Endeavor and Tko Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel appeared at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference to talk business — and a lawsuit impacting rival CAA — but it was impossible to ignore the story dominating geopolitics.
Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of the most high-profile Jewish executives in the U.S., and he did not hold back.
“It’s not the same as 9/11, but I had that same feeling,” Emanuel said, noting that his grandmother escaped the Bolsheviks. “As a Jew, what happened in Israel this past weekend was one of the worst pogroms in history, not including the Holocaust.”
Emanuel called the Hamas attacks “heinous” and Hamas and Hezbollah “terrorists,” but he also heaped criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the politician “morally corrupt.”
“In my opinion, a morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel and its people to rape,...
Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of the most high-profile Jewish executives in the U.S., and he did not hold back.
“It’s not the same as 9/11, but I had that same feeling,” Emanuel said, noting that his grandmother escaped the Bolsheviks. “As a Jew, what happened in Israel this past weekend was one of the worst pogroms in history, not including the Holocaust.”
Emanuel called the Hamas attacks “heinous” and Hamas and Hezbollah “terrorists,” but he also heaped criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the politician “morally corrupt.”
“In my opinion, a morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel and its people to rape,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel opened Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference Wednesday evening with a strong condemnation of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he left the country vulnerable to the heinous terrorist attacks that began Oct. 7.
“A morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel to rape and beheadings of babies, children,” Emanuel said in measured tones after moderator Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg’s managing editor of media and entertainment, asked him for his thoughts on the devastation in Israel. Emanuel has been an outspoken advocate on issues of Jewish identity and antisemitism.
“I don’t think this man deserves to be in power,” Emanuel said, to strong applause from the crowed gathered at Hollywood’s Nya Studios. He detailed the recent events in Israel and Netanyahu’s battles with the country’s judicial system “to keep himself out of jail,” he said. “It’s time to we get rid of this man.
“A morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel to rape and beheadings of babies, children,” Emanuel said in measured tones after moderator Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg’s managing editor of media and entertainment, asked him for his thoughts on the devastation in Israel. Emanuel has been an outspoken advocate on issues of Jewish identity and antisemitism.
“I don’t think this man deserves to be in power,” Emanuel said, to strong applause from the crowed gathered at Hollywood’s Nya Studios. He detailed the recent events in Israel and Netanyahu’s battles with the country’s judicial system “to keep himself out of jail,” he said. “It’s time to we get rid of this man.
- 10/12/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
As Fox News gears up to cover the Brett Kavanaugh hearing Thursday, the cable news network has settled its own legal problem arising from a woman who alleged being raped and then mistreated after she came forward to report what happened.
Scottie Nell Hughes, a political commentator who once regularly appeared on Fox News, sued last September with the allegation that she had been raped by Charles Payne, host of Making Money on Fox Business. Hughes claimed she was blacklisted after reporting sexual harassment.
Paul Weiss, the law firm that handled an independent investigation of sexual harassment claims at Fox News,...
Scottie Nell Hughes, a political commentator who once regularly appeared on Fox News, sued last September with the allegation that she had been raped by Charles Payne, host of Making Money on Fox Business. Hughes claimed she was blacklisted after reporting sexual harassment.
Paul Weiss, the law firm that handled an independent investigation of sexual harassment claims at Fox News,...
- 9/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eat your heart out, The Persecution And Assassination Of Jean-paul Marat As Performed By The Inmates Of The Asylum Of Charenton Under The Direction Of The Marquis De Sade. Paul Weiss' 1963 historical drama, better known as Maratsade, now hands over the crown for play with the longest title to mount a major New York production to Jen Silverman's delightful bit of heartfelt absurdism, Collective Rage A Play In 5 Betties In Essence, A Queer And Occasionally Hazardous Exploration Do You Remember When You Were In Middle School And You Read About Shackleton And How He Explored The Antartic Imagine The Antarctic As A Pussy And It's Sort Of Like That.
- 9/13/2018
- by Michael Dale
- BroadwayWorld.com
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