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jerseydeanne · 3 years ago

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Revealed: The email from Duchess of Sussex which showed she helped authors of her biography

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Profile: Jason Knauf

As the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ former communications secretary, Jason Knauf was the keeper of many royal secrets. After the 39-year-old Texan joined the Royal household’s PR team in 2015 from the Royal Bank of Scotland, he soon found himself helping to manage the media around Prince Harry’s blossoming relationship with Meghan Markle, a then virtually unknown US actress. Yet despite overseeing the communications for the couple’s Windsor Castle wedding in May 2018 – including handling the fallout from Thomas Markle Snr’s last-minute decision to pull out of the nuptials at St George’s Chapel following a heart attack – his relationship with the Sussexes deteriorated after he submitted a bullying complaint against them in Oct 2018. Mr Knauf sent an email to Simon Case, then the Duke of Cambridge’s private secretary and now the cabinet secretary, after conversations with Samantha Carruthers, the head of HR, warning that he feared “nothing will be done” about alleged attacks on staff which apparently left them in tears and visibly shaking. The couple deny the claims, which it is suggested drove a wedge between Prince Harry and his brother, with whom he shared key members of staff, including Mr Knauf. Six months later, in March 2019, it was announced that Mr Knauf would no longer be working for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and instead become a senior adviser to the Cambridges. In Sept 2019, they appointed him chief executive officer of their Royal Foundation – a post he is leaving next month to join his husband, who is working for the British Embassy in India. In January, Mr Knauf was named as being among a “Palace Four” who had agreed to give evidence on whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had given private information to the authors of Finding Freedom. But they insisted they would remain “strictly neutral” and had no interest in helping either side in the legal action against the Mail on Sunday. In a letter lodged with the High Court on their behalf, Samantha Cohen, the couple’s former private secretary, Mr Knauf, Christian Jones, former deputy communications secretary, and Sara Latham, former communications director, said they would also provide evidence about the creation of the letter the Duchess sent to her father, as well as the draft, and whether she expected it to be made public. In her witness statement, the Duchess’s lawyer Jenny Afia questioned why Mr Knauf has only supplied his evidence now, to the appeal case, rather than earlier, pointing out that his solicitors sent a letter in April suggesting he had “no involvement in the drafting of the letter”. She complained that there is “very little detail as to the circumstances in which Mr Knauf’s witness statement has now been obtained”. We may never know why – but there is no doubt Mr Knauf’s latest revelations have changed the course of this extraordinary case.

Profile: Omid Scobie

With his boyish looks, sparkling white teeth and supposed “insider” knowledge on all things Meghan-related, Omid Scobie has unexpectedly found himself inside the Sussexes’ circle. The 40-year-old journalist, who attended Magdalen College, a private boys’ school in Oxford, began covering the Royals after spending a decade as the European bureau chief on the American celebrity and entertainment magazine Us Weekly. Yet the Wales-born author of Finding Freedom, a 2020 hagiography of the Sussexes co-written with Carolyn Durand, now potentially finds himself having to explain his submission to the original hearing in Sept 2020, that “any suggestion that The Duke and Duchess collaborated on the book is false”. He added: “They did not authorise the book and have never been interviewed for it. The book was always prepared on the understanding that it was to be independent and unauthorised. As journalists we wanted to be able to look into the other side of the story without worrying about offending any collaborators/sources.” While admitting he had spoken to both the Duke and Duchess “on occasions in the past”, he also claimed that the suggestion that “the Duke and Duchess spoke to Ms Durand and me ‘for the purposes of the Book’... is untrue”. Instead he confirmed that they had approached Kensington Palace early in 2018 as well as “reaching out” to over 100 people close to the couple. A witness statement supplied by Jason Knauf, then the couple’s communications secretary, claims the Duke and Duchess had “authorised specific cooperation in writing” in Dec 2018. One email from the Duchess questions whether they should “cooperate” and “work with” Mr Scobie after he wrote a “patently untrue” tweet about the Duchess being styled by Jessica Mulroney. “You know how personally frustrating I find the ‘stylist’ narrative (as it’s the only thing I seem to still have any control over – my personal styling),” she wrote. Another email shows that Mr Knauf advised that putting the authors in touch with the Duchess’s friends was “not a good idea”, telling the couple: “Being able to say, hand on heart, that we did not facilitate access will be important.” The Duke replied: “I totally agree that we have to be able to say we didn’t have anything to do with it”, but added: “Equally, you giving the right context and background to them would help get some truths out there.” The Duchess then sent a list of briefing points to Mr Knauf to discuss with the authors including information on her relationship with her half-siblings and father, and details of a row over her wedding tiara. At one point the Duke even offered to brief them directly, telling Mr Knauf: “If you aren’t planning on telling them, can I?!” All of which puts Mr Scobie in a rather difficult position.

#meghan markle #prince harry #jason knauf #omid scobie #carolyn durand #finding freedom #mail on sunday #court #appeal

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yourreddancer · 3 years ago

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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

April 8, 2022 (Friday)“I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution and the rights that make us free," Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said today at a White House ceremony celebrating her confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Also today, we learned that Donald Trump, Jr., texted Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on November 5, 2020, two days after the presidential election and two days before the media would call the election for President Elect Joe Biden: "We have operational control Total leverage…. Moral High Ground POTUS must start 2nd term now.”

The text, in the possession of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and reviewed by CNN reporters Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, and Annie Grayer, suggested that even before the election was called for Biden, Trump’s people knew he would lose. Trump, Jr., offered a number of different ways in which Trump could nonetheless steal the election, most of which later materialized. Trump, Jr. apparently could not see why this would be a problem, since, "we have operational control.” “It's very simple," he texted: "We have multiple paths[.] We control them all." At least some of Trump’s inner circle were clearly conspiring to overturn our democracy.

Just who was involved remains unclear to the public, although the January 6 Committee has more information than we do, not least because both Ivanka Trump, the former president’s daughter, and Jared Kushner, her husband, both of whom acted as White House advisors, testified before the committee recently. Trump spoke with the committee virtually on Tuesday, for 8 hours. Kushner testified for several hours on March 31.

Their cooperation stands in stark contrast to the refusal of the rest of Trump’s senior advisors to respond to subpoenas. But on April 6, the January 6 committee received the 101 emails that Trump advisor John Eastman, the author of the Eastman memo laying out an illegal plan for Vice President Mike Pence to throw the election to Trump, had refused to hand over but that a federal judge, David Carter, reviewed and ordered released. In his decision, Carter wrote that it is “more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”

The committee today secured cooperation from an important witness to the insurrection. Charles Donohoe, the leader of a chapter of the extremist Proud Boys in North Carolina, pleaded guilty this morning to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and to assaulting police officers. He has agreed to testify against his co-defendants.

Hugo Lowell at The Guardian reports today that the January 6 committee is focusing on cooperation between the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in a plan to stop the certification of Biden’s victory using physical force. The committee has reviewed video from Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker who filmed a meeting between the two groups in a parking garage on January 5. It has focused even more closely, though, on 17 minutes filmed at the attack itself, along with communications between the Proud Boys and rally organizers including Alexander and right-wing media personality Alex Jones.

Quested testified before the January 6 committee on Tuesday. “They’ve done an incredible amount of hard work and have an exceptional grasp,” Quested told Politico’s Kyle Cheney. He called the events of January 6 a "constitutional attack" that was "very serious."The committee is digging into how organizers used social media to spread disinformation and plan the January 6 insurrection. Cristiano Lima and Aaron Schaffer of the Washington Post reported yesterday that the committee has been talking to experts on social media, disinformation, and online extremism, and has recently hired a new analyst to pull things together. Committee members are also looking into the ways in which key influencers used social media to push their plans.Right-wing activist Ali Alexander also agreed today to comply with a grand jury subpoena from the Department of Justice, seeking information about the organization of the events surrounding January 6. This indicates that the Justice Department is looking broadly at people close to Trump and that prosecutors believe those people might have committed crimes. In a statement made through a lawyer, Alexander said: “I did nothing wrong, and I am not in possession of evidence that anyone else had plans to commit unlawful acts.”

But in videos posted online and now deleted, Alexander boasted about his work planning the events of January 6. He claimed that he worked with Representatives Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to put “maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting…so that who we couldn’t lobby, we could change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside.”

And yet, for all the new information about the January 6 attack on our democracy, Republican lawmakers are focusing elsewhere. Today, in an unprecedented attack by a senator on a newly confirmed Supreme Court justice, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a video attacking Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Although Graham voted to confirm Jackson to a Senate-confirmed judgeship just last year, yesterday he voted against her elevation to the Supreme Court. Today he said: “I voted no to Judge Jackson, and now I understand why the radical left wanted her so badly. She’s a judicial activist, she gets the outcome she wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her record is very, very dangerous.”

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mamabarnes · 4 years ago

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Winifred’s Personal Timeline

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1892: Winifred’s parents, Arthur and Maebh Jones, newly married, emigrate from Ireland, seeking a new life, and arrive in Ellis Island. They choose to settle in New York.

1893: Winifred’s elder brother James is born.

1897: Winifred is born on May 12th

1909: Winifred’s father Arthur is killed in a work accident. Her brother James leaves school to start work in order to help support the family.

1911: A 14 year old Winifred meets 16 year old George Barnes for the first time.

1913: Winifred leaves school and starts to work at the laundry. George Barnes starts courting her.

1915: George Barnes asks Maebh Jones for her blessing in proposal of marriage to Winifred.

1916: Winifred Jones becomes Winifred Barnes. She and George marry at the end of Spring, shortly after Winifred’s 19th birthday. At the end of summer, Winifred discovers she is pregnant. Her mother Maebh passes away from tuberculosis in the Winter.

1917: On March 10th, James Buchanan Barnes comes into the world, happy and healthy, and the apple of his mother’s eye. He is just under a month old when the US marches off to war, taking his father and uncle with it. Winifred is left to raise her son alone.

1918: In February, the Spanish flu begins to rage across the world. Winifred Barnes keeps her son close, and is relieved when it does not take him. In October, only a few weeks before the war ends, she receives a telegram to inform her that her brother will never come home. She grieves and the war ends, and her husband promises her that he will be home soon.

1919: It is November, eighteen months after she last saw him, that her husband finally comes home, finally gets to see his now walking and talking son. They hold each other close, and do not let go for over an hour.

1920: Rebecca Anne Barnes is born on June 23rd, three weeks early. She has her mother’s dark hair and her father’s eyes, and James promises to be the best big brother ever.

1922: Elizabeth Agnes Barnes is born on August 1st, screaming and kicking, after a difficult pregnancy.

1923: Winifred meets Sarah Rogers for the first time. She has no idea then how much their families will intertwine, but she notes how James grins at the little Rogers boy, and how he grins back, and she thinks then that these two will be friends for a long time to come.

1924: Winifred falls pregnant again. After the last time, the pregnancy feels surprisingly easy. Her joy is shattered when her second son, Matthew William Barnes, is born stillborn on December 4th. She refuses to see anyone for three days.

1927: Grace Maria Barnes is born on January 30th, after a hard pregnancy and a complicated delivery. The youngest Barnes daughter would be labelled as mentally handicapped, and would very rarely speak.

1935: George Barnes drops dead at work. There is little confirmation as to the cause, although doctors suggest that it may be a long-term result of something which occurred during the war that affected his heart.

1936: Sarah Rogers dies, and Winifred mourns, both for the friend she has lost, and for the frail teenage boy who now faces life without a family. Winifred falls ill with pneumonia during the winter. It takes her two months to fully recover.

1941: America enters the war. Winifred lives in fear of what this may bring.

1943: Winifred’s heart breaks when her son brings home an all too familiar piece of paper. It takes all her strength to not break down in front of him, so afraid that this war will take her son. She says goodbye to him, and then she never sees him again. Shortly after, she sees Steve Rogers off to war as well. In her heart, she knows that either both will return, or neither. In the winter, she receives a telegram. Her boy is dead.

1944: Another telegram arrives and tells her that her boy is alive. She cries in relief and clutches it tight to her chest. She watches as another of her children leaves her. Rebecca wants to help, she is told, and off she goes to nurse the soldiers in Europe.

1945: Her boys are dead. Winifred weeps.

1946: Winifred watches Rebecca get married. She smiles, but in her heart she can’t help but think of those who should have been present. She thinks George would have liked William Proctor.

1947: Her first grandchild is born. Winifred Charlotte Proctor is the image of her grandmother.

1948: Elizabeth gets married. Winifred couldn’t be more proud.

1949: Two grandchildren in one year. James Proctor and Michael Thompson are welcomed into the family.

1951: Molly Thompson comes into the world.

1952: Catherine Thompson brings the number of grandchildren to five for Winifred.

1954: Samuel and David Thompson, the last of her grandchildren, are born.

1960: Winifred suffers a nasty fall. Nonetheless, she still refuses to leave her home and move in with Rebecca.

1967: Winifred’s health begins to deteriorate. Grace moves in with Elizabeth, while Rebecca returns to live with and nurse her ailing mother.

1968: Winifred gets to meet her first great-grandchild. She will have nineteen in total, but George William Miller is the only one she ever meets.

1970: Winifred Barnes passes away peacefully in her sleep, three days before her 73rd birthday.

#headcanon #muse #wow this got long #i hope somebody finds this interesting

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tabloidtoc · 4 years ago

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People, January 4, 2021

Cover: HGTV’s Ben and Erin Napier

Page 3: Chatter -- Taylor Swift on teasing information about her life in her music, Carrie Underwood on the holiday gift from her husband Mike Fisher, Viola Davis on her 10-year-old daughter asking for an iPhone and camera for Christmas, Amal Clooney joking about how her writing a book affected her relationship with husband George Clooney, Halle Berry on refusing to go out with a friend’s past romantic partner, Tina Fey advising people not to go kayaking in the New York/New Jersey river

Page 4: 5 Things We’re Talking About This Week -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle start podcasts, Lily James and Sebastian Stan will play Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Rick Astley is never gonna give up his snacks, LeAnn Rimes wins The Masked Singer, a Whitney Houston biopic finds its diva

Page 6: Contents

Page 8: StarTracks -- following tradition members of the royal family have released their annual holiday cards and Prince William and Princess Kate’s three kids Prince George and Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte stole the show this year with the family posed on a bale of hay and matched in cozy sweaters for the shot which was taken in the fall at the family’s country home in Norfolk, England

Page 9: For their card Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla picked a colorful shot taken in the lush garden on Birkhall which is the prince’s Scottish home

Page 10: Carter Rubin won season 19 of The Voice marking Gwen Stefani’s first victory as a coach, First Look at Denzel Washington and Rami Malek and Jared Leto in The Little Things

Page 11: Kate Hudson filmed a scene for Truth Be Told, Rachael Leigh Cook reprising her role as Laney Boggs in He’s All That with Addison Rae playing her daughter, Princess Charlotte of Monaco debuted a half-hawk hairstyle at the Monaco Palace’s traditional Christmas tree ceremony, Nick Cannon helped the Hollywood Food Coalition hand out 2000 meal boxes to people in need

Page 12: Stars’ Furry & Feathered Friends -- Yolanda Hadid with some goats and a deer, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas cuddled up by their Christmas tree with their dog Diana, Harrison Ford walking a dog in Los Angeles, Salma Hayek and her pet owl Kering

Page 17: Scoop: Why Tom Cruise lost his cool

Page 18: Little People Big World’s Jacob Roloff says he was sexually abused as a child by a former producer who worked on his family’s TLC series

Page 20: Heart Monitor -- Tyler Perry and Gelila Bekele it’s over, Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo getting serious, Lana Del Rey and Clayton Johnson engaged, Gillian Anderson and Peter Morgan split

Page 21: Felicity Jones on making a space epic while pregnant

Page 22: Ryan Seacrest counts down to 2021

* Lizzo gets real about her body

Page 25: America Ferrera’s laid-back holiday

* How Sandra Lee is moving on

Page 27: Passages, Why I Care -- Rainn Wilson wants people to know how global warming is affecting the Arctic and the world

Page 28: Stories to make you smile -- a stroll back through history with cats, bringing holiday cheer to U.S. troops stationed abroad

Page 31: People Picks -- Wonder Woman 1984

Page 32: Dickinson, Wolfwalkers

Page 33: Safety, Paul McCartney -- McCartney III, Q&A -- Questlove

Page 34: On Pointe, Greenland

Page 35: Promising Young Woman

Page 37: The year’s best books for kids

Page 38: Cover Story -- HGTV’s Ben and Erin Napier -- family means everything to us -- they never aspired to be famous but now they’re HGTV’s biggest stars; how the Home Town couple stay grounded despite the spotlight

Page 44: 25 Years Later -- Princess Diana’s Panorama Interview Web of Deceit -- forged documents and manipulation and paranoia: inside the stunning new inquiry into Diana’s famous TV sit-down

Page 48: The COVID-19 Vaccines -- what you need to know -- the long-awaited vaccines are finally here; will they return our lives to normal?

Page 50: Richie Sambora -- a rock star’s second act -- the Bon Jovi guitarist opens up about his really unpopular decision to leave the band and how he finally found joy in the love of his daughter Ava

Page 54: Mystery and Heartbreak at a Texas U.S. Army Post -- Death at Fort Hood -- in 2020 dozens of soldiers at the nation’s largest active-duty armored military installation died by homicide, accident, suicide or unknown causes -- officials and grieving families wants answers

Page 60: Isla Fisher -- my funny fairy-tale life -- the Godmothered star talks about movies, motherhood and how laughter keeps her marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen strong

Page 63: Sabrina Bryan -- my baby girl is a warrior -- the former Cheetah Girls star opens up about her daughter’s terrifying battle with meningitis

Page 66: Double Talk -- Kristen Wiig and Gal Gadot -- Wonder Women -- now playing super-rivals in Wonder Woman 1984, the stars chat about parenting during the pandemic and what they love about the 1990s

Page 71: Paul Hogan -- Crocodile Dundee’s Wild Ride -- his hit 1986 movie made him a global sensation and now 81 the rugged Aussie looks back on the stardom he never expected

Page 75: Winter TV Preview -- Elizabeth Olsen on WandaVision

Page 76: Gina Torres on 9-1-1: Lone Star

Page 77: Freddie Prinze Jr. on Punky Brewster

Page 78: Ted Danson on Mr. Mayor

Page 81: Beauty -- Feel-Good Beauty Finds -- start the new year on a high note with these pick-me-ups

Page 87: Second Look -- hosts Julianne Hough and Tituss Burgess on Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Jon Hamm

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365days365movies · 4 years ago

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January 28, 2021: The Fugitive (1993) (Part 1)

Ahem. A reading.

Objectively, there’s only one good movie, and it’s The Fugitive. The Fugitive is the only good movie. Now, if you think I’m capricious, know that I have had this feeling before about other things - I remember when I first read Island of the Blue Dolphins, I was like, “Shut it down, no need to write more book.” Ditto with “The Sign” by Ace of Base - but those feelings didn’t last because eventually I heard “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe and read a little story wou might have hear of called THE BIBLE? But when t comes to The Fugitive, I have never wavered. The Fugitive is the only good movie.

- Lindy West, Shit, Actually

That was the first paragraph of the first essay of Lindy West’s book, Shit, Actually, the book that, you may recall if you’ve been here from the beginning, started on this exciting, over-ambitiously dumb project of mine. And, no...I have never seen The Fugitive. I didn’t even finish this essay, because I knew I’d wanted to watch this movie for a bit. So, what better way to finish this action-packed journey, than to watch this film?

Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, two of modern Hollywood’s most legendary curmudgeons, in a movie together! I am excited. I love both of these guys, and this movie is a major hallmark in their careers. It was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, with Jones WINNING for Best Supporting Actor, and is called one of the greatest action films of all time, especially for the decade. AND, it’s based on a television series from the 1960s, just like another entry in this month, Mission: Impossible! Look, I’m excited, so let’s do this, huh?

Gonna find out if Lindy West was right. SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap

As the credits roll, and views of Chicago flash by us, a murder is also taking place. A woman struggles with an unseen assailant, until eventually being shot. The woman is Helen Kimble (Sela Ward), and her newly-bereaved husband is Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), a respected vascular surgeon in the area. As he’s taken to the police station, he flashes back to the last time they were together: a fundraising benefit.

The two seem like a very happy couple, and drive home as Richard is called in to perform an emergency surgery. As he remembers that night, the police question him on the fight and struggle. Apparently, Kimble was there and fought with a one-armed man with a prosthetic arm. And as he answers various probing questions, two things become overly clear: that the cops suspect Kimble of killing his wife, and also that these are really shitty cops.

I don’t know what it is with movie cops, but they’re always absolutely the worst during questioning. Not that it matters, because Kimble would appear to be the only suspect. At the trial, a tape is played that seems to directly implicate Kimble...I guess. Kimble, as a result, is...like, IMMEDIATELY sent to the chair! WOW. That’s...that’s a little extreme there, your honor, don’t you think? Dear God.

Now going to jail, Kimball’s put on a prison bus with other prisoners However, those other prisoners don’t want to stay that way, and orchestrate a breakout on the bus, leading to a crash. One of the guards is injured, and another card asks Kimball to help, and hands him the keys to his handcuffs at his request. However, there isn’t enough time to save him, as the bus has landed in an...inopportune location

Lot of damaged property today. Not a good day for the state of Illinois, I tell you what. Kimble and another prisoner make it out, and flee the scene quick-as-they-can. Arriving soon after them is Deputy U.S. Marshall Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones). There, one of the guards (who ran away and abandoned his partner) is claiming to have saved his partner, when Kimball’s the one who pulled him out of the bus. He also claims that all of the passengers, Kimball included, are dead.

Although the sheriff is inclined to believe this story, Gerard is less inclined to do so, and takes over the investigation. He basically almost immediately finds out that the guard is lying, and the guard recants his story. Gerard then makes the following speech:

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Iconic. Absolutely iconic.

Kimble’s on the run, and skillfully makes his way into a hospital. He treats his wounds from the crash, then shaves his beard and changes his clothes. He passes by a cop who’s SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR HIM, and the cop doesn’t even slightly recognize him, even though his dialogue points out that he fits LITERALLY EVERY PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, except for the beard.

Wow. Cops are NOT smart in this movie, huh? Gerard and his coworkers, Cosmo Renfro (Joe Pantoliano), Erin Poole (L. Scott Caldwell), Robert Biggs (Daniel Roebuck), and Noah Newman (Tom Wood) go over Kimball’s file, and discover that the injured guard recognized him at the hospital. Kimball’s also stolen an ambulance, resulting in a chase between Kimball in the ambulance, and the Marshals in a helicopter. He finds himself trapped in a tunnel.

Somehow, he manages to weasel his way out, escaping from right under their noses into a storm drain. They chase him into the tunnel, with Gerard following in the lead. However, Kimble, who’s armed, manages to get the drop on Gerard, grabs his gun, and the following exchange takes place.

ICONIC ONCE MORE.

Kimble runs, and Gerard chases him to the top of a spillover above a dam, AND THAT MOTHER FUCKER JUMPS

GUY DID A PETER PAN RIGHT OFF OF THE DAM (to quote Gerard). AWESOME.

Gerard ain’t playin’ around, despite the likelihood of Kimble’s death. He gets them to turn off the damn dam water, and to get a team to search for Kimble’s body. Which is gonna be hard, because HE SURVIVED THAT MASSIVE ASS FALL. SICK.

But he understandably collapses a few minutes later, after climbing onto shore. In his sleep, he dreams of Helen. Said dream seamlessly transitions from peacefully romantic bliss to the night of the murder, and Kimble’s struggle with the mysterious one-armed man.

The Marshals, in the meantime, find Kimble’s fellow prisoner, and Gerard takes him out without a second word. When questioned by a fellow officer why he didn’t bargain with the guy, he simply says, “I. Don’t. Bargain.” Tough man. But I like him? Whaaaaaat?

Kimble wakes up and hitches a ride back into Chicago, on a mission to search for the one-armed man. He calls his lawyer, Walter Gutherie (Dick Cusack), who tells him to turn himself in. He refuses, and tells Walter that he’s in St. Louis. Doesn’t fool the Marshals, though, who’ve procured a recording of the call (probably by bugging Walter). They recognize from the background that the call is coming from Chicago.

In Chicago, Richard gets in contact with another friend, Dr. Charlie Nichols (Jeroen Krabbé), who provides him with some money, allowing him to get a temporary place to stay. Kimble, meanwhile, gets in contact with the stupid...STUPID cops from the interrogation scene, and they inform the rest of the department of Kimble’s escape.

Kimble isn’t acting overly intelligent himself, as he goes RIGHT BACK to his old hospital to go to the prosthetics lab, to try and discern the type of prosthetic, as well as the source. The Marshals head there, too, to speak with Charlie. While he admits that he saw Kimble that morning, he doesn’t have any other information to give him. They go around interviewing everybody at the hospital who knew him, including...Jane Lynch?

...Huh. Neat! Anyway, they investigate Kimble, and Kimble takes up an identity as a hospital worker, teaching himself about prosthetics all the while. But one day, as he’s sleeping, the police raid the apartment that he’s staying in, as her son is a drug dealer. A narrow escape for an anxious Kimble.

Having now remembered what the prosthetic looked like, he poses as a janitor and makes his way into the prosthetics lab. On the computer, he searches for the model of prosthetic arm. He finds 5 matching records for prosthetic limbs.

But Chicago is busy tonight. While the landlady’s son is spilling the beans on Kimble to the cops, a bus crash has happened, sending several young kids into the hospital as Kimble’s about to leave. And one boy appears to be in a lot of trouble. The doctor in charge, Anne Eastman (Julianne Moore), asks Kimble to take him to a waiting room, believing that the boy is stable. They’ve written the boy off as stable, but Kimble, being a brilliant doctor, knows that something seems wrong. Covertly, he fills out a chart, then saves his life by getting him to surgery.

Eastman figures out that Kimble’s saved his life, and figures out exactly who he is. On her way to report him, he escapes the hospital just as the Marshals arrive.

Halfway point! See you in Part 2!

#the fugitive #andrew davis #harrison ford #richard kimble #dr. richard kimble #tommy lee jones #sela ward #joe pantoliano #action thriller #365 movie challenge #365 movies 365 days #365 Days 365 Movies #365 movies a year #user365 #samuel gerard #movie challenge #action january

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minervacasterly · 4 years ago

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18 JANUARY 1486: The Union of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII of England.

There is a not a lot of information regarding the wedding ceremony. Henry VII had swore he would marry Elizabeth when he had been in exile in Brittany, at Vannes Cathedral, three years prior. A lot had happened since then though. The papal dispensation that their mothers had secretly plotted to get had to be reissued.

The papal dispensation covered the Earl of Richmond and the natural daughter of Elizabeth of York (meaning the Lady Elizabeth, not the legitimate daughter and heiress of Edward IV). It was vital that the couple married under the good eyes of the church. The fifteenth century had descended into chaos when two branches of the Plantagenet House had annihilated each other, their descendants had married off to other noble houses and as a result (after Bosworth), Henry claimed the crown. But he was not blind. Connquering and ruling were two different things. He needed stability or at the very least, give the illusion of it to the people to put down civil unrest.

Therefore, he needed to marry Elizabeth who was the eldest living descendant of the first Yorkist King. The papal dispensation took time, and meanwhile Henry had to establish himself as the realm's ruler. He established his claim to the throne through his "right of conquest" and his mother, Margaret Beaufort whose family descended from John of Gaunt via his third marriage to his mistress, Katherine Swynford.

Nevertheless, his claim to the throne was still seen as weak, which was why parliament asked him on December 1485, two months after he had been crowned, to keep his promise to marry the Princess Elizabeth, and strengthen the claim of his descendants and *"restore some stability to the English royal line."

The pope had finally granted the dispensation at the beginning of the year, and it was confirmed in England by the papal legate, the Bishop of Imola on 16 January, two days later the coupe were married.The wedding ceremony was officiated by the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bourchier. Given the statement that Henry wanted to make, as it was mentioned earlier, about their union; the Abbey would have been filled with Tudor imagery that Henry had created that gave a new interpretation of the dynastic conflict that is now known as the wars of the roses. By intertwining the white rose of York (Edward IV's favorite symbol besides the sun in splendor) with the red rose, Henry VII's union with Elizabeth meant to give a powerful message of peace. Illusory as it was, its impression lasted and their descendants continued to use this device and celebrate the union of their ancestors, Henry and Elizabeth. The building would have been decorated by royal colors such as "purple and gold, silk, ermine and delicate cloths of tissue." And the bride, adds Licence, "would have been splendidly dressed and adorned with jewels, lace, brocade and ribbons."

She would not have worn white, given that white was not a color worn for wedding dresses.(The first royal bride who did was in fact her daughter-in-law, Katherine of Aragon, when she married Prince Arthur). Elizabeth would have likely worn purple as it symbolized royalty, or taken one of her many new gowns.

After the archbishop placed the golden ring on Elizabeth, the couple said their vows. Following royal custom, Elizabeth promised to take Henry as her husband "for fairer, for fouler, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to be blithe and amiable, and obliging in bed and at board" till death do them part.Besides the expenses, that no doubt would have been great, Elizabeth would have seen the new rose, the Tudor rose in every corner as well as her husband's other badges. By intertwining the white rose of York (Edward IV's favorite symbol besides the sun in splendor) with the red rose, Henry VII's union with Elizabeth meant to give a powerful message of peace. Illusory as it was, its impression lasted and their descendants continued to use this device and celebrate the union of their ancestors, Henry and Elizabeth.In recent fiction the two have been portrayed as an unhappy couple, pushed into the marriage by their shrewish mothers, but this is an interpretation based on secondary sources that have come many years (more than a century in fact) after the even took place. Francis Bacon writes very colorfully of Henry, and negatively of his mother but Francis was writing a century after the events took place and the two George Bucks themselves wrote even later. It is very easy to believe these sources, but if we want to look at the couple, we just have to look at their actions, at what they faced and what moral attitudes people had in this period.

A young woman such as Elizabeth would not have missed the opportunity to regain her status as Princess, and much less to be Queen. After being bastardized, and forced into hiding at Westminster, then in the midst of intrigue in the Ricardian court (with rumors -whether they are true or not, we will never know- that her uncle wanted to marry her shortly after his wife's passing and he later recanted after people protested at such an idea that he began to look elsewhere for a bride, and a spouse for Elizabeth); she would have no doubt welcome this new change in status. Elizabeth was a Princess-born, she had at one point been betrothed to the heir to the French Crown. She could not accept no better offer than to be a Queen, as it would also bolster her family's position as well and it did. Henry VII rewarded the Woodvilles. Richard Woodville as the third Earl of Rivers lived comfortably, Elizabeth Woodville kept some of her dower properties and when she was present, she always took precedence. Even Margaret Beaufort had to walk behind her as the older woman was Queen Dowager whereas Margaret was just a Countess -a Countess in her own right but a Countess nonetheless. Sir Edward Woodville, Elizabeth of York's uncle who took after his late eldest brother, was a highly pious and adventurous individual who proved his loyalty many times and was favored. The Catholic Kings themselves spoke very finely of him after his death. The set of ordinances that Edward IV had made for princes and that Anthony Woodville had supervise for Elizabeth's brother, Prince Edward, was kept and used for Arthur's upbringing. And Elizabeth herself was not left behind.

**"Like her parents, Elizabeth of York was a patron of William Caxton and his successor at the Westminster printing press, Wynkyn de Worde."

Furthermore, as Queen, she ruled over her own court and her own properties -some of which had previously belonged to her aunt Isabel, the Duchess of Clarence.As for Henry, this was also a personal triumph. Born to Margaret when she was thirteen (a birth that scarred her immensely. She would have no more children). Given as a ward to William Herbert who was given his uncle Jasper's earldom of Pembroke, and raised to be the perfect Yorkist to neutralize the threat he might pose in the future, he was then sent into exile after the Lancastrian Readetion failed and every member of the royal house was eliminated. Henry lived in a period of uncertainty, danger, and now it was all over. He was King. And he could also boast of having one important advantage. Many royal couples did not have the luxury of getting to know one another. They were married to this person or that, and whether or not they liked each other, they were expected to fulfill their duties. Henry fortunately did no have this problem. In the five month period that they waited for the dispensation to come, the two got to know each other. So when they walked down the aisle, they were not complete strangers.After the ceremonies ended, came the consummation. Elizabeth proved herself an exemplary Queen, living by the virtues of the day and this, as well as her fertility, made her well-remembered and loved. She would not be crowned until the following year, after “she proved herself” by giving Henry a male heir that autumn, less than nine months after their marriage. Given the speed in which they conceived, it is possible that the marriage could have been consummated before (since being betrothed was as good as being married. And the pope had given his approval, they knew it was only a matter of time before the bull came). But there is also the possibility that Arthur could have been premature.

Henry and Elizabeth’s marriage would remain strong, with the two relying on one another for mutual support when tragedy struck.

*From Dan Jones' Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors. **Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and her World by Alison Weir. I also recommend the following biographies: Elizabeth of York by Amy Licence and Blood Sisters by Sarah Gristwood.

#Henry VII #Elizabeth of York #History #English Monarchy #Renaissance #18 January 1486 #dailytudors

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Denial...Is Not a River in Egypt

Finding new ways to weasel out of their lies, the O’Biden administration is in Denial saying they never really wanted lockdowns. LOL! If you believe that then you won’t be surprised when they claim: "We never made anyone take the Vaccination. We just suggested it." And the White House Presstitutes are insisting: “We are not pushing lockdowns.” Rather than disagree with these Presstitutes we’d like to point out how the O’Biden Boyz: DID both push for and enforce lockdowns You DID both push for and enforce the FDA Approval of mRNA "vaccines" And you DID both push for and enforce Mandatory Vaccination. Moreso, you DID both push for and enforce both the Private Sector FIRINGS and Government Employee / DoD Firings / Court Martial. In case you forgot, You DID use the Bully Pulpit and Office of the White House to paint all dissenters as peddlers of misinformation At the same time, You DID call for Big Tech to silence, DE-platform, and censor people For verification, you should check the White House Archive sites for tweets, video, etc. Why? It’s all there…for now. And based on what we’re seeing with “Classified Documents” they won't hesitate to wipe out Official Archives. Denial is NOT… Denial of their lies is more proof how they’re becoming desperate in their failing attempt to enforce their egregious narrative. And before you know it, everyone will jump in on developing their own Covid-Exit strategy. Read: Covid-Exit Strategy = War January 13, 2023 Never Wanted Lockdowns Becomes… Ironically (or NOT) Insurance Companies Covid-Exit Strategy will be something like this sample claim rejection letter: Dear Mrs. Jones, We regret to inform you that since your husband died from complications related to his Covid vaccination booster we must reject your claim against his life insurance policy, we're terribly sorry. Unfortunately, our underwriters consider his taking of a highly experimental genetic drug as irresponsible behavior, even negligent the same way we would if he died by taking his own life. Again, our deepest regrets... Most Assuredly, Mr. Buro Crat Acme Life Insurance Ltd. Think I’m making this up? Think again. These ungodly people fight so hard against morality and every institution and person that upholds a standard of morality. Why? They don’t want their deeds to be shown for what they are under the true light of God. And as we’ve said before: It’s not a conservative versus liberal fight. It’s a good versus evil battle. The good news is it only takes a little bit of light to extinguish the darkness. And we offer that light to you every month in our “…In Plain English” newsletter (HERE). Don’t let the current darkness overwhelm you. And learn how to prosper AND thrive in Turbulent Times (HERE). Share this with a friend…especially if they’re in Denial. They’ll thank YOU later. We’re Not Just About Finance. But we use finance to give you hope. **************************** Wokeness Gone Mad Invest with confidence. Sincerely, James Vincent The Reverend of Finance Copyright © 2023 It's Not Just About Finance, LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Read the full article

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MARION STEWART (January Jones) is looking for her BOSS/OLD FRIEND connection. Please message LAINE for more information regarding this connection. The status of this connection is currently: CLOSED.

YOUR CHARACTER

Marion Stewart

CONNECTION TYPE

Boss / Old Friend

CHARACTER NAME

Up to player

CHARACTER AGE RANGE

38+

SUGGESTED FACE CLAIMS

Jon Hamm*, Bill Hader*, Brian Tee, Steven Yeun, Jay Hernandez, Meghan Markle*, Kristin Kreuk*, Jessica Chastain, Kate Siegel, Tessa Thompson

CHARACTER DETAILS

Marion’s intro could be found here. Long story short, she is a paralegal at Pearson Specter Litt and has been employed there since January 2020. Prior to that, she also served as a paralegal at another law firm in Downtown LA. Your character would be the lawyer whom she serves under.

A crucial layer to this connection would be that they knew each other back when they were young! Maybe your character also hailed from Boston, or knew each other through their parents/siblings or through high school/university. Whichever the case, I imagine they had vague plans that involved working as lawyers and even owning a firm together growing up — but all this came to a halt when Marion dropped out of college and eloped with her then-boyfriend, now ex-husband, to LA.

I imagine that would’ve been their first source of strife, but depending on how we plot their friendship, it certainly does not have to be the last. In any case, it definitely hampered with their plans, seeing as Marion never wound up attending law school. She’s frustrated about not having achieved this milestone and I figure that’s why, even now, she harbors a little bit of bad blood towards your character, who walked the path she’d always intended to take. (Whether or not your characters likes it, however, might even be up for debate.) I could see them having some forms of contact over the years, but never anything too long or profound. But there is still familiarity there, as well as love, in its own way.

Your character could have moved to Catalina anytime in the past year, or just recently arrived. It would be really interesting if they were to clash paths again, permanently this time. Apart from their occupation, everything else about the character — backstory, personality, relationships, etc. is UTP.

EXTRAS

The most obvious inspiration for this would be Harvey and Donna in Suits, during the early seasons (x) (x) (x) (x). Even a bit of Matt and Foggy: (x) (x) (x). In general, though, I’m looking for a long-term friendship that has been marked with lows and triumphs.

Rest assured that this is a connection for the long term! I’ve been playing Marion for over a year now, so there are definitely a lot of established connections in RP you could bounce off, moving forward, as well.

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MRS AVERY-WILKES, THE BRIDE WHO WILL WEAR BLACK

23 January 1983

ALTON, HAMPSHIRE - Genevive Avery looked ethereal as she floated down the aisle yesterday morning, in a custom fit Primrose Jorkins wedding gown. Dubbed the wedding of the decade by many who know Miss Avery well, the question on the lips of those in attendance was who the bride would wear, how long the marriage would last given the sizable age gap between the bride and groom and how the happy couple planned such a beautiful wedding in such a short period. But as the day turned into night and tragedy struck, guests were left asking something altogether different. How did Mr Victor Wilkes die?

Although I began the evening as a guest of the bride, my role quickly changed to that of a reporter, gathering information from guests and trying to garner a picture of who Mr Wilkes was before his passing as the wedding turned into a theatrical whodunnit. The occasion which gathered some of the most notable names in Wizarding Europe was Mr Wilkes’ second marriage. Aged just at the time of his passing sixty-seven, he was previously married to Emerald Wilkes, a witch very different from the former Miss Avery who was far less used to the limelight before her passing. The love story between Wilkes and Avery began from tragedy, with Miss Avery forming a friendship with the late Mr Wilkes after the death of her late father, Appleby Arrows’ great, Edwin Avery who sadly passed away late last year. Supporting one another in their grief, friendship turned to love, the pair becoming engaged over Christmas, planning a winter wedding in the snow at Miss Avery’s family home. Although Wizarding London’s newest couple certainly received some glances and whispers, neither party cared about the opinions of others. “We’re so in love,” Miss Avery told me as she got ready for her wedding. “Some people only focus on age, but for me it truly is just a number. Victor is the most wonderful man I’ve ever met. We have such a connection which I don’t believe I could have found with anyone else,” she continued. “Even with a man half his age.”

Miss Avery’s escapades before her union were fairly known amongst Wizarding London. Dubbed one of Wizarding Britain’s true beauties, the person whom she chose to marry would certainly have thought themselves to have had a winning hand, Victor Wilkes also certainly believed so. Arriving forty-five minutes late to the aisle, I was lucky enough to briefly speak with Mr Wilkes, “I never thought I’d find love again after my late wife,” he said as a tear rolled down his cheek. “But love works in mysterious ways and I am so happy to have met my best friend.” Two people who didn’t seem to mirror their father’s response to his new marriage were his children. Castor Wilkes aged thirty-one and Persephone Wilkes aged twenty-four, appeared to not be in the best spirits as their new step-mother made her way down the aisle to become Mrs Avery-Wilkes. As the couple exchanged their vows confetti was thrown in the air as fireworks exploded above our heads to announce the union in the most Avery fashion. They were married, but no one knew how short a marriage it would be.

My last memory of the wedding in full swing was as Mrs Avery-Wilkes gave me a tight squeeze and disappeared off into the crowd with her new husband. Less than an hour later guests would be told to leave as an unfortunate incident took place upstairs. Victor Wilkes was dead, leaving his new wife and two children to grieve his loss. Understandably both Mrs Avery-Wilkes and her two step-children did not respond for comment on the passing of Mr Wilkes. Although no official comment was given to The Daily Prophet, Miss Wilkes was overheard accusing her new step-mother of the murder of Mr Wilkes, though there are no official lines on what was the cause of his death. The aunt of Mrs Avery-Wilkes, Head of the Auror’s Office Mrs Avery-Jones told The Daily Prophet that no official investigation was being opened into the cause of Mr Wilkes death and that a coroner's report would be published later in the week detailing the cause of Mr Wilkes passing. For now our thoughts lie with both the Wilkes and Avery families who have experienced great loss this year but will hopefully find comfort in one another.

DAISY HOOKUM, JUNIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

#Marauders RP #marauders rpg #harry potter rp #harry potter rpg #marauders #tw: death #tw: murder #daily prophet: breaking news alert #journalist; daisy hookum #castor wilkes #persephone wilks #Genevive Avery

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Big Tech Is Still Profiting From 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, 20 Years on

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, several large tech companies are still making money from widely-debunked conspiracy theory content about the terror attack that is distressing to survivors and families of the victims.

YouTube, Google, and Apple are all still allowing users to rent or purchase conspiracy theory films like Loose Change on their platforms, despite warnings from government officials, experts, and survivors that it hinders proper education about what happened.

The past 12 months have brought a reckoning for America's tech giants. D.C. lawmakers, concerned about "fake news," conspiracy theories, and harmful misinformation, hauled Big Tech leaders in front of Congress to explain themselves. Election conspiracy theories, the rise of QAnon, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the coronavirus pandemic have all forced Silicon Valley to act. But Lee Ielpi, a former New York City firefighter whose son Jonathan, 29, died when the South Tower collapsed on 9/11, told Newsweek he finds it "troubling" that the same tech companies still allow 9/11 conspiracy theory content. "It promotes hostility, it promotes hatred," he said. Ann Van Hine's husband Bruce was also a New York City firefighter who died. "It's all gonna come down to money," she told Newsweek.

What happens now? There is a bipartisan push to make tech giants more accountable for the content hosted on their sites. Their provision of 9/11 misinformation conflicts with public commitments to fight dangerous false information and conspiracy theories, likely to be brought up again if Democrats are successful in pushing for an independent January 6 commission to investigate the deadly Capitol riot, which Republicans are poised to block.

— By David Brennan | May 25, 2021 | Newsweek

YouTube, Google, and Apple are all still allowing users to rent or purchase conspiracy theory films like Loose Change on their platforms despite warnings from government officials, experts, and survivors that it hinders proper education about what happened.

The past 12 months have brought a reckoning for America's tech giants. The de facto role of the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter as arbiters of the national discourse is under increasing bipartisan scrutiny by the media, politicians, and voters.

This scrutiny is driven by concerns about the incessant dissemination of "fake news," conspiracy theories, and harmful misinformation on these transnational platforms.

D.C. lawmakers hauled leaders of the country's tech giants in front of Congress to explain themselves.

Most of the biggest platforms have removed many conspiracy theory and misinformation accounts, and several even kicked off former President Donald Trump over his continued false claims of electoral fraud.

Election conspiracy theories, the rise of QAnon, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the coronavirus pandemic have all forced Silicon Valley to act.

Lee Ielpi is a former New York City firefighter whose son Jonathan, 29, died when 2 World Trade Center—also known as the South Tower—collapsed on 9/11.

Ielpi told Newsweek he finds it "troubling" and also "very interesting" that major companies still allow 9/11 conspiracy theory content: "It promotes hostility, it promotes hatred."

Ann Van Hine's husband Bruce was also a New York City firefighter who died in 2 WTC. "It's all gonna come down to money, whether they can make money off of movies, or documentaries or docudramas," she told Newsweek.

Loose Change is arguably the most famous and influential content to come out of the 9/11 "truther" conspiracy movement. It was viewed more than 10 million times on Google Video within just a few months. Countless pirated copies swelled its audience further.

The documentary was first released in 2005 and has undergone significant revisions in subsequent re-releases.

Such was the impact of the film that the State Department even released its own fact-check, saying the documentary was founded on "poorly thought-through misimpressions and uninformed speculation."

Overall, State said the film "is researched very shoddily, making numerous mistakes of fact and judgment" but also that none of its shortcomings "prevented it from becoming extraordinarily popular."

Later versions of Loose Change did not include some of the most extreme claims made initially, such as that a missile rather than a plane hit the Pentagon, and the planes that hit the World Trade Center may have been guided with remote control technology.

But the later editions of the discredited documentary remain true to the original Loose Change ethos of heavy skepticism about the official 9/11 narrative, still hinting at government involvement and a broad cover-up of the "truth."

One suggestion that remains constant through the various iterations of Loose Change and 9/11 conspiracy theories more broadly is that controlled demolitions brought down the WTC towers, not the impact of two passenger planes and subsequent intense fires.

Loose Change includes an interview with physicist Steven Jones, who claims there was nano-thermite residue found in the rubble of WTC 1, 2, and 7.

Conspiracy theorists suggest that someone—perhaps the U.S. government—destroyed the towers intentionally, possibly as a false flag operation to justify the subsequent War on Terror.

The film is still available for rent or purchase on Google Play, YouTube, and Apple TV at prices starting at $3.99 for standard rental. It is also listed on Amazon Prime Video though is currently unavailable to buy, with the most recent reviews there posted in late 2019.

A host of other conspiracy theory books and audiobooks are also for sale on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes, while countless free videos are available to view on YouTube.

An Amazon spokesperson told Newsweek: "We believe that providing access to written speech and a wide selection of physical media is important, including titles that some may find objectionable.

"We have policies that outline what products may be sold in our stores, which address content that is illegal or infringing. We remove products that do not adhere to our guidelines."

The spokesperson said the details page for both Loose Change and 9/11:Ten Years of Deception—another conspiracy documentary—are still visible on the website due to customer entitlement.

This means if users have already purchased the content they can still own it in their online libraries. The two documentaries were made unavailable as they violated Amazon's guidelines, though the spokesperson would not say which ones.

The Amazon-owned Audible service had been offering an audiobook of 9/11: Ten Years of Deception, but following Newsweek's queries the product page appeared to have been taken down.

A Google spokesperson told Newsweek that content will be removed from YouTube and Google Play if it is found to break the company's policies and guidelines. As of the time of publication, the 9/11 conspiracy examples flagged by Newsweek had not been taken down.

Apple did not respond to Newsweek's requests for comment. At the time of publication, Loose Change was still available for purchase on Apple TV. However, the Apple Books product page for the 9/11: Ten Years of Deception audiobook appeared to have been removed.

9/11 conspiracy theorists protest outside the memorial service at the World Trade Center construction site on September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks. James Leynse/Corbis Via Getty Images

There is a bipartisan push to make tech giants more accountable for the content hosted on their sites. Section 230 legislation gives tech giants immunity for illegal content by making a distinction between a distributor and publisher of content online.

Social platforms are identified as the former and so do not have all of the same responsibilities as a publisher making editorial decisions.

Trump and his allies have repeatedly railed against Section 230, arguing platforms are publishers exercising editorial discretion and should be treated as such under the law.

Democratic senators are pushing the new SAFE TECH legislation, which would amend Section 230 and force platforms to take more responsibility for the content users upload.

Companies are still free to host questionable content and to charge users to access it or make money from advertising around it.

Still, their provision of 9/11 misinformation conflicts with public commitments to fight dangerous false information and conspiracy theories.

In October, YouTube released a statement noting it would ramp up efforts to remove dangerous conspiracy theory content from its platform, fearing its role in encouraging "real world violence."

The video platform said these steps were taken to reinforce "four pillars," which are commitments to remove violative content, reduce the spread of "harmful misinformation," encourage authoritative voices, and reward "trusted creators."

Amazon has recently removed books from sale promoting dangerous supposed "cures" for autism.

It also booted social media app Parler—popular with right-wingers and where misinformation and conspiracy theories were rife—off of its servers in the aftermath of the January 6 attack.

Google banned coronavirus misinformation adverts early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and—along with Apple—cracked down on apps spreading coronavirus conspiracy theories soon after the virus spread worldwide in 2020.

However, it appears the 9/11 attacks are not currently treated the same as the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 election, QAnon, and other subjects ripe for misinformation.

Conspiracies about 9/11 are less politically relevant right now, and also less of an immediate threat to public safety.

But some of those with a personal connection to the tragedy said the tech companies are undermining efforts to educate Americans on exactly what happened on that pivotal day, and what it meant for the country and the world.

Both Ielpi and Van Hine work with the 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York City, which provides guided tours to visitors explaining what happened.

The organization has to date given more than 346,000 tours and hosted 4.1 million visitors at its museum on Greenwich Street, just blocks from where the Twin Towers once stood.

"Education is the key to make this world of ours better," Ielpi told Newsweek from the west coast of Florida, where he now lives. "If we fail to educate our young people, we have failed miserably."

But a lack of mandated 9/11 education in school curriculums and the pull of popular conspiracy theories online is making that work more difficult.

"I was actually surprised how many videos they were," Van Hine said, noting that conspiracy theory content is mixed up with footage of real memorial services.

"I think it should be a different category.

"When you can watch a true documentary next to something that is promoting the conspiracy theory, that can get confusing.

"We have to make sure we're educating children to question, but then to also believe there are things that are facts and truth."

On the internet, "you've got a lot of information but you don't have a teacher," Van Hine added.

Ielpi said large media organizations and tech companies "have a responsibility to try and promote understanding," regardless of their pervasive profit motives.

"They should be ashamed of themselves. Are they hiding under a rock? They're going to say: 'That's not our responsibility.' Well then, whose responsibility is it? It's all our responsibility."

This is a global problem. Van Hine recalled a tour after which two young European men showed her photo of United Airlines Flight 175 about to hit 2 WTC and asked if she thought it was real.

"When something is inexplicable, so unbelievable, we believe that there has to be somewhat more than we're being told," she told Newsweek.

Ielpi said tech companies are flirting with Islamophobia and other hateful sentiments by failing to address conspiracy theory content on their platforms.

"These organizations will let these conspiracy people put their garbage out there for everybody to see, but yet still afraid to speak the truth about 9/11," he told Newsweek.

Tech giants and media organizations, Ielpi said, have failed to seperate Islam the religion from the tiny number of "radical Islamic fundamentalists" that carried out and celebrate the attacks.

"Why are we continuing to be afraid to talk about radical Islamic fundamentalists?" he asked.

"We're hiding in the shadows, afraid to speak the truth," he told Newsweek.

"How long do we continue down this road, and how long do we allow these major organisations—Amazon and the rest—to promote hatred?"

"We've all failed. All of us have failed miserably."

Ielpi continued: "Unless we promote this understanding about the Muslim religion, and how wonderful it is, the more we're going to promote hatred by allowing these organizations to put this trash on the web."

People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Helen Lee Bouygues, a misinformation expert and founder of the Reboot Foundation, which looks to improve public critical thinking, said conspiracy theories thrive when people feel vulnerable and powerless, whether in the aftermath of 9/11 or in the midst of a pandemic. This is exacerbated by social media and the internet, she said.

Tech giants "deliberately have an algorithm to prey on people's emotions so that your eyeballs stay on their social media platforms for longer."

She added: "The other phenomenon that social media has enhanced further is this group that sense of belonging. It's also a way for people to have a sense of being in a way of being an insider."

Conspiracy theories have strong sticking power. People still argue about President John F. Kennedy's assassination and the Moon landing.

Even Pizzagate—the 2016 theory that prominent Democrats were running a pedophile ring out of a Washington, D.C. pizzeria—has recently reemerged on TikTok.

Constant exposure can erode logic. "If people hear enough about misinformation and lies, they start believing it," Bouygues said.

This is true of conspiracy theories, fake news, or propaganda campaigns by governments and special interest groups.

"The general population does not, is not willing to take the time or unable—in terms of their media literacy skills—to identify what content is coming from special interest groups."

The 9/11 conspiracy theories drove a wave of online anti-government skepticism, particularly given the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the latter justified with false intelligence and conducted despite United Nations opposition.

Such anger—whether legitimate or misplaced—can help drive new conspiracy theories.

Karen Douglas, a social psychologist at the University of Kent in the U.K. and an expert in conspiracy theories told Newsweek: "It is definitely the case that people who believe in one conspiracy theory tend to believe in others, even when the conspiracy theories are about completely different events, and even when they are about the same event but directly contradict each other."

Some 23 percent of Americans believe that 9/11 was an "inside job," according to data collated by Statista. Forty-five percent strongly disbelieve the assertion, though another 22 percent remain unsure.

But more people at least think something is amiss. A 2016 study by Chapman University found that more than half (54.3 percent) of those surveyed believed the government had concealed information about what happened on 9/11.

This is more than for the JFK assassination (49.6 percent) or the existence of aliens (42.6 percent).

Truthers have also gone on to be involved in other conspiracy theories, helped on that journey by Loose Change, which was perhaps the first viral blockbuster.

Last year, podcast host Moe Rock told Esquire: "Loose Change was the film that sent a lot of my peers down the rabbit hole. It was one of the fundamental catalysts for the online conspiracy theory boom. Probably the biggest one."

Bouygues said political and business pressure will be the deciding factor as to whether tech giants act: "It's purely political. The subject matter that is being raised, that is being addressed—it's clear that the social media companies are watching what Washington D.C. cares about."

Recent steps only came because President Joe Biden took the White House, she added: "They were worried that they were actually going to be liable for all of their content."

Douglas said: "It's not for me to say what content should be banned or limited, but some conspiracy content can be harmful and indeed, some of the social media companies are making efforts to reduce the availability of this content online."

Van Hine and Ielpi, meanwhile, said they will continue to educate Americans about the tragedy as Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley do battle over the future shape of the internet.

"If people are learning the history and learning some of the stories, they can use reason and logical thought hopefully if they see this conspiracy stuff," Van Hine said.

"If you have no background information," it's more difficult, she added.

Van Hine fears that 9/11 conspiracies might grow in popularity as the event recedes further into history and personal connections with the tragedy are lost.

"Once it becomes history it almost becomes free game. I think maybe the generation that lived September 11 needs to just start telling stories."

This year will be a painful one for the bereaved and survivors.

"Those directly affected will have to decide what you're going to watch and not watch," Van Hine said. "There is going to be a frenzy of stuff."

Ielpi's focus is the positive legacy of a horrendous event.

"We need to understand the good that has come from 9/11," he told Newsweek, noting the many scholarship funds set up by bereaved families.

"People who lost loved ones on 9/11—they didn't turn to hatred, they didn't turn to conspiracy.

"My best friend, my son, was murdered on 9/11. Could I have turned my loss into hatred? You're goddamn right I could. But you know what? Hatred loses in the long run."

Mourners gather at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York on September 11, 2020, as the U.S. commemorates the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Angela Weiss/AFP Via Getty Images

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Star, July 20

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Cover: Tom Selleck walking away from Hollywood

Page 1: Five years after meeting on the set of Mad Men Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola are definitely a couple and they’re in love and have a lot in common

Page 2: Contents, Prince Charles

Page 3: LOL! A roundup of the week’s WTF moments and other funny business -- song of the week is Double Trouble from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Kim Kardashian West sold a 20% stake in her beauty company KKW to Coty and revealed that her business is now worth $1 billion, although Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli resigned from their posh Bel-Air Country Club one member is in a huff because they could be reinstated after their prison release saying that the club has become a laughingstock, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter became the youngest person to ever win a BET award adding to her already impressive resume at just 8 years old, Dame Judi Dench says doing TikTok videos with her grandson Sam Williams helped chase away the blues during lockdown

Page 4: Peace talks for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- after battling over custody for years Brad and Angie find a new way to put their kids first

Page 6: Margot Robbie and Kaley Cuoco who have both played Harley Quinn have been trash-talking each other behind the scenes -- studio and network bosses were hoping to get Margot and Kaley on stage together for a Meeting of the Harleys at the now-cancelled Comic-Con this summer but they both balked because not only is there professional jealousy they also just don’t like each other, Taylor Swift is feeling the FOMO as she watches former besties Gigi Hadid and Selena Gomez and Kendall Jenner and others having bikini-filled fun without her aboard yachts and private jets; they’re planning summer getaways together without dropping her an invite and her relationship with Joe Alwyn is to blame because after Taylor got serious with Joe she dropped her friends and got aloof and snobby but now she’s regretting letting so many good friends go and she’s begging them all for one last chance, Kylie Jenner’s friends are buzzing about rumors of a sex tape circulating and she’s freaking out because this is not the kind of attention she wants right now especially after her claim to being the youngest self-made billionaire was called into question

Page 8: Star Shots -- Shakira showing sons Milan and Sasha some bodyboarding ropes in Barcelona, Vanessa Hudgens, Rob Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian

Page 10: Kevin Hart with son Hendrix on a trail ride, Pierce Brosnan, Lucy Hale in Fendi

Page 12: Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton color-coordinated her Alice+Olivia dress with her ride while joining forces with BMW in honor of the Trevor Project and Pride Month

Page 13: John Legend and co-driver Miles, Diane Kruger at the dentist, Mario Lopez and wife Courtney in Lake Tahoe

Page 14: Hoda Kotb helped two nurses say I Do, Dorit Kemsley modeling colorful pieces from her swimwear line, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair recreated their kiss from Cruel Intentions while Sarah wore a mask

Page 16: MTV worlds collided when The Hills: New Beginnings’ Spencer Pratt and Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’s Jenni “JWoww” Farley faced off on Celebrity Family Feud with host Steve Harvey, Reese Witherspoon

Page 18: Normal or Not? Blake Shelton mistook a display of his Smithworks Vodka for the real thing on his 44th birthday -- Not Normal, Scout Willis rocked out to the rhythm on a walk -- Normal

Page 24: Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s delivery room drama -- baby jitters are beginning to overwhelm the engaged couple

Page 25: Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have always been open about their unconventional union and now singer August Alsina said he and Jada carried on an affair for years after meeting in 2015 and that Will gave him his blessing, Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber’s marriage of nearly two years has hit a snag with Hailey informing Justin that she needs some space -- with Justin fighting rape allegations he’s become clingy and Hailey had to sit him down and explain that it’s not healthy for them to be joined at the hip then she jetted to Italy for work with bestie Bella Hadid leaving Justin without his crutch and insecure about where they’re headed

Page 26: Cover Story -- Tom Selleck walking away from fame -- the revered star and dedicated family man is looking forward to slowing down and enjoying life on his 65-acre ranch

Page 30: Prince Harry controlled by Meghan Markle -- as Meghan and Harry continue to build a new life in America the take-charge duchess has her husband firmly under her sway

Page 32: Sexy at 30, 40, 50 and beyond! -- flirty 30s -- Carrie Underwood, Jenna Dewan, Julianne Hough

Page 33: Fit 40s -- Padma Lakshmi, January Jones, Sofia Vergara

Page 34: Fun 50s -- Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Forever Fab -- Susan Lucci, Jane Seymour

Page 36: Beauty

Page 38: Style -- summery cellphone covers -- Kasey Musgraves

Page 40: Entertainment

Page 48: Parting Shot -- Duchess Kate Middleton got down and dirty during a visit to one of her first patronages the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices

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