Stay starring Chloe Moretz. Rj Cutler directs based on Gayle Forman’s Young Adult bestseller about a fateful day in the life of a teenager.
- 10/30/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
DreamWorks Studios has closed a preemptive deal to acquire the film rights to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin’s soon-to-be-released book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, it was announced today by Stacey Snider, Partner and Co-Chair at DreamWorks Studios. Goodwin previously collaborated with the studio on the critically acclaimed and award-winning Lincoln, based in part on Goodwin’s #1 New York Times bestselling Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
Goodwin’s The Bully Pulpit will be released November 5, 2013 by Simon & Schuster. The book, seven years in the making, tells the riveting story of two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents. Roosevelt’s fighting spirit and impulsive temperament stood in counterpoint to Taft’s deliberative, conciliatory disposition. Yet, their opposing qualities proved complementary, allowing them to create a rare camaraderie and productive collaboration until their brutal fight for...
Goodwin’s The Bully Pulpit will be released November 5, 2013 by Simon & Schuster. The book, seven years in the making, tells the riveting story of two longtime friends who become bitter political opponents. Roosevelt’s fighting spirit and impulsive temperament stood in counterpoint to Taft’s deliberative, conciliatory disposition. Yet, their opposing qualities proved complementary, allowing them to create a rare camaraderie and productive collaboration until their brutal fight for...
- 10/30/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
DreamWorks has preemptively picked up the film rights to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's soon-to-be-released book The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. The story tracks Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the birth of muckracking journalism. Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln was the basis for DreamWorks' Oscar-winning Abraham Lincoln biopic, Lincoln. Goodwin has been working on the book, which will be released on Nov. 5 by Simon & Schuster, for seven years According to DreamWorks, the book "tells the riveting story
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- 10/30/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Studios has closed a preemptive deal to acquire the film rights to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin’s upcoming book “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism,” the company announced Wednesday. Goodwin previously collaborated with DreamWorks on Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which was based in part on her bestselling book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” Also Read: Tony Kushner to Congressman on Inaccuracy: ‘Lincoln’ Is Drama, Not History Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit” will be released Nov. 5, 2013 by Simon & Schuster. The book, seven years in the making,...
- 10/30/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
DreamWorks just can’t get enough of Period Presidential Politics. Given the success of Lincoln, we don't blame the company for striking before the iron even has a chance to get hot and optioning Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book The Bully Pulpit.Goodwin wrote Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln, which became… well, you know… She has two of Abe’s fellow former presidents as her subject for the new book, due out next week. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, And The Golden Age of Journalism looks at the long friendship between Taft and Roosevelt, one that curdled into a bitter rivalry. We wonder if the adaptation of this one will be based on more than just a few chapters, since Lincoln boiled down his life story to focus on one short period.“Doris has once again given us the best seats in...
- 10/30/2013
- EmpireOnline
Now that Lee Daniels’ The Butler is off and away, it shouldn’t be surprising that this is not the first project to deal with the work and the private lives of black servants in the White House.I’m sure some of our “boomer” readers might recall the 1979 NBC 8 hour mini-series Backstairs at the White House, which chronicled the lives of black servants who worked at the White house, from the administration of William Howard Taft through the Eisenhower years, which is just around the around the time when The Butter’s Cecil Gaines starts working at the White House in the film.The mini-series was based on a memoir by a former White House maid Lillian Rogers Parks, who is played in the...
- 8/20/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School loosely based on William Howard Taft School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
- 8/19/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
On this day, 10 years ago, I got the news that Bob Hope had died at the age of 100.
100. I couldn't get over it. He was born in 1903, a time when it was common for family members to just get up and die after coughing exactly once, a time when middle school-aged children had all the pep of President Taft, a time where hair wasn't really cut but pasted to one's head. It was a time when you could do things like lie your way into the armed forces, because no one ever checked quotidian things like birth certificates.
I mean, Bob Hope had lived long enough to be around for the September 11th attacks. He had also lived long enough to have experienced his first taste of fame when he won a talent show in 1915 with a Charlie Chaplin impersonation. 10 years later Fatty Arbuckle would discover him. Yet Hope lived to see the internet.
100. I couldn't get over it. He was born in 1903, a time when it was common for family members to just get up and die after coughing exactly once, a time when middle school-aged children had all the pep of President Taft, a time where hair wasn't really cut but pasted to one's head. It was a time when you could do things like lie your way into the armed forces, because no one ever checked quotidian things like birth certificates.
I mean, Bob Hope had lived long enough to be around for the September 11th attacks. He had also lived long enough to have experienced his first taste of fame when he won a talent show in 1915 with a Charlie Chaplin impersonation. 10 years later Fatty Arbuckle would discover him. Yet Hope lived to see the internet.
- 7/27/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School loosely based on William Howard Taft School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
- 8/19/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
By Jessica Marshall
The vampire-slaying exploits of America's 16th president are getting major press this week with the release of the big-screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's bestselling, pseudo-historical novel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
Timur Bekmambetov directs and Benjamin Walker stars in the film, which paints a surprisingly convincing picture of how the President's quest for vengeance against vampires could have shaped our country's history.
All things being equal, Honest Abe couldn't possibly be the only world leader to have supernatural beings (other than skeletons) in his closet. Surely the weird hobbies and strange experiences that others have notoriously had could translate to equally compelling books and films.
Here are five more world leaders and their experiences that lend themselves quite nicely to a tale of fantastical historical fiction.
Theodore Roosevelt – Demon Hunter
The 26th president of the United States would never just sit back and let anything in life defeat him.
The vampire-slaying exploits of America's 16th president are getting major press this week with the release of the big-screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's bestselling, pseudo-historical novel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
Timur Bekmambetov directs and Benjamin Walker stars in the film, which paints a surprisingly convincing picture of how the President's quest for vengeance against vampires could have shaped our country's history.
All things being equal, Honest Abe couldn't possibly be the only world leader to have supernatural beings (other than skeletons) in his closet. Surely the weird hobbies and strange experiences that others have notoriously had could translate to equally compelling books and films.
Here are five more world leaders and their experiences that lend themselves quite nicely to a tale of fantastical historical fiction.
Theodore Roosevelt – Demon Hunter
The 26th president of the United States would never just sit back and let anything in life defeat him.
- 6/22/2012
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast got its Crunch
By Marty Gitlin and Topher Ellis
Abrams Image. Hardcover. 368 pages. $19.95
Come breakfast time, my kitchen cabinet holds a limited, and boring, offering of ready-to-eat cereals; just some Kellogg’s Raisin Bran and a box of Honey-Nut Cheerios. In my mid-fifties, breakfast cereal no longer holds any importance in my life. To tell the truth, if I’m going to have cereal, I would much rather sit down with a bowl of Quaker Oatmeal and leave the cold, crunchy stuff for when I’m feeling especially lazy.
But, as The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch reminds me, once upon a time, in that galaxy far, far away of childhood, breakfast cereal was important. Very important. The Golden Age of comic books, as someone once observed, is eleven years old. That is, whatever it is we’re exposed...
By Marty Gitlin and Topher Ellis
Abrams Image. Hardcover. 368 pages. $19.95
Come breakfast time, my kitchen cabinet holds a limited, and boring, offering of ready-to-eat cereals; just some Kellogg’s Raisin Bran and a box of Honey-Nut Cheerios. In my mid-fifties, breakfast cereal no longer holds any importance in my life. To tell the truth, if I’m going to have cereal, I would much rather sit down with a bowl of Quaker Oatmeal and leave the cold, crunchy stuff for when I’m feeling especially lazy.
But, as The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch reminds me, once upon a time, in that galaxy far, far away of childhood, breakfast cereal was important. Very important. The Golden Age of comic books, as someone once observed, is eleven years old. That is, whatever it is we’re exposed...
- 2/23/2012
- by Paul Kupperberg
- Comicmix.com
AP
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie considers a possible Presidential run, some media outlets are exploring whether Christie’s weight would be a political liability were he to enter the race. Many journalists seem unable to resist using puns and wordplay in their headlines, such as “Is Chris Christie Fit to Run For President?” (PolicyMic) or “Chris Christie’s Chances of Ever Becoming President? Slim to None” (International Business Tribune).
Here are what some commentators have been saying about Gov.
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie considers a possible Presidential run, some media outlets are exploring whether Christie’s weight would be a political liability were he to enter the race. Many journalists seem unable to resist using puns and wordplay in their headlines, such as “Is Chris Christie Fit to Run For President?” (PolicyMic) or “Chris Christie’s Chances of Ever Becoming President? Slim to None” (International Business Tribune).
Here are what some commentators have been saying about Gov.
- 10/3/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Always churning out top-notch journalistic standards, The New York Daily News just published a piece on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, whom many Republicans are hoping will suddenly dive in as the Gop’s presidential candidate for 2012. It’s probably not going to happen, since — of all people — Christie, himself, has made it pretty clear that he doesn’t want to run. Despite the growing push to throw his weight (*Ahem*) into the ring, it remains unlikely, but that hasn’t deterred attention away from the guy just yet. In fact, the Daily News mocked up a photo in which Christie — who is, by all accounts, a very big man (dude makes William Howard Taft look like Leann Rimes) (Jk Not Even Sure What That Means) — is swapped for Jackie Gleason in an iconic still from The Honeymooners. Because, you know, fat guys all look the same? Imagine if they...
- 9/30/2011
- by Eliot Glazer
- BestWeekEver
The Internet is all abuzz this afternoon with the news that former president George W. Bush gave his “first public reaction” to Osama bin Laden’s death. This is not entirely accurate: minutes after Barack Obama’s announcement about bin Laden’s death, Bush issued a statement congratulating the president and commending the troops who took out the terrorist. It was in that statement that Bush revealed Obama had personally called him to deliver the news before addressing the nation. Today Bush said a little more about their conversation. According to ABC News, “Bush said Obama described in detail the secret mission to raid bin Laden’s Pakistani compound and the decision he made to put the plan into motion. He told Obama, ‘Good call.’” Historians will recall that the brevity of Bush’s response mimics similar utterance made by William Howard Taft, who, upon receiving details of the Treaty...
- 5/13/2011
- Vanity Fair
Here at Stick Shift we take pride in maintaining a belief that small, attractive up-market cars are the way of the future, even in the compact-hating United States. (Quotable quote: “Downsizing as upscale.”) But when you’re as far ahead of the curve as we are—and you’re dealing with an industry that functions as nimbly as William Howard Taft in a bathtub—it takes time for the product stream to reach the figurative, mechanical nether regions. And yet it finally has, sort of, with these five new players on display at the New York Auto Show (running now at the Javits Center), all of which we deem to be both highly compelling looking and highly fuel efficient.
- 4/25/2011
- Vanity Fair
Things have been heating up for Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and you'll hear no complaints from us. The clever work of historical fiction seamlessly intertwines the great president's actual experiences with a vast vampire conspiracy and Honest Abe's secret life as a modern-day(-ish) Van Helsing. There's been a ton of casting news in recent weeks, including Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper and Benjamin Walker as Abe himself.
Good stuff for the movie, but what of the myth? What if Abraham Lincoln really was a hunter of those blood-sucking fiends in his spare time? Better question: would the Great Emancipator be quite as "great" to you if he stalked and staked Edward Cullen? Because we have it on good authority that Grahame-Smith's book is closer to the truth than you realize. That same source, a raving homeless man wearing a tinfoil cap,...
Good stuff for the movie, but what of the myth? What if Abraham Lincoln really was a hunter of those blood-sucking fiends in his spare time? Better question: would the Great Emancipator be quite as "great" to you if he stalked and staked Edward Cullen? Because we have it on good authority that Grahame-Smith's book is closer to the truth than you realize. That same source, a raving homeless man wearing a tinfoil cap,...
- 2/21/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
The Top 43 Sexiest U.S. Presidents Hail to the chief. It's President's Day and just like every year, lists ranking the efficacy, intelligence, and popularity of the forty-three U.S. Presidents abound. Here at Nerve, we put together our own list, celebrating the most important presidential characteristic: sex appeal. 43.) Richard Nixon Certainly the least sexy person connected in any way to Deep Throat, Richard Nixon is irredeemable. The receding brow, the virulent racism, the opposition to everything sexy about the '60s. This man gives the lie to the idea that power is always sexy. 42.) William Howard Taft There's not much to say about Taft, except that out of all the presidents, he definitely bore the strongest resemblance to Garfield the cat. He ended the Progressive Era and later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but we're guessing the only thing you know about him [...]...
- 2/15/2011
- by Nerve Editors
- Nerve
With the ascendance of decidedly chubby contenders like Chris Christie and Haley Barbour, the imperially slim presidential stereotype might be losing political currency. Lloyd Grove on why lean and hungry strivers are on the way out. Plus, see pictures of politicians' weight ups and downs.
Americans are getting fatter than ever, so why not a fat president?
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
It has been just about a century since William Howard Taft-delicately described as "our portliest president," tipping the scale at 332 pounds-got stuck in a White House bathtub. Discounting the odd presidential relative (Hillary Clinton's generously proportioned little brother, Hugh "Baby Hughie" Rodham, being an outsized example), no White House resident since 1913 has approached the girth of "Big Bill." Even Hillary's husband, who was by no means Taftian, had to endure David Letterman calling him "Tubby" every night.
President Obama-who,...
Americans are getting fatter than ever, so why not a fat president?
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
It has been just about a century since William Howard Taft-delicately described as "our portliest president," tipping the scale at 332 pounds-got stuck in a White House bathtub. Discounting the odd presidential relative (Hillary Clinton's generously proportioned little brother, Hugh "Baby Hughie" Rodham, being an outsized example), no White House resident since 1913 has approached the girth of "Big Bill." Even Hillary's husband, who was by no means Taftian, had to endure David Letterman calling him "Tubby" every night.
President Obama-who,...
- 11/24/2010
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
I know what you're thinking...it's totally William Howard Taft, right? Sadly, it's not. There are only four living ex-presidents and exactly the one you'd expect to cameo in a raunchy R-rated comedy is exactly the one who will be making a cameo in The Hangover, Part II. Bill Clinton, our illustrious 42nd President of the United States of America, was in Bangkok over the weekend delivering a speech on clean energy. Director Todd Phillips, who is in Bangkok with the Hangover crew, was...
- 11/15/2010
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
The relationships between rappers and presidents have always been tenuous at best. Or at least so we thought. This week, there have been two incidents that have united the worlds of hip-hop and presidential politics in ways that nobody really saw coming. Earlier this week, George W. Bush declared that the moment that Kanye West announced "George Bush doesn't care about black people" during a telethon was the lowest point of his presidency. West responded in typical fashion, saying that he related to Bush because they both have been under the same kind scrutiny.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton tipped his hat to Lil Wayne earlier this week in anticipation of the Mc's release from Rikers Island. "This guy's smart. And he's got abilities," Clinton said. "And he's got a new chance now. And what I hope is that this is not just something to brand him as a cool guy, but...
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton tipped his hat to Lil Wayne earlier this week in anticipation of the Mc's release from Rikers Island. "This guy's smart. And he's got abilities," Clinton said. "And he's got a new chance now. And what I hope is that this is not just something to brand him as a cool guy, but...
- 11/4/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
What's better than a day off from school? A day off from school with Robert Pattinson, of course! The Twilight heartthrob lent his grace and charm to the annual Headmaster's Holiday at The Taft School in Watertown, Ct, this year, joining director/Taft alum Peter Berg in announcing the day off. Berg (who's currently lensing the big-screen board-game adaptation Battleship) traveled to a graveyard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana—where Pattinson is currently preparing to lens the Twilight finale Breaking Dawn—to enlist the talents of the actor. (The Headmaster's Holiday is a tradition that began with the 1908 election of President William Howard Taft, who...
- 10/28/2010
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
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