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@neal_katyal
Jamie Raskin delivered a closing that rose to the moment in history. His words will live forever among the greatest and most moving oratory of political life.
@RepRaskin
This is totally outrageous.
@oliviawilde
you kept your cool and were a total pro in front of 3,000 people- while working. Sorry this happened to you. You are a boss and a class act.
@TheWrap
RIP Sondra Locke, who I really loved when I was lucky enough to know her. Thread from my 1997 piece on her cold vengeance toward Clint Eastwood, long before the days of
#MeToo
:
Exclusive: Netflix and David Letterman edited out comments by Kanye 'Ye' West that referenced Nazis and blamed Rihanna for her domestic abuse during a 2019 interview, multiple audience members at the taping told TheWrap.
Please watch this
@SecBlinken
@ABlinken
. I understand Afghanistan is a sinkhole for foreign policy. But these are the casualties. We betray our values by abandoning the women of this country. We must do better.
"We don't count because we're from Afghanistan. We'll die slowly in history"
Tears of a hopeless Afghan girl whose future is getting shattered as the Taliban advance in the country.
My heart breaks for women of Afghanistan. The world has failed them. History will write this.
Exclusive: The budget for “Fast X,” the 10th in Universal’s “Fast & Furious” action franchise, has ballooned to $340 million That’s 70% more than the reported $200 million budget for 2021’s “F9: The Fast Saga”
A+ piece by
@MollyJongFast
.
Worth remembering that in the Access Hollywood tape Trump describes moving on N. O’Dell “like a bitch” & offering to take her shopping. When you’re a star they let you do it, pussy, etc etc.
Take ‘em shopping & grab ‘em. Like an MO or something.
Let us support brave women in Iran who dare to defy the discriminatory laws and demand equal rights. The idea that simply showing your hair or expressing a desire to travel or have a say in marriage would land you in jail is where Suffragettes were more than a century ago.
This peaceful video, this simple act of
#WalkingUnveiled
landed her to jail.
Her name is Souri, mother of 3 kids. It has been 36 days that she is in jail. Iranian regime arrested her husband for supporting her to say
#No2Hijab
I talked to the CEO of
#CInemaCon
organization today, and he still can't figure out how a woman w/ credentials served
@oliviawilde
papers while she was onstage. . No process server could buy a pass. So: Jason Sudeikis?
2/ Here’s the cast from the amazing “Woman King” w legend
@violadavis
incredible
@ThusoMbedu
@JohnBoyega
Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim - pride seeping from every inch of them!
Giuliani says Trump repaid the Stormy Daniels $130k money. Michael Avenatti gets to the point about what Trump said before: "Those are absolute lies about a very serious matter"
Furious. I am furious. How dare Iran dispatch agents to the United States to brazenly try to stop a civil rights activist in exile, my friend
@AlinejadMasih
. TAKE NOTE: WE ALLOWED SAUDI ARABIA TO GET AWAY WITH KHASHOGGI. (Am I shouting? Good. Pay attention!) This is a result.
I am grateful to FBI for foiling the Islamic Republic of Iran's Intelligence Ministry's plot to kidnap me. This plot was orchestrated under Rouhani.
This is the regime that kidnapped & executed Ruhollah Zam. They've also kidnapped and jailed Jamshid Sharmahd and many others
Thank you
@jaketapper
for having the courage to put this horrific story on
@CNN
. It is not easy, but it is important. And Raz Cohen, you are so brave to bear witness to the disgraceful, vile acts you saw. I am sorry for your trauma, and for the tragic loss of Maya.
@acnewsitics
@RoArquette
Props to this mom who reacted with such dignity and, indeed, generosity in the face of a bizarre, randomly racist tirade. She is what we want our country to be.
Breaking: This is a shocking turn of events. Nearly all the power players who ran and guided
@TIMESUPNOW
have reigned: Eva Longoria, Shonda Rhimes Nina Shaw and Jurnee Smollett.
New reporting: One fuming CinemaCon official concluded that Sudeikis had done this on purpose. "He wanted to humiliate her," said this official, who declined to speak on the record. (Story updated)
I talked to the CEO of
#CInemaCon
organization today, and he still can't figure out how a woman w/ credentials served
@oliviawilde
papers while she was onstage. . No process server could buy a pass. So: Jason Sudeikis?
Exclusive: After seeing the tweets of laid-off
#LAist
staffers, we looked into the tax returns of the
#NPR
-affiliated station. Amazingly, up to last year 2 retired CEOs were still making >$500k per year. w
@LoreeSeitz
@RonanFarrow
"None of this casts NBC News in a favorable light... We expect Harvey Weinstein to resort to dirty tactics to kill a story that threatened to, and ultimately did, lead to his ruin. But we didn’t expect that from NBC News."
I've been wondering for several weeks now why the infection rates in California have climbed exponentially, yet I don't see/feel it in my neighborhd, community or work. This
@nytimes
map shows you why: Infection raging in Inland Empire - where folks who do the work live.
@soledadobrien
@soledadobrien
I fully expected the washington press corps to rally round her. It will be outside journos who will talk basic ethics and common sense.
Mackenzie Scott is my hero, in a world with so few worthy of that designation. I continue to read and learn about her, astonished and delighted and inspired. May she continue to thrive.
Jane Fonda: "Let's all of us make an effort to expand that tent so that everyone rises, so everyone's story has a chance to be heard... Let's be leaders."
#GoldenGlobes
It is literally impossible not to love this girl. ‘The Woman King’
@ThusoMbedu
Shares How She Overcame a ‘Dark Place’ After Losing 3 Close Relatives
#powerwomensummit
Justice Thomas concurs, saying overruling Roe isn't enough. "For that reason, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell." That's right to privacy, contraception, marriage equality,etc
Hollywood animators feel like second class citizens in entertainment.
@jeremyfuster
talked to many of them to understand why they are demanding fundamental change.
History will record that on this day Twitter suspended the account of Masih Alinejad—Iranian-born journalist who is the most important women's rights activist of our time—while they allowed the misogynist murderer Ayatollah who tried to assassinate her to keep tweeting.
Here is the powerful video of
@AlinejadMasih
speaking at our
@TheWrapWomen
event in DC in 2018. Iran has just tried to kidnap here because she will not be silent on human rights and womens rights abuses;
"We are fighting for our dignity. We are fighting for our identity." --Masih Alinejad (
@AlinejadMasih
) raised awareness at our Power Women Breakfast D.C. on the misunderstandings Western female leaders have when visiting the Middle East. Watch below:
#PowerWomen2018
#WrapWomen
The brave Michelle Williams uses her
#Emmys2019
win for Fosse-Verdon to champion equal pay: "When you put value into a person, it empowers the person to get in touch with their own inherent value. And where do they put that? Into their work."
@TheWrapWomen
#powerwomen
I and millions of other kids were and still are told if we don’t wear hijab, we won’t be able to go to school in Iran and god will hang us by our hair. In the West we are told, sharing our story will cause Islamophobia. But our fear of Islamic ideology is rational.
#LetUsTalk
This man slays me every time I see him: his love for his son, his willingness to share his pain, his righteous rage poured into art: Manuel Oliver, we mourn with you the loss of your beloved son Joaquin.
@ChangeTheRef
Manuel Oliver, talks about his son Joaquin and keeping his voice alive and supporting the movement that the youth have begun. Watch this short video & see for yourself. To learn more about
@ChangeTheRef
or its programs visit . Join the Movement Today!
Someone once told me we can never know-much less repay-the countless kindnesses your mother did for you in life. Never known, never repaid, never required. Happy Mothers Day with a broken heart to the mother I lost just 4 months ago. Thank you Mom for all you did, known & unknown
Delaware
@momsdemand
volunteers just helped pass the first state assault weapons ban in a decade. We're grateful to our allies in the House for exposing gun makers who market these guns to kids. Firearms are the leading cause of death of children in the US.
This brave Afghan woman, Sanam, living in Afghanistan, has broken her silence.
Before the arrival of Taliban, Sanam was a renowned Afghan TV presenter. She now has to hide for her safety.
She has a message for the world:"Taliban hasn't changed. Support Afghan women"
TheWrap
#Emmys
Magazine:
@nlyonne
reflects on her
#RussianDoll
journey and
#SNL
triumph.
Photographed by Jill Greenberg
STYLIST: Cristina Ehrlich
HAIR: Peter Butler
MAKEUP: Kabuki
So incredibly proud to welcome these 2 leading voices to our Emmy magazine. Check out the video and this beautiful digital experience with
@IssaRae
&
@The_A_Prentice
talking abut race, trauma & history.
And here’s the full incredible cast
@thewrap
studio
@jamieleecurtis
keeps saying: Eat shit. Chris Evans totally non-plussed but of course bc captain america
Hey Chris, that's a fine idea, but
@CNN
was totally prepared to counter non-stop lying by the former pres.
@kaitlancollins
was railroaded & overwhelmed. You should have had a balanced audience, not stuffed with Trumpers who clapped when he mocked E Jean Carroll. That was awful
On a call this morning with CNN staff, network CEO Chris Licht says he is “aware that there has been people with opinions and backlash,” but that "there is so much that we learned last night of what another Trump presidency looked like.”
A truly devastating takedown from a former CBS exec, Whitney Davis, : "Did you know that there’s not one black creative executive working at CBS Television Network or CBS Television Studios?" "
What happens when we fail to protect dissidents in our own country? Or punish allies who attack writers on foreign soil? We embolden bad actors. I spoke to
@AlinejadMasih
who is again on the run in the wake of Salman Rushdie's attempted murder. New WaxWord
So sad to say goodbye to a talented actor Paul Sorvino, and a loving and wonderful dad. My heart breaks for
@MiraSorvino
who, I know, loved him so much. He was the proudest dad of her, ever. Rest in peace Paul Sorvino, we shall remember you.
Our friend
@AlinejadMasih
is one of the bravest people I know, fighting for women’s freedom in Iran and the end of repression. She been told to go into witness protection bc of many ongoing threats to her life HERE on US soil. She refuses. Our govt must support and protect her..
The White House warned me that there have been more than 31 threats against me on US soil. In an email, they advised me to go into witness protection.
It means I have to change my name, social security number & disappear. This is what the regime wants.
WaxWord weighs in on
#WarnerBrosDiscovery
David Zaslav's terrible last 30 days. Misstep after misstep, one PR debacle after another, alienating creative com'ty. Folks “were rooting for him," 1 exec said. "Now the whisper around town is ‘What a buffoon.'
"20 years ago, when Taliban was in power, they raped women and killed innocent children. We don't want to go back to those years"
Heart-wrenching words of a young Afghan girl who asks the international community for help.
Don't leave Afghan women alone.
Hananeh Kian was murdered last night by the Iranian government.
She was just 23-years-old.
The Iranian people need your public support now more than ever.
#HananehKian
#MahsaAmini
#Zhina
IF HYPOTHETICALLY A RESTAURANT GAVE AWAY YOUR SUITCASE TO SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU HAD 3 HOURS TO BUY A NEW DRESS AND SHOES FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS WHERE WOULD YOU GO.
@shannonrwatts
What is getting in the power women's tea this week? "Don't mess with me when it comes to words like that," scolds Pelosi, on heels of Stanford professor schooling Collins, Fiona Hill schooling Nunez. More like this, ladies.
We need to fight for and defend the first amendment. Truth, facts, evidence. Banning words is a Big Brother move come to our democracy. Beware and be aware.
@TheWrap
3/Sekulow: argues that Trump should know who whistleblower is, that person may have agenda, ulterior motive. That’s it folks, that’s the prez’s defense this morning.
New: WaxWord takes you inside the imminent Warner Bros. Discovery merger and explains why Jason Kilar will not stay, and who is on the bubble as David Zaslav rolls up his sleeves:
This is enraging.
@MayorOfLA
what are you going to do about this? Reporter exercising 1st amendment right, doing dangerous and essential job, not disturbing police in their duties. Treated brutally, no respect - and arrested? I've been in war zones and treated better.
Somehow I was able to start a new video right away. You see my phone clatter to the ground and I start shouting “I’m a reporter...I’m with KPCC.” I scream for help from the TV reporters I know are around the corner doing their 11 p.m. live hits
2/Sekulow: the president was denied “due process” in the House. 10 minutes of gymnastics over why the “due process” offered was not appropriate, enough. concludes w admitting that president turned down Dems’ offer for to participate in own defense.
I’ll say this about
@emrata
: she’s the real deal. Smart, fearless, authentic. Here she is taking time with you
@g
journalists attending
#PowerWomen2019
breakfast nyc. She listened, answered their questions. And spoke from the heart in her interview. Hats off Emily!
@TheWrapWomen
Let's take a moment & pay tribute to the genius of Marvin Gaye. 50 years today he released a masterpiece of poetry and prophecy, "What's Going On." Incredible, the music & lyrics are still fresh, potent, moving. An enduring gift from an artist who held up a mirror to our world.
On May 21, 1971, Marvin Gaye addressed addiction, police brutality, and ecological disaster in a landmark release: 50 years later, 'What’s Going On' is as relevant as ever. Tune in today as we celebrate a half-century of the classic release with a day of on air programming.
"We cannot continue to behave as if Saudi Arabia holds the leverage here. We have the leverage. We no longer rely on Saudi oil so there is no longer a threat to America’s energy supply. Sometimes I wonder if our foreign policy establishment got that memo."
The most fun evening ever - new friends old friends and cool-ass women!
@ThusoMbedu
and
@GPBmadeit
Gina find their photos on the Changemakers wall.
@TheWrapWomen
I hope you will love getting to know
@ThusoMbedu
of
#TheWomanKing
in this interview. She has been through a daunting set of challenges and emerged strong, optimistic and full of hope for the future. She's a special one. Read here from
@thewrap
mag:
1/So let me boil down the impeachment defense by Jay Sekulow this am for you, save you some time: the White House refused to comply with subpoenas because the House never passed a general resolution to start impeachment inquiry. Last sentence notes this is based on “precedent.”
@GabbyGiffords
@shannonrwatts
Thank you, brave and heroic Gabrielle Giffords. This reminder could not be more timely. But I would gladly have it in front of me every day. The price you paid for your service is uncountable, and the lesson you teach by yr example is a blessing.
.
@AlinejadMasih
joins
@sharonwaxman
for a conversation on this week's episode of
#TheWrapUp
.
"This is not about me, this is about my job, this is about journalism," she says. Watch the clip here:
Catch the full episode wherever you get your pods, & at
“It was shocking to see that Kanye West could share harmful alt-right beliefs, conspiracy theory after conspiracy and misogynistic beliefs about women for the majority of the interview and end up with an edit that removed all those items in favor of celebrity fluff content,”