Jessica Alba, Quinta Brunson, Dwyane Wade, Steven Yeun and more are among the list of Hollywood speakers and attendees for the Creative Artists Agency’s Amplify Summit 2023.
The invitation-only event kicks off on June 26 in Ojai, Calif., and will convene leading artists, thought-leaders, and executives of color from the industries of entertainment, sports, media, brands and technology. While there, invitees will have the opportunity to explore business and social justice initiatives, as well as potential collaborations that could “accelerate transformational change in rooms of leadership and popular culture,” according to the event’s organizers.
“CAA Amplify has long utilized CAA’s role as conveners and connectors to create business opportunities for our communities, bringing decision makers together in one room,” CAA’s Natalie Tran, who has been a lead organizer for the summit since its inception. “Now, more than ever, the collective expertise and influence of the CAA Amplify network...
The invitation-only event kicks off on June 26 in Ojai, Calif., and will convene leading artists, thought-leaders, and executives of color from the industries of entertainment, sports, media, brands and technology. While there, invitees will have the opportunity to explore business and social justice initiatives, as well as potential collaborations that could “accelerate transformational change in rooms of leadership and popular culture,” according to the event’s organizers.
“CAA Amplify has long utilized CAA’s role as conveners and connectors to create business opportunities for our communities, bringing decision makers together in one room,” CAA’s Natalie Tran, who has been a lead organizer for the summit since its inception. “Now, more than ever, the collective expertise and influence of the CAA Amplify network...
- 6/23/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Creative Artists Agency has announced the lineup of speakers and attendees for the 2023 CAA Amplify summit, an annual convening of artists, thought-leaders and executives of color from leading organizations in entertainment, sports, media, brands and technology.
Among the bold-faced names confirmed for the sixth annual summit are Chlöe and Halle Bailey — who this year expanded beyond their Grammy-nominated status as recording duo Chloe x Halle into major TV and film projects with leading roles in “Swarm” and “The Little Mermaid,” respectively.
Becky G, a fellow recording artist and actor, is also slated to appear at the summit, joining a list of speakers and attendees that features Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” showrunner and executive producer Quinta Brunson; and Oscar nominee and “Beef” executive producer and star Steven Yeun.
The lineup also includes three-time NBA Champion, activist and entrepreneur Dwyane Wade and The Honest Company founder and actor Jessica Alba,...
Among the bold-faced names confirmed for the sixth annual summit are Chlöe and Halle Bailey — who this year expanded beyond their Grammy-nominated status as recording duo Chloe x Halle into major TV and film projects with leading roles in “Swarm” and “The Little Mermaid,” respectively.
Becky G, a fellow recording artist and actor, is also slated to appear at the summit, joining a list of speakers and attendees that features Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” showrunner and executive producer Quinta Brunson; and Oscar nominee and “Beef” executive producer and star Steven Yeun.
The lineup also includes three-time NBA Champion, activist and entrepreneur Dwyane Wade and The Honest Company founder and actor Jessica Alba,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The Mooch is back on the airwaves.
Anthony Scaramucci, famed for his 11-day stint as Donald Trump’s White House Director of Communications, is launching his latest podcast.
He will launch Open Book, a weekly interview show, on January 25.
It marks his return to the medium, having previously hosted a show on Mooch.fm and Mooch and the Mrs with his wife Deidre Ball.
Each week, Scaramucci will invite a guest on to go deep into a piece of their work – whether it’s a book, an in-depth feature story, or an opinion piece – and dig into why it matters, what we can learn from the past, and how their work is shaping our future.
He will also hope listeners can learn a bit more about him, from his blue-collar upbringing to Harvard Law School, from his time at Goldman Sachs to founding SkyBridge Capital, a multi-billion dollar asset manager,...
Anthony Scaramucci, famed for his 11-day stint as Donald Trump’s White House Director of Communications, is launching his latest podcast.
He will launch Open Book, a weekly interview show, on January 25.
It marks his return to the medium, having previously hosted a show on Mooch.fm and Mooch and the Mrs with his wife Deidre Ball.
Each week, Scaramucci will invite a guest on to go deep into a piece of their work – whether it’s a book, an in-depth feature story, or an opinion piece – and dig into why it matters, what we can learn from the past, and how their work is shaping our future.
He will also hope listeners can learn a bit more about him, from his blue-collar upbringing to Harvard Law School, from his time at Goldman Sachs to founding SkyBridge Capital, a multi-billion dollar asset manager,...
- 1/18/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Meghan McCain is leaving “The View” after four years, and the move raises an important question — who’s going to take her place? Worry not, the People of the Internet already have plenty of ideas.
Some have real suggestions. While many are already speculating that McCain herself will eventually end up finding a job at Fox News, multiple current Fox folks are being floated as McCain’s replacement on ABC, arguing that “The View” will likely want to ensure another conservative voice continues to be on the panel. Suggestions there have included Candace Owens, Tomi Lahren and more.
Still others are hoping for the opposite. One popular choice is Ana Navarro, who has often filled in on “The View” when one of the hosts were out. Meanwhile, author David Hill suggested Ziwe, saying that she is the clear choice if “The View” is going to “atone” for McCain’s four years on the panel.
Some have real suggestions. While many are already speculating that McCain herself will eventually end up finding a job at Fox News, multiple current Fox folks are being floated as McCain’s replacement on ABC, arguing that “The View” will likely want to ensure another conservative voice continues to be on the panel. Suggestions there have included Candace Owens, Tomi Lahren and more.
Still others are hoping for the opposite. One popular choice is Ana Navarro, who has often filled in on “The View” when one of the hosts were out. Meanwhile, author David Hill suggested Ziwe, saying that she is the clear choice if “The View” is going to “atone” for McCain’s four years on the panel.
- 7/1/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; author and host of the New York Times podcast “Together Apart” Priya Parker in conversation with Anand Giridharadas; and writer and author Charles Yu as Keynote Speakers, along with a new round of Featured Speakers for SXSW Online.
The virtual event takes place from March 16-20, 2021.
Buttigieg, Parker, and Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes previously-announced sessions from entrepreneur, political leader and author Stacey Abrams in a Keynote conversation with author N.K. Jemisi; and legendary musician, philanthropist and entrepreneur Willie Nelson in conversation with Texas Monthly writer at large Andy Langer. More information about SXSW programming formats and themes can be found here.
Newly-announced Featured Sessions include:
President George W. Bush in Conversation with Evan Smith: 43rd President of the United States of America, and author of the upcoming book Out of Many,...
The virtual event takes place from March 16-20, 2021.
Buttigieg, Parker, and Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes previously-announced sessions from entrepreneur, political leader and author Stacey Abrams in a Keynote conversation with author N.K. Jemisi; and legendary musician, philanthropist and entrepreneur Willie Nelson in conversation with Texas Monthly writer at large Andy Langer. More information about SXSW programming formats and themes can be found here.
Newly-announced Featured Sessions include:
President George W. Bush in Conversation with Evan Smith: 43rd President of the United States of America, and author of the upcoming book Out of Many,...
- 2/24/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
South by Southwest has added U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as a keynote speaker.
The virtual festival, which will take place March 16-20, will feature the former presidential candidate as part of a keynote lineup that also includes Stacey Abrams and Willie Nelson. The other keynote speakers announced Wednesday were Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu and Together Apart host Priya Parker, in conversation with Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas.
The keynote speakers will lead a slate of programming that will also feature former President George W. Bush, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Chance the Rapper, Kenan Thompson, Don Lemon and Jemele Hill.
“The ...
The virtual festival, which will take place March 16-20, will feature the former presidential candidate as part of a keynote lineup that also includes Stacey Abrams and Willie Nelson. The other keynote speakers announced Wednesday were Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu and Together Apart host Priya Parker, in conversation with Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas.
The keynote speakers will lead a slate of programming that will also feature former President George W. Bush, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Chance the Rapper, Kenan Thompson, Don Lemon and Jemele Hill.
“The ...
- 2/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
South by Southwest has added U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as a keynote speaker.
The virtual festival, which will take place March 16-20, will feature the former presidential candidate as part of a keynote lineup that also includes Stacey Abrams and Willie Nelson. The other keynote speakers announced Wednesday were Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu and Together Apart host Priya Parker, in conversation with Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas.
The keynote speakers will lead a slate of programming that will also feature former President George W. Bush, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Chance the Rapper, Kenan Thompson, Don Lemon and Jemele Hill.
“The ...
The virtual festival, which will take place March 16-20, will feature the former presidential candidate as part of a keynote lineup that also includes Stacey Abrams and Willie Nelson. The other keynote speakers announced Wednesday were Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu and Together Apart host Priya Parker, in conversation with Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas.
The keynote speakers will lead a slate of programming that will also feature former President George W. Bush, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Chance the Rapper, Kenan Thompson, Don Lemon and Jemele Hill.
“The ...
- 2/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Vice Media Group Wednesday set the premiere for Vice TV’s Disruptors (working title), a new series with sports journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion, announced a major global news expansion and an investigative series with iHeart Media.
The group is also launching ‘The 8:46 Project,’ a company-wide commitment to expand coverage and reporting on systemic racism across all of Vice’s brands including: Vice News, Vice Digital, Noisey, Munchies and Vice TV.
Continuing to retool is large news operation, Vice is launching Vice World News, the Nancy Dubuq-led company said at its virtual NewFront presentation. It plans to create hundreds of hours of international television and digital and audio news programming, scaling operations well beyond its existing footprint.
The announcement came after the company made a series of senior promotions in news with Subrata De becoming EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer,...
The group is also launching ‘The 8:46 Project,’ a company-wide commitment to expand coverage and reporting on systemic racism across all of Vice’s brands including: Vice News, Vice Digital, Noisey, Munchies and Vice TV.
Continuing to retool is large news operation, Vice is launching Vice World News, the Nancy Dubuq-led company said at its virtual NewFront presentation. It plans to create hundreds of hours of international television and digital and audio news programming, scaling operations well beyond its existing footprint.
The announcement came after the company made a series of senior promotions in news with Subrata De becoming EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Jemele Hill and Cari Champion both worked at ESPN. Now they have a new chance to band together.
The pair will host a new weekly talk show, “Disruptors with Jemele Hill and Cari Champion,” slated to debut this summer on Vice TV. Over an initial order of eight episodes, the show aims to unpack the biggest topics and headlines of the week from the worlds of culture, politics, sports and business. In an interview, Hill and Champion suggest they’ll be open to all kinds of guests – especially Rhianna.
Both know their show will be different from others in the format: “Two Black women are driving the narrative and the conversation,” says Champion.
Hill and Champion spent years at ESPN, where the former worked on “The Undefeated,” “SportsCenter” and “His & Hers” and the latter held anchoring duties on “SportsCenter,” “SportsNation” and “First Take.” Hill also gained a broader profile after...
The pair will host a new weekly talk show, “Disruptors with Jemele Hill and Cari Champion,” slated to debut this summer on Vice TV. Over an initial order of eight episodes, the show aims to unpack the biggest topics and headlines of the week from the worlds of culture, politics, sports and business. In an interview, Hill and Champion suggest they’ll be open to all kinds of guests – especially Rhianna.
Both know their show will be different from others in the format: “Two Black women are driving the narrative and the conversation,” says Champion.
Hill and Champion spent years at ESPN, where the former worked on “The Undefeated,” “SportsCenter” and “His & Hers” and the latter held anchoring duties on “SportsCenter,” “SportsNation” and “First Take.” Hill also gained a broader profile after...
- 6/24/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The Vice TV host who said those arguing to reopen the country amid the coronavirus pandemic are obsessed with “freedom” to the point of their own detriment has responded to criticism from Fox News host Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.
“Let me say this in plain English, my first language: I am an American,” Anand Giridharadas says in Wednesday’s “Seat at the Table,” which will air at 10 p.m. Et. TheWrap obtained an exclusive preview that is embedded above.
Noting his parents were born in India and he was born in Cleveland — but it wouldn’t matter if he hadn’t been, he goes on, addressing his monologue to Hannity and other Fox News personalities by name: “Families like ours don’t need to be informed of how special America is because we chose it. While tonight I double down on my belief that our narrow understanding of freedom...
“Let me say this in plain English, my first language: I am an American,” Anand Giridharadas says in Wednesday’s “Seat at the Table,” which will air at 10 p.m. Et. TheWrap obtained an exclusive preview that is embedded above.
Noting his parents were born in India and he was born in Cleveland — but it wouldn’t matter if he hadn’t been, he goes on, addressing his monologue to Hannity and other Fox News personalities by name: “Families like ours don’t need to be informed of how special America is because we chose it. While tonight I double down on my belief that our narrow understanding of freedom...
- 5/13/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
When the president of the United States gives a televised news conference, you might expect the Twitterverse to start trending something like #AmericaStrong or #UnitedWeStand. Instead today, top topics are #injecting, #Lysol and #TidePods.
Another day, another nutso presser from the Not-a-Doctor-in-Chief, some and Hollywood types just couldn’t keep their opinions to themselves. Below is a sampling of reaction to today’s briefing from Donald Trump and his White House Coronavirus Task Force, during which Potus trumpeted injecting disinfectants or (somehow) ultraviolet light into the human body as a potential treatment.
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Another day, another nutso presser from the Not-a-Doctor-in-Chief, some and Hollywood types just couldn’t keep their opinions to themselves. Below is a sampling of reaction to today’s briefing from Donald Trump and his White House Coronavirus Task Force, during which Potus trumpeted injecting disinfectants or (somehow) ultraviolet light into the human body as a potential treatment.
More from DeadlineDonald Trump Lashes Out As He Calls For Testing Injections Of Uv Rays & Disinfectants To Kill Coronavirus: 'I'm The President, And You're Fake News'Lysol Maker Warns Against Ingestion Of Disinfectants After Donald Trump Pitches Testing Their Use To Fight CoronavirusJoe Biden, At Showbiz-Centric Virtual Fundraiser, Says Donald Trump Will "Try To Kick Back The Election...
- 4/24/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Keshet, best known for turning Israeli drama Hatufim (Prisoners of War) into the long-running Showtime hit Homeland, has had to tackle the Covid-19 crisis on a number of fronts. It operates a broadcast network in Israel, runs a slew of non-scripted production companies across Europe and has a burgeoning scripted division run out of Los Angeles by Peter Traugott.
The latter is responsible for shows including The Baker and the Beauty, the romantic musical-comedy that launched on ABC earlier this month, and was in the middle of putting together drama pilot La Brea, from The Enemy Within’s David Applebaum, when the production shutdown happened. This was on top of the fact that its English-language remake of Israeli drama False Flag, starring Uma Thurman for Apple, was also mid-shoot.
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The latter is responsible for shows including The Baker and the Beauty, the romantic musical-comedy that launched on ABC earlier this month, and was in the middle of putting together drama pilot La Brea, from The Enemy Within’s David Applebaum, when the production shutdown happened. This was on top of the fact that its English-language remake of Israeli drama False Flag, starring Uma Thurman for Apple, was also mid-shoot.
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- 4/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With Covid-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out a crisis that doesn’t look like it will abate any time soon. If you have a story, email mike@deadline.com.
Earlier this year, former New York Times columnist and MSNBC contributor Anand Giridharadas agreed to host a weekly news talk show for youth-skewing media company Vice. The idea of his show, Seat at the Table, was to shine a spotlight on the power balance in the U.S. and offer regular people...
Earlier this year, former New York Times columnist and MSNBC contributor Anand Giridharadas agreed to host a weekly news talk show for youth-skewing media company Vice. The idea of his show, Seat at the Table, was to shine a spotlight on the power balance in the U.S. and offer regular people...
- 4/20/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas is to front a primetime news and culture talk show for Vice TV.
Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, The True American, and India Calling, is hosting weekly series Seat At The Table. The show premieres on Wednesday, April 22 at 10 pm.
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Hour-long show Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas will see the host look at how America really works, and for whom. He will speak to major decision-makers, thinkers, revolutionaries, and artists. The first episode will feature an exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who will discuss...
Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, The True American, and India Calling, is hosting weekly series Seat At The Table. The show premieres on Wednesday, April 22 at 10 pm.
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Hour-long show Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas will see the host look at how America really works, and for whom. He will speak to major decision-makers, thinkers, revolutionaries, and artists. The first episode will feature an exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who will discuss...
- 4/15/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC host Chris Matthews is taking heat for comparing Bernie Sanders’ win in Nevada on Saturday to the 1940 Nazi invasion of France.
After being asked about his take on Sanders’ win, Matthews said, “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940. And the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘How can that be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.'”
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After being asked about his take on Sanders’ win, Matthews said, “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940. And the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘How can that be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.'”
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- 2/23/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
After a bold pledge to “break up” and regulate monolithic tech companies like Google and Facebook, Sen. Elizabeth Warren came to, uh, the country’s preeminent tech conference to state her case.
Appearing in conversation at SXSW on Saturday, the presidential hopeful was immediately asked to address a regulatory proposal she floated at a rally the night before in New York — one that would seek to undo massive mergers and introduce legislation that would prohibit marketplace owners from developing product to sell on their own platforms.
“The whole idea behind this is actually for people who are tech entrepreneurs,” Warren told moderator and Time magazine contributor Anand Giridharadas. The latter asked any members in the audience at the Austin City Limits Moody Theater who worked for big tech to stand, so Warren could address them directly.
She laid out her argument with an analogy about a user buying a coffeemaker via Amazon.
Appearing in conversation at SXSW on Saturday, the presidential hopeful was immediately asked to address a regulatory proposal she floated at a rally the night before in New York — one that would seek to undo massive mergers and introduce legislation that would prohibit marketplace owners from developing product to sell on their own platforms.
“The whole idea behind this is actually for people who are tech entrepreneurs,” Warren told moderator and Time magazine contributor Anand Giridharadas. The latter asked any members in the audience at the Austin City Limits Moody Theater who worked for big tech to stand, so Warren could address them directly.
She laid out her argument with an analogy about a user buying a coffeemaker via Amazon.
- 3/9/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
November 6th was a bad night for President Trump, no matter what he says. He now has to deal with a newly empowered opposition party with a mandate to check his myriad abuses and scandals. The rebuke wasn’t as harsh as it needed to be, though.
Trumpism, which is essentially short for “espousing racism,” continued to score well with the president’s base. Paired with the flaws in our democracy that help maintain white political power, it diluted a Democratic victory that should have been more absolute. Trumpism likely...
Trumpism, which is essentially short for “espousing racism,” continued to score well with the president’s base. Paired with the flaws in our democracy that help maintain white political power, it diluted a Democratic victory that should have been more absolute. Trumpism likely...
- 11/12/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Pablo Larraín is back. Two years after his Jacqueline Kennedy biopic “Jackie” scored an Oscar nomination for Natalie Portman while his “Neruda” was the Chilean submission for best foreign language film, Larraín is getting behind the camera again for a secret project that came together just a few weeks ago.
With his next American project, “The True American,” pushed into 2019, Larraín has begun production on “Ema,” an original story co-written by “Neruda” screenwriter Guillermo Calderon and New York-based playwright Alejandro Moreno. The movie stars Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. Seeing an opening in his schedule, Larraín and his co-writers conceived of the project earlier this summer and plan to continue writing it throughout the six-week shoot, which commences Monday at the Chilean seaport of Valparaíso.
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In “Ema,” Bernal...
With his next American project, “The True American,” pushed into 2019, Larraín has begun production on “Ema,” an original story co-written by “Neruda” screenwriter Guillermo Calderon and New York-based playwright Alejandro Moreno. The movie stars Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. Seeing an opening in his schedule, Larraín and his co-writers conceived of the project earlier this summer and plan to continue writing it throughout the six-week shoot, which commences Monday at the Chilean seaport of Valparaíso.
Read More: Why Pablo Larraín’s Films Deserve Your Attention
In “Ema,” Bernal...
- 8/5/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Donald Trump’s star attorney Rudy Giuliani took to Twitter on Saturday night to attacking press in regards to the Michael Cohen tapes. The following morning, he hopped back on Twitter and posted the word “You.” Whether or not it was an accident, Twitter users didn’t waste any time to make it a fun fill-in-the-blank game to figure out what he meant.
The most popular response has been from rapper Soulja Boy who responded “Crank That Soulja Boy” in reference to his 2007 song. CNN correspondent Jake Tapper joined in on the fun, responding to Giuliani with a video of “You Make Me Feel Brand New” by The Stylistics.
Like Tapper and Soulja Boy, others thought that he was starting to post lyrics to a song. One user continued Giuliani’s tweet with lyrics from Alanis Morisette’s “You Oughta Know” and another helped him out by posting lyrics to...
The most popular response has been from rapper Soulja Boy who responded “Crank That Soulja Boy” in reference to his 2007 song. CNN correspondent Jake Tapper joined in on the fun, responding to Giuliani with a video of “You Make Me Feel Brand New” by The Stylistics.
Like Tapper and Soulja Boy, others thought that he was starting to post lyrics to a song. One user continued Giuliani’s tweet with lyrics from Alanis Morisette’s “You Oughta Know” and another helped him out by posting lyrics to...
- 7/30/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The set of “Morning Joe” returned to one of their favorite punching bags Tuesday, lacing into Trump physician — and possible future Veterans Affairs Secretary — Dr. Ronny Jackson.
Joe Scarborough returned to Jackson’s greatest hit, in which the doctor lauded the president’s health for an hour to a room full of reporters in January. Scarborough and company couldn’t be sure whether the routine was more reminiscent of Hitler’s doctor or Kim Jong Un’s.
“It sounded like Hitler’s doctor, I’m sorry — his genes are so good — if Hitler’s doctor had a Brooklyn accent,” said Scarborough.
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“It was kind of sick,” added co-host Mika Brzezinski.
Scarborough then walked back the Hitler stuff before then suggesting that Jackson’s glowing description of Trump’s health was more reminiscent of a “North Korean doctor.”
“A North Korean doctor might be a tighter fit. Fearless leader’s genetics are so pure and so strong that fearless leader could live to be 200 years old,” he said.
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None of this is particularly new, but Jackson is in the news again after his nomination to head the Va ran into some serious speed bumps this week. His confirmation hearings were postponed after lingering questions about his lack of management experience, poor oversight of the White House medical team and other murky accusations of professional misconduct.
Jackson is the official White House physician and has previously served in the same capacity for Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
This was the second time in mere days that Hitler merited a mention on the popular MSNBC morning show. Last week, NBC contributor Anand Giridharadas compared Trump’s rise to the 20th century fascist tyrant. Earlier show have also compared Trump to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and Kim Jong Un.
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Rips Trump Va Nominee Ronny Jackson: ‘Sounded Like Hitler’s Doctor’ (Video) At TheWrap...
Joe Scarborough returned to Jackson’s greatest hit, in which the doctor lauded the president’s health for an hour to a room full of reporters in January. Scarborough and company couldn’t be sure whether the routine was more reminiscent of Hitler’s doctor or Kim Jong Un’s.
“It sounded like Hitler’s doctor, I’m sorry — his genes are so good — if Hitler’s doctor had a Brooklyn accent,” said Scarborough.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Nukes Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Disclosure: 'Bold-Faced Lying to His Viewers' (Video)
“It was kind of sick,” added co-host Mika Brzezinski.
Scarborough then walked back the Hitler stuff before then suggesting that Jackson’s glowing description of Trump’s health was more reminiscent of a “North Korean doctor.”
“A North Korean doctor might be a tighter fit. Fearless leader’s genetics are so pure and so strong that fearless leader could live to be 200 years old,” he said.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe': NBC Political Analyst Compares Trump to Hitler: 'This Is a Diseased Republic'
None of this is particularly new, but Jackson is in the news again after his nomination to head the Va ran into some serious speed bumps this week. His confirmation hearings were postponed after lingering questions about his lack of management experience, poor oversight of the White House medical team and other murky accusations of professional misconduct.
Jackson is the official White House physician and has previously served in the same capacity for Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
This was the second time in mere days that Hitler merited a mention on the popular MSNBC morning show. Last week, NBC contributor Anand Giridharadas compared Trump’s rise to the 20th century fascist tyrant. Earlier show have also compared Trump to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and Kim Jong Un.
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Rips Trump Va Nominee Ronny Jackson: ‘Sounded Like Hitler’s Doctor’ (Video) At TheWrap...
- 4/24/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The set of “Morning Joe” was without co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Friday, but that didn’t stop the gang of regulars from delivering their usual outrage towards President Donald Trump.
MSNBC regular and NBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas offered his view that Republicans refuse to stand up to Donald Trump was evidence that the country was “diseased” — and yes, he also managed to crowbar in an oblique Trump- Hitler reference too.
“This is a diseased republic in which so many people agree on not speaking truth to power, in which so many people are so motivated by the protection of their careers, that they won’t do the thing that they promised themselves they would do when they were in high school and college reading about the rise of Hitler or reading about corrupt dictators in Africa and they said, ‘you know, if I’m even in a a moment like that — you think to yourself in college — I’m going to be that guy who is brave.'”
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Compares Trump to Mao, Stalin and Kim: 'We're in the Dear Leader Phase' (Video)
Giridharadas continued:
“We have an entire governing class on the right in which not one person, with a couple of exceptions, is willing to do this suggests to me a very diseased body politic.”
Needless to say, none of what Giridharadas said went challenged, and the conversation swiftly moved into a dryer discussion about the deficit.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Nukes Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Disclosure: 'Bold-Faced Lying to His Viewers' (Video)
This is not the first time “Morning Joe” has compared President Trump to 20th century dictators. In the past, Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot have all been mentioned as Scarborough, Brzezinski and their guests reach for more arresting comparisons.
Scarborough, however, is notoriously sensitive about comparing anyone else to these dictators. On an airing of his show earlier this month, the former Gop congressman launched into an extended diatribe against Newt Gingrich and Fox News for suggesting as much about Robert Mueller.
“When you start comparing Robert Mueller to Stalin or Hitler, you are not attacking Robert Mueller, you are attacking the United States of America, you are attacking the United States Constitution,” Scarborough thundered in a rant which came complete with a dramatic camera zoom on his face.
Also Read: Scarborough: Trump Lies Just to Get Ann Coulter to 'Stop Mean-Tweeting About Him'
“I ask those leading Fox News, I ask Republicans on Capitol Hill, conservatives across America, are you really comfortable attacking law enforcement officers and personnel who were protecting your children against the next Isis terror attack on American soil, comparing those FBI agents to Joseph Stalin, a man who killed between 25 and 40 million of his own people?”
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MSNBC regular and NBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas offered his view that Republicans refuse to stand up to Donald Trump was evidence that the country was “diseased” — and yes, he also managed to crowbar in an oblique Trump- Hitler reference too.
“This is a diseased republic in which so many people agree on not speaking truth to power, in which so many people are so motivated by the protection of their careers, that they won’t do the thing that they promised themselves they would do when they were in high school and college reading about the rise of Hitler or reading about corrupt dictators in Africa and they said, ‘you know, if I’m even in a a moment like that — you think to yourself in college — I’m going to be that guy who is brave.'”
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Compares Trump to Mao, Stalin and Kim: 'We're in the Dear Leader Phase' (Video)
Giridharadas continued:
“We have an entire governing class on the right in which not one person, with a couple of exceptions, is willing to do this suggests to me a very diseased body politic.”
Needless to say, none of what Giridharadas said went challenged, and the conversation swiftly moved into a dryer discussion about the deficit.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Nukes Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Disclosure: 'Bold-Faced Lying to His Viewers' (Video)
This is not the first time “Morning Joe” has compared President Trump to 20th century dictators. In the past, Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot have all been mentioned as Scarborough, Brzezinski and their guests reach for more arresting comparisons.
Scarborough, however, is notoriously sensitive about comparing anyone else to these dictators. On an airing of his show earlier this month, the former Gop congressman launched into an extended diatribe against Newt Gingrich and Fox News for suggesting as much about Robert Mueller.
“When you start comparing Robert Mueller to Stalin or Hitler, you are not attacking Robert Mueller, you are attacking the United States of America, you are attacking the United States Constitution,” Scarborough thundered in a rant which came complete with a dramatic camera zoom on his face.
Also Read: Scarborough: Trump Lies Just to Get Ann Coulter to 'Stop Mean-Tweeting About Him'
“I ask those leading Fox News, I ask Republicans on Capitol Hill, conservatives across America, are you really comfortable attacking law enforcement officers and personnel who were protecting your children against the next Isis terror attack on American soil, comparing those FBI agents to Joseph Stalin, a man who killed between 25 and 40 million of his own people?”
Watch above.
Read original story ‘Morning Joe': NBC Political Analyst Compares Trump to Hitler: ‘This Is a Diseased Republic’ At TheWrap...
- 4/20/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
After leading last year’s The Big Sick, which had a hefty dose of drama to go with its comedy, Kumail Nanjiani is going deeper into the former genre with a new project. He’s in talks to lead the post-9/11 drama The True American alongside Mark Ruffalo, according to The Tracking Board.
Update: Amy Adams is also in talks to join the project, according to Variety.
Coming from Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Neruda), it’s an adaptation of the Anand Giridharadas‘ novel The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, telling the true story of a Bangladeshi immigrant who was attacked after a Texas man went on a murder spree following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Previously set to be directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Tom Hardy, if talks go through, Ruffalo will now take his role in the Annapurna Pictures production, and Bigelow will stay on to produce.
Update: Amy Adams is also in talks to join the project, according to Variety.
Coming from Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Neruda), it’s an adaptation of the Anand Giridharadas‘ novel The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, telling the true story of a Bangladeshi immigrant who was attacked after a Texas man went on a murder spree following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Previously set to be directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Tom Hardy, if talks go through, Ruffalo will now take his role in the Annapurna Pictures production, and Bigelow will stay on to produce.
- 3/21/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas had some choice words for President Donald Trump, accusing him of promoting “rape culture” in the United States. “This is a rape culture presidency and Donald Trump has become the commander in chief of American rape culture,” Giridharadas told Joy Reid on her program “AMJoy” on Sunday. The discussion focused on President Trump’s defense of his former staff secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused by two ex-wives of domestic violence. During his remarks at the Oval Office Friday, Trump said that Porter’s denials needed to be taken at face value. Also Read: MSNBC's Joy Reid Apologizes...
- 2/12/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Chilean director behind Jackie, Neruda boards post-9/11 project.
Pablo Larraín is attached to direct The True American for Annapurna Pictures as the company continues to ramp up operations.
The project will be based on Anand Giridharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder And Mercy In Texas that takes place in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
The Texas-set story centres on Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants.
The Dallas-area convenience store worker lost sight in one of his eyes and lobbied unsuccessfully to have his attacker, self-styled ‘Arab slayer’ Mark Stroman, spared from execution.
Annapurna chief Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow, Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín will produce.
Sony has closed a deal for Catherine Hardwicke to direct the English-language remake of 2011 Mexican crime drama and Un Certain Regard selection Miss Bala. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will adapt...
Pablo Larraín is attached to direct The True American for Annapurna Pictures as the company continues to ramp up operations.
The project will be based on Anand Giridharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder And Mercy In Texas that takes place in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
The Texas-set story centres on Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants.
The Dallas-area convenience store worker lost sight in one of his eyes and lobbied unsuccessfully to have his attacker, self-styled ‘Arab slayer’ Mark Stroman, spared from execution.
Annapurna chief Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow, Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín will produce.
Sony has closed a deal for Catherine Hardwicke to direct the English-language remake of 2011 Mexican crime drama and Un Certain Regard selection Miss Bala. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will adapt...
- 4/4/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tom Hardy and director Pablo Larraín – both of whom are on hot streaks right now – will be teaming up to bring us an adaptation of The True American, based on Anand Giridharadas’ non-fiction novel of the same name.
The story is set in Texas just days after 9/11 and follows a Muslim man named Rais Bhuiyan, “who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants. Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-styled “Arab-slayer” Mark Stroman, spared from execution.” On board to produce are Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, alongside Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín, with Annapurna Pictures set to distribute.
This sounds like a hugely exciting project and one which will no doubt provide Hardy with another meaty role. We’re not sure yet when it’ll go in front of cameras,...
The story is set in Texas just days after 9/11 and follows a Muslim man named Rais Bhuiyan, “who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants. Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-styled “Arab-slayer” Mark Stroman, spared from execution.” On board to produce are Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, alongside Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín, with Annapurna Pictures set to distribute.
This sounds like a hugely exciting project and one which will no doubt provide Hardy with another meaty role. We’re not sure yet when it’ll go in front of cameras,...
- 4/4/2017
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
A few months after releasing both “Jackie” and “Neruda” in theaters, Pablo Larraín has lined up his next project: Deadline reports that the Chilean filmmaker is set to direct Tom Hardy in “The True American” for Annapurna.
Read More: ‘Neruda’ and ‘Jackie’ Prove Pablo Larraín is the Year’s Most Fearless Director: Awards Spotlight
Here’s the synopsis: “Set in Texas in the days following the September 11 attacks, ‘The True American’ tells the story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants. Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-styled ‘Arab slayer’ Mark Stroman, spared from execution.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Pablo Larraín On Catching Ghosts to Make His ‘Neruda’ and ‘Jackie’ (Episode 17)
An adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’ 2014 book “The True American...
Read More: ‘Neruda’ and ‘Jackie’ Prove Pablo Larraín is the Year’s Most Fearless Director: Awards Spotlight
Here’s the synopsis: “Set in Texas in the days following the September 11 attacks, ‘The True American’ tells the story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants. Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-styled ‘Arab slayer’ Mark Stroman, spared from execution.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Pablo Larraín On Catching Ghosts to Make His ‘Neruda’ and ‘Jackie’ (Episode 17)
An adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’ 2014 book “The True American...
- 4/4/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Pablo Larraín has his eye on The True American.
The Oscar-nominated director of Jackie and Neruda is attached to direct the Tom Hardy starrer for Annapurna Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The film is an adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’ 2014 nonfiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas. It centers on Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran is shot just days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Yet he works to have his attacker spared from execution.
Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow (who at one point was attached to direct), Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín are producing.
Larraín is repped...
The Oscar-nominated director of Jackie and Neruda is attached to direct the Tom Hardy starrer for Annapurna Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The film is an adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’ 2014 nonfiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas. It centers on Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran is shot just days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Yet he works to have his attacker spared from execution.
Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow (who at one point was attached to direct), Matthew Budman and Juan de Dios Larraín are producing.
Larraín is repped...
- 4/4/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Jackie” director Pablo Larraín is attached to helm Annapurna’s “The True American,” the fact-based story of an immigrant from Bangladesh who fought to have the man who attempted to gun him down spared from execution, TheWrap has learned. The film is based on a book by Anand Giridharadas, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas,” which was published in 2014 by W.W. Norton & Company. It tells the true story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Bangladeshi American who was shot in the face while working at a convenience store in Dallas by a self-styled “Arab Slayer,” then worked to spare his attacker.
- 4/4/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
When Pablo Larraín made his English-language debut with last year’s Jackie, many wondered what a Chilean director could bring to such a story embedded in American politics and history. Of course, he proved himself by making a historical drama better than what most American directors have done when it comes to biopics of similarly iconic figures. With a new film, he’s looking to test expectations again, and that’s just judging by the title.
The Neruda director is attached to helm The True American, which Kathryn Bigelow was planning to direct a few years back. Starring Tom Hardy, it’s an adaptation of the Anand Giridharadas‘ novel The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, telling the true story of a Bangladeshi immigrant who was attacked after a Texas man went on a murder spree following the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Bigelow will now take a producing role,...
The Neruda director is attached to helm The True American, which Kathryn Bigelow was planning to direct a few years back. Starring Tom Hardy, it’s an adaptation of the Anand Giridharadas‘ novel The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, telling the true story of a Bangladeshi immigrant who was attacked after a Texas man went on a murder spree following the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Bigelow will now take a producing role,...
- 4/4/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Pablo Larraín, the Oscar-nominated Chilean director behind such titles as Jackie and Neruda, is attached to direct Tom Hardy-starrer The True American for Annapurna Pictures. The project is based on Anand Giridharadas' nonfiction book of the same name, which is set in Texas in the days following 9/11. It follows the story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other…...
- 4/4/2017
- Deadline
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