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Who’s sorry now? Not Kathy Griffin over Trump photo, video

By LYNN ELBER people. She also referred to
AP Television Writer Trump as a “fool,” among
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathy other derogatory terms.
Griffin retracted her apol- One “Sunrise” host pressed
ogy for a gory image of a her on whether it was out
fake Donald Trump head, of line to pose for photos
saying anger against her and a video with a mask of
was overblown and should Trump covered in tomato
be directed at Trump and sauce to simulate blood
his administration. from a severed head. Grif-
A feisty Griffin, interviewed fin pushed back.
Tuesday on Australian TV in “Stop acting like my little
advance of an internation- picture is more important
al comedy tour, slammed than talking about the ac-
the president and his ac- tual atrocities that the pres-
tions as she reversed course ident of the United States is
from her tearful mea culpa committing,” she said.
in May. Griffin said she lost friends
“So the picture happened, and work, and received
the outrage was ridiculous, death threats during the
I made an apology, and uproar.
now in light of all the crazy She had quickly apolo-
stuff that he (Trump) and gized in a video in which
this administration are do- she called the Trump im- In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Kathy Griffin attends The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertain-
ing..... He’s unhinged,” she age “disturbing” and also ment Breakfast in Los Angeles.
said on the morning show during a tearful news con-
“Sunrise.” ference, but was fired from realize that what was hap- She’s also on “a mission to satellite to “Sunrise” and
The comedian con- her most high-profile job pening to her could be the tell people, honestly, if it another Australian show,
demned Trump’s pardon as co-host of CNN’s New basis of laughs, Griffin said happened to me, as big “The Project,” to promote
of former Arizona lawman Year’s Eve Celebration. during a satellite interview, mouthed and obnoxious her upcoming appear-
Joe Arpaio and the presi- Comedy gigs were can- and she decided to em- as I am, it can happen to ances there. She’ll also be
dent’s call for a ban on mili- celed. bark on the “Laugh Your you,” said Griffin. on stage in Europe and
tary service by transgender It didn’t take long for her to Head Off” tour. Griffin spoke this week by elsewhere.q
Keegan-Michael Key narrating Book Review: Parenthood and tech

audio edition of Twain story meet in ‘To Siri With Love’

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH autism spectrum, Newman
Associated Press writes, Gus feels “inanimate
Technology has often got- objects, while maybe not
ten a bum rap for ushering possessing souls are worthy
humans into their own pri- of our consideration.”
vate microcosms. Newman writes her son,
But writer Judith Newman who is communication-
has a different take on the impaired, has grown from
matter. Her teenage son, his conversations with the
Gus, who is on the autism phone’s assistant. General-
spectrum disorder, has de- ly speaking, Gus’s speech
veloped a friendship with is garbled, and he doesn’t
Siri, the personal assistant always show interest in
for the iPhone. conversing with people.
In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Keegan-Michael Key attends Chronicling this friendship “Recently, I had the lon-
the premiere of the Netflix original series “Friends From College” between Siri and Gus, as gest conversation with him
at AMC Loews 34th Street in New York. well as raising a family with I’ve ever had,” she writes.
Associated Press a member who is “neu- The book is a tenderheart-
roatypical,” is the subject ed and well-written ac- This cover image released
NEW YORK (AP) — Keegan- at the time of his death. It of her new memoir. count of Newman’s unusu- by Harper shows “To Siri With
Michael Key’s latest job is has been completed by “In a world where the com- al family. She had twin boys Love: A Mother, Her Autistic
Son, and the Kindness of Ma-
channeling the words of a author Philip Stead and il- monly held wisdom is that who were born early and chines,” by Judith Newman.
comic master. lustrator Erin Stead. Both technology isolates us, it’s after a hard pregnancy. Associated Press
Random House Children’s the print and audio editions worth considering another Her husband is a retired op-
Books tells The Associated are scheduled for Sept. 26. side of the story,” Newman era singer who is 30 years
Press on Monday the Emmy Key and Jordan Peele writes in “To Siri With Love: her senior and lives in a up, especially if you love
Award-winning performer is co-starred in the Com- A Mother, Her Autistic Son separate home in another the memoir and non-fiction
narrating the audio edition edy Central show “Key and the Kindness of Ma- neighborhood in Manhat- genre. There’s much to be
of Mark Twain’s “The Pur- & Peele” and he will ap- chines.” tan. He never spends the learned from Newman’s
loining of Prince Oleomar- pear on Broadway this fall It’s not that Gus thinks Siri is night with Newman and ruminations and insight on
garine.” The Twain story is a in Steve Martin’s “Meteor human, he understands she the boys. many levels.q
fairy tale he left unfinished Shower.”q isn’t. But like many on the The book is worth picking