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Boston Globe
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Hunter Biden let loose during a profanity-laced YouTube interview. Here are a few takeaways.
Hunter blamed Ambien for his father's disastrous debate performance last year Who could forget Advertisement Hunter Biden blamed the debacle on Ambien that he said his father took amid a demanding schedule. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I think what happened in that debate, he flew around the world basically, the mileage that he could've flown around the world three times, he's 81 years old,' Hunter said. 'He's tired. You give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage, and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights. And it feeds into every story that everybody wants to tell.' Hunter had harsh words for a certain Hollywood A-lister who called for his father to drop out George Clooney attends the opening of "Good Night And Good Luck" on Broadway on April 3, 2025, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Hunter Biden also tore into actor George Clooney, who Advertisement 'Number one, I agree with [director] Quentin Tarantino,' Hunter huffed. 'George Clooney is not a [expletive] actor. He is a [expletive] like, I don't know what he is. He's a brand. And by the way, and God bless him. You know what? He supposedly treats his friends really well. ... And he's got a really great place in Lake Como, and he's great friends with Barack Obama. [Expletive] you.' Addressing Clooney, he continued, 'What do you have to do with [expletive] anything? Why do I have to [expletive] listen to you? What right do you have to step on a man who's given 52 years of his [expletive] life to the service of this country, and decide that you, George Clooney, are gonna take out basically a full-page ad in the [expletive] New York Times?' Hunter had harsh words for Democratic strategists who followed Clooney's script James Carville (sitting) with Martha Stewart and documentary film director Matt Tyneaur at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024. Handout Skewering a who's who of prominent Democrats who also called on his father to quit the race, Hunter cited Clinton adviser 'James Carville, who hasn't won a race in 40 [expletive] years, and [strategist] David Axelrod who had one success in his political life, and that was Barack Obama.' 'And that was because of Barack Obama, not because of [expletive] David Axelrod. And [former Obama aide] David Plouffe, and all of these guys and the Pod Save America [podcast] guys, who were junior [expletive] speech writers on Barack Obama's senate staff, who've been dining out on their relationship with him for years, making millions of dollars. The [strategist] Anita Dunn's of the world, who's made 40, $50 million dollars off the Democratic party — they're all going to insert their judgment over a man who has figured out, unlike anybody else, how to get elected to the United States Senate over seven times, how to pass more legislation than any president in history, how to have a better midterm election than anybody in history, and how to garner more votes than any president that has ever won.' Advertisement Sen. Barack Obama shares a laugh with his staff and senior campaign advisor David Axelrod, left, during a flight on Feb. 4, 2008. AP/Associated Press Hunter had harsh words for President Trump President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner for Republican senators at the White House on Friday. MUST CREDIT: Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post Biden also ripped President Trump and 'He is a [expletive] dictator thug,' Hunter said. 'He's somehow convinced all of us that these people are the [expletive] criminals? 'People are really upset about illegal immigration,' [expletive] you. How do you think a hotel room gets cleaned? How do you think you've got food on your [expletive] table? Who do you think washes your dishes?' Hunter opened up about his addiction struggles Hunter Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrives at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Del., on June 3, 2024. RYAN COLLERD/AFP via Getty Images Also during the interview, Hunter discussed 'I was drinking so much alcohol, almost a handle of vodka a day,' he told Callaghan. 'And alcohol is the most destructive drug, not just to your body, but it puts you in more danger than any other drug that I've ever experienced.' He also ingested large amounts of crack cocaine, he said. 'And then you add on top of that, the amount of crack that I was using at the time,' he said. 'And crack cocaine, in terms of your physical health, is not as dangerous as the situation that you put yourself in to be able to obtain it. ... The places that you can go get it are some of the most dangerous places in whatever location you happen to be in. And it's everywhere. Mainly for that reason, I learned how to make my own.' Advertisement Travis Andersen can be reached at
CNN
01-07-2025
- Business
- CNN
JUNE DELIVERS CNN'S STRONGEST MONTH OF 2025
July 1st, 2025 MONTHLY GROWTH ACROSS DAYPARTS; TOTAL VIEWERSHIP UP +26% OVER MAY STRONG DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES IN JUNE AMIDST DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER PUSH 'GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK' LIVE BROADCAST DRAWS 7.34 MILLION VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD NEW YORK – (JULY 1, 2025) – CNN finished June with strong performance across television, digital and streaming platforms driven by global breaking news coverage and special live programming only available on CNN. June was the highest month of the year for CNN among both P25-54 and P2+ on television in the United States. In addition, visitors across CNN's digital platforms are continuing to spend more time engaging with CNN's reporting and content offerings as the network continues to pursue a direct-to-consumer subscription strategy. Compared to the previous month, CNN saw impressive double-digit growth across all major dayparts on U.S. television. Total Day viewership was up +40% among P25-54 (60k to 84k) and +26% among P2+ (357k to 450k), M-Su Prime was up +71% among P25-54 (80k to 137k) and +47% among P2+ (445k to 656k), and M-F Prime was up +49% among P25-54 (92k to 137k) and +26% among P2+ (494k to 624k). In June, CNN ranked among the top 5 cable networks in Total Day among P2+ for the 6th consecutive month and in Daytime among both demos. CNN was also ranked in the top 10 in Total Day among P25-54, in M-F Prime among P2+, and in M-Su Prime among both demos. In M-F Prime (7p-12a) at the program level, Erin Burnett Outfront (7p), Anderson Cooper 360 (8p), The Source with Kaitlan Collins (9p), NewsNight with Abby Phillip (10p), and Laura Coates Live (11p) all posted double-digit month-over-month growth among both P25-54 and P2+. The Source, NewsNight and Laura Coates Live also posted year-over-year growth among both P25-54 and P2+. NewsNight with Abby Phillip continues to be a standout performer for CNN, ranking as the network's most watched program among P25-54 for the fifth consecutive month. Further, NewsNight grew by impressive, double-digit margins year-over-year among both demos (P25-54: +63%, 96k to 156k; P2+: +28% 491k to 629k). In M-F Fringe (4p-7p), the newly-launched The Arena with Kasie Hunt at 4p and The Lead with Jake Tapper in its new 5p-7p time period posted double-digit month-over-month growth among both P25-54 and P2+. Both shows also grew year-over-year among P25-54. Breaking news of the US striking Iran's nuclear sites (6/21-22/25) drove CNN's best Weekend Total Day and Prime on television in the U.S. among both P25-54 and P2+ in nearly a year. In Weekend Total Day, CNN ranked #2 in all of cable among P2+ (646k) and #3 among P25-54 (139k). In Weekend Prime, CNN ranked #3 in all of cable among P2+ (1.809 million) and #4 in all of TV. Among P25-54 in Prime, CNN ranked #3 in cable and #5 in all of TV (495k). Breaking news of the Israel-Iran conflict led CNN to post its two best weeks since the presidential election in Total Day and Prime among both demos (weeks of 6/9 – 15/25 & 6/16-22/25). CNN's digital audience continues to show increased engagement in an overall strategic push towards a direct-to-consumer business. With a strategic focus on deepening engagement to grow digital subscribers, CNN has seen an increase of nearly 10% year over year in visits per visitor across CNN's digital platforms in the United States averaged from January to May. May domestic data is the most recent Comscore data available. CNN's special presentation of George Clooney and Grant Heslov's G ood Night, and Good Luck reached a combined 7.34 million total viewers on CNN US television, CNN International, and streaming audiences on Max and 5.64 million people interacted with the event in the United States, and an additional 1.7 million interacted internationally. The live broadcast (Saturday, 6/7/25; 7p-8:30p) ranked #1 in all of cable across the entire day among P2+, with a delivery of 2.011 million. Among P25-54, the event delivered 223k and ranked #3 in all of cable in its time period (7p-8:30p). Compared to the prior 4 Saturdays (5/10/25 – 5/31/25, 7p-8:30p), it was up +359% among P2+ (2.011m vs. 438k) and +291% among P25-54 (223k vs. 57k). Additionally, CNN saw its third biggest event on the Max platform in 2025 with the live offering of Good Night, and Good Luck to subscribers across all tiers. Digital Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Desktop and Mobile, January 2024 – May 2025, United States, Custom-Defined List including BBC, MSN News, Yahoo News, The New York Times Brand, Fox News Digital, HuffPost Global, CNBC, The Sun, CBC, Sky News, Alijazeera Media Network, Epoch Times. TV Source: The Nielsen Company Panel Only Data. Data based on Live+7 blended with most current data, including Out of Home. P2+ & P25-54 (000s). Breaking News & Good Night, and Good Luck Source: The Nielsen Company Panel Only Data. Data based on Live+SD only, including Out of Home. P2+ & P25-54 (000s).
Fox News
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
George Clooney makes dramatic return to his signature silver fox status at 2025 Tony Awards
George Clooney was back to his silver fox status Sunday for the 2025 Tony Awards. Clooney, 64, showed off his natural gray hair while walking the red carpet with wife Amal Clooney at New York City's Radio City Musical Hall. Nominated for leading actor in a play for his role in "Good Night, and Good Luck," Clooney wrapped the play earlier in the afternoon and subsequently got right back to his roots. During an appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Clooney admitted the first thing he would do after his final show was fix his "bad" hair. The "Ocean's 11" actor ditched his signature silver hairstyle in favor of a dark brown dyed job for his role in the Tony-nominated play. "It's bad. It's still dark on top, but it's gray at the bottom," he told Meyers while wearing a hat to "hide" the growth. Clooney admitted he hadn't dyed his hair in two months, since the beginning of the production. "So you get that really nice-looking grow-out of gray," he said. Clooney promised Meyers on Monday that his hair would be back to normal by the time of the Tonys, even under a tight deadline. "The last show is Sunday. We do a matinee, and then by the time we go to the Tonys that night, it'll be gone," he said. Meyers joked that it looked like he was "trying to get away with something" as Clooney appeared on the show wearing a hat. "It really looks bad," Clooney said. "It looks like [I'm] going through some horrible midlife crisis. I'm 64 – midlife is a little stretch." While Clooney's role in the performance was the talk of the town Sunday, his family's status in the United States could be in jeopardy under the Trump administration. Amal, 47, reportedly gave legal advice in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the war in Gaza, according to the Financial Times. Trump's executive order claims the court "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel. The ICC has, without a legitimate basis, asserted jurisdiction over and opened preliminary investigations concerning personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including Israel, and has further abused its power by issuing baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. "The United States will impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC's transgressions, some of which may include the blocking of property and assets, as well as the suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members." Amal, born in Lebanon and raised in Britain, practices law in both England and the United States, and has lived all over the world. Clooney proposed to Amal in April 2014, and the couple married five months later in Venice, Italy. Three years later, in 2017, the Clooneys welcomed twins Alexander and Ella.
CBS News
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
In his Broadway debut, George Clooney tells the story of pioneering journalist Edward R. Murrow
This is an updated version of a story first published on March 23, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Yes, in film, but even more so in theater, a sense of timing is essential. At age 63, George Clooney made his Broadway debut this spring, starring in an adaptation of the 2005 Oscar-nominated movie, "Good Night, and Good Luck." The play broke box office records and it's up for five awards at the Tonys later tonight. Clooney co-wrote both the original screenplay and this play, telling the story of pioneering journalist Edward R. Murrow, who took on strong-arming Sen. Joseph McCarthy, all while withstanding pressure not to make waves at his own news network-this network-CBS. The plot revolves around themes of truth, intimidation, and courage in the face of corporate media. It is set in the 1950s. As we first told you in March, Clooney always meant for the story to echo today. He just didn't realize how loudly it would. Deep February, Winter Garden Theater in the heart of Broadway, the set still under construction — George Clooney arrives in character. Ever the everyman, he doesn't stand on ceremony; he hurdles over it. But now it can be told: Hollywood's famously cool leading man has the jitters. George Clooney: I mean, look at this place. This is proper old Broadway. And it's exciting to be here, you know? Um --look-- let's not kid ourselves. It's nerve-wracking and there's a million reasons why it's dumb to do. Jon Wertheim: What do you mean? George Clooney: Well, it's dumb to do because you're coming out and saying, "Well, let's try to-- get an audience to take this ride with you back to 1954." 60 Minutes The play brings to life the humming CBS newsroom of the 1950s—all typewriters and smoldering cigarettes. Having dyed his hair—upsetting that familiar salt-and-pepper ratio—Clooney plays the protagonist Edward R. Murrow, host of the weekly television news program "See It Now." Jon Wertheim: You wrote the script to the film more than 20 years ago. You played Fred Friendly. George Clooney: Yeah. Jon Wertheim: Murrow's producer. You didn't play Murrow. George Clooney: No. Jon Wertheim: Why did you not want to play him? George Clooney: Murrow had a gravitas to him that at 42 years old I didn't-- I wasn't able to pull off. Murrow earned his gravitas during World War II, with eyewitness radio dispatches from London amid the Blitz. His trademark signoff doubles as the play's title. Clooney wrote the story with his longtime friend and creative partner, Grant Heslov. Jon Wertheim: How does this partnership work? Who's at the keyboard? George Clooney: Oh, you're at the keyboard. (laugh) Grant Heslov: He doesn't know how to use a computer. He can barely-- George Clooney: No, I'm like this. I'm the luddite. They met in LA in the early 80s, when both were struggling actors. Now they run a production company together. (Full disclosure: the three of us collaborated on an unrelated sports documentary out this month.) Clooney and Heslov conceived of the story of "Good Night, and Good Luck" in the early 2000s, when the U.S. went to war in Iraq. George Clooney: You know, I just thought it was a good time to talk about when the press held government to account. A show within a show, the play recreates the historic television face-off between Murrow and Joseph McCarthy, with McCarthy essentially playing himself through archival footage. At the height of the Red Scare, the Wisconsin senator led a crusade to weed out supposed communist infiltration of the U.S. government. Murrow and his team overcame the climate of fear and intimidation to expose and help take down McCarthy with measured, fact-based editorials. Jon Wertheim: Are you guys using McCarthyism as a parable for today? Grant Heslov: Originally it wasn't for today, today. But it's–this is a story that stands the test of time. I think it's a story that you can keep telling over and over. I don't think it will ever-- thematically get old. George Clooney and Grant Heslov speak with Jon Wertheim 60 Minutes At the table read in a downtown Manhattan studio, Clooney met the cast and wasted no time addressing what he sees as the parallels to today. George Clooney: When the other three estates fail, when the judiciary and the executive and the legislative branches fail us, the fourth estate has to succeed. Has to succeed - as 60 Minutes is here right now on our first day. (laugh) Kidding aside, Clooney made the point: these are chilling times for the news media. George Clooney: ABC has just settled a lawsuit with the Trump administration. And CBS News is in the process … The process he's talking about: President Trump lodged a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS, making the unfounded allegation that 60 Minutes engaged in election interference. CBS filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and the parties have discussed settlement, all this as the network's parent company, Paramount, is trying to close a merger deal, which requires approval from the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission. George Clooney: We're seeing this idea of using government to scare or fine or use corporations -- to make-- journalists smaller. Governments don't like-- the freedom of the press. They never have. And-- that goes for whether you are a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you're on. They don't like the press. Jon Wertheim: What does this play tell us about the media's ability or willingness to withstand this kind of pressure? George Clooney: It's a fight that is for the ages. It will continue. You see it happening at the LA Times. You see it happening at the Washington Post, for god's sake. George Clooney: Journalism and telling truth to power has to be waged like war is waged. It doesn't just happen accidentally. You know, it takes people saying, we're gonna do these stories and you're gonna have to come after us. And that's the way it is. When we dropped in on rehearsals, the mood was as light as the material was heavy. Comedian and producer Ilana Glazer plays CBS news-writer Shirley Wershba. Jon Wertheim: How is George Clooney doing-- leading a troupe of stage actors? Ilana Glazer: It's shaky. It's shaky, Jon. It's tough. No, I'm just kidding. Ilana Glazer, who plays CBS news writer Shirley Wershba, speaks with Jon Wertheim about working with George Clooney. 60 Minutes Ilana Glazer: We're all, like, so focused on this material, and it's serious, and we're trying to make it as honest as possible. So George really, like, will-- let the-- the tension release and break the tension with a joke at the right time. One of Broadway's most in-demand directors, David Cromer, is the man in charge. Jon Wertheim: Your Murrow character is being portrayed by someone with-- considerable star wattage. What challenge does that present to you? David Cromer: It doesn't present a challenge. It helps. Jon Wertheim: Why-- David Cromer: Edward R. Murrow was a star. He was the most-trusted man in America. He had this very serious news show, but he also had this incredibly popular entertainment show, which was on Friday nights. It was called Person to Person… David Cromer: And he went into Liberace's house. And he went into all these people's houses. David Cromer: If he were playing Willy Loman, that would be different, you know what I mean-- Jon Wertheim: A smaller figure than Murrow-- David Cromer: If he were playing-- a little man. If he were playing a little man. He's playing a great man. And he's a great man who's playing a great man. David Cromer 60 Minutes As for the play's setting, Clooney knows his way around a newsroom. His father Nick Clooney was a longtime journalist and anchorman. George Clooney: When I was 12 years old, my dad was working at WKRC in Cincinnati. I would run the teleprompter. In those days, a teleprompter was-- sheets of paper taped end-to-end with a camera pointed down. And you'd feed them like this, underneath the camera. And my dad would be able to read it on the teleprompter. And then at the commercial they'd say, "Okay, cut three minutes out of that story." And you had at the end of it a paper cutter-- Jon Wertheim: Literally cut-- George Clooney: And you'd just go sh-dunk… Grant Heslov: You really are old. George Clooney: I'm old, man. Clooney says he's running for nothing, but he makes no secret of his politics. A lifelong Democrat, he made news last summer, when he wrote a pointed essay calling on Joe Biden not to seek reelection on account of his age. Jon Wertheim: Looking back on that, happy you did it? George Clooney: Yeah. I'll make it kind of easy. I was raised to tell the truth. I had seen-- the president up close for this fundraiser, and I was surprised. And so I feel as if there was-- a lot of profiles in cowardice in my party through all of that. And I was not proud of that. And I also believed I had to tell the truth. Truth: an increasingly elusive concept…Clooney says that for all the parallels between the play and these convulsive times we live in today, disinformation is one critical distinction…. George Clooney: Here's where I would tell you where we differ from what Murrow was doing. Although McCarthy would try to pose things that-- he'd show up a blank piece of paper and say, "I've got a list of names." Okay, so it was-- that was his version of-- of fake news. We now are at a place where we've found that it's harder and harder and harder to dis-- to discern the truth. Facts are now negotiated. Jon Wertheim: You and I can agree or disagree, but if we can't reach a consensus that this chair is brown… George Clooney: Yeah. Jon Wertheim: We're in trouble. George Clooney: That's right. George Clooney 60 Minutes By March, rehearsals had moved into the theater. A big production issue on this day: the prop cigarettes. George Clooney: The hardest part for me is smoking. Jon Wertheim: What do you mean? George Clooney: Well, he smokes a lot. And we smoke a lot in the play. Everybody smokes in the play, so the place is covered in smoke. And smoking in our family's a big, you know, problem. We grew up in Kentucky. A lotta tobacco farmers. And-- almost all of my family members died of-- of lung cancer. My father's-- sister, Rosemary, died of it. She was a wonderful singer, died of it. And my dad's 91 because he didn't smoke. So smoking has always been-- it's a hard thing to do. It's easy to forget, George Clooney has been an A-lister for 30 years now. In 2003, he was a bachelor living with a pet pig when 60 Minutes profiled him. Jon Wertheim: You were in the Sexiest Man of the Year-- phase. George Clooney: Sure, that was a big time for me. I was very-- Jon Wertheim: Not-- not that you're not sexy now. George Clooney: That's okay. I'm not hurt, Jon. He's married now. His wife and their two kids left the home they keep in Europe to spend this spring run with him in New York. Clooney is also in a different phase of his life professionally. George Clooney: Look, I'm 63 years old. I'm not trying to compete with 25-year-old leading men. That's not my job. I'm not doing romantic films anymore. Clooney's turn on Broadway earned him a Tony nomination for best actor, just as it put him a few feet from the audience. Jon Wertheim: They can see you, you-- you can see them too. George Clooney: I'm not looking at them. I'm putting my wife in the very, very, very back. Jon Wertheim: You-- you wish you had done this earlier in your career? George Clooney: I don't know that I could've. I wasn't-- I didn't do the work required to get there. Jon Wertheim: But I saw the smile when you came out here… George Clooney: Oh, yeah. It's cool. Jon Wertheim: and-- looked out here. George Clooney: --Anybody who would deny that would just be a liar. I mean, there isn't a single actor alive that wouldn't have loved to have, you know, been on Broadway. So that's-- that's the fun of it. It's-- it's trickier the older you get. But why not? Produced by Nathalie Sommer and Kaylee Tully. Broadcast associates, Elizabeth Germino and Mimi Lamarre. Edited by Sean Kelly.
Daily Mail
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
George Clooney returns to being a silver fox as he attends 2025 Tony Awards with glam wife Amal after 'awful dye job'
George Clooney 's return to silver fox status is nearly complete, several months after debuting a dye job that was mocked online. The actor, 63, attended the Tony Awards with the majority of his hair in it's familiar shade of grey. George, looking handsome in a slick black tuxedo, attended Broadway's biggest night with his gorgeous wife Amal by his side. Amal stunned in a white beaded dress teamed with a marble clutch and a head full of loose, romantic waves. George dyed his famous salt and pepper locks dark brown back in March for his role as legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow in his Broadway show Good Night And Good Luck. 'I know it's not good,' he previously admitted in a chat with Gayle King.
