PBS again must tiptoe through a political minefield as it broadcasts the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
This year it was Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s turn to be feted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ceremony.
She’s best known these days for her work as vice president Selina Meyer on HBO’s Veep, for which she already has been awarded six consecutive Emmys, as well as her nine years playing dance-challenged Elaine Benes on NBC’s Seinfeld.
But the Washington D.C. native also is a graduate of elite Holton-Arms School, the same Maryland college prep attended by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh during her time at the school.
Kavanaugh has since been seated on the Supreme Court but, during his confirmation hearing, Trump mocked Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, imitating her:
“I had one beer.
This year it was Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s turn to be feted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ceremony.
She’s best known these days for her work as vice president Selina Meyer on HBO’s Veep, for which she already has been awarded six consecutive Emmys, as well as her nine years playing dance-challenged Elaine Benes on NBC’s Seinfeld.
But the Washington D.C. native also is a graduate of elite Holton-Arms School, the same Maryland college prep attended by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh during her time at the school.
Kavanaugh has since been seated on the Supreme Court but, during his confirmation hearing, Trump mocked Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, imitating her:
“I had one beer.
- 10/22/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
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