Speakers include Gawker found Nick Denton and the ‘Game of Thrones’ creators, while Terrence Malick’s new movie ‘Song to Song,’ starring Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman, is the opening film. A year after hosting then-President Barack Obama, the Austin festival has a full slate of stars and talks by the likes of former Vice President Joe Biden, CNN’s Van Jones and more.
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Joe Biden: Attacks on news media, courts are dangerous
In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event prior to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Biden defended the courts and the news media, saying attacks against those institutions are dangerous.
Denise Van Outen not allowed to be on TOWIE
Get used to it, it’s the new normal: Trump is given a rousing presidential welcome as thousands gather at Lincoln Memorial and he vows to make America ‘greater than ever’ at inaugural concert Outage at ‘traitorous’ CNN for ‘inciting violence’ with report that OBAMA cabinet member will be president if Trump and Pence are killed at the inauguration Nothing will rain on our parade! Triumphant Donald Trump promises a beautiful day as he tells his supporters: ‘I’m going to be cheering YOU’ Jon Voight hits out at ‘barrage of lies’ aimed at Trump as he kicks off The Donald’s inauguration concert ‘There’s only ONE first lady’: Ivanka Trump calls suggestions that she will fill Melania’s role ‘sexist’ while revealing she is still close to Chelsea Clinton and will go to her for advice ‘We will Make America Great Again’: Melania makes her speaking debut in Washington D.C. and earns a kiss from the … (more)
Denise Van Outen not allowed to be on TOWIE
Get used to it, it’s the new normal: Trump is given a rousing presidential welcome as thousands gather at Lincoln Memorial and he vows to make America ‘greater than ever’ at inaugural concert Outage at ‘traitorous’ CNN for ‘inciting violence’ with report that OBAMA cabinet member will be president if Trump and Pence are killed at the inauguration Nothing will rain on our parade! Triumphant Donald Trump promises a beautiful day as he tells his supporters: ‘I’m going to be cheering YOU’ Jon Voight hits out at ‘barrage of lies’ aimed at Trump as he kicks off The Donald’s inauguration concert ‘There’s only ONE first lady’: Ivanka Trump calls suggestions that she will fill Melania’s role ‘sexist’ while revealing she is still close to Chelsea Clinton and will go to her for advice ‘We will Make America Great Again’: Melania makes her speaking debut in Washington D.C. and earns a kiss from the … (more)
The Latest: Davos backdrop is ‘disruptive transformation’
Police is on guard next to the Congress Center ahead of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, January 16, 2017. Police is on guard on top of the Congress Center on the eve of the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.
The Latest: Biden in Davos backs fight against cancer
DAVOS, Switzerland – The Latest on the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos : U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says his “prayer” is that the incoming Trump administration will continue to support the fight against cancer, which kept Biden from running for president after it took the life of his son, Beau. Biden was speaking Monday before the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos to promote his “Cancer Moonshot” initiative.
Obama prepares for a busy retirement, more freedom
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An unusually young ex-president, Barack Obama has a busy life awaiting him after he leaves the White House.
Obama prepares for a busy retirement, more freedom
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An unusually young ex-president, Barack Obama has a busy life awaiting him after he leaves the White House.
Ben Affleck teases brother Casey about failing to thank him in Golden Globes speech
Obama insists he still has ‘hope’ but takes aim at Trump with pro- immigration speech; urging Americans to politicize and lamenting ongoing racism as he, Michelle, Malia and the Bidens ALL cry All grown up! Chic Malia Obama attends father’s farewell speech and is miles away from the 10-year-old who arrived at the White House eight years ago ‘Your friendship has been one of the great joys of my life’: Barack Obama pays tribute to his ‘brother’, Joe Biden, in emotional farewell speech Residents in Chicago blame Obama for failing to stop the surge of gun violence as the president returns to the Windy City to deliver his farewell address Revealed: Spy bosses told Trump that Kremlin has a ‘blackmail dossier’ on him – including ‘footage of him watching prostitutes in degrading sex acts on Moscow hotel bed where the Obamas slept’ Clinton aide compares Russian hacking to Watergate and claims the … (more)
Show That Paved Way for Gay Marriage in Talks for NBC Revival
… transgender in that year. The bottom line? Biden hit the nail on the head. But The Daily Beast ‘s gay senior entertainment reporter, Kevin Fallon, didn’t quite see it that way. ” Will & Grace was the last successful series on broadcast television to …
Show That Paved Way for Gay Marriage in Talks for NBC Revival
… transgender in that year. The bottom line? Biden hit the nail on the head. But The Daily Beast ‘s gay senior entertainment reporter, Kevin Fallon, didn’t quite see it that way. ” Will & Grace was the last successful series on broadcast television to …
Lyons: Trump wishes a Happy thermonuclear New Year
Now that the presidential election is over, will it ever really end? Not if Donald J. Trump and the cable news networks get their way. Having made the election into a pro-wrestling spectacle, the Twitter-addicted president-elect and his ratings-hungry enablers at CNN, Fox News, etc.
5Chance the Rapper bids goodbye to Obama on SNL with a Run-DMC parody
Not only did the Grammy-nominated artist serve as musical guest for the NBC show’s midseason finale, but he appeared in a sketch about a low-budget Christmas play and starred in “Jingle Barack,” a parody of Run-DMC’s 1987 classic ” Christmas in Hollis .” Along with cast member Kenan Thompson, the pair raps about “the last Christmas with Barack still here” and all the things to do before President-elect Donald Trump takes office: “Imma hurt myself before we lose Obamacare;” put “birth control under the tree;” and “go nuts before the North Pole disappears.”