Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Casting SHATTERED

Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes' SHATTERED: INSIDE HILLARY CLINTON'S DOOMED CAMPAIGN is already a best seller and has now been optioned by TRISTAR TELEVISION with plans for a limited TV series.


Below, we cast some of the major players.


Hillary Clinton?


Hope Davis.

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  22 Jul 2015
'' Adds to Season 2 Cast (Exclusive)
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Robby Mook?

Jim Parsons.

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  28 Feb 2013
! The Jim Parsons Project:
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Jennifer Palmieri?

Amy Sedaris.


  Apr 16
Happy Easter! Our episode with Amy Sedaris is filled with gems about crafting, her new TV project, and rabbits.
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Stephanie Hannon?

Ann Dowd.

  Apr 27
Ann Dowd on the message of : "Stay awake" --








John Podesta?

Andy Dick.


  May 4
TONIGHT!
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Dennis Cheng?

John Cho.

  Apr 24
Happy belated birthday to my pal . Baby's all grows up!
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Huma Abedin?

Priyanka Chopra.



  4 hours ago
Need more ? Catch her on , tonight!
5 replies56 retweets219 likes









Anthony Weiner?

Dustin Diamond.

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  19 Apr 2014
Great show tonight in Roanoke! Missed you last time so glad you made it back.
4 retweets3 likes









Joel Benenson?

Peter Sarsgaard.

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  Mar 23
Beautiful at the stunning@olafureliasson opening tonight
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Tweet of the Week




  2.   May 7
    Harrowing drone footage shows the destruction and chaos of western Mosul, Iraq (WARNING: graphic content)
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From The TESR Test Kitchen

Campbell's, mmm-good?


Sometimes.


But not now.

soupmarvel


The labels promise a Hulk soup and a Spider-Man soup.

What do they deliver?

Chicken noodle soup.

And check out the labels on the two cans and the label on a Cambell's chicken soup can and you'll find out that they are all the same.

What was the point?

Just call it chicken noodle soup and slap Hulk or Spider-Man or whomever on it.


Instead, they promise some form of new soup that just feels like a con.


(Spice up these soups -- and any chicken noodle soup -- with a dash of soy sauce and a dash of Tobasco sauce.)





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This edition's playlist


aimeemannmentalillness


1) Aimee Mann's MENTAL ILLNESS.


2) Alicia Keys' HERE.



3) Tori Amos' UNREPENTANT GERALDINES.



4) Janet Jackson's UNBREAKABLE.



5) Sam Smith's IN THE LONELY HOUR DROWNING SHADOW EDITION.



6) Aretha Franklin's ARETHA SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS.



7) Ben Harper's CALL IT WHAT IT IS.


8)  Steve Grand's ALL AMERICAN BOY.



9) Nick Jonas' LAST YEAR WAS COMPLICATED.



10) Pretenders' ALONE.
















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Josephine Baker biography celebrates the rebel behind the singer

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Josephine Baker biography celebrates the rebel behind the singer

by Gabby Thorpe

The graphic novels front cover

Josephine Baker is most recognisable to some in her iconic skirt of rubber bananas as the “first black star of the world stage”.

However, Catel and Boucquet’s graphic novel reveals Baker went beyond being just a singer.
US-born Baker arrived in Paris aged 19 in 1925.

Her fight against segregation and racism after the Second World War makes studying her life a must for activists who strive to do the same today.

The format of the graphic biography is accessible and interesting, especially for those who do not know much about Baker. Cartel and Bocquet have created a work that highlights her irreverence and independence.

It spans her often tragic childhood, her rise to fame, and her work with the French Resistance against the Nazi invasion of France and the Vichy regime.

The reader is invited to experience on some level her rousing speeches against segregation, and her “Rainbow Tribe”. They were a group of orphans she adopted, all of different backgrounds.

Although this biography doesn’t focus enough on Baker’s work as an activist, it is entertaining for those who want to find out more.

At times funny and poignant Josephine Baker is recommended to anyone who is interested in the fight against oppression.

There is much to learn from her devotion to struggle. It will serve as a reminder that we cannot transcend our oppressors, but must instead fight against them.

As a lover of socialist ideas, Baker would be pleased to know that her life has inspired future generations to take up the fight for liberation.

Josephine Baker by Catel Muller and Jose-Louis Bocquet, published by SelfMadeHero, £14.99. selfmadehero.com


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