EXCLUSIVE: Sex/Life star Sarah Shahi has signed with WME for representation.
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woman seeking an illegal abortion. “My first day of learning how to assist was the day I got arrested,” Smith, now 71, told The Post. But Smith was more concerned about protecting the identities of the women she helped end unwanted pregnancies than facing 110 years in jail on 11 counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion.“We didn’t want the names and telephone numbers of [our clients] to be given to the police,” explained Smith, a Queens native. “So we ripped the cards into pieces and ate all the parts that were relevant.”Smith had joined an underground abortion network called Jane, whose members went by the alias “the Janes.” They covertly terminated more than 11,000 unwanted pregnancies in four years — all while under the threat of retribution from the cops, the mob and the Catholic Church — before getting caught. Now, 40 years later, their story is being told in the HBO documentary “The Janes,” to be released Wednesday.“These were very principled people that came out of the Civil Rights movement, the anti-[Vietnam] war movement, the student movement,” Tia Lessin, who directed the film with Emma Pildes, told The Post.“They were mothers, grandmothers, aunts and students,” added Lessin, the Oscar-nominated creative behind 2008’s “Trouble the Water,” about Hurricane Katrina. “But they were all united by their belief that women should be able to make this choice.” The duo conducted 11 on-camera interviews with the surviving members of Jane — including Heather Booth, who founded the underground abortion ring in 1968.
In the mid 1960s, a friend had asked Booth, then a University of Chicago undergrad, to help his “nearly suicidal” sister end an unplanned pregnancy. She tapped her sources in the medical arm of the
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Rita Moreno is sharing her own experience of America before abortion was protected.
New York City mayor Eric Adams Adams tweeted Friday that access to safe abortion is legal in New York City and that all in need are welcome. This content can also be viewed on the site it from. Saint Louis mayor Tishaura O. JonesJones has long been an outspoken advocate for and tweeted Friday she will “fight like hell” to protect and get families in her city the support they need.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Boston mayor Michelle WuIn response to the decision, Wu, who was recently elected, tweeted on Friday that “every level of government” needs to stand up to protect abortion rights.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Sacremento mayor Darrell Steinberg In a statement posted to social media, Steinberg called the decision a “dark day for our country” and called on everyone to “fight like never before."This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot also called Friday a “dark day” for the country in her tweet.
Paramount, Disney, Netflix, Comcast, Sony and Conde Nast will cover the travel costs for employees seeking abortions following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Variety has confirmed.Disney reached out to employees Friday to state they recognize the “impact” of the Supreme Court’s decision and “remain committed to providing comprehensive access to quality and affordable care” for all Disney employees and their families, which includes family planning and reproductive care, “no matter where they live.”For Disney employees unable to access a medical service, including abortions, in one location, they have a travel benefit that allows for “affordable coverage for receiving similar levels of care in another location.” “Netflix offers a travel reimbursement coverage for full-time U.S.
Still partners! Kim Kardashian is launching her skincare line, Skkn by Kim, and giving credit to all those who helped her along the way — including ex-husband Kanye West.
Steve Albini won big at the World Series of Poker tournament this the weekend, picking up $196,089 (£160,000) in prize money.Albini, a legendary producer and keen poker player, had won the major prize at the World Series once before in 2018, and returned on Saturday night (June 18) to reign supreme again.According to Pitchfork, Albini took part in the H.O.R.S.E. event, which required a $1,500 (£1,226) buy-in. He then went on to beat 773 other players to the title.After the win, he told WSOP: “Everything in my life comes in pieces, in parts.
Roe v. Wade Chicago, and a subject of a new HBO documentary of The Janes, was a speaker at this year’s edition of Burch’s Summit. A lifelong organizer, Booth refuses to bend to pessimism, but she understands the threat of illegal abortion all too well.
In May, Politico obtained a leaked draft penned by Supreme Court Justice Alito showing a majority ruling to overturn both Roe. vs.
It's been just over four years since Rae Sremmurd shared SR3MM, the third collaborative album from sibling rappers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi. The aptly-titled fourth full-length SREMM4LIFE is on the way according to the group's go-to producer and label head Mike WiLL Made-It, with Wednesday seeing the release of its first official single "Denial." Swae Lee's voice, rich with a doe-eyed melodicism that sweetens even his most scandalous lyrics, remains Rae Sremmurd's secret sauce, and it's lavished all over "Denial." That works to the syrupy love song's benefit, considering that the production taps the kind of melancholic guitar loop that's enduringly – some would say maddingly – popular in modern rap.
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed award-winning filmmaker Amanda Micheli, the day before the world premiere of her latest documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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The Janes has to be the most topical documentary of 2022, and it should be shooting to the top of your must-watch list immediately.WATCH BELOW: The Janes Trailer | BINGETelling the story of a group of mostly women, who organised safe – yet illegal – abortions for women in need before it was legal in the US, The Janes will give us insight that’s still relevant today, as the fight to protect abortion continues overseas.Directed by Oscar nominee Tia Lessin and Emmy nominee Emma Pildes, the HBO special was also a standout at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.Featuring exclusive footage, where some of the women speak publicly for the very first time, we absolutely cannot wait to get our eyeballs on this documentary.The women of Jane in the 1970s.In 1972, abortion was still illegal in the United States.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway, and also recently performed with Carly Rae Jepsen at Coachella. The musician has also been nominated for a Grammy Award in the past, and now serves as an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The pair also share some midwestern roots, as Wooten is a transplant to the city from Chicago whereas the actor grew up in Toledo, Ohio.
Ray Liotta — known for his iconic role as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's film — started his career in Tinseltown in the 1980s. He skyrocketed to fame in "Goodfellas" when he portrayed a real-life mobster rising through the ranks of a crime family in Brooklyn. Liotta went on to star in dozens of film and television projects, including "The Many Saints of Newark," "Hannibal," and "Shades of Blue," and worked with Johnny Depp in the 2001 movie "Blow." Behind the camera, Liotta was a doting dad to daughter Karsen, 23, whom he shared with ex-wife, Michelle Grace. At the time of his death, Liotta was engaged to Jacy Nittolo.
HOLLYWOOD, CA – OCTOBER 22: Actor Ray Liotta speaks onstage at the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala presented by The Los Angeles Times held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 22, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
Lorraine Bracco, Alessandro Nivola and Jamie Lee Curtis have led tributes to the late Ray Liotta. Messages of grief surrounding the death of the ‘Goodfellas’ star - who passed away, aged 67, while in the Dominican Republic shooting his new movie ‘Dangerous Waters’ - have poured in from his former co-stars and across the entertainment industry. Lorraine Bracco - who played his wife Karen Hill in the 1990 mob movie directed by Martin Scorsese - was “utterly shattered” by the “terrible news”.
Jordan Moreau Ray Liotta, the acclaimed actor known for “Goodfellas,” “Field of Dreams” and many more roles, has died at 67, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He died in his sleep while he was in the Dominican Republic shooting an upcoming film, “Dangerous Waters.”Playing the real-life mobster Henry Hill, Liotta shot to stardom in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” which revolutionized the gangster genre and received heaps of critical and commercial success.