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'Only one thing matters': New audio reveals how Trump justifies 'evil' behavior
5 months, 2 weeks ago

'Only one thing matters': New audio reveals how Trump justifies 'evil' behavior

Raw Story  

A new recording of Donald Trump that aired on MSNBC reveals the ex-president justifying "horrible" and "evil" actions through his belief that just one thing matters: ratings. While conducting one of six interviews he did with Trump, Variety editor and author Ramin Setoodeh discussed with Nicolle Wallace "The Apprentice" and how it impacted the 2016 election. Trump explained that the …

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'Forgetful': Author who interviewed Trump 'at his lowest' says ex-president is 'declining'
6 months ago

'Forgetful': Author who interviewed Trump 'at his lowest' says ex-president is 'declining'

Raw Story  

The author of a new book about Donald Trump reportedly says that the multiple exclusive interviews the two took part in reveal that the former president is "declining." The author further suggests that in "one minute he’s bragging that Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016 ; the next he’s excusing himself to go deal with 'the whole thing with …

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Donald Trump claims Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016 – except she died two years before
6 months ago

Donald Trump claims Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016 – except she died two years before

Salon  

Another eyebrow-raising comment from Donald Trump's biography "Apprentice in Wonderland" involving yet another female celebrity is making its rounds. Rivers, known for her comedy and controversial hot takes on "Fashion Police," also won season eight of Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice” in 2009. Sounds plausible... except she died from surgery complications in 2014 — two years before the 2016 election when Trump …

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Trump blows apart his own lie in new recording
6 months ago

Trump blows apart his own lie in new recording

Raw Story  

A new recording of former President Donald Trump reveals the ex-president slipping in a conversation and destroying his own lie. The new book "Apprentice in Wonderland" by Ramin Setoodeh tells some of the stories of the conversations with Trump, but the author has now given tapes to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "It's not my deal — he's not my psychiatrist," said …

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“Meandering and confusing”: Trump showed cognitive decline in interviews, author says
6 months ago

“Meandering and confusing”: Trump showed cognitive decline in interviews, author says

Salon  

Donald Trump demonstrated “severe memory issues” and gave several alarming false recollections in interviews for a book chronicling “The Apprentice,” author Ramin Setoodeh said. Setoodeh interviewed the former president six times in “meandering and confusing” conversations for his book “Apprentice in Wonderland,” and says that Trump didn’t remember speaking with him afterward. So I asked, ‘Do you remember when we …

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Bizarre interview proves it's time for 'full-blown discussion' about Trump taboo: Conway
6 months ago

Bizarre interview proves it's time for 'full-blown discussion' about Trump taboo: Conway

Raw Story  

During an appearance on CNN, Variety's Ramin Setoodeh discussed his new book, "Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass." Setoodeh, interviewed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins, recalled meeting with former President Donald Trump in 2021 at Trump Tower after he had left the White House and Joe Biden had been sworn in as …

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Jimmy Fallon Homes In On Trump's 'Memory Issues' With A Cheeky New Theory
6 months ago

Jimmy Fallon Homes In On Trump's 'Memory Issues' With A Cheeky New Theory

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Jimmy Fallon offered a theory on Donald Trump after an author who interviewed the former president six times said he had “severe memory issues.” “I’m starting to think he writes his name on buildings just so he can remember where he lives,” the “Tonight Show” host quipped. “Which is why they’re starring in the new film, ‘50 …

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Trump seemed to think he still had presidential powers — even after election loss: author
6 months ago

Trump seemed to think he still had presidential powers — even after election loss: author

Raw Story  

After he lost the 2020 election, a defeated Donald Trump still acted as if he was president. That's according to Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh, who appeared on CNN's "The Source with Kaitlan Collins" on Tuesday night, claiming that in at least one of his conversations with the 45th president — post-2020 election defeat at Trump Tower in New York City …

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'Any money you want': Book claims Trump pal tried to pay him to stay out of politics
6 months ago

'Any money you want': Book claims Trump pal tried to pay him to stay out of politics

Raw Story  

Donald Trump was certain he could have beaten Barack Obama in an election, but NBC persuaded him not to run for the Republican nomination. Variety co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh interviewed the former president at length in 2021 and 2023 for his book "Apprentice in Wonderland," and Trump told him that NBC executives talked him into remaining as host of …

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'Dagger to his heart': New book reveals celebrity crush Trump can't get over
6 months ago

'Dagger to his heart': New book reveals celebrity crush Trump can't get over

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is seemingly obsessed with Will & Grace star Debra Messing, a former NBC colleague turned high-profile critic. “A former president who can’t win over a star almost sounds like the premise of a corny romantic comedy, but for Trump, Messing’s rejection is still a sharp dagger to his heart," Seteoodeh added. "‘This Debra Messing, who I always thought …

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Trump rails against 'nepo babies' in new Apprentice book
6 months ago

Trump rails against 'nepo babies' in new Apprentice book

Raw Story  

Many critics have accused Donald Trump of being a "nepo baby" in the Trump Organization given how much he inherited from his father. More than halfway into "Apprentice in Wonderland," writer and reporter Ramin Setoodeh recalls the 2009 blowup after Trump fired Melissa Rivers from the show. Trump remembered: “She went crazy when I fired the daughter.” Setoodeh said that …

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'The whole building shook!' Trump mocked for reliving 'glory days' in new Apprentice brag
6 months ago

'The whole building shook!' Trump mocked for reliving 'glory days' in new Apprentice brag

Raw Story  

The first time Donald Trump fired somebody on "The Apprentice," the Trump Tower shook, he told writer Ramin Setoodeh for a new book. “When I said, ‘You’re fired!’ the whole building shook,” Trump told the author. There were hundreds of them, and they went crazy.” Setoodeh compared his brags during his interview to a high school football coach reliving his …

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'He had this vacant look': Author alarmed by Trump's 'severe memory issues'
6 months ago

'He had this vacant look': Author alarmed by Trump's 'severe memory issues'

Raw Story  

The author of a new book on Donald Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" said the former president has nursed years-long grudges in spite of clear memory issues. Ramin Setoodeh, the co-editor-in-chief of Variety, interviewed Trump six times for the book "Apprentice in Wonderland" between May 2021 and November 2023, and he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that reality show was …

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"He couldn't even remember me": Trump has "severe memory issues," says author who interviewed him
6 months ago

"He couldn't even remember me": Trump has "severe memory issues," says author who interviewed him

Salon  

The author of a new book about The Apprentice says Donald Trump is suffering from severe memory loss, with the former president not even recognizing him despite the two having just spent an hour together for an interview. In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Ramin Setoodeh, co-editor-in chief at Variety, said he did an hour long sit-down interview with …

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'Rich and grim old lady': Brutal book review likens Trump to tragic Dickens character
6 months, 1 week ago

'Rich and grim old lady': Brutal book review likens Trump to tragic Dickens character

Raw Story  

In a new review of Ramin Setoodeh's book "Apprentice in Wonderland," Washington Post critic Ron Charles describes Trump as something of an old woman wandering about life reliving the glory days. Amid the old stories of seasons of "The Apprentice," perceived foes, great wins, and his own "genius," Trump is described as Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' 1861 novel "Great …

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Donald Trump on Taylor Swift: "She’s legitimately liberal? It’s not an act?"
6 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump on Taylor Swift: "She’s legitimately liberal? It’s not an act?"

Salon  

The Donald Trump and Taylor Swift beef seems to have taken a new turn in a new book where the former president called the pop musician "very beautiful" for a "liberal." In the book, “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass" by Ramin Setoodeh, Trump was asked about his thoughts on Swift …

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'Just an act?' Trump argues Taylor Swift is 'pretending to be liberal'
6 months, 1 week ago

'Just an act?' Trump argues Taylor Swift is 'pretending to be liberal'

Raw Story  

A new book by Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh revealed Donald Trump wonders if pop star Taylor Swift is only pretending to dislike him — despite her being an open critic and confessing online during the 2020 election year she wishes she'd spoken out against him "two years ago." “I think she’s very beautiful, actually — unusually beautiful!” The excerpt of …

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‘Big league’: Trump swears he got higher TV ratings than ‘Friends’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Big league’: Trump swears he got higher TV ratings than ‘Friends’

Raw Story  

The new book "Apprentice in Wonderland" is an exploration of the television show that took already famous businessman Donald Trump and made him a TV celebrity despite six bankruptcies in five of his companies, an excerpt in Vanity Fair revealed. After six interviews with Trump personally, author and co-editor Ramin Setoodeh, the editor-in-chief of Variety, wrote that after the first …

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Beauty queen who confessed married Trump kissed her now claims he tried to go further
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Beauty queen who confessed married Trump kissed her now claims he tried to go further

Raw Story  

A new book Apprentice in Wonderland by Variety Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh is set to be published later this month — but shocking excerpts are already being released. Among claims made by former "Apprentice" winner Randall Pinkett to Setoodeh is that the married Donald Trump wouldn't stop talking about how much he wanted to have sex with another contestant, Jennifer Murphy, …

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Academy launches formal review into Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock
2 years, 8 months ago

Academy launches formal review into Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock

Daily Mail  

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 'strongly considered' kicking Will Smith out of the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock onstage, and revealed on Monday that it has launched a formal review into the incident. US actor Will Smith sits alongside US actress Jada Pinkett Smith with the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for …

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