EXCLUSIVE: Climate Spring, TK-FX, and indie British firm Lowkey Films have teamed on a new venture titled the Climate Short Animation Film Competition, in partnership with BBC Writers and in collaboration with BFI Network.
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Florida Governor Ron DeSantis squaring off against California Governor Gavin Newsom in a debate moderated by Sean Hannity? Sounds like an opportunity for another round of cable-news professional wrestling. The host hopes to keep the figure-four leg locks and piledrivers to a minimum. “It’s not going to be PBS.
I don’t want it to be PBS. PBS bores me,” Hannity says during a recent conversation in his office at Fox News Channel’s New York headquarters. Still, he adds, “if they want to have a food fight, you know what? Been there, done that.
No thanks. It’s a format that I think is stale and doesn’t work. It’s predictable.
For me, I’m much more interested in ‘Why do you believe that? ‘Explain this to me.’ ‘How do you not see this part of it?’ Trying to elicit answers, smart answers from people.” For many producers of cable-news content, which has in recent years increasingly hinged on talking heads in conflict, such talk might be considered anathema. And Hannity, who has risen to success over nearly three decades of calling out Democrats like Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden with claims of being afraid to face the media or being involved in corrupt schemes, has been one of the best-known practitioners of the hammer-and-tong oratorical style that has worked so well in the medium. He continues, for example, to harp on the legal troubles that have ensnared President Biden’s son, Hunter.
EXCLUSIVE: Climate Spring, TK-FX, and indie British firm Lowkey Films have teamed on a new venture titled the Climate Short Animation Film Competition, in partnership with BBC Writers and in collaboration with BFI Network.
Daily Signal.Monarch High School is allowed to appeal the decision within ten days. Officials with Broward County Public Schools said in a statement that its “investigation into the matter remains ongoing at this time.”The punishment handed down against Monarch is the first instance of a school being penalized for violating the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” primarily aimed at preventing transgender female athletes from competing on women’s sports teams.The law allows “biological females” to compete on “athletic teams or sports designated for males, men, or boys,” as well as in sports that are designated as “co-ed.”“Thanks to [Republican Governor Ron DeSantis], Florida passed legislation to protect girls’ sports, and we will not tolerate any school that violates this law,” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.
Viewership for the fourth Republican debate fell since the last event, drawing more than 4 million for Nexstar’s NewsNation and its simulcast on The CW.
News Nation, host of the evening.DeSantis claimed Haley supports “gender mutilation of minors” and does not support government intervention to stop these treatments.Haley responded that she had actually criticized Florida’s original “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, for only going as high as third grade.She said it should be expanded to all grades. DeSantis pointed out that the expansion was a different piece of legislation, which was passed earlier this year. “We’re talking about sex change operations on minors,” countered DeSantis.
UPDATE: Vivek Ramaswamy continued to irritate his rivals, with Chris Christie saying that this was the fourth debate where in the first 20 minutes he would be labeled as “the most obnoxious blowhard in America.”
NewsNation is hosting Wednesday night’s fourth Republican primary debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle, set to air live from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the network and the NewsNation’s website and app.
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board, the group that now oversees a swathe of central Florida where Walt Disney World sits, slammed the Bob Iger-led media giant for almost three hours straight over what its experts called decades of self-dealing outlined in an audit. Members, not surprisingly, voted to approve the report.
For the fourth time in as many weeks, vivid sexual assault allegations have been brought against Sean Combs. This time, the mega-producer and performer, who goes by Diddy, is accused of sex trafficking and participating in the gang rape of an 11th grader in 2003.
CNN has scheduled a pair of presidential town halls next week, while the Republican National Committee announced that four candidates qualified for the next debate on Wednesday.
Robert Ne Niro took the stage at the Kennedy Center on Sunday and, looking out at the balcony box where honoree was sitting, told him of his career, “I had no idea you had done so much. And you’ve done it all is such a relatively short amount of time. You’re only 75. That means you’re just about six years away from being the perfect age to be elected president.”
Man, we’ve seen some politician sex scandals over the years, but this one is WILD! Christian Ziegler is the chair
If there were winners out of Fox News’ debate between California’s Gavin Newsom and Florida’s Ron DeSantis tonight, it was Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the Walt Disney Company. If there were losers, it looks to be the Sunshine State Governor himself, civility and Sean Hannity.
UPDATE: Sean Hannity was about the wrap up the debate after just over 90 minutes, as scheduled, but when he noted that he had more questions to ask, Gavin Newsom suggested they just go longer.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom will take the debate stage on Thursday night, marking an usual event between a Republican presidential candidate and a high-profile Democratic governor. The 90-minute debate, moderated by Sean Hannity on Fox News, will begin at 9:00 p.m.
Megan Fox is on a mission to make the world a better place — one child at a time. LOLz!
Melania Trump was joined by the country’s living First Ladies in order to honor Rosalynn Carter, who died earlier this month at the age of 96. Carter was President Jimmy Carter’s wife and served as First Lady from 1977 to 1981. The First Ladies, President Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, were all in attendance at the ceremony, with Melania catching the attention of viewers due to her fashion choices.
A group aligned with billionaire Charles Koch is throwing its support — and vast financial resources — behind Nikki Haley, in an effort to steer the Republican party away from frontrunner Donald Trump.
Outlander actor Sam Heughan is set to appear in Channel 4 thriller The Couple Next Door, which is based on a Dutch show called 'New Neighbours'.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship is reportedly moving very quickly. The NFL tight end and the superstar singer are said to be getting very serious in their romance. Kelce has even allegedly secured the blessing of Swift’s father as rumors about the couple getting engaged continue to circulate.Sources tell Life & Style that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are growing extremely close.
Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Introduction to Chemistry,” the series finale of “Lessons in Chemistry,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Elizabeth Zott, hero of the people. It’s not exactly where the scientist and reluctant television star thought she would end up, but Apple TV+’s “Lessons in Chemistry” is all about surrendering the inevitability of change.