A gallery of tech industry CEOs, including Tesla/X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, are scheduled to attend a Senate forum on artificial intelligence next month.
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
- 8/31/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Thursday Morning, fresh off controversy after claiming that Covid-19 was “ethnically targeted” towards certain races, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. testified before The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Earlier this week, more than 100 Democrats filed a letter to the Judiciary Committee calling for Kennedy to be excluded from the hearing. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy himself said he disagreed “with everything [Kennedy] said,” but to exclude him would undermine the topic of the meeting itself: censorship.
Even some arch-conservatives were skeptical of how effective it would be...
Earlier this week, more than 100 Democrats filed a letter to the Judiciary Committee calling for Kennedy to be excluded from the hearing. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy himself said he disagreed “with everything [Kennedy] said,” but to exclude him would undermine the topic of the meeting itself: censorship.
Even some arch-conservatives were skeptical of how effective it would be...
- 7/20/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Starting June 10th, When We All Vote hosted the first Culture of Democracy Summit featuring When We All Vote Co-Chairs Chris Paul, Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Bretman Rock and Kerry Washington, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Magic Johnson, Doc Rivers, David Hogg and more.
Michelle Obama, When We All Vote Founder and Co-Chair
The four-day nonpartisan convening brought together artists, athletes, academics, grassroots organizers and business leaders to discuss the role different industries play in protecting and strengthening democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization and culture change.
More than 1,000 people convened at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles for the final day of the Summit.
Special Summit Announcements
During the final day of the Summit, Lyft announced that the company will provide transportation grants to Historically Black College and University (Hbcu) students participating in When We All Vote’s Vote Loud Hbcu Squad Challenge in the fall.
When...
Michelle Obama, When We All Vote Founder and Co-Chair
The four-day nonpartisan convening brought together artists, athletes, academics, grassroots organizers and business leaders to discuss the role different industries play in protecting and strengthening democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization and culture change.
More than 1,000 people convened at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles for the final day of the Summit.
Special Summit Announcements
During the final day of the Summit, Lyft announced that the company will provide transportation grants to Historically Black College and University (Hbcu) students participating in When We All Vote’s Vote Loud Hbcu Squad Challenge in the fall.
When...
- 6/21/2022
- Look to the Stars
Eric Adams has been elected mayor of New York City. The former New York City Police Department captain is the second Black mayor in the history of the nation’s largest city.
Adams, 61, who at present is Brooklyn borough president, prevailed out of a crowded field in the race to succeed Bill de Blasio, who had a rocky two terms as mayor, with his final years upended by social unrest and having the city become the first major Covid-19 hot zone in the U.S.
Adams emerged as a moderate option in a field of liberal contenders that included former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, attorney Maya Wiley and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Adams was the largest vote-getter in the August mayoral primary, which signaled that he would have a smooth path to victory this month.
“Tonight we are going to make the turn and take our city in a new direction,...
Adams, 61, who at present is Brooklyn borough president, prevailed out of a crowded field in the race to succeed Bill de Blasio, who had a rocky two terms as mayor, with his final years upended by social unrest and having the city become the first major Covid-19 hot zone in the U.S.
Adams emerged as a moderate option in a field of liberal contenders that included former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, attorney Maya Wiley and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Adams was the largest vote-getter in the August mayoral primary, which signaled that he would have a smooth path to victory this month.
“Tonight we are going to make the turn and take our city in a new direction,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a long, confusing few months, but the 2021 Democratic primary for mayor of New York City finally came to an end this week.
On Tuesday night, the city’s Board of Elections released new results including previously outstanding absentee ballots. The final, unofficial tally placed Eric Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia by less than 8,500 votes. The margin was slim, but it was enough for the Associated Press to declare Adams the winner.
The AP’s call seemed especially significant considering how trust in the Boe cratered last week...
On Tuesday night, the city’s Board of Elections released new results including previously outstanding absentee ballots. The final, unofficial tally placed Eric Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia by less than 8,500 votes. The margin was slim, but it was enough for the Associated Press to declare Adams the winner.
The AP’s call seemed especially significant considering how trust in the Boe cratered last week...
- 7/8/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Eric Adams has won New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor.
The Associated Press declared the Brooklyn borough president the winner Tuesday evening after the Board of Election released results that included over 120,000 absentee ballots that had been outstanding. The new tally put Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia by just over 8,400 votes, but with less than 1,000 ballots still outstanding, it was enough to secure him the victory.
“While there are still some very small amounts of votes to be counted, the results are clear: An historic, diverse, five-borough...
The Associated Press declared the Brooklyn borough president the winner Tuesday evening after the Board of Election released results that included over 120,000 absentee ballots that had been outstanding. The new tally put Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia by just over 8,400 votes, but with less than 1,000 ballots still outstanding, it was enough to secure him the victory.
“While there are still some very small amounts of votes to be counted, the results are clear: An historic, diverse, five-borough...
- 7/7/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary. The Associated Press declared the Brooklyn borough president the winner on July 6th after the Board of Election released results that included over 120,000 absentee ballots that had been outstanding. The new tally put Adams ahead of Kathryn Garcia by just over 8,400 votes, but with less than 1,000 ballots still outstanding, it’s enough to secure him the victory.
“While there are still some very small amounts of votes to be counted, the results are clear: An historic, diverse, five-borough coalition led by working-class...
“While there are still some very small amounts of votes to be counted, the results are clear: An historic, diverse, five-borough coalition led by working-class...
- 7/7/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Associated Press Tuesday called the New York City Democratic primary for Brooklyn borough chief Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain who appears to have beaten out his closest rival Kathryn Garcia as well as third place Maya Wiley.
All three had trounced former presidential hopeful Andrew Yang in primary voting last month.
With most absentee votes now counted, Adams led Garcia by 8,426 votes in the city’s first mayoral contest to be determined by so-called ranked-choice voting, a somewhat confusing system that allowed voters to rank all the candidates by preference. The city will announce official results in July. Adams, the overwhelming favorite to win in November against the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa (founder of the Guardian Angels), would be the Big Apple’s second black mayor.
Garcia is the former Department of Sanitation commissioner. Wiley, who was the leading candidate among progressives, is former counsel to outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio.
All three had trounced former presidential hopeful Andrew Yang in primary voting last month.
With most absentee votes now counted, Adams led Garcia by 8,426 votes in the city’s first mayoral contest to be determined by so-called ranked-choice voting, a somewhat confusing system that allowed voters to rank all the candidates by preference. The city will announce official results in July. Adams, the overwhelming favorite to win in November against the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa (founder of the Guardian Angels), would be the Big Apple’s second black mayor.
Garcia is the former Department of Sanitation commissioner. Wiley, who was the leading candidate among progressives, is former counsel to outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio.
- 7/7/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
New York City voters are heading to the polls today in a primary election just the third mayor in the past 20 years.
Because of the political makeup of the left-leaning city, the race among 13 Democrats in today’s primary will effectively decide the official winner, rendering Election Day in November a formality. The top candidates in pre-primary polling have been 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang; Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, activist and MSNBC contributor Maya Wiley; New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer; and former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia.
There are only two Republicans on the primary ballot, businessman Fernando Mateo and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. Both are considered marginal in the overall picture.
Polls close at 9 p.m. Et, but results could take a while to be tabulated. The lengthy process is due to a switched to “rank-choice” ballots this year. As is familiar to Oscar voters, those choosing candidates...
Because of the political makeup of the left-leaning city, the race among 13 Democrats in today’s primary will effectively decide the official winner, rendering Election Day in November a formality. The top candidates in pre-primary polling have been 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang; Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, activist and MSNBC contributor Maya Wiley; New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer; and former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia.
There are only two Republicans on the primary ballot, businessman Fernando Mateo and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. Both are considered marginal in the overall picture.
Polls close at 9 p.m. Et, but results could take a while to be tabulated. The lengthy process is due to a switched to “rank-choice” ballots this year. As is familiar to Oscar voters, those choosing candidates...
- 6/22/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Strokes teased a new song, “Starting Again,” in a campaign ad for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. The clip arrives one day before the Democratic primary election for the NYC mayoral race, June 22nd, with the winner largely expected to win the general election in November.
The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas wrote “Starting Again” with Gregg Alexander, frontman of the New Radicals, with David Kahne and Alexander producing the track. The song is vintage Strokes with a driving drum beat and wiry guitar lines. In the new spot,...
The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas wrote “Starting Again” with Gregg Alexander, frontman of the New Radicals, with David Kahne and Alexander producing the track. The song is vintage Strokes with a driving drum beat and wiry guitar lines. In the new spot,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Strokes performed a full concert Saturday at New York’s newly renovated Irving Plaza as part of a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.
The exuberant benefit gig — the first show at the venue in over two years, with attendees needing to show proof of vaccination — also featured onstage appearances by Wiley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as surprise opener John Mulaney; the comedian previously hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in October 2020 that featured the Strokes as musical guest.
The 16-song set contained tracks from throughout the Strokes’ catalog,...
The exuberant benefit gig — the first show at the venue in over two years, with attendees needing to show proof of vaccination — also featured onstage appearances by Wiley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as surprise opener John Mulaney; the comedian previously hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in October 2020 that featured the Strokes as musical guest.
The 16-song set contained tracks from throughout the Strokes’ catalog,...
- 6/13/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This past weekend, the Strokes held a virtual fundraiser for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley to benefit her campaign. As part of the event, the band played a semi-acoustic version of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” featuring lead singer Julian Casablancas having fun with AutoTune.
Along with the performance, Casablancas hosted a Q&a with Wiley, in which they discussed her plans to revive New York’s economy following the Covid-19 pandemic as well as her stances on racial and social justice.
“I’ve been a fan of Maya’s for a long time,...
Along with the performance, Casablancas hosted a Q&a with Wiley, in which they discussed her plans to revive New York’s economy following the Covid-19 pandemic as well as her stances on racial and social justice.
“I’ve been a fan of Maya’s for a long time,...
- 5/17/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The Strokes have announced a livestream gig in support of New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. The concert will feature the band’s first-ever acoustic performance, as well as a live conversation between Wiley and singer Julian Casablancas.
Tickets for the Saturday, May 15th virtual event are available now at ActBlue.
“I’ve been a fan of Maya’s for a long time. I wanted to reach out to her even before she announced her campaign,” Casablancas said in a statement. “When she announced she was running for mayor,...
Tickets for the Saturday, May 15th virtual event are available now at ActBlue.
“I’ve been a fan of Maya’s for a long time. I wanted to reach out to her even before she announced her campaign,” Casablancas said in a statement. “When she announced she was running for mayor,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
With less than three months until New York City’s June 22 mayoral race primary, there is still a crowded field of candidates and no clear frontrunner: A March 24 poll from Fontas Advisors and Core Decision Analytics revealed 50 percent of likely Democratic voters are still undecided. Hollywood, though, has begun making its selections, with Maya Wiley, Ray McGuire and Andrew Yang bringing in some A-list backing.
Wiley, a lawyer and civil rights advocate, has gotten early support from Chris Evans, Gabrielle Union, Rosie O’Donnell, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Griffin and Debra Messing.
After becoming the first Black ...
Wiley, a lawyer and civil rights advocate, has gotten early support from Chris Evans, Gabrielle Union, Rosie O’Donnell, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Griffin and Debra Messing.
After becoming the first Black ...
With less than three months until New York City’s June 22 mayoral race primary, there is still a crowded field of candidates and no clear frontrunner: A March 24 poll from Fontas Advisors and Core Decision Analytics revealed 50 percent of likely Democratic voters are still undecided. Hollywood, though, has begun making its selections, with Maya Wiley, Ray McGuire and Andrew Yang bringing in some A-list backing.
Wiley, a lawyer and civil rights advocate, has gotten early support from Chris Evans, Gabrielle Union, Rosie O’Donnell, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Griffin and Debra Messing.
After becoming the first Black ...
Wiley, a lawyer and civil rights advocate, has gotten early support from Chris Evans, Gabrielle Union, Rosie O’Donnell, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Griffin and Debra Messing.
After becoming the first Black ...
Updated with reactions: Legal analyst Midwin Charles, familiar to viewers for her frequent appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Hln and Bloomberg TV, died Tuesday. She was 47.
Her death was announced by her family on social media. A cause of death and other details were not specified.
“It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” her family said in a Twitter statement. “She was known to many as a legal commentator on television, but to us she was a devoted daughter, sister, aunt, niece and cousin. Our lives are forever changed and we will miss her for a lifetime.”
“Beyond saddened to learn of the passing of Midwin Charles,” tweeted MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart. “What a terrific analyst and a kind soul. May she rest in peace.”
“I am Devastated!,” tweeted Maya Wiley, formerly of MSNBC and currently...
Her death was announced by her family on social media. A cause of death and other details were not specified.
“It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” her family said in a Twitter statement. “She was known to many as a legal commentator on television, but to us she was a devoted daughter, sister, aunt, niece and cousin. Our lives are forever changed and we will miss her for a lifetime.”
“Beyond saddened to learn of the passing of Midwin Charles,” tweeted MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart. “What a terrific analyst and a kind soul. May she rest in peace.”
“I am Devastated!,” tweeted Maya Wiley, formerly of MSNBC and currently...
- 4/7/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang released a sweeping “arts revival” proposal today that would include the use of city funds and corporate commitments to purchase “hundreds of thousands” of Broadway and Off Broadway tickets at reduced prices to “bring people back into theatre seats” and stimulate economic growth.
“The administration will negotiate with shows to purchase blocks of hundreds of thousands of tickets at reduced prices to Broadway theatres, off Broadway and other cultural venues,” Yang’s proposal states. “It will commit to buying a portion of tickets with funding from the Mayor’s Fund and will seek commitments from the private sector to match these purchases.”
The corporations – Yang cites a sort-of wish list of J.P. Morgan, Deloitte, PwC and Ernst & Young – would keep a portion of the tickets for themselves “while donating the majority of the other tickets to non-profit organizations around the city, starting with...
“The administration will negotiate with shows to purchase blocks of hundreds of thousands of tickets at reduced prices to Broadway theatres, off Broadway and other cultural venues,” Yang’s proposal states. “It will commit to buying a portion of tickets with funding from the Mayor’s Fund and will seek commitments from the private sector to match these purchases.”
The corporations – Yang cites a sort-of wish list of J.P. Morgan, Deloitte, PwC and Ernst & Young – would keep a portion of the tickets for themselves “while donating the majority of the other tickets to non-profit organizations around the city, starting with...
- 4/5/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The pressure on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign is growing.
On Friday afternoon, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, also of New York, issued a joint statement calling on the embattled governor to step down amid mounting accusations of sexual harassment. “It is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of New York,” the senators wrote. “Governor Cuomo should resign.”
Their statement came on the heels of others issued Friday by prominent members of the U.
On Friday afternoon, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, also of New York, issued a joint statement calling on the embattled governor to step down amid mounting accusations of sexual harassment. “It is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of New York,” the senators wrote. “Governor Cuomo should resign.”
Their statement came on the heels of others issued Friday by prominent members of the U.
- 3/12/2021
- by Tessa Stuart and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Former Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang is planning to enter the race to succeed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in November.
The former tech executive, who was born in upstate New York and has lived for years in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, has been telling New York power brokers that he intends to run although no announcement is expected until next month, according to new reports Friday. The Democratic primary is in June.
Those Yang has tapped for advice recently are said to include NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. He plans to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton next week when he returns to the city from Georgia, where he has been trying to help Democrats in two heated U.S. Senate runoffs. And he has called on two prominent political strategists who worked for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg as advisers, according to the New York Times Friday.
The former tech executive, who was born in upstate New York and has lived for years in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, has been telling New York power brokers that he intends to run although no announcement is expected until next month, according to new reports Friday. The Democratic primary is in June.
Those Yang has tapped for advice recently are said to include NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. He plans to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton next week when he returns to the city from Georgia, where he has been trying to help Democrats in two heated U.S. Senate runoffs. And he has called on two prominent political strategists who worked for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg as advisers, according to the New York Times Friday.
- 12/11/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with video. Bill Maher closed a fairly by-the-book episode of HBO’s Real Time with an inspired anti-p.C. monologue linking leftist criticism of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates with attacks on this year’s Oscar Best Picture nominees for various sociopolitical reasons.
“This time, let’s not eat our own,” Maher suggested about the Democratic hopefuls, referencing the undermining of Hillary Clinton in 2016 by many Democrats. With the early field of candidates already being picked apart, he hit back and then slyly bridged to awards season. “This is a real problem in our society, looking to dump someone good because there must be someone more perfect,” he said. “And sometimes, what you end up with is, no one to host the Oscars at all.”
The Academy Awards, he declared, “are being ruined by these same kinds of ridiculous purity tests.” He rattled off a few examples, barely a week before...
“This time, let’s not eat our own,” Maher suggested about the Democratic hopefuls, referencing the undermining of Hillary Clinton in 2016 by many Democrats. With the early field of candidates already being picked apart, he hit back and then slyly bridged to awards season. “This is a real problem in our society, looking to dump someone good because there must be someone more perfect,” he said. “And sometimes, what you end up with is, no one to host the Oscars at all.”
The Academy Awards, he declared, “are being ruined by these same kinds of ridiculous purity tests.” He rattled off a few examples, barely a week before...
- 2/16/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
On tonight’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the show will be headed up by a rising star in the Democratic party, Sen. Brian Schatz — with the whole lineup heavily into media and politics. Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii) is the top-of-show interview guest and will likely discuss his refusal to give his vote to CIA Director Mike Pompeo for his nomination for the top job at the State Department. “I voted Yes on Pompeo for CIA on the theory that he would be the ‘adult in the room.’ I was wrong,” Schatz wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “I am voting No […]
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- 4/13/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The Center for Popular Democracy will hold its New York City gala tonight to recognize those who have advanced the cause of economic and social justice over the past year, including New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Democracy Alliance President Gara Lamarche Bill Samuels, Founder and Chairman of Effective NY civil rights attorney Maya Harris and New School Senior Vice President for Social Justice Maya Wiley.
- 10/30/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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