When MSNBC’s Brian Williams promised “exclusive video” of the meeting between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump, the result was a clip from Jerry Maguire.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaOn Friday, Twitter banned Donald Trump from his favorite platform, citing the 45th president’s potential to whip up more violence after the week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The ban followed Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to bar Trump indefinitely from Facebook, limiting the president’s ability to communicate directly to tens of millions of his most diehard supporters. The move kicked off praise from liberal sectors and condemnation from
.When MSNBC’s Brian Williams promised “exclusive video” of the meeting between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump, the result was a clip from Jerry Maguire.
MSNBC’s Brian Williams expertly trolled Donald Trump on The 11th Hour, mocking the former president’s meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at Mar-a-Lago. Williams promised his guests that he had “exclusive” video from the meeting, only to “accidentally” roll a clip from the 1996 film Jerry Maguire. Yes, the “you had me at hello” scene.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Trump’s White House tenure is over, but some members of the far-right media think there’s more of the now-former Commander-in-Chief’s story to tell.Several of the outlets, many of which have gained a reputation in media circles for promoting opinions based on falsehoods, spent part of a day devoted to the inauguration of a new president (Joe Biden) devoted to maintaining some echo of the one he replaced (Donald Trump).On the far-right cable network
A “checked out” First Lady Melania Trump didn’t even write her own “thank you” notes to the White House residence staff, according to a report from CNN. About 80 staffers received letters from the first lady before she, President Donald Trump, and their son, Barron Trump, vacated the White House on January 20, all under the assumption that she penned them herself. Apparently, that’s not the case, sources told the outlet.
Backstreet Boys‘ Kevin Richardson has posted a cryptic tweet about losing “a best friend to QAnon”.The singer shared a Cosmopolitan article that details a first-hand account of losing a friendship due to the conspiracy theory-driven beliefs of a QAnon member which he captioned: “an interesting read”.It comes just days after bandmate Brian Littrell created an account on right wing social media platform Parler, which he set up in the wake of Donald Trump being banned from social media platforms
A bound edition of materials about President Donald Trump's second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate — former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Skyhorse Publishing announced that The Second Impeachment Report: Materials in Support of H.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorOn the day when President Donald Trump became the first occupant of the Oval Office to be impeached twice, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey spoke out to say that threats to physical safety and the company’s desire to foster “a more peaceful existence on earth” were among the reasons for the social media giant’s permanent ban of Trump from the platform.In a Twitter thread on Wednesday, Dorsey said the company was forced to act after long-simmering concerns about the
“His support is collapsing, the way we saw [Richard] Nixon’s support collapse in a matter of days back then,” George Conway said of President Donald Trump during the Jan. 13 episode of Morning Joe.
Borat 2 star Sacha Baron Cohen has detailed his preparation ahead of the film’s Mike Pence scene.The actor explained that he hid in a men’s toilet for several hours before the moment in which he crashes Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference, dressed as Donald Trump.“I’m often asked, ‘How does an actor prepare for a scene?’” Cohen told the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times, Baron Cohen says he spent six hours in a makeup chair getting his face to resemble Trump’s as well as a fat suit. “And I prepared by waking up at 1 in the morning, driving to a motel, sitting in a chair for six hours while a prosthetics team changed my face to Donald Trump’s and then, yes, sneaking into CPAC and staying in a men’s lavatory for a number of hours,” says Baron Cohen.“I had a phone, and I had one Coca-Cola.
Sacha Baron Cohen is spilling some behind-the-scenes secrets from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”.
Sacha Baron Cohen is hoping YouTube falls in line and called for the video-sharing platform to cancel Donald Trump’s account as other social platforms have done. The "Borat" star took to Twitter on Monday to call for the prompt banishment of Trump’s YouTube account.
endorsing Donald Trump for President, actress Kirstie Alley is calling out Twitter for permanently suspending his account. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company said in a statement shortly after 6 p.m Friday evening.
Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Facebook, Twitter and Instagram temporarily suspended the accounts of President Donald Trump due to spreading misinformation and condoning the rioters.
Sacha Baron Cohen is celebrating after Twitter banned Donald Trump for good. The social media site said it had taken drastic action against the outgoing president because of the “risk of further incitement of violence” if it let him continue to use the platform.
Donald Trump‘s new social media ban “the most important moment in the history of social media”.Last night (January 8), the outgoing US President’s Twitter account was suspended indefinitely, after Mark Zuckerburg announced earlier this week that his Facebook and Instagram accounts would be blocked at least until after Joe Biden‘s inauguration on January 20.“This is the most important moment in the history of social media,” Baron Cohen wrote on Twitter, alongside a photo of Trump inside the White