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Kamala Harris Raised Massive $310M in July

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last month, an eye-popping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2. The haul by Harris, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated entities far […]

NABJ in Talks With Kamala Harris Team Following Trump Panel; Co-Chair Speaks Out

Former Ohio University journalism professor Justice B. Hill has proudly been a card-carrying member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) for nearly five decades. But this week, Hill echoed similar thoughts of many journalists who converged on the first day of the 2024 NABJ Convention and Career Fair in Chicago. As they heard […]

Kamala Harris Campaign Shoots Back at Trump After He Calls Her Black Identity Into Question

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has responded to GOP nominee Donald Trump’s statements at a convention for Black journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, where Trump called into question the vice president’s identity as a Black woman. Harris’ campaign called his hostility “simply a taste of the chaos and division” that Trump’s campaign seeks and what Americans […]

“I Didn’t Know She Was Black”: Trump Questions Kamala Harris’ Race at Contentious NABJ Event

President Donald Trump went on the attack while appearing onstage at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago in a contentious appearance that quickly went off the rails and saw the candidate repeating lies about his past policy toward Black communities and questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ identity as a Black woman. “She […]

Channel 4 to Air ‘Trump v Harris: The Battle for America,’ Fast-Turnaround Doc on U.S. Election

Channel 4 will air a fast-turnaround documentary on the U.S. election titled Trump v Harris: The Battle for America on Aug. 7. The one-off 60-minute special doc, made by ITN Productions, is focused on the race to the White House for Republican nominee Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris, who looks set to secure […]

‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci on Why His Show Wouldn’t Work Today — and Advice for Kamala Harris

On July 21, President Joe Biden backed out of his re-election campaign to pave the way for his vice president, Kamala Harris, to succeed him in office. Up against former President Donald Trump, if elected, she would make history as the U.S.’ first-ever female president. It’s a story so good, you couldn’t write it — […]

Trump’s Invitation to National Association of Black Journalists Convention Causes Backlash

Donald Trump is set to take part in a Q&A with Black political journalists as part of the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair in Chicago. The news has created a furious backlash on social media, with a number of prominent Black journalists decrying the move. On July 31, the convention’s […]

Hollywood Flashback: When Clint Eastwood Saved the Day

The drama and intrigue of an attempt on a president’s life gripped moviegoers when In the Line of Fire debuted 31 years ago. The thriller from director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One) stars Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent tormented over his inability to stop President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Frank […]

John Oliver Wants to Believe the J.D. Vance Sofa Rumor: “I’ve Never Seen Someone With More Couch-F***er Energy”

John Oliver spent several minutes of his Last Week Tonight opening segment talking about the 2024 presidential race, but he devoted a good chunk of that time addressing the baseless rumor that J.D. Vance once had sex with a couch. As you would expect, Oliver is no fan of Republican candidate Donald Trump’s running mate […]

Chelsea Handler Responds to J.D. Vance’s “Childless Cat Ladies” Comments: “You’re Being Hysterical”

Chelsea Handler responded Sunday to resurfaced comments from J.D. Vance regarding women without children. “To put it in women-hating terms you understand, you’re being hysterical,” Handler said in a video posted to Instagram. Last week, comments that Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate made in 2021 resurfaced online, including a clip in which Vance told […]

Stephen Colbert Tackles J.D. Vance Couch Story

A presumably false story that went viral this week, with memes and jokes spreading rapidly across social media, about Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance writing in his memoir about using a couch and latex glove during a solo sex act has found its way into the late-night monologues, with Steven Colbert riffing on the […]

‘The Boys’ Prequel Starring Jensen Ackles, Aya Cash Greenlit at Amazon

[This story contains spoilers from The Boys season four.] The universe of The Boys is expanding again. At Comic-Con on Friday, Prime Video announced that it’s ordered a prequel series called Vought Rising that will star Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, reprising their roles from the flagship series. Ackles made an appearance onstage at Hall […]

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