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Glamour given alongside her mother, and with her mother’s permission.
“I didn’t know how I was going to tell my mom, but I had to.
We both started to cry in the doctor’s office.
I asked her for forgiveness and she said it was ok and that we would figure out what to do.”But Romina and her mother live in a southern state where is now illegal.
Solutions are not within easy reach—especially for a family like hers, whose financial situation is precarious.
Nevertheless, Romina felt certain she didn’t want to become a mother.
“I knew I couldn’t keep it.
I mean, I can’t even take care of myself.
How was I going to take care of a baby? I’m young.
It would ruin my life.
I am just starting to live.”The harrowing bind Romina found herself in forms the subject of a , by director, activist and author Paola Mendoza.
Animated to protect the family’s anonymity, it tells both Romina’s story, and that of the people—Mendoza included—who came together to help a 14 year old girl get the abortion she wanted, and needed.Watch the film by Paola Mendoza here.Mendoza, who has known the family for a long time, was one of the first to find out about Romina’s pregnancy.
“Both of them were very clear from the beginning that they did not want to continue the pregnancy.
I happened to know how to deal with this.
And so we were able to get her to New York City within five days after they found out she was pregnant.”While Romina’s abortion happened in the fall, it was only in January of this year—with the permission of Romina and her mother—that Mendoza began to explore retelling her story, “because it’s so important and powerful.”“To this day, I feel so much rage at the injustice of laws that are implemented by mostly men and how it affects real people,
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Lexi Carson The (silent) Scream Queen has emerged. Following Lupita Nyong’o’s role as a tethered clone with a shaky voice in Jordan Peele’s 2018 film “Us,” the Academy Award-winning actor now gets completely silent for “A Quiet Place Day One,” set in a world where if you make noise, you’ll suffer a brutal death by aliens. “This genre helps us exercise emotions that we are otherwise running away from a lot of the time, we don’t get permission to be openly scared in our real life,” Nyong’o told Variety at the film’s premiere in New York City on Wednesday night.
Palm Tree Music Festival, a traveling EDM extravaganza, with past locations in Bali, Cabo, Australia and Hawaii swooped into the Hamptons in New York on June 22.And, we had a blast.However, if you missed the Southampton fest, you need not fret. 2024’s final Palm Tree Festival is slated to take place at Lake Tahoe, NV’s Harveys Outdoor Arena on Friday, July 12.Headlined by household house names Gryffin and Disco Lines and featuring DJ sets from Drama and Vandelux, the one-day jamboree is a guaranteed good time for ravers, club-heads and the EDM-curious alike.Best of all, as of now, last-minute Palm Tree Tahoe tickets are still available.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on general admission passes was $111 before fees on Vivid Seats.All prices are subject to fluctuation.Sofi Tukker says it best — there is nothing better than “Summer in New York.” That’s especially true when you’re spending it with a stacked EDM lineup in the Hamptons.For the first time ever, the Palm Tree Festival was held on land owned by the Shinnecock Nation in Southampton on June 22, as exclusively reported by Page Six.
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Kelly Bensimon has revealed why she called off her wedding to her husband-to-be, Scott Litner, four days before they were supposed to get married.
Peter Frampton finally received a long overdue Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.To celebrate, he’s hitting the road.This September, the “Show Me The Way” singer will play nine shows at theaters, performing arts centers, casinos and opera houses all over North America as part of his ‘The Positively Thankful Tour.’That includes stops at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 12, Albany’s Palace Theatre on Friday, Sept.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor It’s New York City, 1989. Susan Seidelman is in the delivery room, in labor with her son.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor James Chance, the confrontational, controversial saxophonist and singer of the Contortions and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, who helped start the No Wave movement of the late 1970s in New York City, died Tuesday in New York, his Facebook page confirmed. He was 71. “His death was announced by his brother David Siegfried of Chicago, who did not specify a cause of death but noted that the musician’s health had been in decline for several years,” the statement said.
Jack Dunn For costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone, working on “The Gilded Age” was a “fantastic” history lesson on the beginnings of contemporary fashion. As she researched the styles of late 19th-century New York through paintings and photographs, she deeply appreciated the complex colors and modern design trends that defined high society during the 1880s. “A lot of the times, I’m being asked if I modernized it too much.
The Rolling Stones are dropping into the Bronco’s Empower Field at Mile High for just one night as part of their ongoing AARP-sponsored ‘’24 Hackney Diamonds’ tour.As is par for the course on this tour, the Stones will be joined by a unique opening act. At this show, it’s beloved, blues-y jam band Widespread Panic.The other moving part on the tour is the surprise song the band has fans vote on before the show.
Ariana DeBose helped pay tribute to the late Chita Rivera during the 2024 Tony Awards on SUnday night (June 16) in New York City.
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Audra McDonald, Cynthia Erivo and Renée Elise Goldsberry hit the carpet as they arrive at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 16) at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
#TeamGreen #RaiseYourBanners#HOTD premieres tonight on @StreamOnMax. pic.twitter.com/rLPFv0fdKH“In celebration of season 2 of ‘House of the Dragon’ streaming on Max, the World’s Most Famous Building is officially pledging themselves to Team Green,” a statement about the takeover on the Empire State Building’s website read.The massive marketing stunt could also be seen in the live EarthCam video of the iconic Big Apple skyscraper.Eagle-eyed social media users shared images of the dragon, with some catching a glimpse of it from as far as Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language film debut “The Room Next Door” for key international territories, including the U.K., Spain, Italy, Germany and Latin America. Starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and John Turturro, “The Room Next Door” will also be released by Warner Bros.