A film about fake news might seem like a tough sell given the nonstop political discourse of the last few years, but HBO’s latest documentary offers a new take on the issue.
“After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News,” which premieres on HBO March 19, takes a more personal look at the subject by examining the human cost of malicious disinformation, rather than relitigating the actual conspiracy theories. Yes, Pizzagate, conspiracies about the 2016 murder of Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich, and several other recent well-known conspiracies are extensively covered in the documentary, but “After Truth” is primarily focused on the victims of those intentional falsehoods.
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While the documentary prioritizes victims over conspiracies,...
“After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News,” which premieres on HBO March 19, takes a more personal look at the subject by examining the human cost of malicious disinformation, rather than relitigating the actual conspiracy theories. Yes, Pizzagate, conspiracies about the 2016 murder of Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich, and several other recent well-known conspiracies are extensively covered in the documentary, but “After Truth” is primarily focused on the victims of those intentional falsehoods.
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While the documentary prioritizes victims over conspiracies,...
- 3/19/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Hey, "Elementary" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 11. Now that it has officially aired and wrapped up, it's time to see what the next, new episode 12 of this final season 7 will have in store for you guys. We've got a new press release from the wonderful CBS folks. So, that's what we'll be using to deliver these new spoiler scoops in this spoiler session. To get things started, we've got an official title for episode 12. It's labeled, "Reichenbach Falls." I think that title pretty much explains what this episode will basically be about, but we do have a few more details to share about it via the official description. It turns out that we will most likely finally see an end to Odin Richenbach's madness in this installment. It turns out that Odin is going to get a little too careless at some point in his dealings with Holmes and Watson.
- 8/1/2019
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
A muddled casting controversy and the resignation of a prominent director no doubt diverted some early public and press attention from the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, but this Broadway production, opening tonight, can handle whatever comes its way. When all’s said and done, Jack O’Brien’s knock-you-from-behind staging is as powerful and sturdy as Miller’s post-war classic itself.
And in a shattering performance that adds yet another layer to her quietly remarkable career, Annette Bening finds grace notes in the role of the grieving Gold Star mother that brings the character to vivid, brutalized life.
Co-starring Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) and Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), All My Sons is typically considered Miller’s stepping stone to, or perhaps heralding of, the masterpieces: 1949’s Death of a Salesman, 1953’s The Crucible and 1955’s A View From The Bridge.
And in a shattering performance that adds yet another layer to her quietly remarkable career, Annette Bening finds grace notes in the role of the grieving Gold Star mother that brings the character to vivid, brutalized life.
Co-starring Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) and Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), All My Sons is typically considered Miller’s stepping stone to, or perhaps heralding of, the masterpieces: 1949’s Death of a Salesman, 1953’s The Crucible and 1955’s A View From The Bridge.
- 4/23/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Roundabout Theatre Company has just announcedthe company and design team for the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons starring Golden Globe winner and Academy, Tony amp Emmy nominee Annette Bening as 'Kate Keller' and SAG Award nominee amp Tony Award winner Tracy Letts as 'Joe Keller,' directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien. Joining Bening and Letts are Benjamin Walker as 'Chris Keller,' Francesca Carpanini as 'Ann Deever,' Hampton Fluker as 'George Deever,' Michael Hayden as 'Dr. Jim Bayliss,' Jenni Barber as 'Lydia Lubey,' Nehal Joshi as 'Frank Lubey,' Chinasa Ogbuagu as 'Sue Bayliss.'...
- 2/5/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Benjamin Walker, a Broadway star since his 2010 breakthrough in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, will join Annette Bening and Tracy Letts in the Roundabout Theater Company’s upcoming revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.
Normally, that casting alone would garner attention in the theater community. But today’s casting announcement by the Roundabout also included confirmation that one – though not both – of the casting choices over which previous director Gregory Mosher resigned in December had been fulfilled.
Nearly two months after Mosher quit the production over disagreements about color-blind casting, Shades of Blue‘s Hampton Fluker, widely believed to be one of the actors Mosher wanted, will indeed play George Deever, a traditionally white character (Fluker is black) in the revival now being directed by Jack O’Brien, who took over when Mosher resigned over a casting disagreement with Rebecca Miller, who runs the estate of her father Arthur Miller.
Normally, that casting alone would garner attention in the theater community. But today’s casting announcement by the Roundabout also included confirmation that one – though not both – of the casting choices over which previous director Gregory Mosher resigned in December had been fulfilled.
Nearly two months after Mosher quit the production over disagreements about color-blind casting, Shades of Blue‘s Hampton Fluker, widely believed to be one of the actors Mosher wanted, will indeed play George Deever, a traditionally white character (Fluker is black) in the revival now being directed by Jack O’Brien, who took over when Mosher resigned over a casting disagreement with Rebecca Miller, who runs the estate of her father Arthur Miller.
- 2/5/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with additional information: President Donald Trump exacted revenge on former CIA director John Brennan this afternoon, announcing he had revoked Brennan’s security clearance and warning there is plenty more where that came from.
The thunderbolt comes one day after Brennan scolded Trump for his tweet calling Omarosa a “dog” as the latest example of Trump’s failure to “live up to minimum standards of decency, civility & probity.” He told Trump his behavior is “so dangerous for our Nation”:
It’s astounding how often you fail to live up to minimum standards of decency, civility, & probity. Seems like you will never understand what it means to be president, nor what it takes to be a good, decent, & honest person. So disheartening, so dangerous for our Nation. https://t.co/eI9HaCec1m
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) August 14, 2018
Brennan then appeared yesterday on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNBC program to elaborate,...
The thunderbolt comes one day after Brennan scolded Trump for his tweet calling Omarosa a “dog” as the latest example of Trump’s failure to “live up to minimum standards of decency, civility & probity.” He told Trump his behavior is “so dangerous for our Nation”:
It’s astounding how often you fail to live up to minimum standards of decency, civility, & probity. Seems like you will never understand what it means to be president, nor what it takes to be a good, decent, & honest person. So disheartening, so dangerous for our Nation. https://t.co/eI9HaCec1m
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) August 14, 2018
Brennan then appeared yesterday on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNBC program to elaborate,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — President Donald Trump is revoking the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan, who has been critical of Trump in TV appearances and on Twitter.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, reading a statement from Trump, said Brennan engaged in “erratic conduct and behavior” and “has a history that calls into question his objectivity and credibility.” The statement also cited Brennan’s “wild outbursts” online and on TV about the administration and his “increasingly frenzied commentary.” Brennan is senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
She announced that security clearances for other former officials, including Susan Rice, James Clapper and Sally Yates, are under review. All are former Obama administration officials, but Sanders contended that they “politicized” and “in some cases monetized” their clearances. Also under review is the security clearance of Michael Hayden, the former CIA director and former head of the...
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, reading a statement from Trump, said Brennan engaged in “erratic conduct and behavior” and “has a history that calls into question his objectivity and credibility.” The statement also cited Brennan’s “wild outbursts” online and on TV about the administration and his “increasingly frenzied commentary.” Brennan is senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
She announced that security clearances for other former officials, including Susan Rice, James Clapper and Sally Yates, are under review. All are former Obama administration officials, but Sanders contended that they “politicized” and “in some cases monetized” their clearances. Also under review is the security clearance of Michael Hayden, the former CIA director and former head of the...
- 8/15/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
You may have seen a story this week detailing how Facebook shut down a series of accounts. As noted by Politico, Facebook claimed these accounts “sought to inflame social and political tensions in the United States, and said their activity was similar — and in some cases connected — to that of Russian accounts during the 2016 election.”
Similar? What does “similar” mean?
The death-pit for civil liberties is usually found in a combination of fringe/unpopular people or ideas and a national security emergency.
This is where we are with this unsettling new confab of Facebook,...
Similar? What does “similar” mean?
The death-pit for civil liberties is usually found in a combination of fringe/unpopular people or ideas and a national security emergency.
This is where we are with this unsettling new confab of Facebook,...
- 8/2/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
David Bossie, former deputy campaign manager for President Trump, has been suspended by Fox News for two weeks over a comment he made on the Sunday edition of Fox & Friends to analyst Joel Payne, according to The Daily Beast.
Reacting to former CIA director Michael Hayden comparing the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy with Nazis separating families at concentration camps, Payne, who is black, said, “You don’t have to be a golden retriever to hear all the dog whistles coming out of the White House these days and from my friend David here.”
During back and forth, Bossie said to Payne, “You’re out of your cotton-picking mind.”
Shot back an angry Payne: “Cotton-picking mind? Brother, let me tell you something. I’ve got some relatives who picked cotton, and I’m not going to sit back and let you attack me on TV like that.”
After commercial break,...
Reacting to former CIA director Michael Hayden comparing the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy with Nazis separating families at concentration camps, Payne, who is black, said, “You don’t have to be a golden retriever to hear all the dog whistles coming out of the White House these days and from my friend David here.”
During back and forth, Bossie said to Payne, “You’re out of your cotton-picking mind.”
Shot back an angry Payne: “Cotton-picking mind? Brother, let me tell you something. I’ve got some relatives who picked cotton, and I’m not going to sit back and let you attack me on TV like that.”
After commercial break,...
- 6/26/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
A heated Fox & Friends debate took a nasty personal turn today, as a black Democrat’s opinion was attacked in a racially insensitive way.
David Bossie, a white former deputy campaign manager for President Trump, made the comment to analyst Joel Payne, a black man, during a discussion on immigration. The remark emerged as the two reacted to comments made by former CIA director Michael Hayden, who compared the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy with Nazis separating families at concentration camps.
“That liberal Michael Hayden, that screaming liberal Michael Hayden,” Payne said during the segment.
“You’re out of your cotton-picking mind,” Bossie retorted.
Payne took immediate offense and addressed it. “Cotton-picking mind? Brother, let me tell you something, I got some relatives who picked cotton and I’m not going to sit back and let you attack me on TV like that.”
At that point, moderator Ed Henry cut in,...
David Bossie, a white former deputy campaign manager for President Trump, made the comment to analyst Joel Payne, a black man, during a discussion on immigration. The remark emerged as the two reacted to comments made by former CIA director Michael Hayden, who compared the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy with Nazis separating families at concentration camps.
“That liberal Michael Hayden, that screaming liberal Michael Hayden,” Payne said during the segment.
“You’re out of your cotton-picking mind,” Bossie retorted.
Payne took immediate offense and addressed it. “Cotton-picking mind? Brother, let me tell you something, I got some relatives who picked cotton and I’m not going to sit back and let you attack me on TV like that.”
At that point, moderator Ed Henry cut in,...
- 6/24/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Every year, during their “Homeland” hiatus, executive producers Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, director Lesli Linka Glatter, and stars Mandy Patinkin and Claire Danes go to spy camp. Over seven seasons they’ve developed relationships with intelligence professionals, think-tank heads, and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors who fill them in on what’s going on in the government and the world, and what’s worrying them the most.
The “Homeland” team memorably interviewed the likes of Russian president Vladimir Putin and whistleblower Edward Snowden, via closed-circuit TV in Moscow. “No one’s supposed to know,” Patinkin told me. “Are you kidding? Everybody’s listening in. Moscow was probably right outside the door!”
In the penultimate Season 7 episode (filmed in Budapest for Moscow), Patinkin’s National Security Advisor Saul Berenson huddles with Dane’s Carrie Mathison and her team under a hotel-room tent to block prying ears — designed per State Department specifications. “It...
The “Homeland” team memorably interviewed the likes of Russian president Vladimir Putin and whistleblower Edward Snowden, via closed-circuit TV in Moscow. “No one’s supposed to know,” Patinkin told me. “Are you kidding? Everybody’s listening in. Moscow was probably right outside the door!”
In the penultimate Season 7 episode (filmed in Budapest for Moscow), Patinkin’s National Security Advisor Saul Berenson huddles with Dane’s Carrie Mathison and her team under a hotel-room tent to block prying ears — designed per State Department specifications. “It...
- 6/18/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Every year, during their “Homeland” hiatus, executive producers Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, director Lesli Linka Glatter, and stars Mandy Patinkin and Claire Danes go to spy camp. Over seven seasons they’ve developed relationships with intelligence professionals, think-tank heads, and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors who fill them in on what’s going on in the government and the world, and what’s worrying them the most.
The “Homeland” team memorably interviewed the likes of Russian president Vladimir Putin and whistleblower Edward Snowden, via closed-circuit TV in Moscow. “No one’s supposed to know,” Patinkin told me. “Are you kidding? Everybody’s listening in. Moscow was probably right outside the door!”
In the penultimate Season 7 episode (filmed in Budapest for Moscow), Patinkin’s National Security Advisor Saul Berenson huddles with Dane’s Carrie Mathison and her team under a hotel-room tent to block prying ears — designed per State Department specifications. “It...
The “Homeland” team memorably interviewed the likes of Russian president Vladimir Putin and whistleblower Edward Snowden, via closed-circuit TV in Moscow. “No one’s supposed to know,” Patinkin told me. “Are you kidding? Everybody’s listening in. Moscow was probably right outside the door!”
In the penultimate Season 7 episode (filmed in Budapest for Moscow), Patinkin’s National Security Advisor Saul Berenson huddles with Dane’s Carrie Mathison and her team under a hotel-room tent to block prying ears — designed per State Department specifications. “It...
- 6/18/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The set of “Morning Joe” blasted President Trump’s policy of separating parents and children of migrants attempting to illegally cross the U.S. border, but cautioned that overreacting could play into the hands of Fox News hosts who are “stooges” for the president.
“There are a lot of strong voices out there who are comparing this to the experience with the Nazis. My concern is that it gives fodder for the Fox News hosts, who are stooges for President Trump, to hide behind a different argument to actually use that to not have to talk about the truth,” said show co-host Mika Brzezinski.
“That babies and children are being separated from their mothers at the border and this is a Trump policy,” she added. “So I worry we have to stick to the facts here because, while this may have similarities, it’s different until we know more and...
“There are a lot of strong voices out there who are comparing this to the experience with the Nazis. My concern is that it gives fodder for the Fox News hosts, who are stooges for President Trump, to hide behind a different argument to actually use that to not have to talk about the truth,” said show co-host Mika Brzezinski.
“That babies and children are being separated from their mothers at the border and this is a Trump policy,” she added. “So I worry we have to stick to the facts here because, while this may have similarities, it’s different until we know more and...
- 6/18/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Scandal‘s Kerry Washington and Rescue Me‘s Steven Pasquale will team up for their Broadway returns next fall in American Son, a new play by Broadway newcomer Christopher Demos-Brown.
Directing will be Kenny Leon, who won a Tony Award for 2014’s A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington. Leon most recently directed the Broadway revival Children of a Lesser God.
The play is set in a Florida police station in the middle of the night, with a mother searching for her missing teenage son, and is described by the production as “a gripping tale of two parents caught in our national divide, with their worst fears hanging in the balance.”
Said Kerry Washington, “Christopher Demos-Brown has written a play that dives deep into the big questions of who we are as a nation, by exploring the intimate relationships within a family caught at the crossroads of love, loss,...
Directing will be Kenny Leon, who won a Tony Award for 2014’s A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington. Leon most recently directed the Broadway revival Children of a Lesser God.
The play is set in a Florida police station in the middle of the night, with a mother searching for her missing teenage son, and is described by the production as “a gripping tale of two parents caught in our national divide, with their worst fears hanging in the balance.”
Said Kerry Washington, “Christopher Demos-Brown has written a play that dives deep into the big questions of who we are as a nation, by exploring the intimate relationships within a family caught at the crossroads of love, loss,...
- 6/8/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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