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Kelly Clarkson is back with a bang as the fourth season of her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, premiered on Monday with a slew of amazing guests and powerful subjects.MORE: Kelly Clarkson visits Uvalde in tear-jerking show segmentIn lieu of the premiere, the singer sat down with Variety for a wide-ranging interview concerning taking over Ellen DeGeneres' iconic time slot and bringing new music into the world.VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson reveals she's 'broken' as she quarantines with her two children inside her family homeThe second bit particularly hit home for her, though, as she spoke about returning to recording and creating original music after her divorce from now ex-husband Brandon Blackstock."When my ex and I first separated, there were many emotions. It was hard," Kelly said of the time it took her to make the record. MORE: Kelly Clarkson shares how she changed her show to spend more time with her children"My producer and I were laughing yesterday because I was like, 'Remember that time we wrote, like, 25 songs in a week?' A lot of those are the ones that are on the album."I literally wrote most of these almost two years ago.

Kelly Clarkson didn't express her full opinion on the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, a town in her native Texas, when it happened, although it's safe to say she was heartbroken.MORE: Kelly Clarkson shares how she changed her show to spend more time with her childrenHowever, the singer is now dedicating herself to empowering the people of the community and sharing their story through the latest installment of The Kelly Clarkson Show.VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson reveals she's 'broken' as she quarantines with her two children inside her family homeAfter a fun-filled first half an hour featuring journalist Lester Holt and actress D'Arcy Carden, she kicked off a segment dedicated to the small town and the tragedy that struck on 24 May.Kelly herself visited the town and spoke with the people who had organized a mural project that immortalized the faces of lives of those that lost their lives in the shooting.MORE: Kelly Clarkson will release a new album after five-year breakThe show even donated $10,000 to the initiative, and in the drive back, she spoke of the beauty of the project while saying: "It's also how I would like…my child…," before getting choked up.Back in the studio, after speaking with her guests and another artist involved in the project, she also shined a spotlight on organizations that had pledged to support the people of the town.A post shared by The Kelly Clarkson Show (@kellyclarksonshow)Kelly visited Uvalde for a segment on her show"It's amazing to see how the communities are stepping up, they're lending a hand, they're building a school, doing so many things for these kids" she said. It was at this point that Kelly couldn't control her tears and let them flow as she spoke, adding: "The real honor is not having

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Ozzy Osbourne is not interested in doing any living or dying in the United States. In a candid interview with The Guardian, Osbourne ripped the USA, where he and his wife Sharon have resided for much of their adult life.  Osbourne, who has dealt with severe health issues and underwent a major surgery in June, said of the United States, "Everything’s f---ing ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day.

@BetoORourke did not hold back when a supporter of Greg Abbott laughed loudly as Beto discussed the mass shooting in Uvalde. pic.twitter.com/ETJssUFZxSThe comments came during a town hall meeting in Mineral Wells, Texas, a North Texas town about 50 miles west of Ft.

The House of Representatives voted narrowly on Friday to ban assault weapons, an effort to more forcefully respond to horrific mass shootings.

Matthew McConaughey is an awarding-winning actor, but growing up in a working-class family in the heart of Texas has kept him close to the Lone Star State, including as a professor and potential candidate for governor.  McConaughey, born in Uvalde, Texas, has been an active community leader throughout the state for years. He recently called for bipartisan gun legislation following the deadly shooting in his hometown that left 22 dead, including 19 students at Robb Elementary School shooting.

In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and elsewhere, gun reform continues to be a constant point of debate in the U.S., many are now advocating for red flag laws. But, in an interview with NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland admitted that flagging signs of violence can be a bit hard for the DOJ.Though the interview was largely about the ongoing investigations into former president Donald Trump and others surrounding the events of Jan.

Pat Benatar is taking a stand. The rock singer, 69, shared in a new interview that she will no longer be performing her hit song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," on her current tour with husband Neil Giraldo. "If we don’t play them, you’ll give us (a hard time)," she told USA Today.

USA Today. "And I'm like, I'm sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I'm not singing it."Although the song doesn't encourage gunplay, the 69-year-old said, "You have to draw the line."An unapologetic Pat said fans can "go home and listen to [the song]" if they really want to hear it. "I can't say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can't.

Everything we’ve heard about the police response to the school shooting in Uvalde has been simply mind-boggling.

Twitter, advertised that the team would give away two tickets to a Cowboys home game and a year subscription to Black Rifle Coffee to “celebrate America’s birthday all week long.”The announcement, which came a day after the Highland Park shooting that killed six people and wounded 26, was met with criticism given Black Rifle’s branding, which includes coffee and drinks with names such as “AK-47 Espresso Blend,” “Silencer Smooth Roast” and “Murdered Out Coffee Roast.”“Eighteen hours after the July 4 shooting in Illinois, the Dallas Cowboys announced a partnership with a company called Black Rifle Coffee, which sells a brand called AK Espresso,” tweeted one user.Another user called the Cowboys’ partnership “tone deaf” while others noted the deal was not a good look.Black Rifle Coffee is veteran-owned and “serves coffee and culture to people who love America,” as per the mission statement on their website.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFollowing the shooting deaths of at least six people at a July 4th parade in a Chicago suburb, satirical publication The Onion renewed its implicit call for U.S. gun controls — posting 25 articles on its homepage with same headline: “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”The publication’s post on the gun massacre in Highland Park, Ill., followed the same template it has used for at least two dozen articles since 2014.

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“fight like hell” to not allow the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.Now, she’s proposing a new strategy. “If a corporation can be defined as a person, why not redefine vaginas as AK47s,” the 84-year-old actress and activist tweeted Tuesday. “That way they’d be free of governmental restrictions by those who care about ‘the sanctity of life.'”Fonda’s words reiterate the Court’s decision to overturn national abortion protection before gun control.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” broke viewership records when it debuted online in May, but if you saw the film in front of showings of Disney-Pixar’s “Lightyear,” you may have noticed it looked a little different. To explain: the end of the “Avatar: The Way of Water” teaser trailer features a big hero moment: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), on the back of aquatic creature, rising up out of the water (the creature has wings). Over Jake’s shoulder is a serious-looking assault weapon.

Matthew McConaughey is addressing President Biden signing a gun control bill following the tragic mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the actor's hometown. On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed the «Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,» which enacts commonsense gun laws and provides funding for mental health support and anti-violence programs.McConaughey took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the measure, saying, «While this bill isn't perfect, it is a shining example of a great American potential and political virtue: the act of compromise and validating an opposing viewpoint.»In his eight-slide post to the social media platform, captioned, «America… the land of AND,» McConaughey addressed the Second Amendment, the heartbreaking loss in Uvalde, and American politics at large. A post shared by Matthew McConaughey (@officiallymcconaughey)«This bill will save innocent lives by keeping guns out of the law breaking and irresponsible hands that are trying to hijack the Second Amendment,» he wrote. «Our government took a step in the right direction.

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Ellise Shafer The Senate has approved a bipartisan gun violence bill in the wake of several mass shootings across the U.S., including one at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead.According to the Associated Press, the bill was passed by the Senate on Thursday evening with a 65-33 vote and now heads to the House of Representatives for approval. If passed through the House, the $13 billion bill would make background checks stricter for young gun buyers, help to restrict domestic violence offenders from purchasing guns, enact red flag laws to smooth the process of seizing firearms from dangerous people and fund programs for mental health and school safety across the nation.

The Senate passed a compromise gun saefty bill on Thursday in a 65-33 vote, marking a rare time that lawmakers of both parties responded to a wave of mass shootings with legislation.

Robb Elementary School is set to be demolished, according to Uvalde, Texas mayor Don McLaughlin.

John Mellencamp is slamming politicians for their lack of action and "vague" new gun control laws following the Uvalde, Texas, mass shootings in May that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary. "Only in America, and I mean only, in America, can 21 people be murdered and a week later be buried and forgotten, with a flimsy little thumbnail, a vague notion of some sort of gun control law laying on the senator's desks," he tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.

In the month since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, video footage and law enforcement transcripts have shown how the town’s police force failed to properly respond when timing was most crucial. Nineteen children and two teachers were found dead by the time they stormed the Robb Elementary School classrooms. Since May 24, the police department has found troubling ways to explain why it took responders 77 minutes to intervene, despite being armed and shielded.“What else were they waiting for, the invincible star from Mario?” posed “Daily Show” Trevor Noah on Tuesday.

John Mellencamp is angry about the state of gun control in America.

Motherhood is calling! Billie Eilish has strong feelings about becoming a parent — but she isn’t ready to have kids just yet.

The HBO Max drama The Fallout depicts a scenario that has become all too real: a shooting at a school that leaves young people dead or injured. The unthinkable tragedy in Uvalde, Texas is the latest horrific example of a problem that has become all-too endemic in the United States. Actress Jenna Ortega stars in the film written and directed by Megan Park, portraying a teenage survivor of an attack struggling with the trauma that has resulted from what she has endured. Ortega explores an aspect sometimes overlooked in the wake of such a devastating event—the lasting emotional impact on the children who survive.

so-called “RINO hunting” ad campaign continues to be the hot topic for Capitol Hill pundits. Tuesday’s episode of “Morning Joe” had Joe Scarborough lambasting any member of the GOP still standing with the Missouri Republican Senate candidate’s campaign video, which showcases a militarized squad of men on a “hunt” and breaking into someone’s home. “Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO (Republican in Name Only) hunting permit,” the ad says.

Sunday Times Magazine about her goal of becoming a parent.“[I would] rather die [than not have kids],” the 20-year-old said. “I need them.”She explained that she always wanted to be a mother, but she also “dreads” it.“The older I get, the more I experience things, I just think, uuggh, what am I going to do when my kid thinks that this is the right thing to do and I’m, like, no, it’s not! And they won’t listen to me,” she told the magazine.Eilish also opened up about how “scary” it is to be young in America right now.“Why is it OK to be scared to go to school?” she asks, reflecting on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

RuPaul has called out attempts by Republican lawmakers to bring in laws to ban drag queens around children as a “diversion tactic”. The host of RuPaul’s Drag Race made the comments while speaking with host James Corden on The Late Late Show. RuPaul was asked about Republican Bryan Slaton proposing a law to ban drag shows in the presence of minors in Texas. “This is a diversion tactic to take the narrative away from the gun debate into something, to scare people into thinking about something else, and they’ve been successful,” said RuPaul.

Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila have shared a new video of them campaigning in Washington, D.C. for gun control.

Matthew McConaughey took to social media on Friday to share a message about gun reform. The "Interstellar" star uploaded a black-and-white video with his wife, Camila Alves, visiting members of the Senate and House of Representatives and President Biden as he continues to draw awareness to gun laws.

“This is and was about gun responsibility,” reads the text at the opening of a video Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey posted this afternoon on social media. The black and white video goes on to show he and wife Camila Alves — presumably last week after he made an emotional statement about gun violence during a White House briefing — meeting with over 30 members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.

Jeannette Feliciano is a member of a growing but unenviable club in America: survivors of mass shootings. With every passing week the club expands. Customers of Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York; children in Uvalde, Texas. More than 250 mass shootings have shattered lives in the U.S. this year so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Amy Schumer, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo have joined more than 200 US actors, directors, producers and writers in signing an open letter calling for a change to gun portrayal in Hollywood films and TV shows.This year has already seen over 250 mass shootings in the US, with recent events in Buffalo and Uvalde provoking further debate in a country where more than 40,000 people are shot and killed with guns every year.The newly published letter from the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence – also signed by Shonda Rhimes, J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Judd Apatow, and Jimmy Kimmel, among others – attributes the problem to “lax gun laws” and politicians “more afraid of losing power than saving lives”, but notes that representations in film and TV can play a part.It's up to us to make sure senators #DontLookAway from our country's gun violence crisis.

Green Day have debuted a new banner displayed in the background of their live shows which simply reads: “Fuck Ted Cruz”.The on-screen message first circulated online in early June after the Berlin concert of the band’s broader European Hella Mega Tour.Following the performance, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reposted a fan photo of the Cruz reference captioned with a love heart emoji.apparently green day had “fuck ted cruz” on the screen at their concert last night. green day will always be real ones.

Hollywood creators want to model a better culture around guns.