Alex Gibney’s ‘Agents of Chaos’ Tries Gamely to Make Sense of Russian Election Interference: TV Review

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorDonald Trump’s recent COVID-19 diagnosis brought all the chaos and contradictions of the pandemic into sharp focus.

Letters From Christopher: The Tragic Confessions of the Watts Family Murders.Shanann was expecting the couple’s third child at the time of her murder and Chris has since come out to confirm that he tried to make her miscarry.He fed his wife the opiate painkiller Oxycodone without her knowledge in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEven if you haven’t seen the 1983 film or read Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book of the same name, chances are you’ve already seen something exactly like “The Right Stuff.” In its retelling of the true story of “The Mercury 7” (i.e. the intrepid group of American astronauts vying to be the country’s first space travelers), this TV version of “The Right Stuff” never met a space story cliché it didn’t embrace with open arms.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen asked directly about attending the Rose Garden event that has now been linked to dozens of COVID-19 diagnoses within the White House, with new ones reported every day, Vice President Mike Pence dodged to commend “the American people” on their ability to make good decisions. But the question wasn’t about how the American people deal with the risk of contracting coronavirus.

Given that it lays out in unsparing terms the extent of a staggering American failure that ranks up there with 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, “Totally Under Control” is a surprisingly calm piece of work. A damning account of how the greatest technological, scientific, and military power on the planet laid down and allowed a pandemic to march right over it, the documentary is filled with eyewitnesses to the clown show who still don’t appear able to process what they saw.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter“It’s complete bullsh*t…he has no idea what he’s talking about” is a quote from the trailer from Totally Under Control, Alex Gibney’s documentary that chronicles Donald Trump and the White House’s failed response to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the world continues to face the novel coronavirus pandemic, the first look at a new documentary aimed to examine the government's response to the virus and "uncover the truth" has been released. The first trailer for Alex Gibney's doc, Totally Under Control— a title quoting President's Donald Trump affirmation that everything is "totally under control" with COVID-19 — was released Friday.

Absolutely no in the world of documentaries moves as fast as Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. Known for award-winning docs like “Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” (his CV is outrageously long) Gibney already unveiled “Agents Of Chaos” this fall, on September 23 on HBO, a timely and revealing look at Russia’s interference into the 2016 election.

Ant Anstead has had enough when it comes to other people's commentary on why he and his estranged wife, Christina Anstead, have split.On Monday, Ant Instagrammed a black-and-white picture of himself with their 1-year-old son, Hudson. While the initial caption read, «Beautiful Boyz Weekend.

Vogue Williams has her hands full at the moment. As well as being a mum to Theodore, two, and two-month-old Gigi, the former model records a hit weekly podcast with her husband Spencer Matthews, aptly named Spencer & Vogue, and is also a guest presenter on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, which means weekly trips to Leeds with little Gigi in tow.

Amazon Alexa users have been trying out a new command on their smart speakers. The Mirror has revealed how to activate ‘Super Alexa Mode’ - and the new trick is particularly popular with retro gaming fans.

new job support scheme unveiled last week will see the government topping up the pay packets of employed workers for next six months, but it is feared that nighttime workers will be left in the cold – with many still in unemployment after nightclubs and music venues were forced to shut their doors as a result of the pandemic.

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich aren't done trying to repair their relationship.

Russia's influence over American politics is the subject of a new podcast from Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, Leon Neyfakh's Prologue Projects and Cadence13. Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S.

Ted Johnson In the weeks after Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in 2016, Tina Fey spoke to a Hollywood event and told the audience the real reason that Hillary Clinton lost: “Not enough celebrity music videos urging people to vote.”Fey was being sarcastic and flippant, but she referring to what flooded social media in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

Candace Cameron Bure was blown away by the response to her and husband Valeri Bure’s saucy, breast-grabbing photo earlier this month.“I love the fact that so many people had an opinion on it,” the actress, 44, told Fox News on Friday, September 18. “It made me laugh because I wasn’t trying to make a statement.A week prior, the Fuller House actress shared a photo of her husband, 46, cupping her right breast as they posed outside on a bridge.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticTen years ago, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and thousands of their shows’ most loyal fans took over the National Mall to throw their support behind a common cause. Having skewered American politics for years — Stewart with flustered liberal rage, Colbert with a barely hyperbolic spoof of conservative pundits — the pair was fed up with the polarization of politics that seemed to be taking over their every waking moment.