Inauguration

UPDATED: The nation’s Inauguration Day activities culminated Wednesday night with Celebrating America , a primetime special that will be simulcast across ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN and MSNBC. The 90-minute special begins at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT and will be hosted by Tom Hanks, with remarks from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris , along with performances from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Bon Jovi, Ant Clemons, Foo Fighters, John Legend, Demi Lovato, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake and Ozuna. The program will also be livestreamed on the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s social media channels — YouTube , Facebook , Twitter , and Twitch — and streaming partners including Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft Bing, NewsNow from Fox, and AT&T U-verse (Channel 212/1212 in SD/HD) and DirecTV (Channel 201). Related Story Donald Trump Pardons Steve Bannon; 'Tiger King's Joe Exotic Not Among Group Watch the livestream on Deadline here: … [Read more...] about How To Watch Inauguration Day: ‘Celebrating America’, Livestream, Schedule & News Network Plans

Donald Trump was soundly defeated in the 2020 election and Joe Biden is president-elect. The weeks since the election have been a sickening roller coaster for our democracy. Despite losing by a landslide in both the popular vote and in the electoral college, Trump and his minions sought to undermine faith in the legitimacy of the election. This destructive crusade has been replete with tragicomic elements (beginning with a press conference by Rudy Giuliani at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping) and profoundly disturbing moments, including a campaign to by Trump to pressure officials in Michigan not to certify the state’s election results, and a mob-boss-like call to election officials in Georgia demanding they “find” the votes to overturn the election there. Facing official certification of his loss on January 6th, Trump finally incited a mob to storm the Capitol. The riot led to the five deaths but did not stop Congress and Mike Pence from completing … [Read more...] about When Will Trump Finally Leave Office? Plus: How to Watch Biden’s Inauguration

Play video content Breaking News C-SPAN 12:18 PM PT -- Biden just addressed Trump's announcement about his plans to not show up to the Inauguration and the President-Elect's totally cool with it. In fact ... Biden says Trump's decision is "one of the few things him and I have ever agreed on." BTW, as far as VP Mike Pence goes, Biden says the Veep's invited to the Inauguration. Pence had reportedly said he would attend the Inauguration, provided Biden extended an invitation. Boom, invitation granted. It comes as no surprise after his actions this week, but President Trump is finally saying what we've suspected -- he will not attend the Inauguration of Joe Biden . It's the first time since Andrew Johnson an outgoing U.S. President will not be attending the inauguration of the President-elect. Trump tweeted, "To all those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration." Of course, there's still a slim chance he won't even be … [Read more...] about President Trump Won’t Attend Joe Biden’s Inauguration, Biden Says ‘Good’

Wavelength Productions and The Black TV & Film Collective (BTFC) has revealed their jury selection of six fellows for the inaugural year for The Black Producers Fellowship . The fellowship, which kicked off in October 2020 , awards a $25K production grant to each of the six emerging producers so that they can develop, produce and deliver short narrative films inspired by the Black experience of education in America. In addition to the grant, each participant will receive in-kind support and career mentorship as they pursue their projects with programming and operational support provided by Cinereach. “We are honored to work with the Black TV & Film Collective to bring to the forefront important narratives highlighting the Black experience in American schools. I was deeply moved by both the compelling personal stories submitted for the grant, and the quality of talent associated with them,” said Wavelength’s Founder, CEO, and Executive Producer Jenifer … [Read more...] about Wavelength And Black TV & Film Collective Select Recipients Of Inaugural Black Producers Fellowship

EXCLUSIVE: Writers Guild of America West ( WGAW ) is looking to boost visibility and champion Middle Easter voices with the newly formed Middle Eastern Writers Committee (MEWC). The new committee will help bolster Middle Eastern writers within the film and television industry, while continuing to celebrate and promote accurate portrayals of Middle Eastern characters across the media landcape. To kick things off, MEWC has set their first event highlighting Middle Eastern representation between WGA members and a panel of guests featuring Ramy co-creator and star Ramy Youssef . The virtual event will take place Febraury 24 at 7PM PT. The formation of the committee stems from the release of the guild’s 2020 Inclusion Report, which showed that, while most major non-white groups were underrepresented in TV and film relative to their share of the U.S. population, Middle Eastern writers had “almost no representation at all.” A mere 0.3% of working screen and TV … [Read more...] about WGAW Forms Middle Eastern Writers Committee; Inaugural Event Set With Ramy Youssef