she was always playing women that took charge of the families, that took charge of their lives. in first you cry in 1978 she plays a woman who has an mastectomy. she s nominated for an oscar for ordinary people in 1980, i believe, when she s taking charge of her family when her son pass as way. always a woman taking charge of her own life. that s how i remember mary tyler moore. it s so nice to have you with us on the phone, eric. i remember her that way as well, as a woman journalist in this field, i was a little kid when she was doing the mary tyler moore show. she was an icon for a lot of us in this field in particular. joining us aalicia quarrels, who has spoken with mary tyler moore in the past, interviewed her in the past. reflect back on that. what was she like to speak with and what struck you the most about her? well, i think, kate, to your point being a woman in this field of journalism, she was a
hammill. she speaks with humility, humor about it. she just wrote a book about the years she did when she made the star wars movies. they were difficult years. there were drugs, shenanigans happening on the sets. but she looks back fondly and i think she just appreciated the millions of fans who looked up to her for that franchise. yes, carrie fisher is so much more than star wars. alicia spoke to that. right. greatly missed. let me ask you to speak to some of that, too. the idea that she was, as alicia pointed out, funny, witty. she developed into this person we all watched beyond princess leia. you talk about being a star wars kid growing up. yeah. she was a script doctor. she worked on a lot of screenplays, wrote a lot about her own troubles with mental illness and addiction.
stroke. odom was found unresponsive at the love ranch brothel in nevada tuesday. he is now surrounded by members of the kardashian family. many seen arriving at the las vegas hospital yesterday. joining me, pop culture journalist alicia quarrels. you were just with the kardashians. earlier, the day before this happened. what has his relationship been like with that family? despite khloe and lamar filing for divorce, the family still loves him. in fact, she says she will always love him. she just couldn t battle his demons anymore. in an episode that airs this sunday, kim ridicules her for keeping in touch with lamar but the family come together. i was with them all monday night. they were jovial and happy. to land from l.a. to new york and see this happen tuesday was shocking. you said khloe mentioned lamar battling his demons. sounds as if they openly talked about his alleged substance abuse. nchgs. they did. for years, she tried to hide it and not talk about it but it came out.
msnbc.com. scott blakeman and alicia quarrels and she s going to bring some of the glamour to us here. thank you all for being with me. what is the most exciting thing about tonight? is hollywood factor? is it the, the politicians that are doing their thing? the jokes? what do you think? for me, it s the jokes and definitely president obama because he s a very hard act to follow. you know, he just delivers them. chuckles a little bit before his own line then just lays into it. the hollywood factor has gotten criticism. it s about these actors coming into town, but it s fun. why not? right. well being a comedian of course comedy is the big thing and they may say i m the luckiest guy in washington this evening, having three dates and it s a historic night. on the night cecily strong becomes the fourth woman to host these awards, ooichl proud to be in the show to add some diverse
alicia quarrels, correspondent for e! news and amir med. i just want to start with the simple sort of question to hear lewinsky say those words, how powerful is slut shaming for silencing and impacting young women in their lives. slut is the absolute worst insult you can call a girl or woman. and, yes it can ruin a person s life absolutely. she is correct. her analysis is correct. she deserves all of our empathy and sympathy on this. the fact of the matter is no less a publication of the wall street journal called her in an editorial, and this is a direct quote, folks, a little tart. what did we say about the president, that he is a womanizer, that he has a problem. these are not eequivalencies. she s ruined for life. and it is presumed to be essential to her character, who