In a preview clip for his upcoming primetime special interview with “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, former president Bill Clinton spoke out against mounting gun violence in the U.S., pinned down the “big problem with gun owners” today and posited one of the measures necessary to pass common sense gun reform.
The clip from Scarborough’s interview, airing in full on April 24, begins with the “Morning Joe” host asking Clinton, simply, “what do we do” when it comes to the extremism of political views and the regularity of school shootings? The host noted that such violence dates all the way back to Columbine, when Clinton was president and many thought of the tragedy “as a one-off.”
“Well, one thing’s pretty clear is, whatever we do, we need to do it more together,” Clinton said. “And I think we need to start talking across this divide.”
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The clip from Scarborough’s interview, airing in full on April 24, begins with the “Morning Joe” host asking Clinton, simply, “what do we do” when it comes to the extremism of political views and the regularity of school shootings? The host noted that such violence dates all the way back to Columbine, when Clinton was president and many thought of the tragedy “as a one-off.”
“Well, one thing’s pretty clear is, whatever we do, we need to do it more together,” Clinton said. “And I think we need to start talking across this divide.”
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- 4/17/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
After dealing with a narcissist in the White House for four years, it may be difficult to imagine a politician who doesn’t make everything about themself. But consider Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, who nearly won election in 2018 to become the country’s first Black woman governor.
After that campaign made Abrams a national figure and an inspiration to Democrats, documentary directors came-a-calling, she says, but she turned them down.
“I had been asked by many different filmmakers to consider doing a documentary about my race [for governor], about my story,” Abrams tells Deadline. She said she declined because what interested her wasn’t a documentary about herself, but one on voter suppression.
“My deep concern with how I’d been approached is that it would become essentially a partisan story about me,” Abrams explains. “And for those who did not want my success, it would give them a reason to ignore the narrative,...
After that campaign made Abrams a national figure and an inspiration to Democrats, documentary directors came-a-calling, she says, but she turned them down.
“I had been asked by many different filmmakers to consider doing a documentary about my race [for governor], about my story,” Abrams tells Deadline. She said she declined because what interested her wasn’t a documentary about herself, but one on voter suppression.
“My deep concern with how I’d been approached is that it would become essentially a partisan story about me,” Abrams explains. “And for those who did not want my success, it would give them a reason to ignore the narrative,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Got a new agenda,
With a new dream,
I’m kicking out the old regime,
Liberation, elevation, education.
The lyrics of Janelle Monáe’s Oscar shortlisted song, “Turntables” are a call for accountability flavored with positive promise. Written for the Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés-directed documentary about Georgia political activist Stacey Abrams, All In: The Fight for Democracy, Monáe’s song aligns in every sense with Abrams’ single-minded refusal to tolerate insidious, endemic and overwhelming voter suppression following her 2018 run for governor of Georgia. Rapping about a “new dream”, Monáe speaks to the long-sought turning of a societal and political tide in this country.
The call came early on in the pandemic. As an Abrams fan and a Georgia voter herself, Monáe had previously offered to help Abrams in any way she could. But when the documentary team approached, Monáe was, she says, “not in a healthy space mentally”. Not...
With a new dream,
I’m kicking out the old regime,
Liberation, elevation, education.
The lyrics of Janelle Monáe’s Oscar shortlisted song, “Turntables” are a call for accountability flavored with positive promise. Written for the Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés-directed documentary about Georgia political activist Stacey Abrams, All In: The Fight for Democracy, Monáe’s song aligns in every sense with Abrams’ single-minded refusal to tolerate insidious, endemic and overwhelming voter suppression following her 2018 run for governor of Georgia. Rapping about a “new dream”, Monáe speaks to the long-sought turning of a societal and political tide in this country.
The call came early on in the pandemic. As an Abrams fan and a Georgia voter herself, Monáe had previously offered to help Abrams in any way she could. But when the documentary team approached, Monáe was, she says, “not in a healthy space mentally”. Not...
- 3/5/2021
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Janelle Monáe knows the tables have turned and a new era has evolved with the 2020 elections that saw Democrats win the White House and Georgia flip the Senate in the runoffs. “The Georgia that went out and voted is not Georgia in the ‘50s or ‘60s. Quite frankly, the people are not taking shit,” she says.
Monáe talks about the historic moment in her latest anthem (an Original Song contender) “Turntables” from the Oscar-shortlisted documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”
“The tables are turning and the rooster has come home to roost.” Monáe points to the record number of voters who came out and stood in line to cast their vote. “People were standing in line to flex their power to remind politicians that we the people hold the power.”
The song and its accompanying video are about oppression. Monáe says it was the first song they wrote in...
Monáe talks about the historic moment in her latest anthem (an Original Song contender) “Turntables” from the Oscar-shortlisted documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”
“The tables are turning and the rooster has come home to roost.” Monáe points to the record number of voters who came out and stood in line to cast their vote. “People were standing in line to flex their power to remind politicians that we the people hold the power.”
The song and its accompanying video are about oppression. Monáe says it was the first song they wrote in...
- 3/3/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams know how to harness their power.
These bold, towering figures may come from vastly different professional backgrounds, but the outspoken women share much in common, not the least of which is giving voice to pertinent issues in their respective fields and attaining success in their careers against all odds.
Their primary connection, however, lies within their core principles. They are both Black women who have worked their way from poverty to pop culture prominence and then used their spheres of influence to create opportunities and make space for other Black women to follow.
As the intersection between entertainment and politics continues to meld, their mutual success has landed Davis and Abrams smack in the middle of Hollywood’s film awards conversation. Davis, one of the industry’s most celebrated actors, is being lauded for her performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and is considered a...
These bold, towering figures may come from vastly different professional backgrounds, but the outspoken women share much in common, not the least of which is giving voice to pertinent issues in their respective fields and attaining success in their careers against all odds.
Their primary connection, however, lies within their core principles. They are both Black women who have worked their way from poverty to pop culture prominence and then used their spheres of influence to create opportunities and make space for other Black women to follow.
As the intersection between entertainment and politics continues to meld, their mutual success has landed Davis and Abrams smack in the middle of Hollywood’s film awards conversation. Davis, one of the industry’s most celebrated actors, is being lauded for her performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and is considered a...
- 2/17/2021
- by Angelique Jackson and Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell finds himself in the unique position of being something Donald Trump and Joe Biden can agree on, sort of.
However, while the current president made it clear he was no fan of the Kentucky senator’s stance that opposing Biden’s Covid-19 relief plan will unite the GOP, the former Celebrity Apprentice host was much more withering in comments about his one-time legislative water carrier.
“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again,” the social media impotent Trump said in a statement Tuesday via his Save America Pac.
“He will never do what needs to be done, or what is right for our Country,” Trump went on to offer in a verbal roundhouse punch. “Where necessary and appropriate, I will back primary rivals who espouse Making America Great Again...
However, while the current president made it clear he was no fan of the Kentucky senator’s stance that opposing Biden’s Covid-19 relief plan will unite the GOP, the former Celebrity Apprentice host was much more withering in comments about his one-time legislative water carrier.
“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again,” the social media impotent Trump said in a statement Tuesday via his Save America Pac.
“He will never do what needs to be done, or what is right for our Country,” Trump went on to offer in a verbal roundhouse punch. “Where necessary and appropriate, I will back primary rivals who espouse Making America Great Again...
- 2/16/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The past year of Keisha Lance Bottoms’ life has been, to borrow one of the Atlanta mayor’s favorite euphemisms, interesting. When she’s got nothing nice to say about a situation, Bottoms, diplomatic Southerner that she is, reaches for this damningly anodyne descriptor. It’s all in the delivery. Consider, for example, the fact that in the middle of a pandemic killing black Georgians by the thousands, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp had the nerve to sue to block a mask mandate from going into effect in the city of...
- 2/16/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
With only three weeks before a particularly consequential Election Day, political movies — both documentaries and docudramas — are flooding the market in an effort to keep voters engaged and enraged.
Most prominent are Aaron Sorkin’s star-studded “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Alex Gibney’s pandemic response expose “Totally Under Control” and Liz Garbus-Lisa Cortés’ “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”
But that’s just the tip of the political iceberg of movies taking advantage of the heightened political climate this month. There’s also “The Soul of America,” directed by Kd Davison and based on Jon Meacham’s 2018 book “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.” The film explores historical challenges such as the women’s suffrage movement, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, and the struggle to pass Civil Rights legislation. HBO is airing on Oct. 27.
The footage includes an interview with the...
Most prominent are Aaron Sorkin’s star-studded “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Alex Gibney’s pandemic response expose “Totally Under Control” and Liz Garbus-Lisa Cortés’ “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”
But that’s just the tip of the political iceberg of movies taking advantage of the heightened political climate this month. There’s also “The Soul of America,” directed by Kd Davison and based on Jon Meacham’s 2018 book “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.” The film explores historical challenges such as the women’s suffrage movement, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, and the struggle to pass Civil Rights legislation. HBO is airing on Oct. 27.
The footage includes an interview with the...
- 10/14/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Janelle Monáe’s “Turntables” is her first new single since 2018, when she released the Grammy-nominated album “Dirty Computer,” and what a power anthem it is.
Written by Monáe, Nathaniel Irvin III, and George A. Peters for the Stacey Abrams-produced documentary, “All In: The Fight for Democracy,”(streaming on Prime Video), the soulful, empowering song is a rallying cry for a revolution. As Monae sings: “I’m kicking out the old regime / Liberation, elevation, education / America, you a lie / But the whole world ’bout to testify.”
The power anthem will undoubtedly find its way into contention for best original song at next year’s Academy Awards. Monae talks about how “Turntables” came to be and the message of its video.
Both you and Stacey Abrams are from Georgia. What did it mean to get the call to contribute a song to the documentary?
I knew I had to show up for Stacey Abrams.
Written by Monáe, Nathaniel Irvin III, and George A. Peters for the Stacey Abrams-produced documentary, “All In: The Fight for Democracy,”(streaming on Prime Video), the soulful, empowering song is a rallying cry for a revolution. As Monae sings: “I’m kicking out the old regime / Liberation, elevation, education / America, you a lie / But the whole world ’bout to testify.”
The power anthem will undoubtedly find its way into contention for best original song at next year’s Academy Awards. Monae talks about how “Turntables” came to be and the message of its video.
Both you and Stacey Abrams are from Georgia. What did it mean to get the call to contribute a song to the documentary?
I knew I had to show up for Stacey Abrams.
- 9/25/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Georgia politician Stacey Abrams is “the cat’s pajamas … one of the great females on the planet and somebody who has our best interests at heart.” That’s according to Whoopi Goldberg, who interviewed Abrams about the documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” which screened at the 2020 New York Film Festival and is available to watch on Amazon Prime. Watch their in-depth chat above.
Abrams rose to national prominence when she ran for governor of Georgia in 2018. She was up against Brian Kemp, who was not only her opponent but the secretary of state in charge of overseeing the election he was running in. Kemp won by a narrow margin amid allegations that he had used his power to suppress Black votes in the state, and since then Abrams has been an outspoken advocate for voting rights.
SEECan ‘Nomadland’ follow its Golden Lion grand prize in Venice with a Best Picture Oscar?...
Abrams rose to national prominence when she ran for governor of Georgia in 2018. She was up against Brian Kemp, who was not only her opponent but the secretary of state in charge of overseeing the election he was running in. Kemp won by a narrow margin amid allegations that he had used his power to suppress Black votes in the state, and since then Abrams has been an outspoken advocate for voting rights.
SEECan ‘Nomadland’ follow its Golden Lion grand prize in Venice with a Best Picture Oscar?...
- 9/22/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Amazon Studios said it will stream its original feature documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy featuring Stacey Abrams for free on Tuesday, which is National Voter Registration Day in the U.S.
The documentary will be available for 24 hours in front of the Amazon Prime Video paywall, as well as be available on Twitch, YouTube and Twitter. Watch parties will be hosted by Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter (at 4 p.m. Pt) and by Neeko on Twitch (11 a.m. Pt).
Directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, All In centers on voter suppression in the U.S., highlighting Abrams’ run against Brian Kemp for the Georgia governor’s seat in 2018. Abrams, the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the U.S., claimed voter-suppression measures cost her the victory. The documentary also offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to...
The documentary will be available for 24 hours in front of the Amazon Prime Video paywall, as well as be available on Twitch, YouTube and Twitter. Watch parties will be hosted by Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter (at 4 p.m. Pt) and by Neeko on Twitch (11 a.m. Pt).
Directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, All In centers on voter suppression in the U.S., highlighting Abrams’ run against Brian Kemp for the Georgia governor’s seat in 2018. Abrams, the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the U.S., claimed voter-suppression measures cost her the victory. The documentary also offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to...
- 9/21/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Days after local politicians and the Mpa trumpeted that Georgia is reopening its busy film and TV production sector, the future of its lucrative tax credit incentive program suddenly appears cloudy. The state’s Senate Finance Committee has axed parts of wider legislation that would have expanded the program that’s worth $800 million a year.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that one member of the panel raised the idea of capping the Peach State’s tax credit spending but another said the issue should be studied further. The paper noted that Georgia spends far more on tax credits for the film industry than it does on most state agencies and programs.
The news comes on the first business day after Georgia’s Senate approved $2.6 billion in cuts to the state budget amid lagging revenue spurred by the coronavirus crisis.
The state is a massive film and TV production hub, but...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that one member of the panel raised the idea of capping the Peach State’s tax credit spending but another said the issue should be studied further. The paper noted that Georgia spends far more on tax credits for the film industry than it does on most state agencies and programs.
The news comes on the first business day after Georgia’s Senate approved $2.6 billion in cuts to the state budget amid lagging revenue spurred by the coronavirus crisis.
The state is a massive film and TV production hub, but...
- 6/23/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to an untitled voting rights documentary for Story Syndicate centering on insights from politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams.
Following a theatrical run, the film will be released on Amazon Prime Video later this year. It’s directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés. Abrams is a producer along with Garbus, Cortés and Dan Cogan.
Abrams ran as the Democratic party’s nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and was the first Black woman to be a major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp, who was accused by Abrams of voter suppression activities after he refused to resign as secretary of state while campaigning for governor.
“Raising the alarm about voter suppression is critical to the integrity of our democracy,” Abrams said. “The failure of state leaders in Georgia and other states...
Following a theatrical run, the film will be released on Amazon Prime Video later this year. It’s directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés. Abrams is a producer along with Garbus, Cortés and Dan Cogan.
Abrams ran as the Democratic party’s nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and was the first Black woman to be a major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp, who was accused by Abrams of voter suppression activities after he refused to resign as secretary of state while campaigning for governor.
“Raising the alarm about voter suppression is critical to the integrity of our democracy,” Abrams said. “The failure of state leaders in Georgia and other states...
- 6/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Opposing sides of a controversial Georgia abortion ban that had Hollywood up in arms last year faced off Monday in a court hearing where reproductive rights groups asked a judge to make a temporary ban on the so-called Heartbeat Bill permanent.
The legislation, signed last summer by Gov. Brian Kemp, was halted by a federal district court in October before going into effect. It criminalizes abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detectable, or at about six weeks, when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. It also changes the definition of personhood under Georgia’s statute to include an embryo or fetus.
Georgia is a massive film and television production hub. A-list talent, major studios and the WGA threatened to boycott the state last summer, including Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, AMC Networks, Sony, and CBS and Viacom (which hadn’t yet merged) publicly questioning whether they would remain...
The legislation, signed last summer by Gov. Brian Kemp, was halted by a federal district court in October before going into effect. It criminalizes abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detectable, or at about six weeks, when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. It also changes the definition of personhood under Georgia’s statute to include an embryo or fetus.
Georgia is a massive film and television production hub. A-list talent, major studios and the WGA threatened to boycott the state last summer, including Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, AMC Networks, Sony, and CBS and Viacom (which hadn’t yet merged) publicly questioning whether they would remain...
- 6/15/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Colleen Bell, a longtime TV producer on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and former ambassador to Hungary during the Obama era, has been appointed as the Director of the California Film Commission, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.
Bell replaces Amy Lemisch in the role, who held the position for 15 years, longer than any other director in the position. Lemisch stepped down on May 10, and Bell will step into the job in the coming days.
“I am looking forward to working in partnership with someone with Ms. Bell’s experience and qualifications as we strive to maintain California’s longstanding status as the home to the motion picture and television industry,” Thom Davis, chair of the California Film Commission Board of Directors said in a statement. “Her prior experience in the entertainment industry will further strengthen the skills and expertise of the current California Film Commission staff, which includes several industry professionals.
Bell replaces Amy Lemisch in the role, who held the position for 15 years, longer than any other director in the position. Lemisch stepped down on May 10, and Bell will step into the job in the coming days.
“I am looking forward to working in partnership with someone with Ms. Bell’s experience and qualifications as we strive to maintain California’s longstanding status as the home to the motion picture and television industry,” Thom Davis, chair of the California Film Commission Board of Directors said in a statement. “Her prior experience in the entertainment industry will further strengthen the skills and expertise of the current California Film Commission staff, which includes several industry professionals.
- 5/23/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In the wake of revealing to “Busy Tonight” viewers that she had had an abortion — and creating the #YouKnowMe hashtag on social media — Busy Philipps is teaming up with the Aclu on a “You Know Me” ad campaign meant to rebut recent legislation in several states that restrict access to abortion.
“You know me; you someone like me,” says Philipps in the 30-second spot, which features the hashtag. “I had an abortion. It was my decision. Today, it’s my right. But states are trying to take that right away by taking on Roe v. Wade, and Trump is making it possible. He’s appointing anti-choice judges on the federal courts and the Supreme Court. The Aclu is fighting to stop abortion bans and restrictions in Alabama and in 13 other states. Join us. Speak up. It’s no time to sit on the sidelines.”
Philipps first disclosed her own experience...
“You know me; you someone like me,” says Philipps in the 30-second spot, which features the hashtag. “I had an abortion. It was my decision. Today, it’s my right. But states are trying to take that right away by taking on Roe v. Wade, and Trump is making it possible. He’s appointing anti-choice judges on the federal courts and the Supreme Court. The Aclu is fighting to stop abortion bans and restrictions in Alabama and in 13 other states. Join us. Speak up. It’s no time to sit on the sidelines.”
Philipps first disclosed her own experience...
- 5/23/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood projects are continuing their slow exodus in the wake of Georgia governor Brian Kemp signing the so-called “heartbeat” anti-abortion bill earlier this month. Next up: Time reports that both Emmy-winning director Reed Morano and comedian and writer Kristen Wiig have pulled upcoming projects from filming in the state. Though Republican Kemp signed the bill into law earlier this month, the “heartbeat” bill, which outlaws nearly all abortions in the state, will not go into effect until next year.
In the meantime, a number of Hollywood heavy-hitters have voiced their displeasure with the law, and creators like Morano and Wiig appear to be leading a slow-building charge to leave the state entirely. Georgia has an uncapped tax incentive for film productions, hence its popularity as a filming location. Among the many movies and TV shows to film there recently are“Avengers: Infinity War,” “Ozark,” “The Walking Dead,” and the upcoming “Bad Boys” and “Jumanji” sequels.
In the meantime, a number of Hollywood heavy-hitters have voiced their displeasure with the law, and creators like Morano and Wiig appear to be leading a slow-building charge to leave the state entirely. Georgia has an uncapped tax incentive for film productions, hence its popularity as a filming location. Among the many movies and TV shows to film there recently are“Avengers: Infinity War,” “Ozark,” “The Walking Dead,” and the upcoming “Bad Boys” and “Jumanji” sequels.
- 5/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) announced last week that Stacey Abrams would deliver the official Democratic rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union Address, he said that the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate “offers a welcome, stark contrast to President Trump’s politics of division and lack of leadership.”
He was proven right Tuesday night.
Trump’s second State of the Union wasn’t much more than a slightly polished version of his campaign rallies, rife with the usual fear-mongering over immigration and accusations that Democrats are un-American for disagreeing with him.
He was proven right Tuesday night.
Trump’s second State of the Union wasn’t much more than a slightly polished version of his campaign rallies, rife with the usual fear-mongering over immigration and accusations that Democrats are un-American for disagreeing with him.
- 2/6/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams, delivered a blistering attack on President Donald Trump Tuesday night in the Democratic response to the president’s second State of the Union address.
During her speech, Abrams talked about family values, farmers caught in a trade war, racism, immigration and the longest government shutdown in history.
“The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the United States,” she said.
Abrams also bashed Trump for the statement in his speech minutes earlier, when he vowed to get his border wall built.
“This administration chooses to cage children and keep families apart,” Abrams said. “America is made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls.”
Abrams went on to voice support for the Lgbtq community, and said the country must “call racism what it is, wrong.”
She concluded by saying she doesn’t want Trump to fail, “but we need him to tell the truth.
During her speech, Abrams talked about family values, farmers caught in a trade war, racism, immigration and the longest government shutdown in history.
“The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the United States,” she said.
Abrams also bashed Trump for the statement in his speech minutes earlier, when he vowed to get his border wall built.
“This administration chooses to cage children and keep families apart,” Abrams said. “America is made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls.”
Abrams went on to voice support for the Lgbtq community, and said the country must “call racism what it is, wrong.”
She concluded by saying she doesn’t want Trump to fail, “but we need him to tell the truth.
- 2/6/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Despite accusations of voter suppression and calls for a boycott from Judd Apatow and other top Hollywood figures, the film and television industry is unlikely to pull out of Georgia. Films such as “Venom” and shows such as “The Walking Dead” have been flocking to the Peach State for years, drawn by its generous tax incentives and seasoned crews.
However, that relationship has been strained by the election of Brian Kemp as governor. The conservative Republican isn’t just raising the entertainment industry’s ire due to his views. Figures such as Apatow, Bradley Whitford, Alyssa Milano, and “Veep” producer Frank Rich are outraged over claims that Kemp used his position as secretary of state to purge the voter rolls and make it harder for minorities and supporters of his opponent Stacey Abrams to cast their ballot.
A successful boycott could rob Georgia of an estimated $2.7 billion in annual direct...
However, that relationship has been strained by the election of Brian Kemp as governor. The conservative Republican isn’t just raising the entertainment industry’s ire due to his views. Figures such as Apatow, Bradley Whitford, Alyssa Milano, and “Veep” producer Frank Rich are outraged over claims that Kemp used his position as secretary of state to purge the voter rolls and make it harder for minorities and supporters of his opponent Stacey Abrams to cast their ballot.
A successful boycott could rob Georgia of an estimated $2.7 billion in annual direct...
- 11/20/2018
- by Dave McNary and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Stacey Abrams still had options. As late as Friday morning, her campaign was considering multiple legal paths to challenging the certification of her Republican opponent in the Georgia gubernatorial race, Brian Kemp,. Abrams could have pushed for a new election in Georgia, an unprecedented step. Late Friday afternoon, Abrams gave a speech in which she concluded her historic run, but refused to credit Kemp as the true victor. “Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper,” she told her supporters. “As a woman of conscience and faith,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
A boycott against film and television production in Georgia is growing following the November 16 announcement that Democrat Stacey Abrams officially conceded to Republican Brian Kemp in the state’s gubernatorial election. Abrams, who was backed by such Hollywood heavyweights as Oprah Winfrey, said she plans to file a federal lawsuit over the “gross mismanagement of Georgia’s election system.”
The election had been mired in controversy over absentee and provisional ballots, including 27 counties having to conduct a second review of provisional ballots cast because would-be voters didn’t appear on the voter rolls.
Hollywood’s boycott against Georgia over the handling of election results was kickstarted by Frank Rich, an executive producer on HBO’s “Veep” and “Succession.” Rich reacted to Kemp’s impending victory by writing on social media, “If Kemp wins in Georgia, Hollywood should put its money where its mouth is and pull all production out of the state.
The election had been mired in controversy over absentee and provisional ballots, including 27 counties having to conduct a second review of provisional ballots cast because would-be voters didn’t appear on the voter rolls.
Hollywood’s boycott against Georgia over the handling of election results was kickstarted by Frank Rich, an executive producer on HBO’s “Veep” and “Succession.” Rich reacted to Kemp’s impending victory by writing on social media, “If Kemp wins in Georgia, Hollywood should put its money where its mouth is and pull all production out of the state.
- 11/19/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
After an uphill midterm election battle and a tight race that resulted in claims about voter suppression in Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams conceded to Republican Brian Kemp (who oversaw the election as Georgia’s secretary of state) in her efforts to become the first black female governor of the state. Despite not winning the post as governor amidst all the controversy, Abrams kept her head up and will continue her efforts to be the leader she is and was meant to be. More than that, she addressed Hollywood’s pushback against the state which has become an epicenter of production for the industry.
“I appreciate the calls to action, but I ask all of our entertainment industry friends to support #FairFightGA – but please do not #boycottgeorgia,” Abrams wrote on Twitter. “The hard-working Georgians who serve on crews & make a living here are not to blame. I promise: We will fight – and we will win.
“I appreciate the calls to action, but I ask all of our entertainment industry friends to support #FairFightGA – but please do not #boycottgeorgia,” Abrams wrote on Twitter. “The hard-working Georgians who serve on crews & make a living here are not to blame. I promise: We will fight – and we will win.
- 11/19/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Although she acknowledged that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp would be certified as Georgia governor, Stacey Abrams opened her defiant speech announcing the end of her gubernatorial race with stories of voter irregularity and suppression that characterized the election.
“Georgia citizens tried to exercise their constitutional rights and were still denied the ability to elect their leaders. Under the watch of the now former Secretary of State, democracy failed Georgians of every political party, every race, every region,” she told the crowd of gathered supporters.
Abrams and Democrats had...
“Georgia citizens tried to exercise their constitutional rights and were still denied the ability to elect their leaders. Under the watch of the now former Secretary of State, democracy failed Georgians of every political party, every race, every region,” she told the crowd of gathered supporters.
Abrams and Democrats had...
- 11/17/2018
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday ended her efforts to become Georgia’s next governor, but used her final speech on the contest to bitterly complain about voter suppression in the state.
Abrams, who received heavy backing from Hollywood in her bid to become the nation’s first black female governor, detailed a litany of voter issues. She said citizens who tried to vote were denied their constitutional rights because polling places were understaffed, shut down, and were mismanaged. “Democracy failed in Georgia,” she said.
She also rebuked the “rotten and rigged” election process, alleging “systemic disenfranchisement” at the hands of her opponent, Republican Brian Kemp, who was also the state’s chief elections administrator.
“I acknowledge that former of Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election,” Abrams said. “But to watch an elected official, who claims to represent the people in the state,...
Abrams, who received heavy backing from Hollywood in her bid to become the nation’s first black female governor, detailed a litany of voter issues. She said citizens who tried to vote were denied their constitutional rights because polling places were understaffed, shut down, and were mismanaged. “Democracy failed in Georgia,” she said.
She also rebuked the “rotten and rigged” election process, alleging “systemic disenfranchisement” at the hands of her opponent, Republican Brian Kemp, who was also the state’s chief elections administrator.
“I acknowledge that former of Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election,” Abrams said. “But to watch an elected official, who claims to represent the people in the state,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Georgia gubernatorial race won’t be decided until at least Friday evening, and Democrats are doing all they can to ensure sure every vote is counted before the results are certified. On Wednesday, Stacey Abrams partnered with the Georgia Democratic Party to release a TV commercial encouraging voters to share stories of difficulties they may have encountered while trying to cast their ballot. “This election, was your voice heard?” the ad reads. “Too many were silenced. For every voice to be heard, every vote must be counted. Share your story.
- 11/14/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Federal judges have been a thorn in the side of Brian Kemp.
The Friday before the midterm elections, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ruled that the Georgia secretary of state’s controversial “exact match” voting law was discriminatory, ordering him to change it after expressing “grave concerns” about the “differential treatment inflicted on a group of individuals who are predominantly minorities.” As expected, Kemp’s gubernatorial race the following Tuesday against Democrat Stacey Abrams was too close to call, and as officials continue to sort through provisional ballots and otherwise unaccounted for votes,...
The Friday before the midterm elections, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ruled that the Georgia secretary of state’s controversial “exact match” voting law was discriminatory, ordering him to change it after expressing “grave concerns” about the “differential treatment inflicted on a group of individuals who are predominantly minorities.” As expected, Kemp’s gubernatorial race the following Tuesday against Democrat Stacey Abrams was too close to call, and as officials continue to sort through provisional ballots and otherwise unaccounted for votes,...
- 11/13/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Stacey Abrams isn’t giving up. The Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia filed a lawsuit Sunday insisting that provisional ballots in heavily Democratic counties around Atlanta be counted before the 2018 election is officially certified. The suit also asks that the deadline to certify the election, set for Tuesday, be extended by one day.
According to the Georgia Secretary of State, 21,190 provisional ballots were cast on November 6th — a number the Abrams campaign calls historic. “Each of these tens of thousands of ballots represents the voice of a Georgian voter,...
According to the Georgia Secretary of State, 21,190 provisional ballots were cast on November 6th — a number the Abrams campaign calls historic. “Each of these tens of thousands of ballots represents the voice of a Georgian voter,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
November 6th was a bad night for President Trump, no matter what he says. He now has to deal with a newly empowered opposition party with a mandate to check his myriad abuses and scandals. The rebuke wasn’t as harsh as it needed to be, though.
Trumpism, which is essentially short for “espousing racism,” continued to score well with the president’s base. Paired with the flaws in our democracy that help maintain white political power, it diluted a Democratic victory that should have been more absolute. Trumpism likely...
Trumpism, which is essentially short for “espousing racism,” continued to score well with the president’s base. Paired with the flaws in our democracy that help maintain white political power, it diluted a Democratic victory that should have been more absolute. Trumpism likely...
- 11/12/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
During the “New Rules” segment of “Real Time” on Friday, Bill Maher touched on the wild week that just ended, and how Trump’s behavior about pretty much everything is both terrifying — and exhausting enough to want to turn to narcotics for relief.
After first giving viewers his permission to take the rest of the year off from politics — and then calling Trump “the Santa Claus of chaos” and “the gift that never stops taking” — Maher reflected on the nonstop stress volcano of paying attention to politics during his administration.
“Each morning you confront the news, with the same thought that Stormy Daniels said she had when sat next to her on the bed: Ugh. Here we go,” Maher said. “Every day it seems like it’s the same thing. You open your news feed. Face-palm.”
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“Now,...
After first giving viewers his permission to take the rest of the year off from politics — and then calling Trump “the Santa Claus of chaos” and “the gift that never stops taking” — Maher reflected on the nonstop stress volcano of paying attention to politics during his administration.
“Each morning you confront the news, with the same thought that Stormy Daniels said she had when sat next to her on the bed: Ugh. Here we go,” Maher said. “Every day it seems like it’s the same thing. You open your news feed. Face-palm.”
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“Now,...
- 11/10/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
When Phil Murphy replaced Chris Christie as New Jersey Governor last January, the New Jersey film world did a complete 180. Christie, who infamously did battle with MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” killed the state’s film and TV tax incentive program and with it production in the Garden State. By July, Murphy had signed into law a robust $75 million a year incentive program that instantly put the state in direct competition with the overcrowded New York City production world. In just four months, it brought major Hollywood projects back across the Hudson River.
For producers and distributors’ bottom line, which is now being subsidized to the tune of well over a billion dollars a year by state tax incentive programs, elections matter. Over the last 10-15 years, virtually every state has dipped its toe in the enticing waters of luring stars and moviemaking by doling out millions to major studios, but...
For producers and distributors’ bottom line, which is now being subsidized to the tune of well over a billion dollars a year by state tax incentive programs, elections matter. Over the last 10-15 years, virtually every state has dipped its toe in the enticing waters of luring stars and moviemaking by doling out millions to major studios, but...
- 11/8/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Washington — The Florida gubernatorial race isn’t over yet. On Thursday afternoon, Democrat Andrew Gillum, who conceded defeat on Tuesday night, narrowed the margin between his vote tally and that ofRepublican Ron DeSantis. As of this writing, the discrepancy sits at just over 38,000 votes out of 8.2 million cast, giving Gillum 49.15 percent of the vote to DeSantis’ 49.62 percent, according the state’s elections division.
An automatic machine recount is automatically triggered under Florida law if the margin between two candidates’ share of the vote is with 0.5 percent. If the current vote tally stands or narrows further,...
An automatic machine recount is automatically triggered under Florida law if the margin between two candidates’ share of the vote is with 0.5 percent. If the current vote tally stands or narrows further,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Shortly before 2 a.m. Et Wednesday morning, when Stacey Abrams took to the podium in a still-packed Atlanta ballroom, she trailed voter-suppressing Republican Brian Kemp with 99 percent of the returns counted. But Abrams wasn’t about to concede. “Friends, we are still on the verge of victory,” she proclaimed. With thousands of absentee and provisional ballots still untallied, Abrams knew she still had a chance to whittle Kemp’s margin below 50 percent and trigger a runoff election in December. “We’re gonna have a chance to do a do-over,” she told her cheering supporters.
- 11/8/2018
- by Bob Moser
- Rollingstone.com
Georgia’s gubernatorial race drew two former presidents, A-list celebrities and the eye of every political watcher in the nation. By Wednesday morning, it was not yet over.
Republican Brian Kemp, the sitting secretary of state who did his level best to suppress and discourage high voter turnout, had earned 50.5 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting. That tally would give him just barely enough votes to avoid a runoff election. But Democrat Stacey Abrams, who received nearly 49 percent of the vote, had not yet conceded. Her campaign said...
Republican Brian Kemp, the sitting secretary of state who did his level best to suppress and discourage high voter turnout, had earned 50.5 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting. That tally would give him just barely enough votes to avoid a runoff election. But Democrat Stacey Abrams, who received nearly 49 percent of the vote, had not yet conceded. Her campaign said...
- 11/7/2018
- by Jamil Smith and Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
“Welcome to Late Night live tonight – and when has That ever gone wrong for NBC?” Seth Meyers said in kicking off his midterms show, joined by a photo of Kanye West from his recent appearance on Saturday Night Live.
“Late Night can now project that bourbon has defeated Xanax,” Meyers said in his show’s first, exclusive, voting results.
Looking across the night, Meyers noted voters in Georgia had to wait hours in line because power cords were not provided for voting machines in a primarily African American neighborhood.
“Wow I knew Brian Kemp would try to strip black people of the power to vote. I didn’t know he would literally take away their power to vote,” Meyers snarked.
While Dems won back control of the House for the first time in eight years, putting Trump’s agenda in serious danger, the party lost seats in the Senate, and...
“Late Night can now project that bourbon has defeated Xanax,” Meyers said in his show’s first, exclusive, voting results.
Looking across the night, Meyers noted voters in Georgia had to wait hours in line because power cords were not provided for voting machines in a primarily African American neighborhood.
“Wow I knew Brian Kemp would try to strip black people of the power to vote. I didn’t know he would literally take away their power to vote,” Meyers snarked.
While Dems won back control of the House for the first time in eight years, putting Trump’s agenda in serious danger, the party lost seats in the Senate, and...
- 11/7/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
A glass ceiling nearly was broken Tuesday night as America would have had its first African-American woman governor if Stacey Abrams had won elected in the great state of Georgia — and, in a race still too close to call, that still might happen.
On the last day of a hotly contested race and a day of poll problems in the Peach State, the Oprah-supported Abrams refused to concede to Republican Brian Kemp. Once the remaining uncounted ballots are analyzed, the next stage could be a recount. If the slightly-ahead Kemp dips below 50% a runoff could be in the cards.
Promising a “do-over” and to help her state’s citizens “live your best lives,” Abrams tonight said that “we believe our dream of a stronger Georgia is just within reach, but we cannot seize it until all the voices are heard.
“I’m not going to name names, but some have...
On the last day of a hotly contested race and a day of poll problems in the Peach State, the Oprah-supported Abrams refused to concede to Republican Brian Kemp. Once the remaining uncounted ballots are analyzed, the next stage could be a recount. If the slightly-ahead Kemp dips below 50% a runoff could be in the cards.
Promising a “do-over” and to help her state’s citizens “live your best lives,” Abrams tonight said that “we believe our dream of a stronger Georgia is just within reach, but we cannot seize it until all the voices are heard.
“I’m not going to name names, but some have...
- 11/7/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
After numerous amount of nail-biting races, the midterm elections are starting to wrap up. The Democrats may have taken control of the House of Representatives, but the Republicans retained control of Senate and Sarah Huckabee Sanders came forward to go give us an update on what Donald Trump was doing Tuesday night as the results were announced.
Republicans Mike Braun and Kevin Cramer will defeat Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp and Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded to Gop’s Ron DeSantis for the race for Governor. As more Republicans won Senate and Governor races, Trump had some calls to make.
“Tonight, President Trump called Leader Mitch McConnell to congratulate him on the historic senate gains,” Sanders told the White House Press Pool. “He also spoke with Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The President called to congratulate Rick Scott, Mike DeWine, Kevin Cramer, Josh Hawley, Brian Kemp,...
Republicans Mike Braun and Kevin Cramer will defeat Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp and Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded to Gop’s Ron DeSantis for the race for Governor. As more Republicans won Senate and Governor races, Trump had some calls to make.
“Tonight, President Trump called Leader Mitch McConnell to congratulate him on the historic senate gains,” Sanders told the White House Press Pool. “He also spoke with Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The President called to congratulate Rick Scott, Mike DeWine, Kevin Cramer, Josh Hawley, Brian Kemp,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Worries of voter suppression has been a part of the gubernatorial race in the great state of Georgia since Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp secured their respective party’s nominations – and today it looks like problems are popping up all over the Peach State.
Shuttered polling stations, broken voting machines and claims of hacking are marring the contest in Hollywood South already and leading to long long lines for hopeful voters. Add to that the fact that many, including the likes of former President and Georgia native Jimmy Carter and Oprah Winfrey, have called out the apparent contradiction of Kemp holding the job of the state’s chief electoral administrator in the tight race with Abrams.
Just as polls start closing in Georgia, the problems that people are experiencing has an Oscar winner, the creator and one of the stars of Queen Sugar, the co-star of A Star Is Born,...
Shuttered polling stations, broken voting machines and claims of hacking are marring the contest in Hollywood South already and leading to long long lines for hopeful voters. Add to that the fact that many, including the likes of former President and Georgia native Jimmy Carter and Oprah Winfrey, have called out the apparent contradiction of Kemp holding the job of the state’s chief electoral administrator in the tight race with Abrams.
Just as polls start closing in Georgia, the problems that people are experiencing has an Oscar winner, the creator and one of the stars of Queen Sugar, the co-star of A Star Is Born,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It appears that Brian Kemp almost suppressed his own ability to vote. The Georgia gubernatorial candidate — who also serves as the state’s secretary of state, meaning he oversees the state’s election system — has long been under fire for his voter suppression tactics. Polling just about dead even with Democrat Stacey Abrams, Kemp has withstood fierce criticism, as well as multiple lawsuits, as he has refused to recuse himself from overseeing his own election. Last month, Rolling Stone obtained audio of Kemp expressing concern over Georgia exercising their right to vote.
- 11/7/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Three million more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump in 2016. This has long been a sore spot for the president, who has justified the discrepancy by claiming that the election was rigged in Clinton’s favor, that foreign hackers were working to install her in the White House and that widespread voter fraud was taking place at polling stations across the United States. “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Samantha Bee attempted to cut through the “phantasmagoria of lies and racism and scare-mongering” that’s dominated the 2018 midterm election cycle – as well as the last two years – and encourage viewers to vote on Full Frontal Monday.
Bee opened her show with a segment that touched on some of the biggest congressional and gubernatorial races in the country. She also called out President Trump for “whipping up a racist frenzy” during the final days of the campaign, cracking, “Trump is like a magician who distracts from the card up his...
Bee opened her show with a segment that touched on some of the biggest congressional and gubernatorial races in the country. She also called out President Trump for “whipping up a racist frenzy” during the final days of the campaign, cracking, “Trump is like a magician who distracts from the card up his...
- 11/6/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
On Sunday, Georgia Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp announced he has opened an investigation into what he claimed was a “failed attempt to hack the state’s voter registration system” by the Democratic party. Kemp provided no evidence to support his claim, nor did he specify exactly what crime was committed.
Kemp’s Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams first heard about the allegations during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.
“My reaction would be this is a desperate attempt on the...
Kemp’s Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams first heard about the allegations during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.
“My reaction would be this is a desperate attempt on the...
- 11/4/2018
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Advocates of full and unrestricted voting rights in Georgia won a significant victory in federal court on Friday that will give relief to more than 3,000 naturalized citizens who had been blocked from casting a regular ballot in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The ruling represents a defeat for both Brian Kemp — currently Georgia’s Secretary of State and the Republican gubernatorial nominee — as well as the controversial “exact match” law that he has used to suspend tens of thousands of voter applications this cycle.
U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross,...
U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Hours after Oprah Winfrey supported Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams at a campaign event, Stephen Colbert analyzed the mega-celebrity’s political impact during Thursday’s Late Show.
Winfrey claimed during her impassioned speech that she isn’t testing the waters for a presidential run, telling the crowd, “I want to make it very clear to all the press, everybody that I’m not here because I’m making some grand stand because I’m thinking about running myself. I don’t want to run, Ok?” But Colbert shot down that idea point-blank,...
Winfrey claimed during her impassioned speech that she isn’t testing the waters for a presidential run, telling the crowd, “I want to make it very clear to all the press, everybody that I’m not here because I’m making some grand stand because I’m thinking about running myself. I don’t want to run, Ok?” But Colbert shot down that idea point-blank,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
“Fox & Friends” swung into action Friday after Oprah Winfrey’s strong embrace of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, with one guest warning viewers that the daytime queen was being used to as a left-wing prop to promote Socialism.
“I don’t think that her platform will help,” said Gop strategist Jenna Ellis. “Oprah really represents the far left’s socialist agenda and that’s not going to resonate in the mid-terms with the American family that cares about money in their pockets, cares about the economy, cares about the things that President Trump has done in terms of putting America first.”
Ellis said that Georgia voters would be much more inclined to embrace hard right religious figures James Dobson and Franklin Graham who would promote traditional “family values.”
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“That’s going to...
“I don’t think that her platform will help,” said Gop strategist Jenna Ellis. “Oprah really represents the far left’s socialist agenda and that’s not going to resonate in the mid-terms with the American family that cares about money in their pockets, cares about the economy, cares about the things that President Trump has done in terms of putting America first.”
Ellis said that Georgia voters would be much more inclined to embrace hard right religious figures James Dobson and Franklin Graham who would promote traditional “family values.”
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“That’s going to...
- 11/2/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Oprah Winfrey is going door to door to get Georgia voters to go to the polls on Tuesday.
The media mogul, who made a rare campaign appearance for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Thursday, is continuing to canvas for the politician days before the state election on Nov. 6.
In an effort to get people to vote for Abrams, who is running against the Trump-endorsed Republican Brian Kemp, Winfrey canvassed door-to-door in the suburbs of Georgia. In a videos shared on Thursday via Winfrey and Abrams' Instagram pages, the TV host is seen literally knocking on the front door and ...
The media mogul, who made a rare campaign appearance for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Thursday, is continuing to canvas for the politician days before the state election on Nov. 6.
In an effort to get people to vote for Abrams, who is running against the Trump-endorsed Republican Brian Kemp, Winfrey canvassed door-to-door in the suburbs of Georgia. In a videos shared on Thursday via Winfrey and Abrams' Instagram pages, the TV host is seen literally knocking on the front door and ...
- 11/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey hit Georgia on Thursday to campaign for Stacey Abrams, a longtime Democratic state lawmaker hoping to become the first black female governor in American history.
As Winfrey stumped for Abrams in the state, Veep Mike Pence was nearby to deliver some of his very best insults to the talk-show host billionaire on behalf of Abrams’ political opponent, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
“I was sitting at home in California, minding my own business, but I could not stop hearing about what’s going on down here,” Winfrey said, charming the crowd that had gathered to see her.
“You are on the precipice of an historical election,” she said, assuring them, “Nobody paid for me to come here; nobody even asked me to come here. I paid for myself and I approve this message.”
Abrams is running on a campaign that includes Medicaid expansion and “common-sense gun control,...
As Winfrey stumped for Abrams in the state, Veep Mike Pence was nearby to deliver some of his very best insults to the talk-show host billionaire on behalf of Abrams’ political opponent, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
“I was sitting at home in California, minding my own business, but I could not stop hearing about what’s going on down here,” Winfrey said, charming the crowd that had gathered to see her.
“You are on the precipice of an historical election,” she said, assuring them, “Nobody paid for me to come here; nobody even asked me to come here. I paid for myself and I approve this message.”
Abrams is running on a campaign that includes Medicaid expansion and “common-sense gun control,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Georgia’s hot governor’s race is about to get Oprah’ed. Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams’ camp said Wednesday that Oprah Winfrey will join Abrams for a pair of town halls Thursday as her race against Republican opponent Brian Kemp enters the final days ahead of Tuesday’s elections.
Winfrey is the latest high-profile Hollywood figure to go all-in for Abrams, whose candidacy has risen to national prominence as the former state legislator and Yale Law School graduate became the first African American woman to become a major party nominee for U.S. governor, and is vying to be Georgia’s first black governor.
Both town halls — one in Cobb County and one in DeKalb County — have been sold out, according to Abrams’ campaign.
Big News: @Oprah is on #TeamAbrams—and she's coming to Georgia on Thursday, 11/1, to help us Get Out The Vote!
We will host two town halls in Marietta & Decatur Tomorrow.
Winfrey is the latest high-profile Hollywood figure to go all-in for Abrams, whose candidacy has risen to national prominence as the former state legislator and Yale Law School graduate became the first African American woman to become a major party nominee for U.S. governor, and is vying to be Georgia’s first black governor.
Both town halls — one in Cobb County and one in DeKalb County — have been sold out, according to Abrams’ campaign.
Big News: @Oprah is on #TeamAbrams—and she's coming to Georgia on Thursday, 11/1, to help us Get Out The Vote!
We will host two town halls in Marietta & Decatur Tomorrow.
- 10/31/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Former President Jimmy Carter weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Georgia gubernatorial race, calling for Republican nominee Brian Kemp — who oversees elections as Georgia’s secretary of state — to resign from his position. “I have officially observed scores of doubtful elections in many countries, and one of the key requirements for a fair and trusted process is that there be non-biased supervision of the electoral process,” Carter wrote in a note obtained by the Associated Press.
Georgia’s governor race has drawn headlines throughout the heated midterm cycle for...
Georgia’s governor race has drawn headlines throughout the heated midterm cycle for...
- 10/29/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
On Friday night’s episode of “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert opened his monologue by pummeling Donald Trump and the rest of the Republicans for trying to act like they haven’t spent years trying to repeal Obamacare and ensure that health insurance providers didn’t have to provide coverage for pre-existing conditions.
“Polls indicate that health care is the number one issue for voters. That shows how hopeful Americans are. Donald Trump is president, and they still want to live,” Colbert quipped. “Good for you. Good for you.
“Americans like certain aspects of Obamacare a lot. A recent poll showed a full 90 percent of people said it was either somewhat or very important that the law protect people with pre-existing conditions. 90 percent! Nothing in America is that popular. That’s the Tom Hanks with fudge sauce of Obamacare provisions.”
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“Polls indicate that health care is the number one issue for voters. That shows how hopeful Americans are. Donald Trump is president, and they still want to live,” Colbert quipped. “Good for you. Good for you.
“Americans like certain aspects of Obamacare a lot. A recent poll showed a full 90 percent of people said it was either somewhat or very important that the law protect people with pre-existing conditions. 90 percent! Nothing in America is that popular. That’s the Tom Hanks with fudge sauce of Obamacare provisions.”
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- 10/27/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
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