Trump Origin Story Flick ‘The Apprentice’ & Cannes Take Over ElectionLine Podcast; UK PM’s Wet July 4 Vote Launch, GOP’s FBI Assassination Conspiracies
deadline.comEditors note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America.
Hosted by Deadline’s political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary and interviews with top lawmakers and entertainment figures.
At the same time, you can follow all the news in the Biden & Trump rematch and more on the ElectionLine hub on Deadline. “What surprised me is how good it is,” says Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro of the Cannes-debuting Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. “You know, there are some people that have tried to ding it and say, ‘Oh, it’s an HBO movie,’” Deadline’s editorial director states from the South of France on today’s ElectionLine podcast. “But let me say this: it’s a very good HBO movie.” “I just think it’s very well crafted.
It has its own voice. What’s interesting is that for a biopic such as this, it gets a lot in there about his life and about the relationship with Roy Cohn,” D’Alessandro added – as you can hear above.
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