P!nk to give away banned books at Florida shows

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Anne Hathaway is sharing a special message she got from a psychic!

Like many actors coming out of the recent SAG strike, Anne Hathaway and Tomasin McKenzie seemed more enthusiastic than usual to talk about their new movie. Even after hours of interviews, some in person, some on Zoom, they were still genuinely engaged, and, in general, that isn’t always the case.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Fusion Entertainment has signed Bria Vinaite, an actress who got her breakout role as a woman living on the economic fringes in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project.” The Lithuania-born actress was discovered by filmmaker Baker when she was working in the fashion industry and cast in the lead part of a struggling single mother raising her daughter in a motel. Her performance earned Vinaite multiple award nominations from critics groups including Chicago Film Critics Association and San Diego Film Critics Association.

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HB 599 has been dubbed as a “Don’t Say Gay” bill for government and private work environments.Under the bill, state and local government employers and contractors — which the bill defines as any “individual, partnership, corporation, or business entity” that “enters or attempts to enter into a contract for services” with any state, county, municipality, or special tax district in Florida — would be barred from using pronouns and honorific titles that do not match their assigned sex at birth, which is described as “an immutable biological trait.”As noted by transgender journalist Erin Reed, due to the bill’s wide-ranging definition of “contractors,” the prohibition would apply to private businesses, stadiums, convention centers, hospitals, insurance agencies, and any other entities that contract with local jurisdictions.“Florida Republicans just filed legislation that would essentially ban gender pronouns in PRIVATE businesses and prohibit trainings about pronouns in nonprofits too,” wrote State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) on the social media platform X.

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The “Drag Show” exhibit at Cal State Long Beach’s art museum showcases New York City’s underground and pioneering gay, drag, and transgender cultures from the 1980s. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Florida’s effort to enforce a state law that targets drag performances and, critics say, imposes illegal restrictions on free speech. Photos: Q Voice News

In a surprise move, a 6-to-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court did something good for LGBTQ people: it rejected Florida’s request for a stay against a lower court decision –a stay that would have enabled the state to enforce its new law banning drag shows under certain circumstances.

U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Presnell’s injunction, which not only blocked the state from enforcing the ban against “family-friendly” drag shows at Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando, but against drag performances throughout the state.Florida authorities sought to have the scope of the judge’s injunction scaled back so that it would only apply to Hamburger Mary’s, while enabling state authorities to enforce the law.The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has enthusiastically moved to yank the business and liquor licenses of venues that have hosted drag shows, even before the law’s passage.Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch indicated that they would have taken up the state’s appeal of the Presnell’s injunction with an eye toward allowing the state to fine or revoke the licenses of all businesses, except Hamburger Mary’s, that permit on-site drag performances.In a statement accompanying the Supreme Court’s order, Justice Brett Kavanaugh — joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett — refused to reinstate the law, but cautioned that the court’s refusal to take up the emergency motion did not indicate the justices’ views on the law’s constitutionality, reports The Washington Post.Kavanaugh argued the state of Florida did not contest the lower court’s finding that the drag ban may violate free speech, but instead took issue with the scope of Presnell’s order.“To begin with, although Florida strongly disagrees with the District Court’s First Amendment analysis, Florida’s stay application to this Court does not raise that First Amendment issue.

A post shared by P!NK (@pink) Pink intends to distribute four specific books during her Florida shows in the cities of Miami and Sunrise. The selected titles are The Family Book by Todd Parr, The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Girls Who Code by Reshma Saujani.This exciting and rather badass initiative is a collaboration between Pink, PEN America, and Florida bookstore Books & Books.

appeared on the “Today” show Monday where she was interviewed about a potential return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and she helped Al Roker do the weather forecast.After her chat, Roker, 69, joked that when the “Marriage Story” star often stops by the NBC morning show, she tries to take on his job.Once the interview concluded, the meteorologist led Johansson to a screen that showed off the temperature map.“This weather you guys is cray-cray,” she joked as she pointed to cities on the map such as Scarlet, Georgia, and Hollywood, California. She then tapped the screen to show the heavy amount of rainfall in Texas and the large quantities of snow by Washington state.“Guys, it looks like there is a bunch of stuff happening here,” she said as she pointed to a red line on the map by Maine.