Jessica Chasmar

Jane Fonda reveals she’s a rape survivor

Jane Fonda has opened up for the first time about being a rape survivor, in a new interview in Net-A-Porter magazine.

March 2, 2017

Tom Hanks gifts espresso machine with ‘truth’ message to White House press corps

Actor Tom Hanks sent a new espresso machine to the White House press corps Thursday, encouraging reporters to keep fighting for truth.

March 2, 2017

Stephen Lynch, Mass. Democrat, slams media’s ‘steady drumbeat of attack’ against Donald Trump

Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch says the media's "steady drumbeat of attack" against President Trump has destroyed their credibility.

March 1, 2017

Tara Conner, former Miss USA, thanks Donald Trump for her sobriety: ‘He saved my life’

Former Miss USA and recovery advocate Tara Conner penned an op-ed Wednesday thanking President Trump for helping her get through 10 years of sobriety.

March 1, 2017

Martin O’Malley urges Enda Kenny, Irish prime minister, to boycott Trump’s St. Patrick’s Day party

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley launched a petition Tuesday urging Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Irish-American members of Congress to boycott President Trump's St. Patrick's Day party next month.

February 28, 2017

Barbara Pierce Bush, George W. Bush’s daughter, to keynote Planned Parenthood fundraiser

Barbara Pierce Bush, the 35-year-old daughter of former President George W. Bush, will deliver the keynote address at the annual fundraising luncheon of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas on Wednesday.

February 28, 2017

Mardi Gras parade in Alabama: SUV drives into crowd, injuring 12 students

A van drove into a crowd at a Mardi Gras parade in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Tuesday morning, reportedly injuring 11 high school marching band members.

February 28, 2017

Patricia Arquette ‘really pissed’ trans sister Alexis was left out of Oscars ‘In Memoriam’

Patricia Arquette is outraged that her transgender sister, "Pulp Fiction" actress Alexis Arquette, was left out of the "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday's Oscars ceremony.

February 27, 2017

Jan Chapman ‘devastated’ by ‘In Memoriam’ Oscars flub

Australian producer Jan Chapman says she was "devastated" after her photograph was mistakenly used to honor late costume designer Janet Patterson during the "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday night's Oscars ceremony.

February 27, 2017

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. ‘not experiencing the best of times’

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the U.S. is "not experiencing the best of times" under President Trump.

February 23, 2017

John Podesta joins The Washington Post as a contributing columnist

Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman, John Podesta, has joined The Washington Post as a contributing columnist, the newspaper announced Thursday.

February 23, 2017

Alan Colmes, Fox News contributor, dead at 66

Longtime Fox News commentator and radio host Alan Colmes has died, the network announced Thursday morning.

February 23, 2017

Muslim activists launch effort to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

A campaign launched by Muslim activists is raising funds to help repair dozens of gravestones that were vandalized at a historical Jewish cemetery near St. Louis Monday.

February 22, 2017

Anne Frank Center to Trump: ‘Do not make us Jews settle for crumbs of condescension’

President Trump's condemnation of anti-Semitism following his visit Tuesday to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is "too little, too late," the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect said.

February 21, 2017

George Clooney slams Donald Trump, Steve Bannon as Hollywood elitists

George Clooney made the argument over the weekend that President Trump and his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, are the same "Hollywood elitists" that their supporters enthusiastically reject.

February 21, 2017

Marine Le Pen refuses to wear headscarf for Lebanon grand mufti: ‘I will not cover myself’

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday canceled a meeting with Lebanon's grand mufti, Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, after refusing orders to cover herself with a headscarf.

February 21, 2017

Angelina Jolie on rising populism: ‘We should know better’

Speaking in Cambodia to promote her Pol Pot-era film "First They Killed My Father," filmmaker and activist Angelina Jolie said people should know better than to fall for the "old tricks" of populist leaders.

February 20, 2017

11 people get through TSA checkpoint without screening at JFK: Report

Eleven people got through security without being screened Monday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to an NBC News report.

February 20, 2017

Samantha Geimer, Roman Polanski victim, wants him absolved: ‘I know he’s sorry’

The woman Roman Polanski was jailed for raping in the late 1970s wants the famed filmmaker to return to the U.S. as a free man.

February 17, 2017

Hillary Clinton spotted dining with ‘SNL’s‘ Kate McKinnon in New York

Hillary Clinton was spotted in New York City dining with her "Saturday Night Live" double Kate McKinnon before heading over to watch Glenn Close star in the Broadway play "Sunset Boulevard" Wednesday night.

February 17, 2017