Linda Wertheimer, one of the “founding mothers” of National Public Radio, said today that she is retiring.
“I have had a great ride over more than fifty years – and now that ride is over,” Wertheimer wrote in a memo to staffers, in which she recalled being one of the first hires on the news side at the time of the network’s debut in 1971, when “the only part of the company that was fully staffed was top management and engineering.”
Wertheimer, Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts were dubbed the “founding mothers” of the network, becoming famous voices at a time when jobs for women at media outlets were scarce. “There were also more women doing that kind of work from the beginning than there were at most broadcast operations,” Wertheimer wrote in her note.
Wertheimer was the first director of All Things Considered at its debut on May...
“I have had a great ride over more than fifty years – and now that ride is over,” Wertheimer wrote in a memo to staffers, in which she recalled being one of the first hires on the news side at the time of the network’s debut in 1971, when “the only part of the company that was fully staffed was top management and engineering.”
Wertheimer, Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts were dubbed the “founding mothers” of the network, becoming famous voices at a time when jobs for women at media outlets were scarce. “There were also more women doing that kind of work from the beginning than there were at most broadcast operations,” Wertheimer wrote in her note.
Wertheimer was the first director of All Things Considered at its debut on May...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Biden will nominate a Black woman to fill the seat left vacant by retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Biden initially promised on the campaign trail to nominate a Black woman if he was elected and a Supreme Court seat became vacant. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed hours after Breyer’s retirement was reported that Biden stands by his pledge. “The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and certainly stands by that,” she said at a press briefing.
Biden initially promised on the campaign trail to nominate a Black woman if he was elected and a Supreme Court seat became vacant. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed hours after Breyer’s retirement was reported that Biden stands by his pledge. “The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and certainly stands by that,” she said at a press briefing.
- 1/26/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump, offering no evidence, said that he thinks that Democrats wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that the next president choose her successor.
Appearing again on Fox & Friends on Monday, co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump about the statement, characterizing it as a dying wish that she “allegedly” made to her granddaughter.
“How do you think this all plays out?” she asked.
Trump said, “I don’t know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi. I may be more inclined to the second. That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful. That sounds like a Schumer deal or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff.”
Shortly after her death on Friday, NPR reported that Ginsburg dictated a message to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.
Appearing again on Fox & Friends on Monday, co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump about the statement, characterizing it as a dying wish that she “allegedly” made to her granddaughter.
“How do you think this all plays out?” she asked.
Trump said, “I don’t know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi. I may be more inclined to the second. That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful. That sounds like a Schumer deal or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff.”
Shortly after her death on Friday, NPR reported that Ginsburg dictated a message to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.
- 9/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate McKinnon has paid tribute to the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, calling her a “real-life superhero” and a “robed crusader.”
The Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg died on Friday at age 87, and McKinnon, who mimicked Rbg in a series of “Weekend Update” segments on “Saturday Night Live” dating all the way back to 2015, said that playing her was a “profound joy.”
“For so many of us, Justice Ginsburg was a real-life superhero: a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the day time and again. Playing her on ‘SNL’ was a profound joy because I could always feel the overwhelming love and gratitude that the audience had for her,” McKinnon said in a statement. “It was one of the great honors to meet Justice Ginsburg, to shake her hand and to thank her for her lifetime of service to this country.”
McKinnon’s character involved...
The Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg died on Friday at age 87, and McKinnon, who mimicked Rbg in a series of “Weekend Update” segments on “Saturday Night Live” dating all the way back to 2015, said that playing her was a “profound joy.”
“For so many of us, Justice Ginsburg was a real-life superhero: a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the day time and again. Playing her on ‘SNL’ was a profound joy because I could always feel the overwhelming love and gratitude that the audience had for her,” McKinnon said in a statement. “It was one of the great honors to meet Justice Ginsburg, to shake her hand and to thank her for her lifetime of service to this country.”
McKinnon’s character involved...
- 9/20/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will set off a massive political battle over her replacement, and just a few hours later on Friday night, the cable networks were already getting in place to cover it.
On MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” the tone was somber, as the show broadcast live images of a vigil outside the Supreme Court building. Maddow interviewed NPR’s Nina Totenberg, who related that Ginsburg’s dying wish was that the next president would pick her replacement.
“There’s going to be a monumental fight over this,” Totenberg said. “I’m not optimistic that what she wanted, her fervent wish, will in fact take place, but you never know. You really never know.”
Shortly after Ginsburg’s death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement saying that President Trump’s nominee would get a vote on the floor. Democrats, meanwhile, are...
On MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” the tone was somber, as the show broadcast live images of a vigil outside the Supreme Court building. Maddow interviewed NPR’s Nina Totenberg, who related that Ginsburg’s dying wish was that the next president would pick her replacement.
“There’s going to be a monumental fight over this,” Totenberg said. “I’m not optimistic that what she wanted, her fervent wish, will in fact take place, but you never know. You really never know.”
Shortly after Ginsburg’s death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement saying that President Trump’s nominee would get a vote on the floor. Democrats, meanwhile, are...
- 9/19/2020
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
If it wasn’t for the common cold, National Public Radio’s Susan Stamberg might never have gotten a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
“Radio was the glamour medium of my childhood,” Stamberg tells Variety, recalling her airwaves-obsessed, pre-tv youth. “I loved getting a cold, because I could stay home and my mother would move that radio out of the kitchen into my bedroom, and the two of us would sit and listen to all the soap operas.”
Stamberg discovered a passion that would burn brightly as her radio career flourished in tandem with NPR’s five-decade ascent — from host of such evergreen programming as “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition Sunday to her current role as special correspondent. She will receive her Hollywood star on March 3.
Stamberg recalls how a “boring” early gig as a magazine typist led her to sniff out an opportunity at a just-launched...
“Radio was the glamour medium of my childhood,” Stamberg tells Variety, recalling her airwaves-obsessed, pre-tv youth. “I loved getting a cold, because I could stay home and my mother would move that radio out of the kitchen into my bedroom, and the two of us would sit and listen to all the soap operas.”
Stamberg discovered a passion that would burn brightly as her radio career flourished in tandem with NPR’s five-decade ascent — from host of such evergreen programming as “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition Sunday to her current role as special correspondent. She will receive her Hollywood star on March 3.
Stamberg recalls how a “boring” early gig as a magazine typist led her to sniff out an opportunity at a just-launched...
- 3/3/2020
- by Scott Huver
- Variety Film + TV
Journalist Cokie Roberts, who was a contributing senior news analyst for NPR, a regular round-table analyst for “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” and a political commentator for ABC News, among many other contributions during a four-decade career, has died. She was 75.
Roberts died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer, her family confirmed.
“Cokie’s career as a journalist at National Public Radio and ABC News took her to the heights of her profession, and her success as an author on history and family put her on the best seller list. But her values put family and relationships above all else,” her family said in a statement. “We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness.”
“Our dear friend and colleague Cokie Roberts passed away this morning in Washington, surrounded by her family and closest friends,” ABC News President James Goldston said in a statement Tuesday morning.
Roberts died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer, her family confirmed.
“Cokie’s career as a journalist at National Public Radio and ABC News took her to the heights of her profession, and her success as an author on history and family put her on the best seller list. But her values put family and relationships above all else,” her family said in a statement. “We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness.”
“Our dear friend and colleague Cokie Roberts passed away this morning in Washington, surrounded by her family and closest friends,” ABC News President James Goldston said in a statement Tuesday morning.
- 9/17/2019
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Cokie Roberts, a pioneering journalist who was perhaps best known for her savvy insight and analysis of politics, government and Washington D.C., has died at the age of 75, ABC News has announced. Her death was due to complications from breast cancer.
“We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness,” her family said in a statement.
“Cokie Roberts will be dearly missed,” said James Goldston, president of ABC News. “Cokie’s kindness, generosity, sharp intellect and thoughtful take on the big issues of the day made ABC a better place and all of us better journalists.”
Roberts won many awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career, according to ABC News, which adds she has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting.
“We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness,” her family said in a statement.
“Cokie Roberts will be dearly missed,” said James Goldston, president of ABC News. “Cokie’s kindness, generosity, sharp intellect and thoughtful take on the big issues of the day made ABC a better place and all of us better journalists.”
Roberts won many awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career, according to ABC News, which adds she has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting.
- 9/17/2019
- by Greg Evans and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Since its Sundance 2018 unveiling, the documentary Rbg has — like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — proven to be most resilient. While fellow successful theatrical release docus from that Sundance like Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers were strangely excluded from the final Oscar ballot by the Academy’s Documentary branch, Rbg has soldiered on, with a strong $14 million theatrical gross for Magnolia. As the film takes a turn for the home stretch in the Oscar race, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy offers perspective on what makes the docu and its 85-year-old subject so remarkable. And how Ginsburg’s accomplishments lit a path for Kennedy and other ambitious, smart women in fields traditionally dominated by men.
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s beautifully executed documentary Rbg captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable life and career achievements in ways I didn’t quite grasp until a second viewing.
Ruth...
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s beautifully executed documentary Rbg captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable life and career achievements in ways I didn’t quite grasp until a second viewing.
Ruth...
- 2/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Avengers: Infinity War” will follow up its record-breaking debut with another powerful weekend at the domestic box office.
The Marvel title should nab between $100 million to $130 million in its second frame. After seven days of release, “Infinity War” has earned $305.9 million in North America, tying “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as the fastest film to cross the $300 million mark. It launched domestically with $258 million, securing the biggest opening weekend of all time. Globally, it’s made $808.4 million. Mighty numbers, indeed.
“Infinity Wars” was originally scheduled to open this coming weekend, though no other tentpole films replaced the comic book epic when its big screen debut was pushed up a week. A number of smaller releases will bow in its wake.
MGM and Lionsgate-Pantelion’s “Overboard” is looking to make a splash with $10 million to $12 million from 1,600 screens. It’s a Latinoremake of the beloved (at least by TBS...
The Marvel title should nab between $100 million to $130 million in its second frame. After seven days of release, “Infinity War” has earned $305.9 million in North America, tying “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as the fastest film to cross the $300 million mark. It launched domestically with $258 million, securing the biggest opening weekend of all time. Globally, it’s made $808.4 million. Mighty numbers, indeed.
“Infinity Wars” was originally scheduled to open this coming weekend, though no other tentpole films replaced the comic book epic when its big screen debut was pushed up a week. A number of smaller releases will bow in its wake.
MGM and Lionsgate-Pantelion’s “Overboard” is looking to make a splash with $10 million to $12 million from 1,600 screens. It’s a Latinoremake of the beloved (at least by TBS...
- 5/2/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the notorious “Rbg,” has been a steady and abiding voice on that high court since 1993. But how much do we really know about this unassuming and highly admired jurist? Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen answer this question in their documentary “Rbg.”
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, and her relationship with her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the time she went to that institution, the untiring interest in advancing the rights of women in several early court cases, and her rise to the upper echelons of judgeship.
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, and her relationship with her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the time she went to that institution, the untiring interest in advancing the rights of women in several early court cases, and her rise to the upper echelons of judgeship.
- 5/2/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Washington — Betsy West and Julie Cohen, the directors of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, “Rbg,” listened to hours of recordings of oral arguments from Supreme Court hearings in the 1970s, and one moment of blatant sexism really surprised them.
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
- 5/1/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news, Jennifer Hudson will sing the anthem for the upcoming documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Blue Fox Entertainment launches a new division, and Freestyle buys “Seven Hundred Miles.”
Film Music
Jennifer Hudson will sing “I’ll Fight,” the anthem for “Rbg,” the upcoming documentary about the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The original song is written and arranged by legendary songwriter Diane Warren. The song will be released by Epic Records on May 4 to coincide with the domestic release of the film.
“Rbg” is told through the voices of Ginsburg’s friends, former clients, and colleagues, and includes interviews with historic figures and her family, including Gloria Steinem, Eugene Scalia, NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-ut), Lilly Ledbetter, and others. In recent years, Justice Ginsburg, now approaching her 25th year of service on the U.S. Supreme Court...
Film Music
Jennifer Hudson will sing “I’ll Fight,” the anthem for “Rbg,” the upcoming documentary about the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The original song is written and arranged by legendary songwriter Diane Warren. The song will be released by Epic Records on May 4 to coincide with the domestic release of the film.
“Rbg” is told through the voices of Ginsburg’s friends, former clients, and colleagues, and includes interviews with historic figures and her family, including Gloria Steinem, Eugene Scalia, NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-ut), Lilly Ledbetter, and others. In recent years, Justice Ginsburg, now approaching her 25th year of service on the U.S. Supreme Court...
- 5/1/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Notorious Rbg was in the house on Thursday when more than 250 of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s friends, fans and family crowded into the theater at the U.S. Naval Heritage Center in Washington for a private screening of the documentary biopic Rbg (due in theaters May 4). The event — hosted by Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, CNN Films and AFI Docs — drew crowds of media elite, including Sally Quinn of The Washington Post and NPR’s Nina Totenberg, as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle.
The doc, which won over audiences when it premiered at Sundance...
The doc, which won over audiences when it premiered at Sundance...
- 4/28/2018
- by Adrienne Wichard-Edds
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Notorious Rbg was in the house on Thursday when more than 250 of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s friends, fans and family crowded into the theater at the U.S. Naval Heritage Center in Washington for a private screening of the documentary biopic <em>Rbg</em> (due in theaters May 4). The event — hosted by Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, CNN Films and AFI Docs — drew crowds of media elite, including Sally Quinn of <em>The Washington Post</em> and NPR’s Nina Totenberg, as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle.
The doc, which won over audiences when it premiered at ...
The doc, which won over audiences when it premiered at ...
- 4/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In the new trailer for Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary Rbg, the eminently quotable Supreme Court Justice says: "I ask no favor for my sex; all I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."
The film, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, chronicles Ginsburg's early quest for gender equality in the workplace following advancements of the civil rights movement.
"I became a lawyer when women were not wanted by the legal profession," she says. "I did see myself as kind of a kindergarten teacher...
The film, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, chronicles Ginsburg's early quest for gender equality in the workplace following advancements of the civil rights movement.
"I became a lawyer when women were not wanted by the legal profession," she says. "I did see myself as kind of a kindergarten teacher...
- 3/7/2018
- Rollingstone.com
By Peter Belsito
A film about the Us Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I went onto this one not knowing much about this woman and came out loving her.
In these times of troubled government here in the Us when the right has made inroads seemingly everywhere Rbg stands as a tiny, if powerful, beacon of hope for our society’s progress.
The film deals with her entire life as it passes through the political tide we have all lived through and attempts (successfully I think!) to define how and why she came to her current status as a progressive beacon in a troubled landscape.
As the United States Supreme Court leans increasingly to the right, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vigorous dissenting opinions and ferocious 20-push-up workouts have earned this tiny, soft-spoken intellectual giant the status of rock star and the title “Notorious Rbg.”
What many don’t know is Ginsburg’s strategic,...
A film about the Us Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I went onto this one not knowing much about this woman and came out loving her.
In these times of troubled government here in the Us when the right has made inroads seemingly everywhere Rbg stands as a tiny, if powerful, beacon of hope for our society’s progress.
The film deals with her entire life as it passes through the political tide we have all lived through and attempts (successfully I think!) to define how and why she came to her current status as a progressive beacon in a troubled landscape.
As the United States Supreme Court leans increasingly to the right, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vigorous dissenting opinions and ferocious 20-push-up workouts have earned this tiny, soft-spoken intellectual giant the status of rock star and the title “Notorious Rbg.”
What many don’t know is Ginsburg’s strategic,...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media have acquired “Rbg,” a documentary about pioneering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a worldwide deal. “Rbg” is a look at the historic career and widely unknown personal narrative of Ginsburg, the second woman ever confirmed to the bench. It features interviews with “former clients and colleagues, her close friend and NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and historic figures whose paths she has crossed, “including the son of her close friend and Supreme Court colleague Antonin Scalia,” an announcement said. The film was directed Betsy West and Julie Cohen and produced by CNN Films, which...
- 1/24/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is adding her voice to the #MeToo movement.
During an interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Ginsburg revealed that she was sexually harassed as a college student at Cornell when a professor gave her a practice exam that turned out to be identical to the real thing.
“I knew exactly what he wanted in return,” Ginsburg said. “Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, although we didn’t have a name for it.”
Ginsburg recalled confronting the professor later in his office, where she told him,...
During an interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Ginsburg revealed that she was sexually harassed as a college student at Cornell when a professor gave her a practice exam that turned out to be identical to the real thing.
“I knew exactly what he wanted in return,” Ginsburg said. “Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, although we didn’t have a name for it.”
Ginsburg recalled confronting the professor later in his office, where she told him,...
- 1/23/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg got candid about everything from her opinion about Kate McKinnon's Saturday Night Live impression of her to her own #MeToo experience during a chat with NPR's Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival Sunday.
Ginsburg, who was in town to discuss and promote Rbg, the upcoming CNN documentary about her life, praised McKinnon's impression and even joked about using some of McKinnon's lines in real life.
"I liked the actress who portrayed me [McKinnon] and I would like to say 'Gins-Burn' sometimes to my colleagues,...
Ginsburg, who was in town to discuss and promote Rbg, the upcoming CNN documentary about her life, praised McKinnon's impression and even joked about using some of McKinnon's lines in real life.
"I liked the actress who portrayed me [McKinnon] and I would like to say 'Gins-Burn' sometimes to my colleagues,...
- 1/22/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Ruth Bader Ginsburg finally chimed in with an opinion that “SNL” fans have been waiting years to hear. While in Sundance to talk and promote “Rbg,” the upcoming CNN documentary about her life, Ginsburg revealed that not only is she aware of Kate McKinnon’s impression of her, but that she actually enjoys it. The 84-year-old told NPR’s Nina Totenberg that she was introduced to McKinnon’s version by her children, and also revealed that she actually uses the line that’s made McKinnon’s character so popular on “SNL.” Also Read: Sundance 2018 Lineup: Lizzie Borden, Oscar Wilde, Jane Fonda and a lot of Lakeith...
- 1/22/2018
- by Daniel Kohn
- The Wrap
Glamour hosted its annual Women of the Year Awards at NYC's Carnegie Hall last night. The magazine's editor in chief, Cindi Leive, presided over the show, which acknowledged powerful ladies and their accomplishments from the last year. Top honors went to recently single Selena Gomez, who made a heartfelt and simple acceptance speech after her Getaway costar Ethan Hawke praised her many talents. Chelsea Clinton was on stage to recognize 20 female politicians, while Anna Wintour feted photographer Annie Leibovitz and NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg sung the obvious praises of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The evening's funniest moment came during Chelsea Handler's tribute to Girls creator Lena Dunham. Lena thanked her pal Chelsea, but then proceeded to take off her uncomfortable shoes. Lena memorably said, "Behind every woman of the year is a group of people who have been taking the woman's sh*t for much longer than that.
- 11/13/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer has had enough of the "liberal arrogance" when it comes to defending NPR and the government subsidy it receives. NPR's Nina Totenberg valiantly attempted to defend her organization's news coverage and disputed they were a "bunch of lefties," yet Krauthammer wondered "if the product is so superior, why does it have to live on the tit of the state?"...
- 3/13/2011
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
On Sunday's Inside Washington, NPR's Nina Totenberg apologized for using the words "Christmas party" in a discussion about budgets. It's unclear why she became as red in the face as the red Christmas flowers behind her when she mistakenly allowed the "offensive" words to escape from her lips. Yet she does regret that no alternative expression was available to describe the party she attended.
- 12/20/2010
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
Elizabeth Edwards' daughter eulogized her mother in the same church where she commemorated her brother years ago. Shushannah Walshe talks to her friends about her remarkable dignity and poise.
Catherine Edwards stood by her mother's coffin to deliver the eulogy.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Breast Cancer Breakthrough?
This was the same church where she, years earlier, had given the eulogy for her brother.
Her voice, cracking at first, became more assured as she spoke, growing steadier as she recalled the things that she loved about her mother.
"I am who I am today, and I will become whoever it is that I will become, in large part because she was my mom," she said, with the poise of someone much older than her 28 years.
The daughter of Elizabeth Edwards, who friends know as Cate, even drew laughs from the mourners at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh,...
Catherine Edwards stood by her mother's coffin to deliver the eulogy.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Breast Cancer Breakthrough?
This was the same church where she, years earlier, had given the eulogy for her brother.
Her voice, cracking at first, became more assured as she spoke, growing steadier as she recalled the things that she loved about her mother.
"I am who I am today, and I will become whoever it is that I will become, in large part because she was my mom," she said, with the poise of someone much older than her 28 years.
The daughter of Elizabeth Edwards, who friends know as Cate, even drew laughs from the mourners at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh,...
- 12/14/2010
- by Shushannah Walshe
- The Daily Beast
Everyone wants to be Lady Gaga.
The latest to pay tribute to the superstar's "Telephone" video are the producers of National Public Radio, who released their own lip dub clip of the hit song on Thursday.
"I was inspired by the 82nd Airborne's version of 'Telephone,' so I made an NPR spoof. If you like Robert Siegel and Nina Totenberg, you're gonna love this," "All Things Considered" producer Shereen Marisol Meraji wrote.
Meraji referred to a previous clip for the song made by Army soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan that earned over 3.7 million ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The latest to pay tribute to the superstar's "Telephone" video are the producers of National Public Radio, who released their own lip dub clip of the hit song on Thursday.
"I was inspired by the 82nd Airborne's version of 'Telephone,' so I made an NPR spoof. If you like Robert Siegel and Nina Totenberg, you're gonna love this," "All Things Considered" producer Shereen Marisol Meraji wrote.
Meraji referred to a previous clip for the song made by Army soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan that earned over 3.7 million ...
Copyright 2010 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 5/7/2010
- by AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff
- Access Hollywood
USA and Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer, Caryn Mandabach and Salma Hayek are among the 50 new honorees for the Paley Center for Media's "She Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio."
The initiative, launched in 2005 by the Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television & Radio), aims to "celebrate the achievements of creative and business women in the industries of television, radio and new media."
Also among this year's list of writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters and executives are Gracie Allen, Candice Bergen, former Lifetime chief Betty Cohen, Linda Ellerbee, Marta Kauffman, Barbara Kopple, Lynda La Plante, Suze Orman, Rosie O'Donnell, A&E Networks chief Abbe Raven, Shonda Rhimes, former Fox and UPN head Lucie Salhany, Jennifer Saunders, Martha Stewart, Hannah Storm, Nina Totenberg, Meredith Vieira, Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Paula Zahn.
"Powerful, talented women are not as uncommon in today's media industry as was once the case," Paley Center president and CEO Pat Mitchell said. "And today's women media leaders owe a great deal to their predecessors, who broke new ground in every sector of the media business."...
The initiative, launched in 2005 by the Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television & Radio), aims to "celebrate the achievements of creative and business women in the industries of television, radio and new media."
Also among this year's list of writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters and executives are Gracie Allen, Candice Bergen, former Lifetime chief Betty Cohen, Linda Ellerbee, Marta Kauffman, Barbara Kopple, Lynda La Plante, Suze Orman, Rosie O'Donnell, A&E Networks chief Abbe Raven, Shonda Rhimes, former Fox and UPN head Lucie Salhany, Jennifer Saunders, Martha Stewart, Hannah Storm, Nina Totenberg, Meredith Vieira, Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Paula Zahn.
"Powerful, talented women are not as uncommon in today's media industry as was once the case," Paley Center president and CEO Pat Mitchell said. "And today's women media leaders owe a great deal to their predecessors, who broke new ground in every sector of the media business."...
- 11/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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