Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley pose together at the photo call for their film Stars At Noon in Cannes, France on Thursday (May 26).
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Author Margaret Atwood continues to battle against the oppression of women’s rights by the government on the heels of a leaked draft opinion revealing the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
“Women who cannot make their own decisions about whether or not to have babies are enslaved because the state claims ownership of their bodies and the right to dictate the use to which their bodies must be put,” she wrote in her March book of essays Burning Questions excerpted by the Guardian.
“The only similar circumstance for men is conscription into an army. In both cases, there is risk to the individual’s life, but an army conscript is at least provided with food, clothing, and lodging. Even criminals in prisons have a right to those things,” she continued. “If the state is mandating enforced childbirth, why should it not pay for prenatal care, for the birth itself, for postnatal care, and – for babies who are not sold off to richer families – for the cost of bringing up the child?”
Atwood is most notably known for writing the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, a story about a free woman turned handmaid named Offred (played by Elisabeth Moss in the TV adaptation for Hulu) in the Republic of Gilead. Offred exists to serve her Commander and his infertile wife as a slave and incubator for the couples’ children who are conceived by rape.
“If one chooses to have a baby, that is of course a different matter. The baby is a gift, given by life itself. But to be a gift a thing must be freely given and freely received. A gift can also be rejected. A gift that cannot be rejected is not a gift, but a symptom of tyranny,” Atwood added. “We say that women ‘give birth.’ And mothers who have chosen to be mothers do give birth, and
Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley pose together at the photo call for their film Stars At Noon in Cannes, France on Thursday (May 26).
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.
“The Stars at Noon” finds the French filmmaker Claire Denis shooting in Panama doubling for Nicaragua; directing a cast of Yanks, Brits, and assorted Central Americans; and working from a script switching between Spanish and English. Internationally coproduced Towers of Babel such as this aren’t at all uncommon at the Cannes Film Festival, but the errors in translation all over this disappointing foreign-relations drama run deeper than simple differences of ethnicity or language.
Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival!
Guy Lodge Film CriticEarly in “Stars at Noon,” Yank journalist Trish gazes wistfully at a yellowed black-and-white photo of Nicaraguan resistance fighters, framed and tacked to the wall of the grim Managua hotel room where she’s having businesslike intercourse. “Young rebels used to be so sexy,” she sighs.
EXCLUSIVE: Italian actress Margherita Mazzucco, best known for her starring role as Elena in HBO and Rai’s My Brilliant Friend, has signed with ICM Partners for representation.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Killing Eve star Sandra Oh are set to star in hot Cannes market package Stone Mattress, which Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) will direct from the acclaimed New Yorker short story by The Handmaid’s Tale scribe Margaret Atwood.
A statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher was egged less than two hours after it was installed in her home town. A protester threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial, with a cry of “oi” heard after one hit part of the monument.
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The author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is standing up for choice.
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Howard Stern is one of the many celebrities to be outraged by the leaked Supreme Court opinion from Justice Samuel Alito arguing that Roe v. Wade be overturned.
Ray J is not holding back any more.
Roe v. Wade, and people are rightly pissed.In a shared on Monday amidst the , reported that it obtained a draft of the majority decision, which Chief Justice John Roberts later .The decision is not yet in effect. However, since the leak, and civilians alike have expressed their over this —including celebrities. Here's who's expressed their opinion (aka rage) over the appalling Supreme Court decision to overturn its own ruling from 1973. Girls5eva star Busy Phillips expressed rage about the decision in an . “Show up.
leaked Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade during Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Show.”According to the late night host, there are many people to blame for the decision, which has drawn harsh criticism, ignited protests outside the Supreme Court and led to an investigation. However, he contended, none should be shamed more than the Justices themselves — and the people who confirmed them to begin with.“I’m not a lawyer.
Phoebe Bridgers shared intimate news with fans in the wake of Politico’s release of a draft by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade. On Tuesday, the “Savior Complex” singer tweeted out her abortion story.
Phoebe Bridgers, Garbage, Questlove and more have reacted to the US Supreme Court’s private vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal on a federal level.Yesterday (May 2) Politico published a leaked draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito which argued that Roe v.