O'Donnell Opens Late-Night Show with Trump Name Reference, Sparking Controversy
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Ms. O’Donnell received a round of applause and chants of her name as she opened the late-night talk show, saying, “If you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel? Buckle up, people! Buckle up.”
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NYT ArtsRosie O’Donnell Just Knows Trump Is Watching Her Host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ “And if you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people. Buckle up!” O’Donnell said.
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Even from Ireland, Ms. O’Donnell has kept Mr. Trump a fixture of her public commentary, including on Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast, where she theorized their feud stems from her resembling tough girls from his New York childhood. She has acknowledged that her own therapist has urged her to talk about Mr. Trump less for her own well-being, and that her attempts to do so have not lasted.
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The board passed a resolution to name the plaza in front of the building after Trump and add his name to the venue’s facade so it would read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.” In the filing, Beatty said the board also agreed to add an additional reference to the president if the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million.
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NYT ArtsJudge Is Asked to Block Inscription of Trump’s Name on Kennedy Center The request from a Democratic lawmaker follows a decision by the Trump-allied board to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” to the building.
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01 Newsweek President Donald Trump is set to appear in what Michael Cohen told Newsweek will be the first public conversation between the two men since the collapse of their once-close relationship, with the interview scheduled to air on New York radio station 77 WABC.
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02 Washington Times Culture Rosie O’Donnell has renewed her criticism of Paramount Skydance Chairman and CEO David Ellison’s pending takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that folding CNN into Mr. Ellison’s expanding media holdings would be “tragic” and suggesting that people defending CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss could face the same historical judgment as Nazi collaborators.
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