EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood is littered with great scripts that never made it to the screen.
15.02.2023 - 19:45 / thewrap.com
Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella slammed Mike Pence during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” on Tuesday following news that the former vice president is planning to challenge a grand jury subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating the Trump Administration’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “This is someone who is so desperate to get the votes of the people who wanted to hang him that he’s willing to look the other way and do everything he can to avoid making sure that the people who are actually responsible for sending a dangerous violent mob after him are able to escape accountability, to avoid justice,” Bardella said.
“It just says everything you need to know about Mike Pence.”He argued that Pence’s first and foremost priority should be upholding and defending democracy.“It shouldn’t take a subpoena to get you to talk about what happened. It should take just your own conscious,” Bardella added.
“You should volunteer to tell anyone and everyone about what happened, who was behind it, what you heard and to make sure that they can never hold power again and he’s doing the exact opposite. He’s a coward.” According to reports, Pence plans to invoke the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, arguing that his former role as president of the Senate should shield him from the subpoena.
But MSNBC legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler expects that a judge would likely deny Pence’s request.“You don’t get to write a book about January 6 and then go on Fox News to hawk it and then say, ‘Well, I can’t talk about it to the grand jury because it’s privileged’,” Butler said. “There’s also a question about, even if a judge agrees that he’s a member of Congress, whether this is
.EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood is littered with great scripts that never made it to the screen.
The Spanish holiday hotspot of Ibiza has issued a warning to holidaymakers about a "moderate" risk of dengue fever this summer.
Pedro Pascal is tired of being asked about the internet’s obsession with him. The 47-year-old actor, who is currently enjoying the success of his HBO show ‘The Last of Us,’ recently attended the premier of season 3 of Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian,’ and took a moment to share what he thinks about the amount of attention he is currently receiving after being named ‘the daddy of the internet.’During an interview on the red carpet with Access Hollywood, the actor decided to politely decline a request to read thirst tweets from fans, as he wanted to focus the attention on his professional projects, instead of continuing the viral ‘daddy’ moment.
Ana Navarro has no love for her husband’s successor as the chair of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC). According to the hosts of “The View,” Matt Schlapp and his wife became “barnacles” on “Donald Trump’s ass” pretty quickly, and the event has suffered because of it.Navarro’s comments came on Friday as she and her co-hosts were discussing this year’s CPAC lineup, noting that the twice-impeached former president is the biggest Republican name on the attendees list.
Bebe Rexha is sharing some stomach-turning, behind-the-scenes details of the music video for her and David Guetta’s chart-topping banger “I’m Good (Blue)”.
Jet2 has warned holidaymakers travelling to two Spanish destinations that they may face some “disruption” due to walkouts by ground handling staff. Throughout March and into April staff with ground handler Swissport will go on strike several days a week at Barcelona and Lanzarote airports.
Shakira’s new song with Karol G has been a tremendous hit, joining a string of singles that fans have linked to her ex, Gerard Piqué. The great songs and the media spectacle have contributed to one of Shakira’s most popular moments in her career. “TQG’s” lyrics make reference to a breakup, and how the subject of the song hasn’t completely moved on.
Michaela Zee editor Woody Harrelson steps onto the court once again (“White Men Can’t Jump,” “Semi-Pro”) in the heartfelt sports comedy “Champions.” Directed by Bobby Farrelly, the remake of the 2018 Spanish film “Campeones” sees Harrelson as Marcus, a former minor-league basketball coach who leads a team of intellectually disabled players called the Friends. “It’s really hard to make an authentically funny and emotionally vulnerable film, and I thought they did such a wonderful job,” Kaitlin Olson, who plays Alex in the movie, told Variety Monday night at the New York premiere of “Champions.” “I met all the Friends and they’re such an incredible cast. They all showed up ready to play, and we just had the most amazing time.”
Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art have set Savanah Leaf’s Earth Mama and Vuk Lungulov-Klotz’s Sundance Special Jury Award winner Mutt, both debut features, as opening and closing film at the 52st edition of their collaboration, New Directors/New Films, running March 29–April 9 in NYC.
Shakira is back with another breakup song!
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed made her first appearance in court on Friday. Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer did not enter a plea, but requested the former "Rust" armorer be allowed to possess a firearm in her home. Gutierrez-Reed has received threats to her safety since the sheriff's department released private information including her phone number, according to attorney Jason Bowles.The attorney also claimed the armorer has had a stalker.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer who loaded Alec Baldwin’s gun on the set of “Rust,” made her first court appearance Friday in her involuntary manslaughter case. Gutierrez Reed did not enter a plea at the hearing, which was held via Google Meet. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, of the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., advised her of her rights and set conditions of her release. At the brief hearing, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies argued that Gutierrez Reed should not be allowed to possess a gun during the pendency of the case, given the allegation that she had engaged in “sloppy mishandling of firearms.”
News broke Monday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol, and Stephen Colbert is very concerned about what message that footage will be used to send.To start with, the “Late Show” host made sure to point out that Carlson himself has cast doubt on the events of Jan.
Emiliano De Pablos Top Spanish producer Nostromo Pictures, which is behind Netflix hit “Through My Window,” is partnering with Beta Fiction Spain to launch “Hermano Caballo,” a documentary by Marcel Barrera, director of “Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea” and “100 Meters.” “Hermano Caballo” marks the first documentary produced by Nostromo Pictures and also the first handled by Beta Fiction Spain, the Spanish arm of Jan Mojto’s European studio Beta Film, which launched last year. The documentary focuses on reknowned Catalan wrangler Santi Serra, developer of a natural training technique based on creating bonds with horses and learning through play.
Molly-Mae Hague has unveiled the interesting trick she and sister Zoe have come up with to get her baby daughter to stop crying. The ex-Love Island star, 23, welcomed her first child with boyfriend Tommy Fury, also 23, in January and has been documenting her life as a new mum on social media over recent weeks.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Saban Films has acquired the U.S., U.K. and other international rights to Jean-Claude Van Damme action-spy thriller “Darkness of Man.” Directed by James Cullen Bressack, the film sees Van Damme playing Interpol operative Russell Hatch, who witnesses the death of his last informant in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, he takes on a father figure role to the son of the informant, and finds himself protecting the boy from a group of merciless gangs in an all-out turf war. Alongside the U.S. and U.K., Saban Films has picked up Australian/New Zealand, African, Spanish and Scandinavian territory rights to the film, which also stars Kristanna Loken (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”), Peter Jae (“Blackhat”), Spencer Breslin (“The Kid”), Emerson Min (“Black-ish”) and rapper Sticky Fingaz.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Paris-based Haut et Court has closed French distribution rights with sales agent Film Factory Entertainment on Victor Erice’s ”Close Your Eyes” (“Cerrar los ojos”), the legendary Spanish director’s return to feature film direction 30 years after Cannes Jury Prize winner “Dream of Light” and a half century on from his milestone debut, “The Spirit of the Beehive.” “Beehive” is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made. “Light” was chosen by the world’s cinematheques as the best film of the 1990s. “Close Your Eyes” reunites Erice with Ana Torrent, a wide-eyed mite in “Beehive.”
There’s a story behind that first TikTok video of Rihanna’s adorable baby son.
Tamron Hall’s talk show Tuesday to promote his new album “Under the Covers,” Julio Iglesias Jr. revealed that he uses his dad’s love songs to “get in the mood” with his model girlfriend Vivi Di Domenico. “Especially on a holiday like today, when you have romance in your DNA, this morning, did you listen to your own music, does your own music get you in the mood?” asked Hall.
M&S food has earned it reputation for high quality food fit for a special occasion. The cost of living crisis has seen internet searches for "Valentine’s dine in for two" up 40 percent since last year meaning many may be opting for staying in this Valentine's Day.