The Daily Beast’s Winners and Losers of the Week
It was a good week for the likes of Alec Baldwin and Barron Trump. Not so much for Biden campaign co-chair and Hollywood power broker, Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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Excellent week for:
The judge in his involuntary manslaughter trial dismissed it on the grounds that the late discovery of evidence had impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings.
Alec Baldwin hugs his attorney Alex Spiro after his trial for involuntary manslaughter was dismissed by a judge Friday.
RAMSAY DE GIVE
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Handsome, 6 foot 7 and now 18, Donald Trump’s youngest son appears as the next apprentice to his father’s campaign. This week saw his first appearance at one of his dad’s rallies where he received a standing O.
Barron Trump gives a thumbs up at a campaign rally at Donald Trump's golf resort in Doral, Florida.
Marco Bello
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President Joe Biden has been notoriously coy, giving only 36 press conferences in office—and some of those were held jointly with other world leaders. On Thursday, the White House Press Corps had him all to themselves. Longest question—David Sanger, D.C. bureau chief for The New York Times. Most pompous question—again, David Sanger. Question designed to show off just how much the journalist knows—David Sanger.
David Sanger of The New York Times.
Leigh Vogel
Not such a good week for:
Musk’s latest SpaceX rocket exploded. An unwelcome blow after his generous offer of unlimited sperm this week to populate Mars.
Elon Musk company SpaceX saw one of its rockets explode this week.
Dominika Zarzycka
Terrible week for:
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation.
Kevin Dietsch
The Biden campaign co-chair and Hollywood power broker found himself in the middle of a true talent battle. His pal and go-to Democrat celeb, George Clooney, threw a political hissy fit against President Joe Biden for whom he’d raised $28 million for just three weeks earlier. Picture it: Katzenberg, now having to deal with the ultimate trophy guest trading in his Biden pom-poms for, well, whatever you use to start a coup.
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