11 h. ago Bari Weiss mocked for suggesting ‘charismatic’ voices like Alan Dershowitz are what CBS News needs

‘As you’re watching this, consider that she likely made this exact pitch to David Ellison and he said, yes, precisely, here is $150 million and the top job at CBS News,” Drop Site News’ Ryan Grim observed.

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15 h. ago Five of the weirdest Christmas specials put to the test, from mince pie wraps to Yorkshire pudding pizza

Fancy a Yorkshire pudding Christmas dinner pizza? Unfortunately, it’s entirely possible this year, report Josh Barrie and David Ellis

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5 d. ago David Ellis reviews Bistro Sablé: As comforting as being curled up under a blanket with someone you love

Sablé is the perfect antidote to trying times, says David Ellis

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7 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez stuns in sexy backless dress for White House dinner with Trump and Saudi Crown Prince

Other notable names to attend the black-tie event in the nation's capital included Ronaldo, Elon Musk, Michael Dell and Hollywood executive David Ellison.

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1 week ago David Ellis reviews Rosi: An arm and a leg for this confusion? Pull the other one

Here is a restaurant without any clear sense of identity, says David Ellis

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2 w. ago David Ellis reviews Motorino: Great chef, shame about the restaurant

Most faults here might easily be rectified, says David Ellis, but a larger problem lurks

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2 w. ago David Ellis reviews Motorino: Great chef, shame about his new vehicle

Most faults here might easily be rectified, says David Ellis, but a larger problem lurks

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3 w. ago Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level | Arwa Mahdawi

How scared should we be by Trump’s heavily edited appearance on a US news programme this weekend, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia?You know how I’m going to be able to tell that I’ve really made it as a writer in America? When our very handsome (much better-looking than Zohran Mamdani!) and very high-IQ leader Donald Trump gives me a personal shoutout to commend me on what a wonderful job I’m doing. As we all know, a good journalist should always make the rich and powerful feel comfortable.While I wait for that day to come, I’m watching and learning from the head honchos at CBS. Trump appeared on CBS News’s 60 Minutes on Sunday night for his first sit-down with the show in five years and commented on how much better the network has become after its owner, Paramount, was taken over by his billionaire allies, the father-and-son duo Larry and David Ellison. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jon Stewart to remain ‘Daily Show’ host through 2026 — despite criticism of Paramount CEO

Jon Stewart has been highly critical of new Paramount chief David Ellison amid the company’s rightward shift in recent months.

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3 w. ago Jon Stewart to remain ‘Daily Show’ host through 2026 — despite his criticism of Paramount’s CEO

Jon Stewart has been highly critical of new Paramount chief David Ellison amid the company’s rightward shift in recent months

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3 w. ago CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’

Trump said Paramount’s sale to David and Larry Ellison was ‘greatest thing that’s happened in a long time’ for free pressThe CBS News program 60 Minutes heavily edited down an interview with Donald Trump that aired on Sunday night, his first sit-down with the show in five years.Trump sat down with correspondent Norah O’Donnell for 90 minutes, but only about 28 minutes were broadcast. A full transcript of the interview was later published, along with a 73-minute-long extended version online. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Things to do in London this weekend, whether you're staying in or going out

Josh Barrie and David Ellis pick the very best of what to do in the capital

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3 w. ago David Ellis reviews Cô Thành: A timid tribute to Bourdain's Vietnam

Moments of brilliance were hampered by moments of boredom, but David Ellis is confident this Covent Garden café can find its way

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4 w. ago From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones

We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating powerDemocracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal. Before Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, I warned of “Orbánisation” – in reference to Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. There, democracy was not extinguished by firing squads or the mass imprisonment of dissidents, but by slow attrition. The electoral system was warped, civil society was targeted and pro-Orbán moguls quietly absorbed the media.Nine months on, and Orbánisation is in full bloom across the Atlantic. Billionaire Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder, and his filmmaker son, David, have become blunt instruments in this process. Trump boasts they are “friends of mine – they’re big supporters of mine”. Larry Ellison, second only to Elon Musk as the world’s richest man, has poured tens of millions into R...

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4 w. ago Things to do in London this Halloween, from the Clapham Grand parties to Phantom Peak

VR zomies! All-night parties! Julia Fox! Make this fright night a spooktacular one, says David Ellis

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