Alex Gibney Tackles Trump’s Coronavirus Response in Documentary ‘Totally Under Control’

Dodge Charger and may have been drinking, according to an affidavit.Travis County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kristen Dark said Jones had a “strong odor of alcohol” coming from him and that he was unable to complete field sobriety tests, losing his balance and failing to touch heel to toe.Jones' blood-alcohol level was recorded at .076 and .079, according to court records; the legal blood alcohol limit is .08 in Texas.Under state law, impairment is possible regardless of a person’s blood

Dennis Quaid shared a video on Instagram explaining that reports he participated in a pro-Trump ad campaign funded by taxpayers about the administration’s COVID-19 response are inaccurate. The actor shared a video on Sunday with the caption “NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPOLITICIZED” in which he explained he was “feeling some outrage and a lot of disappointment” that the “cancel culture media” is trying to drag his reputation through the mud.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticConnecting the seemingly infinite threads of online trolling, Russian subterfuge and the astonishing evolution of American politics has become a favorite past-time of impassioned intellectuals raging against the Trump administration. In trying to pinpoint all the significant factors that led to Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory, some have identified Russia’s interest in American affairs as the key to understanding how we got to where we are today.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe United States reached a grim milestone Tuesday as the nation reached 200,000 COVID-19 deaths. The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah put  President Donald Trump in the hot seat for his lackluster, if not detrimental, response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“Almost no one is  doing worse than the United States with a number of COVID-19 cases that has just hit an astonishing 200,000; more than any other country in the world,” he said.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

effect on LGBTQ people of color, who are 44% more likely to have lost their jobs or had their hours reduced, has been particularly devastating.The ad cites the fact that Black and brown communities have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and that LGTBQ people are dealing with “compounding years of inequality” and struggling to survive financially.“Bars and restaurants are not open right now, so people are losing their jobs and losing their income,” a woman in the commercial

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.

Julie Delpy’s upcoming dramedy series “On the Verge,” a co-production between Canal Plus and Netflix.Canal Plus will air the series in France, with Netflix distributing it in the rest of world. “On The Verge” was co-developed by Canal Plus’s Original Creation label.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorThe semifinals of America’s Got Talent and a special edition of Big Brother topped ABC’s telecast of the Donald Trump town hall special The President and the People: A 20/20 Special Event on Tuesday night.

Alexis Bloom is set to direct animated documentary The Klarsfelds, with Bleecker Street acquiring theU.S. rights.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen it comes to the mysterious and disturbing subject of what goes on in the minds of serial killers, popular culture has usually been ahead of the curve. The idea of the split personality goes way back — to “Dr.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorOscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney had some choice words about the Trump administration today as he Zoom-ed into the Venice Film Festival to discuss Crazy Not Insane, his out of competition title that’s playing here. It focuses on Dr Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a psychiatrist who assesses the sanity of people on death row before they are to be executed and examines what makes someone a serial killer.

The original cartoon, released in August, depicts a Trump supporter hospitalized because of the coronavirus.“180,000 deaths and counting,” the comedian captioned the drawing, which featured a man on a breathing machine. He updated his figure Thursday to account for those who’ve died in the two weeks since the first drawing came out: “191,000 deaths – conservatively.

Neon has picked up Alex Gibney’s latest documentary, Totally Under Control, about U.S. president Donald Trump's failed response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, for an October theatrical release.

Dave McNary Film ReporterNeon has nabbed rights to Alex Gibney’s documentary “Totally Under Control,” detailing the White House response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and plans to release the film in October.Neon made the announcement Thursday, a day after revelations from journalist Bob Woodward that President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed U.S.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorAs film and TV try their best to get back into production amidst the constraints of a global pandemic, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has been quietly filming a documentary for the past four months with Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger. The project, titled Totally Under Control puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented.

Alyssa Milano took to Twitter to blame Donald Trump for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic and called on the entire GOP to be tried for treason in light of revelations made in Bob Woodward’s new book. Excerpts from the longtime reporter's book ‘Rage” were published by The Washington Post on Wednesday along with audiotapes from early February in which Trump told Woodward that the coronavirus was “deadly stuff” while he was also telling the public that it was no worse than the seasonal flu.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticShowtime will premiere its original documentary Kingdom of Silence about the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 – the two-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.Directed by Emmy-winning Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and exec-produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, Kingdom of Silence examines the relationship between the U.S.

essay published Thursday in The Atlantic.Carrey specifically highlighted the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, calling the final night of last week’s Republican National Convention, which was held on the South Lawn of the White House, a “Totally Illegal COVID-19 Super-Spreader Spectacular.”“Those in the audience on the South Lawn of the White House might have believed their lives were their own to lose, but after their big night, they now risk infecting other Americans,” he

Cate Blanchett has some criticism for the world’s response to the coronavirus.