George Clooney‘s new movie The Boys in the Boat, which he directed and does not star in, has been released in theaters everywhere.
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Staffers of The Washington Post picketed in front of the media outlet’s K Street headquarters on Thursday, staging a 24-hour walkout to protest the lack of a new agreement with the newsroom union and the terms of a buyout offer.
The Washington Post Guild was urging readers to avoid Post journalism for the day in solidarity with the staffers.
More than 700 staffers were expected to strike on Thursday, according to the Post’s own account. Non-union editors and other managers were expected to try to fill the roles, including reporting and posting stories.
“After 18 months of bargaining with Washington Post, Guild workers — including reporters, editors, cartoonists, visual journalists, advertising sales people and circulation drivers — are walking out. Despite a year and a half of efforts, Post management has refused to bargain in good faith for a fair contract that keeps up with inflation and our competition,” the guild said this week.
Post workers in other cities, including New York and San Francisco, also were expected to strike on Thursday.
The guild also is protesting the terms of a buyout offer, made to some 240 staffers, as insufficient.
In a letter to readers, the guild said, “Instead of executives bearing the weight of this mismanagement, The Post repeatedly made workers pay the price. In the last year, the company has laid off nearly 40 people. If buyouts don’t net another 240 cuts, Post leaders warned more layoffs will come.”
A spokesperson for the Post did not immediately return a request for comment. But a company spokesperson told the Post, in its own report on the walkout, “We respect the rights of our Guild-covered colleagues to engage in this planned one-day strike. We will make sure our readers and
George Clooney‘s new movie The Boys in the Boat, which he directed and does not star in, has been released in theaters everywhere.
Dave Chappelle is back on Netflix with a new comedy special that drops on Dec. 31 and features Morgan Freeman.
Madonna continues her successful ‘Celebration’ tour. The iconic singer has been surprising fans with some special guests while performing her hit song ‘Vogue.’ This time the singer gave an incredible show in Washington, DC, inviting none other than Santa Claus to the stage.MADONNA’S BOYFRIEND JOSH POPPER JOINS HER ON STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY CONCERTMADONNA SPOTTED LOOKING STRONG AND RIDING BIKES AHEAD OF HER BARCELONA CONCERTMADONNA GETS EMOTIONAL ON STAGE TALKING ABOUT HER HEALTH SCAREThe musician was all smiles accompanied by Santa while watching the dancers and judging their dance skills.
A gay staffer for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate, his office told the Washington Blade in a statement on Saturday morning, which followed reports that he had filmed amateur pornography in the workplace.
Madonna got in some quality time with Santa Claus before the busiest night of his year.
Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is clearly one of our finest actors (he’s been nominated ten times in total for various Best Acting and Best Supporting Actor turns). The actor, who has worked with many of the greats, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Jonathan Demme, etc.
EXCLUSIVE: In a tense moment during the protracted SAG-AFTRA strike when guild negotiators weren’t talking to studios/streamers as film workers faced home foreclosures with no paychecks for six months and no end in sight, George Clooney led other top A-listers in offering to uncap dues and contribute $150 million over three years to guild coffers to help qualify more actors for health benefits and other things. While he has long enjoyed the spoils of an above the line life, Clooney has never forgotten the struggling showbiz underclass he was part of before ER changed his life.
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Asteroid City, Wes Anderson‘s latest film that had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
view includes litigation.Meghan McCain is slamming “The View” hosts for “slander” and threatening to take legal action after certain comments were made on Thursday morning’s episode. While discussing the recent authorization of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which allows House committee chairmen to build a case that he was improperly involved with his family’s foreign business dealings, the chat then focused on Hunter Biden.Earlier this month, Hunter was indicted on nine charges — including three felonies — partially for allegedly failing to pay more than $1 million in taxes while living an “extravagant” lifestyle over a four-year period, according to a 56-page indictment out of the Central District of California written by special counsel David Weiss.For their part, “The View” focused on Hunter’s penchant for influence peddling, or using his family name to gain power and earn favor especially in his business dealings.Co-host Ana Navarro then pointed out that influence peddling is the norm for prominent figures in D.C.“Look, did Hunter Biden influence-peddle on his last name? Yes, he did,” she said.
Denzel Washington’s casting as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in a new Netflix movie has sparked a race controversy in Tunisia, the home country of the military commander.Washington’s casting in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie was announced recently. Washington has worked with Fuqua previously on The Equalizer and Training Day.It was also confirmed the film will be written by John Logan, the three-time Academy Award winner who has written films including Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator.According to the official synopsis, the movie will be “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history.
So many stars stepped out for The Boys in the Boat premiere!
No matter how you slice it, 2023 is arguably the year of Colman Domingo. Just this year alone, the Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate actor starred in the drama Sing Sing, summer blockbuster Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and animated comedy Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. However, it’s his two most recent and versatile roles as Mister, the meanspirited husband to Fantasia Barrino’s Celie in The Color Purple, and the gay Black Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin in Rustin that has carried him over into the awards season.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Denzel Washington being cast in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal is sparking some controversy in Tunisia, the home country of the great military commander. According to French newspaper Courrier International, there are complaints about depicting the Carthaginian general as a Black African being made in the media and the Tunisian parliament. Member of Parliament Yassine Mami has pointed out that Hannibal, who was born in 247 BC in Carthage – now known as Tunis, the Tunisian capital – was of West Asian Semitic origin.
took part in a screening in Los Angeles with her “The Morning Show” co-stars Reese Witherspoon, 47, and Jon Hamm, 52, where they participated in a Q&A onstage. Currently with three seasons under its belt and renewed for a Season 4, the Apple TV+ series follows Alex Levy (Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Witherspoon), the stars of a fictional news network and their drama, both in front of the camera and behind it. The show got six Critics Choice Awards nominations this year, beating “Succession” (which got five), despite “The Morning Show” having wild plot lines like sending Bradley to space.
Dancing With The Stars' Derek Hough has told how his wife Hayley Erbert has been rushed to hospital for emergency brain surgery, asking fans to pray for her recovery. Derek, 38, was one of the longest-serving pro dancers on US version of Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing With The Stars, and since 2020 has been one of the show's judges. He met wife Hayley, 27, when she joined the pro cast and on Thursday shared the worrying news of her sudden health emergency.
So many celebrities walked the red carpet at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Gala on Thursday (December 7) in Los Angeles.
Coachella lookbook. If this isn't prove 2010s style is coming back, I don't know Opting to go necklace-free, the star donned a smokey eye and an entire ensemble straight off the Ralph Lauren runway for Elle's Women in Hollywood event (Ralph Lauren was one of the sponsors), wearing pants, a top, a belt and a shawl from the brand.She carried a small black clutch and wore her hair in a blunt bob parted right in the middle, a corporate contrast to the 70s/Western style of the rest of her outfit.Here's posing it up..And here's Vanessa Hudgens in the machine washable version of this garment in 2012, at Coachella.Also, a model then named Hailey Baldwin, also at Coachella, in 2016.Should we break out the flower crowns and ironic mustache temporary tattoos or is Washington going to elevate this look beyond its music fest moment? After all, the style is more 70s than anything, and we'd love to see her try it with jeans instead of black slacks.Because the thing is, Kerry Washington can pull off pretty much anything.
, stars Emma Corrin, Meg Bellamy, and Elizabeth Debicki took direct fashion inspiration from white gowns once worn by their real life counterparts, Lady Di and Kate Middleton.As pointed out by , , paid homage to a white skirt suit and bowtie look worn by the late princess in 1985 in a ensemble. Corrin's look included an ivory blazer and black bowtie just like Diana's, but they made the very modern choice to trade Diana's matching skirt for a sheer version, revealing a pair of knee-high black boots underneath.
), Cruel Intentions is finally, actually, becoming a series.The Dangerous Liaisons update starring Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar has long been considered a 90s classic and one of the best dark teen movies in the genre. It takes place among rich high NYC high schoolers toward the end of summer break and involves, famously, a step-sibling sex bet.
Ivanka Trump had the best weekend. The former politician shared various photos on her Instagram, showing her backstage at The Black Keys concert, a band that appears to be one of her favorites.