DNC 2024
Planes Targeting Trump Fly Over College Football Stadiums, Telling Voters to Sack Project 2025 (Exclusive)
College football fans who were tailgating at several universities this weekend were in for a surprise when planes carrying Election 2024 messages flew over their respective parking lots and stadiums. On Saturday, the second week of the 2024 college football season, planes carrying banner messages specific to three universities flew across the sky, courtesy of […]
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DNC Executive Producer: Even My Staff Believed Beyoncé Was Coming
Live-show veterans Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss just came off a very strongly rated Democratic National Convention — more than 26 million people tuned in Thursday night to watch Vice President Kamala Harris accept the presidential nomination. The Emmy-decorated pair (Kirshner executive produced; Weiss directed) fashioned a four-day event marked by both flash and substance. Though the DNC veterans […]
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Stephen Colbert Jokes About False Beyoncé DNC Rumors, Praises Kamala Harris’ Speech
In his opening monologue for Thursday’s live post-DNC Late Show episode, Stephen Colbert touched on two of the hottest topics of the night: the ultimately false rumors that Beyoncé would be performing and Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech. Broadcasting live from Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre following the Democratic National Convention’s closing events, Colbert showed a clip […]
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Would a Taylor Swift Endorsement Actually Impact the Presidential Race?
Bad blood appears to abound between supporters for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump heading into November’s tight presidential election. While both sides have enlisted varying degrees of star power at their respective national conventions, there appears to be one figure whose endorsement the two candidates seemingly covet: Taylor Swift. Trump took […]
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Kamala Harris Is Campaigning as a Prosecutor. Popular Entertainment Has Long Favored Their Antagonist.
As she accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday night, Kamala Harris played up her attorney-general past. “As a prosecutor, when I had a case, I charged it not in the name of the victim, but in the name of the people,” she told the United Center crowd. This follows a strategy she has pursued since ramping up […]
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Critic’s Notebook: At Democratic National Convention, a Polished and Presidential Kamala Harris Plays It Safe
The vice president's forcefully delivered speech flaunted her political skills and readiness for the job, even if it was short on the kind of imagination some might have hoped for.
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Kamala Harris Wears Custom Navy Suit by Chloé to Accept Party Nomination on Historic DNC Night
As delegates began to file inside Chicago’s United Center on the final night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, it was clear that thousands of women got the same memo. A sea of white could be seen across the stadium as female attendees took their seats while decked out in colorless blouses, dresses and […]
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Jon Stewart Mocks Fox News’ Coverage of DNC: “I’m Not Sure They Cared for It”
Jon Stewart ripped apart Fox News’ coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, mocking the outlet’s incongruous treatment of the convention’s jubilant energy. “How did Fox News experience this convention at the beginning?” Stewart asked his audience at The Daily Show, which aired live from Chicago immediately following the DNC’s conclusion. “I’ve got […]
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DNC Day 4: Kamala Harris Accepts Nomination, Capping Four-Night Reintroduction to Voters
Vice President Kamala Harris strode onto the DNC stage at 10:30 p.m. on the convention’s closing night, just after her beloved sister laid a firm foundation for her reintroduction to America — something dozens of the most powerful people in the Democratic party also spent the past four nights doing. Harris presented herself to the […]
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Kerry Washington Invokes Olivia Pope at DNC, Has ‘Scandal’ Reunion With Tony Goldwyn Onstage
The Democratic National Convention delighted Scandal fans everywhere when it announced that Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn would be among the week’s lineup of nightly Hollywood hosts. The pair played out having proximity to the White House onscreen when they starred opposite each other as Washington, D.C., fixer Olivia Pope and President Fitzgerald “Fitz” Grant […]
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Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)
A representative for Beyoncé says the singer will not attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention. “Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” the Grammy-winning star’s rep tells The Hollywood Reporter. “The report of a performance is untrue.” Rumors about the pop star attending and performing at this year’s DNC, celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic […]
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Ana Navarro Slams Ann Coulter for Mocking Tim Walz’s Son, Gus, After Emotional DNC Moment
Democratic National Convention host Ana Navarro slammed Ann Coulter for mocking Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz. At the DNC’s third night in Chicago, Gus went viral for his emotional reaction to his father praising him, his sister Hope and mother Gwen. During his speech onstage accepting the nomination […]
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