Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's gossipy, somewhat controversial bestseller about the 2008 presidential campaign—filled with plenty of juicy Sarah Palin anecdotes—recently received the HBO adaptation treatment. Julianne Moore's role as the former Governess of Alaska and vice-presidential would-be is one of the more highly anticipated actor-politician roles in recent history. And Read More
If the light dimmed yesterday and you heard ominous rumblings in the distance, it may have been due to news that could signal at least a temporary twilight over the Palin family ascendancy: Bristol went home to mama. Erstwhile veep candidate and ex Alaska governor Sarah Palin has a baby bird back at the roost and humbly working as a receptionist in a doctor's office. The former teen mom recently told In Touch Weekly she had a revelation while in the desert (a bar) on the back of a (mechanical) bull that some people might disagree with her mother's political views. Read More
Phew. Just when you thought Roger Ailes was just a bloodless automaton who only cares about ratings and how expressive anchors can be when he mutes them on television, he opens up and shows his more sensual side.
"I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings," the Fox News president declared to the Associated Press recently. Okay, but which one of those features did you actually find sexually exciting, Mr. Ailes?
We'll never know, as that is all he says on the subject. But don't worry, TV's most infamous exec is full of fun soundbites today! Read More
There may be worse things in life than sitting through a 90-minute movie about Sarah Palin. At the moment, I just can’t think of any.
For a shrill, obnoxious loudmouth spouting more semantic goofs in public than Mrs. Malaprop, she has mangled more facts, misquoted more people and been on the wrong side of so many things that she’s ready for a cinematic firing squad. And for a veteran documentary filmmaker with the credits of British director Nick Broomfield, I expected Sarah Palin—You Betcha! to be a hair-raising exposé. But he didn’t have to put in much overtime. All he had to do was go to Wasilla, Alaska, open his eyes and ears, and keep his cameras rolling. As her family, friends and enemies—including just about everybody she has ever worked with as mayor, governor and vice presidential nominee-—prove in every scene, Sarah Palin defines self-parody. Read More
Last night on The Daily Show, Mr. Stewart suggested that Mr. Paul gain some weight (it worked for New Jersey governor Chris Christie) or change his opinions. The media's bored with his consistency. Read More
Former Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska governor and reality TV star Sarah Palin isn't ready to throw her name in the 2012 presidential race -- but she doesn't want to be taken out of it either. Palin continued to tease the possibility of a White House run at a Tea Party rally in Indianola, Iowa Saturday. Read More
It’s officially too hot in New York. Look, the 70’s were fun and the 80’s were tolerable, but the 90’s are much better suited to Ace of Base and the United Colors of Benetton than to average temperatures in Central Park. Riding the subway has felt like descending into the fiery pits of Hades—especially over Read More
Alongside several other brave films sharing Harry Potter’s release date, The Undefeated – a new documentary film that tracks Sarah Palin’s rise “from obscurity to national prominence,” according to the Victory Film Group’s voicemail – will debut in ten theaters nationwide this Friday, with one offering a midnight showing. But you won’t find this controversial Read More
In light of this morning's New York Times acknowledgment that a candidate in the Republican field for 2012 is a woman--"Mrs. Bachmann's rivals," we are told, "will have to find ways to disagree with Mrs. Bachmann without being accused of making subtle references to her gender"--we decided to look back at how many times the Read More
Rudy Giuliani had claimed earlier this year that he'd be likelier to run for president in 2012 if Sarah Palin did as well. At the Prize4Life Gala last night, though, with Ms. Palin stumping around the American northeast, Mr. Giuliani sounded as though he were hedging his bets. "No--it doesn't really affect my decision," he Read More
So much happens each day--how to keep track of it all? Time to test your memory!
--Which actress isn't concerned about potential future Church of Scientology reprisals, joining a long-deferred film about the "religion"?
--What new News Corp. exec said of The Daily: "Never heard of it, never used it, so clearly I’ll be shutting Read More
It was Wednesday morning at 9:47 a.m. in the White House Press Briefing Room. The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, took the podium. Major television networks had interrupted coverage to broadcast the president's address. "Now, let me just comment, first of all, on the fact that I can't get the networks Read More
Plenty happens each day--how to keep up with it all? Time to test your memory!
--Which public figure is, for some scary reason, the subject of political polling--and is more electable than Sarah Palin?
--Which network, under new management and ownership, just renewed its beloved and low-rated sitcoms?
--How will 'Teenage Meme' Rebecca Black lose Read More
Avy Kaufman, one of New York's top casting agents who's cast movies from Brokeback Mountain to American Gangster to the upcoming Lincoln-assassination drama The Conspirator, had no idea who she'd cast as Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film Game Change. (Julianne Moore, it was announced, got the role; no other castings for Read More
On Thursday morning, in a wooded rear parking lot cordoned off with police tape, Sarah Palin stepped out of a big black sport-utility vehicle and entered through the gaudy gates of the Crest Hollow Country Club. She wore a dour black skirt and matching blouse; a bulky red, white and blue wrist band; and a Read More
