Three dozen women won House seats in the November midterm elections, including a few who made have made national names for themselves. You’ve likely heard of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlain — and a certain ex-bartender from the Bronx who’s among the subjects of Knock Down the House, which now has its first trailer…

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is blaming Judge Jeanine Pirro for the death threat made by a deranged man against fellow fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Fox News host Pirro had questioned Omar’s loyalty to the U.S. in light of her Muslim heritage, which includes wearing a hijab in public…

From identity politics to immigration to the progressive surge in Congress, New York Rep. Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez has been a distinct voice and has become one of the most recognizable names in politics.

Her initials AOC have also become popular in the media and her appearance at SXSW was a testimony to that as she…

The first episode of Showtime’s Desus & Mero will be a homecoming block party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set as the first guest of fellow Bronx natives Desus Nice and the Kid Mero when their weekly half-hour late-night talker premieres next week. Watch the video announcement above.

The host duo also will visit t…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be a little busy tonight, but she might be celebrating this news ahead of the State of the Union address. Knock Down the House, the documentary that followed her run for Congress last year along will three other first-time female candidates, has won the Festival Favorite Award at…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is about to get on the board in a big way at the Sundance Film Festival, near a deal on one of the buzziest documentaries to play Park City. Netflix is closing on Knock Down the House, the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of four progressive women who ran against incumbents in…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was actually made it to the Sundance Film Festival tonight, at least digitally.

Yesterday, Deadline revealed and the newly minted Congresswoman confirmed online that she wouldn't be showing up in Park City in person as previously planned for the premiere of a documentary about her remarkable…

EXCLUSIVE: Knock Down the House will still premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, but the timely documentary won't have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the house after all.

With the unprecedented 35-day government shutdown ending on Friday for at least three weeks, the KDTH star and one of the biggest stars in…

Aaron Sorkin finds a lot to like in the 2020 field of Democratic presidential hopefuls, but there’s one aspect of the party he is less upbeat about: newly elected members of Congress.

“I really like the new crop of young people,” he told Fareed Zakaria in an interview that aired on CNN today and was excerpted on…

EXCLUSIVE: The Lena Waithe and Halle Berry executive produced Boomerang recharge doesn't debut until February, but Sundance Film Festival attendees are going to get a world premiere preview of the BET series in just over a week.

In addition, leaving the likely still ongoing government shutdown behind for the snow of Ut…

While writing the script for Mary Queen of Scots, Beau Willimon spent a lot of time with two fascinating historical figures—Queen Elizabeth I, and her cousin, Mary Stuart—coming to identify personally with these women, for they ways in which they were devalued and misunderstood. For Willimon, as with these rulers, one…