Jeopardy!‘s current champion Hannah Wilson faced off against two new competitors in the May 11 game, but was she able to hold onto her ongoing streak? Kicking the Mayim Bialik-hosted game off with six wins under her belt, Hannah had already earned $163,801, but she was determined to continue building as she took to the podium alongside new players, Jon Carnegie and Kat Waller. A data scientist from Chicago, Hannah’s expertise was evident as she quickly buzzed in answers across the Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy! rounds. Doing well in the first two rounds, Hannah entered Final Jeopardy! with a strong $23,000 and added an additional $3,000 when she offered the correct response to the question which fell under the category “History.” The statement presented to the players read, “His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, ‘Sometime general in the army of George Washington.'” The correct response was “Who is Benedict Arnold?...
- 5/12/2023
- TV Insider
Forty-eight hours later, the only mark of the “riot” at the Portland Police union headquarters is a small hole in one of the gold-tinted windows, plugged with putty.
The police killing of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis on May 25th unleashed a torrent of anger against police departments across the nation. But in this Pacific Northwest city, with a shameful history of racism and police killings of black residents, the reaction has been intense and sustained. Protesters have marched by the thousands across bridges. They have toppled statues...
The police killing of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis on May 25th unleashed a torrent of anger against police departments across the nation. But in this Pacific Northwest city, with a shameful history of racism and police killings of black residents, the reaction has been intense and sustained. Protesters have marched by the thousands across bridges. They have toppled statues...
- 7/17/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
A surefire way to further sate your appetite for “Hamilton” (now on Disney+) and “In the Heights” (in theaters next year), Andrew Fried’s “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme” is a fond look back at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other other claim to fame, an improv rap collective that was started by some dorky college boys back in 2005 and wound up changing the face of Broadway over the decade that followed. More accurately, ; Fried himself is a key part of that friendship, and his gentle time capsule prioritizes fondness over intimacy in a way that makes you feel like you’re watching someone write in his buddies’ yearbook. But if the film never aspires to be any heavier than one of Fls’ unscripted comedy shows, it would be wrong to write it off as a fans-only proposition — not when Fried so palpably captures the universal thrill of going out into the...
- 7/14/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Hamilton is a phenomenon. That word gets thrown around frequently in the media, but in regards to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s compelling reimagining of the American Revolution, it’s true. By blending rap and hip hop rhythms with jazz and Broadway melody, and the history of America’s founding with a diverse cast of marginalized demographics who for centuries were overlooked or omitted by history’s eyes, Miranda created a work that endured beyond its Tony and Pulitzer prizes. Indeed, it became a lasting part of the modern pop culture landscape—even for people who’ve never been able to afford a Broadway ticket. After all, there’s a reason the Walt Disney Company paid $75 million for the rights to several filmed performances from June 2016, generally referred to as “the Hamilton movie.”
Yet the musical that was largely hailed as progressive and emblematic of the good in American culture during the...
Yet the musical that was largely hailed as progressive and emblematic of the good in American culture during the...
- 7/13/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
This Snowpiercer review contains spoilers.
Snowpiercer Episode 10
A history lesson learned, over and over, is that conquering a territory is much easier than governing it. Even if the revolution is just, once the bloodshed stops and the compromises begin, not every general is a George Washington-level statesman. The bodies have barely been frozen and the blood still stains the floors and yet, there’s already another threat demanding Layton’s attention. It’s not looting or worries in First Class, it’s something much harder to put a stop to. There’s another train, and it’s coming to link up to Snowpiercer.
Snowpiercer has been through a lot of world-changing events over the past few episodes. Wilford is dead, First Class is plotting against Melanie (Jennifer Connelly), Third and Tail are plotting against First Class, there’s armed revolt in the train courtesy of Layton (Daveed Diggs), the...
Snowpiercer Episode 10
A history lesson learned, over and over, is that conquering a territory is much easier than governing it. Even if the revolution is just, once the bloodshed stops and the compromises begin, not every general is a George Washington-level statesman. The bodies have barely been frozen and the blood still stains the floors and yet, there’s already another threat demanding Layton’s attention. It’s not looting or worries in First Class, it’s something much harder to put a stop to. There’s another train, and it’s coming to link up to Snowpiercer.
Snowpiercer has been through a lot of world-changing events over the past few episodes. Wilford is dead, First Class is plotting against Melanie (Jennifer Connelly), Third and Tail are plotting against First Class, there’s armed revolt in the train courtesy of Layton (Daveed Diggs), the...
- 7/13/2020
- by Ron Hogan
- Den of Geek
Update, Saturday, 12;45 Pm Pt: Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News Media President & Executive Editor Jay Wallace sent a memo to employees on Saturday calling the anonymous posts of one of Tucker Carlson’s writers “abhorrent conduct.”
They also said that Carlson would address the incident on his show on Monday night. The writer, Blake Neff, resigned.
“Yesterday we learned that now former employee Blake Neff, a writer on Tucker Carlson Tonight, made horrendous and deeply offensive racist, sexist and homophobic comments under a pseudonym on the forum AutoAdmit,” Scott and Wallace wrote.
They added, “We want to make abundantly clear that Fox News Media strongly condemns this horrific racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior. Neff’s abhorrent conduct on this forum was never divulged to the show or the network until Friday, at which point we swiftly accepted his resignation. Make no mistake, actions such as his cannot...
They also said that Carlson would address the incident on his show on Monday night. The writer, Blake Neff, resigned.
“Yesterday we learned that now former employee Blake Neff, a writer on Tucker Carlson Tonight, made horrendous and deeply offensive racist, sexist and homophobic comments under a pseudonym on the forum AutoAdmit,” Scott and Wallace wrote.
They added, “We want to make abundantly clear that Fox News Media strongly condemns this horrific racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior. Neff’s abhorrent conduct on this forum was never divulged to the show or the network until Friday, at which point we swiftly accepted his resignation. Make no mistake, actions such as his cannot...
- 7/11/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Could Walt Disney be next? Really?
Let me explain: Most industry people I know were drawn to Hollywood by the prospect of creating things, not cancelling things. Now the dialogue has shifted, whether about airports (John Wayne), statues (Teddy Roosevelt) or movies (Gone With the Wind).
Could logos be next? Walt Disney was a man who did great things but whose points of view were nonetheless tainted by some unacceptable ideas. A taint provides ammunition for those who now advocate removing John Wayne’s name from Orange County’s airport or bringing down statues of Confederate generals or even of progressive presidents like Teddy Roosevelt or Andrew Jackson. Each of them had a taint.
I understand the motivations of the cancellation club, but don’t want to join it. Statues honoring defenders of slavery (John C. Calhoun) or military bases immortalizing Confederate generals (Fort Bragg...
Let me explain: Most industry people I know were drawn to Hollywood by the prospect of creating things, not cancelling things. Now the dialogue has shifted, whether about airports (John Wayne), statues (Teddy Roosevelt) or movies (Gone With the Wind).
Could logos be next? Walt Disney was a man who did great things but whose points of view were nonetheless tainted by some unacceptable ideas. A taint provides ammunition for those who now advocate removing John Wayne’s name from Orange County’s airport or bringing down statues of Confederate generals or even of progressive presidents like Teddy Roosevelt or Andrew Jackson. Each of them had a taint.
I understand the motivations of the cancellation club, but don’t want to join it. Statues honoring defenders of slavery (John C. Calhoun) or military bases immortalizing Confederate generals (Fort Bragg...
- 7/10/2020
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda is currently living in the past. Or maybe it’s that, at this particular moment in time, the past just seems to keep catching up with him, tapping him on the shoulder, nudging him in the ribs. The 40-year-old playwright/actor/director/producer has spent the previous week watching Hamilton — the musical about one of our nation’s founding fathers that went from off-Broadway hit to Broadway gamechanger to cultural phenomenon — once again become a heavily debated, must-see national obsession, courtesy of a four-year-old idea. Back in 2016, when...
- 7/10/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
In a searing New York Times op-ed published Thursday night, Sen. Tammy Duckworth pushed back against statements by Donald Trump and right-wing Fox News host Tucker Carlson calling her patriotism into question.
“Attacks from self-serving, insecure men who can’t tell the difference between true patriotism and hateful nationalism will never diminish my love for this country,” Duckworth wrote, “or my willingness to sacrifice for it so they don’t have to. These titanium legs don’t buckle.”
The beef started on Monday when Carlson took issue with an answer Duckworth gave when she was asked on CNN about taking down statues of slave-owning founding fathers like George Washington amid a push to tear down statues of Confederate traitors. Duckworth didn’t call for such statues to be taken down, but she did suggest that the country should have “a national dialogue” about them.
Also Read: Sen Tammy Duckworth Claps...
“Attacks from self-serving, insecure men who can’t tell the difference between true patriotism and hateful nationalism will never diminish my love for this country,” Duckworth wrote, “or my willingness to sacrifice for it so they don’t have to. These titanium legs don’t buckle.”
The beef started on Monday when Carlson took issue with an answer Duckworth gave when she was asked on CNN about taking down statues of slave-owning founding fathers like George Washington amid a push to tear down statues of Confederate traitors. Duckworth didn’t call for such statues to be taken down, but she did suggest that the country should have “a national dialogue” about them.
Also Read: Sen Tammy Duckworth Claps...
- 7/10/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
The ending of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s epic American history musical, Hamilton, is easy enough to understand. As any product of the American education system (or anyone familiar with the SNL Digital Short “Lazy Sunday”) can tell you, the story of Alexander Hamilton ends with his death in a duel against political rival Aaron Burr.
And that’s exactly what happens in Hamilton where the title character (who previously never shut up about not throwing away his shot) throws away his shot at the end in an act of mercy and pays dearly for it. Simple enough! There’s one area of the Hamilton ending, however, that has confounded folks since the play premiered in 2015. That confusion has only grown since the play was made available on Disney+ on July 3. In short – what is the deal with Eliza Hamilton’s (Phillipa Soo) gasp at the end of the musical?
As the...
And that’s exactly what happens in Hamilton where the title character (who previously never shut up about not throwing away his shot) throws away his shot at the end in an act of mercy and pays dearly for it. Simple enough! There’s one area of the Hamilton ending, however, that has confounded folks since the play premiered in 2015. That confusion has only grown since the play was made available on Disney+ on July 3. In short – what is the deal with Eliza Hamilton’s (Phillipa Soo) gasp at the end of the musical?
As the...
- 7/9/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Are you ready for a Hamilton encore? If the answer is yes, then you probably have already watched Hamilton more than once on Disney+. But never being satisfied with only having the streaming event of the summer, Disney has now also revealed there will be a new behind-the-scenes look at the musical with Lin-Manuel Miranda and other key members of the cast, plus a historian, discussing the musical’s legacy five years on.
The new “special conversation,” titled Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You, is hosted by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts and features her interviewing Miranda, who in addition to playing Alexander Hamilton also wrote the music, lyrics, and books for the musical. She’ll also be speaking with director Thomas Kail and cast members Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Daveed Diggs (Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson), Phillipa Soo (Eliza Schuyler Hamilton), and...
The new “special conversation,” titled Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You, is hosted by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts and features her interviewing Miranda, who in addition to playing Alexander Hamilton also wrote the music, lyrics, and books for the musical. She’ll also be speaking with director Thomas Kail and cast members Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Daveed Diggs (Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson), Phillipa Soo (Eliza Schuyler Hamilton), and...
- 7/9/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
He’s one of the most endearing characters in Hamilton. Introduced as bashful and vaguely awkward due to his struggle with the English language, the only major character in the musical with aristocratic titles—besides the King of England, of course—is strangely modest when standing next to the likes of Alexander Hamilton or Aaron Burr. But the Marquis de Lafayette doesn’t stay that way. Soon enough good-natured modesty gives way to spitting English rhymes faster than anyone else on stage. Actor Daveed Diggs may have even secured his Tony award before playing Thomas Jefferson with Lafayette’s rapid fire verbal assault in “Guns and Ships.”
Yet the thing about the same actor portraying Jefferson is it means we see nothing of Lafayette after the American Revolution is won in Act One. In “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” Lafayette promises he’ll go back to France and “bring...
Yet the thing about the same actor portraying Jefferson is it means we see nothing of Lafayette after the American Revolution is won in Act One. In “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” Lafayette promises he’ll go back to France and “bring...
- 7/8/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Provenance Films, a subsidiary of Provenance Ventures, has optioned the 2017 book Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge form author Erica Armstrong Dunbar for a feature. Latoya Morgan, whose writing credits include The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, Shameless, is attached to adapt the screenplay.
The book, which was a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction, centers around Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom. Judge, who was denied freedom, left everything she knew to escape to New England. She became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.
After George Washington was elected president, following the Revolutionary War, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in the nation’s capital of New York City,...
The book, which was a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction, centers around Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom. Judge, who was denied freedom, left everything she knew to escape to New England. She became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.
After George Washington was elected president, following the Revolutionary War, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in the nation’s capital of New York City,...
- 7/8/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Hamilton is having a moment. Again. After being the toast of Broadway and pop culture five years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tour de force musical is back in the spotlight and in a different context. When it premiered at the Public Theater and then on Broadway in 2015, Hamilton was heralded as a masterpiece that broke into the mainstream with its infinitely catchy and layered original soundtrack, which fused rap and hip hop rhythms with traditional Broadway melody, jazz, and other American influences. And with its color-blind and diverse casting, it also reframed the American experiment’s founding for all Americans. At the time, it was embraced as the definitive work of art of the Obama years, with Michelle Obama herself calling it the best art “I have ever seen in my life.”
Yet five years later and after receiving a relatively rapturous reception by a new audience this Fourth of...
Yet five years later and after receiving a relatively rapturous reception by a new audience this Fourth of...
- 7/7/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Mount Vernon, V.A. — Peter James bent down to inspect a plaque about George Washington’s plantation profits. Mr. James, 24, is an independent hemp farmer visiting Washington, D.C. from Akron, Ohio this week for the Fourth of July. Like many Americans, Mr. James, who is black, said he was “taking a sober look” at history and “really trying to digest what it means to be an American today.” He’s hardly the only one.
Over this holiday weekend, Americans grappled with the founders’ complicated legacies. Nowhere was this more...
Over this holiday weekend, Americans grappled with the founders’ complicated legacies. Nowhere was this more...
- 7/6/2020
- by Shawn McCreesh
- Rollingstone.com
The room where it happened is now in your living room, as long as you subscribe to Disney +, where a filmed version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton is currently streaming. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash about Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, became nearly impossible to see after celebrities and New York elites drove up ticket prices. It’s indeed worthy of high praise, though, and high ticket prices, as evidenced by the life-affirming events that take place over the course of the 2 hour, 45 minute run time. But Disney + is where it belongs, at least for now.
The production plays with the same verbal and visual fireworks as the stage version, partly because it was filmed in front of a live audience at the Richard Rodger’s Theater, and partly because catchy music and convincing storytelling make for great cinema. The show also features the original cast – who...
The production plays with the same verbal and visual fireworks as the stage version, partly because it was filmed in front of a live audience at the Richard Rodger’s Theater, and partly because catchy music and convincing storytelling make for great cinema. The show also features the original cast – who...
- 7/6/2020
- by Asher Luberto
- We Got This Covered
With “Hamilton” available on Disney+ this weekend, the biggest sensation in Broadway history finally found a mass audience. For five years, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer-winning refashioning of the Founding Fathers was the rare cultural event that only a select few could witness. Now, anyone can can see the original cast of mostly Black and brown faces assuming the roles of historic white figures, a decision that adds depth and provocation to every moment.
The diversity presented a unique challenge: While the Puerto Rican Miranda always intended to play the lead, he and director Thomas Kail never specified ethnicities for any of the roles. Character breakdowns included a wide range of cultural references: Hamilton was “Eminem meets Sweeney Todd,” his wife Eliza was “Alicia Keys meets Elphaba,” peer-turned-killer Aaron Burr was “Javert meets Mos Def,” and George Washington was “John Legend meets Mufasa.” By the end of the original casting process,...
The diversity presented a unique challenge: While the Puerto Rican Miranda always intended to play the lead, he and director Thomas Kail never specified ethnicities for any of the roles. Character breakdowns included a wide range of cultural references: Hamilton was “Eminem meets Sweeney Todd,” his wife Eliza was “Alicia Keys meets Elphaba,” peer-turned-killer Aaron Burr was “Javert meets Mos Def,” and George Washington was “John Legend meets Mufasa.” By the end of the original casting process,...
- 7/4/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
After three seasons of feeling like “huge fish out of water” in rural Georgia, Kansas and Missouri, Season 5 of “Queer Eye” sees the Fab Five head to a big city for the first time: Philadelphia.
With a new intro and new issues (such as gentrification) to address, this season “feels like it has a different energy,” says the gang’s style guru Tan France.
A gym owner, a canine groomer and an over-worked doctor are among the hero highlights this season, which is launching at an extremely difficult, highly-charged time for many viewers, and for the Fab Five as well.
Here France and showrunnner Jennifer Lane talk with Variety about what to expect from the new season, and to discuss one old episode with a message that now seems all the more urgent.
There was an episode in Season 1 where the Fab Five were pulled over by a cop, and...
With a new intro and new issues (such as gentrification) to address, this season “feels like it has a different energy,” says the gang’s style guru Tan France.
A gym owner, a canine groomer and an over-worked doctor are among the hero highlights this season, which is launching at an extremely difficult, highly-charged time for many viewers, and for the Fab Five as well.
Here France and showrunnner Jennifer Lane talk with Variety about what to expect from the new season, and to discuss one old episode with a message that now seems all the more urgent.
There was an episode in Season 1 where the Fab Five were pulled over by a cop, and...
- 6/5/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
In downtown Portland, the graffiti splattered on the stone walls and plate glass of the federal courthouse lays bare the pain of a city not unlike Minneapolis: predominately white and liberal, yet policed by a force that is notoriously racist, and, in Portland’s case, under federal supervision for excessive use of force.
The spray paint is a rainbow of blacks and blues and pinks and purples: “Abolish Cops,” it says. “Fuck 12”; “Cops Are Terrorists”; “Acab”; “Stop Killing Black Men”.
Scenes from downtown Portland pic.twitter.com/Ho91q5Xqbn...
The spray paint is a rainbow of blacks and blues and pinks and purples: “Abolish Cops,” it says. “Fuck 12”; “Cops Are Terrorists”; “Acab”; “Stop Killing Black Men”.
Scenes from downtown Portland pic.twitter.com/Ho91q5Xqbn...
- 6/3/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Musical fans around the world took the news hard this week that In the Heights is being delayed a full 12 months. And stage and screen star Christopher Jackson might be one of them. While he recently told us he understands there are more important things going on in the world at this time, he’s still incredibly excited for fans and newcomers alike to experience the lights up on Washington Heights… especially after being so impressed by the new cast when he visited the In the Heights set to film a scene.
“I may have been on-set, I may have done a little cameo, possibly,” Jackson teased with a laugh while chatting with Den of Geek deputy editor Chris Longo for our baseball-themed interview series Mlb The Show (The Show). The confession came during a virtual interview about Jackson’s time on another Broadway musical, Bronx Bombers, and his love of baseball.
“I may have been on-set, I may have done a little cameo, possibly,” Jackson teased with a laugh while chatting with Den of Geek deputy editor Chris Longo for our baseball-themed interview series Mlb The Show (The Show). The confession came during a virtual interview about Jackson’s time on another Broadway musical, Bronx Bombers, and his love of baseball.
- 4/24/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Nintendo may finally let you pet dogs in the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2!
“With no news since its reveal at E3 2019, fans looking forward to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild‘s forthcoming sequel have been left to contemplate many burning questions. What’s the story behind the reanimated corpse that looks like Ganon? Will Link explore a vastly transformed version of Hyrule, or a new locale altogether? And maybe the most vital bit of missing information: Will players finally be able to pet the dogs?”
Read more at Inverse.
Fifteen seasons in, Supernatural is known as the show with a .gif for everything, including our toilet paper hoarding tendency in a time of crisis.
“There’s a saying on the internet, around fandom spaces: ‘Supernatural has a gif for that.’ The 15-year-old show has gif for everything… And somehow, we also managed...
“With no news since its reveal at E3 2019, fans looking forward to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild‘s forthcoming sequel have been left to contemplate many burning questions. What’s the story behind the reanimated corpse that looks like Ganon? Will Link explore a vastly transformed version of Hyrule, or a new locale altogether? And maybe the most vital bit of missing information: Will players finally be able to pet the dogs?”
Read more at Inverse.
Fifteen seasons in, Supernatural is known as the show with a .gif for everything, including our toilet paper hoarding tendency in a time of crisis.
“There’s a saying on the internet, around fandom spaces: ‘Supernatural has a gif for that.’ The 15-year-old show has gif for everything… And somehow, we also managed...
- 3/17/2020
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
Lin-Manuel Miranda is doing his part to give theater fans something to smile about amid the coronavirus outbreak that has shut down Broadway.
On Thursday night, the Hamilton creator and three-time Tony winner dropped an unreleased song from the hit musical for his 3 million Twitter followers.
Miranda’s surprise release came hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference that all Broadway shows will be going dark until April 12, over the growing coronavirus concerns.
“Wish I could send you peace of mind via this app. Alas,” Miranda wrote, addressing the shutdown and growing anxiety around the pandemic.
On Thursday night, the Hamilton creator and three-time Tony winner dropped an unreleased song from the hit musical for his 3 million Twitter followers.
Miranda’s surprise release came hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference that all Broadway shows will be going dark until April 12, over the growing coronavirus concerns.
“Wish I could send you peace of mind via this app. Alas,” Miranda wrote, addressing the shutdown and growing anxiety around the pandemic.
- 3/13/2020
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Productions of Hamilton may have shut down in New York and Los Angeles, but you can still get your fix of the Broadway show. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has released a previously unheard song from the show called “I Have a Friend.”
The song features Miranda and Christopher Jackson as Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, and sees Hamilton going to the president for advice to deal with the scandal after his affair with Maria Reynolds. According to Miranda, the song was cut from the final production.
“Wish I could send you...
The song features Miranda and Christopher Jackson as Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, and sees Hamilton going to the president for advice to deal with the scandal after his affair with Maria Reynolds. According to Miranda, the song was cut from the final production.
“Wish I could send you...
- 3/13/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The world is turned upside down, but Lin-Manuel Miranda is offering something to help us all get through it.
The Hamilton creator has issued a free cut from the Broadway smash musical called I Have This Friend. He tweeted it out this afternoon and linked to the SoundCloud service. The raw track features Miranda and Christopher Jackson in their roles as Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, singing with a simple background accompaniment of drum machine and keyboard.
More from Deadline'Hamilton' Performances Suspended On Broadway And Hollywood Pantages Amidst Coronavirus Concerns'Foundation' TV Series Suspends Production In Ireland Amid Coronavirus Pandemic'ncis' Dramas, 'The Good Fight' Among CBS TV Series Shuting Down Production Over Coronavirus
Manuel’s decision comes as Hamilton is back in the news, and not for good reasons. The Broadway production of Hamilton is going dark, along with other shows in New York theater, in response to the coronavirus.
The Hamilton creator has issued a free cut from the Broadway smash musical called I Have This Friend. He tweeted it out this afternoon and linked to the SoundCloud service. The raw track features Miranda and Christopher Jackson in their roles as Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, singing with a simple background accompaniment of drum machine and keyboard.
More from Deadline'Hamilton' Performances Suspended On Broadway And Hollywood Pantages Amidst Coronavirus Concerns'Foundation' TV Series Suspends Production In Ireland Amid Coronavirus Pandemic'ncis' Dramas, 'The Good Fight' Among CBS TV Series Shuting Down Production Over Coronavirus
Manuel’s decision comes as Hamilton is back in the news, and not for good reasons. The Broadway production of Hamilton is going dark, along with other shows in New York theater, in response to the coronavirus.
- 3/13/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
For as much as we know about a lot of our presidents, what most people know about our very first president, George Washington, could probably fit on one side of an index card. Yes, he was a lauded general, and yes, he owned slaves and operated a Virginia plantation, but he was also once a struggling young man who was…...
- 2/14/2020
- by Marah Eakin on TV Club, shared by Marah Eakin to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
If only American history were presented and taught the way History’s six-hour, three-night miniseries event portrays our first president, George Washington. Noted historians, academics, political figures, and past presidents share their wealth of insight from their own studies and research. When interspersed with well done and frankly gruesome reenactments, you get the sound and vision of what was a complex […]...
- 2/14/2020
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
In 1984, Viggo Mortensen debuted as a Lieutenant in a George Washington miniseries. Since then, he’s portrayed a once and future king in the Tolkein universe, a father navigating the apocalypse, a Russian hitman, and a prejudiced personal driver. However, until now, he’s never directed. And though an accomplished author, “Falling” marks Moretensen’s first screenplay to successfully enter into production as well. The film—for which he stars as John, the gay son of Willis (Lance Henriksen)—hopes to demonstrate the love between father and son rising above bad memories and horrific political differences.
Continue reading ‘Falling’: Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Is An Exhausting Mess [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Falling’: Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Is An Exhausting Mess [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 2/1/2020
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
John Cooper wasn’t so sure about “Honeyland.” A year before the documentary about a Macedonian beekeeper would score two Oscar nominations, the future Sundance World Cinema Documentary selection didn’t resonate with the festival director as he entered his final year.
“I just didn’t get that film when I watched it,” said Cooper from his Sundance office during the 2020 edition of the festival, as he ended his 11-year run overseeing the event. “And I didn’t have to get it, because everyone else in the room loved it. It’s hard to find 125 films that you love, that you totally respect. I don’t pick all these films. I play the room.”
Cooper’s candid admissions about the flaws of the programming process speak to the unpredictable nature of running a festival, and how much of its impact begins with frantic behind-the-scenes debate. Each year’s program invites...
“I just didn’t get that film when I watched it,” said Cooper from his Sundance office during the 2020 edition of the festival, as he ended his 11-year run overseeing the event. “And I didn’t have to get it, because everyone else in the room loved it. It’s hard to find 125 films that you love, that you totally respect. I don’t pick all these films. I play the room.”
Cooper’s candid admissions about the flaws of the programming process speak to the unpredictable nature of running a festival, and how much of its impact begins with frantic behind-the-scenes debate. Each year’s program invites...
- 1/31/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Barrett-Jackson collector car auctions are leaving their previous home at Discovery’s Motor Trend and moving to A+E’s History Channel and Fyi.
The move is part of a new programming agreement between A+E and Barrett-Jackson, which will take effect beginning with the 18th Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Auction from April 16-18.
“We are honored and excited to feature ‘Barrett-Jackson Live’ in our popular branded programming block, Drive, on History and Fyi,” said Jim Hoffman, executive vice president of program partnerships & strategic initiatives. “The highly-promotable live event series has proven to attract automotive enthusiasts across the globe and brings to the Drive block a diversity of content that is certain to thrill our passionate car-enthusiast audiences.”
Also Read: History Channel Sets Premiere for George Washington Miniseries - Watch the First Trailer (Video)
“I’ve always been passionate about sharing the excitement of our auctions with enthusiasts,” said Craig Jackson,...
The move is part of a new programming agreement between A+E and Barrett-Jackson, which will take effect beginning with the 18th Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Auction from April 16-18.
“We are honored and excited to feature ‘Barrett-Jackson Live’ in our popular branded programming block, Drive, on History and Fyi,” said Jim Hoffman, executive vice president of program partnerships & strategic initiatives. “The highly-promotable live event series has proven to attract automotive enthusiasts across the globe and brings to the Drive block a diversity of content that is certain to thrill our passionate car-enthusiast audiences.”
Also Read: History Channel Sets Premiere for George Washington Miniseries - Watch the First Trailer (Video)
“I’ve always been passionate about sharing the excitement of our auctions with enthusiasts,” said Craig Jackson,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
History Channel announced Saturday that its six-part miniseries on George Washington will debut on President’s Day weekend.
It will air over three nights beginning Sunday, Feb. 16, and continuing on Feb. 17 and 18. The miniseries is narrated by Jeff Daniels and is executive produced by author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Watch the video above.
“Washington” will feature a mix of dramatic retellings, with Nicholas Rowe playing Washington, as well as interviews with former President Bill Clinton, Colin Powell and historians Joseph J. Ellis, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jon Meacham, Alan Taylor and others.
Also Read: Nat Geo Plots Programming for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Including New Jane Goodall Doc (Exclusive)
“Our audience thrives on gaining knowledge about legendary leaders who have made an impact to the fabric of our society and History continues to invest in premium content to tell these gripping stories,” Eli Lehrer, executive vice president and general manager, History, said.
It will air over three nights beginning Sunday, Feb. 16, and continuing on Feb. 17 and 18. The miniseries is narrated by Jeff Daniels and is executive produced by author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Watch the video above.
“Washington” will feature a mix of dramatic retellings, with Nicholas Rowe playing Washington, as well as interviews with former President Bill Clinton, Colin Powell and historians Joseph J. Ellis, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jon Meacham, Alan Taylor and others.
Also Read: Nat Geo Plots Programming for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Including New Jane Goodall Doc (Exclusive)
“Our audience thrives on gaining knowledge about legendary leaders who have made an impact to the fabric of our society and History continues to invest in premium content to tell these gripping stories,” Eli Lehrer, executive vice president and general manager, History, said.
- 1/18/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
NBA legend and activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is teaming up with History on a documentary on the African American experience during the Revolutionary War.
Titled “Black Patriots,” the doc tells the story of some of the most significant Black figures from the time period including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley and James Armistead Lafayette. History unveiled the doc during its Television Critics’ Association winter press tour day and also set the premiere date of Wednesday, Feb. 19.
“Since retiring from the NBA, I’ve been writing books and articles to bring awareness to the public of the many overlooked African-Americans in history who have contributed so much to American society. ‘Black Patriots’ chronicles the surprising, crucial, and often ignored role the black people played in the creation of our country,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “Here’s something we never learned in school: George Washington said that African-Americans were pivotal to winning the Revolutionary War.
Titled “Black Patriots,” the doc tells the story of some of the most significant Black figures from the time period including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley and James Armistead Lafayette. History unveiled the doc during its Television Critics’ Association winter press tour day and also set the premiere date of Wednesday, Feb. 19.
“Since retiring from the NBA, I’ve been writing books and articles to bring awareness to the public of the many overlooked African-Americans in history who have contributed so much to American society. ‘Black Patriots’ chronicles the surprising, crucial, and often ignored role the black people played in the creation of our country,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “Here’s something we never learned in school: George Washington said that African-Americans were pivotal to winning the Revolutionary War.
- 1/18/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
History has set a Presidents’ Day Weekend rollout for Washington, a three-night docudrama executive-produced by renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The cabler also has announced premieres for docus about Auschwitz and the African American experience during the Revolutionary War.
Narrated by Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), Washington will air in nightly two-hour installments on Sunday, Feb. 16, Monday, Feb. 17 and Tuesday, Feb. 18, all at 8/7c. The event will explore the arc of the first president’s journey and weave together dramatic live-action sequences, excerpts from Washington’s letters, and insights from a roster of experts, including President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Colin Powell,...
Narrated by Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), Washington will air in nightly two-hour installments on Sunday, Feb. 16, Monday, Feb. 17 and Tuesday, Feb. 18, all at 8/7c. The event will explore the arc of the first president’s journey and weave together dramatic live-action sequences, excerpts from Washington’s letters, and insights from a roster of experts, including President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Colin Powell,...
- 1/18/2020
- TVLine.com
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has teamed with History on Black Patriots, a one-hour documentary chronicling the role of African Americans during the Revolutionary War. It’s set to premiere Wednesday, February 19 at 10 Pm on History. It was announced today as part of History’s presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour.
Per History’s official description, Black Patriots paints a comprehensive picture of the African American experience during the Revolutionary War and shares the story of the war within the revolution through the eyes of some of the most crucial and significant African American figures of our country’s foundation including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley and James Armistead Lafayette.
Abdul-Jabbar will anchor the documentary and executive produce with Deborah Morales.
“Since retiring from the NBA, I’ve been writing books and articles to bring awareness to the public of the many overlooked African-Americans in history who have contributed so much to American society.
Per History’s official description, Black Patriots paints a comprehensive picture of the African American experience during the Revolutionary War and shares the story of the war within the revolution through the eyes of some of the most crucial and significant African American figures of our country’s foundation including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley and James Armistead Lafayette.
Abdul-Jabbar will anchor the documentary and executive produce with Deborah Morales.
“Since retiring from the NBA, I’ve been writing books and articles to bring awareness to the public of the many overlooked African-Americans in history who have contributed so much to American society.
- 1/18/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and six Democratic committee chairs unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one for abuse of power and one for obstruction of Congress.
Before a row of four American flags in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol, the Democrats announced the next steps in the impeachment process, which was launched in September with an inquiry into President Donald Trump’s effort to get the president of Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Joe Biden, and his son Hunter.
Broadcast and cable networks covered the announcement, as dozens of reporters and photographers packed into the Rayburn Room, notable for its Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-ny) said that they would be charging Trump “with committing high crimes and misdemeanors.”
“Our president holds the ultimate public trust,” Nadler said. “When he betrays that trust and puts himself before the country,...
Before a row of four American flags in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol, the Democrats announced the next steps in the impeachment process, which was launched in September with an inquiry into President Donald Trump’s effort to get the president of Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Joe Biden, and his son Hunter.
Broadcast and cable networks covered the announcement, as dozens of reporters and photographers packed into the Rayburn Room, notable for its Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-ny) said that they would be charging Trump “with committing high crimes and misdemeanors.”
“Our president holds the ultimate public trust,” Nadler said. “When he betrays that trust and puts himself before the country,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has picked up U.S., Canadian, and Latin American rights to Aardman’s latest stop-motion feature, “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” the sci-fi/comedy sequel to the Oscar-nominated “Shaun the Sheep Movie.” Co-directed by Aardman animators Richard Phelan and Will Becher, and revolving around a martian toddler, “Farmageddon” will stream in early 2020; Netflix will support an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run next season.
This bolsters Netflix’s ambitious slate of nearly a dozen animated features, coming on the heels of this month’s initial two, Oscar-buzzy, releases: “Klaus,” the charming Santa origin story with innovative 2D, and “I Lost My Body,” the acclaimed French existential mystery about a severed hand that’s the most original animated feature of the season. After only two years, Netflix has quickly established itself as a viable alternative to the Hollywood studios and a direct competitor to indies GKids and Sony Pictures Classics.
Led by Melissa Cobb,...
This bolsters Netflix’s ambitious slate of nearly a dozen animated features, coming on the heels of this month’s initial two, Oscar-buzzy, releases: “Klaus,” the charming Santa origin story with innovative 2D, and “I Lost My Body,” the acclaimed French existential mystery about a severed hand that’s the most original animated feature of the season. After only two years, Netflix has quickly established itself as a viable alternative to the Hollywood studios and a direct competitor to indies GKids and Sony Pictures Classics.
Led by Melissa Cobb,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Updated with Trump addressing airports remark: President Donald Trump took some lumps over Thursday’s remark about Continental Army taking over the airpots during the Revolutionary War in 1775. Today he explained what happened.
“Yeah, the teleprompter went out,” Potus told reporters this morning. “It kept going on. And then, at the end, it just went out. It went kaput. So I could have said — and, actually, right in the middle of that sentence, it went out. And that’s not a good feeling, when you’re standing in front of millions of millions of people on television. And, I don’t know what the final count was, but that went all the way back to the Washington Monument. And I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.”‘
Well, that settles that.
Happily, he did not go on to suggest that the same thing happened to President Lincoln as he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
“Yeah, the teleprompter went out,” Potus told reporters this morning. “It kept going on. And then, at the end, it just went out. It went kaput. So I could have said — and, actually, right in the middle of that sentence, it went out. And that’s not a good feeling, when you’re standing in front of millions of millions of people on television. And, I don’t know what the final count was, but that went all the way back to the Washington Monument. And I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.”‘
Well, that settles that.
Happily, he did not go on to suggest that the same thing happened to President Lincoln as he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
- 7/5/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian airline Alitalia has apologized for a promotional video featuring an actor in blackface portraying former U.S. president Barack Obama.
The Italian-language video, which has since been removed, was one of a series of advertisements promoting the carrier’s recently-added non-stop flight from Rome to Washington, D.C. Actors playing President Trump, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were also featured, with the hashtag #WhereIsWashington.
After a barrage of complaints from Twitter users, the airline took down the video and issued an apology.
Also Read: Katy Perry's Shoe Designs Yanked After Blackface Accusations
“Alitalia deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the promotional video on our Washington route. It has since been removed. For our Company, respect for everyone is mandatory, it was never our intention to hurt anyone and we will learn from what has happened,” the airline tweeted on Wednesday.
Also Read: Benedict Cumberbatch Drills Michelle Obama...
The Italian-language video, which has since been removed, was one of a series of advertisements promoting the carrier’s recently-added non-stop flight from Rome to Washington, D.C. Actors playing President Trump, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were also featured, with the hashtag #WhereIsWashington.
After a barrage of complaints from Twitter users, the airline took down the video and issued an apology.
Also Read: Katy Perry's Shoe Designs Yanked After Blackface Accusations
“Alitalia deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the promotional video on our Washington route. It has since been removed. For our Company, respect for everyone is mandatory, it was never our intention to hurt anyone and we will learn from what has happened,” the airline tweeted on Wednesday.
Also Read: Benedict Cumberbatch Drills Michelle Obama...
- 7/5/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Twenty-eight years after tanks were last in Washington, D.C., they returned for President Donald Trump’s ego parade, titled “A Salute to America.” Although, the tanks did not roll down the city’s streets as the president wanted. They instead flanked him as he gave a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The speech largely avoided politics, focusing instead on the military.
But while recapping great military victories, Trump stumbled, failing to read the teleprompter accurately, he said that American troops in the Revolutionary War “took over airports,...
But while recapping great military victories, Trump stumbled, failing to read the teleprompter accurately, he said that American troops in the Revolutionary War “took over airports,...
- 7/5/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Just hours before Nike’s Independance Day themed Air Max 1 USA was set to go on sale across America, the sportswear giant has pulled the kicks amidst apparent concerns from Colin Kaepernick about connections to the country’s slavery past – and that’s got Laura Ingraham hitting the boycott button.
“Pathetic!!” tweeted out the Fox News Channel host this evening after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Betsy Ross tinged Air Max 1 USA was Doa after the former NFL star and Nike sponsored civil rights activist expressed reservations to top execs at the Phil Knight co-founded company about the use of the old flag on the shoe.
Not content with make her Pov known in one word, Ingraham followed up with seven more less than an hour later:
No more @nike sneakers for our family. “Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes” https://t.co/4Dca...
“Pathetic!!” tweeted out the Fox News Channel host this evening after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Betsy Ross tinged Air Max 1 USA was Doa after the former NFL star and Nike sponsored civil rights activist expressed reservations to top execs at the Phil Knight co-founded company about the use of the old flag on the shoe.
Not content with make her Pov known in one word, Ingraham followed up with seven more less than an hour later:
No more @nike sneakers for our family. “Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes” https://t.co/4Dca...
- 7/2/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Jackson -- one of the actors in Ava DuVernay's new series about the Central Park 5 -- says it's up to viewers to decide how accurately they portrayed real people ... but most importantly, he wants viewers to be inspired. Chris was out in NYC Wednesday when we asked him why he wanted to be a part of "When They See Us," and aside from the obvious -- working with Ava -- he says the...
- 6/6/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A compelling 78-minute snapshot of Southern poverty and grief, 19-year-old director Phillip Youmans’ debut “Burning Cane” hovers in textures more than plot. Aprofound sermon by the newly widowed Reverend Tillman (Wendell Pierce) follows the soulful voiceover of lonely mother Helen (Karen Kaia Livers), who worries about her aging dog and alcoholic son Daniel (Dominique McClellan). With those concerns established in the opening minutes, the movie moves on to its central concerns, cycling through lyrical exchanges and a wondrous sense of its remote African-American community over the course of this trim cinematic tone poem, which has just enough polish to be a major calling card.
It also suggests a filmmaker with lofty ambitions. The spirit of Terrence Malick hovers over much of “Burning Cane,” much in the same way it did with David Gordon Green’s debut “George Washington,” with poetic images of green-tinted fields and inquisitive narration drifting across many scenes.
It also suggests a filmmaker with lofty ambitions. The spirit of Terrence Malick hovers over much of “Burning Cane,” much in the same way it did with David Gordon Green’s debut “George Washington,” with poetic images of green-tinted fields and inquisitive narration drifting across many scenes.
- 4/27/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
History has green-lit nonfiction series The UnXplained (working title), which is hosted and executive produced by William Shatner. It has also slated new docudramas about George Washington and food, and brought back In Search Of and Evel Live for second go-rounds.
The announcements were made during the A+E Networks upfront presentation to media buyers in New York.
The UnXplained comes from executive producer Kevin Burns, creator and producer of History hits like Ancient Aliens and The Curse of Oak Island. The show will explore the facts behind the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.
Inspired by the iconic 1970s franchise originally hosted by Leonard Nimoy, In Search Of examines unexplained phenomena worldwide. It is hosted and executive produced by Zachary Quinto, and produced by Propagate Content, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Before the Door Pictures.
“Both The UnXplained and In Search Of strive to solve some of...
The announcements were made during the A+E Networks upfront presentation to media buyers in New York.
The UnXplained comes from executive producer Kevin Burns, creator and producer of History hits like Ancient Aliens and The Curse of Oak Island. The show will explore the facts behind the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.
Inspired by the iconic 1970s franchise originally hosted by Leonard Nimoy, In Search Of examines unexplained phenomena worldwide. It is hosted and executive produced by Zachary Quinto, and produced by Propagate Content, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Before the Door Pictures.
“Both The UnXplained and In Search Of strive to solve some of...
- 3/27/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
MedMen's two-minute Spike Jonze-directed ad, "The New Normal," has Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams playing a slew of characters — like a hemp-growing George Washington — in a series of frozen-in-time vignettes illustrating the long, complicated history of cannabis in America.
It's a trippy spot, but the true mind-blower is how it was made. Williams and "true collaborator" Jonze staffed up the ad, which can only be seen online and on cannabis-friendly TV outlets like Dish, Bravo and the Food Network, with loads of people who had been incarcerated for marijuana offenses or been tangled ...
It's a trippy spot, but the true mind-blower is how it was made. Williams and "true collaborator" Jonze staffed up the ad, which can only be seen online and on cannabis-friendly TV outlets like Dish, Bravo and the Food Network, with loads of people who had been incarcerated for marijuana offenses or been tangled ...
- 3/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A mournful, magisterial, and often moving debut feature, Hu Bo’s An Elephant Sitting Still might best be described as a contemplation of despair—or, more specifically, as an incremental, painful probing of how much a single person can bear before they're driven to tragic release. Born in 1988, Hu took his life soon after completing the film, and since its premiere in the Forum section of last year's Berlinale, the feature has been nigh-impossible to view apart from that fact. Its opening minutes tell of an elephant in the northern Chinese town of Manzhouli that simply sits, unmoving, and ignores the world. The seemingly apocryphal tale—which one might consider alongside the ancient Indian fable of the blind men and an elephant—is taken from the director’s novel Huge Crack (2017), and also serves as the primary motivator of the story’s harried principal characters, for whom Manzhouli becomes a kind of mythical haven,...
- 3/11/2019
- MUBI
On “The Late Show” Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert said he was bummed out that President Trump sounds like a bored entertainer just singing his greatest hits again.
Trump held a news conference Tuesday to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and said there “was no collusion,” and “it was a hoax.”
Also Read: Stephen Colbert Leads Jimmy Fallon in Ratings for First Season Ever
“It’s just so sad when his heart’s just not in it, you know?” said Colbert. “He’s like an aging singer doing his sixteenth show of the week in Branson to a half-empty room.”
Colbert then launched into his impression of Trump rattling off expressions with an exhausted, hangdog look: “No collusion. Lock her up. Build the wall. Fake news.” He said “Maga,” but pronounced “Muh-gaaa.”
Colbert then took issue with Trump’s claim that no administration in U.S. history has accomplished...
Trump held a news conference Tuesday to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and said there “was no collusion,” and “it was a hoax.”
Also Read: Stephen Colbert Leads Jimmy Fallon in Ratings for First Season Ever
“It’s just so sad when his heart’s just not in it, you know?” said Colbert. “He’s like an aging singer doing his sixteenth show of the week in Branson to a half-empty room.”
Colbert then launched into his impression of Trump rattling off expressions with an exhausted, hangdog look: “No collusion. Lock her up. Build the wall. Fake news.” He said “Maga,” but pronounced “Muh-gaaa.”
Colbert then took issue with Trump’s claim that no administration in U.S. history has accomplished...
- 3/6/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
"Madness? How about wellness." It's time for the new Spike Jonze joint! Though it isn't a new feature film. The New Normal is a two-minute short film directed by Spike Jonze, starring Jesse Williams, made entirely to promote the legalization of marijuana in the United States. The short was produced as a marketing video for MedMen, a cannabis company with dispensaries all around America selling their "premium" products. Nonetheless, it presents a compelling case for legalization by pointing out how it was normal to grow hemp (aka cannabis) in the days of George Washington, plus how propaganda and the "war on drugs" has not helped solve any problems, just make them worse. But most of all, it is stil a new Spike Jonze film we can all enjoy right now. Description from Vimeo: "Welcome to The New Normal, a journey through America's complex history with cannabis." Also: "Learn ...
- 3/1/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Spike Jonze has still not announced any new feature filmmaking efforts since the release of his Oscar winner “Her” in 2013, so fans will just have to settle for this surprise two-minute short film at the moment. Jonze released his new short, “The New Normal,” earlier this week in partnership with the cannabis company MedMen. The short finds Jonze advocating for marijuana legalization by retelling American history through the progression of cannabis in the country.
Per the synopsis from MedMen: “The commercial chronicles society’s evolving perceptions of the plant, from pre-prohibition to the modern industry of today. While looking back through America’s history, from George Washington’s hemp farm, to Reefer Madness propaganda, ‘The New Normal’ takes the audience on a journey through the injustices of the past and a hopeful view for the future.”
Jonze had some impressive collaborators on the film, including Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young. “Grey...
Per the synopsis from MedMen: “The commercial chronicles society’s evolving perceptions of the plant, from pre-prohibition to the modern industry of today. While looking back through America’s history, from George Washington’s hemp farm, to Reefer Madness propaganda, ‘The New Normal’ takes the audience on a journey through the injustices of the past and a hopeful view for the future.”
Jonze had some impressive collaborators on the film, including Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young. “Grey...
- 3/1/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
While the presence of “Minding the Gap” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” in the Oscar documentary feature category suggest a welcome evolution in the way the Academy thinks about nonfiction filmmaking, the documentary short ballot hasn’t changed much from years past. Once again, just causes, rather than great cinema, dominate the list of nominees, which serve as a kind of armchair activism for voters, who tend to back the issue that matters most to them. Here, the choices range from empowering women in developing nations to easing terminal patients with end-of-life choices.
The first film screened in ShortsTV’s two-hour-plus theatrical program, Ed Perkins’ “Black Sheep,” actually suggests it may be otherwise, interweaving a compelling direct-to-camera interview with Cornelius Walker with equally powerful reenactment footage of his adolescence in Essex, where the young Nigerian immigrant learned to hate the color of his own skin. The story itself...
The first film screened in ShortsTV’s two-hour-plus theatrical program, Ed Perkins’ “Black Sheep,” actually suggests it may be otherwise, interweaving a compelling direct-to-camera interview with Cornelius Walker with equally powerful reenactment footage of his adolescence in Essex, where the young Nigerian immigrant learned to hate the color of his own skin. The story itself...
- 2/24/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
After leaving Viceland, “Desus & Mero” is getting a major upgrade when it premieres on Showtime Thursday night. Hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, aka The Bodega Boys, aren’t sweating the transition though. “In the alternate universe, we are probably working at the bodega, stocking shelves,” said Mero at a Television Critics Association press day earlier this month. Desus added, “When we first started our show, we were so broke. He had to scan me in on the subway because I had no money to go to the studio. That’s where the confidence comes from; we can’t lose because we already won.”
Showtime is just as high on the two Bronx personalities: The network put an offer out to Desus and Mero even before Viceland dropped them, and hyped the premiere with a Super Bowl spot and some synergistic ads. Showtime Entertainment co-president Gary Levine said,...
Showtime is just as high on the two Bronx personalities: The network put an offer out to Desus and Mero even before Viceland dropped them, and hyped the premiere with a Super Bowl spot and some synergistic ads. Showtime Entertainment co-president Gary Levine said,...
- 2/21/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
At 5:57 p.m. Monday night, roughly 20 people carrying cameras, projection equipment and stacks of informational flyers hustled through the bitter cold down Eighth Avenue from West 33rd Street in Manhattan. They stopped directly across the street from the west side of Madison Square Garden, and a few minutes later began projecting on the side of the self-described World’s Most Famous Arena scenes from an event that took place inside 80 years ago to the day.
Billed as a celebration of “Americanism” on George Washington’s birthday, the 1939 event drew over 20,000 people,...
Billed as a celebration of “Americanism” on George Washington’s birthday, the 1939 event drew over 20,000 people,...
- 2/19/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.