Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney addresses transgender rumors: ‘I needed to set the record straight’

Priyanka Chopra may have accidentally confirmed the rumors that her brother-in-law Joe Jonas is dating model Stormi Bree.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Women filmmakers hit a milestone with this year’s 2024 Oscar nominations. For the first time in history, three of the 10 movies nominated for best picture — Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives” — were directed by a female auteur, the most recognized in the Academy Awards’ 96-year history. The other best picture nominees are: “American Fiction,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Oppehneimer,” “The Holdovers,” “Poor Things,” and “The Zone of Interest.” Before this year’s best picture nominees, 591 movies were nominated by the Academy.

Joey King is heading back to Hulu for the limited series We Were the Lucky Ones and the first look photos have been revealed!

Lawrence v. Texas invalidated state-level sodomy laws as unconstitutional.However, unless a state proactively removes prohibitions on same-sex intimacy, local law enforcement authorities could choose to selectively enforce the law with the intent of targeting LGBTQ people — forcing them to expend money and energy defending themselves in court, even if the charges would ultimately be dismissed.Additionally, if the Supreme Court were to reverse its finding in the Lawrence case, those 12 states where anti-sodomy statutes have not been repealed would immediately be revived and could be used to prosecute LGBTQ people.Under Massachusetts’ anti-sodomy statute, which equates same-sex activity with bestiality, a person could be imprisoned for 20 years in prison for violating the law.A similar law punishes those convicted of an “unnatural and lascivious act” with a five-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $1,000.The anti-sodomy and “unnatural acts” laws are being targeted for repeal by some more liberal members of the state legislature, who are seeking to repeal or erase other outdated laws governing personal conduct, typically known as “morality” laws.One such law is a prohibition on “night walking,” which critics say can be used to harass individuals, especially transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, for simply being out in public, allowing law enforcement to claim that such people intend to engage in prostitution.However, despite arguments from opponents, repealing the “night walking” law would not change other commonwealth laws declaring prostitution illegal.The Senate also added an amendment repealing a ban on “blasphemy,” a rarely-enforced statute in which Massachusetts residents are supposed to be punished

Will Ferrell revealed Sunday that he had “zero knowledge” of the trans experience until his close friend of 30 years Harper Steele came out to him in 2022.“I know I’ve met trans people before,” Ferrell, 56, told Variety in a clip posted to the outlet’s social media. “I didn’t have anyone personally in my life.

The UK is on said to be on its way to having a record breaking "worst ever year for storms since records began"

With just days before the New Hampshire primary, Saturday Night Live returned with James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, this time talking to the press from the New York courtroom where he’s been attending one of a number of cases keyed up for 2024.

“Bachelor,” Joey Graziadei, deeming him the best-looking man in the series’ 28-season run.“Joey is the hottest Bachelor this franchise has ever seen,” wrote @AyannaPrescod. “Joey is just, by far, the most handsome bachelor they’ve ever had!” added @CanonWells.

The Associated Press, the Mercer County Board of Elections chose not to disqualify Arienne Childrey, a Democrat from St. Mary’s, Ohio, whose candidacy for the 84th District seat in the Ohio House of Representatives was challenged after Mercer County Republican Party Chairman Robert Hibner filed a protest with the elections board.Hibner argued that Childrey had violated a little-publicized state law requiring public office candidates to list any name changes they have had over the previous five years on their election paperwork.The law contains some exceptions, including for those who change names after marrying or those running for re-election, having previously been elected by voters under their new name.While the law was not intended to address transgender existence, it has since been weaponized against transgender candidates.

The Chase presenter Bradley Walsh is beloved by fans for bantering back-and-forth with the formidable Chasers - however, star Darragh Ennis has revealed that the quiz host does not spend much time with his fellow co-stars outside of filming. The Dublin-born quiz whiz joined The Chase in 2020 alongside the rest of the brainy line-up - Paul Sinha, Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan and Shaun Wallace. Darragh, 43, spoke to OK! in an exclusive interview ahead of tonight's celebrity edition of Beat the Chasers and explained that the Chasers don't socialise a lot with Bradley - or one another - off the show.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has told the story of meeting Eddie Van Halen, who “started crying” when they met backstage.In a new interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday (January 17), Stern noted Armstrong’s love for Van Halen, as they were his first-ever concert. “When I saw Van Halen in ’84, I was 12, and they were my favourite band, and I cried,” Armstrong began. “It’s like his guitar playing came from a different place.

Emily Ratajkowski has officially set the record straight on rumours about her love life, as she hits back at nosy snoopers who want to know the ins and outs of every aspect of her personal life. The 32 year old former actress and model split from her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard in 2022 after four years of marriage, and has since found herself the subject of scrutiny amid an ongoing custody battle for their son Sly.

BBC game show, The Traitors.Winkleman hosts the popular reality contest, which involves a group of contestants called “Traitors” who must secretly murder other contestants, without getting caught and banished by the rest of the players, known as “Faithfuls”.The show’s second season is currently airing on BBC One, with new episodes out from Wednesday to Friday, with at least one contestant exiting the show each episode, either through murder’ or ‘banishment.Some viewers have noticed that so far in this series, the Traitors seem to be mainly eliminating female contestants, as well as older people.Winkleman was a guest on Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 today, where she responded to a question from a listener named Harriet, read out by host, Emma Barnett, which asked “Why is it that all the people that get murdered by the Traitors are all women bar one? And secondly, why are the Traitors so ageist? One of them [Traitors] was a woman and a bit older, so they murdered her straight away.”This refers to the only female Traitor, Ash, who was banished by the contestants, with votes also being surprisingly cast by her fellow Traitors.Winkleman responded: “Well, I mean, correct, Harriet. And I would like to sit down with Harriet and have quite a few conversations about it.”She continued: “I don’t want to say anything, because what if people haven’t watched? So I’m not going to say any names.”As of January 17, three female contestants have been murdered and two have been banished.“But yeah, it’s problematic,” Winkleman added.

previous ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of the student, who is identified in court documents as A.C., will be allowed to remain in place while the case works its way through the courts.The 7th Circuit’s decision, issued in August, upheld a preliminary injunction issued by U.S.

The SXSW Film & TV Festival said Wednesday that Universal’s The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling will serve as the 2024 edition’s Centerpiece film, and Netflix’s 3 Body Problem from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo will open the fest’s opening-night TV premiere.

Lady Gaga has teased fans by sharing photos of herself in the studio, hinting that new music is on its way.The popstar confirmed that she was spending time in the studio, taking to her official Instagram account to share two brand-new photos, with the first one of her standing in front of a microphone and a drum kit behind her.The second photo shows more of the room including a guitar and tambourine on the couch. Gaga captioned the post with emojis consisting of a black heart and music notes.A post shared by Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)Fans immediately took to the comments section to share their excitement over the ‘You And I’ singer working on new music.

Taraji P. Henson is opening up about her time filming The Color Purple and is criticizing that production had the cast drive themselves to the set.

Loose Women's Jane McDonald is heading off on a new adventure across the Canary Islands and we take a look back at her heartbreaking love life.The 60 year old has achieved huge successes in her career as a television star, but has sadly been much less fortunate in her love life away from the cameras. In March 2021, Jane's childhood sweetheart and partner of 13 years, Walter 'Eddie' Rothe, tragically passed away at the age of 67, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.The couple first met in 1980 when Jane worked part-time in a pub in West Yorkshire, and Eddie's pop band Liquid Gold played a gig there. Of their early romance, Jane told the Mirror back in 2012: "I couldn't believe it when the owner said the drummer had taken a fancy to me.

Joe Don Rooney is starting the new year with transparency.

Rascal Flatts lead guitarist Joe Don Rooney is opening up about his life.