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@kaitlancollins Even Kask laughed at that comment 🤣

“I fought like hell to stay,” Trump says of the dinner.

@AJEnglish Everything about this evening is weird

President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet were rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner at a hotel in Washington, DC, after shots were fired outside the event. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.news/f1qtxi

@BradLyodgm18 @AJENews It's like his assination attempt FFS 🙄

@AJENews Set up

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump and other attendees take cover at the White House correspondents dinner after a loud noise is heard, video from the scene shows. 🔴 More on aljazeera.com

@CrazyVibes_1 Thanks for sharing this 🙏👍

By Season 4 of The Sopranos, Gandolfini was earning $400,000 per episode. HBO wanted Season 5 on the fast track, and the offer was staggering: roughly $1 million per episode across 13 episodes. Agents celebrated. Lawyers drafted. But something stopped him cold. His co-stars were earning a fraction of what he made. Edie Falco, the woman who carried every scene as Carmela Soprano, wasn't close. The supporting cast earned even less. Gandolfini looked at his contract and saw something executives didn't want him to see — a gap that felt deeply unfair. So he did something that shocked Hollywood. He walked away. Production stalled in early 2003. HBO filed a lawsuit seeking around $100 million in damages. Headlines called him difficult. Columnists called him unstable. "They think I'm a wild animal," he reportedly told a friend that spring. The easy move would have been to sign, cash the check, and disappear into Tony Soprano's shadow — the character who made him a household name and quietly trapped him inside it. Instead, Gandolfini made a different choice. He eventually returned to the negotiating table and signed the deal. But what he did next became legend. Gandolfini reached into his own pocket and personally gave approximately $33,000 to each of 16 supporting cast members — roughly $500,000 of his own money — as a thank-you for standing by him during the shutdown. No press release. No cameras. No announcement. Just quiet envelopes handed out privately. Crew members remembered other moments too. Gandolfini would show up early at Silvercup Studios in Queens, sit in a folding chair, chain-smoke, and ask grips and lighting technicians about their kids by name. He remembered birthdays. He remembered losses. When a crew member's family member fell ill, he quietly helped with expenses. When writers pulled all-nighters rewriting scenes, he fought to protect their words on screen. The turning point wasn't the signing. It was the pause — the refusal that cost him his reputation, invited a massive lawsuit, and risked killing the biggest show on television. He bet everything on a principle most people would have quietly swallowed. Season 5 aired in 2004. Ratings climbed. Awards followed. Critics called it one of the greatest seasons of television ever made. But behind the numbers was a quieter truth: James Gandolfini used his leverage not just to lift himself — but to lift everyone standing beside him. He played a man who ruled through fear on screen. Off screen, he led through loyalty. When he died suddenly in 2013 at age 51, cast and crew members told the same stories over and over — not about his Emmy wins or his iconic performance, but about the envelopes, the folding chair, the questions about their kids. A legacy built not on what he earned, but on what he shared. Power doesn't always roar. Sometimes it whispers through a quiet envelope, handed over with no cameras watching.

@smerconish This is a distraction from the Epstein files. Nothing more 🙄 and Trump will get away with it

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@AJENews Really? Does Iran know about this? 🙄

@AJEnglish Who's gonna blink first? 🤔

BREAKING: There is currently no decision by Iran to send a negotiating delegation to Pakistan “as long as there is a naval blockade,” Iranian media is reporting. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/kgcoh7

@AJENews Don't fall for this crap

BREAKING: Trump says 'things seem to be going very well with Iran' 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/4h6pbo?update=…

@AJEnglish Trump is captain chaos 🙄

US President Donald Trump’s planned naval blockade of Iran would further cripple international shipping, exacerbating the energy crisis roiling the global economy, analysts warn aje.news/osn0hm

UPDATE: Pope Leo says he plans to continue speaking out against war after Trump attacked him 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/czjcze?update=…

@CNNPolitics The USA is about to get a punch in the face from someone or something

President Trump says US Navy will blockade ships in the Strait of Hormuz after the collapse of peace talks with Iran. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4cDstXQ

@ctvqp Awesome interview Vassey 👍

Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar says the Prime Minister, through his cabinet, are "playing conniving games of an authoritarian looking to consolidate power in the House of Commons."

@CNNPolitics Wow eh? That came from nowhere. Holy smokes 😳

Four women have described sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her. The Democrat, a candidate for governor of California, has denied the allegations. cnn.it/4210N9g

@ChantalHbert Who knew that Canadian political watching has become super interesting and, at times, creates a must-see TV moment. 🤗🤗 very cool

And nor would Poilievre s.

@AJENews Let Trump fight his own Epstein war FFS . Everyone gets this

BREAKING: NATO chief says Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/g3p6oe?update=…

@pete_vm @smerconish Pete, %10 of Americans think the earth is flat 🙄

@smerconish Will you ask the 10% to call in to explain their rationale?

Hoping this result is wrong, fearing it is correct:

UPDATE: Iran's Araghchi says US, Israel carrying out 'blind assassinations' to compensate for 'failure' 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ukui10?update=…

@CP24 Shut this guy up FFS

JUST IN: Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal or U.S. will unleash ‘hell’ cp24.com/news/world/202…

@CP24 I'd start with this guy

Toronto police investigate vehicle rollover in Port Lands cp24.com/local/toronto/…

@smerconish Trump likes the optics for TV because it is entertaining for him 🙄

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