Harry Sloan, the media investor and former CEO of MGM Studios, is among President Joe Biden’s appointees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
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“They rioted because they didn’t want to work until 64,” Roy Wood Jr. said tonight at tonight at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner of recent uprisings over pension reform in France. “Meanwhile in America we have an 80-year-old man begging us for four more years of work,” the Daily Show correspondent added with President Joe Biden sitting just a few away
“Let me finish the job,” Wood Jr. went on to say of POTUS’ recently announced reelection campaign. “That’s not a campaign slogan, that’s a plea.”
Following Biden at the podium of the Washington Hilton in front of the Beltway and Hollywood elite for the second in-person WHCD of the current administration, Roy Wood Jr. may not have the name recognition of his old boss and last year’s headliner Trevor Noah, but the Alabama-raised comic was on fire on Saturday. In a routine that went from mockery of the powerful to a meditation on racism, sexism (especially against VP Kamala Harris), bruised American democracy and the need for an honest free press, Wood brought the house down and left a strong POTUS performance as a fond memory.
“Tonight, we are all unified under one thing, and that’s scandal,” Wood Jr. said early in his remarks. “Scandals have been devouring careers this year,” he noted of the pink slipping of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon by Fox News and CNN and the $787.5 million settlement the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet made on day 1 of what looked to be a scathing defamation trial from Dominion Voting Systems over false 2020 election claims.
“The untouchable Tucker Carlson is out of a job,” Wood Jr. said with perfect pitch from the presidential sealed podium. “Some people celebrate it,” he declared to an audience that mainly were clearly glad to see
Harry Sloan, the media investor and former CEO of MGM Studios, is among President Joe Biden’s appointees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Kamala Harris showed off her new vinyl records earlier this week and shared some of her favourite artists.The politician had been shopping in Home Rule Records in Washington, D.C.
according to a Wednesday report in Puck News. The 31-year-old former White House correspondent, who held that position at the Tucker Carlson-founded Daily Caller shortly after graduating the University of Alabama, would certainly further the centering shift already in process at the direction of CEO Chris Licht, who recently promoted Collins to the network’s new morning show.With Licht’s tenure hitting just over a year following the Warner Bros.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance at an MTV-sponsored town hall has been postponed amid the the Writers Guild of America strike.
The episode is set to air live on Sunday at at 8 p.m. ET and 5 p.m.
King Charles III's Coronation is underway, and it has been the royal event many have been waiting in anticipation for - us included. The ceremony, which will see St Edward’s Crown placed on the 74-year-old British monarch's head, has been meticulously planned for months, and now the day has finally arrived. The momentous event will take place at London's Westminster Abbey on 6 May, with the official crowning ceremony due to take place at midday.
King Charles's coronation, including foreign royals, world leaders and more. Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco were among the first royals to confirm their attendance for the historic occasion in London. The couple will be joined by a number of royals from households from around the world, including King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, and King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
K.J. Yossman Guests have begun to arrive at Westminster Abbey in London for the coronation of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla. Although Charles ascended to the throne the minute Queen Elizabeth II died last year, the coronation is a ceremony to mark the formal investiture of his regal powers (such as they are in modern-day Britain). The 2,200-strong congregation who will gather to watch the St Edward’s Crown being placed atop Charles’ head include members of the royal family, politicians, aristocrats, international dignitaries and celebrities including singers Nick Cave and Lionel Richie, TV hosts Bear Grylls and comedian Rowan Atkinson, better known as his on-screen alter-ego Mr Bean.
We now continue to learn even more about Tucker Carlson‘s disturbing behind-the-scenes behavior at Fox News prior to his abrupt firing late last month.
unveiled texts from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that many are deeming racist: “It shouldn’t be shocking, but it remains shocking to me,” she said. The Times report published Wednesday brought to light previously redacted texts from Carlson responding on Jan.
William Earl Tucker Carlson, the recently-axed Fox News host, sent a text to a producer which was the beginning of the end of his relationship with the network, according to a New York Times report. The cruel and racist text was redacted from court filings submitted as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which resulted in the conservative network settling for $787.5 million dollars. The text, which was sent on Jan. 7, 2021, hours after Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol, described a scene Carlson found distressing, in which he said “Trump guys” beat up an “Antifa kid.” But the part that upset him was that “it was three against one,” and “it’s not how white men fight.”
A text message that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson sent allegedly lead to a chain of events that caused him to be let go from the network.
Right up until he took the lectern at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this past weekend, Roy Wood Jr. was texting with his writers, making revisions.
On George Santos: “I’d like to stop right now, and congratulate tonight’s top scholarship recipient: Arizona State senior George Santos. Oh yeah, George couldn’t be here tonight. He’s auditioning for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” We say good luck to you, George.”On Ron DeSantis: “Ron, everybody knows how to do politics.
is officially a matter of national security. Okay, not quite, but Ariana Madix did attend the on April 29. Yeah, we were surprised, too.Madix, 37, is going through an with her boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval, 39, after discovering his affair with their fellow cast member Raquel Leviss, 28.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedian Roy Wood Jr. did something many guests at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner forget to do: celebrate journalism. In a series of funny remarks that took on everything from Don Lemon to Fox News Channel’s massive $787.5 million settlement to Dominion Voting to President Biden’s age, Wood devoted significant time to calling for support for local journalism, noting that reporters working for regional and local media outlets are often the first to spot malfeasance or something wrong. He also mentioned his father’s work in local radio and his mother’s career in education. The comments added a personal touch to the proceedings, which are organized each year by the White House Correspondents Association and meant to call attention to the mission of holding government officials accountable in reporting meant to be consumed by the American public.
“I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” joked President Joe Biden tonight at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
told Page Six he was not angry after being ousted from CNN on Monday. “It’s not in my nature,” the journalist said. “I’m not an angry person, I’m not mad.”Despite tweeting that he was “stunned” by his abrupt dismissal, Lemon claimed that he’s no longer in shock — adding that he still has his luxe pads to return to.
Tucker Carlson is breaking his silence.
Tucker Carlson is firing back after he was let go from Fox News earlier this week. In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Carlson officially broke his silence for the first time since the surprising ouster and dropped clues about where his career could be headed next. «One of the first things you realize, when you step outside the noise for a few days, is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country and decent people who really care about what's true,» Carlson began, adding that «the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. They're completely irrelevant.