Bill Maher took some time during his “New Rules” segment on Real Time Friday to offer his takeaways from the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries.
“As one of the few people in the public eye who’s gone through life and never had kids, someone’s got to tell me why I’m always having to defend them,” the host said. “I don’t even like them, but I do think it’s every adult’s job to protect them.”
His initial reaction to Investigation Discovery’s five-part docuseries, which details allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage actors on Nickelodeon TV show sets, was, “Omg!”
“Nickelodeon? It wasn’t a studio, it was Neverland Ranch with craft services,” he shared of his portrayal of the Network after watching the series. “It is just scene after scene, clip and clip, of the...
“As one of the few people in the public eye who’s gone through life and never had kids, someone’s got to tell me why I’m always having to defend them,” the host said. “I don’t even like them, but I do think it’s every adult’s job to protect them.”
His initial reaction to Investigation Discovery’s five-part docuseries, which details allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage actors on Nickelodeon TV show sets, was, “Omg!”
“Nickelodeon? It wasn’t a studio, it was Neverland Ranch with craft services,” he shared of his portrayal of the Network after watching the series. “It is just scene after scene, clip and clip, of the...
- 4/20/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An exasperated Bill Maher, notorious for not having his own children, asked on Friday’s ‘Real Time’ why he is the one who is always left trying to defend them.
In his “New Rules” editorial, Maher trained his guns on the shocking Max documentary Quiet on Set, which detailed what the past young stars went through on the Nick sets. “Omg,” was Maher’s opening salvo.
Maher said that the Nickelodeon depicted “wasn’t a studio – it was Neverland Ranch with craft services.” He said the documentary was “scene after scene of the child stars of their day being exposed to…degradation.” He added, “I was grossed out and I’ve gone camping with John Waters.”
The documentary is the talk of the town in Los Angeles, Maher said, but pointed out that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was derided when he was saying the same things about Disney’s actions.
In his “New Rules” editorial, Maher trained his guns on the shocking Max documentary Quiet on Set, which detailed what the past young stars went through on the Nick sets. “Omg,” was Maher’s opening salvo.
Maher said that the Nickelodeon depicted “wasn’t a studio – it was Neverland Ranch with craft services.” He said the documentary was “scene after scene of the child stars of their day being exposed to…degradation.” He added, “I was grossed out and I’ve gone camping with John Waters.”
The documentary is the talk of the town in Los Angeles, Maher said, but pointed out that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was derided when he was saying the same things about Disney’s actions.
- 4/20/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Ferguson is currently resting at home at the Royal Lodge after undergoing a single mastectomy. The news comes days after Ferguson publicly announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Her family has been at her side since the successful operation was completed. Her ex-husband Prince Andrew is currently living in the same residence as her and her two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have been keeping her company as well.
The Duchess of York thanked her fans for all the heartwarming support she has received on Instagram. She posted this statement along with a picture of a purple flower, “Thank you so much for such kindness and support.”
She has also posted two “Storytime with Fergie and Friends” videos on her YouTube account since her surgery. She started this account during Covid for “all of the children out there who just need a little bit of magic.”
Ferguson...
Her family has been at her side since the successful operation was completed. Her ex-husband Prince Andrew is currently living in the same residence as her and her two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have been keeping her company as well.
The Duchess of York thanked her fans for all the heartwarming support she has received on Instagram. She posted this statement along with a picture of a purple flower, “Thank you so much for such kindness and support.”
She has also posted two “Storytime with Fergie and Friends” videos on her YouTube account since her surgery. She started this account during Covid for “all of the children out there who just need a little bit of magic.”
Ferguson...
- 7/2/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Columbia University revealed its winners for the 2023 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards Monday night. The annual awards honor the best in broadcast journalism, documentary and digital reporting.
CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Norah O’Donnell and Co-Anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the ceremony in person in New York City at the Low Memorial Library for the first time in three years.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work … this truly phenomenal journalism,” O’Donnell said in her opening remarks. “But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them. As any journalist knows, this type of journalism is met with resistance — but you never gave up!”
She continued, “Know this: The work that you do is more important than ever. In the era of the 24-hour news cycle, the painstaking reporting and storytelling — is vital.
CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Norah O’Donnell and Co-Anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the ceremony in person in New York City at the Low Memorial Library for the first time in three years.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work … this truly phenomenal journalism,” O’Donnell said in her opening remarks. “But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them. As any journalist knows, this type of journalism is met with resistance — but you never gave up!”
She continued, “Know this: The work that you do is more important than ever. In the era of the 24-hour news cycle, the painstaking reporting and storytelling — is vital.
- 2/7/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CNN and PBS took home two prizes apiece, headlining Monday’s duPont-Columbia Awards handed out by Columbia Journalism School.
Founded in 1942, the awards aim to uphold journalism standards, inform the public about accomplishments by video and audio journalists, and support journalism education and innovation.
CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell and co-anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the award ceremony, which returned to an in-person event for the first time in three years. A video stream of the 90-minute event is available here.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work,” O’Donnell said at the start of the show. “This truly phenomenal journalism. But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them.”
Nawaz gave a shout-out to her father, who graduated from Columbia’s journalism school. “He taught
me to always ask tough questions,...
Founded in 1942, the awards aim to uphold journalism standards, inform the public about accomplishments by video and audio journalists, and support journalism education and innovation.
CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell and co-anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the award ceremony, which returned to an in-person event for the first time in three years. A video stream of the 90-minute event is available here.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work,” O’Donnell said at the start of the show. “This truly phenomenal journalism. But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them.”
Nawaz gave a shout-out to her father, who graduated from Columbia’s journalism school. “He taught
me to always ask tough questions,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with host, performer set: Holly Robinson Peete was tapped to host the 47th annual Gracie Awards at its in-person ceremony May 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Singer-songwriter Christina Perri will perform during the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation’s ceremony, which honors exemplary programming created by, for and about women in radio, TV, cable and interactive media.
Elle Fanning (The Great), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers) and Tamron Hall (Tamron Hall) are this year’s honores, with shows including Maid (Warner Bros. Television) and Pose (FX) also being recognized.
Previously, April 22: The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation today announced the winners of the 47th Annual Gracie Awards, honoring exemplary programming created by, for and about women in radio, television, cable and interactive media.
Elle Fanning (The Great), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers) and Tamron...
Elle Fanning (The Great), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers) and Tamron Hall (Tamron Hall) are this year’s honores, with shows including Maid (Warner Bros. Television) and Pose (FX) also being recognized.
Previously, April 22: The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation today announced the winners of the 47th Annual Gracie Awards, honoring exemplary programming created by, for and about women in radio, television, cable and interactive media.
Elle Fanning (The Great), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers) and Tamron...
- 5/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation announced the winners of the 47th annual Gracie Awards, which will honor some of the most talented women in television, radio and digital media. This year’s winners include Melissa McCarthy, Tamron Hall, Kelly Clarkson, Melanie Lynskey, Elle Fanning, Kaitlyn Dever, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.
The ceremony will return in-person on May 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, and will also honor the best of entertainment and news programming highlighting women, including “60 Minutes,” “NBC Nightly News” and “Pose.” Local and student winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 22 in New York City.
“Throughout this past year we have seen a number of remarkable projects by and about inspirational women,” said Awmf president Becky Brooks. “We are honored to shine a spotlight on these women, whose stories have driven cultural awareness, offered entertainment that has made us laugh,...
The ceremony will return in-person on May 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, and will also honor the best of entertainment and news programming highlighting women, including “60 Minutes,” “NBC Nightly News” and “Pose.” Local and student winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 22 in New York City.
“Throughout this past year we have seen a number of remarkable projects by and about inspirational women,” said Awmf president Becky Brooks. “We are honored to shine a spotlight on these women, whose stories have driven cultural awareness, offered entertainment that has made us laugh,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Update, Monday, 2:50 Pm Pt: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky extended his condolences to the family of documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, who was killed on Sunday while on assignment in a suburb of Kyiv.
“I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Brent Renaud who lost his life while documenting the ruthlessness & evil inflicted upon people by Russia,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter. “May Brent’s life & sacrifice inspire the world to stand up in fight for the forces of light against forces of darkness.”
In the letter to Renaud’s family, Zelensky called him a “talented and brave journalist” who “lost his life while documenting human tragedy, devastation and suffering of the millions of Ukrainians. With all his courage and determination, he traveled to the most dangerous war zones to film the unprecedented ruthlessness and evil, also inflicted upon our nation by the aggressor state.”
Renaud had been on...
“I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Brent Renaud who lost his life while documenting the ruthlessness & evil inflicted upon people by Russia,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter. “May Brent’s life & sacrifice inspire the world to stand up in fight for the forces of light against forces of darkness.”
In the letter to Renaud’s family, Zelensky called him a “talented and brave journalist” who “lost his life while documenting human tragedy, devastation and suffering of the millions of Ukrainians. With all his courage and determination, he traveled to the most dangerous war zones to film the unprecedented ruthlessness and evil, also inflicted upon our nation by the aggressor state.”
Renaud had been on...
- 3/14/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 12:05 Pm Pt: A Pentagon official said that 12 U.S. service members were killed in terror attacks outside the Kabul airport, and 15 were wounded.
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, said that an unspecified number of Afghans also were killed. The Associated Press, citing an Afghan official, reported that 60 Afghans were killed and 143 others were wounded.
“The threat from Isis is extremely real,” McKenzie said, adding that the Pentagon believes that the terror group is determined to “continue attacks.”
“Our mission remains,” McKenzie said, adding that they are continuing to fly people out at the airfield.
He also said that they are prepared to take action against those who carried out the attack.
McKenzie said that the attack occurred at a gate where Afghan’s were screened to gain entry to the airfield, where more than 100,000 people had been allowed through until the attack.
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, said that an unspecified number of Afghans also were killed. The Associated Press, citing an Afghan official, reported that 60 Afghans were killed and 143 others were wounded.
“The threat from Isis is extremely real,” McKenzie said, adding that the Pentagon believes that the terror group is determined to “continue attacks.”
“Our mission remains,” McKenzie said, adding that they are continuing to fly people out at the airfield.
He also said that they are prepared to take action against those who carried out the attack.
McKenzie said that the attack occurred at a gate where Afghan’s were screened to gain entry to the airfield, where more than 100,000 people had been allowed through until the attack.
- 8/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Thursday, from Al Jazeera: “Yemen ‘on Brink of New Cholera Epidemic,’ Charity Warns.” The piece details how recent developments in the Yemeni civil war — specifically, the possible siege of the port city of Hodeidah — may cause a surge in cholera cases. There were over a million reported cases of cholera between the fall of 2016 and spring of 2018, the largest documented outbreak in modern times. The rate of infection had slowed, but observers now fear resurgence.
Since the conflict began, medical services have been devastated across the war-torn country, and children in particular have been affected,...
Since the conflict began, medical services have been devastated across the war-torn country, and children in particular have been affected,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Former British royal Sarah Ferguson has cleared up recent allegations she was abused at the hands of her mother, insisting her TV revelations were blown out of proportion.
In an emotional therapy session filmed for her upcoming TV show Finding Sarah, the Duchess of York broke down in tears as she recalled how her late mum, Susan Barrantes, would slap her and claim that a vein on Ferguson's face was the "sign of the devil", which she tried to beat out of her.
Her sister Jane Ferguson contradicted the reports, insisting she could not recall any such abuse, and Ferguson has spoken out to explain her claims.
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, she states that TV's Dr. Phil McGraw - who was holding the therapy session - was the one who pointed out her mother's behaviour was wrong and abusive. And Ferguson insists a difference between U.S. and British humour and upbringing is what caused her comments to be taken out of context.
She explains, "My mother always said when she was... going up to the sweet shop, 'Sarah comes from the postman', because I had very tight red curls, big blue eyes and I didn't look anything like mum, and that's what I said to Dr. Phil. She also said, 'She's got red hair and a temper and we're going to beat the devil out of her.' That's just mum and dad and the way they brought us up.
"It was just banter. That's what I said to Dr. Phil and he said that's not alright and I said, 'Why isn't it alright?' It wasn't anything at all, but in America, it's a big problem for me."...
In an emotional therapy session filmed for her upcoming TV show Finding Sarah, the Duchess of York broke down in tears as she recalled how her late mum, Susan Barrantes, would slap her and claim that a vein on Ferguson's face was the "sign of the devil", which she tried to beat out of her.
Her sister Jane Ferguson contradicted the reports, insisting she could not recall any such abuse, and Ferguson has spoken out to explain her claims.
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, she states that TV's Dr. Phil McGraw - who was holding the therapy session - was the one who pointed out her mother's behaviour was wrong and abusive. And Ferguson insists a difference between U.S. and British humour and upbringing is what caused her comments to be taken out of context.
She explains, "My mother always said when she was... going up to the sweet shop, 'Sarah comes from the postman', because I had very tight red curls, big blue eyes and I didn't look anything like mum, and that's what I said to Dr. Phil. She also said, 'She's got red hair and a temper and we're going to beat the devil out of her.' That's just mum and dad and the way they brought us up.
"It was just banter. That's what I said to Dr. Phil and he said that's not alright and I said, 'Why isn't it alright?' It wasn't anything at all, but in America, it's a big problem for me."...
- 6/10/2011
- WENN
Britain's Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson's sister has fallen victim to internet identity theft. The duchess' older sister Jane Ferguson - who moved to Australia in the late 70s - has been impersonated in a cheeky personal profile on social networking site Myspace.
The unknown imposter, who calls herself "Lady Jane," has posted photos of the duchess' sister, including one with her daughter, Ayesha Makim, when she was a child.
In the "about me" section of the page, the phony Jane writes: "I was born into British Aristocratic circles. I grew up with my sister Sarah Ferguson in the highly respected polo circles of England. I often mixed with royalty and visited Windsor Castle."
She proclaims she signed up to the site to find a "serious relationship" and meet "friendly people."...
The unknown imposter, who calls herself "Lady Jane," has posted photos of the duchess' sister, including one with her daughter, Ayesha Makim, when she was a child.
In the "about me" section of the page, the phony Jane writes: "I was born into British Aristocratic circles. I grew up with my sister Sarah Ferguson in the highly respected polo circles of England. I often mixed with royalty and visited Windsor Castle."
She proclaims she signed up to the site to find a "serious relationship" and meet "friendly people."...
- 1/9/2009
- icelebz.com
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