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Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election
The first lady’s recent appearances include a ceasefire effort that let about 800 people leave Oleshky and a Prime Video release on Nov. 20.
- Amazon announced it will release a two-part docuseries, "Melania, the Series," on Prime Video on Nov. 20, extending a partnership that began when it paid $40 million for the original documentary about Melania Trump.
- The original documentary cost Amazon a reported $75 million, factoring in $35 million in marketing, according to the New York Times, yet earned only $16.6 million in theaters.
- Critics panned the original film as "shallow, sycophantic," while Variety correspondent Daniel D'Addario described the upcoming series as having a "grim civic-duty feel." The episodes feature Melania Trump preparing for her husband's inauguration.
- Following Nov. 3 election losses, industry expert Matthew Belloni reported a "seismic backlash against Elon, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and their fellow Big Tech overlords." Democrats are expected to launch corruption investigations into these corporate ties.
- With Trump having "lost control of the national conversation," D'Addario said tech moguls may "care less about trying to make him happy." Amazon maintains it licensed the content because "customers are going to love them.
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Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election
Melania Trump is one of the most private women to hold the role of first lady. But she has commanded the spotlight since the Republican Party’s devastating losses in the midterm elections.
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Will Amazon have to answer to congress for its Melania Trump movie ‘bribe?’
Even after the midterm elections delivered a rebuke to Donald Trump, his presidency, his party and even his family, Amazon does not appear worried that audiences no longer have an appetite for more of its hagiographic content about his wife,…
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