I went to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time. Here’s what it was like Affectionately known as “nerd prom,” the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was held Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton, and I was honored to be invited, along with several other editors of ... 04/29/2024 - 9:19 am | View Link
Surprise Tactics and Legal Threats: Inside R.F.K. Jr.’s Ballot Access Fight Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to get on the ballot in 50 states has already cost millions, federal campaign finance records show. 04/29/2024 - 7:24 am | View Link
We’re Still Doing This Whole White House Correspondents Dinner Thing, Huh? Jesus H. Christ in the VIP room, can we leaven the coverage of D.C.’s Burning Man with some acknowledgement of what a ridiculous cattle drive this is? 04/29/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Comedian Matt Friend 'thanks' Donald Trump for watching White House Correspondents' dinner 'like a dog' Matt Friend, who brought his Donald Trump impression to the White House Correspondents' Dinner, playfully thanked the former president for watching. 04/29/2024 - 5:22 am | View Link
The White House correspondents’ dinner in under 60 seconds White House correspondents' dinner guests were met with chants by Pro-Palestinian protesters on Saturday, accusing journalists of undercovering the Israel-Hamas war. 04/29/2024 - 5:13 am | View Link
Italian period drama “My Place Is Here” is being released in Italy by Adler Ent. on May 9, and is being sold at Cannes by Beta Cinema. Variety speaks to the film’s directors, Daniela Porto and Cristiano Bortone, and debuts its trailer (below). “My Place Is Here” is set in the years following the end […]
FREE STREAMING Freely, the new free streaming service backed by Britain’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) that delivers live TV over broadband, has launched. The initiative is from Everyone TV, the organization which runs free TV in the U. K. and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Paramount Global’s Channel 5. Announced last year, the service allows viewers […]
“Joyguru,” a fictionalized account of the life of Indian mystic artist and music icon Parvathy Baul, will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Parvathy Baul is a leading exponent of the syncretic Baul minstrel music tradition that is hugely popular and culturally influential across eastern India and Bangladesh.
Berlin-based sales agency Picture Tree Intl. has acquired the supernatural crime thriller “The Osha Rule,” and will start seeking distribution partner at the Cannes Film Market. The film will start principal photography in August 2024. “The Osha Rule” blends crime with supernatural horror and revolves around a young Latino gang member forced into a Santería […]
We don't think Gretchen Wieners' father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased to hear that it's been a full 20 years since Mean Girls first entered our lives and the cultural
A distinctive, dynamic R&B vocalist who seemed on the verge of major stardom through the 1960s, Jackie Shane disappeared soon after — so completely that many fans and former associates assumed her dead. It was a riddle rendered all the more mysterious by her singular status within that field as a more-or-less “out” transperson, her […]