Aaron Sorkin: Last News

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Fresh off their reunion on Sunday night’s 76th Emmys, some of the key stars and producers from “The West Wing” are off to the White House for a celebration being thrown by First Lady Jill Biden. In honor of the 25th anniversary of Warner Bros. TV’s “The West Wing” (which premiered on September 22, 1999, on NBC), the Office of the First Lady will hold a White House event marking the occasion.

Emmys 2024 ceremony had us screaming, “Bartlet for America!” “The West Wing” stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Richard Schiff, Janel Moloney took the Emmys stage to present the award for outstanding drama series. The cast began the segment huddle around the famed Resolute desk in a recreation of the Oval Office before celebrating the show’s 25th anniversary.

Bradley Whitford will not be in attendance at The West Wing White House celebration nor the rumored reunion possibly taking place at the 76th Primetime Emmys tonight, both of which are tied to the Aaron Sorkin show’s 25th anniversary.

William Earl Variety will present the inaugural “Shaping Culture With Podcasts” event, presented by Wondery, on September 19 in Los Angeles, centered around the significant impact audio storytelling has on the cultural landscape. As part of the invite-only dinner program, Variety will present the first-ever Variety Creative Impact in Podcasting Award to “Armchair Expert” co-hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.

In a major development in the leadership of New York City’s non-profit theater scene, Lincoln Center Theater has named directors Lear deBessonet and Bartlett Sher to the roles of Artistic Director and Executive Producer, respectively.

today’s Republican Party is nothing like the one in “The West Wing.”Sorkin, who created the ’90s political drama series, spoke at a Los Angeles event for his upcoming book on Saturday and addressed what he thinks the show would look like if made in the present day.“What would be different would be this, and I don’t want to get a rumble started over anything. I’m afraid to say that right now — and maybe things will be different a year from now or two years from now, but right now — it would be implausible that the opposition party, that the Republican Party, was reasonable,” the 63-year-old TV writer said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.“People would watch that and it would be unfamiliar to them as the country that they live in,” added Sorkin.

The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has suggested how the show would be made differently in today’s political climate.The classic political drama, which ran between 1999 and 2006, focuses on the fictitious administration of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen).Speaking at an event to promote new book What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service, Sorkin admitted that it would be “implausible” to make the Republican Party look “reasonable” today.“Honestly, I think it would [work] for roughly the same reason it worked when it did, which is that, first of all, it was a good show, just good stories well told by a great group of people,” he said (via The Hollywood Reporter).“But by and large, in popular culture, our leaders are portrayed either as Machiavellian or as dolts, right? It’s either a House of Cards or Veep.“The idea behind The West Wing was what if they were as competent and as dedicated as the doctors and nurses on hospital shows, the cops on the cop shows, the lawyers on a legal drama? That kind of thing. And the result was something that was idealistic and it was aspirational,” he explained.“What would be different [today] would be this, and I don’t want to get a rumble started over anything.

Aaron Sorkin says he’s often asked whether The West Wing could work today. His answer, for the most part, is yes: his present-day depiction of the White House, like the one he created 25 years ago, would still be idealistic and still feel completely aspirational.

Donald Trump has said US Vice President Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than Joe Biden in the forthcoming presidential elections.The current US President announced his decision to drop out of the race yesterday (July 21), explaining that it was “in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”Biden also offered his “full support and endorsement” for Harris to be the next Democratic presidential candidate.Several stars have also endorsed Harris, including Charli XCX and John Legend.But despite that, Trump has now said he believes the US Vice President “will be easier to beat than Joe Biden would have been” in a phone call to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.Trump added: “He is the worst president in the history of our country, he goes down as the single worst president by far in the history of our country.”Biden plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office, which ends at noon on January 20 2025.But a number of Republicans including Elise Stefanik, House Republican Conference chair, and Republican House speaker Mike Johnson have called for him to resign, according to Sky News.Elsewhere, Aaron Sorkin backed Harris despite a recent op-ed in which he suggested Mitt Romney should run.The award-winning writer of The West Wing and The Social Network issued a statement via former West Wing colleague and actor Joshua Melina.“I take it all back. Harris for America!” said Sorkin.

he is dropping out of the 2024 race, despite a recent op-ed in which he suggested Mitt Romney should run.Last Saturday (July 20), Sorkin published an op-ed article in The New York Times titled “How I Would Script This Moment for Biden and the Democrats”. In it, Sorkin lamented the troubles Biden had been facing with his campaign.The 81-year-old president has faced increased scrutiny following a disastrous debate performance in June, with pleas from fellow Democratic Party colleagues, along with notable public figures like George Clooney, Stephen King and Stephen Colbert, to step down.“So here’s my pitch to the writers’ room: The Democratic Party should pick a Republican,” Sorkin proposed.

Aaron Sorkin is reversing course on his recommendation for what the Democrats should do if faced with the prospect of Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

Michaela Zee Aaron Sorkin no longer believes the Democratic Party should select Republican Senator Mitt Romney as its candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Earlier on Sunday, an op-ed by Sorkin was published in the New York Times, in which the “West Wing” creator suggested that the Democratic Party should select a Republican candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump this November. “At their convention next month, the Democrats should nominate Mitt Romney,” Sorkin wrote.

As the calls for Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race continue, so to have the scenarios for what happens after that.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner Sam Waterston has signed with Paradigm for representation. 

David Zaslav can now boast of having a former Press Secretary to the President of the United States among his corporate inner circle. However, even with trophy of Robert Gibbs on his shelf now,  the Warner Bros Discovery CEO may do well to remember the transition from DC to Hollywood has proved full of pitfalls over the years.

Colleagues and friends gathered today at the Motion Picture & Television Fund to celebrate the life of venerable Deadline labor reporter David Robb who died in December at age 74.

The Social Network, focusing on the January 6 riots.The screenwriter, who also created The West Wing, won an Oscar for his work on the 2010 drama, which looked at the origins of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg.Sorkin spoke on a new podcast interview about the January 2021 riots, which saw supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump storm the Capitol building in Washington D.C.

So many stars stepped out to celebrate Nicole Kidman at the 49th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Saturday night (April 27) in Hollywood, Calif.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Nicole Kidman has captivated Hollywood for more than three decades, with a career marked by transformative roles, outstanding performances and a profound impact on the cinematic landscape. As she receives the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, Variety honors her career by ranking her top 12 film performances. Born in Honolulu and raised in Australia, Kidman first made waves in the U.S.

The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin is sharing his plans for a sequel to the David Fincher film!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Aaron Sorkin confirmed during a live recording of “The Town” podcast that he is currently working on some kind of sequel to “The Social Network,” David Fincher’s acclaimed 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook that won Sorkin the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. “Look, yeah, I’ll be writing about this,” Sorkin said about the social media company’s recent years. “I blame Facebook for January 6.” Sorkin would not answer why he blamed Facebook for Trump supporters storming the U.S.