We’re Suckers for Paul Scheer’s Movie Pitch About Con Woman Bertha Heyman (Podcast)
“Disaster Artist” star pitches us the unlikely story of an early American scammer
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Will Les Moonves Hang On? Here’s Who Did and Didn’t Keep Their Jobs After #MeToo Accusations (Chart)
It’s been three weeks since Moonves was accused in a New Yorker story. So far, he’s among men who have kept their jobs
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LA Times Rejects ‘Groupthink,’ Won’t Join 300 Papers With Editorial Defending Press Freedom
“There will be no free press editorial on our page today,” the Times wrote Thursday
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Reese Witherspoon to Lead CAA Author Panel In Step with Brooklyn Book Festival
Jenny Han, Jessica Knoll and “Pod Save the People” host DeRay Mckesson also booked for chats
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Les Moonves Suspended From Board of USC School of Cinematic Arts
Board of Councilors will discuss further action in October
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NY Times Publisher to Trump: Your Language Is ‘Not Just Divisive but Increasingly Dangerous’
POTUS says meeting with A.G. Sulzberger included how “Fake News has morphed into phrase, ‘Enemy of the People'”
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Drudge Report Passes New York Times in Web Traffic and Engagement in First Half of 2018
News aggregation site bumps the Gray Lady out of the No. 6 spot, according to new report by SimilarWeb
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Olympic Skater Denis Ten Stabbed to Death in Kazakhstan at Age 25
Medalist got into an altercation with car thieves, according to local reports
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New York Times’ Maggie Haberman Says She’s ‘Taking a Break’ From Twitter
“No reason or prompt other than that it’s not really helping the discourse,” says New York Times White House correspondent
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From Ben Shapiro to Glenn Beck, Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing in Right-Wing Media
Conservatives tell TheWrap who has benefitted the most — and the least — from the Trump era
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Chrissy Teigen Calls Out NY Times’ Maggie Haberman Over Trump ‘Demonstrable Falsehoods’ Tweet
“Lip Sync Battle” personality apparently believes that character counts — and so does character-counting
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The Day Harvey Weinstein’s Comeback Fantasy Ended
There isn’t a path for the disgraced mogul anymore. But he’ll never believe it
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Washington Post Names Monica Hesse as Paper’s First ‘Gender Columnist’
The paper lauds that Hesse with bring “her signature voice to a wide-ranging column that will explore this defining social issue.”
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Philip Roth, Novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dies at 85
Author rose to prominence in 1969 with “Portnoy’s Complaint,” but was best known for his 1998 novel “American Pastoral”
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Will CBS’ Latest Attempt to Stop Shari Redstone Hold up in Court?
Network’s vote to dilute Redstone’s controlling interest probably won’t stick, legal expert tells TheWrap
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Michael Avenatti, Anthony Scaramucci Show Pitched to TV Networks, But ‘No Deal Has Been Made’
The duo would face-off in debate-style show
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AT&T Says $200K Paid to Michael Cohen’s Firm Was for ‘Insights’ Into Trump Administration
AT&T is pursuing an $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner
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Is Criticism of Michelle Wolf Sexist? Rachel Bloom Says Yes
“I definitely think she’s getting more criticism because she’s a woman,” Bloom tells TheWrap
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Michelle Wolf’s Career Will Be Fine – Just Ask Stephen Colbert
“Everybody knows her name and they’re going to check out her show now,” says Rachel Bloom
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NY Times Metro Editor Resigns: ‘I Regret and Apologize for My Mistakes’
Times has yet to disclose nature of investigation into Wendell Jamieson
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‘The Fourth Estate’ Film Review: Inside Look at NY Times Reveals Low-Level Dread in Trump Era
Showtime documentary series uncovers the challenges reporters face on a daily basis reporting on the scandal-ridden administration
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Will Publishers Stop Fearing Facebook and Start Demanding Change?
The power brokers in my circles of entertainment and media are scared to call Facebook what it is — naïve, duplicitous, opaque, unaccountable and arrogant
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Javier Bardem ‘Shocked’ Over Woody Allen Treatment
Bardem starred in Allen’s 2008 film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
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Sean Penn’s Publisher Touts His Bad Reviews in Full-Page Ad: ‘Sean Penn the Novelist Must Be Stopped’
The ad urges readers to “Read It and Decide For Yourself”
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‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ Film Review: Dog Loves His Doughboys in Animated WWI True Story
The titular hound gets to be realistic and not cutesy in a family-friendly tale about heroism and friendship
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Feds Probe: Did National Enquirer Parent Company Help Trump Campaign?
Trump’s affair with supermarket tabloid EXPOSED!!!
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Former Trump Doorman Says Hush Money Deal Over ‘Love Child’ Story Was Real
Dino Sajudin says National Inquirer paid him $30,000 for the rights to a “rumor he’d heard about Trump’s sex life”
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FBI Sought Records Related to ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape During Michael Cohen Raid (Report)
Agents also search for evidence on whether Cohen tried to suppress damaging information,” New York Times reports
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Blue Apron Drops Laura Ingraham, Says It Was ‘Unaware’ Ad Aired Monday Night
Meal kit service becomes 22nd sponsor to boycott “The Ingraham Angle”
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Harvey Weinstein Dumped by Crisis Reps Sitrick And Company
Noted Hollywood fixer Sitrick has been with Weinstein since scandal broke last October
