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With President Donald Trump’s former reality TV show “The Apprentice,” streaming on Amazon Prime as of last month, politically astute viewers across the political spectrum have zeroed in on an episode from when Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, now one of the president’s biggest political detractors, praised his fellow New Yorker as a business prodigy. During Season 5, Episode 8, of “The Apprentice” in 2006, contestants were given a challenge — as was typical during each episode — and the winners of said challenge got the chance to fly to the nation’s capital and have breakfast with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY...

The Trump movie everyone feared has turned out to be…nothing. “The Apprentice” made $585,000 on its opening including $150,000 in previews. The movie starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong is a total write off, a non starter, after so much publicity.

His Fraudulency Joe Biden’s Thursday Oval Office address drew just 22 million viewers. The first season finale of Donald Trump’s hit NBC Show The Apprentice drew 28 million viewers in 2004. For those of you who went to public schools, I’ll do the math… An episode of Donald Trump’s reality show drew six million more viewers than Joe Biden’s Oval Office address.

A mechanic was hit with criminal charges this week in the death of his coworker who was crushed by an elevator that plunged six stories in a Bronx apartment building two years ago. Peter Milatz, 67, is accused of disregarding safety protocols that could have avoided the disaster which killed 25-year-old apprentice mechanic Joseph Rosa on Feb. 18, 2021, prosecutors said Tuesday. “Jobs in this field can be extremely dangerous, and workers must be protected,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. “If safety measures had been followed, the victim would still be alive today.”

Former President Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition sometime before Christmas as part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "Apprentice," a judge’s law clerk said Monday. Zervos has alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007 and defamed her during his campaign when he said she lied about it. Earlier, in a 2016 statement, Trump had said that he had "never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago." The two parties are still haggling over disclosure of certain documents but Zervos’...

SNIP In an brief interview with one of CBS News’s 2020 campaign reporters, Adam Brewster, Goertz was asked about how the Trump campaign can regain some of the support from female voters who previously voted for the president in 2016 and then Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa), who bested former GOP Rep. David Young (R-Iowa) in 2018. “If Donald Trump was running, we would have never lost anything. So there’s different candidates running that don’t have the power that Donald Trump has and the pull, so I can’t speak for why. That’s kind of a, that one’s like comparing apples and...

Just turned the channel and Say Yes to the Dress is on.

“I think that it would be handled very beautifully by me,” he said on “Howard Stern Show” in 2005p> Following reports that there are recordings of Donald Trump using racial slurs on “The Apprentice,” a 2005 radio interview with Howard Stern has resurfaced where Trump proposed setting “nine blacks against nine whites” on the show. “There was a concept thrown out by some person… nine blacks against nine whites,” Trump said on “The Howard Stern Show.” “And it would be nine blacks against nine whites, all highly educated, very smart, strong, beautiful people right?” he continued, asking Stern if he...

"He would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable," Jillette said. "I don't think he ever said anything in that room like 'African-Americans are inferior' or anything about rape or grabbing women, but of those two hours every other day in a room with him, every 10 minutes was fingernails on chalkboard."

Penn Jillette is claiming that President Donald Trump made “racially insensitive” remarks during his time on Celebrity Apprentice, which were captured on tapes that still exist. Jillette, a professional magician who appeared on season 12 of the NBC reality series, confirmed to Vulture in a new interview that series creator Mark Burnett has tapes of Trump making the controversial statements. Burnett did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Trump “would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable. I don’t think he ever said anything in that room like ‘African-Americans are inferior’ or anything about rape or grabbing women,...

Comedian and magician Penn Jillette said in a new interview that he heard President Trump "say racially insensitive things that made [him] uncomfortable" during tapings of "Celebrity Apprentice" as new claims from ex-White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former contestant on "The Apprentice," make headlines. Jillette, who was a contestant on the show in 2013, told Vulture in an interview published Tuesday that Trump would "ramble" during tapings of his former reality TV show... Jillette told Vulture that he “can emotionally tell you things that happened racially, sexually, and that showed stupidity and lack of compassion when I was...

Omarosa may be on her way out but she still has plenty more to say about her time in the White House. In this clip from tonight’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother, Omarosa tells her fellow houseguests about how they shouldn’t be so quick to want President Donald Trump out when Vice President Mike Pence is such a “scary” alternative. Omarosa and Keshia are up for eviction. “You would be worried about Pence,” Omarosa says to the others. “We would be begging for days of Trump back if Pence became president. He’s extreme. I’m Christian, I love Jesus, but he...

President Trump will be interviewed by British commentator Piers Morgan in his first international TV interview since he assumed office, the Daily Mail reported. Morgan, who previously won the "Celebrity Apprentice," will interview Trump during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Morgan has in the past praised Trump. Last year, he said he genuinely liked Trump. "I have known him through ten years, and saw from 'The Apprentice' he can be charming, funny, smart and his judgment is spot on," Morgan said at the time. "He loved drama and arguments and making the right decision and being popular." Morgan...

During the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, President Donald Trump took time to request prayers for an old friend: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Trump was introduced at the breakfast by Mark Burnett, producer and creator of “The Apprentice,” the series that first beamed Trump into American homes on a weekly basis. The president called Burnett a “special, special friend” before pivoting to his concerns about the current ratings for “Celebrity Apprentice,” now hosted by Schwarzenegger. “We had tremendous success on ‘The Apprentice,’” Trump said of his history with Burnett. “And when I ran for president, I had to leave the show....

Arnold Schwarzenegger just fired back at Donald Trump, telling the president if he's so obsessed with ratings, why not just do a switcheroo and go back to what appears to be his true passion? Arnold just blasted Trump for blasting him at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday. Trump asked everyone to take a moment and pray for the movie star because his ratings, according to Trump, are a "disaster." Arnold's people just added, "Arnold is praying that President Trump can start improving his own approval ratings, which were the worst in history for an incoming President, by taking his job...

Just as I suspected would happen, President-Elect Donald Trump took to twitter to brag about his Apprentice ratings. “Wow, the ratings are in,” he tweeted, “and Arnold Schwarzenegger got “swamped” (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine DJT. So much for…being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary” Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for.... 7:34 AM - 6 Jan...

Actor Tom Arnold is making waves with recent claims that he has outtakes from "The Apprentice" that feature President-elect Donald Trump using inflammatory language.

Tom Arnold claims to have unreleased "Apprentice" outtakes of President-elect Donald Trump saying "racist" and "offensive" statements. The comedian said on KIRO radio's "The Dori Monson Show" he was sent the outtakes as part of a "Christmas video" by producers of the show. He said they sent it around as a "funny" video when Trump announced his candidacy and they had no faith he had a chance of winning. "I have the outtakes to 'The Apprentice' where he says every bad thing ever, every offensive, racist thing ever," Arnold claimed. "It was him sitting in that chair saying the N-word,...

Omarosa Manigault, a first-season contestant on “The Apprentice,” has officially joined the Trump transition team, it was announced Thursday. Manigault has been placed on the transition executive committee, joining the likes of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Peter Thiel and a host of other loyalists. During the lengthy presidential campaign, Omarosa, who is usually introduced by her first name, was a forceful and effective surrogate, often appearing on TV to cheer on and defend Trump. She was spotted by reporters at Trump Tower this week, so her appointment is hardly surprising. Her precise responsibilities are not...

Can’t get enough of President-elect Donald Trump on all the news networks and comedy shows? Well, cable business network CNBC is working on a solution. The Comcast-owned unit is in talks to air the long-running reality series “The Apprentice,” which made the real estate mogul a TV star, The Post has learned. “It’s going to CNBC,” a well-placed source revealed. “The deal is not quite done yet,” this person added, saying talks are continuing....