‘The View’: NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Calls Noose-Doubters “Simpleminded People Afraid Of Change”

SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major plot points from Tuesday’s Season 1 finale of ABC’s Queens.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorIn their last outings as leaders of ViacomCBS, the executive team led by Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish finally started to sound like they have a solid plan to compete in streaming.On the day ViacomCBS unveiled its corporate rebrand to Paramount, starting as of Feb. 16, the company put on a nearly three-hour virtual presentation for investors that demonstrated how much its operations have been turned inside out to focus on streaming growth opportunities.

J. Kim Murphy Original “Futurama” cast member John DiMaggio, who has long voiced the chain-smoking robot Bender on the show, has given an update on his tentative position on returning for the animated series’ upcoming revival on Hulu.DiMaggio shared his thoughts on Twitter on Tuesday evening, clarifying that he believes that the original “Futurama” voice cast should be paid more for returning for the revival.“I’ve been thinking about everything that’s been going on these past months and just to be clear, I don’t think that only I deserve to be paid more.

Charles Barkley sees his television career as a basketball commentator coming to an end.

UPDATE 2/15/2022: Allison Gollust is stepping down from her position as Chief Marketing Officer for CNN, the network announced on Feb. 15. Jason Kilar, the CEO of the network’s parent company WarnerMedia, made the announcement of Allison’s resignation in a memo to the staff.

Britney Spears found a new dancing buddy! The 40-year-old introduced fans to her adorable new puppy Sawyer with one of her signature Instagram videos. Her video started off with a closeup of her adorable new pup. Sawyer laid down and gave his best puppy dog eyes to the camera. “Geez …. can you have two loves of your lives because he comes in second !!!!  I’m introducing the new edition to my family,” she wrote in the caption. “his name is Sawyer and he’s a white Australian shepherd with blue eyes !!!!! I found him in Maui like a dream and took him home with me immediately.”

Scarlett Johansson, 37, is looking amazing in her latest ad pics! The actress posed as one of David Yurman’s first celebrity ambassadors for the jewelry brand’s “Come Closer” campaign and showed off her sexy side while she was at it. In one of the eye-catching photos, she is in bed with nothing but a white sheet wrapped around her as she stares into the camera with a serious look.

Baby blue Blake! Blake Lively arrived at the Michael Kors fashion show on Tuesday with a stunning, bright blue look for the New York Fashion Week event. The actress wore a matching light blue crop top and pencil skirt, throwing a similarly colored jacket draped over her shoulders. Blake topped off the look with light blue strappy Christian Louboutin pumps and clutch, also rocking gorgeous red lips and her signature blonde looks with the outfit.

Trigger Warning: This story discusses domestic violence, murder and self harm, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Police said in a statement that Glen, who is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, was charged with one count of “murder, arson and unlawful stalking”.Glen Tipler (38) was known for posting storm chasing videos online.Police will allege that on February 9, 2022, around 11 pm,  “a fire was deliberately lit at a Leichardt Street residence causing the death of a 21-year-old Coomera man.”On February 9, Queensland Fire and Emergency Service were called after neighbours heard a smoke alarm go off and saw smoke coming from the Leichardt Street address where Glen lived. The police found Adam’s body inside the residence.The same night around 11.50 pm, police were called to a Pioneer Road, Sheldon residence, after a man reported that his work colleague Glen had turned up at his house with significant burn injuries.

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In the midst of a press cycle for his brand new film “Irresistible” (2020), American comedian Jon Stewart paid a virtual visit to morning talk show “The View“on Monday not only to promote the political satire but to talk about the upcoming 2020 presidential election, too.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Broadway revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical Caroline, or Change and the New York premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles starring Debra Messing are the latest productions to announce postponements until 2021, and they’ll be joined on the Roundabout Theatre Company line-up with the Broadway debut of Alice Childress’ 1955 play Trouble in Mind, to directed by Charles Randolph-Wright.The postponements – plans to open both Caroline, Or Change and Birthday Candles this Spring were scuttled by Broadway’s COVID-19 shutdown – follow this week’s announcements that The Music Man, Flying Over Sunset, American Buffalo and The Minutes are now targeting Spring 2021 premieres.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorNASCAR President Steve Phelps held a press conference on Thursday to detail the findings of an internal investigation into the noose found in the garage stall of No. 43 driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said he is relieved by the FBI’s conclusion that there was no noose placed specifically in his Talladega garage. But he’s still questioning that report.Wallace appeared on several media outlets on Wednesday, including tonight’s Trevor Noah Daily Social Distancing Show.

@donlemon, after the FBI said a noose found in the NASCAR driver's garage was there before his team moved in. https://t.co/q55sco26Y4 pic.twitter.com/Xo3D8DQ9HuThe FBI said Tuesday that the noose found in Wallace’s garage had been there since the last big race at the Talladega Speedway in October 2019.

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace spoke to Don Lemon Tuesday after the FBI confirmed the noose discovered in his garage at the Talladega Superspeedway over the weekend could have been there since October 2019.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorNASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon that he had never seen the noose alleged to have been hung in his garage.While the FBI concluded earlier in the day that the alleged noose was simply a door pull tied by a previous occupant, Watson indicated that his team has photos that proved otherwise. “From the evidence that we have — that I have,” said Wallace, “it’s a straight-up noose.” “Whether someone tied it in 2019…It wasn’t directed at me,” said Wallace, “but it was a noose.”Wallace is one of the most successful African American drivers in NASCAR history.

Well, here’s some good news: apparently NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace wasn’t the target of a hate crime after all!

noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on Sunday afternoon. The FBI determined the noose had been in the stall since 2019.«The investigation also revealed evidence, including authentic video confirmed by NASCAR, that the noose found in garage number 4 was in that garage as early as October 2019,» U.S.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThis story is breaking… After a day investigating the alleged placement of a noose in the racetrack garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the FBI says the rope was in place months before NASCAR’s only black driver was assigned to the stall, and that no federal crime was committed.According to a statement issued by NASCAR, “The FBI has completed its investigation at Talladega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime. The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall.

An investigation into a noose found hanging in Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage at the Talladega Superspeedway has determined that no crime was committed.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNascar racer Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime, the FBI has determined after an investigation of the placement of what appeared to be a noose in his garage at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway.“The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team’s arrival and garage assignment,” Nascar said in a prepared statement.

Bubba Wallace is “not shocked” that some people online doubt the truth about finding a noose hanging in his garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

pic.twitter.com/D4zW3jA5y5The 26-year-old Wallace was surrounded by all 39 other drivers in the moments before the race as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line.

A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the stock car racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThirty-nine NASCAR drivers and their crews pushed Bubba Wallace’s car to the front of Talladega Superspeedway’s field before a race today in a show of support for the circuit’s only black driver one day after a noose was discovered hanging in his garage stall.In a video posted on NASCAR’s YouTube page, a narrator calls racing “the great equalizer” and says, “No one is white, black, brown or yellow. They are all racers and they are all our heroes.”According to ESPN, the show of solidarity just before a race came about after driver Jimmie Johnson said in an interview that he would stand with Wallace during the national anthem.

Meghan McCain spent Saturday night “highly entertained” by President Donald Trump and his campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During Monday’s episode of The View, the pregnant co-host, 35, was asked about her reaction to the estimated 6,200 people that attended the rally. Initially, the Trump campaign advertised a huge outcome, noting that 8,000 were slated to attend. “I have so much to say about this,” Meghan began, before co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in to jokingly note that the Meghan “loved” the rally “so much.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe president of Nascar said Monday that the sports organization would ban anyone found to have placed a noose in driver Bubba Wallace’s garage at the Talladega Speedway in Alabama for life, a sign of how upset executives and drivers are after the racist symbol was discovered Sunday afternoon.“This is a difficult time for our sport, but we are going to react swiftly,” said Steve Phelps, president of Nascar, during a call with reporters Monday afternoon.Discovery of the noose comes less than a month after Nascar said it would ban the Confederate flag at its events in the wake of protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd while in custody of the Minneapolis police.

Also Read: Black NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace on Confederate Flag Ban: 'There's No Good That Comes With That Flag' (Video)Wallace tweeted this following statement on Sunday: “Today’s despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism. Over the last several weeks, I have been overwhelmed by the support from people across the NASCAR industry including other drivers and team members in the garage.

Also Read: Black NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace on Confederate Flag Ban: 'There's No Good That Comes With That Flag' (Video)Wallace tweeted this following statement on Sunday: “Today’s despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism. Over the last several weeks, I have been overwhelmed by the support from people across the NASCAR industry including other drivers and team members in the garage.

A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the auto racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities. NASCAR announced the discovery late Sunday and said it had launched an immediate investigation.

A disturbing discovery was made in the garage stall of driver Bubba Wallace ahead of his NASCAR race on Sunday (June 21) in Alabama.