Colbert Mocks Tennessee GOP for Making Expelled Dems ‘Heroes': Support Gun Reform ‘Because You Just Shot Yourself’ (Video)

Hayley Kiyoko didn’t let the threats from law enforcement stop her from bringing drag performers on stage with her during a concert in Tennessee this week.

Welcome to the family! Miley Cyrus is “thrilled” that her mom, Tish Cyrus, is engaged to boyfriend Dominic Purcell following her split from Billy Ray Cyrus.

a lawsuit brought by three families of transgender minors.In the complaint, the Justice Department argues that the law prohibiting access to gender-affirming care discriminates against transgender individuals under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.As such, the complaint asks the court to issue an order blocking the law from going into effect on July 1.Under the bill, SB 1, which easily passed on a largely party-line vote in the Republican-dominated state legislature, healthcare providers are prohibited from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or surgical interventions to minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria.Those who do, as well as the parents of any minors who allow their children to receive such treatments, can be sued for up to 30 years afterwards if the patient later experiences “regret,” and medical providers can potentially lose their license to practice.In its complaint, the Justice Department argues that the law’s blanket ban on all types of medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria prohibits patients from receiving the most up-to-date, scientifically accurate, and best-recommended treatments, and forces doctors to decide between keeping their licenses or providing the best available care to their patients.The complaint also notes that the blanket ban discriminates against transgender people on the basis of both sex and transgender identity, denying them certain types of treatments, such as hormone therapy, that would otherwise be offered to cisgender individuals experiencing various ailments or conditions where hormonal interventions might be a recommended course of treatment.“SB 1 violates the constitutional rights of some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable citizens,” U.S.

The No. 1 draft pick in her heart! While Will Levis was selected in the second round of the National Football League (NFL) draft, he’s still a first-round boyfriend to Gia Duddy.

A Christian school leader is in hot water after it was exposed he allegedly groomed and stalked a teenage student.

EXCLUSIVE: Conservative media company Blaze has made its first exclusive movie acquisition in the shape of comedy Re-Opening. The company is also lining up further comedy acquisitions and its first scripted series.

Powering through the pain. Mackenzie Edwards shared a series of cryptic quotes amid her ongoing drama with her estranged husband, Ryan Edwards.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have gone viral with a video they made in protest of the drag bans happening in the United States.Since the beginning of 2023, dozens of bills have been filed in states across America, targeting drag performances.Last month in Nashville, Tennessee, lawmakers passed a law that bans one class of entertainer: «male and female impersonators,» otherwise known as drag performers. However, a day before the nation's first anti-drag law was set to take effect, a federal judge temporarily blocked it for violating the First Amendment.Now, Bacon and Sedgwick are throwing themselves behind the LGBTQ+ community by dancing to Taylor Swift's «Karma» to raise awareness about the bans on drag queens. The Twitter video starts with the married couple in matching T-shirts standing far away from the camera.

Lizzo brought out several drag performers, including Ru-Paul’s Drag Race alumni, on stage with her in Knoxville, Tennessee to protest the state’s ban on drag.The show was the first on the second US leg of the singer’s ‘Special’ tour and saw Lizzo invite drag stars such as Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, Kandy Muse and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. She then spoke to the crowd about why she felt it important to take a stand against the drag ban.“In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I was told by people on the internet, ‘Cancel your shows in Tennessee,’ ‘Don’t go to Tennessee,’” Lizzo said, to which the audience booed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Amy Grant, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Margo Price, Mickey Guyton, Kelsea Ballerini and dozens of other top Nashville musicians are calling for the Tennessee General Assembly to pass “common sense gun safety legislation” before lawmakers end their session a few days from now, according to a report in the Tennessean. (A complete list of signees is below.) The letter calls for extreme risk protection laws and legislation strengthening requirements around secure storage of firearms. The letter was drafted after of the deadly Covenant School shooting last month, in which three adults and three nine-year-old children were killed. It was the 19 th shooting at a school or university in 2023 alone — one of hundreds of mass shootings in a country with a government that, largely due to Republican obstruction, refuses to pass more-thorough gun-control laws.

Timbaland has confirmed that his longtime collaborator Justin Timberlake has finished his next album.The two have been collaborating since the late ’90s, across all of the singer’s solo albums. Now in a recent interview with Variety, the Grammy Award-winning producer revealed that he has been helping Timberlake with his next record.“We just finished up and everything sounds great,” said Timbaland.

Crushing coparenting. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe came together to support son Deacon Phillippe‘s latest career milestone.

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) didn’t hold back her anger at Piers Morgan for what sounded as if he was comparing Jan 6.

signed a bill that banned “adult cabaret entertainment” on public property or in locations where it can be viewed by minors, including “topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers.”Critics of the law, which went into effect April 1, say that categorizing drag as “adult entertainment” automatically deems them sexualized performances. They also argue the language surrounding “male and female impersonators” is inherently anti-trans.At least a dozen other states are considering similar anti-drag legislation. It was a topic of discussion at the recent taping of the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” finale.For Season 15 contestant Aura Mayari, the anti-drag law hits close to home.

unanimously reelected by the Nashville Metro Council and thus will be serving as his own “interim” replacement.Speaking to Politico journalist Jackie Padilla, Pearson said, “I’m hopeful that I’ll be reinstated tomorrow.

“WE SHALL OVERCOME…” Serendipitous, indeed. pic.twitter.com/f4bj5akUteAmong those who voiced their support for the ousted politicians were Vice President Kamala Harris, who gave an impassioned speech in Nashville on Saturday; Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray, and late night host John Oliver.

Teen Mom OG alum Ryan Edwards has been arrested for the third time in two months, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Us Weekly.

Clearing the air on coparenting. Christina Hall (née Haack) set the record straight after spending Easter weekend with her children in Tennessee.

definitely lying,” Oliver mocked. “‘We literally don’t even see color’ is the universal tell for people who spend all day thinking about how they’d like to see less color.”“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” airs on Sundays on HBO.

we need to talk. All of my incredible musician friends, songwriters, artists, & producers, must speak out against tyranny and in favor of representative democratic norms in your state. This is preposterous.