No seats for mainstream media at premiere of "Melania"

There's the classic "not screened for critics," and then there's this: Variety reports that mainstream press were "blocked" from watching the premiere of "Melania," the "documentary" that cost Amazon $40m up front and another $35m in marketing costs.

Reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and Vanity Fair, among dozens of other outlets on the carpet, were not granted tickets to the invite-only screening in the Opera House, located one floor above the carpet.

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