The Supreme Court’s ruling last week against bans on “conversion therapy” is stirring debate around free speech, with critics pointing to inconsistencies in the standard applied to bans on abortion and drag shows. In its ruling on Colorado’s 2019 ban on conversion therapy in the case of Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court found that… Source link
Four days after the stunning news that Paramount Skydance would acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount executives tried to calm fears that the blockbuster deal would result in massive layoffs. In a call Monday, Paramount Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer Andy Gordon told Wall Street analysts that $6 billion in merger “synergies” would come from “non-labor sources” and not a “reduction in production capacity.” Instead, Gordon said, the company would reduce costs by consolidating its streaming technology and cloud providers, finding marketing efficiencies and “optimizing the combined real estate footprint,” likely an allusion to widely anticipated plans that the new owners will consolidate operations around the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. Efficiencies aside, most Hollywood observers — including people who are familiar with Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison’s plans — predict that Paramount will be forced to make large-scale layoffs in order to offset the enormous costs of the mega-deal, which is valued at more than $111 billion (counting debt). It’s a reasonable expectation, at least if history is any guide. Many at …
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards incident earlier this week where a vocal tic manifested as a racial slur while two Black stars of the movie “Sinners” were onstage has left them with complicated feelings. “It’s been pretty difficult because I feel like there’s such a clash between both sides,” said Chloe Winston, 24, who experiences coprolalia, the same verbal tic as John Davidson, the BAFTA nominee and Tourette syndrome advocate who yelled the slur. “A tic is not intentional, but it still causes harm. And I think that does require accountability.” Davidson’s utterance just as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting the first award of that night’s ceremony ignited a firestorm that overshadowed Sunday’s BAFTAs. There was immediate outrage that the actors and other Black attendees were subjected …
There is a saying in Brazil that Brazilians realise they are Latin only when they travel to the US or Europe. Among the many reasons for this is that the largest country in Latin America is also the only one in the region where Portuguese is spoken rather than Spanish. It is, therefore, not surprising that Spanish-speaking artists have historically struggled to break into Brazil’s music scene – with a few notable exceptions, the latest of whom is Bad Bunny. He is set to perform two sold-out shows this Friday and Saturday for more than 40,000 people a night at a football stadium in São Paulo. But experts and fans see something new this time: unlike the past success of artists such as his fellow Puerto Rican Ricky Martin, or the Colombian Shakira, Bad Bunny appears to be stirring a stronger sense of Latin identity among many Brazilians. A survey published 10 years ago showed that, unlike their neighbours, who predominantly identified first and foremost as “Latin Americans” (43%), Brazilians primarily described themselves as “Brazilian” …
Panayiotou’s remarks leave “no room for interpretation: a term that is abusive, stigmatizing and offensive to thousands of our fellow citizens,” the committee said, adding that the use of this term cannot be disguised as humor. “It is a gross insult to people with intellectual disabilities, to athletes who struggle daily against prejudice and exclusion,” the organization said. Given Panayiotou’s position as an MEP, “the issue is not simply moral, it is deeply political and institutional,” the committee said. The committee wants the MEP to publicly apologize for using the derogatory term and “to take a stance that promotes respect and awareness.” Source link
After taking offense at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s more assertive stance toward Washington, Trump withdrew an invitation for him to join his Board of Peace, an organization chaired by Trump that some Western allies distrust as a potential rival to the United Nations. He has also used economic pressure against allies, threatening tariffs on Switzerland after a tense phone call and warning Denmark that rejecting U.S. control over Greenland would have consequences, raising concerns about strain on NATO. Camille Knight reports. Keywords for this article Source link
