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Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation Ended 2022 MINUS $675K, Down $11 Mil in Donations, UP $500K in Salaries

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Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation Ended 2022 MINUS $675K, Down $11 Mil in Donations, UP $500K in Salaries

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation skidded off the tracks in 2022.

According to Archewell’s Form 990, the not for profit’s contributions fell by $11 million, from $13 mil to $2 mil.

Still, salaries went UP by $500,000.

Archewell finished the year technically in the red, MINUS $675,000 in Revenue Less Expenses.

The foundation’s grants to needy causes were cut by more than half, from $3 mil to $1.2 million.

The donations made by Archwell included $200K to Georgetown University. (What? What?) and $165,000 to Kaboom, a group that creates playspaces in communities.

I have no idea what this charity is, really. There doesn’t seem to be a clear mission other than to exist.

MSNBC Bucks Nepo Baby Criticism, Hires Luke Russert to Be Host, Creative Director of New Series

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MSNBC Bucks Nepo Baby Criticism, Hires Luke Russert to Be Host, Creative Director of New Series

You have to give MSNBC’s Rashida Jones credit. The news director of the popular cable network won’t be turned off by accusations of ‘nepo baby.’

Jones has hired the late Tim Russert’s son, Luke, to oversee a new event series on the network. “MSNBC Live,” will be an event series launching in 2024, featuring high-profile interviews, expert forums and panels on a local and national scale.

Russert’s experience is being the son of Tim Russert and Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth.

NY Magazine coined the term ‘nepo baby’ earlier this year. It references children of famous people who get breaks despite having little or no experience. Nepo Baby immediately became a catch phrase in the lexicon.

A little background: When Tim Russert, the beloved NBC journalist, died suddenly, son Luke got work on the network immediately because he was his son. Then he left, wrote a book, and went on a book tour. The book was not a complex investigation into a newsworthy subject, but a memoir about losing his dad and “finding” himself. The MSNBC press release doesn’t even say this — they don’t even supply a biography of Luke, which is really weird. They don’t need to, apparently.

So congrats to Luke Russert! He really worked his way up the ladder. And bravo to Rashida Jones for taking the brave path and not appointing someone with a long resume. It’s a daring, bold move.

Donald Trump Now Says in Social Media Rant that He Wanted to Testify in NY Trial, Can’t Explain Why He Didn’t

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Donald Trump Now Says in Social Media Rant that He Wanted to Testify in NY Trial, Can’t Explain Why He Didn’t

Just so you know, Donald Trump really wanted to testify this week in his NY fraud trial. He says so on social media this morning. He doesn’t say exactly why he didn’t, but still calls the judge and attorney general of New York names.

This is a very lame Trump post at best. I guess he figures his followers will just read the top line (aloud) and go back to the funnies. But Trump didn’t testify because one more word out of him under oath would make things worse than they already are.

CBS Can’t Find a Host for Golden Globes: Will Cedric Be Entertaining on Show Night? Drew Barrymore? LL Cool J?

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CBS Can’t Find a Host for Golden Globes: Will Cedric Be Entertaining on Show Night? Drew Barrymore? LL Cool J?

Cedric the Entertainer just announced the Golden Globe nominees on CBS. Will he wind up being the host of the show on January 7th?

There’s a good chance because reportedly no one else wants to do it. Not Chris Rock. Certainly not Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who are long gone. Ricky Gervais? Nope.

CNN reports that the show hasn’t secured a host with less than a month to go.

That’s because the Globes are riddled with scandal. Past hosts have had a ball ridiculing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The HFPA is gone in name now, but around 60 members continue in the newly configured Globes. They are mostly the same people. Would the host still make fun of them?

Cedric seems an obvious choice. CBS’s Jack Sussman loves to have network stars host shows, which is why LL Cool J and James Corden did the heavy lifting for years on the Grammys and Tonys. Corden is gone. LL Cool J — now that would be funny and so right.

Maybe CBS could have pressured Stephen Colbert to do the duties. But he’s been sick, and is looking forward no doubt to the Christmas break. One outside shot– Drew Barrymore, also contracted to CBS for her talk show.

Stay tuned..

Golden Globes 2024: Huge Snubs for “The Color Purple,” “Ferrari,” George Clooney Film, Ava DuVernay “Origins,” Plus “May December” is a Comedy?

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Golden Globes 2024: Huge Snubs for “The Color Purple,” “Ferrari,” George Clooney Film, Ava DuVernay “Origins,” Plus “May December” is a Comedy?

Even though the Golden Globes increased its membership for diversity, they still managed to exclude one of the most vibrant and powerful films of 2023.

Not included in Best Comedy or Musical was “The Color Purple,” the gorgeous musical version of the 1985 movie. It’s not in that category or Best Director or Best Song or Musical Score. The movie did get a Best Actress nomination for Fantasia and Supporting Actress for Danielle Brooks, however.

The Globes made “May December” a comedy– a serious drama — is laughable.

George Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat” was completely omitted. So was Ava DuVernary’s “Origin.” Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” was ignored as well.

In TV, neither Jennifer Aniston nor Reese Witherspoon was nominated for “The Morning Show.”

Full list BELOW

On the movie side, the Golden Globes– all shined up and new — couldn’t find a Black director or supporting actor.

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Willem Dafoe, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan Gosling, Charles Melton, Mark Ruffalo

Best Actress, Comedy/Musical Motion Picture: Fantasia, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Margot Robbie, Alma Pöysti

Best Director: Maestro, Barbie, Poor Things, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon

Drama: Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Zone of Interest

Comedy/Musical: Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Poor Things

Best Actor, Drama: Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, COlman Domingo, Barry Keoghan, Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott

Best Actress, Drama: Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller Greta Lee, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny

Best Actor, Comedy: Timothee Chalamet, Paul Giamatti, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeffrey Wright, Nicholas Cage, Matt Damon

Best Supporting Actor: Emily Blunt, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Jodie Foster, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rosamund Pike

Alma Pöysti nomination for “Fallen Leaves,” a Finnish film, is a surprise since barely anyone has seen it.

FULL LIST

Movies

Best Picture – Drama

Oppenheimer

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Past Lives

The Zone of Interest

Anatomy of a Fall

Best Picture – Musical/Comedy

Air

American Fiction

Barbie

The Holdovers

May December

Poor Things

Best Actress– Motion Picture, Drama

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Carey Mulligan – Maestro

Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Annette Bening – Nyad

Greta Lee – Past Lives

Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Best Actor– Motion Picture, Drama

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon

Colman Domingo – Rustin

Barry Keoghan – Saltburn

Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers

Best Actress – Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy

Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple

Jennifer Lawrence – No Hard Feelings

Natalie Portman – May December

Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves

Margot Robbie – Barbie

Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Actor – Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy

Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario

Timothée Chalamet – Wonka

Matt Damon – Air

Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks – The Colour Purple

Jodie Foster – Nyad

Julianne Moore – May December

Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe – Poor Things

Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Charles Melton – May December

Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Director – Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach

Poor Things – Tony McNamara

Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese

Past Lives – Celine Song

Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

Best Picture – Animated

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Bros Movie

Suzume

Wish

Best Picture – Non-English Language

ANATOMY OF A FALL | FRANCE

FALLEN LEAVES | FINLAND

IO CAPITANO | ITALY

PAST LIVES | USA

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW | SPAIN

THE ZONE OF INTEREST | UNITED KINGDOM / USA

Best Score – Motion Picture

Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix

Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson

The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi

Best Song – Motion Picture

“ADDICTED TO ROMANCE” — SHE CAME TO ME | Bruce Springsteen

“DANCE THE NIGHT” — BARBIE | Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin

“I’M JUST KEN” — BARBIE | Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt

“PEACHES” — THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE | Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker

“ROAD TO FREEDOM” — RUSTIN | Lenny Kravitz

“WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?” — BARBIE | Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

BARBIE

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART 1

OPPENHEIMER

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE

TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR

TV

Best Drama Series

“1923” “The Crown”

“The Diplomat”

“The Last of Us”

“The Morning Show”

“Succession”

Best Musical/Comedy Series

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

BARRY

THE BEAR

JURY DUTY

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

TED LASSO

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

BEEF

DAISY JONES & THE SIX

FARGO

FELLOW TRAVELERS

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

Best Actress – Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture

Riley Keough – Daisy Jones & the Six

Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry

Elizabeth Olsen – Love and Death

Juno Temple – Fargo

Rachel Weisz – Dead Ringers

Ali Wong — BEEF

Best Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture

MATT BOMER | FELLOW TRAVELERS

SAM CLAFLIN | DAISY JONES & THE SIX

JON HAMM | FARGO

WOODY HARRELSON | WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS

DAVID OYELOWO | LAWMEN: BASS REEVES

STEVEN YEUN | BEEF

Best Television Actress – Drama Series

HELEN MIRREN | 1923

BELLA RAMSEY | THE LAST OF US

KERI RUSSELL | THE DIPLOMAT

SARAH SNOOK | SUCCESSION

IMELDA STAUNTON | THE CROWN

EMMA STONE | THE CURSE

Best Television Actor – Drama Series

Brian Cox – Succession

Kieran Culkin – Succession

Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us

Jeremy Strong – Succession

Dominic West – The Crown

Best Television Actress – Musical/Comedy Series

RACHEL BROSNAHAN | THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL

QUINTA BRUNSON | ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

AYO EDEBIRI | THE BEAR

ELLE FANNING | THE GREAT

SELENA GOMEZ | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

NATASHA LYONNE | POKER FACE

Best Television Actor – Musical/Comedy Series

BILL HADER | BARRY

STEVE MARTIN | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

JASON SEGEL | SHRINKING

MARTIN SHORT | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

JASON SUDEIKIS | TED LASSO

JEREMY ALLEN WHITE | THE BEAR

Best Supporting Actress – Television Limited Series/Motion Picture

Harriet Sloane – Lessons in Chemistry

Patti Yasutake – BEEF

Suki Waterhouse – Daisy Jones & the Six

Chloe Bailey – Swarm

Allison Williams – Fellow Travellers

Carla Gugino – Fall of the House of Usher

Best Supporting Actor – Television Limited Series/Motion Picture

Best Supporting Actress – Television Series

Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso

Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown

J Smith Cameron – Succession

Billie Eilish – Swarm

Abby Elliott – The Bear

Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets

Best Supporting Actor – Television Series

Billy Crudup — “The Morning Show”

Matthew Macfadyen — “Succession”

James Marsden — “Jury Duty”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach — “The Bear”

Alan Ruck — “Succession”

Alexander Skarsgård — “Succession”

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy

RICKY GERVAIS | RICKY GERVAIS: ARMAGEDDON

TREVOR NOAH | TREVOR NOAH: WHERE WAS I

CHRIS ROCK | CHRIS ROCK: SELECTIVE OUTRAGE

AMY SCHUMER | AMY SCHUMER: EMERGENCY CONTACT

SARAH SILVERMAN | SARAH SILVERMAN: SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Ariana Grande Joins Demi Lovato Post Scooter Braun with Manager Brandon Creed While She and Max Martin Work on New Album

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Ariana Grande Joins Demi Lovato Post Scooter Braun with Manager Brandon Creed While She and Max Martin Work on New Album

Remember– I told you when I went to see “Spamalot” a few weeks ago, famed songwriter Max Martin was there with Ariana Grande. Martin told me he and his team were working on songs for a new Grande album.

Now comes word that Ariana has taken a forward step and signed with manager Brandon Creed. That’s the same guy Demi Lovato signed with this summer.

Creed, a graduate of Irving and Jeffrey Azoff’s Full Stop Management, is the man of the moment, Both Lovato and Grande come to him after escaping Scooter Braun. Could Justin Bieber be the next Braun album to join his Good World Management?

Creed’s list also includes Charli XCX, Orville Peck, Troye Sivan, and producer Mark Ronson, among others. Ronson told me recently he’s still coming down from guiding the “Barbie” soundtrack to start a new project. But you could see him working with Ariana in a second. Next year will be a big one for Ariana, with two “Wicked” movies and a soundtrack looming.

Trump Blinks, Won’t Be Testifying Monday in NY Trial, Posts Rambling ALL CAPS Tirade Defending Himself

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Trump Blinks, Won’t Be Testifying Monday in NY Trial, Posts Rambling ALL CAPS Tirade Defending Himself

After bragging for weeks that he would testify in the NY Attorney General’s trial in front of Judge Engoron, Donald Trump is out.

In a rambling ALL CAPS post on TruthSocial, Trump rants about why he’s innocent and says he’s out.

Trump blinks. He would never get on that stand and answer questions about his business practices. He’s completely guilty of lying and over valuing his assets. He’s going to lose the Trump Organization now.

I do really hope Michael Cohen has personal security. Trump seethes with hate for his former employee and whistleblower. In that final section below you can see it pretty clearly.

The reality of the trial may have finally hit home. Back in September, Trump told a conservative radio show when asked about testifying: “That I would. That I look forward to.”

But Trump is a bully and a liar. He’s a blowhard who gins up his audience and base, then reverses course, and makes them believe somehow he was a victim. When Judge Engoron finally reads his decision, it’s going to be some scene.

 

Here’s the whole thing, to bottom:

Page 1: STATEMENT OF 45th PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP! AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I HAVE VERY SUCCESSFULLY & CONCLUSIVELY TESTIFIED IN THE CORRUPT, BIDEN DIRECTED, NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S RIGGED TRIAL AGAINST ME. WORLD RENOWNED EXPERTS, HIGHLY RESPECTED BANK & INSURANCE EXECUTIVES, REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS OTHERS, BOTH HONEST & CREDIBLE, HAVE STATED, CLEARLY & UNEQUIVOCALLY, THAT I, & MY VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY, DID NOTHING WRONG! MY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE CONSERVATIVE, LIQUID, & “EXTRAORDINARY.” A TOP PROFESSOR FROM NYU STERN SAID, “IF MR. TRUMP WERE MY STUDENT, HE WOULD GET AN ‘A’ ON HIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IV’E NEVER SEEN A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDED SO MUCH DETAIL, & IS SO TRANSPARENT, AS THESE STATEMENTS.” PLUS, THEY ALL HAVE AN IRONCLAD DISCLAIMER CLAUSE STATING THAT THE USERS MUST DO THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE & ANALYSIS – NO RELIANCE! THE ONLY FRAUD COMMITTED WAS BY THE HIGHLY PARTISAN & OUT OF CONTROL JUDGE, & RACIST A.G. (WHO PROMISED THAT, “I WILL GET TRUMP”)….

Page 2: THEY CLAIMED THAT MAR-A-LAGO WAS WORTH ONLY $18,000,000, WHEN IT IS WORTH 50 TO 100 TIMES THAT AMOUNT, IN ORDER TO ILLEGALLY REDUCE MY VALUES & MAKE A FAKE CASE AGAINST ME. THEY DID THIS ON OTHER PROPERTIES, AS WELL, & WOULDN’T GIVE ME A JURY. LIKEWISE, THE A.G. THUGS DO NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE PAID ALMOST 300 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW YORK CITY & STATE TAXES DURING THE YEARS IN QUESTION. IMPORTANTLY, I WON AT THE APPELLATE DIVISION, WHICH EFFECTIVELY ENDED MOST OF THE CASE, BUT THE BIASED JUDGE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEIR ORDER, AN UNHEARD OF FIRST! BASED ON THE ABOVE, AND THE FACT THAT OUR UNASSAILABLE FINAL EXPERT WITNESS HAS BEEN SO STRONG AND IRREFUTABLE IN HIS TESTIMONY, WHICH WILL CONCLUDE ON TUESDAY, & THAT I HAVE ALREADY TESTIFIED TO EVERYTHING & HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN THAT THIS IS A COMPLETE & TOTAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE (BIDEN CAMPAIGN!) WITCH HUNT, THAT WILL DO NOTHING BUT KEEP BUSINESSES OUT OF NEW YORK, I WILL NOT BE TESTIFYING ON MONDAY. MAGA!

DON’T FORGET, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE FAKE & FRAUDULENT “CASE” THAT PEEKABOO HAS BROUGHT AGAINST ME, THEIR SO-CALLED “STAR,” & ONLY, WITNESS, SLEAZEBAG & DISBARRED FORMER LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, ADMITTED IN COURT TO REPEATEDLY LYING UNDER OATH. IT WAS A TOTAL BREAKDOWN, A NON-RECOVERABLE PERRY MASON MOMENT. THAT ALONE ENDS THIS BIDEN DRIVEN WITCH HUNT. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!

Box Office: Theater Worries as Animated Japanese Movie About a Boy and a Fish Leads 3rd Lowest Weekend of 2023

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Box Office: Theater Worries as Animated Japanese Movie About a Boy and a Fish Leads 3rd Lowest Weekend of 2023

It was not a good time at the box office this weekend.

The rough total for all films came in at just over $68 million. Total.

The number 1 film was Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron,” a Japanese animated film not really for children. It made $12.8 million. For the weekend including Thursday.

Number 2 was the new “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes.” with $9.4 million.

Even Beyonce’s “Renaissance” movie has turned out to be a big disappointment, picking up $5 million for a total of $28 million. The premiere in London cost more than that!

Movies that should in theaters but aren’t include the whole Netflix group– “Rustin,” “Nyad,” “May December,” and “Maestro,” which is in theaters but there are no box office numbers.

Christmas looms as a bleak time. Warner’s “The Color Purple” should be a massive hit, cross fingers. In the old days, it would have been. But if it doesn’t get Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations this week, the studio will panic. “The Color Purple” is one of my top 5 movies of 2023. But it’s like a great R&B hit on the singles chart– it needs a lot of love to crossover to the top 40.

Warner’s has some other shots at holiday hoopla with “Wonka” and “Aquaman.” MGM has the great “American Fiction.” And there’s always “The Iron Claw,” which I’ve seen and doesn’t look like a Christmas crowd pleaser.

The good news is that Universal is re-releasing “Oppenheimer” into theaters January 5th. It’s worth second and third look. There’s a lot you miss in the first showing.

Elon Musk Restores Pure Hate to Twitter: Alex Jones Welcomed Back by Crazies, Will it Affect Tesla Stock Price?

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Elon Musk Restores Pure Hate to Twitter: Alex Jones Welcomed Back by Crazies, Will it Affect Tesla Stock Price?

Elon Musk has restored hate and evil to Twitter X.

Alex Jones, of InfoWars infamy, has had his account reinstated. He comes with all his old Tweets prior to September 2018, as well.

He’s been immediately welcomed back by every nut job on the platform, starting with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Loomer.

And so it begins.

Jones owes the families of the Sandy Hook, CT mass shooting $1 billion after a jury found that he’d defamed them and the victims, almost all children. He’s a deeply sick man who should not be allowed on any forum. Musk simply doesn’t care what Jones has done — or will do.

As the news spreads today it will be interesting to see what affect there is on Musk’s Tesla stock price. Will the markets care? Will the site lose users or gain them?

Either way, Musk has now done the most reprehensible thing he could think of. Bringing Jones back is Musk’s way of throwing down the gauntlet to the same advertisers he told go f*ck off last week.

Steven Spielberg Says Shoah Foundation Documenting October 7th Stories, Thought He would Never See “such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime”

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Steven Spielberg Says Shoah Foundation Documenting October 7th Stories, Thought He would Never See “such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime”

For 30 years, the Shoah Foundation has been documenting stories of the Holocaust. This is more important then ever since new poll shows young people either don’t believe the Nazis killed 6 million Jews, or that this was somehow a myth. (Thanks to Mel Gibson for this lunacy.)

Today Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg — who started the Shoah Foundation after making “Schindler’s List” — revealed they are now documenting stories of the survivors of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

“Rob Williams and the team at the USC Shoah Foundation are leading an effort that will ensure that the voices of survivors will act as a powerful tool to counter the dangerous rise of antisemitism and hate,” said Spielberg in a statement on the group’s web site.

Spielberg said the brutality of the October 7 Hamas attacks, along with the surge in antisemitism in their aftermath, has re-opened historic wounds.

“I never imagined I would see such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime,” Spielberg said.

The Shoah Foundation is continuing to interview and archive for the history of the Holocaust in addition to the work they will now undertake.

“Holocaust survivors are the most courageous and brave among us, and their accounts are a lasting testament to the resilience of the human spirit,” said Spielberg. “Both initiatives — recording interviews with survivors of the October 7 attacks and the ongoing collection of Holocaust testimony — seek to fulfill our promise to survivors: that their stories would be recorded and shared in the effort to preserve history and to work toward a world without antisemitism or hate of any kind. We must remain united and steadfast in these efforts.”

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