The Riley Roundup: Cleveland Catholic Diocese’s LGBTQ Crackdown

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to Willie and Me, a comedy marking the feature directorial debut of L.A.-based German actress Eva Hassmann, who stars opposite 12-time Grammy winner Willie Nelson and the late Peter Bogdanovich. Marking the latter’s final screen performance, the film written by Hassmann is slated for release in theaters and on demand on February 9, 2024.

Disney is raising select prices at its theme parks as it prepares to embark on a long-term expansion of its parks and resorts portfolio.

After a break, the Star Trek franchise is returning to Netflix. The global streamer has picked up the animated kids series Star Trek: Prodigy for the U.S. and most international territories in a deal with CBS Studios.

Pete Davidson looks right at home in his return to Saturday Night Live. SNL has released the first official promo featuring the SNL alum, who returns this weekend as host following a months-long strike delay.

UPDATE: The House speaker vote will not take place today, CNN reported, an indication that the nominee for the job, Steve Scalise, does not have the votes.

EXCLUSIVE: Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You) has wrapped production on a new psychological thriller directed by Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine).

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is floating a proposal that would require rebates to multichannel subscribers in the event of a blackout or broadcast stations.

In yet another disturbing incident of an audience member disrupting a public event, a man walked onto the stage at a Forbes panel featuring Machine Gun Kelly, startling the rapper-entrepreneur who quickly rose to his feet and said, “My man, get the f*ck away from me.”

EXCLUSIVE: Reptile co-stars Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman have been set to lead The Bird and the Bee, a sexually charged thriller that marks Justin Kelly‘s third film for Yale Productions, on the heels of Welcome the Stranger and gay porn world-set crime drama King Cobra.

Paramount+ has announced a new South Park special event that is headed to the streamer later this month. South Park: Joining the Panderverse will debut Friday, October 27, in the U.S. and Canada and Saturday, October 28, in the UK and Australia with further international markets to follow.

It appears Gerry Turner has stolen audiences’ hearts.

Disney Entertainment Television is expanding its Directing Program into the unscripted genre for the first time, selecting two directors for its inaugural run.

Gary Barlow rushed his wife, Dawn, into hospital after an excruciating injury, which has left her wrist in a cast. The Take That star, 52, shared a photo of Dawn's bandaged wrist to his Instagram Story, adding the text: "Poor Mrs B has done it again - this time the other wrist - not happy [thumbs down emoji]" The new injury comes just a year after Dawn broke her other wrist, which had left her needing an operation.

Married At First Sight UK star Shona Manderson has been pictured looking downcast, just days after it was revealed that her ‘husband’ Brad Skelly has reportedly moved on from their relationship. Performing arts teacher Shona, 31, appeared on the newest series of E4 show in a bid to find true love after saying ‘I do’ to 28 year old Brad.

Amy Dowden has made her second return to the world of Strictly Come Dancing, with an appearance on the show's companion show It Takes Two. Opening up about her return to Strictly on Saturday amid her cancer battle, the professional dancer said: "I just felt like I was home.

Holly Willoughby shocked TV viewers when she dramatically quit her presenting role on ITV's This Morning after 14 years.The 42 year old star shared a surprise statement on Tuesday, 10 October, that said she was leaving the show and "will not be returning." It began: “I have let ITV know today that after 14 years, I will not be returning to This Morning.To everyone who has ever worked on the show over the years, thank you so much.This is such a difficult goodbye, you are incredible and I forever will be proud of what we’ve done together." But now fans believe she's in talks to join the BBC, suggesting that Phillip Schofield could join her. Holly's This Morning co-host Phillip quit the show himself in May this year, after he admitted to a relationship with a younger male former colleague.

Pusha T appears on a new version of Phoenix's "All Eyes On Me." Scroll down to hear the remix now. The updated version of the French band's Alpha Zulu track was produced by the Neptunes’ Chad Hugo and features new vocals from New Zealand-based artist Benee.

The 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards were broadcast on TV last night after being held in Atlanta on October 3. The show featured a number of impressive performances, including a tribute to a local Atlanta favorite, Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings.

Britney Spears has had a couple of run-ins with law enforcement this year, thankfully they weren’t too serious. On Tuesday, Page Six revealed that last month, on September 10th, she was pulled over and issued two infractions by the California Highway.According to the outlet, who saw court documents, the boys in blue issued one violation to Spears for not having a valid license in her possession.

Raquel Leviss is saying goodbye to the infamous lightning bold necklace she wore during her secret romance with Tom Sandoval on “Vanderpump Rules.” Sandoval, who was in a 9-year relationship with her best friend Ariana Maddox, wore a matching piece.On Tuesday, Leviss who now goes by her real name, Rachel, posted a video on her social media announcing she would be selling the necklace along with other items she never wants to see again. “I am currently in the process of letting go, letting go of the things that no longer serve me anymore, and as I’m cleaning out my closet, I have found a few items that are a little bit triggering,” she said in the video.

Lourdes Leon has dropped a new song. Released under her stage name Lolahol, the song is called “Spelling” and seems like the perfect addition to your Halloween playlist. It dropped alongside a music video, which has some references to one of Madonna’s most beloved projects.Lourdes Leon stuns in a sheer dress in MadridLourdes Leon, Jenna Ortega, Rosalia and more celebs stun at Paris Fashion WeekA post shared by LOLAHOL (@lourdesleon)In an Instagram post, Leon discussed the song and some of the inspiration behind it, including the influence of her mother.

had been secretly separated for six years at the time of Smith’s infamous 2022 Oscars slap – in which he smacked Chris Rock on live TV, for making a joke about Jada’s hair. The audio was cut and censored for several seconds as Smith returned to his seat. But captions and lipreading by viewers revealed his message to Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”But now, Jada has revealed that she was only “his wife” on paper, and they were living separate lives since 2016.

Mario Lopez’s 50th birthday! The Mexican-American powerhouse was born on October 10, 1973, in San Diego, California, and is a pioneer for Latino representation in entertainment. From his legendary role as A.C.

Easy Life have announced that they will be releasing their final single ‘Trust Exercises’ under their current band name after losing the EasyGroup battle.The band – comprised of Murray Matravers, Oliver Cassidy, Sam Hewitt, Lewis Berry and Jordan Birtles, took to their official Instagram page and posted a snippet of what will be their final track as a band under the name Easy Life. It is set to release this Friday, October 13.“‘Trust Exercises’.

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at home was a matter that I always stressed over until I learned the “one-minute rule.”I consider myself a fairly organized person, and I like to treat my home as a kind of temple of rest. So, order and cleanliness at home are one of my priorities, but not the only one, of course.My busy schedule meant I kept getting into the habit of postponing chores, due to laziness or the lack of time I had to put away or clean certain things.

Fans of The Great British Bake Off will have to wait an extra day to get their fix from the famous tent.The much-loved channel 4 show usually airs at 8pm on Tuesdays, but football coverage will take its spot next week. Instead, the fourth episode of the programme will return on Wednesday, 18 October at the same time. In Bake Off's place, England's football match against Italy in the Euro 2024 qualifier will air from 7pm.

Ulrika Jonsson has responded to claims that she made a “feisty” comment in relation to Holly Willoughby ’s departure from This Morning. Holly, who has presented on the ITV show for 14 years after joining the team back in 2009, revealed on Tuesday, 10 October that she’d quit This Morning in a decision that she described as being for “me and my family” before thanking viewers for their loyalty over the years. In response to the emotional statement, the TV personality’s co-stars and famous friends were quick to show their support for the star, with the likes of Alison Hammond calling it a “sad day”.

Big Brother fans have been left ‘highly offended’ after a housemate controversially added a condiment to a Pot Noodle. Viewers of the ITV reality show joked that Ofcom needed to intervene after Jordan made an unusual addition to the popular snack - while some even called for him to be evicted. The contentious incident took place on Tuesday night's episode, 11 October, when fans watched on aghast as the 25-year-old lawyer from Scunthorpe squirted mayonnaise into the Pot Noodle before tucking in to it.

letter accompanying his veto of Assembly Bill 957, sponsored by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), Newsom said that while he appreciated the “passion and values” that led Wilson to propose the bill, he could not sign the bill.“I share a deep commitment to advancing the rights of transgender Californians, an effort that has guided my decisions through many decades in public office,” Newsom said in the statement.“That said, I urge caution when the Executive and Legislative branches of state government attempt to dictate — in prescriptive terms that single out one characteristic — legal standards for the Judicial branch to apply. Other-minded elected officials, in California and other states, could very well use this strategy to diminish the civil rights of vulnerable communities.”Newsom added that courts are already required to consider a child’s health, safety, and welfare when determining the best interests of a child, including whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity.

sued the state in 2021, alleging she had been discriminated against based on her gender identity, and had suffered “ongoing harassment” by staff and fellow prisoners at both the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem and at the Two Rivers Correctional Facility in Umatilla, due to her gender presentation. Zombie has claimed that the state Department of Corrections did not take significant action to stop the harassment and harm to which she was subjected.

video, published by the conservative Family Policy Alliance, emerged of her telling an interviewer, back in March, that “protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture” should be among conservative lawmakers’ top priorities.In the video, Blackburn quickly shifts to speaking about KOSA as a way to stop children from being “indoctrinated,” blaming social media platforms for “inundating” minors with information that “they are, emotionally, not mature enough to handle.”The bill, which has been endorsed by President Joe Biden, would allow parents to sue social media companies and online platforms that do not sufficiently shield children from under 13 from “harmful” content.But Blackburn’s comments in the video, coming so soon after railing against transgender visibility, have led some LGBTQ advocates to fear that Republicans will attempt to hijack the bill to censor all LGBTQ-related information online and block access to LGBTQ resources, from suicide prevention hotlines to LGBTQ resource groups to academic sites with even generic information, by deeming them “harmful,” reports NBC News.In response to that speculation, Blackburn’s legislative director, Jamie Susskind, claimed in a post on X that opponents were conflating the two issues and spreading misinformation about the bill. Citing an article titled, “U.S.

The Associated Press.Actions to achieve that vision include reducing the scope of government, stripping away powers under the purview of Congress while endowing the president with absolute power to do whatever he wishes, and firing tens of thousands of federal workers, replacing them with political appointees willing to cater to the whims of a hypothetical Republican president elected in 2024 — whether that is former President Donald Trump or someone with similar views.As laid out in Heritage’s 920-page blueprint, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” the next Republican president is expected to engage in culture-war battles, taking the offensive in a war on “wokeness.”The blueprint calls for erasing any mention of sexual orientation and gender identity from all existing federal laws, agency rules, and regulations, as well as mentions of “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, gender, gender equality, gender equity, reproductive rights, and “any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights.”“Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare,” the document reads.“It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women.

New York Post.Based on records of in-patient and out-patient procedures obtained from two national surgery databases, around 4,550 Americans sought transition-related surgical procedures in 2016, with that number more than tripling to 13,000 by 2019, according to the study, published in JAMA Network Open.The study’s authors attribute the rise in surgical procedures to federal and state laws approved during the Obama administration requiring coverage for medically necessary care, including treatments for gender dysphoria. The study only looked at surgical procedures in the years prior to 2020, and not hormonal interventions intended to assist in a gender transition.In total, about 48,00 individuals underwent surgical procedures from 2016 to 2020, while the overall number of “health system encounters for gender identity disorder” tripled during that same time.“The rapid rise [in gender dysphoria diagnoses] suggests that there will be a greater need for clinicians knowledgeable in the care of transgender individuals and with the requisite expertise to perform [gender confirmation surgery] procedures,” the report says.Following an 11th U.S.

model policies” for the treatment of transgender students.The policies, which have rankled many LGBTQ advocates and allies, are expected to serve as guidelines for how local school districts deal with students who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. Under the policies, students are barred from using school facilities or participating in extracurricular activities that don’t match the sex listed on their official school record.Changes to that gender marker require parents to submit legal documentation, such as a birth certificate or passport, to schools.Parents must provide written permission in order for students to go by a different name or pronouns; however, individual teachers and administrators can ignore parents’ requests even in cases where permission has been granted.Miyares’s advisory opinion, which is not legally binding, asserts that the model policies are perfectly compliant with federal and state nondiscrimination laws, and asserts that school boards must adopt policies in line with them — although state law is silent on how the state can compel school boards into compliance, reports NBC Washington.Additionally, several conservative districts refused to adopt pro-transgender policies put forth by former Democratic Gov.

Sacramento Bee, San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Tom Garza issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Chino Valley Unified School District from enforcing the policy, which is one of six school districts in the state to have adopted policies requiring parental notification when a student doesn’t conform to gender norms or stereotypes.The Chino Valley policy was challenged by Attorney General Rob Bonta, who argued that the policy violates the privacy rights of LGBTQ students, and endangers the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.The Orange Unified School District was the most recent to adopt a policy similar to Chino Valley’s — coming after Bonta’s lawsuit was filed — with school boards in Murietta, Temecula, the Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County, in the northern part of the state, and the Rocklin School District, northeast of Sacramento.The policies are increasingly being adopted in conservative enclaves throughout the state as part of a larger societal backlash against transgender visibility — which has been encouraged by conservative influencers and Republican Party leaders.A group of activists recently filed a ballot initiative — one of three targeting transgender youth visibility — that would impose similar parental notification policies on districts throughout the state.The Alaska State Board of Education recently approved a proposed regulation barring transgender girls from competing on female-designated high school sports teams for any districts that are part of the Alaska School Activities Association.