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lawrencedienerthings · 4 years ago

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Stonewalled: Kiowa County sheriffs won’t explain why they killed Zach Gifford

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Dear reader,

Brandon, population 21, lies three hours southeast of Denver. It’s a speck of a place amid Colorado’s Southeastern Plains as they reach toward Kansas.

On the afternoon of April 9, a shooting there rattled Kiowa County more than any news story had in the 90 years since three robbery suspects ambushed, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Coral Hickman in 1930.

But this time, officers killed a civilian. Kiowa County’s Undersheriff Tracy Weisenhorn and Deputy Sheriff Quinten Stump – both new to the sheriff’s department and community – had stopped a truck in which Zach Gifford, 39, was a passenger. The autopsy report shows they roughed up and tasered the well-known and well-liked, 126-pound lifelong area resident. And they killed him when both, it seems, shot him in the back.

Zach Gifford, whom officers fatally shot in the back in April.

Their boss, Sheriff Casey Sheridan, has not explained to the local paper, the Kiowa County Independent how a traffic stop led to the homicide of the former high school basketball coach’s son who had his struggles, but was known for showing up to mow the lawns or tend the gardens of the sick, grieving or elderly, and quietly leaving before he could be thanked. Nor has the sheriffs department in nearby Prowers County, which investigated the shooting, nor the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which helped with the probe, disclosed any information.

Four and a half months later, officials have refused to release so much as an incident report on Gifford’s homicide. Rather than deciding whether to prosecute the two officers, the district attorney is empaneling a grand jury to make that call for him. In the meantime, the paper keeps getting stonewalled.

“Nothing but silence,” says Kiowa County Independent Publisher Betsy Barnett, who used to be Gifford’s high school principal.

“There has been virtually no information, no transparency on why they killed Zach,” adds Editor Priscilla Waggoner, who also knew Gifford, having given him rides occasionally and chatted about life in Eads, the 700-person county seat where he grew up. She moved there seven years ago to be near her brother, the county’s only doctor, who died shortly after.

Waggoner, a former screenwriter, is a second-career journalist with natural news instincts. You can feel her curiosity over the phone. She was on the scene after Gifford died and reached out to me a few days later for advice on how to report about an officer-involved killing.

Over the last four months, she has carpet-bombed officials with questions about the homicide and the two officers involved, who are on paid leave. Her questions keep going unanswered by law enforcement, and the people of Kiowa County are as frustrated as she and Barnett about the silence.

This is the kind reporting challenge for which COLab was created, bringing together the strengths and sourcing of local journalists with those of experienced investigative journalists in the name of accountability and transparency. The three of us have agreed to step up the inquiries and, if necessary, take legal action to obtain what should be public information about Gifford’s death. Our investigation, when complete, will run in the Kiowa County Independent, on our site and in news outlets throughout Colorado. Please stay tuned.

By working together, journalists can make sure questions about police killings are answered and public officials in even the quietest corners of our state are held to account.

Susan

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metropolitanpost · 4 years ago

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Nome:

Priscilla Barnett/ Juliana Martins.

Nascimento:

24/11/1955

Nacionalidade:

Estaduniense

Domicilio:

East Village - Downtown

Qualidades e Defeitos:

Priscilla Barnett:

Qualidades: Foco e Resiliência.

Defeitos: Arrogância e Insegurança

Juliana Martins:

Qualidades: Inteligência e Sagacidade.

Defeitos: Mal Caratismo e Incapacidade de Confiar

História:

Sonho Americano – Sinônimo: liberdade. A chance para o sucesso e prosperidade, alcançada através do trabalho duro em uma sociedade sem obstáculos. Trabalho duro e obstáculos; duas palavras que andaram jantas no decorrer da história. Mas a prosperidade, por outro lado, nunca viera delas, assim como nunca virá do mérito. Ao menos, nunca para uma mulher. Mesmo a vibração das mais fortes cores, a maior aquisição que o dólar pode pagar ou a máscara da vida mais alegre que nós, americanos, forçamos em alicerçar. Nada disso vale uma vida. Nada disso vale a vida de um homem. Embora, esteja acima do corpo carbonizado de dezenas e dezenas de mulheres.

Desde que eu aprendi a declamar cada letra do alfabeto, minha mãe me ensinou a nunca encarar um homem nos olhos por mais de 5 segundos, mesmo que esse homem fosse meu pai. Existiam lugares no nosso apertado apartamento que eu nunca, em hipótese alguma, podia acessar; o que não era difícil, vide que um apartamento na periferia da Filadélfia não tem mais que 4 cômodos. Mesmo um desses lugares sendo o quarto dos meus pais, às 23hrs da noite, quando, por algum motivo, minha mãe gritava em um ecoar abafado pelo choro, no ranger em estocadas do assoalho até que o relógio ressoasse à meia noite. Eu só passei a entender essa agonia a partir dos 6 anos de idade, até o dia em que eu sangrei pela primeira vez e me tornei fértil. O corpo que eu buscava refúgio quando tinha medo passou a ser o motivo do meu maior pavor. Um pavor que me invadiu. Um pavor que me matou aos poucos. Um pavor que fez eu me esquecer quem era, e em seguida me tornar não só eu, mas eu mesma. Não só uma.

Eu olhava aquelas duas passagens de trem pra Manhattan na mesma intensidade que as pessoas olhavam eu e minha mãe, em pé, segurando na barra de metal do vagão. Em um suspiro de fuga. Existiam hematomas que eu já não conseguia mais esconder; mas aqueles olhares não eram por eles. Nunca são olhares de ternura, não para a maioria das mulheres.

Hoje em dia, morando no teto que o meu suor e o dela foram capazes de bancar mês após mês, eu olho para o passado e não sinto o trauma, porque ele anda comigo até hoje. Ele anda na minha sombra, no meu subconsciênte, na região mais infernal da minha psique. Eu olho para o passado como uma catapulta: uma ferramenta que te arremessa para frente, mesmo não assegurando quanto a sua integridade com a aterrisagem. Hoje eu acredito em Deus, hoje eu sei que o meu destino está traçado. Eu vou entrar pra policia pra punir todos os homens que foram ou são como o meu pai. Todo o homem que usam da máscara do sonho americano, da família perfeita, mas estupra sua mulher e sua filha na calada da noite, quando os holofótes se apagam e os microfones se silenciam. Nem que pra isso eu tenha que enfrenter eu mesma, o eu que eu desconheço e abomino. Nem que eu precise enfrentar toda a sociedade.

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qpw-us · 6 years ago

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Preview: Quintessential Pro Wrestling (3/14/19)

QPW hits the Fight Capital on Thursday night, as two MMA vets meet in "Filthy" Tom Lawlor vs Josh Barnett, plus Joey Ryan vs Priscilla Kelly and Reno Scum vs Rascalz!

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fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors · 8 years ago

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For black history month 2017 the majority of my posts were about movies and TV directed by black women or movies directed by women featuring a majority black cast.

There were 57 individual black women directors that I posted about. For reference here is a linked list of every single one:

Kemi Adetiba

Priscilla Anany

Amma Asante

Neema Barnette

Maggie Betts

Frances Bodomo

Janicza Bravo

Sisa Bueno

Tina Gordon Chism

Kathleen Collins

Julie Dash

DeMane Davis

Alice Diop

Mati Diop

Leila Djansi

Maïmouna Doucouré

Cheryl Dunye

Ava DuVernay

Cecile Emeke

Destiny Ekaragha

Safi Faye

Sabaah Folayan

Dyana Gaye

Whoopi Goldberg

debbie tucker green

Tanya Hamilton

Leslie Harris

Zora Neale Hurston

Hella Joof

Nikyatu Jusu

Wanuri Kahiu

Beyoncé Knowles

Annetta Laufer

Kasi Lemmons

Nnegest Likké

Flora M'mbugu-Schelling

Tina Mabry

Victoria Mahoney

Sybil H. Mair

Jessie Maple

Darnell Martin

Melina Matsoukas

Stella Meghie

Bree Newsome

Tchaiko Omawale

Ngozi Onwurah

Tope Oshin

Euzhan Palcy

Kiandra Parks

Tayarisha Poe

Dawn Porter

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Dee Rees

Angela Robinson

Lacey Schwartz

Amandla Stenberg

Rama Thiaw

#reference #lists #black history month

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butterflyphil · 8 years ago

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maddy! :')

morning comes - delta rae

avant gardener - courtney barnett

decatur, or, a round of applause for your stepmother - sufjan stevens

dream - priscilla ahn

youth - daughter

send me your name and i’ll make you a playlist

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allspark · 5 years ago

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It’s time for our weekly Diamond Comics Shipping List! Check out some great titles IDW has in store for us next week like Transformers, Transformers/Ghostbusters, The Crow, Disney Afternoon, My Little Pony, and more! All coming your way for June 26th!

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As Megatron seeks to bring about change to Cybertron, he meets with Termagax, a living piece of Cybertronian history and founder of the Ascenticon movement. Will she set him on the path to peace, or lead him to an unrepairable rupture with the Senate?

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Canto’s adventure begins! Enslaved for generations, Canto’s people once had hearts. Now they have clocks. When slavers damage a little tin girl’s clock beyond repair, Canto must brave his strange and fantastic world to bring back her heart. Can he overcome the dangers that await to save the one he loves?

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The crow flies. A soul is brought back. But something is wrong.

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Dick Tracy is Sisyphus, pushing the law boulder up the hill as he struggles for reason and order in a world with none. His attempts at law and order are met with crime and chaos in the form of unpredictable and absurd villains. But Dick Tracy will never give up trying, no matter the era or incarnation. Join Eisner Award-winning creator Michael Avon Oeming on a startling case through time and space!

• From the mind of Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming, co-creator of Powers! • Each issue has an exciting new take on one of the most iconic comic-strip heroes of all time!

DISNEY AFTERNOON GIANT #5

Ian Brill (A) Leonel Castellani, James Silvani, Ricardo Garcia (CVR) Magic Eye Studios

The return of Darkwing Duck begins this issue with chapter one of “The Duck Knight Returns”! Where did Darkwing Duck go, and what crisis has sparked his sudden reappearance? Find out in this issue! Then, Chip ‘n’ Dale and the Rescue Rangers are back for another thrilling adventure in “Stranger Danger”!

EVE STRANGER #2

David Barnett (A/CVR) Philip Bond

Eve Stranger can do anything thanks to the nanotech that she has to inject every week to stay alive… anything except remember who she is or where she’s been. Her talents sold by the shadowy E.V.E. Project to the highest bidder, Eve’s latest mission takes her to history-drenched Prague to face a monster who must be stopped. High-octane adventure, weird science, and doomed romance meet the jet-set in “Retrograde”!

GHOST TREE #1 3RD PTG

Bobby Curnow (A/CVR) Simon Gane

GHOST TREE #2 2ND PTG

Bobby Curnow (A/CVR) Simon Gane

GHOST TREE #3

Bobby Curnow (A/CVR A) Simon Gane

A sinister force grows in strength as Brandt discovers more secrets about his past and his family’s connection to the Ghost Tree. Will Brandt be able to discover his true purpose in Japan in time to save himself?

A touching drama with a hint of horror!

GLOW #3

Tini Howard (A/CVR A) Hannah Templer

Based on the hit Netflix show! The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling quickly realize that there’s no way they’re going to be able to beat these real, muscle-y professional wrestlers! With morale low, Ruth has to come up with a new plan, and she’s going to make sure they win-even if they have to lose!

MARILYN MANOR #1

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Where were you in ’81? When the White House goes dark for 17 days in August, the president’s spoiled daughter and her best friend Abe-who claims to be possessed by the spirit of Abe Lincoln-throw a rager at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, unearthing long dead historical figures and government secrets that are better off buried. Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll séances, and secret passageways lead to time-bending mystical romps where past and present collide. But at what cost to Marilyn Kelleher, the world at large, and music television?

Uniting the red-hot Eisner-nominated talents of writer Magdalene Visaggio (Eternity Girl, Kim and Kim) and artist Marley Zarcone (Shade, the Changing Girl, Effigy) for the first time, MARILYN MANOR explores identity, classism, appropriation, and friendship. It’s a rollicking, neon party gone out of bounds when we need it most-set just in time for the greatest pop cultural marriage to date: MTV.

“We’ve been trying to capture the feel, the excitement, the energy of the rise of the New Romantics, of the decade that embraced excess and excitement in hugely over-the-top ways, and filled it with chaos and insanity. This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever written in the best way possible, like an apocalypse directed by John Hughes.”

MY LITTLE PONY SPIRIT OF THE FOREST #2

Ted Anderson (A/CVR A) Brenda Hickey (CVR B) Tony Fleecs

Strange things are happening in the woods around Ponyville! When ponies start seeing weird shapes, hearing unknown sounds, and losing the tools they need to work, all signs point to a mysterious monster! But it couldn’t actually be the Spirit of the Forest-right?!

PUNKS NOT DEAD: LONDON CALLING #5

David Barnett (A/CVR A) Martin Simmonds

It’s the moment the whole story has been building to… Fergie comes face-to-face with Billy, the dad he’s never met. Or should that be Beleth, banished prince of hell? But before that, have Sid and Fergie actually found a way to stop being stuck together? And finally, Dorothy and Asif return to London with Natalie in tow for a battle royale unlike any other. Don’t miss “To the Underworld,” the smashing conclusion to our sophomore arc!

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ROAD OF BONES #1 2ND PTG

Rich Douek (A/CVR) Alex Cormack

ROAD OF BONES #2

Rich Douek (A/CVR A) Alex Cormack

After weeks battling the cold, freezing tundra and a dwindling food supply, tension runs high between Roman, Sergei, and Grigori as they flee the horrors of the Kolyma Gulag. Their one hope is reaching a hunting lodge in the mountains where they can replenish their supplies-but the rocky path grows more treacherous with every step. Even so, Roman has yet to discover the true meaning of treachery-until he learns what Grigori and Sergei’s true plan for survival is. The dark tale of survival at any cost in the Siberian wilderness continues in ROAD OF BONES #2 from writer Rich Douek (GUTTER MAGIC) and artist Alex Cormack (SINK).

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Ageing broadcasters | New presenter for Question Time | More Morris Minor tales | Jesus leads the line

What is it with these broadcasters that they have to keep working well into their 70s and beyond (David Dimbleby leaves Question Time but doesn’t give up broadcasting, 18 June). Jenni Murray, Jon Snow, John Humphrys, the younger Dimbleby et al ... no wonder youngsters struggle to get into this profession when these broadcasters are the journalistic equivalent ofbed blockers. Priscilla Kemp Conwy

• As one of the originators of Question Time, a three-week fill in set up to keep Robin Day out of trouble during the 1979 general election, my view on the Dimbleby slot is either give it to the broadcasting giant who should have had it last time round – Paxo himself – or skip a generation or two and go for a woman with plenty of attitude like Emma Barnett. The format will survive any change of pilot. It has, after all, for nearly four decades. John Mair Researcher, Question Time 1979, Oxford

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The Most Memorable Movie star Weddings All through The Years

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The Most Memorable Movie star Weddings All through The Years

Each time high-profile get married, it’s all of the media ever talks about for weeks. Generally the marriage is so big, it will get dubbed the superstar wedding ceremony of the 12 months. This isn’t a brand new pattern although and the identical can positively be mentioned concerning the celebrities of yesteryear. We’re right here to remind you about a number of the most memorable — and a few forgotten! — nuptials within the final half-century. Keep in mind which marriage ended due to the spouse’s affair… with one other girl?!

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The marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy was maybe the primary highly-publicized superstar wedding ceremony of the 20th century. Bouvier and Kennedy frequented the socialite pages in these days, changing into superstars by the point JFK popped the query. Greater than eight hundred esteemed politicians and socialites attended the nuptials in Newport, Rhode Island on September 12, 1953. The high-profile wedding ceremony was such an occasion that folks in attendance in contrast it to a coronation, in line with LIFE. Virtually 2,000 followers even lined up outdoors St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church to have a good time the brand new Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy.

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In 1960, Marlon Brando’s sudden marriage to Movita Castaneda was the discuss of Hollywood. In reality, individuals weren’t even conscious that Brando had married his second spouse till he was requested about it in courtroom in line with the Instances. Castaneda was a Mexican actress who starred in Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935 reverse Clark Gable. Coincidentally, Brando would find yourself starring within the 1962 remake, however sadly, that is when his marriage with Castaneda got here to a detailed. Over their two years collectively, they’d a son, Miko, and a daughter, Rebecca.

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Martha Kostyra was modeling to pay her approach by means of Barnard School when she married Yale Legislation scholar Andrew Stewart in 1961, giving her the legendary identify she is thought by at present. In true Martha style, she wore a marriage gown that she designed along with her mom. The couple had one daughter, Alexis, born 4 years later, however sadly, the wedding didn’t final. They separated within the late ’80s and had been formally divorced by 1990. In line with Stewart’s personal daughter and different sources, the homemaking knowledgeable is definitely a tough particular person to work and dwell with.

In one other marriage you didn’t anticipate to examine, you’ll be taught concerning the scandalous affair that led to a different couple’s divorce.

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When artwork scholar Cynthia Powell found she was pregnant with then-boyfriend John Lennon’s child, he mentioned, “There’s just one factor for it Cyn, we’ll need to get married.” With only a few individuals in attendance, the marriage is claimed to have been a farce, as a jackhammer was going off on the time the nuptials had been mentioned, amongst different mishaps. Supervisor Brian Epstein insisted that they maintain the wedding and being pregnant a secret in order to not hurt the band’s budding reputation. After the start of their son Julian, Lennon wouldn’t show to be an awesome household man, ultimately leaving mom and son by 1968.

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Barbra Streisand was an up-and-coming actress auditioning for I Can Get It for You Wholesale, a musical by which esteemed actor Elliott Gould was the lead. Though they tried to cover their relationship at first, the remainder of the corporate was on to them and shortly, they had been residing collectively in a small Manhattan condo above a seafood restaurant. They acquired married in Carson Metropolis, Nevada in 1963 and by then, Streisand’s profession was on the rise. Sadly, the identical couldn’t be mentioned for Gould, who Streisand reportedly considered as a “stabilizing affect.” The couple had one son, Jason, earlier than their break up in 1971.

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Feminine tennis celebrity Billie Jean met Larry King in school, the place he inspired her to pursue tennis as a profession. King himself had thought up the concept of an expert girls’s tennis tour and would ultimately go on to be one of many founders of World Group Tennis. Billie Jean fell in love with King and the 2 went on to marry on September 5, 1965. Nonetheless, nicely into her tennis profession, Billie Jean realized her attraction to girls and pursued an extramarital affair along with her feminine secretary, Marilyn Barnett, who would later sue in a palimony lawsuit. King stayed along with his first spouse by means of this, however they ultimately break up however remained shut.

Arising, a musician and mannequin remained mates… even after he gave her his blessing to marry his shut good friend!

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Mia Farrow was solely 19 when she met actor and singer extraordinaire, Frank Sinatra, who was 48. Sinatra was taken by Farrow and the sensation was mutual. Regardless of public criticism, the pair wed at The Sands Lodge in Las Vegas on July 19, 1966. The ceremony was solely 15 minutes and Farrow sported a easy white gown and a newly shorn pixie lower (which was allegedly solely completed to spite Sinatra). When Sinatra ordered Farrow to give up appearing, she refused and went on to star in Rosemary’s Child regardless of her husband’s protest. It was on the set of that film that he despatched her divorce papers after solely a 12 months of marriage.

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In 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla in a small personal ceremony in a collection on the Aladdin in Las Vegas. Organized by Elvis’s supervisor Colonel Tom Parker, every part was shrouded in secrecy to maintain the occasion as intimate as doable. In the course of the evening, Elvis and his social gathering snuck out of his yard and took a non-public jet loaned by Frank Sinatra to get to Vegas. Relating to her wedding ceremony day, Priscilla has mentioned, “My wedding ceremony was very uncommon. It was the individuals closest to us, and personal, and that’s how we needed it. We didn’t desire a fan membership. We didn’t desire a circus.”

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Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett had been on the peak of fame once they tied the knot in 1973. The 12 months of their marriage, Majors was solid as Colonel Steve Austin in Six Million Greenback Man and Fawcett would go on to play Jill Munroe in Charlie’s Angels in 1976. Their high-profile marriage would finish by 1979, nonetheless, and their divorce could be finalized by 1982. The couple had no youngsters collectively and it’s suspected that the wedding ended when Fawcett turned concerned with actor Ryan O’Neal after Majors requested him to take care of Fawcett when he went to Canada to shoot a film.

Maintain studying to see which musicians acquired into an odd love triangle by which the woman married each males!

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Invoice Clinton met Hillary Rodham on the library after she so boldly launched herself to him when he wouldn’t cease her. In line with The Knot, Invoice proposed to Hillary on quite a few events, however she stored saying no as a result of uncertainty of her future following school. After seeing a home on the market and listening to Hillary point out that she appreciated it, Invoice purchased the home and informed her, “Do you keep in mind that home you appreciated? Nicely, I purchased it, so now you’d higher marry me as a result of I can’t dwell in it on my own.” Invoice and Hillary married in the lounge of their new residence on October 11, 1975.

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In 1977, “The Donald” acquired married for the primary time to Ivana Zelníčková, a Czech mannequin and supposed snowboarding alternate for the 1972 Czechoslovakia Olympic ski crew. Trump’s first wedding ceremony was a lavish affair on the Marble Collegiate Church and was officiated by famed minister Norman Vincent Peale. The Trumps went on to change into distinguished social figures within the ’80s and Ivana even reportedly mentioned, “in 50 years Donald and I shall be thought-about previous cash just like the Vanderbilts.” Nicely, their marriage didn’t precisely pan out how Ivana might need hoped and ended after Donald’s scandalous affair with mannequin Marla Maples.

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Eric Clapton turned mates with The Beatles member George Harrison within the late ’60s, which is when Clapton met and have become infatuated with mannequin Pattie Boyd. She at first denied his advances and went on to marry Harrison, which despatched Clapton right into a downward spiral of alcohol and substance abuse. Simply as he was recovering, Boyd and Harrison had been breaking apart and with Harrison’s blessing, Boyd and Clapton tied the knot in 1979. Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr had been all in attendance on the intimate nuptials in Clapton’s backyard. Sadly, Clapton’s alcoholism and infidelity led to their eventual divorce within the ’80s.

Maintain studying to see who acquired married in a shirt coated in their very own blood!

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Actress Carrie Fisher met musician Paul Simon on the set of Star Wars and “[once] they noticed one another, nobody else mattered to both of them,” writes Peter Carlin, writer of Homeward Certain: The Lifetime of Paul Simon. The 2 went on up to now by means of the late ’70s and early ’80s earlier than marrying in 1983 in Simon’s condo. The wedding lasted slightly below a 12 months earlier than they divorced, though Fisher and Simon would choose proper again up after they began relationship once more. They’re mentioned to have shared a relationship that was, at instances, tumultuous between Fisher’s substance habit and the couple’s respective temper problems.

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Janet Jackson’s 1994 marriage to R&B singer James DeBarge would solely final 121 days. Jackson and DeBarge had been childhood mates they usually truly eloped after Jackson’s proposal. They acquired married on September 7, 1984, however the marriage was annulled by 1985. “I used to be a younger boy who liked a woman tremendously and issues occurred how they did. Janet and I had been actual shut, however I suppose not as shut as I believed,” DeBarge mentioned. In 2012, he made headlines with the stunning claims that he and Jackson had a child and that he believes she remains to be on the market.

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Musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet met in 1985 at a New Version live performance and have become shut mates. After transferring in collectively in 1987, the couple eloped in Las Vegas on Bonet’s 20th birthday on November 16th of that 12 months. The next 12 months, their daughter Zoë was born, however the marriage would solely final till 1993. After an amicable divorce, the 2 remained shut and Kravitz has even mentioned on Oprah’s Grasp Class in 2013, “We had been very younger… I see now what it was all about: It was actually all about bringing this stunning youngster to the planet. Zoë’s mother and I now are finest mates.”

This superstar marriage didn’t final as a result of they had been too younger, very like one other couple you’ll quickly examine…

Rock legend David Bowie married supermodel Iman on April 24, 1992 in a civil ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland. Solely two witnesses and an interpreter had been current through the nuptials. Their connection was instantaneous and plain, even supposing Iman didn’t even take into consideration marrying him at first. “I used to be not prepared for a relationship. Undoubtedly, I didn’t wish to get right into a relationship with any person like him.” Nonetheless, after tying the knot in 1992, they might stay married for over twenty years till Bowie’s demise in 2016. The 2 had a daughter collectively in 2000 named Alexandria.

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In 1994, the legendary Michael Jackson and daughter of the late Elvis, Lisa Marie Presley, married in a secret wedding ceremony within the Dominican Republic. Whereas on trip there, the couple drove to the home of a neighborhood choose and paid a small price to be married in holy matrimony on Might 26, 1994. When the choose requested if he would take Presley to be his spouse, Jackson reportedly mentioned, “Why not?” Though they tried to be so secretive that they didn’t even inform their mother and father, a Dominican newspaper leaked the story and the wedding turned a nationwide scandal, particularly since Presley had divorced her first husband simply 20 days prior!

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Actors Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie met on the set of the 1995 movie Hackers and by March of 1996, the couple tied the knot. Jolie, identified to be fairly a wild card in her early profession, confirmed as much as her wedding ceremony in black rubber pants and a T-shirt that had Miller’s full identify written on it with Jolie’s personal blood. The New York Instances reported Jolie as saying, “It’s your husband. You’re about to marry him. You’ll be able to sacrifice a little bit to make it actually particular.” The younger couple, after all, separated the next 12 months and had been formally divorced by 1999.

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After happening a blind date arrange by their brokers in 1998, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt turned Hollywood’s golden couple, relationship for simply over two years earlier than getting engaged. On July 29, 2000, Brad and Jen tied the knot in a $1 million wedding ceremony at a Malibu mansion. America’s favourite couple basked within the glow of Hollywood success for about 4 years earlier than issues began going south. By 2005, Aniston publicly introduced their separation they usually had been formally divorced a pair months later. Many speculate Pitt started an affair with Angelina Jolie, his co-star in Mr. and Mrs. Smith in direction of the top of the wedding.

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George and Amal Clooney’s high-profile wedding ceremony is likely one of the most memorable of the present instances. The Italian nuptials had been a very star-studded affair with visitors starting from Anna Wintour and Cindy Crawford to Bono and Invoice Murray. Amal donned an Oscar de la Renta-designed wedding ceremony gown on the ceremony within the Aman Canal Grande Lodge in Venice. The social gathering didn’t finish there because the Clooney’s then headed off for a civil marriage service to seal the deal. The social gathering reportedly went on till 5 within the morning, earlier than they headed to their honeymoon in London, the place the bride’s household threw one other social gathering.

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365 Day Movie Challenge (2018) - #4: Battle of the Sexes (2017) - dirs. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (52 Films by Women 2018: #1)

In preparation for Sunday night’s Golden Globes, I watched Battle of the Sexes, a biopic about the famed tennis match between 29-year-old phenom Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and 55-year-old ex-champ Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) in 1973 - the avowed feminist vs. the self-described “male chauvinist pig.” Stone and Carell's performances have been nominated at the ceremony and for good reason. Stone in particular soars in an otherwise uneven film that focuses largely on Billie Jean King’s closeted lesbianism but muddles some crucial storytelling components.

We see the comparisons and contrasts on both sides of the competition. Bobby’s marriage to his wealthy wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue) suffers because of his gambling addiction and a general problem with immaturity, while Billie Jean navigates rocky relationships with her dependable husband, Larry (Austin Stowell), and an irresistible hairdresser, Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough), with whom she has an affair during a tennis tour. Marilyn represents the life that Billie Jean wishes she could have publicly, but the period’s attitude towards sexuality prevented her from being open about her orientation. I wanted to like this important aspect of the plot, but the whole time I was uneasy because I know that in 1981, after the events of the film, Marilyn Barnett sued Billie Jean King (post-breakup) for a share of the tennis star’s assets, thus outing her. How could I view Dayton and Faris’s version of Marilyn Barnett with kindness, knowing that in real life, the woman stripped Billie Jean of control over her own narrative?

Much of the film is comedic and lighthearted in tone, but the mood shifts abruptly every time that the plot observes Billie Jean’s messy personal life. The scenes between Billie Jean and Marilyn, Billie Jean and Larry or between all three are burdened by cheesy, predictable dialogue. What saves the film from sinking under the Nicholas Sparks-esque weight of these moments is Emma Stone’s performance. I completely bought her performance and it made me rethink the “Emma Stone is overrated” mantra that has been echoing in my head since Birdman, her two Woody Allen films and La La Land. Carell isn’t quite so revelatory, but he does a good job of making a mostly unlikeable character sympathetic in key instances.

To the benefit of Battle of the Sexes’ overall atmosphere, a plethora of fabulous character actors and up-and-comers appear. The cast overflows with talent: Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Natalie Morales, Eric Christian Olsen, Fred Armisen, Chris Parnell, Matt Malloy, Jamey Sheridan and Tom “SpongeBob SquarePants” Kenny add flair to the proceedings. I also loved the cinematography by Linus Sandgren, notably in a creative shot of Andrea Riseborough standing on a hotel room balcony, her face and body framed by the ruffle-edged layers of the hotel’s many stories; another standout moment is the club scene when Tommy James and the Shondells’ “Crimson and Clover” is the soundtrack to Billie Jean realizing her attraction to Marilyn. The combination of the music and Emma Stone’s subtly effective acting is beautiful. Most of Battle of the Sexes hits the foreseeable beats of a by-the-numbers biopic that deals with an underdog conquering adversity, but I live for the moments when filmmakers deliver moments that make my heart sing.

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