UPDATE: Major news organizations released their joint statement this morning urging Joe Biden and Donald Trump to “publicly commit” to participating in general election debates. “If there is one thing Americans can agree on during this polarized time, it is that the stakes of this election are exceptionally high. Amidst that backdrop, there is simply
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EXCLUSIVE: Planned protests to disrupt the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday could find themselves thwarted by Oscar organizers’ contingency plans. “We are well aware of the protesters, we have a number of back-up scenarios we can activate quickly if needed,” a senior security official working for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said of
UPDATE: In his appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Joe Biden quipped about his age, but the host pressed him on it. “All jokes aside, according to recent polling, this is a real concern for American voters,” Meyers noted. “Number one, you got to take a look at the other guy, he’s about as
“I don’t think you’ve can judge that from Barbie not getting nominated,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tonight to Bill Maher when asked by the host if the snub of the blockbuster’s director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie in the Oscars nominations means America is a patriarchy or not. When Maher tried to link
Media-wise, the 2024 Presidential election crosses the official starting line with debate season, and this cycle the contenders on the Republican side, including a multiple-indicted former POTUS, are looking to beat Democrat Joe Biden and take over the White House. But first they have to take on each other. For the candidates, debates are a
First thing’s first: Happy birthday, Taylor Swift! Closing out a year that has seen the now 34-year-old superstar score nothing but touchdowns, the shindig beau Travis Kelce has planned Wednesday night in New York City promises to be quite the celebration. And well it should be. With a record-breaking tour that brought in more than
If there were winners out of Fox News’ debate between California’s Gavin Newsom and Florida’s Ron DeSantis tonight, it was Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the Walt Disney Company. If there were losers, it looks to be the Sunshine State Governor himself, civility and Sean Hannity. Live from Alpharetta, Georgia, the crowd free Great Red
EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America’s silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they’ll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm. “In the past week, some members have requested that the Guild take a public stand on events in the Middle East,” WGA West
UPDATE, Sunday: President Biden told 60 Minutes that it would be a “big mistake” for Israel to occupy Gaza but said that the country had to respond to the Hamas attack last weekend. Asked by Scott Pelley whether it was “time for a ceasefire” given the loss of life, Biden said, “Look, there’s a fundamental
“Israel has a right to defend itself,” said President Joe Biden in an address to the nation and the world Saturday as the Jewish state is under a full-scale attack from Hamas. “Full stop”. “Today, the people of Israel are under attack, orchestrated by a terrorist organization, Hamas,” Biden declared from the White House, with
Saturday Night Live reimagined the Democratic Party’s 2024 Presidential candidate search as a trailer for a horror movie “from the producers of Smile and the twisted minds of Morning Joe.” In it, a group of friends in a house together at night are horrified by the prospect of President Joe Biden running for reelection at
White House officials worked to explain why President Joe Biden called out the name of a deceased congresswoman, as if she were still alive, at an event on hunger and nutrition on Thursday. “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” Biden said at the event, a reference to Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), who was killed in
Anthony Fauci, who has been the public face of the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic after a long tenure leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday that he plans to step down in December. He also will depart as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser. “I will be leaving these
UPDATE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7: President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid on Sunday and will return to “public engagement and presidential travel,” his physician wrote in a memo. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote that Biden tested negative for the second consecutive day. “I’m feeling good,” Biden told reporters as he left the White House for Rehoboth
Editor’s Note: On June 22, 2020, veteran editor and Sunwise Media co-founder Ri-Karlo Handy penned a guest column for Deadline on the wide ranging response to his social media call for Black union editors just days beforehand. As Americans took to the streets after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd to demand an end
The top two Los Angeles races in today’s primary election look to have both kicked the can down over to November. Based on early results, Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso will face-off in a runoff election in six months, as neither Democrat garnered more 50% of vote to win outright their bid to
Broadcast and cable networks plan to carry President Joe Biden’s address on gun reform on Thursday evening. The speech is scheduled to start at 4:30 PM PT, and Biden plans to call for congressional action in the wake of recent mass shootings in Uvalde, TX, Buffalo, NY and Tulsa, OK. In the Senate, a bipartisan
UPDATE, 7:33 PM PT: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said that he tested positive for Covid. “Late this afternoon after a routine test, I tested positive for COVID-19. I’m so thankful to be both vaccinated & boosted, and at the advice of the Attending Physician I plan to isolate. If you haven’t gotten your shot yet,
President Joe Biden, casting the support for Ukraine as the “task of our time,” also issued a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that his widely condemned attack on neighboring Ukraine also should spell the end of his grip on power. “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was launching a “special military operation” to the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, as networks mobilized with special reports on Wednesday evening to report on what may be the start of a large-scale invasion. Shortly after Putin’s early morning speech, just after 7 PM PT, CNN’s Matthew Chance
The news focus on President’s Day was of Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, as he ordered troops to enter two separatist regions of Ukraine for “peacekeeping” purposes after he recognized their independence. Cable networks carried parts of Putin’s speech, with his move viewed by correspondents and foreign policy analysts as another step toward war. The White
The biggest surprise from Joe Biden’s presidential press conference was its length: At nearly two hours, it was as if he was trying to compete with Donald Trump for making his meetings with the media more like a marathon. It also affirmed what White House correspondents have long argued, that the fleeting moments of availability
The events commemorating the January 6th attack on the Capitol will begin on Thursday with a speech by President Joe Biden, who will say that the “way forward is to recognize the truth and live by it.” “And so at this moment we must decide what kind of nation we are going to be,” Biden
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has given Joe Biden’s administration a lump of coal for the holidays, saying in an interview that he will be a “no” vote on the Build Back Better Act, the cornerstone of the White House’s social and climate agenda. Manchin’s vote is critical to the chances of the legislation passing, given
President Joe Biden’s first late-night appearance since becoming president was on very friendly terrain: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which the host was effusive throughout and largely stayed on the White House topic points. “You are bringing class back to the office,” Fallon told the president, making pretty clear where his affinity lies,
FIFTH UPDATE, 7:10 PM PT: Minneapolis voters rejected a ballot measure to replace the police department with a Department of Public Safety, according to the AP. The current vote showed that the ballot measure would lose handily. The proposal would have left it up to the City Council to determine how to structure the new
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that she has tested positive for Covid-19. She issued a statement on Sunday in which she said that she last saw President Joe Biden on Tuesday, “when we sat outside more than six-feet apart, and wore masks.” Psaki decided on Wednesday not to travel with Biden on his
President Joe Biden returned to CNN for another town hall amid slumping poll numbers, the continued Covid pandemic and drawn out negotiations for his Build Back Better agenda. Biden, though, came across with a sense of confidence that he’d get his legislative cornerstone passed — with a bit of irreverence and a reality check. “Look,
THIRD UPDATE, 10:53 AM PT: Former President Donald Trump visited a police station in midtown Manhattan to mark the 20 years that have passed since 9/11. He was not present at an earlier ceremony at Ground Zero, where Joe Biden and his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton had gathered. Former President George W. Bush
Most of the major networks are going all out next Saturday to cover the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. A least four networks are broadcasting live that day from Lower Manhattan as commemorative events are held at Ground Zero, the Flight 93 National Memorial and other sites connected with the tragedy.