We got a chance to speak to Eliot Laurence in an exclusive interview where we broke down love, loss, and being a badass witch on Motherland: Fort Salem! But just 14 months and nine days later, that trail quickly went up in smoke. This story has been shared 227,574 times. He explained: “It was a conscious decision. 1984). We got a chance to speak to Eliot Laurence in an exclusive interview where we broke down love, loss, and being a badass witch on … Eliot, Thomas Stearns Born Sept. 26, 1888, in St. Louis; died Jan. 4, 1965, in London. When he headed the anti-trust bureau for the Attorney General’s office in 1982, Constantine had hired Spitzer as a 23-year-old student intern, believing he was destined for greatness — maybe even the White House. Your California Privacy Rights Like Tally, she’s just that optimism, which will never truly die. Screenwriter and creator Eliot Laurence joins us to talk all about the new show he’s conjured up - Motherland : Fort Salem, premiering Wednesday on Freeform! Yes Day fans have reasons to be happy! And then I start to go crazy, so that is good for me, making myself go out and do things, reaching out to people who need help, doing some house work, and a lot of cooking. Help Us Understand What's Happening. 18:52. Follow. 227,574, This story has been shared 215,516 times. Eliot Spitzer speaks to the media with his wife Silda while delivering an apology to his family and the public following reported links to a prostitution ring in 2008. And even though it’s right up front there, there’s also a flavor in the show of the whole queer vibe, all of that stuff gets blurry under the big label of witch. I mean, one thing that people notice is that the cellphone thing hasn’t really happened. Lawrence Eliot (also spelled: Laurence ELLYOTT) was born in 1550 in Godalming, Surrey he was the son of Lawrence and Joan Eliot and one of thirteen recorded children. Eliot 1. In this world it just grew out that way. Eliot Laurence Spitzer was born on the 10th June 1959, in The Bronx, New York City USA, and is a lawyer and politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. The screenwriter and children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplay for A Cock and Bull Story (the 2005 film adaptation of Tristram Shandy), digresses around the little village of Coxwold in North Yorkshire with Henry. So, I love that because it feels especially queer and flipped and fun. Download Embed. She’s most defined by that, and her curiosity, which always shines through when it comes to her. Wall’s devotion to her disgraced husband inspired CBS’s 2009 “The Good Wife,” a TV series about the travails of the humiliated spouse of a politician who ends up in jail following a sex and corruption scandal. The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). The next morning, Constantine dutifully rang the doorbell of the sprawling apartment where Spitzer, then 47, lived with his wife, Silda Wall, 50, and their three teenage daughters. ‘Yes Day’ Reached #1 Around The World And We’re Happy! An American politician. What about other charms? He served as the Attorney General of New York from 1999 to 2007, when he was elected the Governor of New York State. And because we get to see the show from Scylla’s point of view, I think we know that it is. Unreadable. 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And when you’re done with this interview, make sure to hop on over to Twitter and let Freeform how much you love Motherland: Fort Salem and how much you want a season 2! We have been thinking about that. Strictly business.”. The feds had been monitoring the escort agency, and on March 6 arrested four members of the group on money-laundering and prostitution charges. [1] The second season will premiere Summer 2021 on Freeform and Hulu. “We urged him to stay for the good of the people of the state,” said Constantine. On that fateful February afternoon, Dupre traveled by train from Penn Station to DC for the rendezvous. Sitemap This story could echo the stories of many through the 1930's through to the present. Sadly there isn’t a lot known about the life of Eliot all we see really are notes about how he contributed to the work of Sir Francis Drake and the voyage of the Golden Hind. “[Spitzer] would have had a rough 2008, but by 2009, he would have gotten back to the absolutely spectacular plans we had in terms of every issue,” said Constantine of his expectations at the time, adding that the governor’s administration was only a week away from completing a new budget to address a $4.4 billion deficit when the scandal broke. I love wintertime, but this … It’s so cool, I mean we’ve gotten so much love on social media for having that relationship. "It was a conscious decision," he said, "and one thing to remember is that what we think of as the world of the show is kind of a pocket world of this base life of this subsection of American society that is the military. 163,418, © 2021 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved “He said, ‘You can throw me over if you want to, and I won’t blame you if you do. We feel very positive, and we get so much love from Freeform, but there’s nothing official. Or Funko Pops. The Times referenced a federal indictment against Emperors Club VIP, a high-end, international escort agency that provided call girls to clients in New York City, Washington, DC, Miami, London and Paris for between $1,000 and $5,500 per hour. After several requests had still not resulted in a telephone conversation, Spitzer asked his senior policy advisor and former mentor to meet him at 7 o’clock the next morning — March 10, 2008 — at his Fifth Avenue apartment. I try to walk every day, but then I have these days where I’m like, “I don’t need to walk today.” And then suddenly it’s like three days where I didn’t walk. Meanwhile, Anacostia (Demetria McKinney) makes another attempt to understand what motivates Scylla (Amalia Holm), which … I mean it’s kind of like, whatever, I’m here for a purpose. Motherland feels like such a feminist, women-first world. Eliot Laurence . Here are these young people, and their lives are perscribed for them, so under that banner things get… there’s that scene with Abigail where, just to entertain herself, she tells these two guys to makeout, and it’s not suddenly, “Oh, they’re bi or gay or anything.” It’s just kind of all blurry under the matriarchy that is the military in this show. Because she always hated her. I really felt that. Your Ad Choices Frustrated, he picked up the phone and called the New York governor who was just beginning the second year of his term. Eliot Laurence. A New York Post front page refers to the scandal involving Eliot Spitzer in 2008. Twitter; Instagram; Facebook; Youtube; Motherland: Fort Salem S1 E10 Recap & After Show w/ Eliot Laurence : Our ancient enemy has returned! I mean, the painful questions are weighing on Raelle. Q: When did you first come up with the idea for the story? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. One thing to remember is really what we think of as the world of the show is kind of a pocket … He held himself to a high moral standard, friends said, railing against corruption and going on a crusade to clean up New York. I know what my purpose is. He told The Post he had no idea of his friend’s clandestine hookups. It’s a military show. Spam or advertising. And I want to explore and build up on other ways to tell the Motherland story. In his first press conference, he confessed to several extramarital affairs, including a tryst with a state employee. Spitzer’s tragic flaw, hidden from even those closest to him, seemed to be a penchant for illicit sex. But to run into it when it has bad intentions. Because of him and his team, we’ve been gifted with Raylla, Tally Craven, Abigail Bellweather, and so much more. Wall has never spoken publicly about the sex scandal that led to her husband’s resignation, and quietly filed for divorce at the end of 2013. 1819--80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society. But now that there is a new and more dangerous element at play he no longer has … Laurence explained that it was, indeed a conscious choice, explaining that the world of 'Motherland: Fort Salem' was in effect in its own bubble. “I could’ve known who you were as a person. Constantine told The Post that he listened to the press conference in horror. In early March, federal investigators had called to inform Dupre that they were investigating one of her clients. ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ creator Eliot Laurence talks Salem witches in the 21st century The series premieres Wednesday night By Meredith Goldstein Globe Staff, Updated March 17, 2020, 5:59 p.m. The investigation found no evidence that he had misused public or campaign funds. Submitted on 06/27/2020 Categories: General In past times when the council of planets attempted to organize a summit, Onyx with many others, who were against the collaboration with the governments he was led to believe murdered his father fought against these attempted summits. Instead, upon Khalida's insistence, they accompany Adil (Tony Giroux) and General Alder (Lyne Renee) on a mission to rescue the remaining Tarim. T(homas) S(tearns). Stairway to memedom: Biden's fall sparks brutal meme drop on Twitter. “I try not to revisit that place too often,” said Dupre, referring to the resignation — and the image of a downcast Silda Wall standing stoically next to her husband. “He always acted so squeaky clean and would get really upset if you said anything even slightly off-color,” said David Paterson, the former lieutenant governor who would take over Spitzer’s position when he resigned. Eliot Laurence: We’re definitely going learn more as soon as we jump off [in season 2], but what we know now is that she’s seen some changes in Alder. Trying to remain calm while his heart is racing. Thanks for contacting us. With him, it clearly was not like that. 00:00. Motherland: Fort Salem creator Eliot Laurence is a visionary when it comes to queer representation, bold & fierce female characters, and world building. The self-proclaimed “Sheriff of Wall Street” was elected governor in a landslide and promised nothing less than “a new brand of politics” when he was sworn in on Jan 1, 2007. I guess, just how much I like to be surrounded by brilliant creators, who happen to be female, whether it be in front of the camera or behind it. Overnight, the mighty sheriff became the “Love Gov.”. 215,516, This story has been shared 163,418 times. Constantine, one of the governor’s most trusted friends, assumed that David Nocenti, the governor’s official counsel, had died suddenly. When he finally heard the story of Spitzer’s fall from grace on a conference call with Spitzer’s chief of staff, Richard Baum, and his own advisor Charles O’Byrne, Paterson was in shock. Picturesque and festive. And she fell in love with her mark. Princeton (B.A. It was more of a business transaction. Paterson, who didn’t know that Spitzer was still at his home in Manhattan, refused. True. Kristen was later identified as aspiring New Jersey singer Ashley Dupre. Said failings, it turned out, stemmed from his fascination with hookers. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. “Motherland” is a BLAST and is definitely a much needed, whimsical, creepy, immersive … True. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 1 Synopsis 2 Seasons 3 Cast 3.1 Main 3.2 Recurring 3.3 Minor 4 Development 5 … The scandal was the subject of Alex Gibney's 2010 documentary Client 9: The Rise and Fall of I appreciate you telling me this, because I’m not a big social media guy and the network has been very kind to tell me positivity, but I did not know that.