Temecula Valley school district approves anti-trans policy

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation “A Haunting in Venice” has been rattling North American theaters for a week now, signaling the start to spooky season with a packed ensemble cast featuring the likes of Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and “Yellowstone” star Kelly Reilly. Branagh’s players (and the director himself) weren’t able speak on behalf of the moody chamber piece due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Variety caught up with veteran producer Judy Hofflund (who made the first two Poirot films with Branagh, “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile”) to discuss Fey’s journey to leading lady status in a film from this era, as well as the future of Branagh’s mustachioed sleuth.

Maradona: Sueño Bendito and other titles aimed at Hispanic audiences, such as El Presidente and La Jauría. And she was involved in the production of Argentina 1985, a film nominated in the Best Foreign Film category for the 2023 Academy Awards.Glamour Mexico and Latin America had the pleasure of talking to Javiera Balmaceda Pascal about all the challenges and advances she has experienced as a woman in the entertainment industry. Read the translated conversation, below.Javiera with her brother Pedro Pascal.Glamour: What has it been like for you to enter the world of entertainment?Javiera Balmaceda Pascal: I think that as a Chilean woman, the daughter of exiles, and with the privilege of having university educated parents, I have always had access to an excellent education.

We guess there’s hope for Emma Roberts?

Angelica Ross said Wednesday that her American Horror Story: 1984 co-star Emma Roberts has apologized after Ross earlier in the day took to social media to accuse Roberts of misgendering her on the set of the Ryan Murphy series.

Angelica Ross has revealed that she received a phone call from Emma Roberts just hours after she accused the actress of making transphobic comments on the set of American Horror Story.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Angelica Ross announced on Twitter/X that Emma Roberts called and apologized to her over an alleged incident that occurred on the set of “American Horror Story: 1984.” Ross revealed during a previous Instagram Live that “Emma” (she only said Roberts’ first name and her initials at the time) intentionally misgendered her in between filming a take. “Thank you @RobertsEmma for calling and apologizing, recognizing your behavior was not that of an ally,” Ross wrote in an update to fans. “I will leave the line open to follow up on your desire to do better and support social justice causes with your platform.” In the original Instagram Live video, Ross said Roberts was joking around, saying “Anglica is being mean” while speaking with a man named John on set (presumably “AHS” director John J.

Is Emma Roberts transphobic?!

Emma Roberts is facing the brunt of toxic workplace and transphobia accusations from “American Horror Story” co-star Angelica Ross.

Richard Shepard Richard Shepard’s latest project, a documentary titled “Film Geek,” will premiere on Sept. 22 at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles. Ahead of the doc’s debut, Shepard spoke with Variety’s Executive Vice President of Global Content Steven Gaydos to detail the films that spoke to him the most during his high school years. In 1983, I was a senior in high school in New York City, and already a certified/certifiable Film Geek.

posted Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter). The Post reached out to Roberts and FX for comment.

Emma Roberts is facing accusations by co-star Angelica Ross.

Rishi Sunak has confirmed the weakening of the UK Government's green policies.

Actress Billie Piper has officially hopped onto the 90s trend as she shared a stunning snap on her Instagram where she debuted her new Jennifer Aniston hair transformation. ‘The Rachel’ might just be one of the most iconic hairstyles in the 90s and was made popular by Jennifer Aniston when she played the role of Rachel Green in the hit American sitcom Friends. Billie showed off her new hairstyle on Instagram which consists of shoulder-length layers with extra volume and a few pieces of fringe in front of her face.

While it didn’t win the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, Tran Anh Hung‘s “The Taste Of Things” may have been the most delightful film at the festival. It won Hung Best Director, and received unanimously positive reviews from critics (read The Playlist’s review here).

CBS Evening News, DeSantis defended the state from accusations that it is a hostile environment for Black people, other individuals of color, or the LGBTQ community.DeSantis defended his record on racial issues as governor, noting that unemployment among Blacks in Florida is lower than in liberal-leaning states, that record numbers of Blacks own their own businesses in Florida, and that the state has the highest number of Black students benefitting from school-choice programs.Responding to the NAACP’s issuance of a travel advisory declaring the state as adversarial toward Black Americans — a charge sparked by his administration’s various attempts to crack down on so-called “wokeness” and discussions of systemic racial inequality — a “stunt.” The racial advocacy organization previously called Florida “openly hostile for African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals.”DeSantis also blamed the media for fueling what he calls false narratives that the state is hostile to LGBTQ people.“When we had the fight with Disney over the elementary education about, should you have things about sex and gender identity telling a second grader that their gender’s fluid? We said, ‘Absolutely not.’ Parents in Florida agreed. And throughout — the country I think agreed with that,” he said.

Disney Entertainment Television is celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month through a partnership with Ghetto Film School.

Novak Djokovic is claiming that he was never an anti-vaxer in spite of his previous controversies involving his refusal to get the COVID vaccine.

New York Post.Based on records of in-patient and out-patient procedures obtained from two national surgery databases, around 4,550 Americans sought transition-related surgical procedures in 2016, with that number more than tripling to 13,000 by 2019, according to the study, published in JAMA Network Open.The study’s authors attribute the rise in surgical procedures to federal and state laws approved during the Obama administration requiring coverage for medically necessary care, including treatments for gender dysphoria. The study only looked at surgical procedures in the years prior to 2020, and not hormonal interventions intended to assist in a gender transition.In total, about 48,00 individuals underwent surgical procedures from 2016 to 2020, while the overall number of “health system encounters for gender identity disorder” tripled during that same time.“The rapid rise [in gender dysphoria diagnoses] suggests that there will be a greater need for clinicians knowledgeable in the care of transgender individuals and with the requisite expertise to perform [gender confirmation surgery] procedures,” the report says.Following an 11th U.S.

Quentin Tarantino has offered Paul Walter Hauser the lead role in his next film The Movie Critic, according to reports.As reported by Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman (via World Of Reel), Hauser is said to have been offered the lead role prior to the Hollywood actors’ strike – which has halted development on the project.It’s believed Hauser is lined up to play fictional film critic Jim Sheldon, who is speculated to be based on William Margold – a real life critic who Tarantino described in his book Cinema Speculation as the “first-string film critic for the sex rag the Hollywood Press”.Tarantino has reportedly been writing under the pseudonym of Jim Sheldon on the New Beverly Cinema website, where the pen name is described as writing for the Hollywood Press.Hauser is best known for supporting roles in I, Tonya, BlacKkKlansman, Late Night, Da 5 Bloods and Cruella. He also played the title character in Clint Eastwood’s 2019 film Richard Jewell.Most recently, he won a Golden Globe for his performance as suspected serial killer Larry Hall in the 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries Black Bird, opposite Taron Egerton.Speaking to Deadline earlier this year about The Movie Critic, Tarantino said the project – set in Southern California in 1977 – would be based on a real-life critic for a porno magazine.“He wrote about mainstream movies and he was the second-string critic,” the director said.

Jaden Thompson Jack Huston’s directorial debut “Day of the Fight” will make its North American premiere as the opening film for the 46th Mill Valley Film Festival on Oct. 5. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival, where Huston was honored with Variety’s Breakthrough Director Award.