Exclusive: First Lady Jill Biden will be the featured speaker at Monday’s A Day Of Unreasonable Conversation, a social impact event featuring entertainment industry figures and activists.
Biden will take part in a conversation with Halle Berry to talk about the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Their talk, titled “Writing New Stories About Women’s Health,” will delve into how cultural figures and content can advance conversation’s about the topic.
The first lady is heading to Southern California today for a round of fundraising and an appearance this weekend at the Los Angeles Human Rights Campaign dinner.
Others taking part in the Getty Center event include Paris Hilton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Blasey Ford, Amy Spitalnick and Sitarah Pendleton-Eaglin. The lineup includes Jane Fonda, Cord Jefferson, Yusef Salaam, Charli d’Amelio, Dorian Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Sinead Bovell, Angela Patton, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,...
Biden will take part in a conversation with Halle Berry to talk about the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Their talk, titled “Writing New Stories About Women’s Health,” will delve into how cultural figures and content can advance conversation’s about the topic.
The first lady is heading to Southern California today for a round of fundraising and an appearance this weekend at the Los Angeles Human Rights Campaign dinner.
Others taking part in the Getty Center event include Paris Hilton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Blasey Ford, Amy Spitalnick and Sitarah Pendleton-Eaglin. The lineup includes Jane Fonda, Cord Jefferson, Yusef Salaam, Charli d’Amelio, Dorian Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Sinead Bovell, Angela Patton, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald Reagan, stated that her father would not want to have any association with today’s Republican Party.
“[Reagan] was much more moderate on a whole host of issues, while at the same time, much more hawkish on Russia than what you’re seeing from the modern day Republican party,” CNN’s Jim Acosta, the chief domestic correspondent for CNN, said to Davis during an interview.
“What would your father think about what he’s seeing right now,” he then asked her. “Do you have any insights on that?”
“Well I’d – I’d like to answer your question in sort of a bigger – from a bigger view than – than, you know, current – the current political scene,” Davis responded. “I’m not a political strategist, and quite frankly, I’m so tired of hearing about the current political scene.
“But – but so in a larger sense,...
“[Reagan] was much more moderate on a whole host of issues, while at the same time, much more hawkish on Russia than what you’re seeing from the modern day Republican party,” CNN’s Jim Acosta, the chief domestic correspondent for CNN, said to Davis during an interview.
“What would your father think about what he’s seeing right now,” he then asked her. “Do you have any insights on that?”
“Well I’d – I’d like to answer your question in sort of a bigger – from a bigger view than – than, you know, current – the current political scene,” Davis responded. “I’m not a political strategist, and quite frankly, I’m so tired of hearing about the current political scene.
“But – but so in a larger sense,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Netflix’s Kaos has its Medusa.
Entourage star Debi Mazar will play the coveted role in the upcoming mythological series from End of the F***ing World creator Charlie Covell, joining an ensemble cast including Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer and David Thewlis. Goldblum will play Zeus, Deadline recently revealed, having replaced Hugh Grant due to schedule availabilities.
Other cast confirmed include Aurora Perrineau as lead, Cliff Curtis, Killian Scott, Misia Butler, Leila Farzad, Nabhaan Rizwan, Rakie Ayola and Stanley Townsend.
The show from Chernobyl producer Sister and Anthem is currently filming in Spain and is described as a “bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology, exploring love, life and power in the underworld.” It was first revealed in 2018 and officially greenlit by the UK team last year.
Mazar, who broke out in Goodfellas, Little Man Tate and Singles, is currently starring in Netflix’s The Pentaverate as Patty Davis,...
Entourage star Debi Mazar will play the coveted role in the upcoming mythological series from End of the F***ing World creator Charlie Covell, joining an ensemble cast including Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer and David Thewlis. Goldblum will play Zeus, Deadline recently revealed, having replaced Hugh Grant due to schedule availabilities.
Other cast confirmed include Aurora Perrineau as lead, Cliff Curtis, Killian Scott, Misia Butler, Leila Farzad, Nabhaan Rizwan, Rakie Ayola and Stanley Townsend.
The show from Chernobyl producer Sister and Anthem is currently filming in Spain and is described as a “bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology, exploring love, life and power in the underworld.” It was first revealed in 2018 and officially greenlit by the UK team last year.
Mazar, who broke out in Goodfellas, Little Man Tate and Singles, is currently starring in Netflix’s The Pentaverate as Patty Davis,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
On Monday night, friends of E. Jean Carroll gathered at a small party for her at a Brooklyn brownstone. Someone had baked a heart-shaped pink cake with the word “Brave” spelled out on it in red sugar. Carroll, the advice columnist and author — and Trump’s latest sexual assault accuser — had just come off a day spinning through the media cycle. She sipped Chartreuse on ice, and maintained a cool, calm and wry demeanor, a little distracted by hugs and well-wishers’ tears. She told everyone she was doing fine, that...
- 6/26/2019
- by Nina Burleigh
- Rollingstone.com
1982: General Hospital's Bryan visited his father.
1988: Guiding Light's Rick had an epiphany on his wedding day.
1997: Another World's Felicia removed her bandages.
2004: Guiding Light's Reva told Cassie that Jb was Jonathan."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1953: On Hawkins Falls, May Shipley (Vivian Lasswell) came to Dr. Floyd Corey (Maurice Copeland) for help with a problem. Meanwhile, Sue Riga (Toni Gilman) tore into Mitch Fredericks (Jim Bannon). Hugh Downs was the announcer for the show at this time.
1975: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) accused Jillian Coleridge (Nancy Addison) of...
1988: Guiding Light's Rick had an epiphany on his wedding day.
1997: Another World's Felicia removed her bandages.
2004: Guiding Light's Reva told Cassie that Jb was Jonathan."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1953: On Hawkins Falls, May Shipley (Vivian Lasswell) came to Dr. Floyd Corey (Maurice Copeland) for help with a problem. Meanwhile, Sue Riga (Toni Gilman) tore into Mitch Fredericks (Jim Bannon). Hugh Downs was the announcer for the show at this time.
1975: On Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan (Ilene Kristen) accused Jillian Coleridge (Nancy Addison) of...
- 10/22/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Exclusive: Filmmaker Charlie Matthau is close to finishing the independent feature The Book of Leah starring Armand Assante, which tells the story of a teenage rape victim who rebuilds herself as a karate fighter and seeks revenge on her attacker.
Brianna Joy Chomer plays Leah Gold, who after sneaking into a night club with her friends, is sexually assaulted in 1980s Chicago. The police do not take her case seriously, trying to blame Leah for being a minor, and the way she dressed. Her high-class family, embarrassed by the incident, sends Leah to a girls school, where she ultimately meets her uncle, played by four-time Golden Globe nominee Assante, who is a Holocaust survivor.
More than another female Karate Kid film, there are layers in The Book of Leah which echo a lot of what we’ve read lately about sexual assault; how alleged victims like Christine Blasey Ford and...
Brianna Joy Chomer plays Leah Gold, who after sneaking into a night club with her friends, is sexually assaulted in 1980s Chicago. The police do not take her case seriously, trying to blame Leah for being a minor, and the way she dressed. Her high-class family, embarrassed by the incident, sends Leah to a girls school, where she ultimately meets her uncle, played by four-time Golden Globe nominee Assante, who is a Holocaust survivor.
More than another female Karate Kid film, there are layers in The Book of Leah which echo a lot of what we’ve read lately about sexual assault; how alleged victims like Christine Blasey Ford and...
- 10/8/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Many throughout the entertainment industry participated in the Time’s Up National Walkout and Moment of Solidarity today to show their support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez in their accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Some TV staffs and stars such as those from Will & Grace, Shameless, Busy Tonight and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee literally stopped work at 10Am Pst and posted their group solidarity on social. Others such as four-time Emmy nominee Kerry Washington and Oscar winner Brie Larson tweeted their support by wearing black and tweeting the hashtag #BelieveSurvivors.
On Friday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted ““Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?” regarding Blasey Ford’s allegations which erupted the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport on social with many blasting the Potus. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis wrote an opinion piece detailing why...
Some TV staffs and stars such as those from Will & Grace, Shameless, Busy Tonight and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee literally stopped work at 10Am Pst and posted their group solidarity on social. Others such as four-time Emmy nominee Kerry Washington and Oscar winner Brie Larson tweeted their support by wearing black and tweeting the hashtag #BelieveSurvivors.
On Friday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted ““Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?” regarding Blasey Ford’s allegations which erupted the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport on social with many blasting the Potus. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis wrote an opinion piece detailing why...
- 9/24/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, revealed in an op-ed that she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed “prominent music executive” over 40 years ago. Davis penned the Washington Post op-ed in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Davis writes that “roughly 40 years ago,” she had an appointment with the music exec “late in the workday. But I wasn’t suspicious.” “I was instead eager to try to place some of my...
Davis writes that “roughly 40 years ago,” she had an appointment with the music exec “late in the workday. But I wasn’t suspicious.” “I was instead eager to try to place some of my...
- 9/23/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Celebrities and civilians are continuing to come forward with their own stories on why they did not report sexual assault, a response to President Donald Trump’s questioning on why Christine Blasey Ford did not file a police report regarding her alleged groping by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Twitter has erupted with #WhyIDidntReport confessions since Trump’s tweet, as Alyssa Milano, Ashley Judd, Padma Lakshmi and others detailed their reasons for silence following incidents.
On Friday, former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis also detailed her assault in a Washington Post op-ed, claiming she was raped by a music executive almost 40 years ago. She also said she didn’t report the incident.
Many of those revealing their personal journeys cited the poor treatment of others who had been more forthcoming.
#MeToo leader Alyssa Milano has shared her own reasons before asking fellow survivors to share their own stories.
Twitter has erupted with #WhyIDidntReport confessions since Trump’s tweet, as Alyssa Milano, Ashley Judd, Padma Lakshmi and others detailed their reasons for silence following incidents.
On Friday, former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis also detailed her assault in a Washington Post op-ed, claiming she was raped by a music executive almost 40 years ago. She also said she didn’t report the incident.
Many of those revealing their personal journeys cited the poor treatment of others who had been more forthcoming.
#MeToo leader Alyssa Milano has shared her own reasons before asking fellow survivors to share their own stories.
- 9/22/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon Hamm is looking positively angelic in Amazon’s forthcoming adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett fantasy novel Good Omens.
As previously reported, the Mad Men alum will assume the role of archangel Gabriel. The photo below, released on Thursday, features our first glimpse of Hamm as God’s impeccably dressed messenger.
Good Omens is set to premiere in 2019.
RelatedAmerican Gods EPs Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Exit Ahead of Season 2
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Crackle’s 10-episode drama The Oath, starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), will premiere on Thursday,...
As previously reported, the Mad Men alum will assume the role of archangel Gabriel. The photo below, released on Thursday, features our first glimpse of Hamm as God’s impeccably dressed messenger.
Good Omens is set to premiere in 2019.
RelatedAmerican Gods EPs Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Exit Ahead of Season 2
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Crackle’s 10-episode drama The Oath, starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), will premiere on Thursday,...
- 11/30/2017
- TVLine.com
Prepare for an intimate lesson on Ronald Reagan. The 40th President of the United States is getting his own limited series.
According to Deadline, the project is in development at USA and will be executive produced by his daughter Patti Davis. Created and written by David Rambo, who was a producer on
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According to Deadline, the project is in development at USA and will be executive produced by his daughter Patti Davis. Created and written by David Rambo, who was a producer on
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- 11/30/2017
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Prepare for an intimate lesson on Ronald Reagan. The 40th President of the United States is getting his own limited series.
According to Deadline, it is in development at USA Network and will be executive produced by his daughter Patti Davis. Created and written by David Rambo, who produced the first
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According to Deadline, it is in development at USA Network and will be executive produced by his daughter Patti Davis. Created and written by David Rambo, who produced the first
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- 11/30/2017
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Exclusive: USA Network has put in development a limited series about President Ronald Reagan from former Empire co-executive producer David Rambo, Asylum Entertainment, Primary Wave Entertainment and Universal Cable Prods. It is executive produced by Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis, making it the first project developed and written with cooperation from a member of the Reagan family. Written by Rambo, the untitled limited series is described as an intimate exploration of…...
- 11/30/2017
- Deadline TV
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is set to be released from a Washington, D.C. government psychiatric hospital on Saturday, according to several reports. John Hinckley Jr., now 61 years old, will move in with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to NBC News and the BBC. The Los Angeles Times reported that Hinckley has already been visiting Williamsburg in preparation for a full-time post-release transition. In 1981, Hinckley attempted to kill Reagan in the hopes of impressing actress Jodie Foster and fired six shots outside a hotel in Washington D.C.. Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting,...
- 9/10/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is set to be released from a Washington, D.C. government psychiatric hospital on Saturday, according to several reports. John Hinckley Jr., now 61 years old, will move in with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to NBC News and the BBC. The Los Angeles Times reported that Hinckley has already been visiting Williamsburg in preparation for a full-time post-release transition. In 1981, Hinckley attempted to kill Reagan in the hopes of impressing actress Jodie Foster and fired six shots outside a hotel in Washington D.C.. Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting,...
- 9/10/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
Former President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis is slamming a federal judge's recent decision to release her father's would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr., from a government psychiatric hospital. "I'm not surprised by this latest development, but my heart is sickened," Davis wrote Tuesday in an emotional statement on her website. She criticized Hinckley's lawyers and the team of doctors that "said that his psychosis and depression have been in remission for decades and his narcissistic personality disorder has lessened ... quite a feat since narcissistic personality disorder is considered incurable." Hinckley, 61, will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Former President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis is slamming a federal judge's recent decision to release her father's would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr., from a government psychiatric hospital. "I'm not surprised by this latest development, but my heart is sickened," Davis wrote Tuesday in an emotional statement on her website. She criticized Hinckley's lawyers and the team of doctors that "said that his psychosis and depression have been in remission for decades and his narcissistic personality disorder has lessened ... quite a feat since narcissistic personality disorder is considered incurable." Hinckley, 61, will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
"Mom" series writer and producer Susan McMartin is adapting Patti Davis' 2015 novel "The Earth Breaks In Colors" into a feature.
In the story a racially fuelled incident exposes the fissures that sit beneath the surface of friendships and families, causing even more damage than a massive earthquake which has separated them.
McMartin penned the screenplay while Ben Press and Brad Kaplan are producing.
Source: Deadline...
In the story a racially fuelled incident exposes the fissures that sit beneath the surface of friendships and families, causing even more damage than a massive earthquake which has separated them.
McMartin penned the screenplay while Ben Press and Brad Kaplan are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/3/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mom writer/producer Susan McMartin is adapting Patti Davis’ 2015 novel The Earth Breaks In Colors for the screen as an original movie. Published by Huqua Press, the book tells a story of race and redemption in which a racially fueled incident exposes the fissures that sit beneath the surface of friendships and families, causing even more damage than the massive earthquake that separates them. Primary Wave’s Ben Press and Brad Kaplan are producing. McMartin penned the…...
- 5/3/2016
- Deadline
Mom writer/producer Susan McMartin is adapting Patti Davis’ 2015 novel The Earth Breaks In Colors for the screen as an original movie. Published by Huqua Press, the book tells a story of race and redemption in which a racially fueled incident exposes the fissures that sit beneath the surface of friendships and families, causing even more damage than the massive earthquake that separates them. Primary Wave’s Ben Press and Brad Kaplan are producing. McMartin penned the…...
- 5/3/2016
- Deadline TV
His comedy can get pretty raunchy, but even Will Ferrell knows it’s wrong to mock somebody with Alzheimer’s- even if it is one of the most conservative Presidents in the history of the USA.
The “Zoolander” star has decided not to take the lead role in the forthcoming “Regan” project, said to be a comedy about former President Ronald Regan’s struggle with the debilitating disease and his eventual belief that he was an actor playing the President in a movie.
A rep for Ferrell told press, “The Reagan script is one of a number of scripts that had been submitted to Will Ferrell which he had considered. While it is by no means a ‘Alzheimer’s comedy’ as has been suggested, Mr. Ferrell is not pursuing this project.”
According to the late President’s daughter Patti Davis, “There’s nothing funny about Alzheimer’s. It is terrifying...
The “Zoolander” star has decided not to take the lead role in the forthcoming “Regan” project, said to be a comedy about former President Ronald Regan’s struggle with the debilitating disease and his eventual belief that he was an actor playing the President in a movie.
A rep for Ferrell told press, “The Reagan script is one of a number of scripts that had been submitted to Will Ferrell which he had considered. While it is by no means a ‘Alzheimer’s comedy’ as has been suggested, Mr. Ferrell is not pursuing this project.”
According to the late President’s daughter Patti Davis, “There’s nothing funny about Alzheimer’s. It is terrifying...
- 4/29/2016
- GossipCenter
Will Ferrell has backed out of plans to star in a feature comedy that depicts Ronald Reagan's dementia.
The comedian was in talks to play the former president in a political satire that dealt with Reagan's Alzheimer's condition. Mike Rosolio's script, which was on the 2015 Black List, follows an ambitious intern tasked with convincing the Commander-In-Chief that he is an actor playing the President in a movie.
Following reports that Ferrell was involved in the project, Reagan's daughter Patti Davis penned an open letter to Ferrell saying: "Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer's and other versions of dementia. Perhaps if you knew more, you would not find the subject humorous. I watched as fear invaded my father's eyes - this man who was never afraid of anything. I heard his voice tremble as he stood in the living room and said, 'I don't know where I am.
The comedian was in talks to play the former president in a political satire that dealt with Reagan's Alzheimer's condition. Mike Rosolio's script, which was on the 2015 Black List, follows an ambitious intern tasked with convincing the Commander-In-Chief that he is an actor playing the President in a movie.
Following reports that Ferrell was involved in the project, Reagan's daughter Patti Davis penned an open letter to Ferrell saying: "Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer's and other versions of dementia. Perhaps if you knew more, you would not find the subject humorous. I watched as fear invaded my father's eyes - this man who was never afraid of anything. I heard his voice tremble as he stood in the living room and said, 'I don't know where I am.
- 4/29/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Update (4/29/16, 3:30 Pm Et): In response to a request for comment on Reagan, Alzheimer's Association President and CEO Harry Johns has released a statement regarding the project. Here it is in full: “The Alzheimer’s Association is appalled that anyone would plan to develop a film that satirizes an individual living with Alzheimer's or another dementia. Would filmmakers consider using a fatal form of cancer or another deadly disease for comedy? It's time to stop this forever. “The idea that a film depicting President Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s, or anyone with dementia, as a comedic device is offensive. More than 5 million Americans are living with the disease, and their 15 million family caregivers provide support every day. This disease is not a joke. In addition to its devastating impact, it is fatal. The Alzheimer’s Association will rally against anyone who marginalizes the devastating and deadly impact of Alzheimer’s disease.
- 4/29/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
News that Will Ferrell optioned Reagan as a starring vehicle — it's a spec comedy script in which a dementia-addled Ronald Reagan is led to believe he's an actor playing the president — has set off a firestorm of controversy. The project has drawn condemnation from Reagan's children Patti Davis and Michael Reagan, who called the movie "cruel" and cautioned that "Alzheimer's isn't a joke," as well as the Alzheimer's Association, who are "appalled" at the comedy's premise. On Friday, not 24 hours after the story broke, Ferrell announced that he had scuttled the project, with a rep saying, "While it is
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- 4/29/2016
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, is speaking out against the upcoming comedy Reagan. Davis, 63, penned an emotional open letter to Will Ferrell, who is set to play President Reagan in the film, which will reportedly focus on the former president's battle with Alzheimer's. In her letter, Davis criticizes the actor for treating the subject matter insensitively. She suggests that perhaps if Ferrell knew more about the disease, he would not make it the plot of a comedy film. "Alzheimer's doesn't care if you are President of the United States or a dockworker," she wrote. "It steals what is...
- 4/29/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
President Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, is speaking out against the upcoming comedy Reagan. Davis, 63, penned an emotional open letter to Will Ferrell, who is set to play President Reagan in the film, which will reportedly focus on the former president's battle with Alzheimer's. In her letter, Davis criticizes the actor for treating the subject matter insensitively. She suggests that perhaps if Ferrell knew more about the disease, he would not make it the plot of a comedy film. "Alzheimer's doesn't care if you are President of the United States or a dockworker," she wrote. "It steals what is...
- 4/29/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Ronald Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, took Will Ferrell to task over recent news that he’ll produce and star in a comedy about her father’s years suffering from Alzheimer’s. In an open letter published in the Daily Beast on Thursday, Davis blasted Ferrell for making light of the disease and her family’s suffering. “Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer’s and other versions of dementia,” she wrote. “Perhaps if you knew more, you would not find the subject humorous.” Also Read: Will Ferrell to Play Ronald Reagan in Alzheimer's Comedy 'Reagan' As TheWrap previously reported,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Patti Davis had always had a strained relationship with her mother, Nancy Reagan, but in 1971, a then-19-year-old Davis turned to her mom for support in the face of a major crisis. The former first daughter, then a freshman at Northwestern University in Chicago, visited Reagan at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and confessed that she had been having an affair with her high school English teacher for nearly two years. "I can see my mother now as if it just happened days ago, not decades," Davis writes in a recent story for Time. "Her face, as I talked,...
- 3/18/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Patti Davis had always had a strained relationship with her mother, Nancy Reagan, but in 1971, a then-19-year-old Davis turned to her mom for support in the face of a major crisis. The former first daughter, then a freshman at Northwestern University in Chicago, visited Reagan at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and confessed that she had been having an affair with her high school English teacher for nearly two years. "I can see my mother now as if it just happened days ago, not decades," Davis writes in a recent story for Time. "Her face, as I talked,...
- 3/18/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, 'Ronnie,' wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLENancy Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, delivered a heartfelt eulogy at her mother's funeral Friday before the former First Lady was laid to rest beside the love of her life, former President Ronald Reagan. Davis, who has opened up in recent days about the complicated relationship she had with her mother, shared poignant memories and funny stories about the former First Lady. "As her own health declined,...
- 3/11/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, 'Ronnie,' wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLENancy Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, delivered a heartfelt eulogy at her mother's funeral Friday before the former first lady was laid to rest beside the love of her life, former President Ronald Reagan. Davis, who has opened up in recent days about the complicated relationship she had with her mother, shared poignant memories and funny stories about the former first lady. "As her own health declined,...
- 3/11/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, 'Ronnie,' wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLENancy Reagan's funeral service was underway at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Friday, where family and longtime friends including Larry King and Gary Sinise gathered to pay their final respects to the former first lady. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived with ex Maria Shriver as the Santa Susana High School Choir performed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and other patriotic songs. Other celebrities among...
- 3/11/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, 'Ronnie,' wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLENancy Reagan's funeral service was underway at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Friday, where family and longtime friends including Larry King and Gary Sinise gathered to pay their final respects to the former first lady. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived with ex Maria Shriver as the Santa Susana High School Choir performed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and other patriotic songs. Other celebrities among...
- 3/11/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, ‘Ronnie’, wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLEBefore she is laid to rest on Friday beside the love of her life, Nancy Reagan and her extraordinary life will be celebrated in a funeral ceremony that the former First Lady planned herself - "from the program participants to the flowers, peonies, her favorite," an official from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation tells People. "We did add one thing to the program that she hadn't specifically requested...
- 3/10/2016
- by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, @sswestfall
- PEOPLE.com
Together, Nancy Reagan and her husband, ‘Ronnie’, wrote a White House love story worthy of Old Hollywood. Subscribe now for an inside look at their extraordinary journey and 52-year marriage, only in PEOPLEBefore she is laid to rest on Friday beside the love of her life, Nancy Reagan and her extraordinary life will be celebrated in a funeral ceremony that the former First Lady planned herself - "from the program participants to the flowers, peonies, her favorite," an official from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation tells People. "We did add one thing to the program that she hadn't specifically requested...
- 3/10/2016
- by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, @sswestfall
- PEOPLE.com
Patti Davis has opened up about her difficult relationship with her late mother Nancy Reagan - and revealed that she feels at peace knowing the former First Lady is with her husband Ronald Reagan now. "At some point, and really it was at the beginning of my father's illness, I chose to aim for peace of mind in and of itself with my mother," Davis told Today. "I made a decision to look at her and look at us through a different lens - through a more loving, forgiving lens." Davis, who wrote in her 1992 memoir that the Reagan household...
- 3/10/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Patti Davis has opened up about her difficult relationship with her late mother Nancy Reagan - and revealed that she feels at peace knowing the former First Lady is with her husband Ronald Reagan now. "At some point, and really it was at the beginning of my father's illness, I chose to aim for peace of mind in and of itself with my mother," Davis told Today. "I made a decision to look at her and look at us through a different lens - through a more loving, forgiving lens." Davis, who wrote in her 1992 memoir that the Reagan household...
- 3/10/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
After offering a brief statement on her mother Nancy Reagan's death on Sunday, Patti Davis is responding to the "haters" who described the original message as "terse". "To the people who called my short piece on my website 'terse' perhaps you haven't experience how overwhelming it is to lose a parent. It's also overwhelming to go through that in the public eye," Davis, 63, wrote on Facebook on Monday. "I felt it appropriate to thank all of the people who had sent their condolences and that's what I did. "That was the purpose of that post, written on the day of my mother's passing.
- 3/8/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
After offering a brief statement on her mother Nancy Reagan's death on Sunday, Patti Davis is responding to the "haters" who described the original message as "terse". "To the people who called my short piece on my website 'terse' perhaps you haven't experience how overwhelming it is to lose a parent. It's also overwhelming to go through that in the public eye," Davis, 63, wrote on Facebook on Monday. "I felt it appropriate to thank all of the people who had sent their condolences and that's what I did. "That was the purpose of that post, written on the day of my mother's passing.
- 3/8/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Nancy Reagan has died at age 94. The widow of late former President Ronald Reagan and one of the most influential first ladies in United States history passed away Sunday at her home in Los Angeles after suffering congestive heart failure, her office announced in a statement to E! News. Nancy was born Anne Frances Robbin in New York City in 1921. Like her husband, Nancy used to be an actor. She went by the name Nancy Davis and appeared in films such as The Next Voice You Hear and The Dark Wave in the 1950s. She and Ronald wed in 1952. They had two children, Patti Davis and Ron Reagan. "Nancy Davis Reagan has led a remarkable life—as an adoring daughter,...
- 3/6/2016
- E! Online
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, the stylish and strong-willed widow of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, has died of congestive heart failure, her spokesperson confirms. She was 94. "Mrs. Reagan will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband, Ronald Wilson Reagan, who died on June 5, 2004," her spokesperson said in a statement obtained by People. "Prior to the funeral service, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to pay their respects at the Library." Reagan, who long prided herself on her trim figure - she claimed...
- 3/6/2016
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
From Tony nominee Michael John Lachiusa comes a musical fantasia about mothers, daughters and the surprising discoveries we make about one another as we grow. Directed by Kirstin Sanderson and inspired by four pivotal moments of the presidency, First Daughter Suite imagines the secret lives of Pat Nixon and daughters Tricia and Julie, Rosalynn and Amy Carter, Betty and Susan Ford, Patti Davis and mom Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush and daughter-in-law Laura as they navigate complex private relationships while living in the public eye.
- 10/23/2015
- by Contests - Broadway
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tags: Morning BrewJustin BieberAnalouisa ValenciaThe ValleysAll My ChildrenBomb GirlsRosie O' DonnellDaniela MercuryIMDbDinah Shore Weekend
Morning!
This Justin Bieber manipulation is presented without comment.
BuzzFeed has a piece called "How OKCupid Helped Me Explore My Bisexuality." The writer thought she wanted a threesome, but what she wanted was to have sex with a woman.
BuzzFeed also has a piece on why Megan Rapinoe would make a great Bff. All the reasons they list could easily be in an article on why she'd make a great Gf, too.
Out lesbian Analouisa Valencia is vying for the Miss South Carolina crown. I'd love to see a Miss America with a girlfriend!
If you're watching The Voice in the UK, you might be interested in knowing that contestant Leanne Jarvis was in a 2010 lesbian vampire film called Blood Army.
Also in UK reality shows, some girl-on-girl kissing in the trailer for The Valleys.
If you have 10 minutes,...
Morning!
This Justin Bieber manipulation is presented without comment.
BuzzFeed has a piece called "How OKCupid Helped Me Explore My Bisexuality." The writer thought she wanted a threesome, but what she wanted was to have sex with a woman.
BuzzFeed also has a piece on why Megan Rapinoe would make a great Bff. All the reasons they list could easily be in an article on why she'd make a great Gf, too.
Out lesbian Analouisa Valencia is vying for the Miss South Carolina crown. I'd love to see a Miss America with a girlfriend!
If you're watching The Voice in the UK, you might be interested in knowing that contestant Leanne Jarvis was in a 2010 lesbian vampire film called Blood Army.
Also in UK reality shows, some girl-on-girl kissing in the trailer for The Valleys.
If you have 10 minutes,...
- 4/5/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
The Carrie Diaries' Brendan Dooling has had a whirlwind first season, going from girlfriend to coming out, and it's just going to get more intense. Still, Brendan doesn't know where his story might go in season two, if it happens. "I mean, in the books, he lives in a tent in his backyard because his dad doesn't want him in the house. I'm not sure where Amy Harris and the writers are going to take his story. You know, I don't know how much of — godwilling, Season 2 — I don't know how much of that would be Carrie and Walt in the city, as opposed to Walt in Castlebury. But there's certainly a lot more adversity coming his way. He's had support in the closet, and now I don't know what his support system is like outside of it." And Entertainment Weekly has a very spoilery photo you probably want to see.
- 4/5/2013
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Tags: Morning BrewThe N&N FilesNikki & NoraPatti DavisElaine D. KaplanBrooke CandyLily TomlinSandra BernhardJudy GoldTig NotaroWhy We Laugh: Funny WomenAmanda Leigh DunnLPIMDb
Good morning!
Two lesbian Lapd officers won a sexual harassment lawsuit against their former supervisor. They were awarded $1.25 million and the supervisor no longer works for the police department. Holla!
President Obama has nominated out attorney Elaine D. Kaplan for judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Werk!
Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis has written a story about a woman who falls for her sister-in-law in the book Till Human Voices Wake Us. "This is not me. None of it is autobiographical,“ she told The New York Post. "I didn’t want to write ‘Fifty Shades of’ whatever. It’s a love story.”
If you were a fan of Nikki & Nora, you'll be happy to hear there's an Indiegogo campaign to get it made into a new web series.
Good morning!
Two lesbian Lapd officers won a sexual harassment lawsuit against their former supervisor. They were awarded $1.25 million and the supervisor no longer works for the police department. Holla!
President Obama has nominated out attorney Elaine D. Kaplan for judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Werk!
Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis has written a story about a woman who falls for her sister-in-law in the book Till Human Voices Wake Us. "This is not me. None of it is autobiographical,“ she told The New York Post. "I didn’t want to write ‘Fifty Shades of’ whatever. It’s a love story.”
If you were a fan of Nikki & Nora, you'll be happy to hear there's an Indiegogo campaign to get it made into a new web series.
- 3/21/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Starting this weekend, Atlanta Movie Tours is kicking off The Big Zombie Tour, which will take guests on a tour of locations seen in The Walking Dead TV series. I had a chance to talk with Patti Davis of Atlanta Movie Tours, who was more than happy to tell our readers about the tour’s beginnings and what to expect:
Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Can you give our readers a brief overview of The Big Zombie Tour?
Thank you! We love Daily Dead! The Big Zombie tour takes guests on a comprehensive tour of Season One’s most iconic locations of The Walking Dead, peppered with a little bit of Zombieland.
What inspired you to create this tour? How did the idea initially come about and what did it take to make it a reality?
Carrie Sagel Burns and I were talking one night...
Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Can you give our readers a brief overview of The Big Zombie Tour?
Thank you! We love Daily Dead! The Big Zombie tour takes guests on a comprehensive tour of Season One’s most iconic locations of The Walking Dead, peppered with a little bit of Zombieland.
What inspired you to create this tour? How did the idea initially come about and what did it take to make it a reality?
Carrie Sagel Burns and I were talking one night...
- 3/30/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
London, May 19: Patti Davis, President Ronald Reagan's daughter, caused a stir when she first posed nude for Playboy in 1994, appearing on the cover, with her breasts cupped by male hands and the headline 'Ronald Reagan's Renegade Daughter'.
Now, at 58, she has done it again, this time for the June issue of More Magazine in order to celebrate having a body that she is happy with.
Now, at 58, she has done it again, this time for the June issue of More Magazine in order to celebrate having a body that she is happy with.
- 5/19/2011
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, reveals it all in a personal article and nude photo.
Patti Davis, President Ronald Reagan's daughter, caused a stir when she first posed nude for Playboy in 1994-not only because she was the daughter of a president, but because she was twice as old as most playmates at age 42. Now, at 58, she has posed nude again, this time for the June issue of More magazine. Along with the age-defying picture, she pens an article about how she went from a drug-addled teenager, wasting away, to a woman who decided to build up her body from scratch. That's not to say she doesn't still struggle. "Of course, there isn't a gym in the universe that can completely stop the clock. Time has etched itself on my body in ways that I dislike. The texture of my skin is different; I can detect a bit of crinkliness here and there.
Patti Davis, President Ronald Reagan's daughter, caused a stir when she first posed nude for Playboy in 1994-not only because she was the daughter of a president, but because she was twice as old as most playmates at age 42. Now, at 58, she has posed nude again, this time for the June issue of More magazine. Along with the age-defying picture, she pens an article about how she went from a drug-addled teenager, wasting away, to a woman who decided to build up her body from scratch. That's not to say she doesn't still struggle. "Of course, there isn't a gym in the universe that can completely stop the clock. Time has etched itself on my body in ways that I dislike. The texture of my skin is different; I can detect a bit of crinkliness here and there.
- 5/17/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
The former governor rails and confesses his way through Europe as he cavorts with world leaders. In this week's Newsweek, Lloyd Grove delves into what might be the former governor's next move.
Life at 63, for Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a titanic clash between human frailty and dazzling possibility.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Patti Davis, Naked at 58
"I feel terrific about where I am in my life, when I look back at what I've accomplished," he says over a late lunch at London's Savoy Hotel, his much-mimicked Teutonic rumble competing with a teatime pianist. "But I feel shitty when I look at myself in the mirror."
It's a jolt to hear Schwarzenegger-a five-time Mr. Universe and seven-time Mr. Olympia before he was Conan the Barbarian, the Terminator, and ultimately the Governator-musing about his own decay. Although his friend James Cameron, the director who cast him in True Lies and the Terminator movies,...
Life at 63, for Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a titanic clash between human frailty and dazzling possibility.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Patti Davis, Naked at 58
"I feel terrific about where I am in my life, when I look back at what I've accomplished," he says over a late lunch at London's Savoy Hotel, his much-mimicked Teutonic rumble competing with a teatime pianist. "But I feel shitty when I look at myself in the mirror."
It's a jolt to hear Schwarzenegger-a five-time Mr. Universe and seven-time Mr. Olympia before he was Conan the Barbarian, the Terminator, and ultimately the Governator-musing about his own decay. Although his friend James Cameron, the director who cast him in True Lies and the Terminator movies,...
- 4/18/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
Robert Forster will play Ronald Reagan in an upcoming project titled The Lifeguard: Ronald Reagan and His Story.
This is a one-man stage play that is written by David Rambo, and will be directed by Tony Award winner Peter Hunt.
So, that already sounds like great team, and it’s definitely something worth our attention. So, check out the rest of this report.
What I find interesting about this project, is that it will “cover Reagan’s rise from humble beginnings to Screen Actors Guild president, California governor and iconic U.S. President.” David Rambo explained that:
“There are a lot of Reagan haters out there, I was one of those Reagan haters for a long time. But the more I researched, the more I felt – not a love – but a respect for Reagan the man.” Rambo also met with Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, and conducted research at the Reagan library.
This is a one-man stage play that is written by David Rambo, and will be directed by Tony Award winner Peter Hunt.
So, that already sounds like great team, and it’s definitely something worth our attention. So, check out the rest of this report.
What I find interesting about this project, is that it will “cover Reagan’s rise from humble beginnings to Screen Actors Guild president, California governor and iconic U.S. President.” David Rambo explained that:
“There are a lot of Reagan haters out there, I was one of those Reagan haters for a long time. But the more I researched, the more I felt – not a love – but a respect for Reagan the man.” Rambo also met with Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, and conducted research at the Reagan library.
- 2/7/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
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