“I’ve lost track of all time, hours, days,” says Mehdi Hasan, explaining it has been “a manic six weeks.”
The former MSNBC host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasan raised $4 million in seed money, Zeteo generated more than 20,000 paid subscribers in its first two weeks. While a standard subscription costs $8 per month, or $72 per year, many subscribers have paid a whole lot more.
“I’m not going to tell you how many founding members we have, who paid $500,” Hasan says,...
The former MSNBC host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasan raised $4 million in seed money, Zeteo generated more than 20,000 paid subscribers in its first two weeks. While a standard subscription costs $8 per month, or $72 per year, many subscribers have paid a whole lot more.
“I’m not going to tell you how many founding members we have, who paid $500,” Hasan says,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — “You look beautiful in your blood-stained gown,” a protester shouted at a finely dressed woman, opulent in heels and done up to perfection as she made her way to the Washington Hilton, the site of this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday, April 27.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Washington, D.C.’s hallmark event — a night where top Beltway journalists mingle with politicians and White House staff, and the president makes jokes. This year’s event was the target of a protest aimed at...
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Washington, D.C.’s hallmark event — a night where top Beltway journalists mingle with politicians and White House staff, and the president makes jokes. This year’s event was the target of a protest aimed at...
- 4/28/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Mehdi Hasan is forming a new subscription digital media company following his exit from MSNBC.
The new company is called Zeteo, which means to “seek out,” and it bills itself as having a “strong bias for the truth and an unwavering belief in the media’s responsibility to the public.” He wrote that it will offer “unfiltered news, bold opinions.” His site offers free access to some newsletters and podcasts, with an $8 per month, or $72 per year, to all access.
Hasan departed MSNBC in January, after the network canceled his weekly show. He had been considered a rising star, but his commentary, particularly about Israel, had sparked controversy. That included a contentious interview earlier this month with Mark Regev, an adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The network’s decision to drop his show triggered pushback among progressives, who had seen his interviewing style and voice as unique among media personalities.
The new company is called Zeteo, which means to “seek out,” and it bills itself as having a “strong bias for the truth and an unwavering belief in the media’s responsibility to the public.” He wrote that it will offer “unfiltered news, bold opinions.” His site offers free access to some newsletters and podcasts, with an $8 per month, or $72 per year, to all access.
Hasan departed MSNBC in January, after the network canceled his weekly show. He had been considered a rising star, but his commentary, particularly about Israel, had sparked controversy. That included a contentious interview earlier this month with Mark Regev, an adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The network’s decision to drop his show triggered pushback among progressives, who had seen his interviewing style and voice as unique among media personalities.
- 2/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Mehdi Hasan is going independent.
The former MSNBC host will launch a new publication called Zeteo, combining video, podcasts and text journalism that Hasan says in a video introduction “will bring you hard-hitting interviews and unsparing analysis that you won’t find elsewhere.”
Hasan is working with Substack on the launch, with subscription prices set at $8 per month or $72 per year. There’s also a $500 per year “founding member” option that includes a signed copy of his book and exclusive Zoom calls with the host.
In the introductory video, Hasan showed off a Zeteo-branded studio and teased that the outlet is “not just me.”
“I’ve been busy a la Nick Fury assembling an Avengers-style team of contributors, the kind of big names from media activism and Hollywood that will blow your mind,” he said.
Hasan exited MSNBC last month after the cable news channel canceled his Sunday evening program The Mehdi Hasan Show.
The former MSNBC host will launch a new publication called Zeteo, combining video, podcasts and text journalism that Hasan says in a video introduction “will bring you hard-hitting interviews and unsparing analysis that you won’t find elsewhere.”
Hasan is working with Substack on the launch, with subscription prices set at $8 per month or $72 per year. There’s also a $500 per year “founding member” option that includes a signed copy of his book and exclusive Zoom calls with the host.
In the introductory video, Hasan showed off a Zeteo-branded studio and teased that the outlet is “not just me.”
“I’ve been busy a la Nick Fury assembling an Avengers-style team of contributors, the kind of big names from media activism and Hollywood that will blow your mind,” he said.
Hasan exited MSNBC last month after the cable news channel canceled his Sunday evening program The Mehdi Hasan Show.
- 2/28/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion of Palestinian statehood in a news conference on Thursday, claiming it “would endanger the state of Israel.” But he also invoked geographical language that has become a point of bitter contention as Israel’s continued military bombardment of Gaza continues in response to the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, saying that “in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea,” according to an English translation of the speech from Israeli news channel i24News.
- 1/18/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
MSNBC personality Mehdi Hasan has opted to leave the network, following the November cancellation of his Sunday-night series The Mehdi Hasan Show.
“As we begin 2024 with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and too many Trump trials honestly to even keep track of, and with this show going away, I’ve decided it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said during his final broadcast on Sunday. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear,...
“As we begin 2024 with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and too many Trump trials honestly to even keep track of, and with this show going away, I’ve decided it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said during his final broadcast on Sunday. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Mehdi Hasan said that he is leaving MSNBC after the network canceled his weekend show.
“I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” he said at the end of his program on Sunday.
The network shuffled its weekend lineup last year, dropping his weekend show while saying that he would remain as a commentator and fill-in anchor. With his hard hitting interview, he had been considered a rising star. But his commentary, particularly about Israel, has sparked controversy. That included a contentious interview earlier this month with Mark Regev, an adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sunday’s episode was his final show, and he told viewers, “As we begin 2024, with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and too many Trump trials honestly to even keep track of, and with this show going away, I’ve decided it’s time for...
“I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” he said at the end of his program on Sunday.
The network shuffled its weekend lineup last year, dropping his weekend show while saying that he would remain as a commentator and fill-in anchor. With his hard hitting interview, he had been considered a rising star. But his commentary, particularly about Israel, has sparked controversy. That included a contentious interview earlier this month with Mark Regev, an adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sunday’s episode was his final show, and he told viewers, “As we begin 2024, with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and too many Trump trials honestly to even keep track of, and with this show going away, I’ve decided it’s time for...
- 1/8/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Mehdi Hasan is leaving MSNBC.
The cable news host said at the end of his show Sunday that he would be leaving the channel to pursue other opportunities.
“With this show going away, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear, I am so, so proud of what we’ve achieved on this show on this network, and I can’t thank you enough for tuning in and for your support, and for your feedback. But as they say, new year, new plans.”
He added that viewers could follow on him on Instagram, Threads and X to hear what comes next for him.
MSNBC canceled Hasan’s Sunday show in November as part...
The cable news host said at the end of his show Sunday that he would be leaving the channel to pursue other opportunities.
“With this show going away, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” Hasan said. “Tonight is not just my final episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show. It’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave. To be clear, I am so, so proud of what we’ve achieved on this show on this network, and I can’t thank you enough for tuning in and for your support, and for your feedback. But as they say, new year, new plans.”
He added that viewers could follow on him on Instagram, Threads and X to hear what comes next for him.
MSNBC canceled Hasan’s Sunday show in November as part...
- 1/8/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, with response to Hasan show cancellation: MSNBC is launching The Weekend, a morning news show on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a series of changes to the weekend lineup that include ending Mehdi Hasan’s one hour weekend show.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
The show will be hosted by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele and will air from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days.
Other changes include Ayman Mohyeldin taking over Mehdi Hasan’s one hour program on Sundays, with Mohyeldin expanding to four hours on both days. Hasan will remain at the network as political analyst and fill in host, the network said. His Peacock streaming series also will end, as will Sanders’ show Symone.
Alex Witt will expand hours of Alex Witt Reports from 1 p.m. Et to 4 p.m. Et, with Yasmin Yossoughian continuing as a national reporter.
Jonathan Capehart’s show, meanwhile, will move to 6 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC is overhauling its weekend lineup ahead of the 2024 election season.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
The biggest change is a new morning panel show, called The Weekend, which will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. The program will run from 8-10 a.m. and originate from Washington D.C., with Kyle Griffin as executive producer.
Sanders-Townsend and Menendez currently host weekend afternoon hours on MSNBC, but will shift to focus on the morning show.
“As we emerge from a multitude of historic events these past months, we have an opportunity to build on our accomplishments and keep the momentum going into 2024 and beyond,” MSNBC president Rashida Jones wrote to staff at the channel Thursday morning, outlining the plans.
The new schedule will also bring a wave of adjustments to the lineups on both Saturday and Sunday.
Two current MSNBC weekend hosts will be losing their hours: Mehdi Hasan, who will give up his 8 p.
- 11/30/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MSNBC is shaking up its weekend schedule as CNN’s Saturday and Sunday offerings continue to provide strong competition.
The NBCUniversal cable-news outlet plans to a launch a new panel show, “The Weekend,” co-moderated by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele that will air Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and will cancel a nighttime show anchored by the outspoke Mehdi Hasan. Those move will not only consolidate anchors who had been active on the weekend schedule in their own time slots, but leave room for broad change.
MSNBC’s weekend schedule has long been edged out by CNN among viewers between 25 and 54 — the audience most coveted by advertisers in news programming. CNN launched a new Saturday-morning lineup in November featuring Victor Blackwell,. Chris Wallace and Christiane Amanpour, and paced ahead of MSNBC in both that demographic and total viewers, according to recent data from Nielsen.
The NBCUniversal cable-news outlet plans to a launch a new panel show, “The Weekend,” co-moderated by Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele that will air Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and will cancel a nighttime show anchored by the outspoke Mehdi Hasan. Those move will not only consolidate anchors who had been active on the weekend schedule in their own time slots, but leave room for broad change.
MSNBC’s weekend schedule has long been edged out by CNN among viewers between 25 and 54 — the audience most coveted by advertisers in news programming. CNN launched a new Saturday-morning lineup in November featuring Victor Blackwell,. Chris Wallace and Christiane Amanpour, and paced ahead of MSNBC in both that demographic and total viewers, according to recent data from Nielsen.
- 11/30/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Singer Tulsi Kumar is bringing on the heartbreak in a very graceful, and eclectic style with her latest single, ‘Mohabbat Karne Wale’. A contemporary take on the mellifluous ghazal style, the song showcases Tulsi’s ability to sublimely blend in ghazal with film music, symphonic, pop, and dance music.
Apart from just singing, she also performs some incredibly elegant and powerful dance moves infusing Indian classical dance forms such as Kathakali with European style ballet where she performs the dance alongside Sahaj Singh whose resplendent dancing really brings in the mood.
For all its musical diversity and experimentation, the production is still very modern and booming, typical of most contemporary pop music despite having little in common with pop, except for some brief fusion elements and that too in rarity.
Expressing her excitement about the song, Tulsi Kumar said: “I have explored a new genre of music and ‘Mohabbat Karne...
Apart from just singing, she also performs some incredibly elegant and powerful dance moves infusing Indian classical dance forms such as Kathakali with European style ballet where she performs the dance alongside Sahaj Singh whose resplendent dancing really brings in the mood.
For all its musical diversity and experimentation, the production is still very modern and booming, typical of most contemporary pop music despite having little in common with pop, except for some brief fusion elements and that too in rarity.
Expressing her excitement about the song, Tulsi Kumar said: “I have explored a new genre of music and ‘Mohabbat Karne...
- 11/22/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Singer Tulsi Kumar is bringing on the heartbreak in a very graceful, and eclectic style with her latest single, ‘Mohabbat Karne Wale’. A contemporary take on the mellifluous ghazal style, the song showcases Tulsi’s ability to sublimely blend in ghazal with film music, symphonic, pop, and dance music.
Apart from just singing, she also performs some incredibly elegant and powerful dance moves infusing Indian classical dance forms such as Kathakali with European style ballet where she performs the dance alongside Sahaj Singh whose resplendent dancing really brings in the mood.
For all its musical diversity and experimentation, the production is still very modern and booming, typical of most contemporary pop music despite having little in common with pop, except for some brief fusion elements and that too in rarity.
Expressing her excitement about the song, Tulsi Kumar said: “I have explored a new genre of music and ‘Mohabbat Karne...
Apart from just singing, she also performs some incredibly elegant and powerful dance moves infusing Indian classical dance forms such as Kathakali with European style ballet where she performs the dance alongside Sahaj Singh whose resplendent dancing really brings in the mood.
For all its musical diversity and experimentation, the production is still very modern and booming, typical of most contemporary pop music despite having little in common with pop, except for some brief fusion elements and that too in rarity.
Expressing her excitement about the song, Tulsi Kumar said: “I have explored a new genre of music and ‘Mohabbat Karne...
- 11/22/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Amid the mounting tragedy in the Middle East, Fox News and CNN are the early winners in the cable network ratings battle, flexing their on-the-ground foreign reporting muscles, while MSNBC suffered a fall-off at the beginning of the conflict from which it has yet to recover.
In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists in Israel, in which they massacred over 1,400 Israeli citizens, all three cable news channels saw viewership boosts of varying degrees, but Fox and CNN saw the main benefit.
From Oct. 9 to Oct. 15, Fox News scored 1.57 million average total viewers, a 22% increase from the week of Oct. 7. MSNBC secured second place with 766,000 viewers, a 20% decrease for the network from the week prior. CNN came in third, drawing 681,000 viewers, a 13% improvement for the network, according to Nielsen.
Fox News and CNN held on to elevated viewership at the end of October, with both networks ending...
In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists in Israel, in which they massacred over 1,400 Israeli citizens, all three cable news channels saw viewership boosts of varying degrees, but Fox and CNN saw the main benefit.
From Oct. 9 to Oct. 15, Fox News scored 1.57 million average total viewers, a 22% increase from the week of Oct. 7. MSNBC secured second place with 766,000 viewers, a 20% decrease for the network from the week prior. CNN came in third, drawing 681,000 viewers, a 13% improvement for the network, according to Nielsen.
Fox News and CNN held on to elevated viewership at the end of October, with both networks ending...
- 11/3/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
MSNBC has pushed back against a Semafor report that it sidelined Muslim anchors Mehdi Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Ali Velshi while covering the Israel-Hamas war.
“We have and will continue to cover the barbaric terrorist attacks on defenseless civilians in Israel last weekend and the tragic war it has provoked thoroughly and in all their dimensions,” an NBCU News Group spokesperson told TheWrap on Monday.
A network source denied that Hasan, Velshi, and Mohyeldin were “benched” or “silenced” over their beliefs on the conflict, saying there was “no truth” to those reports.
Velshi has been reporting from the ground in Israel and served as anchor from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Mohyeldin has appeared on multiple MSNBC programs throughout the network’s coverage of the war. He was in the anchor chair from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and appeared Monday on “Katy Tur Reports.”
As for Hasan,...
“We have and will continue to cover the barbaric terrorist attacks on defenseless civilians in Israel last weekend and the tragic war it has provoked thoroughly and in all their dimensions,” an NBCU News Group spokesperson told TheWrap on Monday.
A network source denied that Hasan, Velshi, and Mohyeldin were “benched” or “silenced” over their beliefs on the conflict, saying there was “no truth” to those reports.
Velshi has been reporting from the ground in Israel and served as anchor from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Mohyeldin has appeared on multiple MSNBC programs throughout the network’s coverage of the war. He was in the anchor chair from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and appeared Monday on “Katy Tur Reports.”
As for Hasan,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
On Friday, Elon Musk appeared to announce plans to remove the block feature from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. A number of users responded, including conservative actor James Woods, who said he would likely leave the platform entirely if the feature is taken away. Musk was quick to fire back at Woods’ claim and tweeted back, “Then delete your account.”
Then delete your account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2023
Woods defended his position, replying to one X user that he believes removing the block feature will make Musk’s X no different from “Jack Dorsey’s horrid Twitter.”
He continued, “Musk, whom I once championed, is only doing this to protect his advertisers anyway. Users of X are mere pawns to turn the site into an electronic shopping mall. The man I thought was a defender of free speech is just another greedy capitalist. Disappointing, but not surprising.”
This is a huge mistake.
Then delete your account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2023
Woods defended his position, replying to one X user that he believes removing the block feature will make Musk’s X no different from “Jack Dorsey’s horrid Twitter.”
He continued, “Musk, whom I once championed, is only doing this to protect his advertisers anyway. Users of X are mere pawns to turn the site into an electronic shopping mall. The man I thought was a defender of free speech is just another greedy capitalist. Disappointing, but not surprising.”
This is a huge mistake.
- 8/21/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
With the 2023 Truth Seekers Summit presented by Showtime taking place a day after former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time, this time in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow set the tone of the event after receiving the Variety and Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Award, “The crisis we have right now in this work that we do is not a crisis about the truth,” she said in a sitdown with Variety’s Co-Editor-In-Chief Ramin Setoodeh. “The truth is the truth; the truth just exists.
- 8/4/2023
- by Sean Malcolm
- Rollingstone.com
Longtime “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr. spoke about the future of late-night TV at Variety and Rolling Stone’s Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime, saying he believes studios don’t realize that the more they look to downsize shows, the more likely they will face stiff competition from TikTok creators and other social media stars who can retain the rights to their content.
“I think the cheaper that they choose to make the product, the more accessible and affordable you make it for outside competitors to come in,” Wood Jr. said, when answering a question about if he was interested in hosting the Comedy Central talker following the exit of Trevor Noah, or any late-night show, in general.
“That’s the thing that I don’t think the entertainment studios understand is, if you want to get rid of an audience if you want to make the show a little smaller,...
“I think the cheaper that they choose to make the product, the more accessible and affordable you make it for outside competitors to come in,” Wood Jr. said, when answering a question about if he was interested in hosting the Comedy Central talker following the exit of Trevor Noah, or any late-night show, in general.
“That’s the thing that I don’t think the entertainment studios understand is, if you want to get rid of an audience if you want to make the show a little smaller,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Last Wednesday, Rolling Stone and Variety made more news regarding their upcoming Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime on August 2nd. The two brands announced a digital content hub for attendees, featuring the kind of reporting that’s at the heart of the event’s celebration of hard-nosed journalism and documentary and investigative storytelling. Seeking to dig “underneath the surface to reveal what’s hidden, what happened and what might come next,” the content hub will showcase stories on documentaries of all genres by both Rolling Stone and Variety.
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- 7/26/2023
- by Sean Malcolm
- Rollingstone.com
MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan has seen the disparaging responses to “Barbie” from various conservative male figureheads — from Ted Cruz to Ben Shapiro to Piers Morgan — and finds the whole thing “pretty pathetic.”
Joined by fellow MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin on “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” Hasan admitted on Monday’s episode that he is “semi-enjoying watching the male conservative meltdown over the ‘Barbie’ movie,” but that it makes him question where the conservative movement as a whole went awry.
“These are grown men losing their minds over a movie about a doll. What has happened to the conservative movement?” he bemoaned. “There was a time when conservatives had substantive things to say about taxes, regulation, defense, foreign policy. But now it’s just, ‘Barbie this, Dr. Seuss that.’ Bud Light, Mr. Potato Head, the skin color of the Little Mermaid. It’s ridiculous, it’s childish. It’s pretty pathetic, actually.
Joined by fellow MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin on “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” Hasan admitted on Monday’s episode that he is “semi-enjoying watching the male conservative meltdown over the ‘Barbie’ movie,” but that it makes him question where the conservative movement as a whole went awry.
“These are grown men losing their minds over a movie about a doll. What has happened to the conservative movement?” he bemoaned. “There was a time when conservatives had substantive things to say about taxes, regulation, defense, foreign policy. But now it’s just, ‘Barbie this, Dr. Seuss that.’ Bud Light, Mr. Potato Head, the skin color of the Little Mermaid. It’s ridiculous, it’s childish. It’s pretty pathetic, actually.
- 7/25/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
On Wednesday, Rolling Stone and Variety announced more names and special programming that will appear at the two brands’ annual Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime. Serving as welcomed additions to the August 2nd event, these developments will further bolster an already stacked lineup that will feature keynote and panel discussions led by journalists, documentary filmmakers and cultural trendsetters, whose sole purpose is to spread the gospel of authenticity while bringing truth to light in the stories they tell.
Hollywood and Crime’s host and co-producer, Tracy Pattin, will be...
Hollywood and Crime’s host and co-producer, Tracy Pattin, will be...
- 6/23/2023
- by Sean Malcolm
- Rollingstone.com
In continuing their shared dedication to truth, and giving flowers to those that seek it, Rolling Stone and Variety will hold their annual Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on August 2, 2023, in New York City. Celebrating the art of documentary and investigative storytelling across all platforms–from podcasts to newscasts to film–the event will have keynote and panel discussions with the leading documentary filmmakers, journalists and cultural trendsetters whose passion for authenticity has a lasting impact and effects change.
Headlining the Summit will be Rachel Maddow, host...
Headlining the Summit will be Rachel Maddow, host...
- 6/8/2023
- by Sean Malcolm
- Rollingstone.com
For the third time today, a prominent figure at CNN attempted to reframe the network’s roundly-criticized town hall with former president Donald Trump on Wednesday night, an event moderated by Kaitlan Collins.
Collins anchored CNN’s 9 p.m. hour tonight, opening the show by making the case that the town hall “was a major inflection point in the Republican party’s search for its next nominee and potentially the starting line for America’s next presidential race.” She noted that Trump is the Republican front runner.
“About last night,” Collins began. “The 70 minutes I spent on stage in New Hampshire with former president Donald Trump was a major inflection point in the Republican party’s search for its nominee and potentially the starting line for America’s next presidential race. It’s important to remember that he is, right now, the GOP frontrunner, a race that he is running,...
Collins anchored CNN’s 9 p.m. hour tonight, opening the show by making the case that the town hall “was a major inflection point in the Republican party’s search for its next nominee and potentially the starting line for America’s next presidential race.” She noted that Trump is the Republican front runner.
“About last night,” Collins began. “The 70 minutes I spent on stage in New Hampshire with former president Donald Trump was a major inflection point in the Republican party’s search for its nominee and potentially the starting line for America’s next presidential race. It’s important to remember that he is, right now, the GOP frontrunner, a race that he is running,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Tom Tapp and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN is under fire for normalizing Donald Trump — an accusation that the network faced in 2016, when it gave him wall-to-wall coverage and multiple on-air appearances.
On May 9, the former “Apprentice” star was found liable for sexual abuse and battery in Manhattan civil court via the lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. The verdict arrived a little over a month after Trump, who also served as President of the United States from 2017 to 2021, also was charged with 34 felony counts related to hush money payments made to an adult film star.
Much of the attention of media commentators on Twitter after the verdict was directed at CNN, which has undergone a sustained change since the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Today, May 10, just a day after the ruling, the network will host a primetime Town Hall event with Trump hosted by Kaitlan Collins. He will be the first GOP challenger to President Joe Biden...
On May 9, the former “Apprentice” star was found liable for sexual abuse and battery in Manhattan civil court via the lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. The verdict arrived a little over a month after Trump, who also served as President of the United States from 2017 to 2021, also was charged with 34 felony counts related to hush money payments made to an adult film star.
Much of the attention of media commentators on Twitter after the verdict was directed at CNN, which has undergone a sustained change since the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Today, May 10, just a day after the ruling, the network will host a primetime Town Hall event with Trump hosted by Kaitlan Collins. He will be the first GOP challenger to President Joe Biden...
- 5/10/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
“60 Minutes” has drawn criticism from journalists and other public figures for its sit-down interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which aired on Sunday evening.
In the interview, Greene asserted that Democrats are the “party of pedophiles,” saying, “They support grooming children… Even Joe Biden himself supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries.”
The Republican representative doubled down on her comments in a Tweet, writing, “I will always fight to protect kids!”
Greene, who was elected to a House seat representing Georgia in 2020, has been a primary subject of fervent criticism from Democratic figures for several years. During her campaign, she voiced support for a range of conspiracy theories promoted by the QAnon movement, which the FBI has deemed a domestic terror group. She has also promoted misinformation regarding Covid-19 vaccines.
Greene was interviewed by “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. Criticism of the segment registered days before it even aired,...
In the interview, Greene asserted that Democrats are the “party of pedophiles,” saying, “They support grooming children… Even Joe Biden himself supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries.”
The Republican representative doubled down on her comments in a Tweet, writing, “I will always fight to protect kids!”
Greene, who was elected to a House seat representing Georgia in 2020, has been a primary subject of fervent criticism from Democratic figures for several years. During her campaign, she voiced support for a range of conspiracy theories promoted by the QAnon movement, which the FBI has deemed a domestic terror group. She has also promoted misinformation regarding Covid-19 vaccines.
Greene was interviewed by “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. Criticism of the segment registered days before it even aired,...
- 4/3/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Romantic and revolutionary fervour may seem polar opposites but this Urdu poet achieved a unique balance between them, describing his own course on: “Maqaam ‘Faiz’ raah mein koi jacha hi nahi/Jo kuu-e-yaar se nikle, to suu-e-daar (scaffold) chale” .
And while, he could say “Bhoole se muskura to diye the woh aaj ‘Faiz’/Mat puch walwale dil-e-naa-kardakaar ke” or “Bazm-e-khayaal mein tere husn ki shamaa jal gayi/Dard ka chaand bujh gaya, hijr ki raat dhal gayi”, he could address his paramour as: “Mujh se pahli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang” and cite some gory and unsettling images of suffering to maintain “Aur bhi dukh hai zamaane mein mohabbat ke siva…”
Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’, who was born on this day (February 11) in 1911, was not the first revolutionary-romantic poet but the latest in an illustrious line that included the likes of Allama Iqbal, Shabbir Hasan Khan ‘Josh Malihabadi’, Maulana Syed...
And while, he could say “Bhoole se muskura to diye the woh aaj ‘Faiz’/Mat puch walwale dil-e-naa-kardakaar ke” or “Bazm-e-khayaal mein tere husn ki shamaa jal gayi/Dard ka chaand bujh gaya, hijr ki raat dhal gayi”, he could address his paramour as: “Mujh se pahli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang” and cite some gory and unsettling images of suffering to maintain “Aur bhi dukh hai zamaane mein mohabbat ke siva…”
Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’, who was born on this day (February 11) in 1911, was not the first revolutionary-romantic poet but the latest in an illustrious line that included the likes of Allama Iqbal, Shabbir Hasan Khan ‘Josh Malihabadi’, Maulana Syed...
- 2/13/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow plans to take a hiatus lasting “several weeks” in order to focus on other projects she is working on as part of a broader content deal with NBCUniversal, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The anchor, who is the linchpin of the cable news outlet’s primetime schedule, is expected to tell viewers about her planned absence, which is slated to start Friday, during this evening’s broadcast. Ali Velshi is among the anchors who have filled in for MSNBC’s primetime anchors in the past, and Mehdi Hasan and Ayman Mohyeldin have both taken up 9 p.m. duties on Fridays, when Maddow is often off. Maddow struck a deal with NBCUniversal last year that calls for her to put more of her attention on to a mix of new media projects and other content.
During her hiatus, Maddow is expected to work on a new podcast for NBCUniversal,...
The anchor, who is the linchpin of the cable news outlet’s primetime schedule, is expected to tell viewers about her planned absence, which is slated to start Friday, during this evening’s broadcast. Ali Velshi is among the anchors who have filled in for MSNBC’s primetime anchors in the past, and Mehdi Hasan and Ayman Mohyeldin have both taken up 9 p.m. duties on Fridays, when Maddow is often off. Maddow struck a deal with NBCUniversal last year that calls for her to put more of her attention on to a mix of new media projects and other content.
During her hiatus, Maddow is expected to work on a new podcast for NBCUniversal,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The 2020 Presidential Election is inching to its conclusion and there are numerous options for you to watch the results come in during real time.
All the major cable news outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, will be doing 24/7 coverage starting on Tuesday, November 3 and going into the early morning of Wednesday, November 4. Similarly, major broadcast networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS are expected to preempt regular primetime programming to follow and present results. The networks online counterparts will also carry the coverage and analysis.
C-span will have live election night coverage from Tuesday at 9 p.m. Et to 7 a.m. Et on Wednesday. Coverage will include speeches, winners and losers, and the Presidential and Senate races. C-span will also take viewer calls and reaction throughout the night. Election coverage will continue during C-span’s signature call-in program Washington Journal on Wednesday from 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. Et.
NBC’s...
All the major cable news outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, will be doing 24/7 coverage starting on Tuesday, November 3 and going into the early morning of Wednesday, November 4. Similarly, major broadcast networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS are expected to preempt regular primetime programming to follow and present results. The networks online counterparts will also carry the coverage and analysis.
C-span will have live election night coverage from Tuesday at 9 p.m. Et to 7 a.m. Et on Wednesday. Coverage will include speeches, winners and losers, and the Presidential and Senate races. C-span will also take viewer calls and reaction throughout the night. Election coverage will continue during C-span’s signature call-in program Washington Journal on Wednesday from 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. Et.
NBC’s...
- 11/3/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Chris Pratt has yet again irked social media users as speculation about his support for Donald Trump escalated.
As some of the Marvel actors will be assembling again to host a virtual fundraiser for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign, many fans began to discuss about the Jurassic World actor and why he wasn’t included.
Actors Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, and Zoe Saldana will be joining vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the Russo Brothers for a Q&a and trivia, reports Variety.
As movie scribe Amy Berg posed the question to fans which one among Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, and Chris Pratt has to go. A battle of the famous Chris's began as netizens were seen deciding and calling out Pratt over his past political views.
One has to go. pic.twitter.com/HUWnbQOA43
— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) October 17, 2020
British...
As some of the Marvel actors will be assembling again to host a virtual fundraiser for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign, many fans began to discuss about the Jurassic World actor and why he wasn’t included.
Actors Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, and Zoe Saldana will be joining vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the Russo Brothers for a Q&a and trivia, reports Variety.
As movie scribe Amy Berg posed the question to fans which one among Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, and Chris Pratt has to go. A battle of the famous Chris's began as netizens were seen deciding and calling out Pratt over his past political views.
One has to go. pic.twitter.com/HUWnbQOA43
— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) October 17, 2020
British...
- 10/19/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
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