Executive Producer, 'Huge'
TV and Broadway writer: TV writer-producer of Thirty Something, Once and Again, and creator of My So-Called Life; author of the book for the musical, Wicked; Executive Producer of the ABC’s Huge; mother of fellow writer and television producer Savannah Dooley
Mr Hollywood Goes to Washington; Oscar Rollercoaster We talk to the head of the Motion Picture Association of America about what he hopes to accomplish with a cavalcade of producers, directors and moguls he's unleashing on the nation's capital this week--and we'll ask a seasoned Washington lobbyist what he thinks of their efforts. Plus, the sixth conversation in our series on the business of writing.
Gov. Jerry Brown: California and China will fight climate change together President Donald Trump reportedly wants the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and he’s expected to announce a decision soon. California Governor Jerry Brown heads to China to strengthen climate and clean energy ties.
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.
George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (Part I) Lincoln in the Bardo dramatizes a grieving President Lincoln as he visits the grave of his beloved son Willie, who died at age eleven. In the novel, the buried dead believe they're not dead -- "they're sick and refer to their coffins as "sick boxes."