The biggest name in search has been making a mockery of itself, misinforming users that Barack Obama is a Muslim and that humans should eat rocks daily. It is even (trigger warning: self harm) touting the Golden Gate Bridge as the “best bridge to jump off,” highlighting the high fatality rate of suicides attempted there.
Google is rolling out new Artificial Intelligence search tools, ostensibly designed to improve the search process. Some of these tools are clearly labeled as “experiments” and users have to opt-in to participate. However Google has...
Google is rolling out new Artificial Intelligence search tools, ostensibly designed to improve the search process. Some of these tools are clearly labeled as “experiments” and users have to opt-in to participate. However Google has...
- 5/24/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It will be going on a national tour starting this spring, stopping at cities and states that the hosts believe will play a big role in the 2024 presidential election.
The tour of the two podcasts, from Crooked Media, will see the hosts and former Obama administration officials Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer visit cities in Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and more. The tours will also make stops around the Republican National Convention, the Democratic National Convention and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“We’re excited to hit the road again in 2024. We love getting to see friends of the pod at our live shows, plus you never know which presidential election will be America’s last,” said Favreau, Lovett and Vietor.
The “Pod Save America: The Democracy or Else Tour 2024” will feature the hosts dissecting the political news of...
The tour of the two podcasts, from Crooked Media, will see the hosts and former Obama administration officials Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer visit cities in Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and more. The tours will also make stops around the Republican National Convention, the Democratic National Convention and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“We’re excited to hit the road again in 2024. We love getting to see friends of the pod at our live shows, plus you never know which presidential election will be America’s last,” said Favreau, Lovett and Vietor.
The “Pod Save America: The Democracy or Else Tour 2024” will feature the hosts dissecting the political news of...
- 3/11/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patrick Dempsey is People’s sexiest man alive for 2023.
The “Ferrari” actor and “Grey’s Anatomy” alum was revealed as this year’s honoree during Tuesday night’s broadcast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Prior to unveiling Dempsey as the sexiest man alive, the actor participated in a Q&a with the audience while wearing a realistic lizard face filter, followed by a donkey filter, on the late-night talk show.
“I’m glad it’s happening at this point in my life,” Dempsey told People in the publication’s article revealing him as this year’s winner. “It’s nice to have the recognition, and certainly my ego takes a little bump, but it gives me the platform to use it for something positive.”
Asked how he first reacted to the news, Dempsey replied with a laugh, “I was completely shocked, and then I started laughing, like, this is a joke, right?...
The “Ferrari” actor and “Grey’s Anatomy” alum was revealed as this year’s honoree during Tuesday night’s broadcast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Prior to unveiling Dempsey as the sexiest man alive, the actor participated in a Q&a with the audience while wearing a realistic lizard face filter, followed by a donkey filter, on the late-night talk show.
“I’m glad it’s happening at this point in my life,” Dempsey told People in the publication’s article revealing him as this year’s winner. “It’s nice to have the recognition, and certainly my ego takes a little bump, but it gives me the platform to use it for something positive.”
Asked how he first reacted to the news, Dempsey replied with a laugh, “I was completely shocked, and then I started laughing, like, this is a joke, right?...
- 11/8/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Pod Save America hosts and Crooked Media co-founders Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor announced that they will publish their first book, titled Democracy or Else. This no-nonsense guide to saving American democracy is published by Zando's Crooked Media Reads imprint, with world publishing rights acquired by Zando senior editor Sarah Ried. Crooked Media will donate its profits from Democracy or Else to support Vote Save America, its partners, and other organizations who are mobilizing for progressive outcomes in the 2024 election and beyond.
Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, written by Favreau, Lovett, and Vietor with Emmy-nominated writer/producer Josh Halloway (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), will be released on June 4, 2024 from Crooked Media Reads, a partnership between the progressive media company and independent publisher Zando.
Just in time for the 2024 presidential election cycle, Democracy or Else takes readers on a step-by-step journey through the daunting task...
Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, written by Favreau, Lovett, and Vietor with Emmy-nominated writer/producer Josh Halloway (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), will be released on June 4, 2024 from Crooked Media Reads, a partnership between the progressive media company and independent publisher Zando.
Just in time for the 2024 presidential election cycle, Democracy or Else takes readers on a step-by-step journey through the daunting task...
- 10/22/2023
- Podnews.net
Rub a little Vaseline on your teeth, fire up a hot latte, do a few mouth stretches and whisper, “It’s showtime!” That’s how the most powerful people in the podcasting business — a mix of hosts, executives and reps featured on THR‘s annual power list — ready themselves before recording their widely-heard shows. As part of this year’s survey, the group, which also includes Call Her Daddy‘s Alex Cooper, Bill Simmons, Ben Shapiro and My Favorite Murder co-hosts Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, reveals its dream guests and guilty pleasure listens as well.
My pre-recording podcasting routine entails…
Bill Simmons, The Bill Simmons Podcast Big bottle of water, put my phone on silent, remind myself not to say anything dumb.
Karen Kilgariff, My Favorite Murder I feed the dogs, gather up all of my beverages (usually 4, 1 hot and 3 colds), rub some Vaseline on my teeth and as I log onto Zoom,...
My pre-recording podcasting routine entails…
Bill Simmons, The Bill Simmons Podcast Big bottle of water, put my phone on silent, remind myself not to say anything dumb.
Karen Kilgariff, My Favorite Murder I feed the dogs, gather up all of my beverages (usually 4, 1 hot and 3 colds), rub some Vaseline on my teeth and as I log onto Zoom,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy nominee Razan Ghalayini has joined Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions as vice president of non-fiction development.
The executive will be responsible for managing Jigsaw’s non-fiction slate of projects and will drive sales efforts alongside scripted and audio divisions.
“I am thrilled to welcome Razan to Jigsaw. I have long been an admirer of her work. And I am in awe of her infectious enthusiasm and her ability to find, develop and produce stories that are powerful, vitally relevant to our present moment and hugely entertaining,” said Gibney, president of Jigsaw.
Prior to joining the team, Ghalayini served as a co-executive producer of “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” where she directed and produced over 70 segments across 10 countries. Before late night, she co-produced feature documentaries including the HBO film “Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma” and “We Are the Giant,” about the activists leading the Arab Spring. Additionally, she directed “Entrapped,” a...
The executive will be responsible for managing Jigsaw’s non-fiction slate of projects and will drive sales efforts alongside scripted and audio divisions.
“I am thrilled to welcome Razan to Jigsaw. I have long been an admirer of her work. And I am in awe of her infectious enthusiasm and her ability to find, develop and produce stories that are powerful, vitally relevant to our present moment and hugely entertaining,” said Gibney, president of Jigsaw.
Prior to joining the team, Ghalayini served as a co-executive producer of “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” where she directed and produced over 70 segments across 10 countries. Before late night, she co-produced feature documentaries including the HBO film “Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma” and “We Are the Giant,” about the activists leading the Arab Spring. Additionally, she directed “Entrapped,” a...
- 2/28/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
An “overwhelming majority” of staff members at Crooked Media, the progressive media company behind Pod Save America, are seeking to unionize with the Writers Guild of America East, the guild said on Monday.
The bargaining unit is comprised of 55 Crooked Media employees who are producers, writers, designers, editors, engineers and staff. In a letter to management, the unit said one of the union’s goals is to ensure that the working conditions at Crooked Media — which struck a major deal with SiriusXM, received an investment from George Soros’ Soros Fund Management and hired its first CEO in the last year — are not negatively impacted by these outside interventions.
Some of those “degradations,” as the union letter described it, have resulted in high turnover and low morale at the media company. Other goals for the union include prioritizing the hiring and advancement of staffers of color and increasing transparency on the...
The bargaining unit is comprised of 55 Crooked Media employees who are producers, writers, designers, editors, engineers and staff. In a letter to management, the unit said one of the union’s goals is to ensure that the working conditions at Crooked Media — which struck a major deal with SiriusXM, received an investment from George Soros’ Soros Fund Management and hired its first CEO in the last year — are not negatively impacted by these outside interventions.
Some of those “degradations,” as the union letter described it, have resulted in high turnover and low morale at the media company. Other goals for the union include prioritizing the hiring and advancement of staffers of color and increasing transparency on the...
- 2/6/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Podcast content creators at Crooked Media, complaining about the “degradation of our working conditions,” have unionized with the WGA East. According to the guild, an “overwhelming majority” of the podcast company’s 55 content creators have signed cards to unionize and are calling on management to voluntarily recognize the guild as their collective bargaining representative.
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Founded in 2017 by former President Barack Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media produces podcasts including Pod Save America, What a Day, Hall of Shame and Lovett It or Leave It.
“As audiences and creative opportunities expand for podcast storytelling, the guild is proud to work with...
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Founded in 2017 by former President Barack Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media produces podcasts including Pod Save America, What a Day, Hall of Shame and Lovett It or Leave It.
“As audiences and creative opportunities expand for podcast storytelling, the guild is proud to work with...
- 2/6/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Crooked Media announced today at the Iab Podcast Upfronts 2022 that it will be expanding internationally with a new podcast, “Pod Save the UK,” hosted by critically acclaimed British comic and TV host Nish Kumar. Every week, Kumar will be joined by political experts, journalists, and well-known satirists who will break down the latest news and meltdowns in politics across the United Kingdom and Europe, analyzing what happened, why, and what people who want to see a more progressive society can do about it.
"We are so excited to be expanding internationally with the launch of Pod Save the UK,” said Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media co-founder and host of Pod Save America. “Nish is passionate about politics, smart, insightful and hilarious. And at a time when the Prime Minister of the UK is being compared to a rotting head of lettuce, his laugh-so-we-don’t-cry approach to helping us understand it all is more important than ever.
"We are so excited to be expanding internationally with the launch of Pod Save the UK,” said Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media co-founder and host of Pod Save America. “Nish is passionate about politics, smart, insightful and hilarious. And at a time when the Prime Minister of the UK is being compared to a rotting head of lettuce, his laugh-so-we-don’t-cry approach to helping us understand it all is more important than ever.
- 10/19/2022
- Podnews.net
From RZA to Jon Favreau, artists, filmmakers, journalists and activists gathered on Aug. 26 for Variety‘s inaugural Truth Seekers Summit, in partnership with Rolling Stone and presented by Showtime Documentary Films.
The summit explored the art of documentary and investigative storytelling. Here are 10 takeaways from the two-day event.
RZA Was Inspired By Robert De Niro In Making His Series “Wu-Tang: An American Saga”
Speaking about the difficulties of writing about his own life and career in the format of a TV series, RZA said Robert De Niro helped him understand how to separate himself from the art.
“When I saw ‘Cape Fear,’ my brain clicked, because I’m such a fan of his,” RZA said. “I knew him from ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Goodfellas,’ and then here he was playing this psychopath. And he played it so brilliantly. It’s actually an artistic thing to separate yourself from art. I met Mr.
The summit explored the art of documentary and investigative storytelling. Here are 10 takeaways from the two-day event.
RZA Was Inspired By Robert De Niro In Making His Series “Wu-Tang: An American Saga”
Speaking about the difficulties of writing about his own life and career in the format of a TV series, RZA said Robert De Niro helped him understand how to separate himself from the art.
“When I saw ‘Cape Fear,’ my brain clicked, because I’m such a fan of his,” RZA said. “I knew him from ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Goodfellas,’ and then here he was playing this psychopath. And he played it so brilliantly. It’s actually an artistic thing to separate yourself from art. I met Mr.
- 8/27/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld, Selome Hailu and Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Rolling Stone and Variety are pleased to announce additional programming for the inaugural “Truth Seekers” virtual summit on August 26th, presented by Showtime Documentary Films. RZA will participate in a keynote conversation about creating, executive-producing, and composing Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a series that examines the Wu-Tang Clan’s formation, mega-success, and cultural influence.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes will take part in a keynote conversation about his new documentary feature, The Velvet Underground, and give an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at his creative process in telling the story of the legendary rock band.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes will take part in a keynote conversation about his new documentary feature, The Velvet Underground, and give an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at his creative process in telling the story of the legendary rock band.
- 8/6/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Stephen Colbert will host a live edition of The Late Show following Joe Biden’s inauguration as President.
The CBS show will go live at 11:35pm on Wednesday January 20 following the day’s events.
It marks the latest live show for the late-night series, which, as a result of the current political atmosphere and civil unrest, has been going live more than it has done in recent years. It marks The Late Show’s 42nd live broadcast since Colbert took over in 2015.
Last week, Colbert went live “unexpectedly” following the chaos in the Capitol when a mob attacked the seat of power, saying that January 6 was a “horrifying” day that would go down in U.S. history.
Joining the live show are Pod Save America hosts Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, who previously worked for President Barack Obama. There will also be a special musical performance by Peter CottonTale,...
The CBS show will go live at 11:35pm on Wednesday January 20 following the day’s events.
It marks the latest live show for the late-night series, which, as a result of the current political atmosphere and civil unrest, has been going live more than it has done in recent years. It marks The Late Show’s 42nd live broadcast since Colbert took over in 2015.
Last week, Colbert went live “unexpectedly” following the chaos in the Capitol when a mob attacked the seat of power, saying that January 6 was a “horrifying” day that would go down in U.S. history.
Joining the live show are Pod Save America hosts Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, who previously worked for President Barack Obama. There will also be a special musical performance by Peter CottonTale,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wind of Change, the wild podcast that asks whether the CIA wrote the 1990 Scorpions hit song, is being adapted for television at Hulu.
Deadline understands that the streamer has landed the project, which is being developed by Alex Karpovsky, in a competitive situation.
The Patrick Radden Keefe-hosted podcast, which launched in May and became one of the buzziest audio series of the year, is produced by Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, Pineapple Street Studios, which produces podcasts such as The Clearing and The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, and Spotify.
It is being written and exec produced by Karpovsky, who starred in Amazon’s television adaptation of Homecoming and wrote and directed Oh Jerome, No — which was part of Fxx comedy Cake — and exec produced by Single Parent and Life in Pieces EP Jason Winer. 20th Television is the studio and is producing in association...
Deadline understands that the streamer has landed the project, which is being developed by Alex Karpovsky, in a competitive situation.
The Patrick Radden Keefe-hosted podcast, which launched in May and became one of the buzziest audio series of the year, is produced by Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, Pineapple Street Studios, which produces podcasts such as The Clearing and The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, and Spotify.
It is being written and exec produced by Karpovsky, who starred in Amazon’s television adaptation of Homecoming and wrote and directed Oh Jerome, No — which was part of Fxx comedy Cake — and exec produced by Single Parent and Life in Pieces EP Jason Winer. 20th Television is the studio and is producing in association...
- 12/16/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Democratic donors took action at a record-setting pace in the hours after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday night.
According to the New York Times, the nonprofit fundraising platform ActBlue broke single-hour donation records during the 9 p.m hour by hitting the $6.2 million mark and then again during the 10 p.m. hour by amassing another $6.3 million.
The record-shattering marks meant more than $100,000 per minute was collected by the left-leaning online group, the most since August 20 when the site saw their previous record set at $4.3 million during the final...
According to the New York Times, the nonprofit fundraising platform ActBlue broke single-hour donation records during the 9 p.m hour by hitting the $6.2 million mark and then again during the 10 p.m. hour by amassing another $6.3 million.
The record-shattering marks meant more than $100,000 per minute was collected by the left-leaning online group, the most since August 20 when the site saw their previous record set at $4.3 million during the final...
- 9/19/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV news roundup, Peacock announced a premiere date for “Noughts + Crosses,” and CNN Films and HBO announced a premiere date for the documentary “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News.”
Renewals
Latv shared that the Lgbtqia+ talk show “The Q Agenda” has been renewed for a fourth season. The show features members of the Latinx and Lgbtqia+ communities, including hosts actress and trans activist Juliana Joel, comedian Lianna Carrera, makeup artist and influencer Victor Ramos and actor Enrique Sapene. Sapene is also the show’s creator. Each episode features guests from the entertainment industry, with discussions centered around issues affecting the Lgbtqia+ community. It is executive produced by Bruno Seros-Ulloa and Andres Palencia.
Dates
The British drama television series “Noughts + Crosses” will be brought to Peacock on Sept. 4, marking its move into the U.S. The show is set in an alternate universe...
Renewals
Latv shared that the Lgbtqia+ talk show “The Q Agenda” has been renewed for a fourth season. The show features members of the Latinx and Lgbtqia+ communities, including hosts actress and trans activist Juliana Joel, comedian Lianna Carrera, makeup artist and influencer Victor Ramos and actor Enrique Sapene. Sapene is also the show’s creator. Each episode features guests from the entertainment industry, with discussions centered around issues affecting the Lgbtqia+ community. It is executive produced by Bruno Seros-Ulloa and Andres Palencia.
Dates
The British drama television series “Noughts + Crosses” will be brought to Peacock on Sept. 4, marking its move into the U.S. The show is set in an alternate universe...
- 8/24/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, is launching a podcast series that will explore the impact of President Trump’s foreign policy.
Rhodes will launch Missing America on August 11. It will be produced by Crooked Media, the company behind Pod Save America and Pod Save The World, the latter of which Rhodes is currently co-hosting.
The nine-episode narrative miniseries will take listeners around the world and show them how Trump’s ‘America First’ policies have impacted the country’s standing in the globe. It will look at nationalism, authoritarianism, sectarianism, disinformation and climate change across the world.
Rhodes has landed exclusive interviews with some of the senior members of Joe Biden’s foreign policy team and other guests will include former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former CIA Director John Brennan, former Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, Senator Chris Murphy, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,...
Rhodes will launch Missing America on August 11. It will be produced by Crooked Media, the company behind Pod Save America and Pod Save The World, the latter of which Rhodes is currently co-hosting.
The nine-episode narrative miniseries will take listeners around the world and show them how Trump’s ‘America First’ policies have impacted the country’s standing in the globe. It will look at nationalism, authoritarianism, sectarianism, disinformation and climate change across the world.
Rhodes has landed exclusive interviews with some of the senior members of Joe Biden’s foreign policy team and other guests will include former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former CIA Director John Brennan, former Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, Senator Chris Murphy, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
We all know the CIA runs the music industry. Didn’t The Simpsons leak that years ago? If not a new podcast series will follow the idea to its logical conclusion. If CIA hitman and Gong Show host Chuck Barris could write “Palisade Park,” why couldn’t other agents come up with a catchy tune. Spotify’s latest original podcast documentary series Wind of Change will explore whether the Scorpions’ 1990 song was Cold War propaganda, according to Deadline.
The no longer secret project will be produced by Spotify, along with New Yorker investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, “Pod Save America” producer Crooked Media, and Pineapple Street Studios, which produced Missing Richard Simmons.
Sung by Klaus Meine, “Wind of Change” was the song which played during the Glasnostic end of the Cold War. Its music video featured the building and dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the most visible symbol of the...
The no longer secret project will be produced by Spotify, along with New Yorker investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, “Pod Save America” producer Crooked Media, and Pineapple Street Studios, which produced Missing Richard Simmons.
Sung by Klaus Meine, “Wind of Change” was the song which played during the Glasnostic end of the Cold War. Its music video featured the building and dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the most visible symbol of the...
- 4/27/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Did the CIA write Scorpions’ hit song Wind of Change? This is the wild story of Spotify’s latest original podcast documentary series.
The audio platform has teamed up with New Yorker investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, Pod Save America producer Crooked Media and Missing Richard Simmons producer Pineapple Street Studios for Wind of Change.
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The eight-part series, which debuts May 11, follows Keefe as he explores a rumor he heard from a source within the CIA: The CIA was behind the 1990 international hit. He will look at spies doing the unthinkable, a secret history of propaganda hidden in pop music, and a maze of government secrets as he...
The audio platform has teamed up with New Yorker investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, Pod Save America producer Crooked Media and Missing Richard Simmons producer Pineapple Street Studios for Wind of Change.
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The eight-part series, which debuts May 11, follows Keefe as he explores a rumor he heard from a source within the CIA: The CIA was behind the 1990 international hit. He will look at spies doing the unthinkable, a secret history of propaganda hidden in pop music, and a maze of government secrets as he...
- 4/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As the world continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, audiences are binging many forms of entertainment, primarily TV and films. But there is another binge-worthy medium that is providing a more personal form of entertainment: podcasts.
There are thousands upon thousands of podcasts out there, ranging from comedy to news to scripted dramas to docuseries to talk shows — many of which have been the source of inspiration for TV series such as Lore, Homecoming, Comedy Bang! Bang!, 2 Dope Queens and others.
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You would think that since lockdown, there would be a surge in podcast binging,...
There are thousands upon thousands of podcasts out there, ranging from comedy to news to scripted dramas to docuseries to talk shows — many of which have been the source of inspiration for TV series such as Lore, Homecoming, Comedy Bang! Bang!, 2 Dope Queens and others.
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You would think that since lockdown, there would be a surge in podcast binging,...
- 4/22/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crooked Media, the podcast company behind Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It, has unveiled its latest slate of audio series. The company is working on shows with Fox Sports host Rachel Bonnetta, Parks and Recreation writer Rachna Fruchbom, former Teen Vogue Chief Content Officer Phillip Picardi and What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker author Damon Young.
The spring and summer slate joins shows such as Keep It, Pod Save the World and What A Day. The company was founded in 2017 by former Obama staffer Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett.
The new shows include Hall of Shame, with Rachel Bonnetta and Rachna Fruchbom, a comedy show about the biggest and strangest scandals in sports history, Unholier Than Thou, in which Phillip Picardi explores faith and spirituality in our culture; Damon Young’s weekly series about life as a black man in America and Prisoner,...
The spring and summer slate joins shows such as Keep It, Pod Save the World and What A Day. The company was founded in 2017 by former Obama staffer Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett.
The new shows include Hall of Shame, with Rachel Bonnetta and Rachna Fruchbom, a comedy show about the biggest and strangest scandals in sports history, Unholier Than Thou, in which Phillip Picardi explores faith and spirituality in our culture; Damon Young’s weekly series about life as a black man in America and Prisoner,...
- 2/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ronan Farrow is recently engaged but don’t expect him to focus too much on wedding planning.
The 31-year-old journalist and author tells People he and fiancé Jon Lovett are both “swamped with work” and haven’t found the time to commit to any plans as of yet.
“[We] have not done one iota of planning,” says Farrow, whose new podcast The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow is now available on Radio.com. “The conversation so far has been only to assess whether it’s even possible to plan something for next year, given Jon’s anticipated level of business with the election cycle.
The 31-year-old journalist and author tells People he and fiancé Jon Lovett are both “swamped with work” and haven’t found the time to commit to any plans as of yet.
“[We] have not done one iota of planning,” says Farrow, whose new podcast The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow is now available on Radio.com. “The conversation so far has been only to assess whether it’s even possible to plan something for next year, given Jon’s anticipated level of business with the election cycle.
- 11/26/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez, Nigel Smith
- PEOPLE.com
Senator Lindsey Graham is “a piece of shit,” said former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, speaking on a podcast with former fellow Obama deputies. Rice’s comments surfaced the same day Graham, a South Carolina Republican, defended president Trump’s claim that the House’s impeachment inquiry was “a lynching.” In extended comments, Graham insisted: “This is a lynching, in every sense.”
Rice was speaking on Pod Save America, one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts. Host Tommy Vietor, a former spokesperson for the National Security Council, teed...
Rice was speaking on Pod Save America, one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts. Host Tommy Vietor, a former spokesperson for the National Security Council, teed...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
YouTube vet, comedian, and author Akilah Hughes has officially joined the Crooked Media family -- a podcast network co-founded by three former Obama staffers: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor -- that is behind hit shows like Pod Save America, Lovett Or Leave It, and Keep It.
Hughes, who has previously appeared on other Crooked shows, will team up with political journalist Gideon Resnick (formerly of The Daily Beast) to host What A Day -- Crooked’s first-ever daily news podcast that will purportedly contextualize the day’s news in a mere 15 to 20 minutes, and then give listeners actionable insights about what can be done. This includes online resources, petitions, and fundraising opportunities -- and is a key component of Crooked philosophy, which has helped raise millions of dollars to fight gerrymandering, take back the Senate for the Democrats, and support the eventual 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
What A Day will bow on Oct.
Hughes, who has previously appeared on other Crooked shows, will team up with political journalist Gideon Resnick (formerly of The Daily Beast) to host What A Day -- Crooked’s first-ever daily news podcast that will purportedly contextualize the day’s news in a mere 15 to 20 minutes, and then give listeners actionable insights about what can be done. This includes online resources, petitions, and fundraising opportunities -- and is a key component of Crooked philosophy, which has helped raise millions of dollars to fight gerrymandering, take back the Senate for the Democrats, and support the eventual 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
What A Day will bow on Oct.
- 10/21/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Pod Save America producer Crooked Media is moving into daily podcasts with the launch of What A Day from author and comedian Akilah Hughes and former Daily Beast writer Gideon Resnick.
Each episode of the podcast, which debuts on Monday October 28, is 15 minutes long and brings listeners the top stories of the day across politics, business, economics and pop culture. It will air on all podcast platforms with video across Crooked Media’s YouTube and social media channels.
Crooked Media is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom.
“Empowering listeners to successfully engage in our democracy is our biggest challenge and mission as a company,” said Sarah Geismer, Crooked’s Head of Development & Production. “In a time where our democracy is being hit from all sides, we want What A Day to be a daily boon for knowledge,...
Each episode of the podcast, which debuts on Monday October 28, is 15 minutes long and brings listeners the top stories of the day across politics, business, economics and pop culture. It will air on all podcast platforms with video across Crooked Media’s YouTube and social media channels.
Crooked Media is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom.
“Empowering listeners to successfully engage in our democracy is our biggest challenge and mission as a company,” said Sarah Geismer, Crooked’s Head of Development & Production. “In a time where our democracy is being hit from all sides, we want What A Day to be a daily boon for knowledge,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Pod Save America producer Crooked Media is launching a narrative podcast that will explore public health in America.
The company, which is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom, is launching America Dissected with Abdul El-Sayed.
The show, which will go beyond the headlines to understand the everyday threats to our national wellbeing, from the rise of anti-vaxxers and the price of prescription drugs, to the true causes of the opioid epidemic.
Hosted by 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the 10-part series will comes as healthcare sits at the center of the 2020 Presidential debates. Dr. El-Sayed will draw from his experience as Detroit’s Public Health Director following the city’s bankruptcy and during Flint’s water crisis to inform his exploration of how public health policies are critically important to ensuring our individual and collective health.
The company, which is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom, is launching America Dissected with Abdul El-Sayed.
The show, which will go beyond the headlines to understand the everyday threats to our national wellbeing, from the rise of anti-vaxxers and the price of prescription drugs, to the true causes of the opioid epidemic.
Hosted by 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the 10-part series will comes as healthcare sits at the center of the 2020 Presidential debates. Dr. El-Sayed will draw from his experience as Detroit’s Public Health Director following the city’s bankruptcy and during Flint’s water crisis to inform his exploration of how public health policies are critically important to ensuring our individual and collective health.
- 9/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Pod Save America producer Crooked Media is doubling down on documentary-style podcasts with the launch of This Land, a true-crime series exploring two seemingly unrelated Oklahoma murders that occurred over 150 years apart.
The company, which is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom, is launching the seven-episode podcast, hosted by journalist and Cherokee Nation citizen Rebecca Nagle on June 3.
It is the company’s second doc-style podcast following the launch of The Wilderness, which explored the history and future of the Democratic Party.
This Land will look at a murder case that prompted a high-stakes investigation into who legally owns half the land in Oklahoma. It explores Native American rights and tribal sovereignty through Nagle’s lens as a Native woman with a personal connection to the story’s characters. In addition to examining the history of land rights,...
The company, which is run by ex-President Obama staffs Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, the latter who also wrote on The Newsroom, is launching the seven-episode podcast, hosted by journalist and Cherokee Nation citizen Rebecca Nagle on June 3.
It is the company’s second doc-style podcast following the launch of The Wilderness, which explored the history and future of the Democratic Party.
This Land will look at a murder case that prompted a high-stakes investigation into who legally owns half the land in Oklahoma. It explores Native American rights and tribal sovereignty through Nagle’s lens as a Native woman with a personal connection to the story’s characters. In addition to examining the history of land rights,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
"Trump is not going to win." That's what podcaster Jon Favreau declared in 2016 to The Hollywood Reporter, two weeks before Donald Trump did just that. Had Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, taken the presidency, Favreau and fellow ex-Obama staffers Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor probably would have ended their popular political podcast, then called Keepin' It 1600. Instead, the three friends found themselves, on the morning after the election, pushing Lovett's car down Sunset Boulevard after they ran out of gas en route to recording a new podcast. That's when, as Favreau recalls, they decided, "...
- 10/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The leaves are changing colors, baseball playoffs are finally upon us, and through it all, the endless roster of new television shows continues to blow through October like a strong fall gust. As the TV world recovers from the post-Emmys haze, there are plenty of new series vying for audience attention across broadcast, cable, and streaming.
With the year-end holidays peeking out over the horizon, a number of new premieres join the fall ranks in genres as wide-ranging as family comedy, anthology horror, animated sci-fi, and surprise tattoo reality shows. Take a look at a dozen potential additions to your watch queue below.
(We do this roundup of new shows pretty much every month — if you missed any of those previous picks, here are some notable TV premieres from February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and our giant fall preview.)
“I Feel Bad”
Sarayu Blue stars in this new comedy about balancing job,...
With the year-end holidays peeking out over the horizon, a number of new premieres join the fall ranks in genres as wide-ranging as family comedy, anthology horror, animated sci-fi, and surprise tattoo reality shows. Take a look at a dozen potential additions to your watch queue below.
(We do this roundup of new shows pretty much every month — if you missed any of those previous picks, here are some notable TV premieres from February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and our giant fall preview.)
“I Feel Bad”
Sarayu Blue stars in this new comedy about balancing job,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announces the premiere date and releases a teaser for “Daredevil’s” third season.
Dates
Netflix announced the third season of “Daredevil” will launch Oct. 19. The series, based on the comic characters created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Joanne Whalley, Wilson Bethel and Jay Ali. Erik Oleson serves as showrunner. The streamer also released a teaser for the new season, which you can watch below.
Own announced season premiere dates for several unscripted series. “Ready to Love,” hosted by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show,” will have a two-night premiere beginning Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. and continuing Saturday, Oct. 27 at 10 p.m., while “Chad Loves Michelle,” which chronicles the road from engagement to marriage for former Destiny Child’s member Michelle Williams and Pastor Chad Johnson, premieres Saturday,...
Dates
Netflix announced the third season of “Daredevil” will launch Oct. 19. The series, based on the comic characters created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Joanne Whalley, Wilson Bethel and Jay Ali. Erik Oleson serves as showrunner. The streamer also released a teaser for the new season, which you can watch below.
Own announced season premiere dates for several unscripted series. “Ready to Love,” hosted by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show,” will have a two-night premiere beginning Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. and continuing Saturday, Oct. 27 at 10 p.m., while “Chad Loves Michelle,” which chronicles the road from engagement to marriage for former Destiny Child’s member Michelle Williams and Pastor Chad Johnson, premieres Saturday,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Margeaux Sippell
- Variety Film + TV
Alan Tudyk has crash-landed at Syfy: The Firefly vet will star in the network’s pilot Resident Alien, based on the Dark Horse comics of the same name, our sister site Variety reports.
Tudyk will play an extraterrestrial who crashes down in a small Colorado town, where he takes over the body of the reclusive Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle after the doc’s murder.
The in-demand Tudyk — whose TV credits include The Tick, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Powerless and Suburgatory — was also recently cast as the villainous Mr. Nobody in DC Universe’s upcoming series Doom Patrol.
Ready for...
Tudyk will play an extraterrestrial who crashes down in a small Colorado town, where he takes over the body of the reclusive Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle after the doc’s murder.
The in-demand Tudyk — whose TV credits include The Tick, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Powerless and Suburgatory — was also recently cast as the villainous Mr. Nobody in DC Universe’s upcoming series Doom Patrol.
Ready for...
- 9/20/2018
- TVLine.com
When Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performed at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles last month, the Americana singer-songwriter sat for an interview prior to the gig with Pod Save America co-host Tommy Vietor. A former spokesperson for President Obama, Vietor is also a passionate Isbell fan and caught up with the Nashville-based artist to discuss everything from the lack of empathy affecting the United States to why the Dixie Chicks got a raw deal. He also recalls how he once — unknowingly — performed a private gig with Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz in attendance.
- 9/11/2018
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Sacha Baron Cohen doesn't appear to be pulling any punches when it comes to his new exposé series Who Is America?, but HBO's newest political experts, Pod Save America hosts Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, also raise the good point that Baron Cohen isn't exactly throwing punches at all. Is he really
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- 7/25/2018
- by Lindsay MacDonald
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial Who is America? is performing a valuable service in that it’s exposing how “shameless” are those members of the Gop who will “literally do anything,” the hosts and creators of Pod Save America told TV critics at TCA.
The four Dems on the HBO TCA panel said their party need not clutch its pearls over Cohen, insisting his very divisive Showtime series is not going to hurt Claire McCaskill’s chances in Missouri.
The most depressing thing about what Cohen does “is that he’s not that manipulative… He does not have to push them too hard,” Jon Lovett said.
(Late Tuesday, it was announced that Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer, who mooned the camera and yelled racist slurs on Cohen’s program, will resign from the legislature.)
Lovett got asked the inevitable question about his short-lived NBC sitcom 1600 Penn about a zany...
The four Dems on the HBO TCA panel said their party need not clutch its pearls over Cohen, insisting his very divisive Showtime series is not going to hurt Claire McCaskill’s chances in Missouri.
The most depressing thing about what Cohen does “is that he’s not that manipulative… He does not have to push them too hard,” Jon Lovett said.
(Late Tuesday, it was announced that Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer, who mooned the camera and yelled racist slurs on Cohen’s program, will resign from the legislature.)
Lovett got asked the inevitable question about his short-lived NBC sitcom 1600 Penn about a zany...
- 7/25/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Ryan showed off his lighter side on Wednesday, offering Twitter followers a spoken rendition of some of the mean tweets he has received since becoming Speaker of the House.
While not all of the barbs were particularly cutting, they were pretty creative — gently mocking Ryan for his widow’s peak, his workout routine and his embrace of President Trump.
“Paul Ryan is proof that you don’t need a spin to do P90X,” he read chuckling. Another man said he wished he could hit the speaker in the face with a shovel.
Also Read: The Avengers Read Some Pretty Funny Mean Tweets About Themselves on 'Kimmel' (Video)
What do Eddie Munster, P90x, and woodchucks have in common? They all show up in my Twitter mentions ????♂️ pic.twitter.com/J9YcYJAXmh
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) July 25, 2018
The skit from Ryan is an homage to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who...
While not all of the barbs were particularly cutting, they were pretty creative — gently mocking Ryan for his widow’s peak, his workout routine and his embrace of President Trump.
“Paul Ryan is proof that you don’t need a spin to do P90X,” he read chuckling. Another man said he wished he could hit the speaker in the face with a shovel.
Also Read: The Avengers Read Some Pretty Funny Mean Tweets About Themselves on 'Kimmel' (Video)
What do Eddie Munster, P90x, and woodchucks have in common? They all show up in my Twitter mentions ????♂️ pic.twitter.com/J9YcYJAXmh
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) July 25, 2018
The skit from Ryan is an homage to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who...
- 7/25/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Good news, friends of the pod: Your twice-weekly audio update on the state of the union is coming to TV. HBO has announced that it’s producing a series of hour-long specials alongside the political podcast hosted by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. The four former aides to President Obama launched the podcast last year, just as Donald Trump took office.
“At a time when politics affect the lives of Americans more than ever before, ‘Pod Save America’ has brought fresh and thoughtful voices to the discussion,” said HBO head of programming Casey Bloys. “We’re excited to share the irreverent and entertaining insights of these savvy observers with the HBO audience.”
“The best part of ‘Pod Save America’ is taking the show on the road and meeting activists, candidates and people who are getting involved in politics for the first time,” said Favreau, Lovett, and Vietor.
“At a time when politics affect the lives of Americans more than ever before, ‘Pod Save America’ has brought fresh and thoughtful voices to the discussion,” said HBO head of programming Casey Bloys. “We’re excited to share the irreverent and entertaining insights of these savvy observers with the HBO audience.”
“The best part of ‘Pod Save America’ is taking the show on the road and meeting activists, candidates and people who are getting involved in politics for the first time,” said Favreau, Lovett, and Vietor.
- 2/8/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
HBO is getting political: They’re bringing the popular podcast Pod Save America to TV in a series of hour-long specials this fall, the network announced Thursday.
Pod Save America is a twice-weekly political podcast hosted by four former aides to President Obama — Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor — where they discuss elections, the media and the Trump administration with a series of guests. (It’s tallied more than 175 million downloads in just over a year.) The HBO specials will be taped live from the campaign trail as the hosts cover the 2018 midterms — which the hosts call...
Pod Save America is a twice-weekly political podcast hosted by four former aides to President Obama — Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor — where they discuss elections, the media and the Trump administration with a series of guests. (It’s tallied more than 175 million downloads in just over a year.) The HBO specials will be taped live from the campaign trail as the hosts cover the 2018 midterms — which the hosts call...
- 2/8/2018
- TVLine.com
“Pod Save America” will be the latest podcast to make it’s way to TV when the political talk show becomes a series of HBO specials this fall. The premium cable network announced on Thursday that Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor would be adapting their hit podcast into a series of hour-long specials focusing on the 2018 midterm elections. “At a time when politics affect the lives of Americans more than ever before, ‘Pod Save America’ has brought fresh and thoughtful voices to the discussion,” said HBO President Casey Bloys. “We’re excited to share the irreverent and entertaining insights of these...
- 2/8/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Political podcast Pod Save America is headed to HBO. Crooked Media, the company founded by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, has struck a deal with the premium cable channel for a series of hourlong specials this fall. "At a time when politics affect the lives of Americans more than ever before, Pod Save America has brought fresh and thoughtful voices to the discussion," said Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming, announcing the deal. "We're excited to share the…...
- 2/8/2018
- Deadline TV
Donald Trump is facing blowback after The Washington Post reported that the president gave “marching orders” to White House and Pentagon officials to put on a massive military parade in Washington, D.C.
Trump has spoken publicly and privately in the past about having a parade to showcase the might of the military, most notably after attending the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris last July with French President Emmanuel Macron. According to the Post, aides said at the time that Trump was “dazzled” by the parade of uniformed French troops, military tanks, armored vehicles and fighter jets and...
Trump has spoken publicly and privately in the past about having a parade to showcase the might of the military, most notably after attending the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris last July with French President Emmanuel Macron. According to the Post, aides said at the time that Trump was “dazzled” by the parade of uniformed French troops, military tanks, armored vehicles and fighter jets and...
- 2/7/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Steven Mnuchin's Wife Louise Linton Gets Mocked by the Internet for Tone Deaf 'Disney Villain' Style
It was a dark day at the U.S. Mint on Wednesday, as far as Louise Linton‘s outfit was concerned.
The Scottish actress appeared alongside her husband, U.S. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, whom she married back in June, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in order to see his name printed on dollar bills for the first time. It was Minton’s first major public appearance since she was ruthlessly mocked on Twitter for a tone-deaf Instagram she posted of herself in August. It portrayed her disembarking a government plane in a fancy outfit with designer brands tagged,...
The Scottish actress appeared alongside her husband, U.S. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, whom she married back in June, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in order to see his name printed on dollar bills for the first time. It was Minton’s first major public appearance since she was ruthlessly mocked on Twitter for a tone-deaf Instagram she posted of herself in August. It portrayed her disembarking a government plane in a fancy outfit with designer brands tagged,...
- 11/16/2017
- by Jillian Ruffo
- PEOPLE.com
Set your clocks for the Comey Hearing Covfefe.
Shaw’s Tavern in Washington, D.C., opened early on Thursday morning to screen former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“You know you want to watch the drama unfold this Thursday,” the bar wrote on its Facebook event, “The Comey Hearing Covfefe.” “Grab your friends, grab a drink and let’s Covfefe!”
The bar opened its doors at 9:30 a.m. and offered $5 Russian vodka shots, an “FBI” sandwich (a play on the Blt, it will feature fried chicken, bacon and iceberg lettuce) and an “FBI” breakfast (French toast,...
Shaw’s Tavern in Washington, D.C., opened early on Thursday morning to screen former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“You know you want to watch the drama unfold this Thursday,” the bar wrote on its Facebook event, “The Comey Hearing Covfefe.” “Grab your friends, grab a drink and let’s Covfefe!”
The bar opened its doors at 9:30 a.m. and offered $5 Russian vodka shots, an “FBI” sandwich (a play on the Blt, it will feature fried chicken, bacon and iceberg lettuce) and an “FBI” breakfast (French toast,...
- 6/8/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Veteran hosts like Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Seth Meyers had time to prepare for what their shows might become under a Trump administration. But the world has changed in recent months, and this spring’s newest crop of late night hosts have essentially been thrown into the deep end of the pool – with some floating better than others.
What’s the secret to hosting a comedy show in these difficult times? On Wednesday’s bonus episode of “Pod Save America,” co-host Tommy Vietor asked “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah that very question. With respect to the current global uncertainty, Noah offered a simple guiding principle, one that came from his time living under Apartheid in South Africa: “Good comedy is true comedy…what connects with people is the truth that’s contained in jest,” Noah said.
Noah’s observation isn’t necessarily new, but it’s...
What’s the secret to hosting a comedy show in these difficult times? On Wednesday’s bonus episode of “Pod Save America,” co-host Tommy Vietor asked “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah that very question. With respect to the current global uncertainty, Noah offered a simple guiding principle, one that came from his time living under Apartheid in South Africa: “Good comedy is true comedy…what connects with people is the truth that’s contained in jest,” Noah said.
Noah’s observation isn’t necessarily new, but it’s...
- 5/5/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
A group of Obama Administration veterans say HBO’s cynically comedic “Veep” comes closer to capturing life in the White House than high-minded shows like “The West Wing” or the very dark “House of Cards.” On an installment of their “Pod Save America” podcast this week, former Obama insiders Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor interviewed “Veep” commander-in-chief David Mandel, who took over the show from creator Armando Iannucci in the Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy’s fifth season. It returns for its sixth season Sunday. “The funny thing about ‘Veep’ is, we as people who worked in the White House always get asked,...
- 4/14/2017
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
"Zero Dark Thirty" screenwriter Mark Boal did not receive classified documents from the Obama administration. That's the word from Boal himself in a new interview with the ABC News show "Nightline."
"I certainly did a lot of homework, but I never asked for classified material. To my knowledge I never received any," Boal said in the interview, which is set to air on Monday night. "As far as the controversy goes -- how can I put this? -- it was an election year. It was real and bizarre to have major players in the Republican party characterizing the script and the movie before I had even written a word. I found that really baffling."
"Zero Dark Thirty," about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was in development before the terrorist leader was killed by a Navy Seal team on May 1, 2011; Boal, an investigative reporter who won an Oscar for writing "The Hurt Locker,...
"I certainly did a lot of homework, but I never asked for classified material. To my knowledge I never received any," Boal said in the interview, which is set to air on Monday night. "As far as the controversy goes -- how can I put this? -- it was an election year. It was real and bizarre to have major players in the Republican party characterizing the script and the movie before I had even written a word. I found that really baffling."
"Zero Dark Thirty," about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was in development before the terrorist leader was killed by a Navy Seal team on May 1, 2011; Boal, an investigative reporter who won an Oscar for writing "The Hurt Locker,...
- 11/26/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
White House wanted to back 'gutsy' portrayal of Us president in new Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty, claims Judicial Watch
Newly released documents prove that Barack Obama's administration gave enthusiastic help to the Oscar-winning team behind a new film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to a rightwing Us government watchdog.
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's new film Zero Dark Thirty centres on the Us Navy Seal unit that raided Bin Laden's compound in northern Pakistan in May 2011 on the orders of the Us president. The project drew flak from Republicans earlier this year after it emerged that Obama's administration shared information with the production team.
The latest missives were obtained by the Judicial Watch group under the Us freedom of information act. "These new documents provide more backing to the serious charge that the Obama administration played fast and loose with national security information to help Hollywood filmmakers,...
Newly released documents prove that Barack Obama's administration gave enthusiastic help to the Oscar-winning team behind a new film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to a rightwing Us government watchdog.
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's new film Zero Dark Thirty centres on the Us Navy Seal unit that raided Bin Laden's compound in northern Pakistan in May 2011 on the orders of the Us president. The project drew flak from Republicans earlier this year after it emerged that Obama's administration shared information with the production team.
The latest missives were obtained by the Judicial Watch group under the Us freedom of information act. "These new documents provide more backing to the serious charge that the Obama administration played fast and loose with national security information to help Hollywood filmmakers,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Apparently Rep. Peter King was on to something when he raised concerns back in January about director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Marl Boal potentially being leaked classified material to make their upcoming Osama bin Laden movie. According to a report from Judicial Watch, Bigelow and Boal were given unprecedented access by the CIA to make "Zero Dark Thirty," a film that tells the story of the hunt for the world's most wanted man. Documents obtained by the foundation through the Freedom of Information Act show that the filmmakers were allowed to meet with -- and learn the identity of -- a "planner, Operator and Commander of Seal Team Six,” the team responsible for the capture and killing of bin Laden. A meeting transcription states that Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers told Boal and Bigelow, “The only thing we ask is that you not reveal his name in...
- 5/24/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
Washington -- Obama administration officials made "a planner, operator and commander of Seal Team Six" that killed Osama bin Laden available to a Hollywood director and screenwriter working on a movie about the successful raid, according to Pentagon and CIA records obtained by the conservative group Judicial Watch.
The group released hundreds of pages of documents on Tuesday, secured under a Freedom of Information Act request, that it says show transcripts of meetings and communication between government agencies, Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award-winning director of "The Hurt Locker," and screenwriter Mark Boal.
Rep. Peter King (R-n.Y.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said in a statement Wednesday that the emails tell a "damning story of extremely close, unprecedented, and potentially dangerous collaboration" with top officials at the CIA, Department of Defense and the White House, as well as with a top Democratic lobbying firm, the Glover Park Group.
The group released hundreds of pages of documents on Tuesday, secured under a Freedom of Information Act request, that it says show transcripts of meetings and communication between government agencies, Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award-winning director of "The Hurt Locker," and screenwriter Mark Boal.
Rep. Peter King (R-n.Y.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said in a statement Wednesday that the emails tell a "damning story of extremely close, unprecedented, and potentially dangerous collaboration" with top officials at the CIA, Department of Defense and the White House, as well as with a top Democratic lobbying firm, the Glover Park Group.
- 5/23/2012
- by Andrea Stone
- Huffington Post
Fresh intel from the raid on bin Laden has revealed "numerous" leads on the location of his deputy, Ayman al Zawahri. Plus, more updates and photos. Plus, more updates below and full coverage of bin Laden.
New Intel on al Qaeda's No. 2
Related story on The Daily Beast: Pakistan's Spy Agency and Terrorism
With Osama bin Laden gone, his chief deputy in al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahri, is the new top target for the U.S.-and he may be starting at a disadvantage. Files gathered from the raid on bin Laden's Pakistan compound have turned up "positive intelligence" on Zawahri's location, CBS News reported Friday. The CIA now has "numerous" leads on bin Laden's No. 2, it says, uncovered from 2.7 terabytes of computer data taken out of the Abbottabad lair. But sources cautioned that capturing Zawahri may not be very easy because he's likely to be on the run.
Obama...
New Intel on al Qaeda's No. 2
Related story on The Daily Beast: Pakistan's Spy Agency and Terrorism
With Osama bin Laden gone, his chief deputy in al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahri, is the new top target for the U.S.-and he may be starting at a disadvantage. Files gathered from the raid on bin Laden's Pakistan compound have turned up "positive intelligence" on Zawahri's location, CBS News reported Friday. The CIA now has "numerous" leads on bin Laden's No. 2, it says, uncovered from 2.7 terabytes of computer data taken out of the Abbottabad lair. But sources cautioned that capturing Zawahri may not be very easy because he's likely to be on the run.
Obama...
- 5/6/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
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