Tag: Messing

Meltdowns on Set, a Shocking Nickname for an NBC Exec, an ‘Obsession’ with Debra Messing and More

Ramin Setoodeh’s new chronicle of Donald Trump and “The Apprentice” — titled “Apprentice in Wonderland” — has arrived in bookstores and is filled with juicy behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the former President’s long-running reality show. (Note: Setoodeh is the co-editor-in-chief of this publication). Along with a fascinating narrative that shows how the NBC series lead to Trump’s political […]

Why My Crush on ‘Quite Attractive’ Debra Messing Turned to Hate

First things first: In Apprentice in Wonderland, by Ramin Setoodeh, Donald Trump himself brings up and discusses the long-rumored hot-mic tape from NBC’s The Apprentice in which he is supposedly heard to say the n-word. But he does so only to strenuously deny it exists. More of that in a moment. First: news of a […]

Cicadas are back, but climate change is messing with them

Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs’ internal alarm clocks. Scientists believe that cicadas count years […]