TV Picks: Friday night on HBO: Lots of things to hash over and discuss, like Williams’ NBC fog of war debacle and the Grammys on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, as the HBO salon will see Maher host documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner as the top-of-show interview guest. Actor David Duchovny is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are former Va. Rep. Tom Davis, economist Zanny Minton-Beddoes and comedian Baratunde Thurston.Robert Kenner’s “Merchants of Doubt,” is his follow-up documentary to 2008’s expose of corporate crime in our food sector with the film “Food Inc.” “Merchants of Doubt,” inspired by […]...
- 2/11/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Eric Cantor, the U.S. House Majority Leader, lost to Tea Party challenger David Brat in the primary to reclaim his Virginia congressional seat and will resign from his leadership position next month.
Eric Cantor To Resign After Defeat In Primary
Brat, an economics professor at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Va., who ran on little more that $200,000, campaigned on a platform to make it look as though Cantor was not conservative enough. Cantor’s position on immigration was a main point on which Brat made him out to be insufficiently conservative.
Cantor, who has served seven terms as a Virginia congressman, had raised $5.4 million for his incumbent campaign, which he used to run TV ads and to inundate his district with fliers. In many of his ads, Cantor attempted to fight back against Brat’s condemnation of his immigration policy, reiterating he did not support an “amnesty” policy. The flood of ads,...
Eric Cantor To Resign After Defeat In Primary
Brat, an economics professor at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Va., who ran on little more that $200,000, campaigned on a platform to make it look as though Cantor was not conservative enough. Cantor’s position on immigration was a main point on which Brat made him out to be insufficiently conservative.
Cantor, who has served seven terms as a Virginia congressman, had raised $5.4 million for his incumbent campaign, which he used to run TV ads and to inundate his district with fliers. In many of his ads, Cantor attempted to fight back against Brat’s condemnation of his immigration policy, reiterating he did not support an “amnesty” policy. The flood of ads,...
- 6/11/2014
- Uinterview
Tune in tonight for HBO's smart salon, as host Bill Maher welcomes Education reformer Michelle Rhee as the top-of-show interview guest. Also booked are reality TV star and Chef Tom Colicchio as the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are economist Jared Bernstein, former Va. Rep. Tom Davis and anchor Rachel Maddow. The series continues its 11th season Friday, March 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. Bill Maher has been favorite of subscribers since his first special...
- 3/15/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
This Friday on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" March 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), sees political strategist Paul Begala, CNN contributor Dana Loesch and former Va Rep. Tom Davis. Mn Rep. Keith Ellison and choreographer Bill T. Jones are interview guests. Watch Ellison, who has his own issues with past links to the Nation of Islam, cry talking about dead Muslim-Americans from 9/11: Maher was the creator and host of .Politically Incorrect,. which was produced by HBO Downtown Productions and debuted on Comedy Central in 1993. The series moved to ABC in 1997 and ran through 2002. His most recent book, .New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,. made the New York Times best...
- 3/10/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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