On Monday, singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile announced her decision to drop out of Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., at which she was scheduled to have a conversation with event chair Pattie Sellers and perform a few songs. Her reason for doing so was the summit’s inclusion of former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, whose handling of U.S. border policy under Donald Trump she called an “atrocity.”
In a letter posted on Twitter, Carlile touched on how honored she was to be included,...
In a letter posted on Twitter, Carlile touched on how honored she was to be included,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Deal, flop, turn, river, showdown: There are few things more tense than the final moments of a high-stakes game of poker. (In this case, Texas Hold ‘Em.)
The forthcoming film Molly’s Game, which stars Jessica Chastain and arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, takes moviegoers on a high-stakes trip through the world of underground poker. The story, about a world-class skier named Molly Bloom who went on to run the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game (only to become an FBI target), represents famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut.
Better still, it’s all true.
The real-life...
The forthcoming film Molly’s Game, which stars Jessica Chastain and arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, takes moviegoers on a high-stakes trip through the world of underground poker. The story, about a world-class skier named Molly Bloom who went on to run the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game (only to become an FBI target), represents famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut.
Better still, it’s all true.
The real-life...
- 12/21/2017
- by Andrew Nusca
- PEOPLE.com
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