A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage.
They often, but not always, act as the organization's senior spokesperson. Many governments also have press secretaries. A deputy press secretary is typically a mid-level political staffer who assists the press secretary and communications director with aspects of public outreach. They often write the press releases and media advisories for review by the press secretary and communications director. There are usually assistant press secretaries and press officers that support the press secretary.
Norah O'Donnell (born January 23, 1974) is an American print and television journalist, currently serving as the Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News in Washington, D.C., a position she has held since June 2011.
O'Donnell was born in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School (San Antonio, Texas)[citation needed]. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and a masters degree in international affairs from Georgetown University
O'Donnell initially served as staff writer for Roll Call, where she covered Congress.
A commentator for the NBC News Today Show, Chief Washington Correspondent for MSNBC, and from September 2003 to May 2005, the White House correspondent for NBC News. O'Donnell was also a contributing anchor for MSNBC Live, and a rotating news anchor on Weekend Today. O'Donnell has done reports that have appeared on numerous NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, and MSNBC. O'Donnell has also filled in for Chris Matthews as host of Hardball with Chris Matthews and was a regular pundit for The Chris Matthews Show. She also co-hosted the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on WNBC since 2007.
Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow (June 1, 1955 – July 12, 2008) was an American journalist, political commentator, television news anchor, syndicated columnist, radio host, musician, and the third White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. Snow also worked for President George H. W. Bush as chief speechwriter and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs. He served as White House Press Secretary from May 2006 until his resignation effective September 2007.
Between his two White House stints, Snow was a broadcaster and newspaper columnist. After years of regular guest-hosting for The Rush Limbaugh Show and providing news commentary for National Public Radio, he launched his own talk radio program, The Tony Snow Show, which went on to become nationally syndicated. He was also a regular personality on Fox News Channel since 1996, hosting Fox News Sunday and Weekend Live, and often substituting as host of The O'Reilly Factor. In April 2008, Snow briefly joined CNN as a commentator. He also made several notable speeches, including keynote addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2007 and 2008.
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Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
Keywords: 3d, android, arena, baseball-cap, based-on-comic, battle-robot, boy-genius, character-name-in-title, character-shaped-hole, compassion
Have a blast.
Built for Adventure
Dr. Elefun: Everybody has their destiny, Toby.::Astro Boy: Didn't you hear him? I'm not Toby.
Ham Egg: Stop! The Laws of Robotic! You can't hurt a human! It's been that way for 50 years!::Zog: I'm old school.
Astro Boy: I was made ready
Dr. Tenma: We have to go.::Astro Boy: This is it. This is what I was created for. This is my destiny.::Dr. Tenma: Toby, now!::Astro Boy: I'm sorry but this is who I am. Onward and upward... Dad.
Astro Boy: [to Dr. Elefun] You know, I tried to find my place in the world. I - I thought I found it, but I guess fitting in can be a lot more complicated than it seems, huh?
Astro Boy: What? I got machine guns... in my butt?
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Monica Barrett (played by Anne Archer) is a widow and a respected judge with a daughter in her late twenties. After she is nominated to the United States Supreme Court she meets Jack Sullivan (Michael Shanks), a charismatic Irishman who claims to be an up and coming writer. The truth is far different, and more frightening. A criminal and psychopath, Jack turns Monica's much-needed holiday into a nightmare. Monica must make a tough choice - to keep the incident a secret, or to risk making it public - and must determine whether Jack's actions are the random act of a psychopath or just part of a much larger political agenda.
Keywords: blackmail, date-rape, female-judge, mother-daughter-relationship, rape, scandal, senator, spiked-drink, supreme-court-justice, supreme-court-nominee
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During a lecture about John Wilkes Booth and Thomas Gates, Ben Gates and his father Patrick are surprised by Mitch Wilkinson. He claims that their ancestor was a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln based on the missing page of Booth's diary that he possesses. The outraged Ben decides to prove the honor of his ancestor. Together with his wife, Abigail, and his best friend, the writer Riley Poole, they head to France, England and Washington to collect clues. But Mitch Wilkinson is secretly following their every move.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th-century, 2000s, 21st-century, abduction, abyss, american-flag, amputee, assassination, backpack
Riley Poole: [over hearing Ben and Abigail's argument] You guys are so great together.
Patrick Gates: The Statue of Liberty! But which one?::Riley Poole: Exactly. Wait is there more than one?
Riley Poole: Did no one read my book?
Riley Poole: [Riley and Ben are standing by Abigail and her date] Awkward!
Ben Gates: Well, would you look at that.::Riley Poole: Oh yeah, it spells "smudge"!
Mitch Wilkinson: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, one of the missing pages of the diary of John Wilkes Booth.
Mitch Wilkinson: Your great-great granddaddy planned the assassination of President Lincoln.::Patrick Gates: It can't be.
[from trailer]::Riley Poole: So let's recap: We've broken into Buckingham Palace, and the Oval Office, stolen a page from the President's super-secret book, and actually kidnapped the President of the United States. What are we gonna do next, short-sheet the Pope's bed?::Ben Gates: Well, you never know.
[from trailer]::Ben Gates: The past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to solving them are all around, hidden in plain sight. But this story begins with the most famous assassination in history. Abraham Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth, kept a diary. A diary that was found the night Booth was killed, with 18 pages missing. Concealed in those pages is the key to something much, much bigger. A conspiracy that crosses the globe, and a discovery that the world isn't ready to believe.
[from trailer]::Riley Poole: [seeing several police pulling up to the building] Oh look. My tax dollars at work, coming to arrest me.
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Anna Foster has never had an ordinary life. At eighteen years old, she is the most protected girl in America; she is the First Daughter. Frustrated with her overprotective father, the President of the United States of America, Anna makes a deal with him: only two agents are allowed to guard her while she attends a concert in Prague. When her father backs out of his promise, Anna flies into a temper and goes on the run with Ben Calder, a handsome photographer she runs into outside of the music club. They travel together with the intention of going to the Love Parade in Berlin. Anna hasn't told Ben who she is but more importantly, Ben hasn't told her who he is. Under the orders of Anna's father, Ben is supposed to keep an eye on the rebellious girl but falling in love with her wasn't something he expected to do. Romance blossoms between the wild, sassy Anna and the cool, distant Ben as they backpack through Europe. Problem is, when it is time to go back and Anna finds out about Ben, what will happen to the two lovers?
Keywords: airforce-one, berlin-germany, bodyguard, border-crossing, box-office-flop, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bungee-jump, campfire, christmas, college-campus
Every family has a rebel. Even the First Family.
How do you fall in love with the whole world watching?
Anna Foster: I'm on fire! I'm untouchable! I'm Anna! Who are you?::Ben Calder: Ben Calder, freelance getaway man. Yeah, need the hand, need the hand.
[while running in slow-motion]::Anna Foster: Excuse... me.
Anna Foster: Dad! Way to go. I can't believe you had that restaurant swarming with all of your secret servants. You ruined my date! And now, I'm going to die before I ever get to third base... I mean second base. [Anna turns to see others in room]::President James Foster: Anna?::Anna Foster: I'll talk to you about this later.::President James Foster: No, no. Stay. Pull up a chair. We were just discussing the G8 Summit in Prague, how to best persuade the EU leaders to adopt our plan for distributing humanitarian aid and medical technology to developing nations, but you had a bad date, so we should probably focus on that.::Anna Foster: No, no, no, I'm so sorry to have interrupted. Excuse me.::[Anna leaves]::President James Foster: So third base is what again?::[indistinct mumbling]::President James Foster: Glad I asked.
Anna Foster: Naked virgin safely in a bed.
Ben Calder: So, you got a little thing for me, huh?::Anna Foster: No. Big thing.
Anna Foster: You have a little thing for me, huh?::Ben Calder: I'll stop you there. I do not have a thing for you, okay, little or otherwise.::Anna Foster: Why did you get on the train with me to Berlin, then? [pause] Mm-hmm.::Ben Calder: Okay, you know what, you're right. I'm strangely attracted to exhibitionist runaways. It's an addiction, really. I was in a program for a while where we had to spend time with fully-clothed home-bodies, but I've relapsed, again.
Michelle Foster: Never ask a President to promise, Honey.::Anna Foster: I'm not. I'm asking my dad.
Anna Foster: Ben. Can you ever just say what you really feel?::Ben Calder: Okay, all right! Because I'm jealous as hell. Because I'd hate to see you with Gus Gus. I'd hate to see you with any other man. Because not only did I adore kissing you in Venice, but also because I'm so un-bloody-hinged just being near you.
Ben Calder: So if you're scared, why do it?::Anna Foster: Because the things you're scared of are usually the most worthwhile.
Ben Calder: If I kiss you, do you think they'll shoot me?::Anna Foster: No, but I will if you don't.
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The daughter of the President of the United States goes off to college after insisting that she be able to enjoy her school years without the omnipresence of the Secret Service. The government agrees to her demands but assigns a young agent to go undercover as a student in order to keep an eye on her. The first daughter and the agent fall in love, until she learns his true identity.
Keywords: airforce-one, amusement-park, ball, bar, bikini, blonde-wig, bodyguard, bonfire, california, car-accident
The girl who always stood out is finally getting the chance to fit in.
James Lansome: Lucky Charm secure.
Samantha Mackenzie: I'm the devil, See?
English Professor: At the end of the day the prince is, is what?::Samantha Mackenzie: Just a prince.
James Lansome: Well?::Samantha Mackenzie: It's disgusting... I love it.
James Lansome: Actually, I think I completely understand what you're going through.::Samantha Mackenzie: You do?::James Lansome: This one time, I won the class spelling bee. I couldn't get from point A to point B without people watching my every move. I had to avoid the press, the paparazzi. And the women. My God, the women, Sam. The number of training bras left in my locker could fill the support needs of an entire country.
James Lansome: Brazil's the only country named after a tree. Bagged lettuce that you buy at the store, they wash it in chlorine.::Samantha Mackenzie: The little parallelogram above your top lip is called a filtrum. Five years, half a decade, is a lustrum.::James Lansome: Every state in the Union has a town called Springfield. Male turtles grunt, female turtles hiss.::Samantha Mackenzie: The difference between a fruit and a vegetable - off the vine fruit ripens, a vegetable just rots.::James Lansome: Spread your arms just like this, middle finger to middle finger, it's equivalent to your height.::Samantha Mackenzie: Distance from your wrist to your elbow is the length of your foot.::James Lansome: Your ears and nose never stop...::James Lansome, Samantha Mackenzie: Growing::James Lansome: Right.
Samantha Mackenzie: All I want is normal, Mia.
Samantha Mackenzie: I loved who I got to be with him.
Mia Thompson: Nice equipment.::Charles: Excuse me?::Mia Thompson: The computers.
Samantha Mackenzie: What was that?::James Lansome: I was just saying goodnight.::Samantha Mackenzie: What is this? Is this some kind of game to you James?::James Lansome: No.::Samantha Mackenzie: You don't have to pretend anymore.::James Lansome: You're an amazing girl.::Samantha Mackenzie: Would you stop it? Just stop lying to me.::James Lansome: What could I have given to you Sam? I don't have anything to offer you. You're the President's daughter for Christsake.::Samantha Mackenzie: I have spent, almost my entire life with people smiling at me. And laughing at my jokes. And telling me how special I am, and how great I am, and how nice, and smart. And right now, I don't know if any of that was true. Maybe it was all some kind of an act. I don't know. What if I was different? If I was just like everybody else James? How would you feel about me then?::James Lansome: You just don't get it. Things are different.::Samantha Mackenzie: What if they were? I think you at least owe me this. Forget image. Forget politics. Forget everything else but who I am right now in here. If things were different.::James Lansome: If things were different... I'd still follow you around all the time - because I wanted to, not because I had to.
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Well, the world has finally managed to blow itself up. Only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. Only two months are left. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians when it arrives. All of the calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is at doomsday - get ready. However, one of his rivals say that is incorrect. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated into the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right (and along the way check out the devastation in Alaska and California - seemingly all bodies and vehicles were disintegrated). However, before the mission, all kinds of bland soap opera relationships are played out. Brown and his ex-fiancée battle it out in a love-hate relationship. Meanwhile she also takes a liking to Assante, who is divided in his loyalties to his men and his love for his now-dead wife and children.
Keywords: australia, based-on-novel, breeze, family-in-bed-together, fictional-war, friendship-between-men, nuclear-war, post-nuclear, remake, two-part-tv-movie
Moira Davidson: Hey, I'm not blaming you. If it was one of your politicians or your military with their bloody warrior mentality, I would be. "We're protecting your freedom!" [sarcastically] It really worked...
Cmdr. Dwight Towers: I carried warheads on my boat. That is correct. I was damn proud of it too. I served my country the best way I know how. And the only question I ask myself these days and I'm asking it every single millisecond now whatever the hell's left of what I've got, if where was I, where were you? Where were any of us? 'Cause I don't know what the hell two insane nations were doing facing each other down all those years. All that had to be done was that the brains, you know, the rational minds, the so-called best, you know all they had to do was just come, just come, come to the tables, negotiate, break a little bread. Do you know we had a combined arsenal of sixty-five thousand nuclear warheads. I have failed to find the logic in that. No logic.
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Harry Truman, the successor to the Oval Office after the late President Rosevelt, is plagued with the decisions of war that could save or cost a thousand lives. He is then confronted with the nuclear weapons project, which he approves. As tension ensues (although it is difficult to get into this because most know the end) Truman must make the devastating desicion to use the bomb of all bombs. After some delivering japanese performances, Truman must force suffering on the japanese people again in order to end the war.
Keywords: american-soldier, archive-footage, atomic-bomb, b-29, bomber, decision, destruction-of-city, hiroshima-japan, historical-reenactment, nuclear-weapon
For the first time the truth about the decision that changed the world.
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The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
Keywords: australia, government, governor-general, intrigue, politics, prime-minister, tv-mini-series
Gough Whitlam: [referring to Opposition Leader Billy Snedden] Before the Leader of the Opposition can talk about leadership, let him serve his apprenticeship. Let him do some on-the-job training. Better still, let him do some adult re-training.
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When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Keywords: based-on-novel, black-president, black-u.s.-president, independent-film, u.s.-president
It took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident.
The First Black President of the United States. First They Swore Him In. Then They Swore to Get Him.