Hate speech concerns dominate Hate Crimes Bill hearings

pulled off stage during a set at Columbia University because of a joke he made attempting to express the double difficulty faced by people who are Black and gay in America. “Not an anti-gay joke mind you,” Maher said, “a pro-gay joke, but one of the event organizers walked on stage and said ‘I don’t think you’re entitled to certain jokes you’re making.”This was the jumping off point for Maher to discuss what he sees as a growing intolerance on college campuses for risky or shocking humor.

Bill Maher used a pointer to illustrate his lecture Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, as he gave a “Zapruder-ized” analysis of the Oscars moment that everyone can’t let go.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg brushed off attacks from Republicans who make light of his sexuality or he and his husband Chasten being fathers, during a Friday April 8 appearance on The View. Buttigieg, 40, explained that attacks on him personally or dangerous pieces of legislation like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill are often politically motivated to hide the fact that they don’t have further plans to deal with issues that affect Americans.

There are 53 candidates standing in Tameside’s local elections next month when one seat will be up for grabs in each of the borough’s 19 wards. The council is currently dominated by Labour, who hold 51 of its 57 seats, with the remainder taken by the five-strong Conservative group and a lone Green.

The rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s bid to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions are the focus of a new Netflix documentary. Return to Space is being billed as an intimate portrait of the first crewed mission launched from US soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.

Bill Bailey believes Chris Rock and Will Smith were both wrong for their actions after the controversial Oscars bust-up. During the live broadcast, the King Richard actor, 53, stormed on stage and smacked Chris, 57, across the face for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair – the actress suffers from alopecia but sources say Chris was unaware of her condition.  During Wednesday’s This Morning, presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary asked the former Strictly Come Dancing winner if he felt ‘pressure’ to censor his material following the Academy Awards incident.

The Walt Disney Co. initially took heat for not taking a public position on Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” bill — and now they are under fire for doing just that.

Goldie Hawn's oldest son Oliver Hudson shared a sweet tribute to his biological father Bill Hudson this week on social media, alongside an incredible photo.MORE: Goldie Hawn shows support for famous daughter-in-law as she undergoes major transformationThe actor took to Instagram to post a black-and-white picture of Bill and his siblings Brett and Mark, The Hudson Brothers, posing in the street."The Hudson Brothers.. which one is my dad Bill? One day I wanna be this cool..," Oliver captioned the post.VIDEO: Goldie Hawn dances with son Wyatt in the street Fans were quick to comment on the post, with one writing: "You are cooler than Bill because you're Oliver," while another wrote: "You're the coolest already." A third added: "I had such a crush on them back in the day."MORE: Goldie Hawn's son Wyatt Russell makes rare appearance on social mediaMORE: Goldie Hawn supported by fans after sad lossThe Hudson Brothers shot to fame after appearing on the Sonny and Cher Show, which resulted in them performing in their own variety half-hour series, The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show, which ran from 1974-75.During this time they also released a number of singles.

KATE Garraway shared an update on husband Derek Draper's health battle during an interview with The Bill star Chris Ellison.  The actor, best known for playing DCI Frank Burnside, is suffering from aphasia - the same speech debilitating illness as Hollywood action movie Bruce Willis. Aphasia is when parts of the brain to do with language are damaged and it can sometimes develop after a stroke or head injury.

Moving forward. The Impractical Jokers crew lost a member of their comedy group earlier this year when Joe Gatto left the series, but the remaining trio doesn’t plan to slow down.

GOOD Morning Britain viewers were left heartbroken this morning as stricken The Bill star Chris Ellison struggled to speak on the show. The actor, best known for playing DCI Frank Burnside, is suffering from aphasia - the same speech debilitating illness as Hollywood action movie Bruce Willis.

Good Morning Britain viewers were left saddened as they heard about Chris Ellison's battle with aphasia - a condition which recently saw Bruce Willis quit acting after he received a diagnosis.

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UPDATED, 9:10 AM: HBO has released the official trailer for Bill Maher’s upcoming comedy special #Adulting, in which he takes on topics such as “the what were you thinking generation,” Trump and more. The one-hour special premieres April 15 at 10 PM on HBO and will stream on HBO Max. You can watch the trailer above.

In first major TV series role, Harrison Ford has signed on to star opposite Jason Segel in Shrinking, Apple TV+’s 10-episode comedy series written and executive produced by Segel and Ted Lasso‘s co-creator/executive producer/showrunner Bill Lawrence and star/writer/producer Brett Goldstein.

The Crow is in development, with It star Bill Skarsgård in the lead role as Eric Draven, and FKA twigs also cast.As Deadline reports, the film will be helmed by Rupert Sanders, who previously directed Snow White And The Huntsman and Ghost In The Shell.“The Crow is beautiful, dark, poetic and sometimes disturbing,” Sanders told Deadline. “It is a story of love, loss, grief and revenge.

Don’t expect Bill Hader to spill the tea about his relationship with Anna Kendrick anytime soon!

Bruce Willis was revealed to have aphasia. The degenerative brain disorder affects the ability to understand language. Anita said Chris, who also starred in EastEnders, was "trapped in his body" since he suffered a stroke at their home in Brighton in 2020.

Bruce Willis was revealed to suffer from this week - after having a stroke in 2020. Aphasia is a potentially devastating condition which affects one's ability to understand language. The TV star's wife Anita, 69, told The Sun on Sunday: 'It's awful, we've been so lonely.

Bill Maher is addressing Will Smith and Chris Rock‘s 2022 Oscars incident.

AS hard-nosed copper DCI Frank Burnside in The Bill, actor Chris Ellison was famous for his terse one-liners. But now Chris, 75, has been cast into a twilight world with the same speech debilitating illness as Hollywood action movie Bruce Willis.

Bill Maher weighed in on the Oscars slap, sharing his view of Will Smith’s open-handed smack across the face of Chris Rock due to an unfortunate “G.I. Jane” joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.

watch here or at the bottom. “The antitrust division at Justice needs to begin the process of considering which American companies need to be broken up once and for all, for competition sake and ultimately for the good of consumers who pay the bills.”Ingraham also warned that businesses like Apple and Disney should learn to stay in their lane instead of diving “into contentious political issues about which they know nothing” because they risk alienating part of their consumer base.“You guys have products and services that 74 million Trump voters — they don’t need to purchase if they don’t want to,” she continued.

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Bill Maher gave his two cents on Sunday’s Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscar drama, when Chris joked about Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head onstage, prompting Will to jump up and slap the stunned comedian. During the April 1st episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill downplayed Jada’s struggle with her hair loss caused by alopecia, suggesting she should have “worn a wig” if the condition was such a concern for the actress.

Bill Maher left his compassion at the stage door during Friday night’s “Real Time” when he not only downplayed Jada Pinkett Smith’s sensitivity about her alopecia-caused hair loss, but he also mockingly advised her, “just put on a f—ing wig like everybody else at the Oscars if it bothers you so much.”The comedian offered his opinion on the events of last Sunday’s Oscars, when Chris Rock joked about Smith’s stylish bald head, which prompted her husband, Will Smith, to jump out of his seat and onto the stage, where he slapped a stunned Rock on live TV.“Real Time” panel guests Laura Coates and Andrew Yang joined Maher in a discussion about the incident. He said that it wasn’t until the night of the awards that he had ever heard of alopecia, its symptoms and that Pinkett Smith had it. And the conversation went south from there.“I mean, if you are so lucky in life as to have that be your medical problem, just say ‘thanks, God,'” Maher said of hair loss.

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You knew going into Friday’s Real Time on HBO that Bill Maher would cover the topic that everyone in Hollywood is talking about. And did he ever, starting from the top.

Bill Skarsgard is set to star in the upcoming reboot of the cult classic movie The Crow.