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Josh Stein has been elected the 76th governor of North Carolina, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in a highly contentious race. Stein, a former attorney general and a member of the Democratic Party, was widely considered the favorite in the contest, despite North Carolina’s reputation as a battleground state. His victory, confirmed by The Associated Press on Nov. 5, 2024…

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The Electoral College may not be an ideal system for determining the president, but it’s the one we have. The electors representing most states have long been penciled in for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, which means the election is expected to come down to the handful of key swing states: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada.

Harris and Trump have been spending the vast majority of their resources in these seven battlegrounds. Trump lost all of them but North Carolina in 2020, but the margins were...

Mark Robinson, the North Carolina Republican whose extensive history of bigotry was shocking even for a Donald Trump-endorsed politician, lost his gubernatorial race to Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein on Tuesday.

Stein led Robinson by nearly 30 points as early results came in on Tuesday, enough for Fox News, NBC News, and others to call the race for the Democrat.

Robinson’s track record of offensive, racist remarks defined his campaign. He’s attacked Jews, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, called abortion “genocide” and survivors of the Parkland school shooting “spoiled.

North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican Party’s controversial candidate for governor, is under new scrutiny for several admissions he appears to have made on a message board for the porn site called “Nude Africa” before his political career began. CNN reported on Thursday Robinson referred to himself as a “black Nazi!” on the site, where he also expressed support for reviving slavery, and admitted to enjoying porn featuring trans performers.

Robinson has argued against allowing trans people to use the bathroom of their gender identity, reasoning that...

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) called mass killings in America karma for the “murder of infants” — and “chickens coming home to roost.” He compared supporters of reproductive rights to people who fought to preserve slavery. Robinson noted that he’s been advised, as a candidate for office, “not to say that abortion is murder. What else am I supposed to call it? Abortion is murder.”

A Rolling Stone review of the Republican gubernatorial candidate’s public comments and social media posts reveal he has called abortion murder dozens of times.

John Oliver took a subtle swipe at Deadline’s coverage of Last Week Tonight in the latest episode of his HBO show.

The British comedian mocked this very publication in a segment about medicine, doctors and state medical boards.

We were the latest television target after Oliver slammed Dancing with the Stars in a segment about North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson, who compared it to Stalin’s showtrials.

Deadline regularly covers Oliver’s salvos on a Sunday and we found ourselves in a somewhat meta situation, recapping his jolly jab at us. It was not unlike our coverage of Hasan Minhaj’s speech at the Independent Spirit Awards, where he said that we have the “web layout of a Craigslist ad” but admitted this site “governs our lives”.

The Deadline reference came after a clip from Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star (the second ding at Disney given that...

Disney VFX artists have voted to join the newly formed VFX branch of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union. This unionization is part of a larger movement within Hollywood of workers are fighting for fair compensation and better working conditions. IATSE hopes to bring in other studios and vendors to establish union standards for all VFX workers. The unionization of Disney VFX workers is a step forward in the ongoing battle for fair pay and protections in Hollywood, as workers across various sectors are standing up for their rights and challenging unjust studio environments.

Disney’s visual effects artists have voted to unionize, joining Marvel workers. This year, Hollywood has confronted unprecedented industrial changes as workers fight for fair compensation. These changes have been seen most notably in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, whose concurrence halted productions on movies and TV shows.

Now, Disney VFX artists join with Marvel workers to unionize,...

San Francisco, June 8 (Ians) Video game retailer GameStop has fired CEO Matt Furlong without cause, appointing Ryan Cohen as Executive Chairman, effective immediately.

Furlong started at GameStop in June 2021 and oversaw things like the company’s move into NFTs, November layoffs, and firing the company’s CFO.

GameStop has also made Mark Robinson the company’s new aceprincipal executive officer” with a title of general manager, according to a form 10-q from the company in the US.

Last year, GameStop terminated its Chief Financial Officer Mike Recupero, while sacking employees in another round of mass layoffs.

Furlong had told staff in an email that the “reductions” were an attempt to help the company operate more “nimbly”.

“After investing heavily in personnel, technology, inventory and supply chain infrastructure over the past 18 months, our focus is on achieving sustained profitability,” Furlong wrote.

“This means eliminating excess costs and operating with an intense owner’s mentality.

Just in time for the warm weather, we compile the best sun-drenched tunes since 1991, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Photo: Universal

Think back to every awesome/romantic/borderline-insane thing you've ever done during the summer. Chances are, there was music playing when you did it. And it was probably playing very, very loudly.

That's because, perhaps more than any other time of the year, summer is practically made for music. It's when we pump up, strip down, make terrible decisions and basically have the times of our lives. And, somewhat fittingly, music is always there with us. It's the soundtrack to our every hookup, breakdown and tanning mishap. It's what's in the air at the beach, the time-share or the club (well, either that or Axe body spray). It's part of our memories, along with that terrible tattoo you got down in Panama City.

So for a...

Just in time for the warm weather, we compile the best sun-drenched tunes since 1991, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Photo: Universal

Think back to every awesome/romantic/borderline-insane thing you've ever done during the summer. Chances are, there was music playing when you did it. And it was probably playing very, very loudly.

That's because, perhaps more than any other time of the year, summer is practically made for music. It's when we pump up, strip down, make terrible decisions and basically have the times of our lives. And, somewhat fittingly, music is always there with us. It's the soundtrack to our every hookup, breakdown and tanning mishap. It's what's in the air at the beach, the time-share or the club (well, either that or Axe body spray). It's part of our memories, along with that terrible tattoo you got down in Panama City.

So for a...

Right now I’m listening to Weezer’s Raditude, which is more weird than it is good (though “Can’t Stop Partying” is a wonderful song for many reasons). Driving back from a bar last night, “Tired of Sex” came on the radio and reminded me of the spark the band used to have. “Tired of Sex” is so incredibly loud and angsty (it’s a major contributor to the emo movement circa Get Up Kids and Saves the Day, I think), but it’s clearly a young person’s song. It’s not a song (nor is Pinkerton a record) that you write in your 30s because it’s about being youthful and full of angst and hormonal despair. And when you’re a rock star in your 30s, you get access to expensive equipment and you can spend the rest of your life producing glossy garbage.

Raditude, conversely,...

Need a little help identifying the newest batch of "celebrities" on "Celebrity Apprentice?" We've got you covered.

The newest cast of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" is as follows (from left):

Carol Leifer: A stand-up comedian and author, she is said to be the "real Elaine," as the character of Elaine on "Seinfeld" was partially based on her. She recently became a vegan because she felt that as a Jewish lesbian, she "wasn't part of a small enough minority."

Sinbad: A stand-up comedian and actor, getting his start on "Cosby Show" spin-off "A Different World." He has also appeared in "Houseguest" and "Jingle All the Way."

Maria Kanellis: A WWE wrestler and a model, she is the on-screen love interest to Santino Marella in the soap-opera-for-men world of professional wrestling.

Rod Blagojevich: Blago is currently awaiting trial for scheming to auction off Illinois's vacant U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder.

It sounds like someone's typing on a keyboard or opening a carton of milk in the background of "December," the last song on Maybe It's Reno's self-titled debut. That mundanity underscores a heavy mood: The group—essentially ex-Unrest bassist Bridget Cross, plus friends—revisits the death of Cross' father, a personal tragedy first set to music in "June" from Unrest's 1992 album, Imperial F.F.R.R. Cross appeared on Fugazi's The Argument in 2001, but sadly, she's lately been missing from the indie-rock scene she helped found. And Maybe It's Reno isn't going to recapture her admittedly subterranean glory. But the disc is messy and tender in a modestly gorgeous way: The first seven tracks constitute an Unrest reunion of sorts, with former bandmates Mark Robinson and Phil Krauth contributing to some chilled, whispery pop that picks up pretty much where the trio left off in the '90s. The last three tracks—including.