Donald Trump has claimed that he will use his “great” relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure the release of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
In a post to Truth Social, Trump said, “Evan Gershkovich, the Reporter from The Wall Street Journal, who Russia is holding, will be released almost immediately after the Election, but definitely before I assume Office. He will be Home, Safe, And With His Family.”
Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in March last year on spying charges. He has spent more than a year in a Moscow prison, with no date set for a trial. The Biden administration and the Wall Street Journal strongly deny the spying charges. U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy has visited the journalist in detention and reported that he remains in a “positive mood” as he awaits a trial for a crime he did not commit.
Trump claimed, “Vladimir Putin,...
In a post to Truth Social, Trump said, “Evan Gershkovich, the Reporter from The Wall Street Journal, who Russia is holding, will be released almost immediately after the Election, but definitely before I assume Office. He will be Home, Safe, And With His Family.”
Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in March last year on spying charges. He has spent more than a year in a Moscow prison, with no date set for a trial. The Biden administration and the Wall Street Journal strongly deny the spying charges. U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy has visited the journalist in detention and reported that he remains in a “positive mood” as he awaits a trial for a crime he did not commit.
Trump claimed, “Vladimir Putin,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
You had to hold on ’til the end.
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Colin Jost delivered a mixed bag of Trump zingers, media jokes and Biden age wisecracks in front of a demanding crowd Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, but it took him until the last of his remarks to fully charm the assemblage of journalists and politicos who came to hear him roast the President and the Washington press corps.
Jost finished his remarks by telling President Joe Biden about his 95-year-old grandfather, a longtime fireman in Staten Island, N.Y, who voted Democrat in the 2020 presidential election even though that borough of New York City is known to favor Republicans.
“He voted for you, and the reason that he voted for you is because you’re a decent man,” Jost told Biden. “My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we’re all here tonight.
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Colin Jost delivered a mixed bag of Trump zingers, media jokes and Biden age wisecracks in front of a demanding crowd Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, but it took him until the last of his remarks to fully charm the assemblage of journalists and politicos who came to hear him roast the President and the Washington press corps.
Jost finished his remarks by telling President Joe Biden about his 95-year-old grandfather, a longtime fireman in Staten Island, N.Y, who voted Democrat in the 2020 presidential election even though that borough of New York City is known to favor Republicans.
“He voted for you, and the reason that he voted for you is because you’re a decent man,” Jost told Biden. “My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we’re all here tonight.
- 4/27/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated photograph.
News organizations and press freedom groups have marked one year since a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested and detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of spying.
Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, was detained by Russian security officials in the town of Yekaterinburg while he was having dinner with an acquaintance.
Gershkovich was fully accredited to work under Russian law, with the Journal obtaining all necessary press credentials to allow him to work in the country.
The journalist has been detained on espionage charges in Russia for the past year, with a local judge denying requests to release him on bail. No one from the Russian government has produced any public evidence to support the charges, which the Journal describes as baseless.
Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich is jailed. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
On Friday,...
News organizations and press freedom groups have marked one year since a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested and detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of spying.
Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, was detained by Russian security officials in the town of Yekaterinburg while he was having dinner with an acquaintance.
Gershkovich was fully accredited to work under Russian law, with the Journal obtaining all necessary press credentials to allow him to work in the country.
The journalist has been detained on espionage charges in Russia for the past year, with a local judge denying requests to release him on bail. No one from the Russian government has produced any public evidence to support the charges, which the Journal describes as baseless.
Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich is jailed. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
On Friday,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
It was one year ago on Friday that The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on espionage charges that the U.S. government has called “fiction.”
On Thursday, Gershkovich’s detention was extended by another three months, according to the Journal, as he awaits trial.
The Journal said in a statement, “It’s a ruling that ensures Evan will sit in a Russian prison well past one year. It was also Evan’s 12th court appearance, baseless proceedings that falsely portray him as something other than what he is—a journalist who was doing his job. He should never have been detained. Journalism is not a crime, and we continue to demand his immediate release.”
Gershkovich was detained on March 29, 2023 by Russia’s security service. It was the first time that Russia has charged an overseas reporter with spying since the end of the Cold War. The...
On Thursday, Gershkovich’s detention was extended by another three months, according to the Journal, as he awaits trial.
The Journal said in a statement, “It’s a ruling that ensures Evan will sit in a Russian prison well past one year. It was also Evan’s 12th court appearance, baseless proceedings that falsely portray him as something other than what he is—a journalist who was doing his job. He should never have been detained. Journalism is not a crime, and we continue to demand his immediate release.”
Gershkovich was detained on March 29, 2023 by Russia’s security service. It was the first time that Russia has charged an overseas reporter with spying since the end of the Cold War. The...
- 3/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
During President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address, House Speaker Mike Johnson was visibly displeased as Biden criticized his predecessors’ tax cuts while taking credit for reducing the deficit by $1 trillion.
Seated next to Vice President Kamala Harris in the traditional speaker’s seat, Johnson’s expressions of disagreement were prominently displayed to television viewers. He shook his head and grimaced when Biden mentioned Republicans wanting to put Social Security on the “chopping block.” Additionally, Johnson rolled his eyes in response to Biden’s claim that he would sign a border security bill if presented with one and laughed at the assertion.
Johnson assumed the role of speaker after the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) in October 2023, after a remarkable 21-day period without a leader.
This marked Congress’s longest stretch without a clear direction since 1962 when it took 55 days to elect a new speaker.
Throughout Biden’s speech,...
Seated next to Vice President Kamala Harris in the traditional speaker’s seat, Johnson’s expressions of disagreement were prominently displayed to television viewers. He shook his head and grimaced when Biden mentioned Republicans wanting to put Social Security on the “chopping block.” Additionally, Johnson rolled his eyes in response to Biden’s claim that he would sign a border security bill if presented with one and laughed at the assertion.
Johnson assumed the role of speaker after the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) in October 2023, after a remarkable 21-day period without a leader.
This marked Congress’s longest stretch without a clear direction since 1962 when it took 55 days to elect a new speaker.
Throughout Biden’s speech,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Russian President Vladimir Putin was apparently itching for a verbal wrestling match with Tucker Carlson when the former Fox News host interviewed him earlier this month. He was disappointed not to get one.
Speaking to Russian state TV anchor Pavel Zarubin earlier this week, Putin said that he “thought he would behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions. I wasn’t just prepared for this, I wanted it!”
During his more than two-hour-long interview with Carlson, which aired on Feb. 8, Putin dominated the conversation. The president delivered a lengthy lecture...
Speaking to Russian state TV anchor Pavel Zarubin earlier this week, Putin said that he “thought he would behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions. I wasn’t just prepared for this, I wanted it!”
During his more than two-hour-long interview with Carlson, which aired on Feb. 8, Putin dominated the conversation. The president delivered a lengthy lecture...
- 2/15/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In an extensive two-hour interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a revisionist historical rant that challenged the founding myths of Russia and Ukraine, discussed the breakup of the Soviet Union and expressed concerns about NATO expansionism.
While Carlson remained mostly silent or appeared perplexed, Putin used the opportunity to expound on various topics, such as the war in Ukraine, U.S.-Russia relations, the case of imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich and artificial intelligence.
Critics noted that Putin’s decision to engage with Carlson was influenced in part by the perceived sympathy the former Fox host has shown toward the Russian leader over the years, as well as the chance to appeal to the more Maga-aligned factions of the Republican Party in an election year. Such an alignment could potentially bolster former President Donald Trump‘s chances of re-election and encourage Republicans to continue blocking U.
While Carlson remained mostly silent or appeared perplexed, Putin used the opportunity to expound on various topics, such as the war in Ukraine, U.S.-Russia relations, the case of imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich and artificial intelligence.
Critics noted that Putin’s decision to engage with Carlson was influenced in part by the perceived sympathy the former Fox host has shown toward the Russian leader over the years, as well as the chance to appeal to the more Maga-aligned factions of the Republican Party in an election year. Such an alignment could potentially bolster former President Donald Trump‘s chances of re-election and encourage Republicans to continue blocking U.
- 2/9/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Tucker Carlson’s just-released interview with Vladimir Putin shows the former Fox News host has left shameless behind for pure sycophancy.
It would be one thing if the much-hyped sit down from the Kremlin was merely fawning, but instead Carlson abdicated any sense of being a significant participant in the interview to let the internationally-scorned Russian president deliver what is for all practical purposes a stump speech. On the handful of occasions when Carlson actually did try to get a word or a question in, Putin knocks him down faster than a shot of vodka at a wedding banquet.
Name-dropping Stalin, Dostoyevsky, the slow fall of Roman Empire, and “how Russian people think more about the eternal,” Putin rambled on and on for much of the interview with little interjection or fact checking from the bemused-looking Carlson. In fact, for all Carlson’s incorrect claims that American media aren’t...
It would be one thing if the much-hyped sit down from the Kremlin was merely fawning, but instead Carlson abdicated any sense of being a significant participant in the interview to let the internationally-scorned Russian president deliver what is for all practical purposes a stump speech. On the handful of occasions when Carlson actually did try to get a word or a question in, Putin knocks him down faster than a shot of vodka at a wedding banquet.
Name-dropping Stalin, Dostoyevsky, the slow fall of Roman Empire, and “how Russian people think more about the eternal,” Putin rambled on and on for much of the interview with little interjection or fact checking from the bemused-looking Carlson. In fact, for all Carlson’s incorrect claims that American media aren’t...
- 2/9/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin went exactly how everyone expected, as not so much of an interview, but a demonstration by Putin of the ease with which he could utterly overpower one of the United States’ most prominent media figures.
Carlson opened the interview by directly addressing viewers, stating that he felt Putin was “sincere” in his belief that “Russia has a historic claim” to the portions of Ukraine he wishes to seize through military might.
“Are we having a talk show or a serious conversation?...
Carlson opened the interview by directly addressing viewers, stating that he felt Putin was “sincere” in his belief that “Russia has a historic claim” to the portions of Ukraine he wishes to seize through military might.
“Are we having a talk show or a serious conversation?...
- 2/9/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Kremlin’s first public response to Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he’s landed an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin was to fact-check the former Fox News host.
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Carlson had indeed interviewed Putin, but took issue with Carlson’s claim that “not a single Western journalist has bothered” to interview Russia’s president throughout the nation’s war with Ukraine, which has raged for more than two years.
“Mr. Carlson is not correct,” Peskov said in a statement on the...
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Carlson had indeed interviewed Putin, but took issue with Carlson’s claim that “not a single Western journalist has bothered” to interview Russia’s president throughout the nation’s war with Ukraine, which has raged for more than two years.
“Mr. Carlson is not correct,” Peskov said in a statement on the...
- 2/7/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Per The Guardian, Peskov told reporters, “When it comes to the countries of the collective west, the large network media, TV channels, [and] large newspapers can in no way boast of even trying to at least look impartial in terms of coverage,” Peskov said.
“These are all media outlets that take an exceptionally one-sided position. Of course, there is no desire to communicate with such media, and it hardly makes sense, and it is unlikely that it will be useful.”
Peskov, though, acknowledged that the Kremlin does receive “numerous requests” from major media outlets to interview Putin, according to the news site Meduza. That contradicts Carlson’s claim that U.S. journalists have not even bothered to try to interview the Russian leader.
Previously: Tucker Carlson confirmed speculation today that he’s been in Moscow...
Per The Guardian, Peskov told reporters, “When it comes to the countries of the collective west, the large network media, TV channels, [and] large newspapers can in no way boast of even trying to at least look impartial in terms of coverage,” Peskov said.
“These are all media outlets that take an exceptionally one-sided position. Of course, there is no desire to communicate with such media, and it hardly makes sense, and it is unlikely that it will be useful.”
Peskov, though, acknowledged that the Kremlin does receive “numerous requests” from major media outlets to interview Putin, according to the news site Meduza. That contradicts Carlson’s claim that U.S. journalists have not even bothered to try to interview the Russian leader.
Previously: Tucker Carlson confirmed speculation today that he’s been in Moscow...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
There was a moment in the past year when dozens of media and political reporters found themselves in the same room, sitting patiently for hours, essentially doing nothing but speculating about what was about to happen.
That’s generally a fraught scenario, but in this case, it was a bit fortuitous in that Delaware courtroom, waiting for proceedings to resume. At 4 p.m. that day in April, the judge announced that Fox had reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems just as a landmark defamation trial was about to begin. The revelations from the case — and the network’s $787.5 million payout — made for what was one of the biggest media business stories of the year.
The next year will be vastly different, what with a presidential election race in full swing, but it is also likely to be another 12 months of tumult in the industry. The decline in linear TV,...
That’s generally a fraught scenario, but in this case, it was a bit fortuitous in that Delaware courtroom, waiting for proceedings to resume. At 4 p.m. that day in April, the judge announced that Fox had reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems just as a landmark defamation trial was about to begin. The revelations from the case — and the network’s $787.5 million payout — made for what was one of the biggest media business stories of the year.
The next year will be vastly different, what with a presidential election race in full swing, but it is also likely to be another 12 months of tumult in the industry. The decline in linear TV,...
- 12/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Rupert Murdoch is finally — allegedly — slowing down, marking his final day Wednesday as Executive Chairman of News Corp. by praising his son Lachlan, who is taking over his role as company leader.
Rupert Murdoch, age 92, vowed he will still play an active role as he becomes Chairman Emeritus of News Corp. and Fox Corporation, the latter where he is scheduled to meet shareholders on Friday in his final act as chairman.
Lachlan Murdoch is 52 and now becomes the sole chairman of both companies.
“Lachlan is a principled leader, and a believer in the social purpose of journalism. I hope to continue an active role in the company,” Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday at the News Corp. farewell.
Rupert Murdoch talked about the “opportunities and challenges” of artificial intelligence in his Wednesday remarks. He also spoke of Wall St. Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who remains detained in Russia.
But Murdoch saved...
Rupert Murdoch, age 92, vowed he will still play an active role as he becomes Chairman Emeritus of News Corp. and Fox Corporation, the latter where he is scheduled to meet shareholders on Friday in his final act as chairman.
Lachlan Murdoch is 52 and now becomes the sole chairman of both companies.
“Lachlan is a principled leader, and a believer in the social purpose of journalism. I hope to continue an active role in the company,” Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday at the News Corp. farewell.
Rupert Murdoch talked about the “opportunities and challenges” of artificial intelligence in his Wednesday remarks. He also spoke of Wall St. Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who remains detained in Russia.
But Murdoch saved...
- 11/17/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Wednesday marks Rupert Murdoch’s last day as chairman of News Corp., the publishing company that formed his initial entry into the U.S. market nearly 50 years ago. His son Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Corp., will assume the role of chairman in his place.
But he told shareholders of the company that he does not intend to ride off into the sunset.
“As you know, I am moving to the role of Chairman Emeritus, and Lachlan will become the sole Chair of News Corp. Lachlan is a principled leader, and a believer in the social purpose of journalism,” Murdoch said at News Corp.’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday. “I hope to continue an active role in the company.”
Murdoch, 92, delivered the opening remarks, and introduced News Corp.’s CEO Robert Thomson. But he also weighed in on current events, paying tribute to journalists in the Middle East and Ukraine,...
But he told shareholders of the company that he does not intend to ride off into the sunset.
“As you know, I am moving to the role of Chairman Emeritus, and Lachlan will become the sole Chair of News Corp. Lachlan is a principled leader, and a believer in the social purpose of journalism,” Murdoch said at News Corp.’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday. “I hope to continue an active role in the company.”
Murdoch, 92, delivered the opening remarks, and introduced News Corp.’s CEO Robert Thomson. But he also weighed in on current events, paying tribute to journalists in the Middle East and Ukraine,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Clinton Global Initiative next week will feature a session on protecting freedom of the press, with a focus on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russia for more than 160 days
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver remarks at the Sept. 19 session, called Journalism on the Front Lines, with Jeanne Bourgault, president and CEO of Internews, announcing a commitment to support journalists.
As part of the session, Fox News anchor Dana Perino will moderate a panel featuring Jodie Ginsburg, president of the Committee to Protect Journalists; Almar Latour, the CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal; and Jason Rezaian, global opinions writer and former Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post.
Gershkovich’s captivity has drawn condemnation from the State Department and journalism and human rights organizations around the world. The panel also will focus on the mounting threats...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver remarks at the Sept. 19 session, called Journalism on the Front Lines, with Jeanne Bourgault, president and CEO of Internews, announcing a commitment to support journalists.
As part of the session, Fox News anchor Dana Perino will moderate a panel featuring Jodie Ginsburg, president of the Committee to Protect Journalists; Almar Latour, the CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal; and Jason Rezaian, global opinions writer and former Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post.
Gershkovich’s captivity has drawn condemnation from the State Department and journalism and human rights organizations around the world. The panel also will focus on the mounting threats...
- 9/12/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
News networks continued to focus on the instability in Russia, as Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time since a failed rebellion led by Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
In short remarks, Putin said that the rebellion’s leaders “miscalculated” and were determined to divide the country and for “Russian soldiers to kill each other, for soldiers and civilians alike to die, so that Russia ultimately loses.”
On Saturday, the paramilitary rebellion reportedly took control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and Prigozhin said that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. But then he abruptly announced that they were turning back, with the Kremlin’s spokesman later telling reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped. Prigozhin said in a Telegram post on Monday that the intent was not to overthrow the government but to protest the handling of the Ukraine invasion.
In short remarks, Putin said that the rebellion’s leaders “miscalculated” and were determined to divide the country and for “Russian soldiers to kill each other, for soldiers and civilians alike to die, so that Russia ultimately loses.”
On Saturday, the paramilitary rebellion reportedly took control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and Prigozhin said that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. But then he abruptly announced that they were turning back, with the Kremlin’s spokesman later telling reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped. Prigozhin said in a Telegram post on Monday that the intent was not to overthrow the government but to protest the handling of the Ukraine invasion.
- 6/26/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
TheWrap took home four first-place Southern California Journalism Awards at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 65th annual awards ceremony held Sunday at L.A.’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
Sharon Waxman, TheWrap’s founder and editor-in-chief, won the Entertainment Feature on Film category with her story about the HFPA’s failure to meet its reform goal and the embarrassing ouster of one of its members in her story, “Golden Globes Falls Short of 300 Voter Goal by 101, Expels Reformist Member Frank Rousseau for Falsifying Stories (Exclusive).
The category’s nominees included GQ and Variety, as well as TheWrap’s Andi Ortiz, who was nominated for her oral history of the cult that has grown around Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” since its 1993 release, “How ‘Hocus Pocus’ Went From Box Office Bomb to Disney’s Halloween Darling.“
Reporter Sharon Knolle was nominated for two awards and won in both categories. In the Entertainment Feature on TV/Radio,...
Sharon Waxman, TheWrap’s founder and editor-in-chief, won the Entertainment Feature on Film category with her story about the HFPA’s failure to meet its reform goal and the embarrassing ouster of one of its members in her story, “Golden Globes Falls Short of 300 Voter Goal by 101, Expels Reformist Member Frank Rousseau for Falsifying Stories (Exclusive).
The category’s nominees included GQ and Variety, as well as TheWrap’s Andi Ortiz, who was nominated for her oral history of the cult that has grown around Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” since its 1993 release, “How ‘Hocus Pocus’ Went From Box Office Bomb to Disney’s Halloween Darling.“
Reporter Sharon Knolle was nominated for two awards and won in both categories. In the Entertainment Feature on TV/Radio,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
The Hollywood Reporter was named best website at the 65th annual SoCal Journalism Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
THR was recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club in several other categories as well, including features, photos, social media and commentary. A list of THR’s first-place wins follows.
Website, Traditional News Organization
The Hollywood Reporter Staff, The Hollywood Reporter
Feature Film/TV, over 1,000 words
Gary Baum, “The Many Lives and Dying Words of Aesop Aquarian”
Best Use of Social Media to Enhance and/or Cover a Story by a Group
Ryan Fish, Christy Piña, Nekesa Moody, Tiffany Taylor, Neha Joy, Jason Bass, “Blackfamous Roundtable”
Portrait Photo, Entertainment
Ash Barhamand, Jenny Sargent, Peter B. Cury, Erik Tanner, “The Riddle of Paul Dano”
Entertainment Photo
Ash Barhamand, Kayla Landrum, Peter B. Cury, Jingna Zhang, “Michelle Yeoh”
Entertainment Commentary on TV/Film
Lovia Gyarkye,...
THR was recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club in several other categories as well, including features, photos, social media and commentary. A list of THR’s first-place wins follows.
Website, Traditional News Organization
The Hollywood Reporter Staff, The Hollywood Reporter
Feature Film/TV, over 1,000 words
Gary Baum, “The Many Lives and Dying Words of Aesop Aquarian”
Best Use of Social Media to Enhance and/or Cover a Story by a Group
Ryan Fish, Christy Piña, Nekesa Moody, Tiffany Taylor, Neha Joy, Jason Bass, “Blackfamous Roundtable”
Portrait Photo, Entertainment
Ash Barhamand, Jenny Sargent, Peter B. Cury, Erik Tanner, “The Riddle of Paul Dano”
Entertainment Photo
Ash Barhamand, Kayla Landrum, Peter B. Cury, Jingna Zhang, “Michelle Yeoh”
Entertainment Commentary on TV/Film
Lovia Gyarkye,...
- 6/26/2023
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated: Networks scrambled to cover the rebellion in Russia by initially drawing heavily on social media images, foreign policy analysts and correspondents in other countries, while media presence in Moscow has been limited.
Russian President Vladimir Putin faced an uprising from mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, with reports that he has taken control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. Hours later, Prigozhin said that his forces were stopping and turning back from the city and headed to field camps. Kremlin’s spokesman later told reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped.
The apparent end of the revolt followed a tumultuous and often confusing 24 hours.
Viewers on Saturday woke up to images of Putin declaring that he would crush the rebellion and that Prigozhin was guilty of treason. He said that those who prepared...
Russian President Vladimir Putin faced an uprising from mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, with reports that he has taken control of the city of Rostov-on-Don and that the insurrection was on its way to Moscow. Hours later, Prigozhin said that his forces were stopping and turning back from the city and headed to field camps. Kremlin’s spokesman later told reporters that Prigozhin would go to Belarus and a criminal case against him would be dropped.
The apparent end of the revolt followed a tumultuous and often confusing 24 hours.
Viewers on Saturday woke up to images of Putin declaring that he would crush the rebellion and that Prigozhin was guilty of treason. He said that those who prepared...
- 6/24/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A US citizen who played in several punk rock bands while living in Russia was arrested in Moscow on suspicion of drug trafficking.
According to NPR, the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow has accused Travis Michael Leake of selling the drug mephedrone. If found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
A former paratrooper in the US military, Leake has lived in Moscow for nearly a decade. While residing in Russia, he played in several punk bands, including as the lead vocalist in Lovi Noch. Additionally, he served as the president of Red Decades Records, which looks to identify and cultivate “new and existing talent in the Russian marketplace for wider distribution in a world market.”
Leake was also featured in a 2014 episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, where he voiced his frustrations with censorship in Russia. “This was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases,...
According to NPR, the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow has accused Travis Michael Leake of selling the drug mephedrone. If found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
A former paratrooper in the US military, Leake has lived in Moscow for nearly a decade. While residing in Russia, he played in several punk bands, including as the lead vocalist in Lovi Noch. Additionally, he served as the president of Red Decades Records, which looks to identify and cultivate “new and existing talent in the Russian marketplace for wider distribution in a world market.”
Leake was also featured in a 2014 episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, where he voiced his frustrations with censorship in Russia. “This was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
More than a year after it began its war in Ukraine, Russia is cracking down … on American late night TV hosts.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, CBS’ Stephen Colbert and NBC’s Seth Meyers have been permanently banned from Russia, according to a new list of names released by the Russian government.
On Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry released a list of 500 Americans that it says are now banned from entering the country, with a statement declaring that the decision to ban them is in response to U.S. sanctions.
The list of names includes plenty of politicians (including former President Barack Obama) as well as academics, military and law enforcement officers, and employees or arms suppliers and tech firms. But it also includes a handful of people from the world of entertainment and media.
Chief among them are the three late night TV hosts (NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, for whatever reason,...
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, CBS’ Stephen Colbert and NBC’s Seth Meyers have been permanently banned from Russia, according to a new list of names released by the Russian government.
On Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry released a list of 500 Americans that it says are now banned from entering the country, with a statement declaring that the decision to ban them is in response to U.S. sanctions.
The list of names includes plenty of politicians (including former President Barack Obama) as well as academics, military and law enforcement officers, and employees or arms suppliers and tech firms. But it also includes a handful of people from the world of entertainment and media.
Chief among them are the three late night TV hosts (NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, for whatever reason,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend looked so glamorous on the red carpet at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night that no one would guess Teigen spent the previous week recouping from a cruise-related illness. The cookbook author chronicled her week-long recovery on social media after she and Legend took their three children - Luna, Miles, and baby Esti - on a Disney cruise.
On April 21, Teigen tweeted about just how gross she was feeling. "I have never been more sore, I'm coughing up . . . something, the bottoms of my feet are roasted rotisserie, I just got phone service and I still feel like we are rocking. currently leaving from Melbourne, Florida, which actually has the cutest little airport I ever did see," she wrote. In a subsequent tweet she added, "4 days ago feels like . . . so long ago. our kids must never Ever forget we did this for them. Solidarity...
On April 21, Teigen tweeted about just how gross she was feeling. "I have never been more sore, I'm coughing up . . . something, the bottoms of my feet are roasted rotisserie, I just got phone service and I still feel like we are rocking. currently leaving from Melbourne, Florida, which actually has the cutest little airport I ever did see," she wrote. In a subsequent tweet she added, "4 days ago feels like . . . so long ago. our kids must never Ever forget we did this for them. Solidarity...
- 4/30/2023
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
President Joe Biden spent a great deal of his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on the fate of journalists held in captivity, vowing, “I promise you. I am working like hell to get them home.”
Still in a tone of seriousness, Biden said, “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.”
It took a few beats for many of the 2,600 or so packed into the Washington Hilton subterranean ballroom that the president was making a transition to the satirical portion of his remarks. By the time that he got to a Don Lemon joke, it was on.
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Many past dinners have taken place amid the backdrop of moments of national and international upheaval,...
Still in a tone of seriousness, Biden said, “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.”
It took a few beats for many of the 2,600 or so packed into the Washington Hilton subterranean ballroom that the president was making a transition to the satirical portion of his remarks. By the time that he got to a Don Lemon joke, it was on.
Related: Joe Biden Takes Swipes At Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Ron DeSantis’ War With Disney & Himself At Whcd; Potus Promises To Bring Imprisoned Evan Gershkovich & Austin Tice Home
Many past dinners have taken place amid the backdrop of moments of national and international upheaval,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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.
The Whca each year hires a comic to add levity...
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.
The Whca each year hires a comic to add levity...
- 4/30/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Before comedian — and The Daily Show correspondent — Roy Wood Jr. took the stage to host the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a bizarre orgy of politicians, media personalities, and dressed-to-the-nines celebs summoned by media companies as their guests and selfie partners (this year included the likes of Julia Fox, Lisa Vanderpump, and the men from the reality series Farmer Wants a Wife) that would be wholly grotesque were it not for the scholarships doled out to aspiring journalists and the presence of invitees like Brittney Griner, the formerly detained WNBA star,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
“I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” joked President Joe Biden on Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
“I had a lot of Ron DeSantis jokes ready, but Mickey Mouse beat the Hell out of me and got there first,” Potus laughed, with Disney brass in the audience at the Washington Hilton. If you missed it, the House of Mouse finally sued the aspiring GOP presidential candidate this week for his attacks on the company and its Walt Disney World resort in Orlando.
Fresh off announcing his reelection campaign and chaos on cable news this week, President Joe Biden had a wealth of material to pull from. And if you thought Potus wasn’t going to mention with glee the axing of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon from Fox News and CNN, respectively, the Maga hold on the GOP,...
“I had a lot of Ron DeSantis jokes ready, but Mickey Mouse beat the Hell out of me and got there first,” Potus laughed, with Disney brass in the audience at the Washington Hilton. If you missed it, the House of Mouse finally sued the aspiring GOP presidential candidate this week for his attacks on the company and its Walt Disney World resort in Orlando.
Fresh off announcing his reelection campaign and chaos on cable news this week, President Joe Biden had a wealth of material to pull from. And if you thought Potus wasn’t going to mention with glee the axing of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon from Fox News and CNN, respectively, the Maga hold on the GOP,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The event headlined by The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr. was held at the Washington Hilton where a myriad of celebrities attended. Stars in attendance included Succession star J. Smith Cameron, Liev Schreiber, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Saturday Night Live’s Ego Nwodim, Rosario Dawson, Winnie Harlow, John Leguizamo, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan and many others.
Related: Joe Biden Takes Swipes At Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Ron DeSantis’ War With Disney & Himself At Whcd; Potus Promises To Bring Imprisoned Evan Gershkovich & Austin Rice Home
Fresh off of “Scandoval,”the cast of Vanderpump Rules attended the dinner with Lisa Vanderpump, Lala Kent and Ariana Madix walking the red carpet.
Media personalities at the event included CNN correspondents Poppy Harlow, Kate Bolduan and Dana Bash,...
The event headlined by The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr. was held at the Washington Hilton where a myriad of celebrities attended. Stars in attendance included Succession star J. Smith Cameron, Liev Schreiber, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Saturday Night Live’s Ego Nwodim, Rosario Dawson, Winnie Harlow, John Leguizamo, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan and many others.
Related: Joe Biden Takes Swipes At Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Ron DeSantis’ War With Disney & Himself At Whcd; Potus Promises To Bring Imprisoned Evan Gershkovich & Austin Rice Home
Fresh off of “Scandoval,”the cast of Vanderpump Rules attended the dinner with Lisa Vanderpump, Lala Kent and Ariana Madix walking the red carpet.
Media personalities at the event included CNN correspondents Poppy Harlow, Kate Bolduan and Dana Bash,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive and Updated: Brittney Griner will attend tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which draws a list of sports and entertainment celebrities, media figures and politicos.
The WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, whose arrest and detention in Russia last year led to a high stakes State Department diplomatic effort to secure her release, will be a guest of CBS News, per the network. She will attend along with her wife, Cherelle.
In her speech, Tamara Keith, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, plans to speak about the current detention of another figure in Russia: The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been held since last month. Members of his family are expected at the event. Griner spoke to reporters earlier this week about his arrest. “No one should be in those conditions, hands down,” she said, per The New York Times.
Others expected to attend the Whca: Benjamin Hall,...
The WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, whose arrest and detention in Russia last year led to a high stakes State Department diplomatic effort to secure her release, will be a guest of CBS News, per the network. She will attend along with her wife, Cherelle.
In her speech, Tamara Keith, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, plans to speak about the current detention of another figure in Russia: The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been held since last month. Members of his family are expected at the event. Griner spoke to reporters earlier this week about his arrest. “No one should be in those conditions, hands down,” she said, per The New York Times.
Others expected to attend the Whca: Benjamin Hall,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner will draw loads of attention for the celebrities who show, the jokes that Joe Biden tells and the shtick that Roy Wood Jr. uses in his routine.
What often gets lost is the year-round role of the Whca itself, including pressing for access to the president and promoting the First Amendment. This year, there also will be reference to Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal journalist jailed in Russia, and Austin Tice, the freelance reporter kidnapped in Syria in 2012.
Deadline recently talked with Tamara Keith, the NPR White House correspondent who is the president of the Whca this year, about the Biden administration and the press, as well as what she plans to tell the dinner crowd at a time of economic distress in the media business.
After Donald Trump skipped the dinner in the four years he was president, Joe Biden returned to the tradition,...
What often gets lost is the year-round role of the Whca itself, including pressing for access to the president and promoting the First Amendment. This year, there also will be reference to Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal journalist jailed in Russia, and Austin Tice, the freelance reporter kidnapped in Syria in 2012.
Deadline recently talked with Tamara Keith, the NPR White House correspondent who is the president of the Whca this year, about the Biden administration and the press, as well as what she plans to tell the dinner crowd at a time of economic distress in the media business.
After Donald Trump skipped the dinner in the four years he was president, Joe Biden returned to the tradition,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Alfred A. Knopf will publish Brittney Griner’s untitled memoir next spring 2024. Deal was closed by Reagan Arthur, Knopf EVP and Publisher and world rights were sold by Kimberly Witherspoon at Inkwell Management with Jon Liebman at Brillstein Entertainment and Lindsay Kagawa Colas at Wasserman.
For the first time Griner recounts the tumultuous events of 2022 that both reshaped her life and captured the world’s attention: Griner’s arrest at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on February 17, followed by her detention, trial, and imprisonment in Russia, as well as the efforts in public and behind the scenes at the highest levels of government to bring her home. Griner’s memoir also documents how the global #WeAreBG movement began as well as the issue of pay equity for women athletes in the United States – the very inequity that led Griner to play basketball in Russia for seven previous seasons and to...
For the first time Griner recounts the tumultuous events of 2022 that both reshaped her life and captured the world’s attention: Griner’s arrest at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on February 17, followed by her detention, trial, and imprisonment in Russia, as well as the efforts in public and behind the scenes at the highest levels of government to bring her home. Griner’s memoir also documents how the global #WeAreBG movement began as well as the issue of pay equity for women athletes in the United States – the very inequity that led Griner to play basketball in Russia for seven previous seasons and to...
- 4/11/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The U.S. State Department said that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkivich has been “wrongfully detained,” a determination that makes his case a higher priority by the government.
“Today, Secretary Blinken made a determination that Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. “Journalism is not a crime. We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing war against the truth.”
“The U.S. government will provide all appropriate support to Mr. Gershkovich and his family. We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich.”
Gershkovich was charged with espionage last week and denied his guilty in court, according to Tass news agency. He was detained March 29 during a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg.
Emma Tucker, editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, and Almar Latour, the Journal publisher,...
“Today, Secretary Blinken made a determination that Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. “Journalism is not a crime. We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing war against the truth.”
“The U.S. government will provide all appropriate support to Mr. Gershkovich and his family. We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich.”
Gershkovich was charged with espionage last week and denied his guilty in court, according to Tass news agency. He was detained March 29 during a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg.
Emma Tucker, editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, and Almar Latour, the Journal publisher,...
- 4/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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