“Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come.” That’s what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story.
Courtly and gracious, Wise also was a tough realist who, following his success, decided to turn to disaster movies like The Hindenburg and The Andromeda Strain. Disasters were safer bets.
Were he around today, I suspect Wise would assess Hollywood’s alleged four-quadrant audience and conclude that three had somehow drifted off to streamer heaven. “Spidey Saves the Day,” heralded the Spider-Man comic, while his youthful adherents have delivered a resounding $800 million worldwide gross for Spider-Man: No Way Home to date.
By contrast, movies aimed at the grown-up quadrant seem gripped in some sort of ‘plex poison: Nightmare Alley, The Last Duel, King Richard or, yes, West Side Story.
The questions loom large: Does streaming represent the only future for “specialty” cinema?...
Courtly and gracious, Wise also was a tough realist who, following his success, decided to turn to disaster movies like The Hindenburg and The Andromeda Strain. Disasters were safer bets.
Were he around today, I suspect Wise would assess Hollywood’s alleged four-quadrant audience and conclude that three had somehow drifted off to streamer heaven. “Spidey Saves the Day,” heralded the Spider-Man comic, while his youthful adherents have delivered a resounding $800 million worldwide gross for Spider-Man: No Way Home to date.
By contrast, movies aimed at the grown-up quadrant seem gripped in some sort of ‘plex poison: Nightmare Alley, The Last Duel, King Richard or, yes, West Side Story.
The questions loom large: Does streaming represent the only future for “specialty” cinema?...
- 12/23/2021
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump had a late start to his tweetstorm today, owing to his morning weekend ritual of visiting Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.
But the President is now back and in a teaching mood, He corrected allegedly mistaken information by Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Congressman Jim Clyburn, and MSNBC’s Peggy Noonan
Surprisingly, the billionaire agreed with a Business Insider take that there’s too much income inequality.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Death penalty! He killed and badly wounded many. Justice! https://t.co/WM9Vw26a21
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2020
“Biden to raise taxes by 3 Trillion Dollars.” Actually, it will be much more than that, and much of it on nonsense. Markets and your 401k’s will Crash. Jobs will disappear!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2020
Very excited to see @SeanHannity’s long awaited new book,...
But the President is now back and in a teaching mood, He corrected allegedly mistaken information by Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Congressman Jim Clyburn, and MSNBC’s Peggy Noonan
Surprisingly, the billionaire agreed with a Business Insider take that there’s too much income inequality.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Death penalty! He killed and badly wounded many. Justice! https://t.co/WM9Vw26a21
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2020
“Biden to raise taxes by 3 Trillion Dollars.” Actually, it will be much more than that, and much of it on nonsense. Markets and your 401k’s will Crash. Jobs will disappear!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2020
Very excited to see @SeanHannity’s long awaited new book,...
- 8/1/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Chuck Todd apologized on Tuesday for airing a clip of a CBS News interview with William Barr that left out a key part of his quote about how history will view his decision to drop the prosecution of Michael Flynn.
In the aftermath of the airing of the clip on Meet the Press on Sunday, President Trump called for Todd’s ouster while the Justice Department raised objections.
On Meet the Press Daily, Todd said, “I wanted to talk for a moment about something that occurred on Sunday’s edition of ‘Meet the Press.’
“During the program, we aired a soundbite from a CBS News interview with Attorney General Bill Barr. In the bite that we aired and commented on, Mr. Barr was asked how he thinks the history of his decision to end the prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn will be written. Mr. Barr answered, quote:...
In the aftermath of the airing of the clip on Meet the Press on Sunday, President Trump called for Todd’s ouster while the Justice Department raised objections.
On Meet the Press Daily, Todd said, “I wanted to talk for a moment about something that occurred on Sunday’s edition of ‘Meet the Press.’
“During the program, we aired a soundbite from a CBS News interview with Attorney General Bill Barr. In the bite that we aired and commented on, Mr. Barr was asked how he thinks the history of his decision to end the prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn will be written. Mr. Barr answered, quote:...
- 5/12/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump lashed out again at Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, calling for him to be fired after the Sunday show aired an edited clip of Attorney General William Barr talking about the Justice Department’s decision to drop the Michael Flynn case.
This is certainly not the first time that Trump has targeted Todd: He’s tweeted or retweeted about him 14 other times since taking office, while the President has been on a tear about NBC and its parent company, Comcast, in some of his public statements and at briefings and rallies.
In the clip shown on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Barr, in an interview with CBS News’ Catherine Harridge last week, is asked, “When history looks back on this decision [to drop the Flynn case], how do you think it will be written?”
“Well, history is written by the winners. So largely it depends on who is writing the history,...
This is certainly not the first time that Trump has targeted Todd: He’s tweeted or retweeted about him 14 other times since taking office, while the President has been on a tear about NBC and its parent company, Comcast, in some of his public statements and at briefings and rallies.
In the clip shown on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Barr, in an interview with CBS News’ Catherine Harridge last week, is asked, “When history looks back on this decision [to drop the Flynn case], how do you think it will be written?”
“Well, history is written by the winners. So largely it depends on who is writing the history,...
- 5/11/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Perhaps making up for lost time Saturday morning, when golf took precedence, President Donald Trump was back with a vengeance at Twitter this morning.
The Commander-in-Tweet covered a broad range of topics in his early tweet storm. First up was immigration and the current push to enact tariffs on Mexican goods because of that nation’s perceived inaction on illegal caravans. The President called Mexico “an abuser” of the Us, and vowed to bring American companies back through the tariff route unless he gets cooperation.
Next up was the endless battle over the “witch hunt,” in which the President once again reminded us that there’s no collusion. And finally, there was a witch hunt of a different sort, wherein the President denied calling Meghan Markle “nasty” in widely publicized remarks prior to his UK trip on Monday.
The tweetstorm so far:
Mexico is sending a big delegation to talk about the Border.
The Commander-in-Tweet covered a broad range of topics in his early tweet storm. First up was immigration and the current push to enact tariffs on Mexican goods because of that nation’s perceived inaction on illegal caravans. The President called Mexico “an abuser” of the Us, and vowed to bring American companies back through the tariff route unless he gets cooperation.
Next up was the endless battle over the “witch hunt,” in which the President once again reminded us that there’s no collusion. And finally, there was a witch hunt of a different sort, wherein the President denied calling Meghan Markle “nasty” in widely publicized remarks prior to his UK trip on Monday.
The tweetstorm so far:
Mexico is sending a big delegation to talk about the Border.
- 6/2/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In a week that featured the divisive State of the Union and the Virginia governor facing a blackface scandal, Saturday Night Live‘s Meet the Press instead cold-opened with another story dominating headlines: The National Enquirer‘s alleged blackmail of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
“We’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis will look like,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd asked. “I know normally high-minded journalists wouldn’t talk about something like this, but it does involve the...
“We’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis will look like,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd asked. “I know normally high-minded journalists wouldn’t talk about something like this, but it does involve the...
- 2/10/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This week’s “SNL” cold open had exactly one topic it wanted to cover this week: Jeff Bezos’ penis.
The sketch was a parody of “Meet the Press,” with “SNL” cast member Kyle Mooney as Chuck Todd, with Kenan Thompson as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, Cecily Strong as Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Leslie Jones as former DNC chair Donna Brazile as the guests.
They of course went straight into the big topic of the moment — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ claim that David Pecker tried to use a nude selfie (aka a d— pic) as leverage in a blackmail scheme.
Mooney’s Todd opened the discussion by asking, simply, “What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” Strong said she figured it was “small potatoes” because all rich people have small penises.
“If it’s small and look’s funny, you better have the money,...
The sketch was a parody of “Meet the Press,” with “SNL” cast member Kyle Mooney as Chuck Todd, with Kenan Thompson as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, Cecily Strong as Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Leslie Jones as former DNC chair Donna Brazile as the guests.
They of course went straight into the big topic of the moment — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ claim that David Pecker tried to use a nude selfie (aka a d— pic) as leverage in a blackmail scheme.
Mooney’s Todd opened the discussion by asking, simply, “What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” Strong said she figured it was “small potatoes” because all rich people have small penises.
“If it’s small and look’s funny, you better have the money,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
After a roller-coaster week in politics, including President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address, Saturday Night Live had an abundance of material for this weekend’s cold open. But before briefly touching on Trump’s speech, the show kicked off with a look at Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ skirmish with National Enquirer corporate boss David Pecker.
In a take on Meet the Press, the panelists debated the size and color of what Bezos’ penis might look like in nude pictures the tabloid reportedly obtained and used to blackmail the billionaire over his affair with former Los Angeles newscaster Lauren Sanchez.
While the Mtp panelists called the entire issue “a new low in journalism,” they couldn’t help but dissect the salacious story and the tabloid headlines it inspired.
“What do you think the coloration is like?” SNL castmember Kyle Mooney asked about Bezos’ manhood, in a turn as Mtp moderator Chuck Todd.
In a take on Meet the Press, the panelists debated the size and color of what Bezos’ penis might look like in nude pictures the tabloid reportedly obtained and used to blackmail the billionaire over his affair with former Los Angeles newscaster Lauren Sanchez.
While the Mtp panelists called the entire issue “a new low in journalism,” they couldn’t help but dissect the salacious story and the tabloid headlines it inspired.
“What do you think the coloration is like?” SNL castmember Kyle Mooney asked about Bezos’ manhood, in a turn as Mtp moderator Chuck Todd.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” took a step back from politics at the top of its Feb. 9 return, instead featuring a cold open that dove into the state of journalism today.
On the set of “Meet the Press,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd interviewed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson (played by Kenan Thompson), Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan (Cecily Strong) and former Democratic National Convention chair Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones).
“In a new low for journalism, the National Enquirer this week was accused of blackmailing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” he asked.
While Jones’ Brazile was clearly confused, Strong’s Noonan jumped right in with an opinion: “When I hear ‘billionaire’s penis,’ I immediately think ‘small potatoes,’ you know? Like they say, if it’s small and looks funny,...
On the set of “Meet the Press,” Kyle Mooney’s Chuck Todd interviewed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson (played by Kenan Thompson), Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan (Cecily Strong) and former Democratic National Convention chair Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones).
“In a new low for journalism, the National Enquirer this week was accused of blackmailing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You’re all highly respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?” he asked.
While Jones’ Brazile was clearly confused, Strong’s Noonan jumped right in with an opinion: “When I hear ‘billionaire’s penis,’ I immediately think ‘small potatoes,’ you know? Like they say, if it’s small and looks funny,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Celebrities have a responsibility as public figures not to make society worse or sicker, something that Samantha Bee and Roseanne Barr don’t understand.
That was the sentiment expressed today on Meet The Press by Wall Street Journal columnist and former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan Peggy Noonan.
“Part of the problem is public figures having a hard time being public figures,” said Noonan. “When you are lucky enough in America to be a public figure, your celebrity is not only your pleasure, it is your responsibility. What is that responsibility? Don’t make it worse. Don’t make it ugly or don’t make it sicker. Samantha Bee doesn’t seem to understand that responsibility. Roseanne didn’t understand it. I am very glad to see a certain amount of backlash against them, almost as if the American people are saying, ‘Stop it already. This is terrible. You’re making it worse.
That was the sentiment expressed today on Meet The Press by Wall Street Journal columnist and former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan Peggy Noonan.
“Part of the problem is public figures having a hard time being public figures,” said Noonan. “When you are lucky enough in America to be a public figure, your celebrity is not only your pleasure, it is your responsibility. What is that responsibility? Don’t make it worse. Don’t make it ugly or don’t make it sicker. Samantha Bee doesn’t seem to understand that responsibility. Roseanne didn’t understand it. I am very glad to see a certain amount of backlash against them, almost as if the American people are saying, ‘Stop it already. This is terrible. You’re making it worse.
- 6/3/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A month after announcing she would be sitting out the press tour for the now-airing fifth season of her HBO series Girls due to suffering from endometriosis, Lena Dunham has been hospitalized and will undergo surgery for a ruptured ovarian cyst, a common affliction for women with the disease. As Deadline exclusively revealed on February 15, Dunham was set to be in Los Angeles tonight to portray Peggy Noonan in a reading of the Black List script Reagan. She’s being…...
- 3/5/2016
- Deadline TV
In the script for Mike Rosolio's debut feature, selected for the influential Black List of unproduced screenplays late last year, an ambitious intern must convince President Reagan — grappling with dementia in his second term — that he's an actor playing the commander in chief in a movie. Now, as befits the irreverence of "Reagan," vocal Hillary Clinton surrogate Lena Dunham will give voice to Reagan speechwriter and conservative columnist Peggy Noonan at an upcoming live read, which amounts to some truly epic trolling. Read More: "The Black List Unveils the Best Unproduced Screenplays of 2015 (Full List)" Dunham, whose HBO series "Girls" returns for its penultimate season Sunday night, will be joined by John Cho and additional, to-be-announced cast members for the reading, directed by Rosolio (NBC's "Sean Saves the World") and set to take place at Hollywood's Montalban Theater on March 5. (Buy tickets here.) Dunham recently...
- 2/16/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Exclusive: Both are best-selling authors, both have cracked a glass ceiling or two, and both have been nominated for Emmys, but there really isn't a lot that Lena Dunham and Peggy Noonan have in common. That perception might change when the Girls creator and avowed Hillary Clinton supporter takes on the role of the then-President's top speechwriter in Reagan next month in Hollywood. Playing Noonan, now a Wall Street Journal columnist, Dunham will be participating in a…...
- 2/15/2016
- Deadline
Veteran NBC journalist Jane Pauley is joining CBS News Sunday Morning as a contributor. The network’s chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer made the announcement during his annual Schieffer Symposium on the News at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth on Wednesday evening.
“She is reinventing herself and is coming to work at CBS News,” Schieffer said during the event. “We couldn’t be happier.”
Pauley joined Schieffer on the panel, which also included CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, editor Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
“Bob has been tormenting me...
“She is reinventing herself and is coming to work at CBS News,” Schieffer said during the event. “We couldn’t be happier.”
Pauley joined Schieffer on the panel, which also included CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, editor Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
“Bob has been tormenting me...
- 4/10/2014
- by Amber Ray
- EW - Inside TV
Justine became semi-famous on Dec. 20 when her extremely offensive tweet went viral, and stars and fans began to weigh in on the latest Twitterstorm. See what they had to say!
Justine Sacco, who works as a communications director for the media conglomerate Iac, likely wasn’t the only one to tweet something extremely foul and racist on Dec. 20, but nevertheless, she and her tweet became the center of a viral Twitter trend, with fans and stars like Alyssa Milano and Piers Morgan commenting on her ignorance.
Stars & Fans React To Justine Sacco’s Racist Tweet
After she tweeted (and deleted), “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” and then deleted her Twitter account altogether, celebs started expressing their disgust:
We all saw that awful tweet, Justine.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 21, 2013
I think someone’s been sent to the naughty chair… @justinesacco
— Piers Morgan...
Justine Sacco, who works as a communications director for the media conglomerate Iac, likely wasn’t the only one to tweet something extremely foul and racist on Dec. 20, but nevertheless, she and her tweet became the center of a viral Twitter trend, with fans and stars like Alyssa Milano and Piers Morgan commenting on her ignorance.
Stars & Fans React To Justine Sacco’s Racist Tweet
After she tweeted (and deleted), “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” and then deleted her Twitter account altogether, celebs started expressing their disgust:
We all saw that awful tweet, Justine.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 21, 2013
I think someone’s been sent to the naughty chair… @justinesacco
— Piers Morgan...
- 12/21/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan joined WSJ Live host Mary Kissel on Friday where they discussed the ongoing issues associated with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Noonan said she found the way in which this administration has handled this crisis has been among the “oddest” she’s seen. Noonan added that she would like to see “humility” from President Barack Obama rather than combativeness.
- 12/6/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan made as much news last week as either of the presidential candidates when she came out and advocated for an intervention to save Gop presidential nominee Mitt Romney from himself. After calling the Romney camp a “rolling calamity,” Noonan was admonished by both Republican operatives and conservative commentators. However, on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Noonan claims that she privately received thanks from anxious conservatives who felt the Romney campaign needed some tough talk.
- 9/23/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
In an interview with Politico, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace was asked for his opinion on a recent column by Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Noonan recently wrote that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is "incompetent" and a “rolling calamity.” Wallace responded to Noonan’s concerns by questioning her “conservative bona fides.”...
- 9/21/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan, called into question the appropriateness of Mitt Romney's response to the attack on America’s embassy in Libya. Noonan said that Romney’s response was perhaps premature and he has opened himself up to accusations that he is politicizing the unfolding atrocity in North Africa.
- 9/12/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Wall Street Journal columnist and former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan, appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday to weigh in with her thoughts on the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-wi) to join Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential ticket. Noonan said that Democrats have a window of about 10 days to make Ryan toxic to voters and they will want to define him early. If they fail to do that, Democrats may never again have the opportunity.
- 8/13/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
In the wake of the Aurora shooting, many have been quick to blame films
Everyone's a critic, as they say – except when national tragedy hits a movie theater, and they all become sociology professors. The mass shooting in Aurora has loosed a spreading oil-slick of opinion as to its causes and conditions. Some want an end to midnight screenings. Others want costumes banned in theaters. Opponents of movie violence have, meanwhile, piled onto the scrum.
"The body count in pictures is huge. It numbs the audience into thinking it's not so terrible," director Peter Bogdonavich told the Hollywood Reporter. "Violence on the screen has increased tenfold. It's almost pornographic. In fact, it is pornographic. It's all out of control. I can see where it would drive somebody crazy."
That's how it always goes with arguments about movie violence. It's always someone else being desensitized – it's always "them", those "others", or...
Everyone's a critic, as they say – except when national tragedy hits a movie theater, and they all become sociology professors. The mass shooting in Aurora has loosed a spreading oil-slick of opinion as to its causes and conditions. Some want an end to midnight screenings. Others want costumes banned in theaters. Opponents of movie violence have, meanwhile, piled onto the scrum.
"The body count in pictures is huge. It numbs the audience into thinking it's not so terrible," director Peter Bogdonavich told the Hollywood Reporter. "Violence on the screen has increased tenfold. It's almost pornographic. In fact, it is pornographic. It's all out of control. I can see where it would drive somebody crazy."
That's how it always goes with arguments about movie violence. It's always someone else being desensitized – it's always "them", those "others", or...
- 8/3/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
We are finally about to get some relief from the endless media-marathon of Republican primaries and caucuses. The long-delayed fifth season of Mad Men started on Sunday, March 25. But Mad Men is not a break from the politics of 2012. This show is a sharply critical voice in the larger social debate that uses the early 1960s as a reference point for understanding how gender roles and economic prosperity intersect. While Republican politicians invoke nostalgia for a by-gone era of male breadwinners and so-called family values, Mad Men reminds us that the "good old days" weren't all that good, especially not for that half of the population that is female. Mad Men tempers the utopian nostalgia of contemporary Republican politics with a deeply dystopian view of the past. The show retells the history of economic prosperity as one of gender conflict, and makes a woman, Joanie, the paradigm of an evolving and besieged middle class.
- 3/26/2012
- by Colleen Glenney Boggs
- Aol TV.
Rupert Murdoch may not have been on Twitter for long but he already has 195,897 followers, and probably more by the time you read this.
But the media magnate follows just 19 users. And six of them are related to his own companies, such as The Sun, The Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News and his Us iPad outlet, The Daily.
He also follows the cutting edge All Things D, which specialises in reporting on digital innovation and startup companies. And he reveals his political taste with Ricochet, a forum for right-of-centre thinkers.
That leaves a select 11 individuals. Some are fairly predictable, such as Bill Gates, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Britain's favourite TV entrepreneur Lord (Alan) Sugar. More surprising perhaps is the Afghan media owner Saad Mohseni, who runs the Moby Group.
The celebrated New York University economist Nouriel Roubini makes the list, as does a single politician...
But the media magnate follows just 19 users. And six of them are related to his own companies, such as The Sun, The Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News and his Us iPad outlet, The Daily.
He also follows the cutting edge All Things D, which specialises in reporting on digital innovation and startup companies. And he reveals his political taste with Ricochet, a forum for right-of-centre thinkers.
That leaves a select 11 individuals. Some are fairly predictable, such as Bill Gates, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Britain's favourite TV entrepreneur Lord (Alan) Sugar. More surprising perhaps is the Afghan media owner Saad Mohseni, who runs the Moby Group.
The celebrated New York University economist Nouriel Roubini makes the list, as does a single politician...
- 3/6/2012
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
In an op-ed today, Obama laments those killed since the Giffords shooting. But a new ruling-and Dick Cheney-could be a turning point in gun laws. Plus, Live Chat with Andrew Romano and Virginia Tech victim Colin Goddard on gun legislation on Wednesday, March 16, at 1 p.m. Et.
On a snowy Wednesday evening in February, the main attraction on the marquee at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia, was True Grit, the Coen Brothers' bloody homage to the shoot-'em-up Westerns of Hollywood's Golden Age. But the movie playing inside had a very different message to send.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
Four years ago, on April 16, 2007, Colin Goddard was one of 49 people shot by Seung-Hui Cho in Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a mere 1,000 yards from the Lyric Theatre-and one of only 17 who survived. Shortly after 9 a.m., Cho forced his way into Goddard's French class,...
On a snowy Wednesday evening in February, the main attraction on the marquee at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia, was True Grit, the Coen Brothers' bloody homage to the shoot-'em-up Westerns of Hollywood's Golden Age. But the movie playing inside had a very different message to send.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
Four years ago, on April 16, 2007, Colin Goddard was one of 49 people shot by Seung-Hui Cho in Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a mere 1,000 yards from the Lyric Theatre-and one of only 17 who survived. Shortly after 9 a.m., Cho forced his way into Goddard's French class,...
- 3/14/2011
- by Andrew Romano & Pat Wingert
- The Daily Beast
Tom Brokaw appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss the prevalence of guns in America and the increase in gun sales since the Arizona shooting. Conservative commentator Peggy Noonan explained the sales being a result of law-abiding citizens purchasing guns to protect themselves from any future Jared Loughners, while Brokaw theorized that people are just eager to stockpile guns in case new regulations are created to restrict them.
- 1/13/2011
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
There's just something about a deftly-delivered putdown, isn't there? A master class on the subject was delivered this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe during a discussion on taxes. Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Scarborough were talking tax cuts at Morning Joe's coffee-festooned table when Peggy Noonan interrupted to suggest that tax cuts had to follow the necessary work of getting spending under control.
- 12/20/2010
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
Her poll numbers are off, and some Gop bigwigs have come out against her. But Sarah Palin's fan base couldn't care less. Matt Latimer on what her followers see in her.
The polls don't look good for Sarah Palin, at least for the moment. The Gop's professional chatterers-Karl Rove, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, and most recently Joe Scarborough-fret that she will do to the Republican Party what "Burlesque" has done to Cher. Even the Gop's royal family-the Bushes of Texas-by-way-of-Greenwich, Connecticut-has taken the rather unusual step of publicly seeking her prompt exile from their club. Bar, in particular, is not amused.
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
And yet Sarah Palin remains a rank-and-file favorite. Her second book is yet another hit. She has nearly two million more Facebook fans than establishment favorite Mitt Romney, two million more than even former President George W. Bush,...
The polls don't look good for Sarah Palin, at least for the moment. The Gop's professional chatterers-Karl Rove, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, and most recently Joe Scarborough-fret that she will do to the Republican Party what "Burlesque" has done to Cher. Even the Gop's royal family-the Bushes of Texas-by-way-of-Greenwich, Connecticut-has taken the rather unusual step of publicly seeking her prompt exile from their club. Bar, in particular, is not amused.
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
And yet Sarah Palin remains a rank-and-file favorite. Her second book is yet another hit. She has nearly two million more Facebook fans than establishment favorite Mitt Romney, two million more than even former President George W. Bush,...
- 12/7/2010
- by Matt Latimer
- The Daily Beast
We've heard of "screwing the pooch" but "screwing The Beaver?"
As a member of the Hebraic faith, I've been on a personal Mel Gibson boycott since his thinly veiled Holocaust-denying statements to Peggy Noonan and Diane Sawyer in 2004. I haven't spent a dime or a minute of my time on the man's work since. It kinda killed me earlier this year because all reports on Edge of Darkness were that it was good and I really wanted to see Martin Campbell's last work before he rolled up his sleeves on Green Lantern.
I was turning a corner on forgiveness - maybe he'd changed, maybe it was just alcoholism, maybe he's worked through his rage. When news broke that Jodie Foster, for whom I have tremendous respect, cast him in the lead of the notoriously un-Hollywood project The Beaver, I decided I would give him a shot. (The "shot" meaning...
As a member of the Hebraic faith, I've been on a personal Mel Gibson boycott since his thinly veiled Holocaust-denying statements to Peggy Noonan and Diane Sawyer in 2004. I haven't spent a dime or a minute of my time on the man's work since. It kinda killed me earlier this year because all reports on Edge of Darkness were that it was good and I really wanted to see Martin Campbell's last work before he rolled up his sleeves on Green Lantern.
I was turning a corner on forgiveness - maybe he'd changed, maybe it was just alcoholism, maybe he's worked through his rage. When news broke that Jodie Foster, for whom I have tremendous respect, cast him in the lead of the notoriously un-Hollywood project The Beaver, I decided I would give him a shot. (The "shot" meaning...
- 7/13/2010
- UGO Movies
This is upsetting?!?!? Time for a running gag...
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.
Italian footballer (soccer) Jesus Datolo is facing disciplinary action and fines from his team for posing for gay magazine Romeo, above. Seriously? Do they not know the history of sports stars and gay promotion? Let me show them. Nick Youngquest wasn't fined for Attitude Magazine. I'm not sure how to go about revoking the Gay Card of one of the most prominent activists on the internet, but would someone get me the paperwork? Bil Browning over at Bilerico posted an incredible video of the out Gavin Creel singing a never released "Do You Remember" from a scrapped Peter Pan show, and he admitted he had to look up who Gavin Creel was. Seriously?!?! Somebody take his toaster oven. And his boyfriend!
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.
Italian footballer (soccer) Jesus Datolo is facing disciplinary action and fines from his team for posing for gay magazine Romeo, above. Seriously? Do they not know the history of sports stars and gay promotion? Let me show them. Nick Youngquest wasn't fined for Attitude Magazine. I'm not sure how to go about revoking the Gay Card of one of the most prominent activists on the internet, but would someone get me the paperwork? Bil Browning over at Bilerico posted an incredible video of the out Gavin Creel singing a never released "Do You Remember" from a scrapped Peter Pan show, and he admitted he had to look up who Gavin Creel was. Seriously?!?! Somebody take his toaster oven. And his boyfriend!
- 1/6/2010
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Why Peggy Noonan’s recent Wall Street Journal article casts about for a scapegoat to blame for what’s wrong with America and (shocker!) comes upon homosexual singer Adam Lambert.
Something's rotten in America, if you believe Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. All the things that used to be right about the nation have been up-ended. By Adam Lambert.
Yes, that pesky homosexual has breached the tacit cultural compromise that Noonan, Ronald Reagan's former speechwriter, argues has kept the folks in the flyover states from rising up in revolt. Or maybe just revulsion.
At the heart of her argument is a recent poll that finds 55 percent of the public believe the country is on the "wrong track." Despite the fact we're in the worst economy since the Great Depression, Noonan believes this poll result must be about more than the economy.
And while 55 percent is not a figure we should be happy about,...
Something's rotten in America, if you believe Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. All the things that used to be right about the nation have been up-ended. By Adam Lambert.
Yes, that pesky homosexual has breached the tacit cultural compromise that Noonan, Ronald Reagan's former speechwriter, argues has kept the folks in the flyover states from rising up in revolt. Or maybe just revulsion.
At the heart of her argument is a recent poll that finds 55 percent of the public believe the country is on the "wrong track." Despite the fact we're in the worst economy since the Great Depression, Noonan believes this poll result must be about more than the economy.
And while 55 percent is not a figure we should be happy about,...
- 1/3/2010
- doorQ.com
Here’s the puzzle: Does imminent passage of a health care bill, however sorely flawed, mean the president is a failure or a success? Ross Douthat, the former right-wing-ish blogger who, in an unlikely bit of casting, the New York Times elevated to its op-ed page this year, and who has desperately tried not to offend anyone at all—in fact, not to be heard or read at all—tried, as usual, to cover all bases in his Saturday column (the Times gives him the Saturday spot because nobody reads the paper on Saturdays). The president, said Douthat, is a committed liberal, as lefty as anybody, but a dedicated pragmatist, too, as wily in his realism as Ronald Reagan. Peggy Noonan offered some similar head scratching: Well, maybe the guy knows what he’s doing. These are treading-water columns. Douthat and Noonan put their fingers in the air and felt nothing.
- 12/28/2009
- Vanity Fair
As if enough stupid things haven't already been said about the Adam Lambert American Music Award fiasco, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan has waded into the fray offering up some either truly stupid — or truly cynical — comments.
For those who don't know Noonan, she is a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush. She is well-respected among conservative circles and her comments aren't those of some marginalized wingnut writing for a local paper in Texas.
So what did she say about Adam in her column?
After citing a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showing 55% of Americas believe the country is on the wrong track and that 66% don't believe their children's lives will be better than their own, Noonan acknowledges that the terrible economy, the housing bubble bursting, the record numbers of uninsured, the record deficits and rising unemployment might be contributing to American unease...
For those who don't know Noonan, she is a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush. She is well-respected among conservative circles and her comments aren't those of some marginalized wingnut writing for a local paper in Texas.
So what did she say about Adam in her column?
After citing a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showing 55% of Americas believe the country is on the wrong track and that 66% don't believe their children's lives will be better than their own, Noonan acknowledges that the terrible economy, the housing bubble bursting, the record numbers of uninsured, the record deficits and rising unemployment might be contributing to American unease...
- 12/18/2009
- by michael
- The Backlot
The Presidential Inauguration is just around the corner and the news stations are gearing up for non-stop coverage of the historic event. News anchor Katie Couric will anchor "The Inauguration Of The 44th President," CBS News' live, comprehensive broadcast and online coverage of Inauguration Day. CBS will cover all ceremonies, as well as key interviews and analysis from the CBS News Inauguration Team, on January 20 from Washington, D.C.
Celebrity News Service has learned that Couric will also anchor a live, one-hour primetime special, "Change And Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama" at 9/8c and a live webcast on CBSNews.com and CNET.com at 10:00 Pm, Et.
Joining Couric in Washington, D.C. will be Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer, Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid, CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News Correspondents Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Jeff Glor,...
Celebrity News Service has learned that Couric will also anchor a live, one-hour primetime special, "Change And Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama" at 9/8c and a live webcast on CBSNews.com and CNET.com at 10:00 Pm, Et.
Joining Couric in Washington, D.C. will be Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer, Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid, CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News Correspondents Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Jeff Glor,...
- 1/7/2009
- icelebz.com
MSNBC has added another conservative commentator to its stable, hiring speechwriter, author and columnist Peggy Noonan. Noonan will deliver two commentaries a week on MSNBC, appearing on Hardball With Chris Matthews at 7 p.m. ET and Scarborough Country, with Joe Scarborough, at 10 p.m., the network said Friday. Noonan also will contribute to NBC News programs, but MSNBC declined to reveal details of those duties. MSNBC has hired several conservative commentators during recent months, also including Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, and Michael Savage, who hosts a one-hour show on Saturdays.
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