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01.06.2024 - 20:13 / metroweekly.com
library porn law,” signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little earlier this year.Under the harsh new law, Idaho libraries can be sued if they do not prevent minors from accessing “obscene” or sexually explicit material.If a complaint is filed regarding a book, libraries must relocate it to the adult section.
If they fail to do so within 30 days, they can be sued for noncompliance.There is a cap on statutory damages of $250 per incident.But, libraries can subsequently be sued for thousands (or even millions) of dollars in uncapped “actual damages” for any alleged emotional harm caused to children should a judge or jury find that the challenged works contain gratuitous sexual content, or lack “literary, scientific, artistic, or political value” for minors.Conservative lawmakers and the right-wing Idaho Family Policy Center have championed the law, proclaiming it protects children from age-inappropriate content without explicitly banning any books or materials.However, the law does not account for the difficulty of relocating books in libraries with tiny physical footprints.One example is the Donnelly Public Library in rural Valley County, which will no longer permit minors unaccompanied by an adult on its premises. “Our size prohibits us from separating our ‘grown up’ books to be out of the accessible range of children,” the library said in a statement.The facility’s total area is only 1,024 square feet.Starting on July 1, children under 18 will not be permitted inside, even to use the bathroom, without a parental companion.There is an exception for children who participate in the library’s paid programming, but they must have their parents sign a waiver to allow them to access the library’s 13,000-book collection.The library’s
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Paramount went all in on Gladiator II at CineEurope today, showing off an exclusive extended look at Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Best Picture Oscar winner. Introducing the footage in a video clip, Scott promised that Gladiator II, coming nearly two-and-a-half decades after the original, is “well worth the wait”; the audience today agreed. That pre-roll clip also included stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and Joseph Quinn. Paramount releases globally in November.
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post reads. “Come join us all month to celebrate heterosexuals, for without them, none of us would be here!”A post shared by Old State Saloon (@oldstatesaloon)Old State’s offers include a Monday drink special in which every man dressed like a “heterosexual male” — whatever that means — will get a free pint of beer.A Wednesday deal gives heterosexual couples 15% off their total.And on Thursdays, heterosexual women get happy hour pricing all day, which seems like your basic, garden-variety “Ladies’ Night.”Oh, and the bar is selling branded merchandise, including a T-shirt with the phrase “Beers for Breeders.”The post received backlash from the LGBTQ community and its allies, who flooded Old State Saloon’s Facebook page with negative comments, some laced with profanity, to which Old State clutched its holier-than-thou pearls.“It seems as though people who are against Heterosexual Awesomeness Month have a hard time commenting without using horrific words, expletives, using the name of the Lord in vain, etc.,” the bar posted on Facebook.“Make an intelligent comment and stay.
Sites across Radcliffe are being considered for a temporary library as the clock ticks towards the current building closing in three months. The present library is to be converted into a £1.7M Enterprise Centre with work set to start in September.
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Johnathon Schaech is baring his ripped physique on the red carpet!
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Move over, mom and dad.
D:Ream have banned Keir Starmer from using their 1993 New Labour anthem ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ in his election campaign.The song enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after it was played through a loudspeaker by protester Steve Bray, with the aim of drowning out Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he called a surprise General Election for July 4. Within 24 hours, the song had gone viral on social media and entered the iTunes Top 10.The Northern Irish band have previously said that they never enjoyed ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ having a political association.“My first reaction was ‘not again, please let me move on’,” singer Peter Cunnah told NME.
For more than week, it’s been crickets when it comes to the push and pull between Skydance and Sony Pictures Entertainment/Apollo over Paramount Global.