and work hard, even through that trip, because there is much to do here back at the white house. and so as the communications director who was incapable of directing communications leaves the white house, there is frightened talk in the remaining white house staff of another possible train wreck at the white house. trainwreck is the term that one unnamed official gave to the former campaign manager and former deputy trump campaign manager possibly coming to work in the white house, one unnamed source said it would only add to the toxicity of the white house. another said, i gagged. axios reports that they have had discussions about the crisis communication war room that president trump wants to set up to go to war with the news media over the russia investigation. david who was the man who filed the successful lawsuit that led to the citizens united supreme court decision was asked on fox news this morning if he s going to join the white house staff. so, they ve talked to, you kn
gears up for the oscars is embracing this sort of explicitly feminist core, that i don t think was in the marketing of the film so much, but is definitely in the film. and definitely became a thing that people were talking about as the film was getting seen. i think what s really interesting about this year, film in general, every year we see the studies about the depressing representation of women in films. and this year, there have been so many amazing films that are telling stories about women. when you re talking about carol or brooklyn or room or girlhood or diary of a teenage girl, or bigger films like mad max or inside out or trainwreck. there could be more women of color. always. and there could also be far more women telling those stories. and directing and writing them and producing them. but it is a step. rem, there s also this situation happening in which there s more scripts in television than ever happening. one of the brackets that you have is streaming
want to tip the scales here? i mean, so i still stand by what i said in the bracket, which was, unfortunately, that hate won the year. but, if the whole bracket was kind of built to build donald trump up and then destroy him at the end, which i m very proud that i found a way to do. but it is kind of undeniable that he, i think i mean, i said this, if i didn t think that he was a complete fraud and he wasn t mablging it all up and playing maybe the greatest reality television character of all time, that he actually would have won. but it is undeniable that he did kind of pull a fast one on all of us for about 12 straight months. winner of 2015? we talked about her already. amy schumer. between trainwreck. she s in the brackets, too. and that one clip we both liked of her saying, i m 160 and i can catch whenever i want. nancy? see, i was confused.
and you re more confident to say that out loud and proud. i will say this. it kind of connects with what rem s saying and also with star wars and with women. i m throwing it all in the same pot. i didn t appreciate all the kind of smack talk i was talking about online about how old carrie fisher looked. that seemed really, really mean. she had an amazing tweet about it. did you see that tweet? good for her! she was like, please stop talking about it, you re hurting my feelings. i know, she s a human being. also, basically, go f yourself. it was so raw and real and also strong and dope. and here s the connection i see between her and one of my favorite movies of the year, which is trainwreck, because i think amy schumer took identity politics and what it means to be a woman and just blew it up. i think it was a great year for women in film. mad max also felt like this. and i just gotted, eve elser is doing a q&a for mad max, which it seems like the movie as it
with spotlight . they knew and they let it happen. mad max: fury road. on the comedy side, matt damon s martian competing with the big short, trainwreck, spy and joy starring jennifer lawrence. i wear a blouse and i wear pants. that s who i am. she also scooped up a nominee for comedy going head to head with her close friend. i was dead sober. i had like two drinks. in the fiercely competitive drama categories the lead actress nominees are three-time winner kate blanchette, bri larson for room and nominated not just for the danish girl. as for the men two-time winner leonardo dicaprio up, cranston