‘A Compassionate Spy’ Review: A Gripping Biography of a Manhattan Project Outlier

Reba McEntire boards the latest season of ABC's crime thriller, , and she isn't someone to be messed with as an eerie new mystery unravels. McEntire plays Sunny Barnes, a charismatic outfitter who is caught in the middle of disaster when a local backcountry trip goes awry.

2021 law barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity is unconstitutional. On Sept. 14, Gallatin County District Judge Rienne McElyea issued an injunction permanently barring the state from enforcing a provision in the law that prohibits transgender athletes from participating on collegiate-level women’s sports teams.McElyea found that, in passing the law, the state’s Republican-led Legislature infringed on the constitutional authority of the Montana Board of Regents, which is allowed to make its own policies governing college campuses.The ruling does not overturn part of the law prohibiting transgender athletes in grades K-12 from competing in sports that match their gender identity.In her ruling, McElyea rejected the state’s argument that the Board of Regents had no existing policies regarding athlete participation, finding that the board’s decision to comply with NCAA regulations on transgender participation was in itself a policy, reports the Helena Independent Record.“Contrary to the state’s characterization, the Board’s policy is not a delegation of the Board’s constitutional authority to a non-governmental body [NCAA], but an exercise of the Board’s authority to ensure the eligibility of Montana athletes and to protect the [Montana University System’s] substantial financial investment in its athletics programs,” she wrote.Current NCAA policy on transgender athletes allows each individual sports’ national governing body to determine its own criteria for eligibility.

an earlier ruling he made in April that temporarily blocked a 2021 state law, signed into effect by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, prohibiting changes to gender markers on birth certificates unless an individual provides documentation attesting that they have undergone gender confirmation surgery.Under Moses’s April ruling, the state of Montana was supposed to be barred from enforcing the law until the dispute over the law’s constitutionality can be resolved in by the courts.

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Kourtney Kardashian, Kelly Ripa and Tom Brady marked the poignant occasion with heartfelt tributes on social media.SEE: Catherine Zeta-Jones reveals heartache after loss of 'a real family member'Their posts honored the 2,977 innocent people who died in 2001, including 340 firefighters and 72 police officers, and over 25,000 injured. The series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the USA saw two planes crash into the Twin Towers in Manhattan, while a third hit the Pentagon, just outside Washington DC.

EXCLUSIVE: The 1/52 Project, a new financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the first seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from $100,000 in grants. Each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to $15,000, with applicants chosen based on talent, creativity, innovation, and potential for future excellence in the professional theatrical field.

French Montana was inspired to launch an addiction help service after Mac Miller's death. The rapper passed away in 2018 aged 26 after suffering an accidental drug overdose while French himself battled his own addiction issues over the years before getting sober in 2019 - and he's now revealed the loss of his pal pushed him towards creating a partnership with Guardian Recovery Services and NAQI Healthcare to provides a medically supervised in-home detox program for addicts. Speaking on the 'PEOPLE Every Day' podcast, he explained: "It (Miller's death) touched me because I'm in that space and I consider these artists as my brothers and my family.

As a child growing up in the United States, you’re taught that betraying the country is a terrible act, punishable by death. Every morning, in most public schools, you’re forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, which overtly puts your patriotism at the forefront of the day’s events.

Given the fragile state of world peace at the moment, it seems like a good time for the latest film from Hoop Dreams director Steve James, a piece of little-known history from the cold war that could potentially have devastating consequences today. Sadly, James’ Venice Film Festival out of competition title A Compassionate Spy just doesn’t deliver the drama and tension you might expect from the high-stakes story of a mild-mannered American scientist who passed sensitive nuclear secrets to the Russians out of a mixture of idealism and naivety.

Manori Ravindran International Editor High-profile espionage cases in the post-war period often invoke the grisly fate of the Rosenbergs, the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed by electric chair for sharing atomic secrets with the Soviet Union in peace time. But in the new documentary “A Compassionate Spy,” filmmaker Steve James tells the incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia — and got away with it. The Participant and Kartemquin Films-produced documentary, which has its world premiere in Venice on Sept. 2, is one of a number of films at this year’s festival that tackle the topic of nuclear disaster: Projects from Noah Baumbach’s feature adaptation of Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” through to Oliver Stone’s on-the-nose documentary “Nuclear” all contemplate some aspect of our nuclear past and future.

Reba McEntire has gone to the dark side.  The singer-actor plays a villain in ABC’s crime drama "Big Sky: Deadly Trails" Season 3.  McEntire acts alongside her boyfriend, Rex Linn, as the pair portray a mischievous, shady couple.  The trailer shows McEntire's character Sunny Barnes welcoming backpackers to Sunny Day Excursions, a "luxury backcountry experience" located in a Montana valley.  "Let's get out there and have some fun and be safe," Barnes encourages the guests.  Country icon Reba McEntire plays a villainous role in ABC's crime drama "Big Sky: Deadly Trails," alongside her boyfriend Rex Linn. (Getty Images) In the first 10 seconds of the series’ sneak peek, a hiking trail sign reads "Deadman’s Drop."    The tone of the show preview suddenly turns eerie as the scene flashes to a private investigation team discussing a case of missing campers linked back to Barnes’ campgrounds.  We then see her greet the detective team led by new Sheriff Beau Arlen, played by Jensen Ackles.  The "Big Sky: Deadly Trails" trailer shows Reba McEntire's character welcoming backpackers to Sunny Day Excursions, a "luxury backcountry experience." (Jason Kempin/Getty Images) "Nice to meet the new sheriff in town," Barnes says.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music French Montana’s 2017 hit, “Unforgettable,” featuring Swae Lee, has achieved the rare diamond certification from the RIAA, marking equivalent sales of 10 million units. To celebrate, the artist hosted friends and associates at his home on Wednesday night for an intimate dinner and plaque presentation. Among those in attendance was Epic Records chair and CEO Sylvia Rhone, XO Records co-founder and CEO Sal Slaiby, SALXCO VP of A&R Rahsaan “Shake” Phelps and producer C.P Dubb. The song was a smash across formats, and has over 1.4 billion YouTube views for its official video, which featured Ugandan youth dance troupe Triplets Ghetto Kids. “Most of the them live in the States now,” Montana noted.

Jennifer Lopez just wed Ben Affleck for the second time in a friends and family ceremony, and as you might expect, she certainly did it in style. JLo, 52, had not one but two wedding hair looks for the occasion, including a slick bun that feels like a major nod to one of her most iconic noughties movie characters. Her second nuptials took place at the weekend, but we’re finally seeing the full details of the elegant updo thanks to her hairstylist, Chris Appleton.

The Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock story continues…