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DNC Producer Ricky Kirshner On Kamala Harris’ Big Night, Putting The Big Show Together & How It’s Not The Grammys


EXCLUSIVE: “The other night we had Michelle and Barack, last night we had Tim Walz, and tonight we got a major headliner,” declares Democratic National Convention executive producer Ricky Kirshner of Kamala Harris acceptance speech in a few hours. “So I say, the closing act is pretty good so stick around no matter what time […]

“So I say, the closing act is pretty good so stick around no matter what time it is,” the political and Hollywood veteran adds of the Vice President’s big night. A multiple Emmy winner and nominee, Kirshner is an alum of Super Bowl halftime shows and the Tony Awards(which he is nominated for in the Outstanding Variety Special category at the next month’s 76th annual ceremony), and has been a part of every DNC since 1992 in NYC. DEADLINE: Spoilers are no fun, but I want to know how much of what we’re going to see tonight is a traditional balloon drop end of convention, and how much of what we are going to see are surprises for what’s clearly a historic moment of the first black woman to be nominated for president united states by a major American political party.

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