Latest in Hurricane Harvey

UPDATE with latest total: The biggest names in Hollywood banded together last night for Hand In Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief. The event spanned multiple networks and online. The star-studded telethon which filmed in New York,  Los Angeles, Nashville, and San Antonio raised over $44 million and included…

After Hurricane Harvey shut down most multiplex locations in Corpus Christi and Houston two weeks ago, here comes Hurricane Irma, which is expected to hit the Florida peninsula overnight Saturday. The storm, per the Weather Channel, could downgrade from a Category 5 to a 4 by the time it makes landfall, but theater…

President Donald Trump traveled to North Dakota to pitch his tax plan; Stephen Colbert described it as “rambling incoherently until they turned his mic off.” Trump began by addressing local issues, like North Dakota’s current drought. “I just said to the governor, I did not know you had droughts this far north. Guess…

UPDATE, 10:25 AM: Organizers of Hand in Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Harvey Relief, scheduled to be broadcast simultaneously on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CMT on September 12, are extending a helping hand to those who may be affected by Hurricane Irma. “Due to the impending possibility of Hurricane Irma, the Hand in Hand…

NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers returned from hiatus talking about President Donald Trump’s Summer Of Near Constant Chaos, which Trump wound up, hours before Meyers taped, with the announcement he is killing DACA. Over the holiday weekend, Trump illustrated he knows nothing about how to load a truck, when he…

“Last week we saw the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey on the state of Texas. But in the face of this tragedy we saw good,” NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon says tonight, returning to originals after a hiatus. He cites Mattress Mack, who became a TV news darling after opening up his mattress and…

UPDATED, 10:38 AM: If you want to help victims and survivors of Hurricane Harvey, don’t write checks without asking questions. Ask any charity just what exactly will be done with your donation. Ask specifically what percentage of your dollar actually will go to victims directly. Better yet, ask victims what do they…

A president’s work is never done, and the wee hours of Friday – aka Donald Trump Weekly Info Dump Day – on Twitter were no exception. First, there was a Fox & Friends morning talking point to plug, about GOP senators’ claim that ex-FBI Director James Comey drafted a statement exonerating Hillary Clinton before…

Julian Castro, the former San Antonio mayor and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, gave Vice President Mike Pence a gold star for today’s visit to hurricane ravaged areas of Texas. Immediately after landing in Corpus Christi, Pence headed to Rockport to address a crowd at…

EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ll be updating as more media industry donations come in, so refresh for the latest. 4th UPDATE, 7:55 AM: Add Ellen DeGeneres and Walmart to the growing list of those donating to Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. During an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to air September 7, DeGeneres presented a…

UPDATE with Astros returning Saturday: The NFL today canceled Thursday’s preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, with the priority in south Texas still the unprecedented flooding following Hurricane Harvey. NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo said the game was scrapped so Texans players can get…

Donald Trump delivered a prepared speech today in Springfield, MO, in which he delivered all those verbal hugs to Texans that some TV pundits thought he would deliver while actually in Texas, one day earlier, when he spoke extemporaneously while visiting Corpus Christi and Austin. In Texas, he focused on crowd size…