Former Biden adviser Symone Sanders to host MSNBC show

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have expanded their family — their pet family, that is. The couple adopted an adorable cat named Willow, and Jill, 70, debuted the feline on her Instagram page on Friday, January 28.

Dr. Jill Biden took to Instagram to share pics of her and President Joe Biden's new cat, Willow.The first lady's press secretary, Michael LaRosa, told CNN that the feline is a short-haired, two-year-old gray tabby, who's named for Dr. Biden's hometown, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.Dr.

Richard Grenell, who served as Trump’s Acting Director of National Intelligence, and as Trump’s  Ambassador to Germany, was seen by at least one lawmaker in Berlin as a “biased propaganda machine.” On Thursday Grenell attacked President Biden by attacking another Democrat, former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart.Lockhart served as President Bill Clinton’s White House Press Secretary. On Thursday he tweeted, “Ahead of the midterms, I look forward to watching every Republican Senator oppose the first black woman to the Supreme Court.”Earlier in the day Grenell posted a similar tweet:Asians, gays and Hispanics had no shot for a Supreme Court seat from Joe Biden.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 27, 2022Conservatives, including on the far right which Grenell has been accused of having ties to, have been falsely claiming it’s “racist” to choose a Supreme Court Justice who is Black and a woman.Those same conservatives are apparently ignorant of the fact that smart presidents, like smart managers, create a Supreme Court team.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” is handled by Samuel Goldwyn Films in North America. The movie follows a young teacher from Bhutan’s capital who dreams of emigrating to Australia to become a singer and instead finds himself assigned to a school in the most remote village in Northern Bhutan, where he unexpectedly bonds with local children and finds happiness.What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar? The shortlisting has meant so much because it’s a historic moment for our little Himalayan Kingdom.

Ciara's son told President Joe Biden something very important when he visited the White House. The 36-year-old singer appears virtually on Tuesday's episode of , and reveals what her eldest child, 7-year-old Future, yelled at President Biden during their White House visit.Ciara joined first lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House in November to promote COVID-19 vaccinations for children, and brought her own kids -- Future, Sienna, 4, and Win, 1 — along with her.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” had an unusual journey before landing on the shortlist for Oscar international film.The lushly lensed feature, with a plot revolving around the spiritual coming of age of a young man on a quest to find happiness far from home, was made on solar batteries and shot for three months in one of world’s most isolated human settlements with first-time actors and an amateur crew.“It’s a very surreal journey, and for me it really validates the power of art and filmmaking, that if you put your heart into it, and share a story with the world, it can go from the remotest school in the world, all the way to the most prestigious stages of the world,” says Dorji. He is an author and photographer from Bhutan whose work has been published in magazines such as Life, Esquire and the Wall Street Journal.

William Earl A legal malpractice suit filed by former Republic Records president Charlie Walk against attorney Marc Kasowitz has been dismissed by a New York judge, court papers reveal. In 2018, Walk resigned from his executive position at the record label that’s home to The Weeknd, Post Malone and Ariana Grande after he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women with whom he worked at Sony Music some 15 years earlier — two spoke on the record to Rolling Stone after accuser Tristan Coopersmith went public with a blog post on Jan.

Bill Maher’s Real Time was back on HBO Friday night, returning from its winter break as the host told his studio audience that it was “wonderful to see your beautiful masks again.”

A specialty market dotted by holdovers as Oscar nods approach and gripped by Sundance fever debuts a compelling handful of new openers from Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s Introduction to Bhutan’s first ever entrant on the Academy Awards International feature shortlist, to a Ukrainian coming of age story and a Queen Latifa-starrring family film Tiger Rising based on the bestselling Kate DiCamillo book.

Pete Davidson been blinded by love? A recent report published by claims that the 28-year-old comic has been so wrapped up in his romance with Kim Kardashian West that he's been missing rehearsals on, and shirking responsibilities to the show.However, ET can confirm that the reports of Davidson missing rehearsals because his relationship with the 41-year-old reality star are «not true.»An spokesperson told ET on Thursday that Davidson «hasn’t missed any rehearsals at all.»Davidson and Kardashian — who sparked their romance back in October, shortly after Kardashian hosted an episode of the sketch comedy series — were spotted on a dinner date together on Tuesday, Jan. 11, just a few days before 's return with guest host Ariana DeBose the following Saturday.According to 's report, this suggested that Davidson wasn't in New York for rehearsals for the episode.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicAs the barrier of entry to podcasts has lowered, it seems anyone with a gripe, sour grape or grievance to air is now able to reach the biggest megaphone on the planet with just a few clicks. That rant, delivered as an episode on the heels of a firing or a breakup or any manner of dramatic flareup — the revenge pod, if you will — seems to be gaining in popularity in recent years.Is there entertainment value to the fury and raw emotion of someone who believes they’ve been wronged? Absolutely.

Robert Costa, who has been national political reporter at The Washington Post and was host of PBS’s Washington Week, is joining CBS News as chief election and campaign correspondent.

NEW YORK -- For the first half of one of his rare news conferences as president, Joe Biden stuck to an organized plan, calling on reporters from a list in a binder.Then the president went rogue.It started when CNN's Jeff Zeleny broke in with a question that referenced concerns many Americans hold about the competence of government, after the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and the recent shortage of testing for COVID-19.After Biden answered, Zeleny followed up: “I'm not sure if I heard that you would do anything differently. Would you do anything different or are you satisfied with your team?”Zeleny's question opened the floodgates.

André Leon Talley was the former editor-at-large of Vogue magazine and an icon of the fashion world.Talley loved fashion since he found a copy of Vogue as a young boy growing up in the Jim Crow South. He moved to New York as a young man and began working for Andy Warhol (1928–1987) at his Interview Magazine. He began writing for Women’s Wear Daily before landing a position at Vogue as fashion news director.

The former digital editor-in-chief of the New York Post is suing the media outlet, its former top editor Col Allan and New York Post Group editor Keith Poole for sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting her accusation. Gotthelf, who worked with the NY Post for 20 years before being terminated last Wednesday, filed suit Tuesday saying that in 2015 Allan sexually propositioned her by saying “we should sleep together.” She said that the proposition was after years of other sex-based harassment and abuse, including Gotthelf witnessing Allan harass and degrade women by referring to them as “skanks, “stupid women” or “sneaky lesbian” and further humiliating Gotthelf in front of her male peers.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterFormer NBA star and social media personality Rex Chapman is the latest media figure to join the growing lineup of hosts at CNN Plus.Per the WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming platform, which is set to debut in the first quarter of the year, “Chapman is known for celebrating the highs of college basketball and NBA stardom, rebounding from the lows of opioid addiction and now for his viral social media presence where he shares humor and positivity.”Chapman’s weekly CNN Plus show isn’t described as a talk show, but rather a program that includes “intimate conversations with athletes, entertainers and everyday heroes as Chapman looks for the silver lining beyond today’s toughest headlines.” The currently untitled Chapman-hosted show will join the lineup of original series that CNN Plus has set to be available at launch.Chapman was a basketball legend at the University of Kentucky and a 12-season former NBA star. He has worked as an analyst for Kentucky basketball and NBA TV, and a color commentator for TNT during the NBA playoffs.Most recently, Chapman was at WarnerMedia-owned cable channel Adult Swim, where he was the host of “Block or Charge,” which was based off of his series of viral tweets.

first time since Dec. 18, with a fake President Joe Biden blaming the COVID-19 surge that sidetracked its last episode on the new Spider-Man movie.The show deployed plenty of New York-centric humor after its month-long break — including its first spoof of Mayor Eric Adams — and featured Ariana DeBose of “West Side Story” as host.The screen and stage actress said she was representing Broadway and launched into a medley of tunes from the show like “Tonight Tonight,” “I Feel Pretty” and “America” with Kate McKinnon.“Not many people know this but “West Side Story” is actually based on another classic tale of star-crossed lovers: “90 Day Fiancé,” she cracked during her monologue.Impressionist James Austin Johnson started the show portraying Biden holding a press conference at the White House, telling the country that the Omicron surge was tied to attendance of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” for which he couldn’t get tickets.“Everyone in America has seen ‘Spider-Man’ like eight times.

Best time ever? As Pete Davidson’s romance with Kim Kardashian has continued to heat up, the Saturday Night Live star couldn’t help but gush over his “fun” year during the season 47 return.