Prince Harry has been mocked by a Supreme Court justice for his criticism of the recent Roe V. Wade overturning.
15.07.2022 - 18:13 / variety.com
Addie Morfoot Contributor“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down,” an inspirational story about the former Arizona congresswoman’s fight to recover from an assassination attempt in 2011 and lobby for greater gun safety laws, arrives in theaters July 15 amid a troubling surge in mass shootings across the country, underscoring the scope of her challenge. But Giffords, who struggles to speak due to injuries she incurred in that attack, remains undaunted, even in the wake of the July 4 mass shootings in Illinois and the June 23 Supreme Court decision overturning concealed-carry gun restrictions in New York.
“For me, it has been really important to move ahead and to not look back,” says the former legislator, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on July 7. “This country experiences more mass shootings than any other industrialized nation,” Giffords later writes via email.
“The only defense the gun lobby has to high-profile shootings is to argue that gun laws don’t matter, that a good guy with a gun is the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun. But that’s not true, and recent mass shootings have demonstrated this.” She calls the Supreme Court ruling overturning New York’s open-carry restrictions a “reckless and dangerous” decision, predicting that it “will undoubtedly lead to more guns in public places, which will lead to increased armed vigilantism that disproportionately harms communities of color.” Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West maintain that while “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” grapples with the Second Amendment, at its core it is not a political film or even a call-to-action doc, but instead the story of an extraordinary individual who has persevered.
“A film can be many things,” says Cohen. “Unfortunately,
.Prince Harry has been mocked by a Supreme Court justice for his criticism of the recent Roe V. Wade overturning.
really gets into the details of a topic and teach you about events, people, or places that you didn’t know enough about before. Even better are the ones that show you a new angle or light on something you thought you’d made up your mind about.
The trial of R Kelly’s former manager Donnell Russell, on charges of threatening a cinema that was screening Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R Kelly’ documentary, has begun in New York.Attended by several of Kelly’s accusers, the screening at New York’s NeueHouse Madison Square complex was evacuated in December 2018 after someone called the police, fire department, New York City information service and the venue itself saying that they were going to “shoot up the place”. Although police did not consider these credible threats, they still called a halt to the event.Russell denies making any of these phone calls, although the trial focusses specifically on calls made to the venue itself.Prosecutors say that Russell made a number of calls to the venue on the day of the planned screening of the documentary, in an effort to have it called off.
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EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures has lined up an all-star cast for its adaptation of Tina Mabry’s The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat with Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis, and Sanaa Lathan set to star in the adaptation. Mabry will direct from a script Gina Prince-Bythewood penned the script, with revisions by Mabry, which is based on the 2013 New York Times best-selling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore.
Ivana Trump's death has been ruled "accidental" after she suffered "blunt impact injuries" to her torso after falling down the stairs in her New York apartment. The 73 year old ex-wife of former US president Donald Trump died on July 14. Donald, 76, took to social media platform Truth Social to pay tribute as he wrote: "I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City”.
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Ivana Trump died after suffering "blunt impact injuries" to her torso in a fall down stairs at her New York City home.
The Lockerbie bomber’s son is “deeply disappointed” that UK Supreme Court judges have refused permission to launch an appeal in the case. Lawyers for the family of the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – the only man to be convicted of the bombing of Pan-Am flight flight 103 in 1988 – had been seeking to overturn a ruling by the High Court.
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decision to strike down a New York gun law that necessitated a license to carry a firearm, which now opens the door for a significantly increased number of guns in public places.Last week, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 vote — 5 justices voted outright to overturn Roe, while Chief Justice Roberts concurred with their decision upholding a draconian Mississippi anti-abortion law but suggested he would have avoided ending the right entirely — spawning nationwide protests as over a dozen states set plans in motion to criminalize and ban abortion.
Ariana DeBose is speaking out against the recent Supreme Court rulings.
Machine Gun Kelly had a bizarre accident with a Champagne flute during the after-party of his concert at Madison Square Garden, now that he is on his ‘Mainstream Sellout’ summer tour.The 32-year-old musician, who recently walked the red carpet of his highly anticipated documentary ‘Life in Pink’ while wearing matching a hairstyle with Megan Fox, decided to celebrate in New York City with his friends at Catch Steakhouse for a small after party.Following the celebration, fans noticed that the singer had blood pouring down his face and neck, and were left wondering about what happened to MGK. Now the rapper is revealing the reason for the accident, as he was the one who smashed the flute against his head.“You know when you clink a Champagne glass with a fork to kind of get people’s attention? Yeah, well, I didn’t have a fork, so I just clinked it on my head,” the singer explained during an interview with Seth Meyers, as he still had the cut above his right eyebrow from the accident.A post shared by the Blonde Don (@machinegunkelly)MGK went on to make a surprise performance of his hit song ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’ following the accident, with blood stains on his clothes.