Sarah Silverman Says Pamela Anderson 'Does Not Care for Me' After 'Horrible Jokes' on Comedy Central Roast

Sarah Silverman Says Pamela Anderson 'Does Not Care for Me' After 'Horrible Jokes' on Comedy Central Roast

Jamie McCarthy/WireImage; Taylor Hill/Getty Sarah Silverman told Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show that she has good reason to believe Pamela Anderson does not like her Silverman said that Anderson told her that she told "horrible jokes" at Comedy Central's 2005Roast of Pamela Andersonwhen they crossed paths at a Hollywood event in 2024 "She turned around and left and I was like, my heart [is broken]," Silverman said Sarah Silvermanhas many fans, but she may not countPamela Andersonamong them. During Silverman's recent appearance onSiriusXM'sAndy Cohen Liveto discuss her new Netflix special, the comedian and actress, 54, told hostAndy Cohenthat Anderson appeared upset with her over jokes she told at Comedy Central's 2005Roast of Pamela Andersonwhen they crossed paths at a Hollywood event recently. Cohen, 56, brought up Anderson while the two discussed Silverman's career and noted that she appeared in a 2002 episode of Anderson's action-comedy seriesV.I.P. "I will tell you something about Pam Anderson, who I think does not care for me, [which] I was surprised by," Silverman said, after stating that she enjoyed her one-episode run onV.I.P.The comedian explained that she attended "a big fancy Hollywood gala that they have every year" last year as her friendSacha Baron Cohen's date following his April 2024divorcefromIsla Fisher. "So I went, and she was there, and of course he's got that connection fromBoratwith her and I had roasted her, and I was on that show,V.I.P.," Silverman said of Anderson. Silverman added that Cohen offered to introduce Silverman to Anderson, but when the introduction happened, Anderson allegedly balked at a friendly greeting. "She looks at me and she goes, 'Oh yeah. You told horrible jokes about me on my roast,' and then she turned around and left and I was like, my heart [is broken]," Silverman said. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic A representative for Anderson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Silverman appeared at Comedy Central's 2005Roast of Pamela Andersonalongside her ex-boyfriendJimmy Kimmel, who hosted the occasion, as well as Courtney Love, Adam Carolla, the late Bea Arthur, Tommy Lee, Jeff Ross and Andy Dick, among other comedians. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. A video Comedy Central posted toYouTubethat features much of Silverman's set at the 2005 roast shows her poking fun at Anderson's model-esque looks and her and Lee's infamous 1990s sex tape. "You know a lot of people say 'Oh, Pam Anderson wouldn't be anyone without her tits,' " Silverman said at one point during the roast. "And that's just not true. It's not true. She'd be Paris Hilton." NBC/Jamie McCarthy/NBC via Getty Moments from Anderson's roast have resurfaced before: in 2018, renewed attention was placed on footage of comedianAndy Dick groping Anderson's breastsduring the special after he was charged with sexual battery for groping a woman in Los Angeles. Read the original article onPeople

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May 15, 2025

Sarah Silverman Says Pamela Anderson 'Does Not Care for Me' After 'Horrible Jokes' on Comedy Central Roast

Sarah Silverman Says Pamela Anderson 'Does Not Care for Me' After 'Horrible Jokes' on Comedy Central Roast Jamie McCarthy/Wi...

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US officials looking into former FBI chief Comey's '8647' post about Trump

US officials looking into former FBI chief Comey's '8647' post about Trump

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursday they were looking into a social media post by former FBI Director James Comey depicting an image of "8647," which some Trump supporters interpreted as a threat against President Donald Trump. Comey, who was fired by Trump in 2017, later took down the post, saying he was unaware the apparent political message could have been associated with violence. In U.S. parlance the number 86 can be used as verb meaning to throw somebody out of a bar for being drunk or disorderly, and 47 is code for Trump, the 47th president. Some Trump supporters interpreted the message as one to violently remove Trump from office, including by assassination. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says on its website that one recent meaning of the term was "to kill" but that it had not adopted that "due to its relative recency and sparseness of use." The Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, said it was aware of Comey's post but did not assess its meaning. "The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees. We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI director and we take rhetoric like this very seriously. Beyond that, we do not comment on protective intelligence matters," Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees the Secret Service, said on X that DHS and Secret Service were "investigating this threat and will respond appropriately." Current FBI Director Kash Patel said on X that his agency was in communication with the Secret Service about the post and "will provide all necessary support." Others were more explicit in assigning a malign meaning to Comey's post, with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino saying it was a call to assassinate Trump. Comey posted an Instagram photo of the number 8647 formed by seashells on the beach. "Cool shell formation on my beach walk," Comey said. But after the uproar from Trump supporters, Comey took the post down, saying he had assumed it was merely a "political message." "I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down," Comey said. Early in his first term, in May 2017, Trump fired Comey, who as FBI director had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to help Trump get elected. (Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Michael Perry)

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May 15, 2025

US officials looking into former FBI chief Comey's '8647' post about Trump

US officials looking into former FBI chief Comey's '8647' post about Trump By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement off...

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Trump's Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is unusually quiet on human rights

Trump's Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is unusually quiet on human rights

WASHINGTON (AP) —Saudi royaltyand American billionaires were in the front row for a speech in Riyadh where PresidentDonald Trumpcondemned what he called past U.S. interferencein the wealthy Gulf states. Gone were the days when American officials would fly to the Middle East to give "you lectures on how to live, and how to govern your own affairs," Trump said at a Saudi investment forum this week. No one in the audience sat closer, or listened more intently, than Saudi Arabia's crown prince,Mohammed bin Salman. Ordinary Arabs listened, too, including Saudi journalists, rights advocates, businesspeople, writers and others who had fled the kingdom. Their fear: Trump's words underlined a message that the United States was pulling back from its longtime role as an imperfect, sporadic but powerful advocate forhuman rights around the world. "It was painful to see," said Abdullah Alaoudh, whose 68-year-old father, a Saudi cleric with a wide following, was among hundreds of royals, civil society figures, rights advocates and others jailed by Prince Mohammed in the first years of his rise to de facto ruler. Saudi Arabia has since freed many of those people in what groups say is the crown prince's improved human rights record followingpast international criticism and isolation. But Abdullah's father, Salman Alaoudh, is among the many still behind bars. Trump was speaking directly to the prince — "the person who tortured my father, who has banned my family" from leaving the kingdom, said Abdullah, who advocates for detained and imprisoned people in Saudi Arabia from the United States. The Saudi embassy did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. A White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, said Trump's speech "celebrated the ever-growing partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia" and a Middle East working toward peace. Kelly did not respond to a question about whether the president had raised human rights issues with Gulf leaders. A State Department spokesman, Tommy Pigott, called Trump's discussions with Gulf leaders private. Less attention than usual on human rights Trump's first major trip of his second term — also including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — drew far less attention to human rights than is typical forU.S. visits to autocratic countrieswith spotty records on free speech, fair trials and other rights. Human rights groups posted concerns about the Gulf countries, but some refrained from more vocal objections. Saudi exiles in the U.S. also skipped the usual pointed comments on social media. And the administration faced few of the typical questions on whether a visiting president had used the trip to press for the release of detained Americans or imprisoned activists. That's partly due to human rights improvements in Saudi Arabia, groups say. But the silence also reflects what some organizations call a worsening human rights picture in the United States. Ibrahim Almadi, a Florida man seekingU.S. help getting his father homefrom Saudi Arabia, said he tried in vain to score a commitment from a Republican lawmaker or other official to urge Trump to raise his father's cause. His now 75-year-old Saudi American father, Saad Almadi, had beenjailed over critical tweetsabout the Saudi government and now is under an exit ban from the country. "It is a love relationship between Trump and MBS," the son said. One mention of the case to Trump, then one comment by Trump to the Saudi crown prince, and "I will have my father back." Some voices have gone silent Some Saudis who fled to the U.S. say they are pulling back from social media and any public criticism of Saudi officials, fearing the same detentions anddeportations faced by some immigrantsandpro-Palestinian protestersunder the Trump administration. Democracy in the Arab World Now — the nonprofit founded by Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S.-based journalistkilled at the Saudi Consulatein Istanbul — is advising Arabs with unsettled immigration status in the U.S. to "be cautious when they travel, to be thoughtful about what they say," executive director Sarah Leah Whitson said. The U.S. intelligence community said the crown princeoversaw the 2018 plot, while he has denied any involvement. The killing of Khashoggi, who used his Washington Post column to urge Prince Mohammed to institute reforms, led then-President Joe Biden topledge to make Saudi royals into pariahs. But soaring U.S. gasoline prices in 2022 spurred Biden to visit the oil-exporting giant, where he had anawkward fist bumpwith the prince. In his second term, Trump has tightened his embrace of Prince Mohammed and other wealthy Gulf leaders, seekingbig investmentsin the U.S., while Trump's elder sons aredeveloping major real estate projectsin the region. The human rights record in Saudi Arabia Burned by the condemnation and initial isolation over Khashoggi, Prince Mohammed has quietly released some of those imprisoned for seekingwomen's right to drive, for critical tweets, for publicly proposing Saudi policy changes and more. The prince also has liberalized legal and social conditions for women, part of a campaign to attract business and diversify Saudi Arabia's economy. But many others remain in prison. Thousands, including Almadi, face exit bans, rights groups say. Those organizations cite another reason that activists are staying quieter than usual during the trip: the United States' own human rights reputation. Besides deportations, Whitson pointed toU.S. military support to Israelduring its 19-month offensive against Hamas in Gaza, which haskilled thousands of civilians. The Trump administration says it's trying to secure a ceasefire. Americans faulting another country's abuses now "just doesn't pass the laugh test," Whitson said. "The United States does not have the moral standing, the legal standing, the credibility to be chastising another country at this moment in time."

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May 15, 2025

Trump's Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is unusually quiet on human rights

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Firing, hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a moment like this

Firing, hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a moment like this

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. A week ago, the Trump administrationfired the longtime librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The man appointed by PresidentDonald Trumpto beinterim librarian, Todd Blanche, may not actually be the interim librarian. And Hayden's ouster may not even be legal. Here's more about the library, Hayden's ouster and the mystery of who's in charge now: What is the Library of Congress? The country's oldest federal cultural institution, the Library of Congress was founded in 1800 under legislation by President John Adams and has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan backing. In addition to its billing as "the largest library in the world," it could also be called the country's unofficial memory bank. It contains more than 100 million books, recordings, images and other artifacts and offers a vast online archive, and its contents span three buildings on Capitol Hill. Each year, the library's National Film Registry chooses 25 movies "showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage." The National Recording Registry selects for preservation sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States." The library also manages the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, which responds to tens of thousands of requests from Congress each year. Communications are confidential from disclosure under the"speech or debate" clauseof the U.S. Constitution. Library of Congress events include an annual book festival, tours, films, exhibits and conferences. The Library of Congress is not a traditional circulating library but is instead a research library. No one under 16 can get a reader card to access the collection. Those 16 and 17 require a parent's permission. What does the librarian of Congress do? The librarian has a wide range of responsibilities, from overseeing the Library of Congress' collections to selecting the country's poet laureate to awarding the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Librarians serve 10-year terms, and Hayden's was scheduled to end in 2026. Her predecessors include James Billington, Daniel Boorstin and Archibald MacLeish. Who was fired? Who was hired? Late last week, the Trump administration abruptly fired Hayden, the first Black person and the first woman to hold the position. Hayden, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2015 and confirmed 74-18 by the Republican-led Senate the following year, was informed via email that "your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service." More upheavals quickly followed. The White Housefired U.S. Copyright Office headShira Perlmutter, whom Hayden had appointed in 2020. The Justice Department then announced that Blanche, the deputy attorney general, had been named acting librarian of Congress and that Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general and veteran Justice Department attorney, was acting director of the Copyright Office. Blanche was a member of Trump's defense team in his New York hush money trial, which ended last year ina conviction on 34 felony counts. Why was Hayden fired? The White House cited no specific reason in its email to her, although Trump has been purging officials he believes opposed to him and his policies. The conservative American Accountability Foundation had alleged she was promoting children's books with "radical content," and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that she was "putting inappropriate books in the library for children." A copy of virtually every book published in the U.S. during a given year is given to the Copyright Office, with the Library of Congress deciding whether to include it in the main collection. Hayden's firing was denounced by Democrats, librarians, educators and others, including the outgoing U.S. poet laureate,Ada Limón.Appointed by Hayden in 2022, Limón called her the "kindest, brightest, most generous Librarian of Congress we could have hoped for as a nation." Did the White House have the legal right to fire her? Despite being nominated by the president, the librarian of Congress is a legislative branch employee and appoints leaders to other positions under it, such as the assistant librarian and the director of the Copyright Office. That's why a dispute between Congress and the White House has erupted as Republican leaders sort out how much authority the president -- the head of the executive branch -- has in tapping an acting librarian. Usually, if that position is vacant, an interim librarian is chosen from the current ranks of the Library of Congress. Who is in charge right now? Although Blanche was announced as acting librarian, he has yet to turn up at the Library of Congress offices, according to a person with knowledge of internal operations. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The library is currently being run by Robert Randolph Newlen, the person says. Newlen had been principal deputy librarian, and, per library regulations, was in line to succeed the librarian of Congress in case of absence or temporary unavailability. ___ Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report from Washington.

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May 15, 2025

Firing, hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a moment like this

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Kelsey Grammer tears up on “The View” over moment he identified sister's body after her murder

Kelsey Grammer tears up on "The View" over moment he identified sister's body after her murder

ABC Kelsey Grammer appeared onThe Viewto promote his new book about his sister. TheFrasierstar teared up while recalling identifying her body after she was murdered in 1975. Grammer also discussed his career, which included roles inCheersand theX-Menfilms. FrasierandCheersactorKelsey Grammerbecame visibly emotional onThe Viewwhile recalling the moment he identified the body of hissister, Karen, who was murdered in 1975. The 70-year-old performer appeared Thursday on the talk show to discuss his book celebrating his sister's life,Karen: A Brother Remembers, during which he cried over a memory of the moment he identified her body. After cohostAlyssa Farah Griffindiscussed Grammer's decision to revisit the police report from the evening Karen was raped and murdered by spree killer Freddie Glenn, Grammer reflected on why he wanted to amplify Karen's life in the project. "To tell her story, it was important to know the details. I felt like I was kind of a sleuth, searching for Karen. The police report was a sticking point," Grammer replied. "The real purpose of reading the police report was to find out if there was somebody who might know something that nobody else knew, that I didn't know." Grammer said that, through the process, he discovered several of Karen's former friends that he was able to speak to for the first time, which gave him some peace in resurfacing her memory. "The barbarity and cruelty of that night, part of my mission or my hope is that someone might who's been grieving in their lives over something similar would find a way through my own course with this and find a way to have their grief, which is forever, and square up a little bit more with the joy," Grammer explained. "That's what I didn't have." He continued, noting that he spent his "whole life putting Karen in that horrible night, in that place where I..." before trailing off as tears welled in his eyes. ABC After a few moments, he finished his thought: "Where I saw her and identified her body, and I couldn't let that image go. The book helped me do that. Now, she lives again, and she's vibrant and alive and that's what I want to give to other people. They can bring those people back to their lives. They're with you, and they're alive. She was just wonderful. She was the greatest girl." In the book, which recounts Karen's life leading up to her murder at age 18 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Grammer reveals he initially coped with her death with "too much drinking and drug abuse" in the aftermath. Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. "To resolve grief does not end it," Grammer continues in the book. "Resolving it is a balancing act. Living with grief while not undermining Life. To abide with it. Not surrender to it. It did almost kill me." The Viewairs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT onABC. Grammer's bookKaren: A Brother Remembersis available now. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly

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May 15, 2025

Kelsey Grammer tears up on “The View” over moment he identified sister's body after her murder

Kelsey Grammer tears up on "The View" over moment he identified sister's body after her murder ABC Kelsey Grammer appeared onT...

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