Controversial Donald Trump biopic lands pre-election release date
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Controversial Donald Trump biopic lands pre-election release date

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Director Ali Abbasi’s controversial Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, has secured a pre-election release date months after it initially struggled to find a buyer. Starring Sebastian Stan as a young Trump and Succession’s Jeremy Strong as his mentor, lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn, the 80s-set movie is described as an “origin story.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie has been acquired by Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment and is scheduled for a theatrical release in the US on October 11. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “We filed a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Trump campaign chief spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement to The Independent. “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.” Producers hit back at the Trump campaign’s claims, telling Variety that “the film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president.

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Trump’s first term made him the villain of liberal Hollywood – don’t bank on it happening again
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s first term made him the villain of liberal Hollywood – don’t bank on it happening again

The Independent  

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Trump Is Filling His White House With Men Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump Is Filling His White House With Men Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly and infamously been accused of sexual assault and misconduct, is now filling his Cabinet with multiple men who have allegedly committed the same type of violence. At least four of Trump’s announced nominations for his administration have been accused of sexual misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to assault and rape. “When …

'Fake and classless': Movie meltdown sees Trump claim he owns the words 'The Apprentice'
3 months ago

'Fake and classless': Movie meltdown sees Trump claim he owns the words 'The Apprentice'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump suffered a movie meltdown early Monday morning that saw him claim he owns the words "The Apprentice." Trump railed against "The Apprentice" two days after the biopic about his relationship with disbarred attorney Roy Cohn — chief counsel for Sen. Joseph McCarthy's blacklist committee who secured death sentences for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg by nefarious means …

Trump biopic writer explains decision to include controversial rape scene
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump biopic writer explains decision to include controversial rape scene

The Independent  

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They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it
4 months, 1 week ago

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

The Independent  

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Trump’s controversial biopic showing him ‘assaulting his first wife’ sets bombshell pre-election release date
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s controversial biopic showing him ‘assaulting his first wife’ sets bombshell pre-election release date

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump's biopic, The Apprentice, which offers a critical look at his early career as a New York real estate mogul, has reportedly secured a U.S. distribution deal. The Apprentice cast Marvel star Sebastian Stan takes on the role of a young Donald Trump in the film, drawing attention for his striking resemblance to Trump, as seen in previously leaked …

Trump biopic showing him assaulting first wife to be released before election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump biopic showing him assaulting first wife to be released before election

Raw Story  

A controversial film in which former President Donald Trump is depicted in an unflattering light in his early career as a New York real estate mogul has now secured a U.S. distribution deal to be shown in American theaters this fall. And as the film's producers were seeking U.S. distribution, attorneys representing the former president threatened litigation to block the …

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ finds distributor, will open before election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ finds distributor, will open before election

The Hindu  

After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November. After its Cannes premiere in May, Trump's reelection campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, called the movie “pure fiction” and said the Trump team …

Trump film 'The Apprentice' finds distributor, will open before election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump film 'The Apprentice' finds distributor, will open before election

The Independent  

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Controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ lands U.S. release date before election day
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ lands U.S. release date before election day

LA Times  

Here is one October surprise you can put on your calendar now: The Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” which set tongues wagging when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has secured theatrical distribution by Briarcliff Entertainment and will hit theaters on Oct. 11, less than a month before the presidential election. Ahead of its U.S. release, “The …

Controversial Trump biopic still slated for pre-election release, despite objections
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Controversial Trump biopic still slated for pre-election release, despite objections

Salon  

Donald Trump may not succeed in his efforts to bury a Cannes-debuted biopic depicting his rise to the top of the New York real estate scene. According to Deadline, “The Apprentice,” which follows Trump's early career and personal life, including a scene depicting the spousal rape of his then-wife Ivana, is still slated for a pre-November U.S. release, despite a …

‘You had sex with a porn star while your wife was pregnant:’ Biden lays into Trump in first debate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘You had sex with a porn star while your wife was pregnant:’ Biden lays into Trump in first debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joe Biden laid into Donald Trump over his alleged affair …

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ made noise in Cannes, but it still lacks a US distributor
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ made noise in Cannes, but it still lacks a US distributor

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two weeks after its much-anticipated premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a film about Donald Trump in the 1980s is still seeking distribution in the United States. After its premiere, Trump’s reelection campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, called the movie “pure fiction” and said the Trump team would file a lawsuit “to address the blatantly false assertions from …

Controversial Donald Trump biopic struggles to find buyer after Cannes
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Controversial Donald Trump biopic struggles to find buyer after Cannes

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Deadline described the film as a “smart, sharp and surprising origin story”, while The Times …

Donald Trump slaps Ali Abbasi’s ‘The Apprentice’ with a cease and desist order to halt US release
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump slaps Ali Abbasi’s ‘The Apprentice’ with a cease and desist order to halt US release

The Hindu  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a legal salvo against the filmmakers of The Apprentice, a controversial biographical film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Trump’s legal team, spearheaded by Dhillon Law Group, issued a cease and desist letter on May 22 to director Ali Abbasi and screenwriter Gabriel Sherman, demanding the cessation of the film’s distribution and …

Trump takes legal action to stop movie showing a 'fair and balanced portrait' of his life
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump takes legal action to stop movie showing a 'fair and balanced portrait' of his life

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump may be all for freedom of speech when it comes to condemning gag orders in his criminal trials, but film producers who depicted his life in a new biopic should "cease and desist." That's the message Trump's lawyers sent the maker of "The Apprentice" movie this week after the controversial film made its debut in Cannes, …

Trump sends cease and desist to "The Apprentice" movie, which depicts the rape of then-wife Ivana
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump sends cease and desist to "The Apprentice" movie, which depicts the rape of then-wife Ivana

Salon  

Donald Trump is apparently not happy with a film that documents his rise to superstardom and the dark secrets behind it, including a depiction of the spousal rape of his then-wife Ivana. Variety reports that the former president, who was found liable for sexually abusing another woman, E. Jean Carroll, by a New York court, has sent a cease and …

Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ shows ex-US President assaulting ex-wife: ‘This garbage is pure fiction’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ shows ex-US President assaulting ex-wife: ‘This garbage is pure fiction’

Live Mint  

Ivana Marie, a Czech-American businesswoman, socialite, and model, was married to former US President Donald Trump from 1977 until their divorce in 1990. The star cast features Maria Bakalova as Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, Sebastian Stan as a young Trump and Jeremy Strong as lawyer Roy Cohn. A scene from the movie shows Sebastian Stan, playing Donald Trump, raping …

Testimony concludes in Donald Trump's hush money trial without former president testifying
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Testimony concludes in Donald Trump's hush money trial without former president testifying

New Indian Express  

Trump, the first former American president to be tried criminally, did not answer questions about why he did not testify. Yet even as Trump denounces the trial as a politically motivated travesty of justice, he has been working to turn the proceedings into an offshoot of his presidential campaign. It's the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to …

The Trump Biopic Is Here. The Rape Scene Isn’t What Would Make Him Angriest.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Trump Biopic Is Here. The Rape Scene Isn’t What Would Make Him Angriest.

Slate  

Has any human being been less in need of the biopic treatment than Donald Trump? A truly damning moment, one of far too few in The Apprentice’s two hours, is the one that follows the rape: a hard cut from Trump thrusting away on top of his wife to a chipper montage of TV news coverage proclaiming the 1980s “the …

There's A Scene In The New Donald Trump Biopic That Left Audiences Shocked
7 months, 3 weeks ago

There's A Scene In The New Donald Trump Biopic That Left Audiences Shocked

Huff Post  

Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi's film "The Apprentice." Cannes Film Festival/ The Apprentice The new Donald Trump biopic, “The Apprentice,” includes what some critics and audience members are describing as a scene where a young Trump rapes his then-wife, Ivana. Some viewers who saw it at the Cannes Film Festival told …

Trump campaign calls ‘The Apprentice’ film ‘blatantly false,’ director offers to screen it for him
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump campaign calls ‘The Apprentice’ film ‘blatantly false,’ director offers to screen it for him

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Sebastian Stan, from left, director Ali Abbasi, and Maria Bakalova pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Apprentice’ at the 77th …

Trump campaign says Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice will ‘not see the light of day’ in US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump campaign says Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice will ‘not see the light of day’ in US

Hindustan Times  

A Trump campaign spokesman has lambasted Donald Trump's biopic ‘The Apprentice,’ which portrays the 45th president as a rapist and seeking to file a lawsuit against the makers. First look at The Apprentice shows Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn “We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend …

Cannes 2024: Trump Campaign threatens lawsuit over controversial Sebastian Stan’s starrer, ‘The Apprentice’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Trump Campaign threatens lawsuit over controversial Sebastian Stan’s starrer, ‘The Apprentice’

The Hindu  

The Trump campaign has reacted strongly to the premiere of The Apprentice, a contentious film depicting the ex-US president’s early years as a real estate developer, threatening legal action against the production. Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, lambasted the film in a statement to Variety, declaring, “We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these …

Explosive Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Explosive Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival

The Hindu  

An explosive new biopic of Donald Trump shown at Cannes on May 20 paints an unflinching but nuanced portrait of the former U.S. President, even as he runs again for the White House. "The Apprentice" traces Mr. Trump's origin story as an ambitious young property developer in 1970s and 1980s New York. Sebastian Stan, best known from Marvel superhero films, …

Donald Trump's biopic The Apprentice premieres at Cannes, rakes up a storm with rape scene
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump's biopic The Apprentice premieres at Cannes, rakes up a storm with rape scene

Hindustan Times  

Former US president Donald Trump is portrayed as a rapist who assaulted his first wife, Ivana, in the new biopic, ‘The Apprentice,’ which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. First look at The Apprentice shows Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn Directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the drama fictionalizes a 1989 incident detailed …

Donald Trump biopic investor ‘furious’ with portrayal of ex-president ahead of Cannes premiere
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump biopic investor ‘furious’ with portrayal of ex-president ahead of Cannes premiere

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new biopic about Donald Trump’s early years under the mentorship …

It was Melania's idea to spin 'Access Hollywood' tape as 'locker room talk': Michael Cohen
8 months ago

It was Melania's idea to spin 'Access Hollywood' tape as 'locker room talk': Michael Cohen

Raw Story  

Former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen made a surprising claim on Monday during his testimony during former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. As reported by CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Cohen claimed that it was Melania Trump who came up with the idea to spin Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" video -- in which he boasted about being able to grab women by their …

Megyn Kelly rips Trump's 'disgraceful' hush money trial and says breaking 250-year precedent to wield legal system against an ex-president 'humiliates America like she is a WHORE'
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Megyn Kelly rips Trump's 'disgraceful' hush money trial and says breaking 250-year precedent to wield legal system against an ex-president 'humiliates America like she is a WHORE'

Daily Mail  

Megyn Kelly has slammed Donald Trump's ongoing hush money trial - describing it as 'disgraceful' and a humiliation to the United States. He paid that sum on Trump's behalf to keep porn actor Stormy Daniels from going public with her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. Megyn Kelly blasted Donald Trump's ongoing hush money trial, calling …

Column: The hush money trial has only just begun, but it’s not a good look for Candidate Trump
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: The hush money trial has only just begun, but it’s not a good look for Candidate Trump

LA Times  

Former President Trump addressed the media as he arrived for the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan. The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president hadn’t started this week, and already Donald Trump found himself behind bars. Opinion Calmes: Donald Trump inspires yet another profile in cowardice One after another, American institutions have spinelessly …

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect
9 months ago

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect

LA Times  

The first criminal prosecution of a former president in American history begins Monday as Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stands trial in New York. The trial is over whether Trump falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment his lawyer Michael Cohen made in the final days of the 2016 campaign to adult film actor Stormy Daniels …

Donald Trump set to be first US president criminally tried in New York hush-money case
11 months ago

Donald Trump set to be first US president criminally tried in New York hush-money case

ABC  

In short: A New York judge has set the trial date for Donald Trump's alleged criminal hush-money payments. A New York judge has set the trial date for Donald Trump's alleged criminal hush-money payments. The key figures in the Donald Trump indictment case Photo shows This combination photo shows headshots of Donald Trump, his former lawyer Michael Cohen and adult …

The ‘Access Hollywood’ tape of Trump won’t be shown to the jury at his defamation trial, lawyer says
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The ‘Access Hollywood’ tape of Trump won’t be shown to the jury at his defamation trial, lawyer says

Associated Press  

A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 said Saturday that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury considering defamation damages. Kaplan said late Saturday in a letter to the …

Notorious ‘Access Hollywood’ tape to be shown at Trump’s defamation trial damages phase next week
1 year ago

Notorious ‘Access Hollywood’ tape to be shown at Trump’s defamation trial damages phase next week

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The notorious 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women over a decade before he became president can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he sexually abused and then defamed, a judge ruled Tuesday, setting ground rules for a trial next week. In …

Trump’s sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump’s sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Cassandra Nuñez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential election in 2016. “It’s kind of late.” The verdict — a rare moment of accountability for a former president and powerful men like him — comes as women across the U.S. ponder the cultural landscape amid sweeping threats to their hard-won progress, including Hillary Clinton’s …

Donald Trump indicted; expected to surrender early next week
1 year, 9 months ago

Donald Trump indicted; expected to surrender early next week

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.” A spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office confirmed the indictment and …

Explained: The rise and fall of Donald Trump
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained: The rise and fall of Donald Trump

Firstpost  

Donald Trump, who once boasted he could get away with shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, faces criminal prosecution while campaigning to win back the White House in 2024 Washington: From his earliest business days, Donald Trump has always wanted to be the centre of attention. Now the showman finds himself in an unprecedented spotlight, as a grand jury indicted him …

Everything you need to know about what’s next in the legal problems for Donald Trump and his allies
2 years, 11 months ago

Everything you need to know about what’s next in the legal problems for Donald Trump and his allies

Raw Story  

Last week, former President Donald Trump had the worst several days of his legal woes yet -- and he's far from alone in facing legal problems. Donald Trump's 2017 Presidential inaugural committee is set to appear in court Thursday, Feb. 17 after allegations of the illegal misuse of funds. Just weeks ago, prosecutors focused on Trump's children, Ivanka and Donald …

Trump campaign denies 1997 assault claim against the president
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump campaign denies 1997 assault claim against the president

Al Jazeera  

Former model Amy Dorris says Trump groped her outside a bathroom in his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in NYC. US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Thursday denied a Guardian newspaper report in which a former model accused the New York real estate developer of sexually assaulting and groping her at the US Open tennis tournament …

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