Crooked Media, a progressive independent media company that delivers bold content to entertain, inform and inspire action, announced today the appointment of several new executives to help support the company’s continued expansion of its news and politics offerings. Madeleine Haeringer has been named Executive Vice President and General Manager of News and Programming; Reid Cherlin has been appointed Executive Producer of Politics; Dariush Brizuela-Nothaft has been named Senior Vice President of Community and Partnerships; and Crystal Ponzio-Busto has been elevated to Executive Vice President of Marketing.
As the 2024 election cycle approaches, Crooked Media is continuing to invest in news and expanding the community infrastructure to provide fans with opportunities to connect, take action and get involved.
Leading Crooked’s News team will be Haeringer and Cherlin who will oversee content expansions and more breaking news coverage across Crooked’s podcasts. Prior to joining Crooked, Haeringer served as Senior Vice...
As the 2024 election cycle approaches, Crooked Media is continuing to invest in news and expanding the community infrastructure to provide fans with opportunities to connect, take action and get involved.
Leading Crooked’s News team will be Haeringer and Cherlin who will oversee content expansions and more breaking news coverage across Crooked’s podcasts. Prior to joining Crooked, Haeringer served as Senior Vice...
- 10/8/2023
- Podnews.net
Shade alert! Don't expect David Crosby to hit up a Kanye West concert anytime soon. "Kanye West can't write, sing or play, so I have trouble with him as anything but a poser," the Grammy-winning 73-year-old folk rock singer told HuffPost Live in an interview posted on Friday. "But he can produce," host Alyona Minkovski said. "Produce," Crosby said. "That means he sits in a chair while the engineer does the work. He's a poser. I'm not backing off it." West, a 21-time Grammy winner who is headlining this weekend's 2015 Glastonbury Music Festival in the U.K., has not responded to Crosby's remarks. Crosby had...
- 6/27/2015
- E! Online
At the rate Game of Thrones is going, there ought to be a support group for all the actors who have been killed off of the hit show. And it sounds as though Jason Momoa would be the first to offer a testimonial. The 34-year-old Conan the Barbarian actor was interviewed by HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski, who asked him if he's a fan of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin's writing. Photos 'Game of Thrones': 10 Most Savage Fights "I mean, after George Martin killed me, I was like, 'Go f— yourself,' " Momoa said, although he
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- 7/10/2014
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Glenn Greenwald said Wednesday there was “no question” he will return back to the United States in the days to come, and that he potentially would use Polk Award as a bargaining chip to “force the issue” of his legal status. He talked about his partner David Miranda’s legal predicament and what his next steps will be, calling the UK’s detainment a strike against “press freedom.” Also read: Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept Launches with More Edward Snowden Leaks (Video) During his appearance on HuffPost Live, correspondent Alyona Minkovski pointed out that people merely visiting WikiLeaks’s website...
- 2/19/2014
- by James Crugnale
- The Wrap
Before he was Alcide Herveaux on HBO’s True Blood, actor Joe Manganiello was struggling with a serious alcohol problem. Speaking with HuffPost Live, the 36-year-old confessed to drinking heavily during his days as an up-and-coming actor, telling the host Alyona Minkovski that alcohol often affected his budding career. “There was a period of about four years where I...Read more»...
- 12/4/2013
- by Gabrielle Chung
- Celebuzz.com
Mischa Barton, erstwhile Marissa Cooper and current indie film star, appeared on HuffPost Live with host Alyona Minkovski this week and discussed her upcoming projects. Like this one: "It's with Billy Zane and it's a zombie, post-apocalyptic movie about fracking," Barton said. "I really liked the script because it's just interesting." Indeed. The film, called "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard," has this summary on IMDb: "A young group of militia soldiers are all that stands between a coming dead horde and their rural town."
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- 8/29/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
"Arrested Development" is known for its wacky plot lines. Buster Bluth losing his hand in a seal accident is just one of many.
But on HuffPost Live recently, actor Tony Hale admitted that he wasn't too crazy about the idea when it was first pitched to him by show creator Mitch Hurwitz.
"I remember immediately thinking, 'I like to use my hand,'" Hale told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski. "I was nervous at first, but then when it became a hook, and then a prosthetic, and the next season, bedazzled, I kind of realized there was an opportunity for a lot. But at first I was like, 'Oh, that sucks. I like to use both my hands.'"
Hale also talked about how he often goes home still in character as Buster.
But on HuffPost Live recently, actor Tony Hale admitted that he wasn't too crazy about the idea when it was first pitched to him by show creator Mitch Hurwitz.
"I remember immediately thinking, 'I like to use my hand,'" Hale told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski. "I was nervous at first, but then when it became a hook, and then a prosthetic, and the next season, bedazzled, I kind of realized there was an opportunity for a lot. But at first I was like, 'Oh, that sucks. I like to use both my hands.'"
Hale also talked about how he often goes home still in character as Buster.
- 8/13/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
After the release of one new season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix, could another be in the works?
According to actor Tony Hale, it's likely.
Hale, who plays Buster Bluth, sat down with HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski recently to talk about the successful resurgence of the show. He said that he was initially nervous about returning, he got excited once he got back into character.
"When we got canceled in 2006, when you're kind of done with a job, you kind of go through a mourning process," Hale said. "So to get it resurrected and do it again, that was just such a gift."
"Arrested Development" producers have already been in talks with Netflix about a new season. Hale said that scheduling might be an issue again, but that he and the show's other stars are definitely excited to see what story lines show creator Mitch Hurwitz will put together next.
According to actor Tony Hale, it's likely.
Hale, who plays Buster Bluth, sat down with HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski recently to talk about the successful resurgence of the show. He said that he was initially nervous about returning, he got excited once he got back into character.
"When we got canceled in 2006, when you're kind of done with a job, you kind of go through a mourning process," Hale said. "So to get it resurrected and do it again, that was just such a gift."
"Arrested Development" producers have already been in talks with Netflix about a new season. Hale said that scheduling might be an issue again, but that he and the show's other stars are definitely excited to see what story lines show creator Mitch Hurwitz will put together next.
- 8/12/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
Actor Sharlto Copley joined HuffPost Live Thursday to talk about his latest film "Elysium" and his upcoming project with Angelina Jolie, "Maleficent."
Copley told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski that Jolie was quite the prankster on the set, calling her antics "crazy", "full-on" and so "intense" that there were times he wondered if he had to check with the legal department to even discuss what had taken place.
Copley said it all started when he put a little message up outside Jolie's trailer compound. That's when she started coming after him.
"It was very good natured, very intelligent stuff, and she's resilient, I'll tell you that," Copley said. "Still, every now and then I'm in a place and I'm sort of wondering if maybe she's going to try something because it was that crazy."...
Copley told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski that Jolie was quite the prankster on the set, calling her antics "crazy", "full-on" and so "intense" that there were times he wondered if he had to check with the legal department to even discuss what had taken place.
Copley said it all started when he put a little message up outside Jolie's trailer compound. That's when she started coming after him.
"It was very good natured, very intelligent stuff, and she's resilient, I'll tell you that," Copley said. "Still, every now and then I'm in a place and I'm sort of wondering if maybe she's going to try something because it was that crazy."...
- 8/9/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
Diego Luna may have traveled into the future for his role in the sci-fi action movie “Elysium” but the Mexican actor recently also went back in time to direct “Chavez.”
The 33-year-old star sat down with HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski on Tuesday to chat about his latest projects, including his first English-language feature film based on the life and work of American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
Despite being born and raised in his native Mexico, Luna said he learned more about the Mexican-American activist during the time he was was living in the United States.
“The idea behind the film is to talk about a community that now I have a strong connection with,” the actor, whose first son was born in the U.S., told Minkovski. “And I found out that no one has done a film about him and I don’t think it has been celebrated enough.
The 33-year-old star sat down with HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski on Tuesday to chat about his latest projects, including his first English-language feature film based on the life and work of American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
Despite being born and raised in his native Mexico, Luna said he learned more about the Mexican-American activist during the time he was was living in the United States.
“The idea behind the film is to talk about a community that now I have a strong connection with,” the actor, whose first son was born in the U.S., told Minkovski. “And I found out that no one has done a film about him and I don’t think it has been celebrated enough.
- 8/7/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Cuban-American actor Steven Bauer, known for his iconic performance as Manny in "Scarface," sat down with HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski to discuss his role on the new smash hit Showtime drama "Ray Donovan." During the interview, Bauer also talked about the initial critical response "Scarface," in which he played the character Manny Ribera. Bauer said that while both the Los Angeles and New York premieres were well received by audiences, critics' reviews the following day cast a dark cloud over the film.
"People got very wimpy about 'Scarface' very quickly," Bauer told HuffPost Live, adding that it took 10 years before the actors "could finally talk about" the film.
Watch the Full Interview with Steven Bauer on HuffPost Live.
"People got very wimpy about 'Scarface' very quickly," Bauer told HuffPost Live, adding that it took 10 years before the actors "could finally talk about" the film.
Watch the Full Interview with Steven Bauer on HuffPost Live.
- 7/22/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
For many movie-goers, the decision as to what new movie to see this weekend will be simple: "Oblivion." Tom Cruise's latest can be considered a bit of a monopoly at the box office this weekend because it is the only new, wide release hitting theaters. But for those of you who aren't into sci-fi, Cruise, or only-one-man-can-save-the-world action movies, you're in luck: This weekend also marks the wide release of "The Place Beyond the Beyond the Pines," the previously limited released drama starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and Eva Mendes. Now that you know "Oblivion" isn't the only horse in the race this weekend, are you unsure about what to see? Don't worry, Moviefone is here to make it easier. Mr. Moviefone (aka Russ Leatherman) and our Editor-in-Chief, Tim Hayne, joined HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski to discuss this weekend's biggest releases, as well as the MPAA's big decision to change its ratings system.
- 4/19/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski sat down Friday with actor John Ratzenberger, famous for his role as mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the television series "Cheers."
Asked about the current state of the United States Postal Service, Ratzenberger said the system, which is struggling financially, is lacking "common sense."
Ratzenberger has also commented on the problems with the Usps recently, tweeting in February that "If only the Usps had the sense to put Cliff Claven in charge, none of this mess would have happened."...
Asked about the current state of the United States Postal Service, Ratzenberger said the system, which is struggling financially, is lacking "common sense."
Ratzenberger has also commented on the problems with the Usps recently, tweeting in February that "If only the Usps had the sense to put Cliff Claven in charge, none of this mess would have happened."...
- 3/23/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner's wife Crystal Hefner told HuffPost Live Wednesday that she had "no comment" on the couple's sex life.
Asked about intimacy in their relationship, Hefner said that "since Heff is older now and has had the phase of his life -- the phases of all the girlfriends and all that kind of stuff -- I feel now is more, you know like cuddling up and watching a movie or playing backgammon."
"So does that mean that you don't have sex?" HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski asked.
"Ah, I'm not gonna -- no comment," Hefner said with a laugh.
Hefner did go on to refute claims that she had once called Hugh a "two second man" after initially calling off their marriage.
"People switch things all over," Hefner said. "I never said that. When I first left I did some interviews I shouldn't have done ... I was mad.
Asked about intimacy in their relationship, Hefner said that "since Heff is older now and has had the phase of his life -- the phases of all the girlfriends and all that kind of stuff -- I feel now is more, you know like cuddling up and watching a movie or playing backgammon."
"So does that mean that you don't have sex?" HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski asked.
"Ah, I'm not gonna -- no comment," Hefner said with a laugh.
Hefner did go on to refute claims that she had once called Hugh a "two second man" after initially calling off their marriage.
"People switch things all over," Hefner said. "I never said that. When I first left I did some interviews I shouldn't have done ... I was mad.
- 2/7/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Actor Dominic Monaghan discussed the series finale of 'Lost' Monday, telling HuffPost Live that he never actually watched the final episode.
"I didn't see the end, I was working at the time," Monaghan told HuffPost Live. "I was doing a film called 'I Sell The Dead,' which was a kind of period-horror movie, and I'm very susceptible, in that sponge-like brain part of me, to taking on board characteristics of friends or certainly characters that I've played. And I didn't want to watch Charlie, because I knew if I watched Charlie I'd be much more like him and the character I played in this film 'I Sell The Dead' was nothing like Charlie."
Asked why he never went back and watched the episode, Monaghan said: "No, because then I'd have to watch it all again -- I'd have to go all the way back...
"I didn't see the end, I was working at the time," Monaghan told HuffPost Live. "I was doing a film called 'I Sell The Dead,' which was a kind of period-horror movie, and I'm very susceptible, in that sponge-like brain part of me, to taking on board characteristics of friends or certainly characters that I've played. And I didn't want to watch Charlie, because I knew if I watched Charlie I'd be much more like him and the character I played in this film 'I Sell The Dead' was nothing like Charlie."
Asked why he never went back and watched the episode, Monaghan said: "No, because then I'd have to watch it all again -- I'd have to go all the way back...
- 1/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Musician, producer and former member of Outkast, Big Boi, told HuffPost Live Friday that he voted for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in the 2012 election instead of President Barack Obama.
HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski referenced a radio interview Big Boi had done previously, leading him to recount a story he had told about the day after the election.
"Well, I was leaving to go out of town and it was a lady -- a Caucasian lady -- and she was like 'oh yeah, congratulations on y'all win last night, you know, with like and attitude,'" Big Boi told HuffPost Live. "And, you know, just to let her know I was on my P's and Q's, I was like, 'I don't know what you talkin' bout, I voted for Gary Johnson.' And she looked shocked to even know that I knew there were other candidates on the ballot ... So,...
HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski referenced a radio interview Big Boi had done previously, leading him to recount a story he had told about the day after the election.
"Well, I was leaving to go out of town and it was a lady -- a Caucasian lady -- and she was like 'oh yeah, congratulations on y'all win last night, you know, with like and attitude,'" Big Boi told HuffPost Live. "And, you know, just to let her know I was on my P's and Q's, I was like, 'I don't know what you talkin' bout, I voted for Gary Johnson.' And she looked shocked to even know that I knew there were other candidates on the ballot ... So,...
- 1/12/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The hip hop duo known as Outkast hasn't released an official album since 2003, but that doesn't mean André 3000 and Big Boi aren't interested in collaborating again in the future.
On HuffPost Live Friday, rapper Big Boi noted that he and André 3000 are still best friends and hang out with each other regularly.
"We talk and communicate and we still come to each other's homes, our kids play together," Big Boi told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski. "When you've been doing music for so long together, you don't have to be joined hip to hip. I know that's what the world wants to see right now, but we're just trying to do our own thing right now."
Last year marked the 20th anniversary of Outkast, whose members got their start together at an Atlanta-area high school in 1992.
After the 2003 double album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," André 3000 and Big Boi...
On HuffPost Live Friday, rapper Big Boi noted that he and André 3000 are still best friends and hang out with each other regularly.
"We talk and communicate and we still come to each other's homes, our kids play together," Big Boi told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski. "When you've been doing music for so long together, you don't have to be joined hip to hip. I know that's what the world wants to see right now, but we're just trying to do our own thing right now."
Last year marked the 20th anniversary of Outkast, whose members got their start together at an Atlanta-area high school in 1992.
After the 2003 double album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," André 3000 and Big Boi...
- 1/12/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Is reality TV more democratic than America's political system?
If you ask Jerry Springer, the king of tabloid TV, the answer is 'yes.'
Springer joined HuffPost Live Thursday for a spirited discussion on health care, gun control and the degradation of what we consider entertainment.
Springer, who once served as the Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, gained national fame in 1991 with the debut of "The Jerry Springer Show." The program recently celebrated its 22nd season.
"I am the father of the destruction of Western civilization," Springer jokingly told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
Springer blamed the "democratization of the media" for turning entertainment into an arena where anyone can be famous. As much as his show contributed to that, Springer said, "at least our show is reality."
"What we call reality shows today aren't really reality," he told HuffPost Live.
Springer also had harsh words for the American political system,...
If you ask Jerry Springer, the king of tabloid TV, the answer is 'yes.'
Springer joined HuffPost Live Thursday for a spirited discussion on health care, gun control and the degradation of what we consider entertainment.
Springer, who once served as the Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, gained national fame in 1991 with the debut of "The Jerry Springer Show." The program recently celebrated its 22nd season.
"I am the father of the destruction of Western civilization," Springer jokingly told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
Springer blamed the "democratization of the media" for turning entertainment into an arena where anyone can be famous. As much as his show contributed to that, Springer said, "at least our show is reality."
"What we call reality shows today aren't really reality," he told HuffPost Live.
Springer also had harsh words for the American political system,...
- 1/12/2013
- by Lindsay Wilkes-Edrington
- Huffington Post
Actor, comedian and former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Tom Green said during an interview with HuffPost Live that Donald Trump "fired" him from the show after he spent the previous evening getting drunk with former NBA player Dennis Rodman.
"It's funny you know I was on the show for three weeks -- I got fired in the third episode because I went out drinking with Dennis Rodman on the night that I was the project manager," Green told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
"It was fun. It was way more fun than being on the show for an extra week, I can tell you that much," Green added.
Still, Green said he was happy to be off the show. "I really had to get out of there ... you know, you're in this sort of vacuum sealed arguing place, you know, everyone's just screaming at each other."
During the in studio interview,...
"It's funny you know I was on the show for three weeks -- I got fired in the third episode because I went out drinking with Dennis Rodman on the night that I was the project manager," Green told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
"It was fun. It was way more fun than being on the show for an extra week, I can tell you that much," Green added.
Still, Green said he was happy to be off the show. "I really had to get out of there ... you know, you're in this sort of vacuum sealed arguing place, you know, everyone's just screaming at each other."
During the in studio interview,...
- 12/23/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Actor, comedian and former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Tom Green said during an interview with HuffPost Live that Donald Trump "fired" him from the show after he spent the previous evening getting drunk with former NBA player Dennis Rodman.
"It's funny you know I was on the show for three weeks -- I got fired in the third episode because I went out drinking with Dennis Rodman on the night that I was the project manager," Green told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
"It was fun. It was way more fun than being on the show for an extra week, I can tell you that much," Green added.
Still, Green said he was happy to be off the show. "I really had to get out of there ... you know, you're in this sort of vacuum sealed arguing place, you know, everyone's just screaming at each other."
During the in studio interview,...
"It's funny you know I was on the show for three weeks -- I got fired in the third episode because I went out drinking with Dennis Rodman on the night that I was the project manager," Green told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski.
"It was fun. It was way more fun than being on the show for an extra week, I can tell you that much," Green added.
Still, Green said he was happy to be off the show. "I really had to get out of there ... you know, you're in this sort of vacuum sealed arguing place, you know, everyone's just screaming at each other."
During the in studio interview,...
- 12/23/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
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