The White House has released some early excerpt of President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address tonight, in which he says that he will restore “Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again.”
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There’s still nine months to go until the presidential election, and we’ve already reached peak talking points. At least, that was the contention from Bill Maher in his “New Rules” editorial on Friday’s Real Time.
“It gets so dull hearing these talking points,” Maher lamented, running down a list of common complaints about the economy and other issues. “The American dream is dead because Mars bars were $1 and are now $1.25,” he noted as one example of the hyperbole he abhors.
While Maher allowed that he wouldn’t choose President Joe Biden as his partner for the Squid Game, he ran through a list of things that are going well at the moment, from the economy to home ownership to energy output.
Yet, “I know what you hacks on both sides will say before they say it,” he said.
He asked, “Is it really healthy to blame every problem on Joe Biden?” He pointed out the record numbers of voters who claim they are independents. “The reason for that is this kind of mindless partisanship.”
The coming months will see a campaign that will feature “a mostly useless campaign,” since everyone has decided whether they will back the candidate who can’t walk up stairs or the candidate who can’t walk down a ramp.
This week’s panel discussion included Van Jones, CNN political commentator and host of the podcast Uncommon Ground with Van Jones, and Ann Coulter, conservative political commentator, author of 13 New York Times bestselling books, and who now writes the column Unsafe on Substack.
The Kansas City Super Bowl victory parade shooting was discussed, and predictably, no resolution was reached. Maher pointed out the contradictions between what people say they want in gun laws in surveys and the state laws.
Coulter argued that people
The White House has released some early excerpt of President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address tonight, in which he says that he will restore “Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again.”
Celebrity Big Brother viewers have been shouting about 'favouritism' as they made the same complaint about Sharon Osbourne's latest appearance in the house. The 71-year-old was the first person to be seen entering the iconic house when the celebrity version of the show returned on Monday (March 4).
the six-day Singapore leg of her Eras Tour – wrote in an Instagram Story. “Whether you’re in Tennessee or somewhere else in the US, check your polling places and times at vote.org.”Though the “Anti-Hero” songstress is originally from Pennsylvania and owns a pricey portfolio of properties across the US, she spends a good chunk of her time stateside at her estate outside Nashville.Swift endorsed Joe Biden for the 2020 presidential election, but has yet to announce a preferred candidate for November.When late-night host Seth Myers ribbed Biden about getting the Grammy Album of the Year honoree’s support last week, the commander-in-chief joked that any endorsement was “classified.”Swift has become more outspoken on politics in recent years – including in a clip from the 2020 documentary “Miss Americana” in which she spoke out against Donald Trump.In May 2020, the country darling-turned-pop sensation directly accused Trump of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency.”In the run-up to her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s showing at the 2024 Super Bowl, ultra-conservatives on social media even debated whether Swift and Kelce’s romance was planted by the left-wing media to drum up support for the Biden’s White House.“She’s endorsing Biden.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) said that she won’t run for reelection to the Senate.
Celebrity Big Brother fans have been left making a complaint after the launch episode of the new series which was only triggered further by Louis Walsh. Rumours as to who would be entering the iconic compound have been rife for weeks but the famous faces taking part in the revived reality show were revealed on Monday night (March 4).
models Gigi and Bella Hadid, called President Biden a “Zionist criminal” and claimed in a scathing social media rant that he and others would be “hunted down” like the Nazis for their support of Israel.Hadid, who is Palestinian American, posted a clip of a woman saying “F**k Israel until the end of time,” claims that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip and the slogan “Free Palestine” — adding an ominous “or else.”“This is Biden’s war on the Palestinian people. He will be in the court with the rest of the Zionist Criminals.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Beta Cinema has revealed further sales on its Berlinale and Europe Film Market lineup, including “500 Miles,” “Führer and Seducer,” “Hammarskjöld,” “The Light” and “From Hilde, With Love.” After a first deal on the upcoming Bill Nighy-roadmovie “500 Miles” with True Brit Ent. for U.K. was announced during the market, Beta Cinema has confirmed further territories have picked up the dramedy: Australia and New Zealand (Kismet), Middle East (Front Row), Italy (Maestro Distribution), Benelux (September Film), Greece (Feelgood) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery).
Morgan Matthews‘ upcoming road movie 500 Miles, starring Academy Award nominee Bill Nighy and buzzy teen actor Roman Griffin Davis, has sold to multiple territories for Beta Cinema, following its launch at the Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM) last month.
Charli XCX has spoken to NME about what fans can expect from her upcoming album, and deliberated who has more intense fans – herself or The 1975. Watch our video interview above.The pop pioneer was talking to NME at the BRITs 2024, where she appeared as a guest presenter.
On the one side, you have an atheist and avowed bachelor. On the other, a psychologist who thinks family and faith are the keys to progress from our current problems.
EXCLUSIVE: Felix Solis (Ozark) and Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) have been tapped for supporting roles in The Friend, the New York dramedy starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, which adapts Sigrid Nunez’s New York Times bestseller.
The second season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” should arrive on Prime Video later this year, but the streamer is already making inroads into a third go-around. Series executive producers and showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D.
The victories of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the Michigan primary were not in doubt tonight, but networks focused on the votes they didn’t get.
Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Germany’s Beta Film is introducing at the London TV Screenings the first episode of “Maxima,” a six-part drama about the love story between future Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and the then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. The series is produced by Millstreet Films “The Neighbors”), with Videoland (RTL Netherlands) holding Dutch broadcasting rights.
posed Thursday at the much-anticipated franchise film’s premiere in Seoul, South Korea, the trio didn’t offer up your standard, simmering red-carpet moves. Instead, the performers each cupped one of their hands to the side of their smiling faces in a half-heart shape as photographers captured the unified gesture.Some confused baby boomers and Gen Xers were likely left pondering, “What are they doing?”Other fans also clamored about another gesture in which Chalamet crossed his thumbs and index fingers, with one X user asking in all caps: “WHY IS TIMOTHEE DOING AEGYO????” It turns out Gen Zers Chalamet, 28, and Zendaya, 27, joined millennial Butler, 32, in embracing forms of the Asian country’s cultural mainstay aegyo (pronounced “ay-gyo”).WHY IS TIMOTHEE DOING AEGYO???? https://t.co/orYbeJNf4sThe gestures are popular ways of posing — or, in another form, speaking — to convey love or to signify something cute or adorable, reportedly with roots in the Joseon dynasty reaching back to the late 1300s, according to Rolling Stone.
EXCLUSIVE: Laura Harrier (White Men Can’t Jump) has been tapped for a major role opposite Bill Skarsgård and Nicolas Cage in Lords of War, the sequel to 2005 crime thriller Lord of War, which Andrew Niccol (Anon) wrote and is directing for Vendôme Pictures (CODA), sources tell Deadline.
A popular Emmerdale character could be set for leave after 15 years on the soap.Teenager Angelica King is awaiting sentencing for causing the death of Heath Hope. Angel, played by Rebecca Bakes, is likely set to receive a custodial sentence, meaning she could spend years away from the village. Fans will recall that Heath lost her life after Cathy Hope stole a car to get herself, Angel and Heath to a party in Hotten, but Angel took the wheel after becoming frustrated with Cathy's slow driving.
Mubi has snapped up rights across multiple territories on Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, the Martin Scorsese-narrated doc set to debut this week at the Berlin Film Festival.
Alex Ritman ‘Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger,’ the documentary produced and narrated by Matin Scorsese, has been acquired by Mubi ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The arthouse streamer, distributor and production company has bought all rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Latin America, Turkey and India.
Well, this is a truly depressing look at our country right now.