Financial Times. “It might as well be called Trumpet,” Musk said. Musk said that Truth Social is indicative of social media splintering into various politically charged silos.
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EXCLUSIVE: Wayfarer Studios has announced its acquisition of The Algorithm, a narrative feature from Nenad Cicin-Sain (The Time Being) exploring how social media platforms dealt with the attack on the U.S. Capitol, which took place on January 6th, 2021.
The film will look to explore what happened during and in the aftermath of the event, when the platforms went into crisis mode, ultimately resulting in the permanent ban of then-U.S. President Donald Trump from several major social networks. It will cover what transpired behind the scenes during this historic moment, who ultimately made the unprecedented decision to ban Trump, and how the decision-making process unfolded, also questioning whether social media platforms have a position as arbiters of free speech.
Cicin-Sain is attached to pen the feature, from his own treatment. Angela Cardon will develop the project on behalf of Wayfarer Studios, which will serve as its financier, with Justin Baldoni, Manu Gargi and Andrew Calof set to produce. Further details as to the film’s director, cast and expected production dates are still to be announced.
“I became fascinated by how social media was changing society and started researching ramifications with no intention to write a screenplay,” said Cicin-Sain. “But when I found these extraordinary character stories of people who are shaping the direction of society through how we interact and communicate with each other, I felt like there was something that needed to be told.”
“It’s important at Wayfarer Studios that we address issues that face us all as a society. This film does not have a partisan political agenda,” added Wayfarer Studios’ President, Jamey Heath. “Because of January 6th, several actions were taken that question
Financial Times. “It might as well be called Trumpet,” Musk said. Musk said that Truth Social is indicative of social media splintering into various politically charged silos.
UPDATE, 9:42 AM PT: The January 6th Committee’s next hearing will take place on Oct. 13.
President Biden raised a few eyebrows this week, after he said he was “sort of raised” in a Puerto Rican community in Delaware. That included Seth Meyers, who joked on Tuesday that Biden’s words sounded pretty similar to a grandpa’s first encounter with gay people.Biden was in Puerto Rico this week getting a look at hurricane damage when he made his comments, noting that Delaware has a large Puerto Rican population.
Kim Kardashian is finally getting ready to launch her true-crime podcast The System: The Case of Kevin Keith.
With a smorgasbord of greatest hits past and perhaps present, Saturday Night Live went successfully mega-meta tonight in the sometime bubbling over cold open of its Season 48 debut.
Wilson Chapman editor After a summer filled with cast exits and goodbyes, “Saturday Night Live” opened its 48th Season by poking fun at both frequent target President Trump and its own rebuilding period. The sketch starred the premiere’s host Miles Teller and cast member Andrew Dismukes as sports stars and brother’s Peyton and Eli Manning, in a parody of their “Monday Night Football” commentary show “Manningcast.” However, instead of analyzing the plays of a football game, the two instead turned their insight into the opening sketch of “Saturday Night Live’s” new season. At the top of the sketch, Teller as Peyton addressed the shakeups that the series has gone through other the summer, which saw eight cast members — Chris Redd, Alex Moffat, Aristotle Athari, Melissa Villasenor, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney — announce their departures from the long-running sketch comedy series. “There are a lot of changes at the show, which could be exciting,” Teller said. “Let’s see what they came up with.”
EXCLUSIVE: Barbara Broccoli, one of the teams of producers behind the powerhouse film Till, about the extraordinary efforts of Maimie Till Mobley to find justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Louis Till, for whistling at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, by white supremacists in Mississippi in 1955, told Deadline, that audiences must seek out the movie: ”This is not a time for us to look away.”
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert found the funny in certain uber-rich Americans falling lower on the Forbes’ wealthiest list for 2022.After opening his monologue with a detailed dissection – for joke purposes – of the revelations about former President Donald Trump from Maggie Haberman’s as-yet-unreleased book, Colbert spent a little time on the topic of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg dropping out of Forbes’ Top 10 wealthiest Americans list.“Here’s a little something that might bring a smile to your face. For the first time since the great recession, the super rich did not get richer this year,” Colbert began.
The January 6th Committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday is expected to be postponed, as much of the media attention turns to the approach of Hurricane Ian in Florida.
The January 6th Committee hearing on Wednesday may include clips of another documentary, this one on Roger Stone, the informal adviser to Donald Trump, in which he says before the 2020 election, “F— the voting. Let’s get right to the violence.”
Steven A. Sund, the former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, has inked a book deal with Blackstone Publishing, promising to reveal new details about the infamous day.
On Thursday’s “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon had a string of jokes that showed just how baffling a claim it is that Donald Trump could declassify documents just by thinking about it, as the former president told Sean Hannity in a now-viral interview Wednesday. Fallon also joked that such a gaff will only help Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ presidential prospects for 2024.
Read more about it here.Anyway, as always the cold open began with a news supercut explaining the matter, then came the gag, a fake commercial that begins with repurposed footage from a real The Right Stuff ad, featuring Ryan McEnany (sister of ex-Trump spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany). “The right stuff is all about getting into the right dating pool with people who share the same values and beliefs as you. It’s easy,” the ad promises.
Donald Trump may have his accounts reinstated on Facebook next year following a review of the company’s decision to suspend him, a top executive for parent Meta Platforms said on Thursday.
Former president Donald Trump was met with a civil fraud lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday, and “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon can tell he’s getting worried. “He just asked Ron DeSantis to fly him somewhere random in the middle of the night,” he joked.
We all know how much Donald Trump loves McDonald’s – but Jimmy Fallon thinks he probably made an exception in honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. “Of course everyone’s talking about this today: Leaders, dignitaries and politicians from around the world gathered in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth,” the host of “The Tonight Show” set up in his monologue on Monday.“Meanwhile, Trump showed up at a Burger King and said, ‘Sorry for your loss,'” Fallon joked, leaning in as if ordering at a drive thru window and closing his eyes solemnly.
Monday night being Emmys night, Jimmy Fallon still put on “The Tonight Show” – and had some big headlines to cover in his monologue. That included Donald Trump’s request that the government help pay for the special master he specifically requested.
Former CNN host Brian Stelter has announced his next immediate move: He will be a fall 2022 fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
In the era of hyper-partisan documentaries – which often reinforce liberal or conservative worldviews and play to an increasingly rabid base – Matthew Palmer’s compact “This Land” stands out as an anomaly. Prioritizing people over politics, Palmer’s film traverses 42 states on election day 2020 and follows a cross-section of Democrats and Republicans as they vote and patiently wait to see if Donald Trump or Joe Biden will be elected president.