LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin on Wednesday vigorously defended his controversial show set in a fictional cable TV newsroom, and refuted reports that he fired his writing staff. full story ![]()
It was a Sunday night in Los Angeles, and Piers Morgan was back on the red carpet. But this time, he was one of people answering questions. Morgan was in town to moderate the panel discussion with Aaron Sorkin and the cast of HBO's The Newsroom for the Paley Center for Media's annual PaleyFest. The close to two hour event ended up revolving around Morgan and CNN as much as...
mediaite.com (2 months and 18 days ago)

Hey, The Newsroom is coming back in June! It's almost tough to believe we're ready for a whole new go-round at ACN. In this new promo, we're told that everyone at News Night will be spending the season preparing for a deposition — which is Aaron Sorkin's absolute favorite way to ... More »
vulture.com (14 days ago)

Aaron Sorkin says he is struggling with how to include the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the upcoming second season of “The Newsroom.” “That’s a tough thing to write about without minimizing it or exploiting it or just spreading Cheez Whiz all over it,” he admitted...
nypost.com (2 months and 18 days ago)

HBO's "The Newsroom" has a premiere date! Season 2 will debut on July 14 at 10 p.m. ET. The network broke the news on Friday, along with the poster below: THIS JUST IN: The #Newsroom Season 2 premieres July 14 at 10PM, only on #HBO twitpic.com/ciuqw5 RT & spread the word.— HBO (@HBO) April 12, 2013 Not much is known about Season 2 of the Aaron Sorkin drama, except that...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 7 days ago)

Here's a list of news stories The Newsroom will cover this coming season, according to Aaron Sorkin at the PaleyFest last night: the primaries and the general election, Trayvon Martin, the Affordable Care Act, drones, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Muammar Gaddafi. (There will be developments in a Don-Sloan romance, but that ... More »
vulture.com (2 months and 19 days ago)

Actress Lauren Tom will appear in multiple episodes of the Aaron Sorkin drama's second season.
hollywoodreporter.com (6 days ago)

"Newsroom" creator and honoree Aaron Sorkin admits during acceptance speech, “brevity is a challenge for me.”
hollywoodreporter.com (11 days ago)
"I'll be back" ... "You can't handle the truth" ... "Dude, where's my car?" ... some of the best movie lines in the history of cinema -- but Aaron Sorkin says the #1 quote is straight out of the '70s. Sorkin -- the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of…
tmz.com (3 months ago)

Aaron Sorkin and the cast of his HBO drama have occasionally awkward exchanges with their PaleyFest moderator, touching on celebrity journalists, CNN's coverage choices and how the show might tackle the Newtown shooting.
hollywoodreporter.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
In a welcome act of kindness by fellow journalists, the Chicago Tribune newspaper today brought lunch for the Boston Globe staff, sending dozens of pies from Pizza Regina into the Globe’s Dorchester newsroom. In a note accompanying, the pizza, the Tribune explained its actions. “We can only imagine what an exhausting and heartbreaking week it’s been for you and your city....
boston.com (28 days ago)
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