Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Searchlight Pictures’ “Fire Island” doesn’t come out until June, but Matt Rogers, who plays Luke in the queer rom- com, has high hopes that it launches a big gay franchise.Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang star as friends who head to the iconic LGBTQ vacation locale ready to have the best summer of their lives. “‘Provincetown’ should be the sequel,” Rogers told me at the premiere of his Showtime show “I Love That for You.” “Let’s do ‘Palm Springs.’ Let’s do ‘Puerto Vallarta.’ This is going to be the ‘Fast & Furious for queers!”Then Rogers, who co-hosts the “Las Culturistas” podcast with Yang, cracks, “I’m the Michelle Rodriguez of the bunch, baby.” As I was the first to report, “Fire Island” will world premiere on June 2 at NewFest Pride in NYC.
Charlie Rose Returns: Fired CBS Anchor Interviews Warren Buffett Four Years After #MeToo Scandal
14.04.2022 - 23:39 / variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorFour years after being fired from CBS amid sexual harassment allegations, Charlie Rose has reentered the public eye via an extensive interview with business magnate Warren Buffett.The interview appeared this Thursday on Rose’s personal site, which also features archival interviews he conducted during his time as a CBS news anchor. On the homepage of the site, Rose notes this is the first interview he’s done in over four years, and implies that this will be the first of several independent interviews he will conduct.“I’m proud to share this recent conversation with Warren Buffett,” Rose states on the website.
“It is his first interview on camera in almost a year and the first I’ve done in more than four years. It is a step in a journey to engage the most interesting people and explore the most compelling ideas in the world.” In 2017, an extensive report from the Washington Post saw eight women accuse Rose of sexual harassment, with several alleging that he groped them or made unwelcome lewd calls to them.Following the publication of the Washington Post story, CBS suspended him, along with Bloomberg and PBS, which produced his long-running titular interview talk show.
He would quickly be fired from CBS, and his PBS show was canceled.Rose’s reckoning took place early on in the #MeToo movement, with the report of his alleged harassment coming out months following the New York Times’ investigation of Harvey Weinstein.Rose’s interview with Buffett does not mention any of the allegations that ended his terms at CBS and PBS. The hour-long conversation instead focuses on Buffett’s career as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, the Omaha, Neb.
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Charlie Rose attempts #MeToo comeback 5 years after CBS, PBS firing
amid allegations of sexual misconduct in the wake of the #MeToo movement.Rose, who turned 80 in January, posted a 75-minute interview with 91-year-old business giant Warren Buffett on his personal website on Thursday. In it, the two talked about the latter’s career as Rose quizzed him about fellow billionaire bigwigs and space jockeys Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, among other subjects.“I’m proud to share this recent conversation with Warren Buffett,” Rose wrote as an introduction to the chat — seemingly the start of a series titled “Charlie Rose Conversations” — on his website.
Charlie Rose reemerges with first interview since firings
stock market opened to direct him on what business to conduct — sometimes involving billions of dollars in buying and selling.Buffett talked about his company's annual meeting, on April 30, where he planned to talk to and answer questions from thousands of his investors.To that end, he brushed aside some of Rose's specific questions, including when the interview broached the topic of the war in Ukraine.“It doesn't do me any good — and doesn't do the world any good — to have me talk about it,” Buffett said.Asked how time has changed him, Buffett said, “I've gotten dumber but I've gotten wiser.” He can't add numbers as quickly, sometimes forgets names and occasionally climbs to the top of the stairs and forgot what he came up for. But allocating capital, he said, “I can do ...
Charlie Rose Returns 4 Years After #MeToo Firing With New Interview With Warren Buffett
issued an apology.Afterwards, he was fired from CBS, his PBS show was canceled and he hasn’t been heard much from since. His downfall happened in the early wave of the #MeToo movement following the downfall of Harvey Weinstein.It’s unclear why he decided that now was the time to return, or why he chose Buffett, the 92-year-old billionaire and owner of Dairy Queen, Geico and Duracell, to usher in that return.
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Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock
Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year," Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President David Rubin and Chief Executive Dawn Hudson said in a statement. "However, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage.