Alex Wagner was visibly angered Wednesday night while responding to the New York Times report that unveiled texts from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that many are deeming racist: “It shouldn’t be shocking, but it remains shocking to me,” she said.
The Times report published Wednesday brought to light previously redacted texts from Carlson responding on Jan. 7, 2021 to a video of a group of white men attacking what he called “an Antifa kid,” saying, “It’s not how white men fight.” Speaking with “Alex Wagner Tonight” guests Eddie Glaude Jr., chair of Princeton’s African American studies department, and Jamelle Bouie, co-host of the podcast “Unclear and Present Danger,” later that evening, Wagner denounced the text not just for its content, but for its timing.
“The idea that the day after January 6, when a largely white mob attacks the Capitol, and this man is drawing a line saying,...
The Times report published Wednesday brought to light previously redacted texts from Carlson responding on Jan. 7, 2021 to a video of a group of white men attacking what he called “an Antifa kid,” saying, “It’s not how white men fight.” Speaking with “Alex Wagner Tonight” guests Eddie Glaude Jr., chair of Princeton’s African American studies department, and Jamelle Bouie, co-host of the podcast “Unclear and Present Danger,” later that evening, Wagner denounced the text not just for its content, but for its timing.
“The idea that the day after January 6, when a largely white mob attacks the Capitol, and this man is drawing a line saying,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Whenever the tech industry rolls out a new innovation, they always quote some great work of science fiction --- but Silicon Valley doesn't really understand the stories they're reading and watching. That's why the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct is launching a new miniseries called "Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction," to explore all the ways that tech companies have misinterpreted or misunderstood the great works of the genre, in order to create marketing hype.
The first episode is a deep dive into some unexpected science fictional inspirations of today’s AI products such as ChatGPT – and reveals some of the extremely unsavory underpinnings of Silicon Valley’s AI philosophy. Future episodes will explore how mad scientist stories fueled the “difficult genius” myth among tech CEOs, and how Ayn Rand’s work is implicated in the gig economy.
Our Opinions Are Correct is a biweekly podcast from bestselling...
The first episode is a deep dive into some unexpected science fictional inspirations of today’s AI products such as ChatGPT – and reveals some of the extremely unsavory underpinnings of Silicon Valley’s AI philosophy. Future episodes will explore how mad scientist stories fueled the “difficult genius” myth among tech CEOs, and how Ayn Rand’s work is implicated in the gig economy.
Our Opinions Are Correct is a biweekly podcast from bestselling...
- 3/24/2023
- Podnews.net
Though “Dank Brandon” memes be be proliferating on your timeline, don’t forget that President Biden has supported America’s war on drugs for decades; he even wrote many of the laws that helped build a punitive criminal justice system for marijuana offenders.
On Thursday, Biden announced on Twitter that he would pardon all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. The move was met with acclaim from the majority of people (not everyone, though — Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas called it “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership”). GOP Rep.
On Thursday, Biden announced on Twitter that he would pardon all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. The move was met with acclaim from the majority of people (not everyone, though — Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas called it “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership”). GOP Rep.
- 10/7/2022
- by Mary Jane Gibson
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday night, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced to its members a significant change to the upcoming 2022 Oscars broadcast. Eight different category winners will be revealed to assembled industry personnel at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, but it won’t happen live on the air. These trophies will be handed out one hour prior to the “official” start of the show (as A-listers are making their red carpet arrivals) and then the acceptances will be edited (and likely truncated) into the show later.
This will, the thinking goes, tighten up the length of the ceremony for home viewers. “For the audience at home, the show’s flow does not change, though it will become tighter and more electric with this new cadence, and the live broadcast should end – yes, with the Best Picture category – at the three-hour mark,” Academy president Dave Rubin wrote in a letter to AMPAS members.
This will, the thinking goes, tighten up the length of the ceremony for home viewers. “For the audience at home, the show’s flow does not change, though it will become tighter and more electric with this new cadence, and the live broadcast should end – yes, with the Best Picture category – at the three-hour mark,” Academy president Dave Rubin wrote in a letter to AMPAS members.
- 2/23/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
On Tuesday the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that it would cut eight categories from the live portion of this year’s Oscars broadcast, apparently in an attempt to shorten the broadcast length.
While it remains to be seen how rank and file normies will react once the show airs, the overwhelming response from within the industry and from invested fans was fairly intense outrage over what many critics said was an insult to the people in the affected categories.
“Wow f— this,” actor Dylan O’Brien tweeted, just for one example.
The affected categories, just for reference, are: Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound. They’ll be presented in a more sparsely attended ceremony just before the broadcast, with shortened, edited footage edited into the live broadcast in some way.
Many...
While it remains to be seen how rank and file normies will react once the show airs, the overwhelming response from within the industry and from invested fans was fairly intense outrage over what many critics said was an insult to the people in the affected categories.
“Wow f— this,” actor Dylan O’Brien tweeted, just for one example.
The affected categories, just for reference, are: Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound. They’ll be presented in a more sparsely attended ceremony just before the broadcast, with shortened, edited footage edited into the live broadcast in some way.
Many...
- 2/23/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Charles Grodin, an actor known for movies, television, and theater, died Tuesday at the age of 86.
The New York Times reported he had bone marrow cancer.
Grodin had an illustrious career as an entertainer. Moviegoers saw his work in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “The Great Muppet Caper,” “Beethoven,” and numerous other films over six decades. On television, he acted or appeared as himself in dozens of shows from “Laverne and Shirley” to “Saturday Night Live.” He acted in and produced a handful of Broadway shows, too.
He was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. He also wrote a number of books.
Online, his fans and peers mourned his death Tuesday.
“Charles Grodin, a very funny if low-key comic actor, has died. He had a nice role in one of the funniest movies of all time, “Midnight Run.” He also was a good...
The New York Times reported he had bone marrow cancer.
Grodin had an illustrious career as an entertainer. Moviegoers saw his work in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “The Great Muppet Caper,” “Beethoven,” and numerous other films over six decades. On television, he acted or appeared as himself in dozens of shows from “Laverne and Shirley” to “Saturday Night Live.” He acted in and produced a handful of Broadway shows, too.
He was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. He also wrote a number of books.
Online, his fans and peers mourned his death Tuesday.
“Charles Grodin, a very funny if low-key comic actor, has died. He had a nice role in one of the funniest movies of all time, “Midnight Run.” He also was a good...
- 5/18/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times and Lionsgate are partnering on a series of feature films and television shows based on “The 1619 Project.”
The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia. Nikole Hannah-Jones, who was the architect of the series, won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
“We took very seriously our duty to find TV and film partners that would respect and honor the work and mission of ‘The 1619 Project,’ that understood our vision and deep moral obligation to doing justice to these stories,” Hannah-Jones said. “Through every step of the process, Lionsgate and its leadership have shown themselves to be that partner, and it is a dream to be able to produce this work with Ms. Oprah Winfrey, a trailblazer and...
The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia. Nikole Hannah-Jones, who was the architect of the series, won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
“We took very seriously our duty to find TV and film partners that would respect and honor the work and mission of ‘The 1619 Project,’ that understood our vision and deep moral obligation to doing justice to these stories,” Hannah-Jones said. “Through every step of the process, Lionsgate and its leadership have shown themselves to be that partner, and it is a dream to be able to produce this work with Ms. Oprah Winfrey, a trailblazer and...
- 7/8/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The real star of the Democratic presidential debates so far hasn’t been one of the candidates. Instead, it’s been the zany tweeting by Trevor Noah and the Comedy Central online team, who have yukked it up at the politicos’ expense throughout the debate season.
They’re at it again tonight, and so far, they continue in fine form. The night ended with a live show featuring Noah and New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie.
Noah also found time in the live portion of his coverage to throw in a few zingers of his own, as in when he did a bit about what it’s like having to sit next to Pete Buttigieg on a commercial flight. “Let me tell you about my 12-point plan,” Noah joked, noting that sitting next to a crying baby would be preferable.
He also previewed an Oj Simpson take on the debates.
They’re at it again tonight, and so far, they continue in fine form. The night ended with a live show featuring Noah and New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie.
Noah also found time in the live portion of his coverage to throw in a few zingers of his own, as in when he did a bit about what it’s like having to sit next to Pete Buttigieg on a commercial flight. “Let me tell you about my 12-point plan,” Noah joked, noting that sitting next to a crying baby would be preferable.
He also previewed an Oj Simpson take on the debates.
- 9/13/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Racism and Republicanism been bedfellows for generations now, and advocates of both ideals have had their reasons for seeing the government fail. Few things have helped spark racial and economic progress, such that it is, like the bedrock legislation of the 1960s. Court decisions and federal programs have helped inch us closer to eradicating various racial and economic imbalances. In the decades since, either in retribution or in the interest of survival, the conservative movement has only grown whiter and wealthier while seeking to shrink the federal apparatus. They tried...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
It’s soul-searching time for the Washington, DC press corps and national political media. After a White House Correspondents Awards dinner that some felt veered too close to becoming an East Coast Oscars instead of a scholarship banquet, a panel of journalists confronted some hard questions on today’s Face The Nation on CBS.
Host Margaret Brennan was joined by David Nakamura, White House beat writer for the Washington Post; Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief at USA Today; Jamelle Bouie, the chief political correspondent at Slate and a CBS News political analyst; and Jonah Goldberg, a senior editor at the National Review and the author of Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Nationalism, Populism and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy.
While some of the journalists at the table fumbled with the concept that comedian Michelle Wolf wasn’t funny and substituted rhetoric for humor, others were blunt.
Host Margaret Brennan was joined by David Nakamura, White House beat writer for the Washington Post; Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief at USA Today; Jamelle Bouie, the chief political correspondent at Slate and a CBS News political analyst; and Jonah Goldberg, a senior editor at the National Review and the author of Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Nationalism, Populism and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy.
While some of the journalists at the table fumbled with the concept that comedian Michelle Wolf wasn’t funny and substituted rhetoric for humor, others were blunt.
- 4/29/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“Get Out” was released in February 2017, and despite being an unconventional awards contender — a satirical horror film from a director with a sketch comedy background — it ended up with four Oscar nominations including Best Picture. Now comes “Black Panther,” which opened on February 16. It too is an unconventional awards contender — a Marvel superhero movie — but its reviews are even better than “Get Out” (87 on MetaCritic compared to 84 for “Get Out”), and it has an awards-friendly pedigree with director Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station,” “Creed“) and actors like Chadwick Boseman (“Marshall”), Michael B. Jordan (“Fruitvale” and “Creed”) and Lupita Nyong’o (Oscar winner for “12 Years a Slave”). Can it score a Best Picture nomination when previous acclaimed films like “The Dark Knight” (2008) and “Wonder Woman” (2017) couldn’t?
It’s possible, if the reviews are any indication. It’s the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s by far the best reviewed.
It’s possible, if the reviews are any indication. It’s the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s by far the best reviewed.
- 2/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
MSNBC’s decision to cut ties with contributor Sam Seder in response to an old tweet sparked a strong response from a lot of well known left-wing Twitter users, who say the network capitulated to a bad-faith smear campaign initiated by alt-right figure Mike Cernovich. Joining the fray were many notable names, with even MSNBC host Chris Hayes retweeting someone else’s tweet criticizing the move before himself tweeting: “The entire culture and our politics are now dominated by people who have weaponized bad faith and shamelessness.” Others included in the backlash are Slate political correspondent Jamelle Bouie, Mother Jones Editor-in-chief Clara Jeffrey,...
- 12/4/2017
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Warning: This post contains graphic language.
Bill Maher has issued an apology after he said the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
“Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I’m up reflecting on the things I should or shouldn’t have said on my live show,” the comedian said in a statement on Saturday. “Last night was a particularly long night as I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment. The word was offensive and I regret...
Bill Maher has issued an apology after he said the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
“Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I’m up reflecting on the things I should or shouldn’t have said on my live show,” the comedian said in a statement on Saturday. “Last night was a particularly long night as I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment. The word was offensive and I regret...
- 6/3/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez and Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Warning: This post contains graphic language.
HBO has issued a statement after Bill Maher used the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
“Bill Maher’s comment last night was completely inexcusable and tasteless,” the networks said in a statement to People. “We are removing his deeply offensive comment from any subsequent airings of the show.” (Maher’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.)
During the interview on Friday Maher, 61, sparked outrage when he responded to Sasse’s question, “Would you like to come...
HBO has issued a statement after Bill Maher used the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
“Bill Maher’s comment last night was completely inexcusable and tasteless,” the networks said in a statement to People. “We are removing his deeply offensive comment from any subsequent airings of the show.” (Maher’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.)
During the interview on Friday Maher, 61, sparked outrage when he responded to Sasse’s question, “Would you like to come...
- 6/3/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez and Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Warning: This post contains graphic language.
Another comedian is causing headlines for a less than funny “joke.”
Bill Maher used the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
Bill Maher is out here feeling way too comfortable and just used the N-word on his show. pic.twitter.com/JAojuSqn4j
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 3, 2017
Maher, 61, responded to Sasse’s question, “Would you like to come work in the field with us?” with the N-word.
“Work in the fields?” Maher asked. “Senator, I’m a house n–.”
Sasse,...
Another comedian is causing headlines for a less than funny “joke.”
Bill Maher used the N-word during a conversation with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Friday night’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
Bill Maher is out here feeling way too comfortable and just used the N-word on his show. pic.twitter.com/JAojuSqn4j
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 3, 2017
Maher, 61, responded to Sasse’s question, “Would you like to come work in the field with us?” with the N-word.
“Work in the fields?” Maher asked. “Senator, I’m a house n–.”
Sasse,...
- 6/3/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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