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Megyn Kelly Beaten on First Day Bestseller Lists by…Bernie Sanders, Bill O’Reilly, JK Rowling

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Megyn Kelly Beaten on First Day Bestseller Lists by…Bernie Sanders, Bill O’Reilly, JK Rowling

Megyn Kelly came out of the gait Tuesday with a blitz of PR on Dr. Phil, CBS Morning News and other outlets. The top draw anchor on Fox News launched her book, “Settle for More,” with blasts at Fox News, Roger Ailes and Donald Trump. She was refreshingly candid and seemed like a person who is about change jobs.

So, how’d she do? Did “Settle for More” zoom to number 1? It did not. I’m surprised, too. But Kelly’s book is number 5 on amazon.com and number 9 on Barnes & Noble’s website. Those sites are the fastest measurement of a topical book’s appeal.

And who beat Megyn to number 1? Why, Bernie Sanders is number 1. I didn’t even know he had a book out yesterday. It’s called “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In” and it’s published by Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Press. It’s number 1 on amazon and number 3 on Bn.com.

Between Megyn and Bernie is Megyn’s Fox nemesis, Bill O’Reilly, jockeying for position with his branded “Killing” series. This one is written by Martin Dugard. And JK Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts” tie in to her movie, coming out Friday, is also in the top five mix.

You gotta hand it to Bernie Sanders. The old boy is full of new tricks.

Critics Choice Awards Rescinds Mandy Patinkin’s “Homeland” Nomination, Michael McKean In

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Critics Choice Awards Rescinds Mandy Patinkin’s “Homeland” Nomination, Michael McKean In

Oy vey. The Critics Choice committee didn’t realize “Homeland” wasn’t eligible for this year’s awards. So they’ve rescinded Mandy Patinkin’s nomination and replaced him with Michael McKean, from “Better Call Saul.”

A few weeks ago, the Emmys took away Peter McNichol’s nomination for “Veep” and gave it to Peter Scolari from “Girls.” They said McNichol was a regular, not a guest star. And Scolari won! So who knows? Maybe McKean will win.

Tony and Emmy winner Mandy Patinkin, meantime, is above all of this anyway.

PS How nice for McKean, who stars in Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries and is beloved as Lenny from “Laverne & Shirley.”

here’s the memo:

To the Membership:

As “Homeland” concluded its fifth season on December 20, 2015, it is technically not eligible for this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards. While we anxiously await its season six premiere on January 15, we regretfully must rescind the previously announced nomination for Mandy Patinkin.

Replacing him as a nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama is the next highest vote getter, Michael McKean from “Better Call Saul.” We apologize for the error.

Sincerely,
The Board

Sting Chosen By Nobel Prize Committee to Perform at Ceremony for Bob Dylan, Nobel Winners in Stockholm

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Sting Chosen By Nobel Prize Committee to Perform at Ceremony for Bob Dylan, Nobel Winners in Stockholm

If Bob Dylan makes it to Stockholm for the Nobel Prize ceremony on December 11th, he’ll have some good entertainment. The committee has chosen Sting to be the entertainment for the evening. Up and comer Halsey and a group called Highasakite will open the show. Conan O’Brien will host.

Sting is an excellent choice because he’s such a huge humanitarian and has lent himself to a number of causes including Amnesty International and the Rainforest Foundation. That should be some night. And no doubt Sting will perform a Dylan song– you could totally imagine his version of “Forever Young.”

Here are all the winners, not just Bob Dylan
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016
David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz
“for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa
“for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016
Yoshinori Ohsumi
“for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016
Bob Dylan
“for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

The Nobel Peace Prize 2016
Juan Manuel Santos
“for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström
“for their contributions to contract theory”

People’s Choice Awards: Host Network CBS Has All Five Nominees for Best TV Crime Dramatic Actor

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People’s Choice Awards: Host Network CBS Has All Five Nominees for Best TV Crime Dramatic Actor

The People have spoken! The nominees for the sketchy People’s Choice Awards are out, and they are worth looking at. CBS hosts the show, and they have all five of the nominees for Best TV Crime Drama Actor. Is that even possible? Are these even dramatic actors? They are: Chris O’Donnell, Donnie Wahlberg, LL Cool J, Mark Harmon, and Tom Selleck. Hmmmm… CBS is the number 1 network, but these nominations really underscore their prevalence of crime dramas and not much else. In comedy CBS is relying on “The Big Bang Theory.” I’m surprised there hasn’t been an “NCIS”-“Big Bang Theory” cross over! The rest of these nominations are well….I love the categories. They’ve broken them down into so many kinds of TV shows and platforms, it’s very amusing.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 Nominees:

MOVIES

FAVORITE MOVIE

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Finding Dory

Suicide Squad

Zootopia

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR

Kevin Hart

Robert Downey Jr.

Ryan Reynolds

Tom Hanks

Will Smith

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS

Anna Kendrick

Jennifer Lawrence

Margot Robbie

Melissa McCarthy

Scarlett Johansson

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Suicide Squad

X-Men: Apocalypse

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTOR

Chris Evans

Liam Hemsworth

Robert Downey Jr.

Ryan Reynolds

Will Smith

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence

Margot Robbie

Scarlett Johansson

Shailene Woodley

Zoe Saldana

FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE VOICE

Bill Murray in The Jungle Book

Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory

Ginnifer Goodwin in Zootopia

Jason Bateman in Zootopia

Kevin Hart in The Secret Life of Pets

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE

Bad Moms

Central Intelligence

Ghostbusters

How to Be Single

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR

Chris Hemsworth

Dwayne Johnson

Kevin Hart

Ryan Gosling

Zac Efron

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS

Anna Kendrick

Kristen Bell

Kristen Wiig

Melissa McCarthy

Rebel Wilson

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE

Deepwater Horizon

Me Before You

Miracles From Heaven

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Sully

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTOR

Ben Affleck

Chris Pine

George Clooney

Mark Wahlberg

Tom Hanks

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTRESS

Amy Adams

Blake Lively

Emily Blunt

Julia Roberts

Meryl Streep

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Finding Dory

The Jungle Book

The Secret Life of Pets

Zootopia

FAVORITE THRILLER MOVIE

The Conjuring 2

The Girl on the Train

Nerve

The Purge: Election Year

The Shallows

FAVORITE MOVIE ICON

Denzel Washington

Johnny Depp

Samuel L. Jackson

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

TV

FAVORITE TV SHOW

The Big Bang Theory

Grey’s Anatomy

Outlander

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

FAVORITE NETWORK TV COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory

Black-ish

Jane the Virgin

Modern Family

New Girl

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTOR

Andy Samberg

Anthony Anderson

Jim Parsons

Matthew Perry

Tim Allen

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS

Anna Faris

Gina Rodriguez

Kaley Cuoco

Sofia Vergara

Zooey Deschanel

FAVORITE NETWORK TV DRAMA

Chicago Fire

Empire

Grey’s Anatomy

How to Get Away with Murder

Quantico

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR

Jesse Williams

Justin Chambers

Scott Foley

Taylor Kinney

Terrence Howard

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS

Ellen Pompeo

Kerry Washington

Priyanka Chopra

Taraji P. Henson

Viola Davis

FAVORITE CABLE TV COMEDY

Atlanta

Baby Daddy

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Real Husbands of Hollywood

Younger

FAVORITE CABLE TV DRAMA

The Americans

Bates Motel

Mr. Robot

Pretty Little Liars

Queen Sugar

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTOR

Adam Devine

Freddie Highmore

Kevin Hart

Rami Malek

Zach Galifianakis

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTRESS

Ashley Benson

Hilary Duff

Keri Russell

Lucy Hale

Vera Farmiga

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA

The Blacklist

Criminal Minds

Law & Order: SVU

Lucifer

NCIS

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTOR

Chris O’Donnell

Donnie Wahlberg

LL Cool J

Mark Harmon

Tom Selleck

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTRESS

Jennifer Lopez

Lucy Liu

Mariska Hargitay

Pauley Perrette

Sophia Bush

FAVORITE PREMIUM DRAMA SERIES

Homeland

House of Cards

Narcos

Orange is the New Black

Power

FAVORITE PREMIUM COMEDY SERIES

Fuller House

The Mindy Project

Shameless

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Veep

FAVORITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTOR

Aziz Ansari

Dwayne Johnson

Joshua Jackson

Kevin Spacey

Nick Jonas

FAVORITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTRESS

Claire Danes

Jane Fonda

Julia Louis Dreyfus

Sarah Jessica Parker

Taylor Schilling

FAVORITE NETWORK SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

Arrow

The Flash

Once Upon a Time

Supernatural

The Vampire Diaries

FAVORITE CABLE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

American Horror Story

Orphan Black

Shadowhunters

Teen Wolf

The Walking Dead

FAVORITE PREMIUM SCI-FI/FANTASY SERIES

Game of Thrones

Marvel’s Luke Cage

Outlander

Stranger Things

Westworld

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTOR

Andrew Lincoln

Ian Somerhalder

Jensen Ackles

Sam Heughan

Tyler Posey

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTRESS

Caitriona Balfe

Emilia Clarke

Jennifer Morrison

Lauren Cohan

Millie Bobby Brown

FAVORITE COMPETITION TV SHOW

America’s Got Talent

American Ninja Warrior

Dancing with the Stars

Masterchef

The Voice

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOST

Dr. Phil

Ellen DeGeneres

Kelly Ripa

Rachael Ray

Steve Harvey

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOSTING TEAM

The Chew

Good Morning America

The Talk

Today

The View

FAVORITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST

Conan O’Brien

James Corden

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel

Stephen Colbert

FAVORITE ANIMATED TV SHOW

American Dad!

Bob’s Burgers

Family Guy

The Simpsons

South Park

FAVORITE ACTOR IN A NEW TV SERIES

Damon Wayans

Kevin James

Kiefer Sutherland

Matt LeBlanc

Milo Ventimiglia

FAVORITE ACTRESS IN A NEW TV SERIES

Jordana Brewster

Kristen Bell

Mandy Moore

Minnie Driver

Piper Perabo

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY

American Housewife

The Good Place

The Great Indoors

Kevin Can Wait

Man with a Plan

Son of Zorn

Speechless

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA

Bull

Conviction

Designated Survivor

The Exorcist

Frequency

Lethal Weapon

MacGyver

No Tomorrow

Notorious

Pitch

Pure Genius

This Is Us

Timeless

MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST

Blake Shelton

Drake

Justin Timberlake

Shawn Mendes

The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST

Adele

Ariana Grande

Beyonce

Britney Spears

Rihanna

FAVORITE GROUP

The Chainsmokers

Coldplay

Fifth Harmony

Panic! at the Disco

Twenty One Pilots

FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST

Alessia Cara

The Chainsmokers

DNCE

Niall Horan

Zayn

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Blake Shelton

Keith Urban

Luke Bryan

Sam Hunt

Tim McGraw

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Carrie Underwood

Dolly Parton

Kelsea Ballerini

Miranda Lambert

Reba McEntire

FAVORITE COUNTRY GROUP

The Band Perry

Florida Georgia Line

Little Big Town

Lonestar

Zac Brown Band

FAVORITE POP ARTIST

Adele

Ariana Grande

Britney Spears

Justin Timberlake

Sia

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST

DJ Khaled

G-Eazy

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Wiz Khalifa

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST

Beyonce

Drake

Rihanna

Usher

The Weeknd

FAVORITE ALBUM

Anti / Rihanna

Dangerous Woman / Ariana Grande

If I’m Honest / Blake Shelton

Lemonade / Beyonce

Views / Drake

FAVORITE SONG

“Can’t Stop the Feeling” / Justin Timberlake

“No” / Meghan Trainor

“One Dance” / Drake feat. Kyla and Wizkid“Pillowtalk” Zayn

“Work” / Rihanna feat. Drake

DIGITAL

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY

Britney Spears

Kim Kardashian

Lady Gaga

Shakira

Stephen Amell

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR

Baby Ariel

Cameron Dallas

Jacob Sartorius

Liza Koshy

Nash Grier

FAVORITE YOUTUBE STAR

Lilly Singh

Miranda Sings

PewDiePie

Shane Dawson

Tyler Oakley

FAVORITE COMEDIC COLLABORATION

Conan O’Brien’s Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart

Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears’ Mall Mischief

James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke with Adele

Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum

Saturday Night Live with Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon

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Megyn Kelly Says Fox News Chief Roger Ailes “Fell into Ill Health,” Was In and Out of Office for Medical Treatments, Used a Walker “For a Time”

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Megyn Kelly Says Fox News Chief Roger Ailes “Fell into Ill Health,” Was In and Out of Office for Medical Treatments, Used a Walker “For a Time”

Megyn Kelly’s new book “Settle for More” will either make her very popular or very unpopular in the Fox News building on Sixth Avenue today.

Her stories of harassment by former Fox News chief Roger Ailes are everywhere, and growing. She isn’t leaving a stone unturned. She even throws into the story that Ailes “was in and out of the office for medical treatments, using a walker for a time…”

Kelly recalls in the book that when Gretchen Carlson filed suit against Ailes this summer, it reawakened her told treatment by him. But being disloyal would be a problem.

She writes: I understood my colleagues’ wanting to defend Roger, since loyalty was an absolute job requirement. So was saying nice things about Roger (indeed, failing to compliment him enthusiastically in any press interview would always result in a rebuke).

Indeed, when Kelly first met Ailes, this is what she had thought: The previous year, after then– Fox News anchor Paula Zahn received an offer from CNN, Roger fired her, sued her, and publicly ridiculed her (saying “a dead raccoon” could have outrated her). The Associated Press ran a story about the bare-knuckled campaign against Zahn, concluding, “The underlying message seems clear: It’s not wise to cross Roger Ailes.” Got it, I thought to myself. Not planning to do that.”

Finally, Fox News, she said, started getting their ducks in a row to defend Ailes. “[They were] commencing an intense campaign inside Fox News to get the talent to speak out publicly on his behalf. I was approached several times, and several times I refused. There was no way I was going to lie to protect him. When I refused, he engineered hit pieces about me online, which cited “Fox News insiders,” to suggest that I was being “selfish” for not defending him or looking to improve “my brand” by having a “feminist moment.” It wasn’t true, and it didn’t work.”

By the way, Kelly cites Ailes’ obsession with Gabriel Sherman’s book about him:

“In 2012, I learned that a reporter for New York magazine was writing a book about Roger. This reporter was no fan of Fox News, and certainly not of Roger’s, and Roger became very focused on the project. He seemed to live in constant fear of it. He was so agitated about the book, I began to wonder whether he had something to hide— …When the book came out, it hit Roger on every subject imaginable, but included only one notable reference to an inappropriate incident with a woman— from thirty years earlier.”

Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Says She Told Jon Stewart: “I’m not Bill O’Reilly! I’m a journalist”

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Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Says She Told Jon Stewart: “I’m not Bill O’Reilly! I’m a journalist”

Megyn Kelly’s book is out this morning and there’s plenty to read. “Settle for More” from HarperCollins– owned by Rupert Murdoch, as is Fox News– is like a box of chocolates.

One exchange involves Jon Stewart, the comedian pundit and host of The Daily Show. Kelly says that in a phone call. Stewart complained that she didn’t respond to his nightly volleys. This one was about a segment she’d done on maternity leave.

“I’m not Bill O’Reilly,” I explained to him. “I’m a journalist. Most of the people you hit are journalists. What are we going to do, take time away from talking about Syria to address something on Comedy Central? Am I going to have my team waste their time pulling more complete clips to prove your cherry-picked clips are wrong? That’s not what newspeople do. We don’t have the staff or the platforms for that. We’re trying to actually report the news.”

Stewart and I did have one funny exchange in that call he made to me. “You are the one person at Fox News I actually respect,” he confessed toward the end, in an apparent moment of weakness. “I hate myself for loving that,” I responded in a weak moment of my own.

Oscars Update: “Manchester” and “La La Land” Are Still in the Lead, with Scorsese’s “Silence” a Question Mark

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Oscars Update: “Manchester” and “La La Land” Are Still in the Lead, with Scorsese’s “Silence” a Question Mark

Yes, it’s time to catch up with the Oscars. Many movies have been seen, but several haven’t yet– at least by the public. And some no one’s seen– meaning Martin Scorsese’s “Silence.” And some were good to talk about but they weren’t as rich as their elements.

My thoughts for mid November:

BEST PICTURE

La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, 20th Century Women, Sully and Lion all seem like they’re in. Fences has had one great screening in Los Angeles. We’ll see it in New York shortly. That makes six. Now what? Moonlight looks very certain, and its growing box office is helping the cause. Nocturnal Animals is very strong. That’s eight. My guess is Silence has a strong shot. Also out there: Hidden Figures.

That’s a very nice group of films, by the way.

BEST ACTOR

A toss up category. Casey Affleck in “Manchester” is the front runner. Tom Hanks as “Sully” is not far behind. I’m hearing Denzel Washington for “Fences,” which makes sense. And then what? Ryan Gosling could make it in with “La La Land.” I really love Warren Beatty in “Rules Don’t Apply.” We don’t know yet what Liam Neeson does in “Silence.”

BEST ACTRESS

This is the year of the actress! Emma Stone in “La La Land.” Annette Bening in “20th Century Women.” Amy Adams in “Arrival” or “Nocturnal Animals.” And then we have Meryl Streep, so good in “Florence Foster Jenkins,” Helen Mirren rocking “Eye in the Sky” and Taraji P. Henson in “Hidden Figures.” I really think Viola Davis should have stayed in this category. But she went Supporting. For now. Plus Isabelle Huppert is a killer in “Elle.” Lots of choices. Very hard. If it had done better, Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” might have opened a slot for Kristen Stewart. Excellent work.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight” just jumps out at you. Dev Patel — not sure if he’s lead or supporting, but he’s integral to “Lion.” Billy Crudup is terrific in “20th Century Women.” Hugh Grant very strong in “FFJ.” And then who? Lucas Hedges and Kyle Chandler are magnificent in “Manchester.” Hard to choose between them. Jake Gyllenhaal is outstanding in “Nocturnal Animals” but so is Michael Shannon. (He may be the surprise of the year.) We’re waiting to see what Andrew Garfield does in “Silence.”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis is already getting raves for “Fences,” and frankly, you can see this coming from a mile away. But there are other terrific turns. Nicole Kidman has a speech in “Lion” that ensures a spot. Michelle Williams has her own amazing moment in “Manchester.”  Naomie Harris is profound in “Moonlight.” Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning are each stunning in “20th Century Women.” Margo Martindale is sensational in “The Hollars,” which I hope Academy members will watch on DVD. And then there’s Janelle Monae in both “Moonlight” and “Hidden Figures,” and former winner Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures.”

So stay tuned, there’s more to come…

Oscars: Empire’s Cookie, Taraji P. Henson, Throws Her Hat in the Race with “Hidden Figures”

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Oscars: Empire’s Cookie, Taraji P. Henson, Throws Her Hat in the Race with “Hidden Figures”

Donald Trump? They said he’d never be president. And look what happened.

“Empire”‘s Cookie, wife of Lucious, matriarch of TV’s craziest nighttime family? Her portrayer, Taraji P. Henson, can’t get an Emmy for all that fun. But she could get an Oscar nomination for her lead role in “Hidden Figures.” (The studio is also pushing Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and singer Janelle Monae in Supporting.)

The first screening of this much anticipated drama was held last night in Los Angeles, and the reaction was tremendous, eliciting a rapturous reception from the industry packed crowd. Directed, produced and co-written by the talented director of “St. Vincent” Theodore Melfi, the film tells the untold story of three brilliant African American women, Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) who were an integral part of the NASA team to launch John Glenn into orbit.

The film also stars Kevin Costner as the irascible boss Al Harrison, Jim Parsons and Kirsten Dunst as their co-workers, Mahershala Ali (a knockout in “Moonlight”), wonderfully elegant as Katherine’s husband, and Glen Powell (who stole Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some” earlier this year) who conveys John Glenn’s appeal and heroism perfectly. 

At the Q&A afterwards, the cast revealed none of them knew this story actually happened.  Octavia noted, “I thought it was fiction, that’s a great idea.  Don’t they know it didn’t happen?”  The project came to Melfi and literally at the last minute he turned the newest “Spider Man” movie down to do this.  Said Ted, “I read it and said, oh shit, I have to do this.”

Kevin Costner, heaping praise on Ted, explained his struggle with the role.  “I was the last person cast.  The scales came off my eyes with this film.  I was ashamed at not knowing this story one minute and thrilled the next that it’s finally being told.  I was having trouble getting a grip on this role.  I called Ted and told him this dude is schizophrenic.  Once Ted told me that he was a compilation of three guys, then it all came together.”

Politics did come up last night.  Jim Parsons noted, “It’s not fun being on the wrong side of history either on this film or in real life.  So gratifying even to be a part of this story.” Octavia added, “I was really depressed and felt like I was living in an America I didn’t know. I realized that if these women, who lived in a de facto segregated and blatantly sexist and racist time, could help put men in space, then we can vote them out in two years.  This is a call to action, we can galvanize.”

Costner became wistful as he talked about his love of movies. “Movies work at their very best when they become about moments. We learned to kiss from the movies; we were disappointed when we realized we couldn’t be James Bond, moments we’ll never forget.  I’ve had enough attention for a lifetime.  To be able to be a bit of support for this movie are memories I’ll have for the rest of my life.  This is a good moment for me.”

Singer Janelle Monae– who’s also stunning in “Moonlight” this season– summed it up wonderfully by saying, “We all wanted to make those ladies proud, we didn’t want their stories to be hidden anymore.”  Not going to happen. “Hidden Figures,” opens in limited release on December 25th and goes nationwide on January 6th, 2017. The film is a gem, a sure awards contender and truly not to be missed. The music, by Pharrell Williams, is fantastic too. Check out “I See A Victory,” sung by Kim Burrell and Pharrell, and “Running,” sung by Pharrell below.

P.S. from RF– love this song. Love it.

Reviled Trump Appointee Stephen Bannon Once Worked in Hollywood, Produced Sean Penn Movie

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Reviled Trump Appointee Stephen Bannon Once Worked in Hollywood, Produced Sean Penn Movie

Stephen K. Bannon, the reviled Trump appointee, had a long history in Hollywood before joining Breitbart News and then the Trump campaign.

Long before he was known as anti-Semite or white nationalist, Bannon lurked around in Tinseltown. His name is listed on two movies, back to back, as Executive Producer.

The first one was Sean Penn’s “The Indian Runner,” from 1991. Penn directed the film that starred David Morse. It’s hard to believe Bannon and Penn had much to say to each other. Penn is avowed liberal, and half-Jewish. He’s also a man of principle.

Bannon was also involved with Julie Taymor’s 1999 film “Titus,” starring Jessica Lange and Anthony Hopkins, adapted from Shakespeare. Bannon’s partners on that film included Paul Allen and his sister Jody Patton. Again, hard to imagine those conversations.

In both films, Bannon was partnered as executive producer with attorney Mark Bisgeier, who has worked in Washington for the Obama administration and in Los Angeles. In 2015, records show he donated $2,700 to the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Bannon worked for a time at Castle Rock, Rob Reiner’s production company. Reiner couldn’t be farther from Bannon on any subject. There’s some non specific talk about Bannon getting a piece of “Seinfeld,” which was produced by Castle Rock.

In 1996, Bannon was accused by his wife of attacking her. The case was dropped when she didn’t show up in court. She also claimed that Bannon said he didn’t want his kids going to school with Jewish kids.

It’s hard to imagine how any of these people worked with Bannon, or how Trump plans on working with now. Like him or not, that simply is not Donald Trump’s temperament.

Gwen Ifill Dies at 61, Respected Journalist Joined PBS and NBC From NY Times, Wash Post

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Gwen Ifill Dies at 61, Respected Journalist Joined PBS and NBC From NY Times, Wash Post

Gwen Ifill has died after a long battle with breast cancer. The PBS journalist was 61 years old, much too young. This is just a shame. She was one of the most respected journalists in the world.

Ifill was the host with Judy Woodruff of PBS Newshour and also hosted Washington Week on the network. She’d previously been on air contributor on NBC, and was heralded as a print columnist for both the New York Times and Washington Post.

Considering what we’re in the middle, this is a terrible loss for the press, and for the country. Condolences to her friends and family.

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