In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the billionaire real estate mogul reintroduces himself to America with a glossy, vague little anecdote about overcoming financial adversity. In a preamble to the …
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The director of the newly released Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, is open to a phone call with the former president … only if he can find the time in his busy press schedule. Like a scene in the trailer for the film — in which Jeremy Strong plays Trump’s …
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Donald Trump learns the best-worst lessons in the world from his mentor Roy Cohn in the new trailer for the upcoming biopic, The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as a young Trump, and Jeremy Strong as Cohn, the infamous prosecutor and veteran of the McCarthy-era witchhunts who became a …
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The producers of the upcoming Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice have launched a Kickstarter campaign to boost the controversial film’s profile and tech — and keep it in theaters as long as possible. Directed by Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice centers around the relationship between Trump (Sebastian Stan) and Roy Cohn …
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The first clip from the Donald Trump biopic that left a startling, if controversial, mark on the 2024 Cannes Film Festival has finally arrived. Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, the notoriously dogged prosecutor who served as the real estate …
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In his new book, Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, Variety’s Co-Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh took a deep dive into the reality TV career that made Donald Trump, more than just a failed casino owner and real-estate developer but a bonafide television …
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Donald Trump is once again being accused of using the N-word on the set of The Apprentice, as a producer on the reality show has resurfaced the allegation following the expiration of their nondisclosure agreement. Producer Bill Pruitt wrote about his experience working on The Apprentice in a new op-ed …
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