A memorial to hundreds of East Ayrshire residents who died during the Covid-19 pandemic and tribute to those who were on the frontline is to be proposed by council leader Douglas Reid.
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Fox News anchor Jeanine Pirro used a news segment Wednesday on “The Five” to mock the government response to the East Coast smoke crisis, disparaging Democrats who have encouraged mask usage despite its obvious and proven safety benefits.Pirro, pulling straight from the right-wing pandemic playbook, called some of the smoke mitigation efforts in Washington “mask insanity” in video you can watch above.“While Americans choke on the smoke, the far left smells an opportunity,” Pirro began, beside video of an indecipherable gray screen presumably featuring a smoky landscape. “The Five” then pulled up an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweet addressing the likely future needs surrounding similar climate crisis with Pirro’s sarcastic tone on full blast.“AOC thinks this is a great time to push her Green New Deal,” Pirro said.
“She says that we must, quote, ‘Adapt our food systems, energy grids, infrastructure, and healthcare to prepare for what’s to come.'”Washington reaction and efforts surrounding the smoke crisis were up next for Pirro. “Other Democrats are pumping up climate hysteria and bringing back, you guessed it — mask insanity,” she said, before video rolled of U.S.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat on the House floor, describing the magnitude of the wildfire problem while wearing a hospital-style mask and declaring, “I wear my mask in solidarity.”“Climate change is not a hox,” Espaillat said.
“We’re not only seeing the haze from these fires, we’re also feeling it in our very own lungs.”“The Five” then cut to video of Espaillat’s fellow New York lawmaker, Sen. Chuck Schumer, as the seeming fool’s errand continued.“The work to protect our climate is far from over,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
A memorial to hundreds of East Ayrshire residents who died during the Covid-19 pandemic and tribute to those who were on the frontline is to be proposed by council leader Douglas Reid.
Mark Wright has come out fighting in defence of his marriage to Michelle Keegan after he faced more accusations that they’re living separate lives. The TOWIE star-turned-TV presenter was photographed looking loved-up with Michelle on holiday in Ibiza last week, demonstrating that they still make time for each other.
Former EastEnders actor turned adventure documentary maker Ross Kemp just revealed that he almost made a TV show diving down to the Titanic wreckage in a submersible owned by OceanGate.This revelation follows the tragic news announced on Thursday that the five passengers aboard the Titan sub - which was owned by diving company OceanGate - had perished during their recent expedition. In terms of daredevil Ross, who has made plenty of other nail-biting diving documentaries, the decision to go ahead with the Titanic exploration was called off by the production company behind his other shows.
Bombshell husband-and-wife duo Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have spent the last few days putting on a united front whilst holidaying in Ibiza, after the former TOWIE star was forced to hit back at criticism of their relationship. Following years of trolling on social media, in a new interview, reality star Mark hit back at accusations that he doesn't spend enough time with his wife, explaining that they are always spending "quality time" together.
interview with the Associated Press and earlier in a tweet first announcing his decision, the longtime figure at the conservative news network said he was exiting the talk show due to “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences.”“It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years,” Rivera said on Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. “I hope it’s not my last adventure. Rivera, who joined the program in 2022, will remain with the network as a “correspondent at large.” His last appearances on “The Five” will be June 29 and June 30.
#PriceIsRight (Update: Henry is feeling better and all healed now!),” the official Instagram account for the game show read. This isn’t the first time someone has gotten injured on the program. A contestant named Judy sprained her ankle while spinning the wheel in 2014.
turns 45, ET's Kevin Frazier sat down with cast members Audrey Landers, Charlene Tilton, Joan Van Ark, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy and Steve Kanaly for an anniversary reunion event produced by Dan Gore at Oscar's Palm Springs in California.«Great to be alive. Great to be in Palm Springs,» Kanaly said before he and his co-stars reflected on the legacy of the beloved primetime soap and revisited highlights from the series' 14-season run on television, including throwing a then-unknown Brad Pitt into a pool and the game-changing cliffhanger that left millions of fans wondering, «Who shot J.R.?» First premiering on CBS on April 2, 1978, — which in many ways is the original of its time — revolved around the sprawling, affluent (and often feuding) family, the Ewings, who owned an oil company and ranch land in Texas.
Fleur East has been announced as the new host of Strictly Come Dancing ’s companion show It Takes Two.The former contestant and star on the BBC One competition beamed as she arrived in the studio on Friday night’s episode of The One Show. "It's a lot to take in isn't it. How did you feel when the call came?" presenter Alex Jones asked.
The American College of Pediatricians, a small, right-wing extremist group of physicians who for two decades has struggled to gain traction finds itself for the first time with more power than it has ever had as the far-right takes greater hold on America.But along with their new-found power comes a deep dive into at least 15 years worth of their internal documents, the result of the group reportedly publishing a link to its own unsecured Google drive in April, which WIRED uncovered and reported on back in May.The Washington Post combed through 10,000 of the group’s documents, and on Thursday publishing its exposé on the American College of Pediatricians, which the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.“The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a fringe anti-LGBTQ hate group that masquerades as the premier U.S. association of pediatricians to push anti-LGBTQ junk science, primarily via far-right conservative media and filing amicus briefs in cases related to gay adoption and marriage equality,” SPLC writes in its extensive report.READ MORE: ‘Lying Through Their Teeth’: White House Slams Fox News Over ‘Grooming and Pedophilia’ LGBTQ Pride Flag ArticleAccording to The Washington Post, the American College of Pediatricians is a “small group of conservative doctors” that “has sought to shape the nation’s most contentious policies on abortion and transgender rights by promoting views rejected by the medical establishment as scientific fact.”The American College of Pediatricians promotes the discredited practice of “conversion therapy,” which has been called “torture” by some who have been subjected to it.
This story about the production design of “A League of Their Own” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Production designer Victoria Paul knows how much people love Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own”—a film that 31 years later, fans still relish quoting: “There’s no crying in baseball!” and “And how about Marla Hooch…what a hitter!” So when the production designer (who has worked on everything from “My Cousin Vinny” to “Breakdown” to “Bones”) was hired for Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of the 1992 movie, she realized the best way forward was to take her cues from Marshall’s film. “We were all in awe of the movie,” Paul said. “It’s a classic, and we didn’t shy away from looking at how they did (their sets).
Layoffs and closures are imminent at Lord of the Rings IP owner Embracer Group as the Swedish outfit unveils a restructure that will focus on “cost savings, capital allocation, efficiency and consolidation.”
The head of the country’s largest labor union joined striking Writers Guild film and television writers at a rally on Monday outside the New York City offices of streaming giant Amazon and said the writers’ cause has the support of workers from across unionized labor.
HBO‘s acclaimed crime series “Mare of Easttown” has established writer/creator Brad Ingelsby (“The Way Back,” “Out of The Furnace“) as a major talent to keep an eye on. And while a follow-up to that fantastic first season remains a big question mark, Ingelsby will continue his relationship with the network with a new overall deal with HBO.
HBO has ordered a new untitled limited series written and executive produced by “Mare of Easttown” creator Brad Ingelsby in association with wiip. The series, which stars Mark Ruffalo and is directed by Jeremiah Zagar, follows a task force of law enforcement officers and the criminals they are trying to apprehend.
Love Island kicked off its new series this week as a new batch of singletons headed into the famous Mallorcan villa ready for a summer of love. But it could be trouble in paradise for the ITV2 dating show, as ratings for this season have already begun to plummet on the second episode - which saw the first dramatic recoupling of the series. Monday night's premiere episode boasted a peak of 1,543,000 live viewers, according to The Sun, which is one million down on 2022.
Martin Lewis took to his Instagram account on Monday to share a snap of his rarely-seen wife Lara Lewington, leaving fans stunned by her “ageless beauty”.The Money Saving Expert, 51, left fans delighted after he shared a throwback snap of himself and his rarely-seen wife Lara, 41, from 14 years ago. Martin’s 883k followers were quick to insist that Lara hasn’t aged one bit, despite the snap being taken 14 years ago.The money specialist captioned the post: “Just found this (unedited) pic of me and Mrs MSE from fourteen years ago.
Joe Scarborough and Donny Deutsch mocked conservatives for running the “woke” hysteria into the ground.Ron DeSantis and other Republicans have screeched about the so-called “woke agenda,” which they warn will undermine American values and put children at risk from all manner of threats, but the “Morning Joe” host said most voters simply don’t care about that manufactured issue.“Joe Biden, 350 pieces of bipartisan legislation signed, and Ron DeSantis and everybody else is talking ‘woke, woke, woke, woke, woke,'” Scarborough said. “Again, something that I said on this show and I heard a lot about from liberals, even, in 2021.
As she takes on the role of a criminal’s mom in Apple TV+’s new series “The Crowded Room”, Emmy Rossum is reflecting on another crime story: “Mystic River”.
EXCLUSIVE: Count Leslie Bibb in for Clint Eastwood’s growing jury in his Warner Bros. movie, Juror #2.
EastEnders has had a dramatic year, so it's not surprising that the soap has picked up a number of nominations at this year's British Soap Awards. But one person is missing, according to fans and actor Max Bowden. Young Lexi Mitchell has had a tough few months as her mum Lola was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, before she passed away on Wednesday's episode.