Ava DuVernay‘s TV follow-up to her film “Origin” isn’t happening anymore. Deadline reports that the director’s romantic drama series for Starz with Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff will fold as DuVernay’s overall deal with Warner Bros.
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The News & Observer.The law bans minors from accessing gender-affirming treatments and threatens medical providers who assist transgender minors in accessing them with the loss of their license. It also prohibits state funds, including Medicaid dollars, from being used to cover the cost of gender-affirming care.
The law took effect on August 16 after the state’s Republican-led legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
The ban on transgender health care was one of several measures targeting the transgender community that were pushed through over Cooper’s objections, including a “Don’t Say Gay”-style law, a law requiring schools to “out” transgender students to their parents, and a bill barring transgender athletes from competing on female-designated sports teams.In addition to North Carolina, 21 other states have passed some form of restrictions on minors’ ability to access gender-affirming care.In June, a federal judge found a nearly identical ban in Arkansas to be unconstitutional. Several other state bans have been blocked by federal judges, only to subsequently be overturned by conservative appeals courts, including the 6th Circuit and 11th Circuit.“Trans youth deserve the ability to be themselves and to be free from discrimination,” Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, an attorney with Lambda Legal, representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement.
“Parents should not have their rights curtailed because their children are transgender. By bringing this case, we are seeking to vindicate those rights.”
.Ava DuVernay‘s TV follow-up to her film “Origin” isn’t happening anymore. Deadline reports that the director’s romantic drama series for Starz with Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff will fold as DuVernay’s overall deal with Warner Bros.
In what is described as a “merger of equals”, theme park operators Cedar Fair and Six Flags, are joining forces in an $8 billion deal, the companies announced Thursday.
Sophia Bush is getting into the Halloween spirit, sharing an “interesting paranormal experience” involved ex-boyfriend Austin Nichols.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has taken North American distribution rights for James Rowe’s crime thriller Breakwater starring Dermot Mulroney, Darren Mann and Mena Suvari as Film Mode Entertainment kicks off sales at the AFM.
For the descendants of Elijah Reels, an area of coastal North Carolina in Carteret County has been their sanctuary – where they could raise their families, earn a living, and enjoy the bounty and the pleasures of the waterways.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and even crafted a cowboy hat to wear for the occasion.Roger Stock, 74, grew up listening to the Doors, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and the Grateful Dead — and is now a member of two Swift Facebook fan groups.A native of Wales who now lives in Cyprus, Stock began listening to Swift’s music in 2011 after he realized “she wrote almost a perfect story in the lines of a song” with “I Knew You Were Trouble.”When her album “Red” was released in 2012 and he heard “All Too Well,” the ballad Swift penned based on her short-lived relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, he was hooked.“I bought ‘Red’ on CD and when she released her catalog on Spotify, I was well pleased,” Stock said. His wife is “not really” a Swiftie, and sometimes pokes fun at him.
Comedian Dave Chappelle used a tour stop in North Carolina on Wednesday to claim reports on what he allegedly said about the Israel-Hamas conflict last weekend in Boston were all “hearsay.”
upcoming retirement. Rhachel Royal-Fortune from Durham, North Carolina, uniquely addressed Sajak’s retirement news Thursday in a spoken word poem.“Now a lot of people, especially young people, are kind of afraid of poetry,” Sajak, 77, said at the beginning of the episode as he got to know the contestants. “It’s a little daunting.
Jenelle Evans had her day in court with her mom, Barbara Evans, on Wednesday, October 25. Once again, things did not go well for the former “Teen Mom” star in court.
After finding reality TV fame during the 2000s and 2010s, Kate Gosselin is living a VERY different life these days.
Fox is the big winner for Week 8 of College Football.
The Kills have shared a new single titled ‘Wasterpiece’ and revealed details of a 2024 US tour. Find out more below.Released today (October 24), the new single is the latest to be released from the rock duo’s forthcoming album, ‘God Games’.
In eastern North Carolina, there are two types of rainfall. One kind descends from the heavens; the other emanates from a more terrestrial source — fetid cesspools of hog waste.
Kurt Vile has announced a new EP called ‘Back To Moon Beach’ along with a 2024 North American tour.The new project’s first single, ‘Another good year for the roses’, is out now, with the full EP due for release on November 17 via Verve. Pre-order it here.Alongside news of the EP, the US singer-songwriter has announced a string of 2024 North American tour dates, following his UK and European run this summer.The artist will kick off at The Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland on March 17, 2024, with stops planned for Tennessee, Arkansas, New Orleans and more, before it finishes up at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia on March 29.Support will come from King Kong and Weak Signal on select dates, and tickets go on sale this Friday, October 27 at 10am local time from Vile’s website.Listen to ‘Another good year for the roses’ and watch the video – featuring actors Michael Shannon, Kevin Corrigan, and David Wilke portraying their real-life band Big Daddy in the Sky – below.In a statement shared to social media, Vile noted that the new release is “longer than an ep”, and that he now calls it a now “KV comp”.“The first 6 tracks — which are the ones that fit on a single LP — are new to the world, with one foot in the not-too-distant past and the other with one tiny toe pointing toward the future.
In the years since One Tree Hill aired its final season in 2012, its talented cast of stars has grown up. Many of the younger actors played high schoolers. Now they’re adults with children of their own!
It’s hard to believe that One Tree Hill first premiered over 20 years ago!
Hunter Toro has signed with CAA for representation.
Travis Scott is kicking off his tour!
Lana Del Rey is revealing what she does with her money earned from touring!
Jenelle Evans seems to be sending another message to her fans.