Mr. Mayor Embodies The Best And Worst Of Tina Fey s Shows
Fey s latest NBC sitcom, starring Ted Danson as a bumbling mayor, leans into the qualities that make her work both great and frustrating.
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Ted Danson (left) as Mayor Neil Bremer and Bobby Moynihan (right) as Jayden Kwapis in NBC s Mr. Mayor.
In the first episode of NBC’s “Mr. Mayor,” bumbling businessman-turned-mayor of Los Angeles Neil Bremer (Ted Danson) is worried about “getting canceled” after botching a policy announcement and making some political enemies on his first day in office.
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Hits Snag As Health Workers Balk At Shots
Some places are seeing as much as 80% of staff declining to get a coronavirus vaccine.
Bernard Condon, Matt Sedensky and Carla K. Johnson
The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the death and misery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots.
It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing what experts say are unfounded fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back.
RNC Remains Loyal To Trump As Calls Mount For His Departure For Inciting Fatal Riot
Trump’s handpicked chair, Ronna McDaniel, won reelection despite presiding over the loss of the House, White House and Senate over the past four years.
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. President Donald Trump is facing a second impeachment in his final days in office after inciting a riot at the Capitol that killed a police officer, but his party’s national leadership on Friday reelected his hand-picked chair to another term anyway.
Ronna McDaniel, like many others in the Republican National Committee, spoke out against the mayhem created by thousands of Trump supporters whom the president had encouraged to block Wednesday’s certification of the November election.
Marion Ramsey, Squeaky-Voiced Officer From Police Academy, Dies at 73
The actor reprised her beloved character multiple times in the comedy franchise.
Marion Ramsey, known for acting in the “Police Academy” films and gracing the Broadway stage in 1978′s “Eubie!,” died Thursday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 73.
Roger Paul of Roger Paul Inc., the agency that managed Ramsey, confirmed the news to Variety. Ramsey had recently fallen ill, but her exact cause of death is currently undetermined.
Though many may know Ramsey for her role as the squeaky-voiced Officer Laverne Hooks in the “Police Academy” films, her career began much earlier. In 1964, she appeared in “Hello, Dolly!” and in the 1970s she established herself as a theater, film and television talent. On stage, she acted in “Miss Moffat,” and on screen she took part in the variety show “Keep On Truckin’” on ABC and held a regular role on “Cos.”