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Culture How the iconic Barbara Walters led the charge against antisemitism and social injustice (sometimes)
The first Jewish co-host of a news program spoke out against Spiro Agnew's bigotry, but seemed to give others a pass
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Culture Despite her ‘15 minutes of shame,’ Monica Lewinsky didn’t learn much about cancel culture
Monica Lewinsky knows a little something about public shame. “I was patient zero of having a reputation completely destroyed worldwide because of the internet,” she says in the introduction to her new documentary, “15 Minutes of Shame.” That’s why Lewinsky seems as if she would be the perfect guide to take viewers through the minefield…
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Culture When Jake Tapper dated Monica Lewinsky — and wrote a gross piece about it
Will Jake Tapper be a character on “Impeachment: American Crime Story?” I don’t mean Jake Tapper the respected CNN anchor, but his former self, Jake Tapper the young Beltway reporter, who made a name for himself when he wrote a detailed dispatch from his date with Monica Lewinsky. That Tapper, whose article, published in the…
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The Schmooze Monica Lewinsky To Produce Clinton Scandal TV Show, Beanie Feldstein To Star
It is said that living well is the best revenge. But perhaps from here on out this will be said: becoming a cult personality and then producing a TV show about the most infamous chapter of your life, starring a beloved young actress, is truly the best revenge. That is what Monica Lewinsky is set…
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The Schmooze Monica Lewinsky Would Have Liked Starr Report To Be Treated Like The Mueller Report
Monica Lewinsky. She’s a household name. She’s associated, in most people’s minds, with graphic sex acts and humiliation. Imagine a world in which you don’t know the name Monica Lewinsky. And now, imagine how good that would feel for Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky, whose relationship with then-President Bill Clinton as a 20-year-old White House intern led…
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Fast Forward Monica Lewinsky Opens Up About Rising Above Her Big ‘Mistake’
Monica Lewinsky opened up in a speech Wednesday about recovering from her “mistake,” referring to her affair with former President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky spoke to a crowd of celebrities at The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Women in Entertainment conference, but her message was geared toward a group of teenagers who were there as part of the…
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Fast Forward Monica Lewinsky Cooperated With FBI Because Of Threats To Mother, Doc Shows
Monica Lewinsky’s parents opened up about their daughter’s affair with former President Bill Clinton for a new docuseries about the 1998 scandal, Huffpost reported. Bernard Lewinsky and Marcia Lewis were featured in Monday’s episode of the 6-part A&E series, “The Clinton Affair.” Bernard Lewinsky recalled in his interview the moment Lewis told him their daughter,…
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