Cory Booker News

The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival, which is set to run from October 23rd -27th at Regal L.A. LIVE, announced today its full feature film lineup and select award recipients. A total of 38 feature-length movies – evenly divided between narrative and documentary - are slated to screen, with the majority making their World Premiere, West Coast Premiere, US Premiere, Los Angeles Premieres, and all eligible for awards.

The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival, which is set to run from October 23rd -27th at Regal L.A. LIVE, announced today its full feature film lineup and select award recipients. A total of 38 feature-length movies – evenly divided between narrative and documentary - are slated to screen, with the majority making their World Premiere, West Coast Premiere, US Premiere, Los Angeles Premieres, and all eligible for awards.

Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, “World News Tonight” Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir, ABC News Correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos moderate the Democratic debate from Texas Southern University's Health & PE Center in Houston, TX on Thursday, September 12 on ABC and Univision (8-11 ET). 

Moderator Whoopi Goldberg and co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain and Abby Huntsman returned to the Hot Topics table to get the conversation started when “The View” kicked off a brand-new season today, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. From politics to pop culture, celebrities to newsmakers, ABC's award-winning talk show will continue to tackle the issues the way only it can with provocative conversations, news-making discussions and heartfelt opinions. Political commentator Ana Navarro will continue to appear as a guest co-host making regular appearances on Fridays.

ABC News today announced the Democratic Debate will air Thursday, Sept. 12 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC and Univision. ABC News is partnering with Univision on the debate sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee at Texas Southern University's Health & PE Center in Houston. 

OZY Media, the media company bringing “the new and the next” to the Change Generation, today announced that the co-captain of the World Cup-winning U.S. Women's Soccer Team, Megan Rapinoe, will speak at the fourth annual OZY Fest, taking place on July 20-21, 2019 in New York's Central Park. Described by CNBC as “New York's answer to SXSW,” OZY Fest will feature two full days of live music, conversation, comedy and food on the iconic Great Lawn. Tickets are available now at www.ozyfest.com.

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd (MTP) was the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board for the second quarter of 2019 (2Q'19), the month of June, and this past Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The creators of OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT released a new cold open today inspired by this week's first 2020 Democratic debates for the upcoming episode on Sunday, June 30 at 8PM ETPT on SHOWTIME, including cartoon versions of Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. In less than 12 following the debates, the episode intro was written, recorded, and animated.

NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo together drew a total of 15.3 million viewers for the first of the two-night Democratic presidential debate, beating every primary debate during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles, according to Nielsen Fast National Data. Last night's debate also attracted more than 9 million live stream viewers and was the most-watched program on television yesterday.

MSNBC's Chris Hayes will moderate a special, live town hall event with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Thursday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET in Des Moines, Iowa.

SHOWTIME will premiere the second season of its animated comedy series OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT on Sunday, May 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and will feature an animated appearance from Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness. Additionally, SHOWTIME has released the official key art and trailer for season two, which will consist of 10 half-hour episodes.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah today announced 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders will appear as a guest on the late-night franchise this Thursday, April 4 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Just Announced: Actress Taraji P. Henson will be at DPAC with POD Tours America as the special guest this Sunday, February 10, 2019.

Pod Save America is hitting the road again to have live, no-nonsense conversations about politics, the press, and the nightmare that is the Trump presidency. The tour is called Pod Tours America because they think that's clever. Public on-sale is Friday, January 18th at 10am. Ticket will be available online at Live-at-the-Eccles.com, calling 801-355-2787 or visiting the Eccles Theater Box Office (Mon-Fri 10am-6pm & Sat 10am-2pm). The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater is located at 131 Main Street in Salt Lake City.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are set to host a fundraiser for Democratic Senate candidates on Sunday, according to Variety. Legend is expected to perform at their Beverly Hills home fundraiser.

Saturday Night Live began its latest season last night with one of its iconic political cold opens. This time, Matt Damon was brought on board to bring to Judge Kavanaugh to the show.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will appear as a guest on the Monday, Sept. 10 telecast of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Comedy Central's late night franchise The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper will welcome Sen. Bernie Sanders to the studio on Thursday, May 31 at  11:30 p.m. ET/PT. This marks Sanders' first appearance on the series.