Manchester City are now over a fifth of the way into their Premier League campaign and well on the way to the Champions League knockout stage.
20.09.2023 - 21:57 / deadline.com
Kevin de León, who defiantly held onto his Los Angeles City Council seat despite persistent calls for his resignation – including one from President Joe Biden – following his participation in a racially charged recorded conversation that led to former Council President Nury Martinez’s resignation, said today he plans to seek reelection in 2024.
In the recording, the reporting of which won the L.A. Times a Pulitzer Prize, Martinez used the Spanish term for “monkey” to refer to then-fellow councilmember Mike Bonin’s son, while de León appeared to agree with her comment that the child was used as a fashion accessory like Martinez’s designer handbag. De León later called that remark “flippant.”
De León made his reelection announcement in an interview with Politico, saying he is confident he still has support among constituents in his district, which includes most of Downtown L.A., Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Eagle Rock and parts of Northeast L.A.
“When a lot of people that I called my friends and allies turned away from me, my constituents had my back,” de León told Politico. “I understood in a deeper way the relationship that I had with my community and how that motivates and drives me. That’s why I’m still here. And that’s why I’m running.”
In October 2022, activists shut down a City Council meeting over the racially-charged conversation among the three members.
De León has been on the council since 2020 and made an unsuccessful run for mayor last year. He previously served in the state Senate and Assembly.
Even before the recording became public, the city council was rocked by a succession of scandals, with former councilmember José Huizar pleading guilty to federal racketeering and tax evasion charges
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fearing a heart attack.The “American Beauty” star appeared to be relaxed as he emerged from Oswald’s, a private members’ club in Mayfair, West London, on Thursday evening – just 48 hours after the scare, The Sun reported.Spacey, 64, was smiling as he left the venue wearing a sports jacket over a white cardigan and a baseball cap bearing the tongue-in-cheek slogan “Out Of Office,” photos published by the outlet show.The former “House of Cards” star is understood to be eagerly hunting new roles since being acquitted of sex assault charges in London earlier this summer.Spacey underwent an MRI scan after Monday’s incident, which occurred during the 15th Tashkent International Film Festival, but doctors gave him the all-clear, The Sun said Wednesday.“He was treated professionally by doctors and staff and found to have no problem with his heart,” a source told the outlet.Spacey returned to the festival and appeared on stage that night, telling the crowd his health was “normal.”“It made me really take a moment and think about how fragile life is — for all of us,” the Oscar winner told the audience, explaining that he wanted to shake off the numbness but his group advised him to get checked.
Kevin Spacey was rushed to hospital this week after experiencing a health scare in Uzbekistan.During a speech at the Tashkent International Film Festival’s closing ceremony on Monday (October 2), the actor recalled having symptoms of a heart attack earlier in the day while visiting the Afrasiyab Museum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.“I was looking at these extraordinary murals on the walls, and I suddenly felt my entire left arm go numb for about eight seconds,” Spacey said in the speech (via TMZ).The actor said he underwent a “variety of tests” including an MRI, with doctors later giving him the all-clear.He added: “Now everything turned out to be completely normal and I am of course grateful that it’s not anything more serious.”Spacey explained how the incident had made him “take a moment” to reflect on his outlook on life.“It also made me really take a moment and think to myself how fragile life is for all of us, and how important it is that we come together, that we support each other, that we do what we can for the next generation,” the actor said.In July, Spacey was cleared of nine sexual offence charges in London after a four-week trial. He was accused of the charges by four men, in incidents alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.The actor is set to make his acting comeback in the upcoming thriller Control, where he has a key voice role.
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All those legitimate concerns and worries. All of them are already completely blown away.
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sex assault charges in London earlier this summer.The two-time Oscar winner’s friend, author Geoffrey Mark, says the exiled A-lister is hoping to return to Tinseltown — despite reports he’s still not welcome by the industry’s in-crowd. Mark told Daily Mail on Saturday that Spacey, 64, wants to “rebuild” his career and believes he will do something “new and creative” in the imminent future.