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Denzel on Booze: 'I've Done a Lot of Damage to the Body'

Oscar-winning actor reveals to Esquire how wine became his 'thing,' until he quit a decade ago

(Newser) - Toward the start of his new stream-of-consciousness essay in Esquire that details "the moments that mattered and the experiences that made him," Oscar-winner Denzel Washington notes he "wasn't big" on alcohol as a youth. That changed down the road. The 69-year-old Training Day and Gladiator II...

John Mulaney on His Life: It's 'Like a Tornado Picked Me Up'

Comedian talks with GQ about stormy past few years, from drugs to life with Olivia Munn, kids

(Newser) - "Once such a consummate urbanite that you half expected to see a pigeon on his head and his pockets stuffed with takeout menus, today he looks every inch a suburban dad, in his white lace-up Vans, olive jeans, long-sleeve shirt." That's how Brett Martin describes John Mulaney...

Want to Go to Outer Space? Olivia Rodrigo Won't Date You
Olivia Rodrigo Has
One Big Dating
Deal-Breaker
in case you missed it
Nov 9, 2024 4:20 PM CST

Olivia Rodrigo Has One Big Dating Deal-Breaker

Sorry, Elon, but the singer says she doesn't want to go out with men who want to go outer space

(Newser) - Everyone's got their own red flags when it comes to romance, and Olivia Rodrigo has a very particular one that has led her to start posing an "oddly specific" question of guys on their first date, per People . "I always ask them if they think that they...

Vance: I'm Against Prosecuting Out-of-State Abortions

And more highlights from his interview with Joe Rogan

(Newser) - JD Vance followed former President Trump's lead in sitting for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, which aired Thursday. Several clips quickly went viral, "but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate," per the Independent . The wide-ranging...

Highlights of Trump's Joe Rogan Interview

Former president talked with podcast host for about 3 hours

(Newser) - Two hours and 58 minutes. That's how long Joe Rogan's latest podcast ran, with a very special (and talkative) guest: Donald Trump, who chatted at length on The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday—so long that his own rally in Traverse City, Michigan, later that evening was "...

Harris' Latest Interview: Charlamagne Tha God

She addresses the Black community, and calls Trump's policies fascist

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz continued Tuesday with an interview with Charlamagne Tha God that the New York Times calls "free-flowing," and which "often spoke to the concerns of Black Americans." Some takeaways:
  • On the F-word: Not that F-word. Charlamagne framed former President Trump's
...

A Sandy Hook Dad Finally Makes Peace With His Decision

Robbie Parker, father of Emilie Parker, 6, speaks about press conference just 24 hours after shooting

(Newser) - While bidders prepare to bid on Alex Jones' Infowars, one of the people targeted by the right-wing conspiracy theorist—Robbie Parker, dad of Emilie Parker, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at the age of 6—is preparing to release a book on the matter in December,...

NFL Union: We Want Cameras Out of Locker Rooms

NFLPA wants practice banned but finds 'little willingness to collaborate' from NFL, PFWA

(Newser) - The practice of locker room interviews needs to come to an end—at least according to the NFL Players Association, which is now pushing more aggressively for exactly that. The organization put out a statement on Friday describing how it's tried for "the past three years" to team...

Takeaways From Harris' MSNBC Interview

She chose a 'friendly forum' for first one-on-one network interview as nominee

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday for her first one-on-one interview with a major network since she became the Democratic nominee. The interview was a "friendly forum" for Harris, who spoke to Ruhle in Pittsburgh after delivering a speech that focused on...

Takeaways From Harris' CNN Interview

Harris, Walz 'ticked the box,' analysts says

(Newser) - With Republicans criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris first for not granting interviews, then for appearing with running mate Tim Walz at her first major interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, the bar for success wasn't especially high in her CNN interview. Analysts say Harris—who did most of the...

7 Reactions to the Trump-Musk Sit-Down

It's being called an 'embarrassment' by more than one outlet

(Newser) - So how did Donald Trump's Monday night sit-down with Elon Musk go, after its start was delayed due to technical glitches ? Not all that well, at least according to the reactions published thus far in the mainstream media. A sampling:
  • USA Today calls it an "unmitigated disaster,
...

Biden Gives First Interview Since Nixing Reelection Bid

'We must defeat Trump,' he tells CBS News, calling himself a 'transition president'

(Newser) - President Biden will be shedding some more light on why he left the 2024 race in an interview set to air in full on CBS News' Sunday Morning show, but some clips from the chat with Robert Costa, the network's chief campaign and election correspondent, are already circulating. Notably,...

Biden: If God Tells Me to Ditch Race, I Will
Biden: If God
Tells Me to Ditch
Race, I Will
INTERVIEW
Jul 6, 2024 7:00 AM CDT

Biden: If God Tells Me to Ditch Race, I Will

In ABC News interview, president tries to salvage 2024 campaign after disastrous debate with Trump

(Newser) - President Biden's much-anticipated interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, his first since his weak debate performance against former President Trump, aired Friday night, with the 81-year-old commander in chief showing no sign of stepping down from his post or away from his reelection run. "Look, I mean, if...

Zelensky Dismisses Putin Nuke Threats: 'Loves His Own Life'

Ukrainian president talks to 'NYT' on Russia, NATO support, and what he plans to do after the war

(Newser) - There's no sign that Russia's two-year-plus invasion into Ukraine will end anytime soon, partly because Ukraine is now in a "critical time," with "its army in retreat and a new package of American arms yet to arrive in sufficient quantities," reports the New York ...

Radcliffe: JK Rowling's Stance 'Makes Me Really Sad'

Actor talks the rift, why he felt compelled to speak out in defense of transgender people

(Newser) - Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe hasn't spoken with author JK Rowling since she expressed her view that transgender women are not women, the actor reveals in a new interview with the Atlantic , while disputing the idea of him as an "ungrateful brat." "Obviously Harry Potter would...

Trump Spills Plans for Migrants, Abortion If He Gets to WH

Ex-president lays out for 'Time' what his next administration would do if he's elected again

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been spending his days of late mired in court proceedings , but he took some time out last month in Palm Beach, Florida, to chat with Eric Cortellessa for a new profile entitled "If He Wins" in Time . The former president, who wants to be the next...

Seinfeld: 'Extreme Left' and 'PC Crap' Are Marring Comedy
Seinfeld
Talks 'PC Crap,'
Pop-Tarts, and
His 'Favorite Human'
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Apr 30, 2024 6:25 AM CDT

Seinfeld Talks 'PC Crap,' Pop-Tarts, and His 'Favorite Human'

Comedian chats with 'New Yorker' about his beef with the 'extreme left' and much more

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld's new film, Unfrosted, an origin story for Pop-Tarts, begins streaming Friday on Netflix. But the 70-year-old Seinfeld creator is making headlines this week not for that project, but for what he has to say about the state of comedy. Per the Hill , Seinfeld appeared on the New ...

Ralph Nader Explains Why the Focus on RFK Jr. Is 'Stupid'

Don't worry about presidential race 'spoilers,' Nader says, insisting the concept is ridiculous

(Newser) - Ralph Nader has been saying it for decades: America needs a revolution. The lawyer, consumer advocate, and political activist famously—or, perhaps, infamously—ran for president as a third-party candidate in every election from 1992 until 2008. That includes, of course, his 2000 campaign, in which the 97,488 votes...

Rushdie on Being Attacked: 'I'm Not Good With Fear'

But in AP interview nearly 2 years after stabbing, author says he feels he has 'a little iron in the soul'

(Newser) - Nearly two years after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same. Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his longtime publisher, Random House, Rushdie is thinner, paler, scarred, and blind in his right eye. He speaks of "iron"...

Stephen Breyer: Supreme Court Is Headed Down Wrong Path

Retired justice offers his take on Dobbs decision, originalism, and the court's current makeup

(Newser) - Stephen Breyer has a book coming out Tuesday, and between that and a new interview with the New York Times , the retired Supreme Court justice has a lot to say, about everything from abortion and the concept of originalism to the high court bench's current makeup.
  • Abortion: In his
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