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Variety Magazine Event goes Virtual, Honoring big Stars Steven Gaydos, the Vice President of Content for Variety Magazine has been prepping for the Variety Impact Awards and Ten Directors to Watch event, but in an entirely different way this year. This year's event will honor actor Glenn Close for her turn in Hillbilly Elegy, and Director Steve McQueen for his impressive body of work. Ten years ago, Gaydos moved the event from the Sundance Film Festival to Palm Springs, as sign that our Film Festival was growing in stature and importance. Especially during Awards Season. Patrick Evan sits dow...

they will join the conversation here on c-span. we will also have facebook. we posted a question for you. lots of questions so far on what your thoughts are on the connection between infotainment and political journalism? here is one comment. fox and msnbc are nearly wall- to-wall infotainment. they do not even attempt to be journalistic at the primetime slots. says they give you at least a laugh. bill donohue back the iraq not war. the #we are using is infotainment. we are using is infotainment. to los, we take you angeles. recent conversation with a couple of journalists, including...

>> i was shocked -- the same thing happened to me. they took a picture of me without my shirt on. [laughter] >> got that photo right here. [laughter] >> but you did not have it first. [laughter] >> there were a bunch of questions. these guys did not invent that kind of television or information. i honestly -- these things have been around forever. they do it in a different way on a different medium at a different level. i do not find it particularly threatening to journalism at all. in fact, if you listen to what he said, we make lots of calls and we check it out and verify and then ...

Convention. explain, please. >> yeah. mike allen has a look at some sort of internal documents looking at some of the plans for the convention and some of the big highlights number one, what they would like to have are some republicans on two -- at least two of the three nights thinking chuck hagel or john warner and want to have a republican woman sounds like they know who they have in mind for that one, calling that woman sort of a big name and a big get. what we might see, sash va sha and malia for a few minutes. one thing that's interesting when you look at the documents about the things t...

who's full of obamaloney now, wife killer romney! take a bow super pac guy who created the homicidal romney ad. >> how can you imply mitt romney and bain are somehow to blame for that poor woman dying of cancer? >> my goodness, we don't and we would not. >> i mean, my goodness how could you think so little of me? to say such a thing anderson cooper i do declare you are a cad and a bouncer of the had highest order and i think you ought to fetch my petticoat and coachman. good day, sir. >> good morning. it is friday, it is friday, august 10th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, ...