Weep not for Alec Baldwin; his MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” might be a thing of the past, but he’ll be back on the small screen soon. However briefly. Taking a chance that Baldwin won’t hurl any homophobic slurs between now and Jan. 6, TCM has booked the former “30 Rock” star to guest host “Private Screenings” on that night. Also read: Alec Baldwin Decries Public Life as ‘Horrible’ During Interview – as Public Figure Baldwin will interview Osborne as the latter switches seats to become the interviewee, as part of the network’s 20th anniversary celebration. “Ever since TCM launched,...
- 12/6/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Public figure Alec Baldwin has come out against life in the public eye, complaining that the lifestyle he lives as the result of a career he willingly chose has become “horrible” and “awful.” The former “30 Rock” star, whose MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” was terminated this week after he hurled a homophobic slur at a paparazzo, revealed his plight during an interview with Gothamist. See video: Joan Rivers Defends Alec Baldwin … With a Barrage of Slurs Baldwin conceded that he would consider breaking free of the chains that his fame has bound him in — if only...
- 11/27/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
TMZ caught up with Joan Rivers outside Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles, eager learn what she thinks of this whole “Alec Baldwin Has A Terrible Case of Verbal Diarrhea” debacle. After allegedly calling a photographer a “c***s****** f**, MSNBC cancelled Baldwin’s show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin. Baldwin took time out from filming a movie...Read more»...
- 11/27/2013
- by Kelly Lynch
- Celebuzz.com
Los Angeles, Nov 27: Actor Alec Baldwin's late-night talk show has been scrapped from the channel after his negative comments on homosexuals.
The show titled "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" used to come on MSNBC channel and it was getting poor ratings.
Sources say the decision to axe Baldwin was based, in part, on his recent homophobic outbursts when he used foul language for a photographer, reports tmz.com.
"We wish Alec all the best," said a representative from MSNBC.
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The show titled "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" used to come on MSNBC channel and it was getting poor ratings.
Sources say the decision to axe Baldwin was based, in part, on his recent homophobic outbursts when he used foul language for a photographer, reports tmz.com.
"We wish Alec all the best," said a representative from MSNBC.
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- 11/27/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Alec Baldwin is now out of a job -- and the actor and former MSNBC talk show host is doing some finger pointing. As reported on Tuesday, just six weeks after its debut, Up Late With Alec Baldwin has been permanently yanked from the airwaves after Baldwin, 55, apparently spewed homophobic slurs at a photographer a "c--sucking f**" during a recent altercation. Speaking with the Gothamist about his ouster, Baldwin complained: "You've got the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy – Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan – they're [...]...
- 11/27/2013
- Us Weekly
One of show business’ most outspoken members is being defended by another show-biz loose cannon — in a most un-pc way. Alec Baldwin — whose MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” was terminated on Tuesday after the former “30 Rock” star hurled a homophobic slur at a paparazzo – has found an ally in the form of Joan Rivers. Also read: Alec Baldwin on MSNBC Cancellation: GLAAD Spokesman and Andrew Sullivan ‘Killed’ His Show Rivers stood up for Baldwin with a string of slurs when TMZ asked her about the topic. “Let me tell you, everybody just relax. Everybody’s either a wop,...
- 11/27/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Well, at least Alec Baldwin is accepting full responsibility for the demise of his MSNBC show. Oh wait, maybe not so much…. Also read: Alec Baldwin, MSNBC End His Show in Gay Slur Fallout Baldwin, whose show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” was terminated by mutual decision on Tuesday, following a backlash over his use of a homophobic slur, told Gothamist in an interview that “the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy” — in particular, GLAAD vice president of communications Rich Ferraro and gay writer Andrew Sullivan — had “killed” his show. While maintaining that he had not used the word “faggot” during his.
- 11/27/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Alec Baldwin was fired from MSNBC following an alleged outburst of anti-gay slurs. The news of this did not sit well with comedian Joan Rivers. "The decision has been made. He's gone," an insider at the cable channel told Page Six. "The (parent company) Comcast guys have decided. Word is spreading through the building." "Up Late With Alec Baldwin," was yanked off the air for two weeks following an incident in which Baldwin went on a rant at a photographer. Joan Rivers is over the gay and PC language police coming down on people and let loose with TMZ. Rivers said we all are something, whether we are Irish, Italian, dot Indian, feather Indian, Black, Jewish, Chinese or gay...
- 11/27/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Sandra Bullock says she’s not perfect, Frankie Muniz has a health scare, and James Franco opens up about his role in a film written by Sylvester Stallone.
After recently hurling homophobic slurs at a photographer, Alec Baldwin has been ousted from MSNBC. The actor’s show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, was briefly suspended following the incident, but has now been cancelled. [TMZ] Sandra Bullock may appear flawless to us, but the actress admitted that she does indeed have shortcomings — because she’s constantly criticizing herself. [E!] Nearly a year after suffering a “mini-stroke,” Frankie Muniz tweeted that he came down with the affliction once more. Thankfully, it appears the Malcolm In The Middle star is recovering. [People] With his role as a villain in Homefront, James Franco says he wanted to make his character more well-rounded. But he had to answer to Sylvester Stallone, who wrote the script. [MTV News]
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After recently hurling homophobic slurs at a photographer, Alec Baldwin has been ousted from MSNBC. The actor’s show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, was briefly suspended following the incident, but has now been cancelled. [TMZ] Sandra Bullock may appear flawless to us, but the actress admitted that she does indeed have shortcomings — because she’s constantly criticizing herself. [E!] Nearly a year after suffering a “mini-stroke,” Frankie Muniz tweeted that he came down with the affliction once more. Thankfully, it appears the Malcolm In The Middle star is recovering. [People] With his role as a villain in Homefront, James Franco says he wanted to make his character more well-rounded. But he had to answer to Sylvester Stallone, who wrote the script. [MTV News]
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- 11/26/2013
- by Rahsheeda Ali
- TheFabLife - Movies
MSNBC and Alec Baldwin‘s camp announced jointly that Baldwin’s Friday show is toast: “We are jointly confirming that Up Late will not continue on MSNBC,” MSNBC and Baldwin rep Matthew Hiltzik said. Added MSNBC: “This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best.” It’s the first MSNBC has spoken about Up Late’s suspension; Baldwin announced earlier this month the network had suspended his show for two weeks; his announcement came after a video clip caught him tearing into a photographer with at least one gay slur and possibly two, though Baldwin has denied uttering the second one and says he did not realize the first was a slur. Related: MSNBC Temporarily Suspends ‘Up Late With Alec Baldwin’ “Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now,” Baldwin wrote in his blog after his show’s first week off the air,...
- 11/26/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
Alec Baldwin's weekly show Up Late With Alec Baldwin has been canceled after it was initially suspended for two weeks following his alleged use of homophobic slurs against a paparazzo earlier this month.
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"This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best," MSNBC said in a statement.
When the show was initially suspended on November 15, Baldwin himself admitted in a Huffington Post blog post that he wasn't sure if it was coming back or not.
"Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now," he wrote. "The show is no doubt a work in progress and one that I believe featured some interesting guests and disseminated a good deal of interesting information. But if the show dies, its fate ends up being no different than the vast majority of start-up TV programming, and so be it."
Related: Baldwin's MSNBC Show Suspended Amid Controversy
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Pics: Alec Baldwin's Troubled Timeline
"This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best," MSNBC said in a statement.
When the show was initially suspended on November 15, Baldwin himself admitted in a Huffington Post blog post that he wasn't sure if it was coming back or not.
"Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now," he wrote. "The show is no doubt a work in progress and one that I believe featured some interesting guests and disseminated a good deal of interesting information. But if the show dies, its fate ends up being no different than the vast majority of start-up TV programming, and so be it."
Related: Baldwin's MSNBC Show Suspended Amid Controversy
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- 11/26/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
MSNBC's Alec Baldwin experiment proved to be quite short-lived. The network has pulled the plug on the actor's Up Late in the wake of a paparazzo catching footage of the actor shouting an unconfirmed homophobic slur earlier in November. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the planned Nov. 29 episode, what was to be its first back from a two-week suspension, will not air -- and the series has been pulled from the schedule entirely, as first reported by the New York Post. The network and Baldwin rep Matthew Hiltzik issued the following shortly after: "We are jointly confirming
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- 11/26/2013
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tonight, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, MSNBC planned a primetime lineup that included the special JFK: The Day That Changed America, The Kennedy Brothers: A Hardball Documentary, 50 Years of Guns – a docu in which Al Sharpton profiles guns in America decades after Kennedy’s murder — and a “very enlightened and well-researched” edition of Up Late, “dealing with John Kennedy’s assassination,” according to that show’s host Alec Baldwin. But after Baldwin went on another homophobic slur-spewing against a photographer earlier this month, his well-researched show on the JFK assassination has been replaced by one of the cable news network’s Lockup programs, as part of what Baldwin has described as a two-week-and-possibly-forever suspension of his program. Related: MSNBC Temporarily Suspends ‘Up Late With Alec Baldwin’ “Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now,” Baldwin wrote in his blog...
- 11/23/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
This story first appeared in the Nov. 29 issue of the The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Alec Baldwin's potentially brief turn as cable news host might be up in the air, but he was struggling well before a paparazzo filmed him Nov. 14 shouting an unconfirmed homophobic slur outside his Manhattan apartment. Before MSNBC pulled the Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 episodes of Up Late With Alec Baldwin, the series was posting lackluster ratings. Five weeks into its 10 p.m. Fridays run, Up Late was down 40 percent from the premiere in both key measurements -- dropping to 395,000 total
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- 11/20/2013
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin has one again had a dust-up with the paparazzi, getting caught on tape calling a photographer a "c***-sucking f**" outside the trial for his stalker, Genevieve Sabourin.
Baldwin later took to Twitter saying that he actually said "c***-sucking fathead" and then eventually issued an apology, saying, "Behavior like this undermines hard-fought rights that I vigorously support."
His new MSNBC show "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" got pulled from the schedule for two weeks and may not return at all.
Now daughter Ireland Baldwin, 18, has jumped into the fray, going on her own Twitter rant about the whole thing:
Sometimes we let our tempers get the best of us. Tempers are like wildfires. Something or someone can easily fuel the fire. It takes a lot of strength for someone to release their anger. It takes a lot of strength and Support for someone to...
Baldwin later took to Twitter saying that he actually said "c***-sucking fathead" and then eventually issued an apology, saying, "Behavior like this undermines hard-fought rights that I vigorously support."
His new MSNBC show "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" got pulled from the schedule for two weeks and may not return at all.
Now daughter Ireland Baldwin, 18, has jumped into the fray, going on her own Twitter rant about the whole thing:
Sometimes we let our tempers get the best of us. Tempers are like wildfires. Something or someone can easily fuel the fire. It takes a lot of strength for someone to release their anger. It takes a lot of strength and Support for someone to...
- 11/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Well that didn't last long.
Alec Baldwin has expressed uncertainty if his MSNBC late night talk show program will return to the air at all. Baldwin tells The Huffington Post:
"Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now, but if the show dies, its fate ends up being no different than the vast majority of start-up TV programming, and so be it. We do take a small amount of pride in knowing that we beat CNN in the ratings each of our nights. (I forget who they had on at that time.)"
Airing on Friday nights, "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" began on October 11th and aired five complete episodes. The sixth was slated to air November 15th, but was pulled that day and the show was put on suspension for two weeks.
The suspension took place due to Baldwin hurling gay slurs at a photographer...
Alec Baldwin has expressed uncertainty if his MSNBC late night talk show program will return to the air at all. Baldwin tells The Huffington Post:
"Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now, but if the show dies, its fate ends up being no different than the vast majority of start-up TV programming, and so be it. We do take a small amount of pride in knowing that we beat CNN in the ratings each of our nights. (I forget who they had on at that time.)"
Airing on Friday nights, "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" began on October 11th and aired five complete episodes. The sixth was slated to air November 15th, but was pulled that day and the show was put on suspension for two weeks.
The suspension took place due to Baldwin hurling gay slurs at a photographer...
- 11/17/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A tough week for actor Alec Baldwin. The Daily Mail speculates Baldwin has reached maximum overload for the celebrity tabloid hounding of him and his family. The actor just wrapped a stressful trial against his Canadian stalker who harassed him and his wife. Now the actor is being sanctioned by his network over his alleged anti-gay remarks. MSNBC has at least temporarily shut down the actor's talk show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, from its schedule following the release of a video in which he directed an anti-gay slur at a paparazzo who was snapping pictures of Baldwin's family. Baldwin used Twitter to counter TMZ's claim that he used the word "f-g," insisting he actually said "fathead." GLAAD informed...
- 11/17/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Alec Baldwin is speaking out (again) following more backlash from his gay slur controversy. In a column for the Huffington Post, the 30 Rock star shot back at reports that he used a particular homophobic slur against a paparazzo--an event that led MSNBC to eventually suspend his talk show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, for two weeks. After reiterating again that he "never used the word f-ggot," during the incident, the actor went on to share his dismay about the suspension of his show, saying he's not sure if it will be back on air given the circumstances. "Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now," Baldwin wrote. "My producers and I had a very enlightening and...
- 11/17/2013
- E! Online
A day after his MSNBC show Up Late With Alec Baldwin was put on a two week suspension, Alec Baldwin revealed on his blog that the long-term fate of the show is up in the air. “Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now,” he wrote Saturday morning. “My producers and I had a very enlightening and well-researched program prepared to air on November 22nd itself, dealing with John Kennedy’s assassination. That show is off the air now.” Baldwin released an apology Friday for the alleged anti-gay remarks to a photographer that led to the MSNBC suspension, but in his lengthier blog post denied uttering any slur during the taped incident. “I can assure you, with complete confidence, that a direct homophobic slur (or indirect one for that matter) is not spoken,” he wrote. Related: MSNBC Suspends ‘Up Late With Alec Baldwin’ Temporarily Up Late...
- 11/16/2013
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
Alec Baldwin‘s bad week just got worse. After pissing off the entire Lgbt community for calling a reporter a “c**ksucking f*g” while fending off the paparazzi Thursday, MSNBC — the network behind his new talk show — has decided to temporary remove Up Late With Alec Baldwin from its schedule amid the controversy. Baldwin has since issued...Read more»...
- 11/16/2013
- by Gabrielle Chung
- Celebuzz.com
Alec Baldwin hasn't had the greatest week. The 30 Rock alum's MSNBC talk show has been suspended following the release of a video showing the actor allegedly directing an anti-gay slur at a paparazzo in NYC on Thursday, Nov. 14. The decision to yank the broadcast also comes just one day after actress Genevieve Sabourin was found guilty of stalking the actor and sentenced to six months in jail. Shortly after the suspension of his show Up Late With Alec Baldwin, the star, 55, apologized for his [...]...
- 11/16/2013
- Us Weekly
Just because Alec Baldwin isn't on TV 24/7, it doesn't mean someone isn't always watching. MSNBC has at least temporarily yanked the actor's talk show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, from its schedule following the release of a video in which he directed an anti-gay slur at a paparazzo who was snapping pictures of Baldwin's family. Baldwin immediately took to Twitter to defend TMZ's claim that he used the word "f-g," insisting he actually said "fathead." He then apologized today after, according to Baldwin, GLAAD informed him that "c--ksucker" (which he audibly did say) was also an anti-gay epithet. The organization's president called him out for his...
- 11/16/2013
- E! Online
The cable news network has pulled Alec Baldwin’s Friday night interview show off the air for the next two weeks after the actor verbally lashed out at a photographer this week. Asked about a recent court case he’s testified in, the often combustable Baldwin responded to the snapper with what appeared to be homophobic remarks. Up Late With Alec Baldwin will not air tonight, when Ellen Barkin was set to be the guest, or on November 22. Here’s a statement from Baldwin that was posted today on MSNBC’s website: Related: Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC Show Falls To New Low I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have – and for that I am deeply sorry. Words are important. I understand that, and will choose mine with great care going forward. What I said and did this week, as...
- 11/16/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” has been suspended after a tumultuous two days, during which the former “30 Rock” star uttered a homophobic slur at a photographer. “Up Late,” which airs Friday nights, will be pulled from the network’s schedule tonight and for next week, Baldwin said in a statement on MSNBC’s website. Also read: Gay Activists Slam Alec Baldwin for Homophobic Remarks In his statement, Baldwin acknowledged that he had used “offensive” and “unacceptable” language, saying, “I am deeply sorry.” “I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words,...
- 11/16/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Alec Baldwin's caught-on-camera use of homophobic slurs hasn't gone unnoticed by MSNBC. On Friday, the network suspended Up Late With Alec Baldwin for two weeks following the actions of the host and 30 Rock actor over the past several days. Baldwin's full statement is below: I would like to address the comments I made this past week. I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have – and for that I am deeply sorry. Words are important. I understand that, and will choose mine with great care going
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- 11/16/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin hit a mileston that the famously ill-tempered “30 Rock” actor likely wasn’t celebrating on Friday. Also read: Alec Baldwin Calls ‘Rock of Ages’ a ‘Horrible Movie’ The Nov. 8 episode hit a series low in the 25-54 demographic, eking out 101,000 viewers in the demo — a 41 percent decline since the show premiered five weeks ago. In total viewers, “Up Late” hardly fared better, scoring 395,000 viewers, a 40 percent decline since series launch. See video: Alec Baldwin Spits All Over Jimmy Fallon’s Face During ’80s Cop Show Sketch The Oct. 11 premiere of...
- 11/11/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
You would not be saying Tgif in cable newsland if you were Alec Baldwin or Rachel Nichols last week. The actor’s 10 Pm MSNBC show Up Late and the former Espn reporter’s Unguarded on CNN both hit demo lows on November 8. With guests Cristina Tzintzun of the Workers Defense Fund and the Coalition for the Homeless’ Mary Brosnahan talking immigration reform and anti-poverty programs, Up Late With Alec Baldwin pulled in just 101,000 viewers among adults 25-54 on Friday. That’s a 41% drop from the 172,000 demo results of the one-hour show’s October 11 debut. While Baldwin’s total viewers were up to 395,000 from the 354,000 low of its November 1 show, the demo was down from that show’s 130,000. For CNN’s Unguarded, the numbers were even more dire. The Nichols-hosted sports-themed show not only hit a demo low but a viewership low too. The 10:30-11 Pm show had a very...
- 11/11/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
To mark the 45th anniversary of the genre-defining classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alec Baldwin sat down with the film’s stars, Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, for his new MSNBC talk show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin.
In the clip below from Friday’s episode, Dullea talks about how director Stanley Kubrick couldn’t decide on the voice of Hal, the computer in control of the spaceship, and the solution he came up with while filming.
Up Late With Alec Baldwin airs Fridays at 10 p.m. on MSNBC.
In the clip below from Friday’s episode, Dullea talks about how director Stanley Kubrick couldn’t decide on the voice of Hal, the computer in control of the spaceship, and the solution he came up with while filming.
Up Late With Alec Baldwin airs Fridays at 10 p.m. on MSNBC.
- 10/29/2013
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside TV
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