#seth's dog is an emotional support animal

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alternate reality where they all live and go to group therapy

[darkpeacemusic]

ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤: 𝔼𝕧𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤

(TW: Violence, death, transphobia, religious trauma.)

Evan was born as a female and his original full name was Rochelle Lori Myers.

As a child, Evan had a lot of insecurities around his appearance and other kids bullied him for it.

His parents were strictly Christian and they were against the LGBTQ community or anyone with different religious beliefs.

During his childhood, Evan was always a rebellious kind of child as he had bouts of reckless behavior which made him end up in the principal's office many times.

When he was 13, Evan came out as a trans male but his parents didn't approve of it and kicked him out of the house while calling him a son of the devil.

After he was kicked out, he went to stay with his sister and her boyfriend who were more accepting to him.

He has always found comfort in listening to music, especially punk rock and heavy metal.

Due to his parents trying to raise Evan to be tougher, Evan has a habit of bottling up his feelings, because he worries that he's too sensitive and prone to overreacting.

He's constantly worried that even expressing negative emotions will make people annoyed or frustrated by him.

Evan started drinking in his early teens as a form of self-medication and only got sober when he was 18 years old when he met Jeff Koval and Vincent.

He still mourns over the death of Steph and his daughter and he visits their grave every year.

He has a habit of becoming very protective of younger people he's close to or who he perceives as needing his support.

He used to live on the same street Alex Kralie used to live during his childhood.

He loves video games with his favorite being BioShock.

He is still very close to his sister and his brother-in-law since she was the one who took him in after his parents kicked him out and he worries about her safety often.

When HABIT takes over him, he often does things he has no control over such as murder and torturing people.

He doesn't remember what he does when HABIT possesses him.

He is afraid of clowns, no one knows why.

He has a strange fascination with large knives.

He has ADHD but he never was officially diagnosed until he was 19.

He has a collection of old DVDs from the 90s and early 2000s.

He is a fan of punk rock and heavy metal.

He is friends with Sarah, Jessica, Amy, Jeff Koval, and Seth.

He's not the best when it comes to using technology and he often asks Sarah or Jessica to help him use the computer.

He is also a fan of old-school horror movies.

He has bad insomnia due to his constant nightmares and has to use melatonin to get himself to sleep.

He loves dogs and has 2 of them at home.

He is currently married to a woman named Claire Robinson whom he loves more than anything.

He can't stand the taste of coffee, and if you ever offer him any he will tell you that he much prefers hot chocolate.

Evan has a secret YouTube channel where he uploads gameplay recordings of himself playing video games, with very few subscribers (including his best friend Jessica).

Evan and Seth are almost like brothers and Evan is very protective of him and Sarah.

He's heard of Zalgo many times while being possessed by HABIT but he's never met the demon king in person yet.

He has a sweet tooth.

He's got a dry sense of humor and loves sarcastic banter with those close to him.

He's bisexual.

He has an adopted daughter named Veronica who he is very overprotective of and tries his best to be a good dad to her.

He has a soft spot for animals, and tends to befriend neighborhood strays.

He's a fan of TMNT.

His favorite tv shows are Hazbin Hotel, Pokemon, and Death Note.

[aftgficrec]

Andriel with support animals? 🐕 🐈 🐖 🦅 🐿

We’ve pretty much exhausted our supply for Andreil with service animals, but I will point you to our previous recs so you can enjoy them all. PLUS, we’ve found cute stuff for other characters with support animals that we just have to share. - A

Andreil with a service animal from previous recs:

‘Red Rabbits’ season one here and season two here 

‘This Dog Is Nothing’ from Andrew grieving

‘words can't warm the windows...’ from long distance - Andrew pov

‘Paint On My Fingers...’ from blind, mute or deaf Neil

‘i know that we can survive…’ from Stuart & Neil

‘i had a dream…’ from Neil having flashbacks

‘Ember’ (now complete) from andreil dad aus

‘under the kitchen lights…’ from Staff Recs - Fluff

‘Modern Constellations,’ ‘Bud like you,’ ‘You're Safe like Springtime,’ ‘Neil and Andrew with service dogs,’ and ‘a concept…’ from Andreil with a service animal

Neil

The Wonder of You by KatherineF [Rated G, (we say T), 3872 Words, Complete, 2020]

Neil is in complete denial that he is struggling with panic attacks. Andrew thinks it would be a good idea to get a support animal. They figure it out together.

tw: ptsd, tw: panic attack

Allison

TFC Therapy Pet AU hc by @savemoreau [Tumblr, 2016]

- Even though some time had passed after losing Seth, Allison had a rough time adjusting

Kevin

Don’t imagine Kevin getting his therapy dog hc by @percyyjaackson [Tumblr, 2017]

Jean

today I don't feel like doing anything by blafard [Rated G, 849 Words, Complete, 2019]

"We have to get up at some point," Jeremy murmured then, his voice thick with sleep, but the way he looked at Jean told the latter that the blond didn't really mean it. At least not for another hour.

Sweater Weather by Flowerparrish [Rated T, 1231 Words, Complete, 2016]

“What’s this?”

“A sweater. Un pull.”

“You don’t speak French,” Jean accuses.

“I looked it up,” she shoots back, “because I knew you’d be impossible.” She tosses her hair lightly, as if annoyed that he’d expect her to be anything other than prepared to outmaneuver him. When he considers this, he’s not actually at all surprised.

tw: panic attack

love is the light scaring darkness away by Flowerparrish [Rated T/M, Collection, Complete, 2018]

Chapter 2: Napoleon the Service Dog [Rated T]

"I wish I could hate you"

tw: dissociation, tw: panic attack

consider: hc by @savemoreau [Tumblr, 2016]

-Jean gets bunny as a pet for emotional support.

NB: Companion art for this post: Ray keeping Jean company by @savemoreau

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Any headcannons for Seth?

Oh yEAH I have hella headcanons for that sweet boy you don’t even know

I probably have more than I can put in just one post, but here are some big ones:

Seth wasn’t only the camera man, but also the main tech guy for the Marble Hornets crew. His tiny car was usually PACKED with equipment.

Seth’s dog is named Lucky (because I hate myself and the irony is hH)

Seth has an anxiety disorder that went relatively untreated because his family didn’t understand it. To cope, his dog kind of became his unofficial emotional support animal.

Seth’s anxiety disorder made it hard to leave the house sometimes, so he would be absent from the MH set a lot. Everybody understood though and Amy, Sarah, and Jay volunteered camera duty when he wasn’t around.

Because of his anxiety, Seth didn’t make a lot of close friends until late in high school when he met Alex and they instantly became best friends

Alex was the first person in Seth’s life to understand and accommodate Seth’s anxiety disorder

They bonded over their love of dogs and film making

Alex would regularly bring over his dog Rocky for doggy playdates with Lucky

Alex was the one who introduced Seth to everyone else in the big MH friend group

Seth developed his own “masked state” like Masky, Hoodie, and Skully after the events in Entry #22 (although it’s debatable whether he actually wears a mask). I’ll go more in depth on that if you guys want!

And that’s not even scratching the surface. I have so many headcanons surrounding Seth’s relationship with the crew, and also obviously I have a ton of stuff on him being totheark

So if yall wanna hear more about this let me know!!!! I really like headcanon stuff so if you guys like this I’ll make a lot more!Really interested to see what you guys think of this!

[datauthorress]

Ashes of Night [Chapter 3: Meet the Family]

Pairing: Arthur Morgan/Original Female Character

Summary: A young college student stumbles upon a man from the past, right in her very apartment. The man doesn't know why he's suddenly 119 years in the future, but maybe this is a second chance at a better life.

Warnings: familial abuse (sibling abuse) and one protective cowboy.

Over the course of the next few days, Arthur Morgan learned about the 21st century and mannerisms, even trending topics and the such. He learned about technology and Shelby explained how technology worked, including a cell phone and a computer. She was patient with him, teaching him about what happened in the 119 years since 1899, and he was quite a fast learner. In addiction, they asked each other questions about their lives and Shelby answered questions that she was comfortable with.

She was 25-years old, and was a professional author in the horror genre, and a college student, working towards a four year degree in Photography. Despite her attitude towards him, Arthur realized Shelby had multiple mental disorders, including Anxiety, Depression and sometimes, Insomnia. She had also been recently diagnosed with a small form of PTSD, due to an attack when someone tried to mug her while she was in New York a few months ago. Arthur wasn't quite sure how all the disorders worked, and with the facts and stories he had told Shelby, she was certain he had PTSD as well, though they couldn't prove it until he saw a psychologist.

Shelby had to explain to Arthur that her Anxiety can make her feel so many things at once; worry about so many little things, and even cry over them. Arthur had asked what could be done to help someone through an anxiety or panic attack, and she gave him some tips, in case she were ever to have one while he was around. Her cat was a registered 'Emotional Support' Animal and she was working on getting a Service Dog, whom she would be getting in the next month or so.

Arthur still had some trouble taking everything in, but Shelby promised him it would all be easier once he had been in the future for much longer. Arthur told her what he was comfortable with, and even showed her his artwork in his journal, which Shelby had commented happily. Shelby, besides being an author and photographer, was an artist and a painter on the side, and said she would take him to a painting class in South Bend sometime.

Sunday came too fast, too soon and Shelby was dreading going there and having to deal with her sister. She had three siblings, a younger sister and was the middle child in a set of triplets, with Seth being the oldest and Shepherd being the youngest. The three were fraternal twins, to which Shepherd and Seth only had some similar features.

She had made two dozen of chocolate chip cookies for her family, knowing her sister would just bribe her for cookies and then turn around and treat her like absolute garbage. Arthur didn't have siblings, so he didn't know just how bad their rivalry was. Shelby was a peacekeeper, Mia was a complete trouble maker and tended to get into drugs with her ass-hat of a boyfriend.

Shelby was completely dreading and more when they pulled into the driveway of their parents' house. Shelby was dressed casually, wearing a pair of black skinny jeans and a black t-shirt with her famous red and black plaid shirt, which Arthur noticed was her favorite shirt. She almost always wore it over something. Arthur was dressed like her, dark blue jeans that showed off his long legs and a blue plaid shirt and his black hat.

Shelby turned off the vehicle and pulled the keys out, grabbing her shoulder purse and the container of cookies from the back seat. She and Arthur stepped out of the car, just as an older woman came out of the front of the two-story house.

“Hi, baby!” the woman greeted as she hugged her eldest daughter.

“Hey mama.” Shelby said with a smile, hugging her mother back. “Mom, this is Arthur Morgan. He's my new roommate.”

“Pleased to meetcha, ma'am.” Arthur said politely, tipping his hat at her.

“Oh my, it's a pleasure to meet you as well, Mr. Morgan.” the older woman smiled. “Come inside!”

The three of them went inside the house, where Shelby took off her boots and set them by the door, Arthur following suit. He took off his hat as well and hung it up by the other hats on the coat rack. Shelby introduced Arthur to her father and brothers, who immediately took an interest in the cowboy.

“Where are you from, Mr. Morgan?” Allen asked, shaking Arthur's hand.

“Texas, born and raised.” Arthur replied with a nod, going with the story that he and Shelby agreed on.

“Texas, huh? I heard it's pretty hot out there.” Allen said.

“It is, 's that dry heat.” Arthur nodded.

“So, how did you meet my daughter?” Allen asked, to which Shelby rolled her eyes.

“Dad, you can ask him more questions later.” Shelby sighed, placing the container of cookies on the breakfast bar.

“Well, can we offer you anything, Mr. Morgan? Water, soda, a beer perhaps?”

“A beer would be mighty nice, Mr. Hartford.” Arthur replied.

“If you get drunk, I'm leaving you in the truck to sleep.” Shelby said, giving a light pat to Arthur's bicep. “Where's Maria?”

“Outside, playing with Parker. Go see her, sis.”

Shelby grumbled underneath her breath and told Arthur she'd be back in a few, then opened the sliding glass door that led to a decent sized backyard. Maria, who was two years younger than Shelby, was just walking up the steps with her white Peekinese, Parker. She paused when she saw her older sister. “Hey,” she said.

“Hey.” Shelby said.

“So, how are you doing?” Maria asked.

“I'm okay, getting ready for fall semester.” Shelby replied. “You?”

“Just working.” Maria replied, and glanced through the glass door, seeing their father speaking to Arthur. “That's your boyfriend, huh?”

“No, just a friend.” Shelby corrected, shaking her head.

“You sure? How'd someone so hot get into contact with you?”

Shelby felt her stomach churn. This is the reason she didn't want to deal with her sister 99 percent of the time. She kept a blank expression, taking a deep breath before exhaling. “Friends, nothing more.” she repeated, before walking back inside. She brushed past Arthur, who noticed her hands were trembling slightly. He didn't say anything, and watched as she sat down on the couch, and smiled when a small, white dog jumped onto her lap, licking her face.

He knew something wasn't right, and he already had a hunch.

With beef and noodles, there was mashed potatoes, salad and a fruit salad. Desert was Shelby's chocolate chip cookies, and Maria brought a chocolate pie, while Shepherd brought an excellent cake that he made from scratch. He was going to school to be a professional baker and planned on opening his own shop. They sat outside on the large deck, having the umbrella up to block out the sun. Arthur and Shelby sat next to each other on one side, while Shepherd sat on the other side of Arthur and Maria sat on the end next to Shelby, with Seth on the other end and Maria's boyfriend and their parents on the other side.

Shelby hardly spoke, letting her parents ask Arthur questions. She poked at her food for a few minutes, before she began eating. She began to notice Maria leaning over, her hand disappearing underneath the wooden table and then she felt her began to pinch her, hard, right through her jeans. Shelby jolted from the pinches and moved away from Maria, but the youngest sibling found a way to keep pinching her, whether it was with her toes or fingers.

Arthur's deep, baritone laugh brought Shelby out of her thoughts and she felt her face flush upon hearing it. She loved the sound of it.

“Ow! Stop pinching me, Shelby!”

Shelby jumped in her seat, startled when Maria exclaimed out, holding her thigh in fake pain. “I'm not even near you...” Shelby muttered.

“Girls, please don't start.” Suzanna, their mother, sighed.

Shelby went quiet once more, finishing her food faster than everyone else. She informed that she was going to put her plate up, then go to the bathroom. She did just that and did her business in the bathroom, washing her hands afterwards. She had examined her thigh, seeing the already forming bruises on her pale skin. She only shook her head and started to open the door, when it swung in forcefully and hit her right in the nose. She staggered backwards, holding her nose and winced when fingers dug into her short locks painfully, tugging.

“Seriously, what does Arthur see in you?” Maria sneered, digging the nails of her other hand into Shelby's shoulder painfully. “You're nothing but a lowlife, scum of the earth. Mom said that you nearly died during birth. You should've.”

Shelby opened her mouth to speak, to defend herself, but Maria's fist came barreling towards her, hitting her right in the face. It happened quite a few times, and once she was satisfied, Maria tossed Shelby onto the floor, letting her suffer from a bleeding nose.

“I'll always been the favorite. You know that, so quit trying to make everyone else look bad.” she scoffed, before leaving the bathroom.

It took Shelby a few minutes before she got up, beginning to clean up the mess. Some blood dripped onto her black shirt, but it was easy to hide, so she wiped it up as best as possible. After a couple more minutes, she heard a knock on the door, and Arthur's voice.

“Ya 'right in there, Shelby? Yer sister said somethin' about a bloody nose.”

“I'm fine.” she replied, spitting out blood into the sink.

“Ya don' sound fine.” the man said and opened the door, startled when he saw the lower half of her face covered in streaks of blood. “Jesus, wha' the hell happened?”

“Maria happened, Arthur.” Shelby sighed, muffled by the tissue.

“C'mere. Lemme see that nose....” he said, pulling the tissue away from her nose. He could see light bruising beginning to form around her nose, and even around her left eye. “She hit ya? Over what?” he asked, grabbing a fresh tissue and holding it to her nose.

“It's always been like this.” Shelby muttered, looking down at the floor as Arthur held a hand on her shoulder, keeping her still. “She's always wanted the attention. She's jealous of my success, and miserable that she's stuck with a dead-end job because she's lazy and got kicked out of school because of her grades.”

“And she abuses ya because of that? I reckon that's jus' stupidity.” Arthur shook his head.

Shelby shrugged, and Arthur found himself hating the way she just dismissed it. No sibling should abuse the other just because of the other's success. It was wrong. It was vile. Shelby had been patient with him, though she did get annoyed at times, but she never once got snappy with him, or tried to insult him or hit him. He hadn't been here a week yet, and he found himself wanting to protect the young woman who took his life in her hands, teaching him about the ways of the 21st century and helping him through it, instead of letting him rot.

Shelby sniffled, bringing the older man out of his thoughts. He pulled the tissue away from her nose, examining it. “Looks like the blood stopped.” he said, tossing the tissue in the trash. He grabbed another one and got it wet, before he gently wiped the blood away from her face.

“I'm fine, Arthur.” she said quietly.

“Don' give me that.” Arthur scoffed. “Ya want me t' say somethin'?”

“No, just....leave it be for now.” Shelby sighed, sniffling again.

After a moment, he agreed and got her cleaned up, then they both left the bathroom and headed downstairs. Shepherd and Seth had begun cleaning up dinner, talking among themselves.

“You okay, honey?” Suzanna asked.

“I'm fine, mom.” Shelby nodded, going to sit on the couch. The smaller dog, a chihuahua, jumped onto her lap and immediately rolled over for belly rubs.

Arthur walked over to the coat rack and grabbed his hat off of it, before walking over to Shelby. “Here.” he said, plopping the hat onto her head gently. “Hold that fer me.”

Shelby was startled when Arthur plopped the hat onto her head and she looked up at him from under the hat, before she flushed and looked down quickly, hiding underneath the hat.

Suzanna laughed. “It looks good on you, sis!”

“Shut up.” Shelby mumbled, embarrassed.

After the dishes were done and everything was cleaned up, it was time for desert. Nearly everyone took a cookie, except for Maria, who claimed her cookies were better and also insulted Shepherd's cake, which made him glare at her.

“Maria, please....” Shelby said quietly.

“Please, what?” Maria snapped. “And take that hat off, you look dumb as fuck with it on.”

Shelby's hands shook and her face flushed as tears formed in her eyes. She hid her face underneath the black hat, clutching it as her shoulders trembled. Arthur could see tears sliding down her cheeks and his heart ached for the sweet, young woman. His eyebrows scrunched, and his blue eyes narrowed. He wasn't holding back anymore.

“I think ya outta leave, miss.” Arthur spoke, directing his suggestion to Maria.

“Excuse me?” Maria blinked.

Arthur's broad arm went around Shelby's trembling shoulders, bringing her against his side, as if to protect her from the world around them. Shelby was surprised, and glanced up at the older man from under the hat.

“Ya heard me.” Arthur said. “Why ya gotta abuse yer sister? Huh? She's done nothin' wrong to ya, except maybe a few names here and there. She's a sweet girl, unlike yourself.”

“Excuse me?!” Maria exclaimed.

“I haven't known Shelby for that long, but she's a brilliant young woman.” Arthur said, his grip tightening on her shoulder slightly, though not painful in any way. “And if yer jealous of her success, then why don' ya just make yer own success, instead of abusing yer sister for hers. I can't stand siblings who abuse each other for stupid reasons, and ya, miss, are one of those siblings.”

“H-how dare you-?!”

“Maria, just leave.” Suzanna said, angry. “You've done enough. Also, get rid of that shitty boyfriend you have. He's just dragging you under.”

Maria stared at everyone for a long moment before she burst into loud crying and left the house, her boyfriend tailing after her. Arthur sighed, looking down at Shelby who was staring at him in awe. “Aw, don' look at me like that, Shelby. Friends gotta stick up fer each other.” he said, reaching up to wipe her tears away with his thumb.

The rest of the night went by smoothly and around 10 PM, Shelby decided it was time to leave and gave her family hugs, before she and Arthur went back to the apartment. Arthur hadn't asked for his hat back, letting her wear it. Once they were in the apartment, Shelby took her shoes off, hanging her purse and keys up by the door.

“Look, I'm sorry fer embarrassin'-” Arthur began.

He was interrupted when the young woman turned towards him and her arms were going around his middle, pressing against his chest in a gentle, but firm hug. Arthur was startled for a moment, before he relaxed and placed an arm around her shoulders and the other around her head, rubbing the back of her head almost affectionately.

“Thank you, Arthur.” Shelby said softly, pressing her face into his shirt.

“Don' mention it, kid.” he said, rubbing the back of her head.

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Best Movies Coming to Netflix in August 2021

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As quickly as the summer movie season of 2021 seemed to come upon us, it’s already about to begin its long, languid slide through the dog days of August into fall. That’s not to say that theaters won’t still have plenty of interesting fare to encounter, with films like The Suicide Squad, Free Guy, Respect, Candyman and The Night House all on deck. Hopefully the other hideous sequel happening at the moment — Pandemic 2: The Delta Variant — won’t set any of these potential hits back.

In the spirit of keeping August entertaining, Netflix is rolling out a slew of new streaming additions as well, including an underrated Spielberg gem, fantastic teen comedies both old and new, a couple of stoner classics and perhaps the finest film from the canon of one of the modern era’s most revered directors. We’ve rounded up our recommendations below, and hope you stay cool and healthy whatever you’re watching!

Universal

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Beethoven (1992)

August 1

Hollywood in the 1990s was a glorious and furry era when studio executives never met a family movie that couldn’t be improved with the addition of at least one animal character. Beethoven is one of the most successful examples of this winning formula. Directed by Brian Levant from a script co-written by John Hughes himself (alongside Mystic Pizza co-writer Amy Holden Jones), Beethoven is basically the story of how a husband and father, Charles Grodin’s George Newton, feels threatened by the attention his family gives their new dog, a St. Bernard named Beethoven.

George eventually works through some of his issues and accepts the charming Beethoven into the family, a process that comes to a head when Beethoven is dog-napped into an animal experiment scheme run by evil veterinarian Dr. Herman Varnick. (Honestly, the plot isn’t dissimilar to the story in cinematic masterpiece Paddington.) The deep supporting cast includes Bonnie Hunt, David Duchovny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, and Everybody Loves Raymond‘s Patricia Heaton. The film’s sequel, Beethoven Second, will also be available on Netflix starting on August 1st.

Dreamworks

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

August 1

As one of Steven Spielberg’s most charming and laid-back efforts, Catch Me If You Can is a breezy and star-studded entertainment. The story is loosely based on the real grifts of conman Frank Abagnale Jr., who beginning as a teenager was able to pass himself off as a pilot, lawyer, doctor, and many other things. But really, this is a cat-and-mouse chase movie between a still baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as the FBI stiff who hunted him down. It’s all good stuff, with the movie enjoying a light touch and fresh take on Spielberg’s favorite subject matter: fathers and sons.

Warner Bros. Pictures

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

August 1

A shockingly entertaining B-movie about a bunch of genetically engineered super-sharks which break out and take over a testing facility, this is horror silliness at its best with great turns from Samuel L Jackson, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and LL Cool J. Partially shot on sets built around the same water tanks used for Titanic, with animatronic and CGI sharks, Deep Blue Sea is action-packed, schlocky fun from director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger).  

STX Entertainment

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

August 1

A bit like Lady Bird before there was a Lady Bird, Kelly Fremon Craig’s Edge of Seventeen is an underrated gem that stars a teenage Hailee Steinfeld as a young woman stumbling through an especially awkward time in her life. Steinfeld is terrific in her best performance since True Grit, playing Nadine as a bundle of insecurities, yet still nobody’s victim. Also of special value is Craig’s hilarious and authentic script, which captures the specificity of growing up in the social media age while being near-universal in its accessibility and empathy for a wide ensemble which also includes Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, and Woody Harrelson.

Paramount

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

August 1

Just in time for the dog days of summer comes one of the best summer movies ever. Relying on charm and sharp characterization instead of special effects for its spectacle, John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a truly great teen comedy that follows the easygoing bon vivant (or secret sociopath?) of a high school’s senior class when he decides to take the day off in the best fashion: by faking he’s sick and then guilting his BFF into giving him the keys to his dad’s Ferrari.

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Never Have I Ever Season 2 Review: This Netflix Teen Comedy Deserves to Run and Run

By Louisa Mellor

It’s silly yet curiously honest stuff about the pressures of young adult life, at least in 1980s suburban America, and a beguiling showcase for an ensemble that includes Matthew Broderick in his coolest role, as well as Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, and a seriously stoned Charlie Sheen. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re due.

Warner Bros. Pictures

Inception (2010)

August 1 Still Christopher Nolan’s most complete and satisfying film to date (yes, even more so than The Dark Knight), Inception is a cerebral sci-fi set of stacking dolls combined with a rollicking James Bond adventure that all happens to be mostly situated inside one guy’s head. Leonardo DiCaprio leads a team of professional thieves who steal things from people’s minds — only this time they’re hired to implant an idea, even if they have to dive deep into the mark’s subconscious to do it.

Mind-bending imagery and several jaw-dropping action sequences are wrapped around a surprisingly emotional core, with only the usual unwieldy exposition there to remind you that there are some things Nolan may never get right.

Lionsgate

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

August 1 Based on a novel by crime writer Michael Connelly, this gripping, suspenseful 2011 drama arguably kicked off “the McConaissance,” a shift from rom-coms to more serious roles by Matthew McConaughey that launched a new, largely acclaimed phase of his career.

McConaughey is formidable as attorney Mickey Haller, a slick lawyer who works out of his Lincoln Town Car and undergoes a crisis of conscience as his new case starts to feel disturbingly like an old one. In addition to McConaughey stepping up his game, this Brad Furman-directed thriller is the kind of character-driven, literate melodrama we don’t see much on the big screen anymore — although we see plenty of them these days on, of course, Netflix.

Paramount Classics

The Machinist (2004)

August 1 Director Brad Anderson followed up his cult classic 2001 horror effort Session 9 with this surreal, Kafka-esque psychological thriller. Christian Bale plays Trevor Reznik, whose inability to sleep leads him to cause an accident at his industrial job that costs a co-worker (Michael Ironside) his arm. Already physically and mentally deteriorating, Reznik begins an even deeper descent as he tries to unravel what’s happening to him and why. Bale is intense and viscerally shocking as the emaciated Reznik, with his riveting performance anchoring an atmospheric, visually striking film that is sometimes an exercise in style over substance.

New Line Cinema

Magnolia (1999)

August 1

Boogie Nights pushed director Paul Thomas Anderson into the spotlight, but it was his massive, sprawling jigsaw puzzle Magnolia that made him into a superstar filmmaker. Following multiple narratives and numerous characters all finally brought together by a climactic storm of frogs, this is high art packed with standout moments.

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Movies

Best Modern Horror Movies

By Don Kaye

Tom Cruise is electric as a toxic motivation speaker, Julianne Moore is brittle and tragic as a trophy wife who has grown to love her dying husband, while the burgeoning relationship between Melora Walters’ addict and John C. Reilly’s cop added sweetness and hope to a tale of messed up people and damaged families. Epic.

Sony PIctures

Pineapple Express (2008)

August 1 After its trailer introduced everyone to M.I.A.’s amazing “Paper Planes,” Pineapple Express’s work was already done. It didn’t even have to produce a satisfyingly funny movie on top of that. Thankfully the filmmaking team of Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and David Gordon Green decided to give us one anyway, because Pineapple Express is the ideal of the little-seen-or-attempted stoner action comedy.

Rogen stars as process server and marijuana enthusiast Dale Denton, while James Franco portrays his annoying drug dealer Saul Silver. When the pair witness a murder, they are forced to flee hitmen, a pair of corrupt cops, and worst of all, Danny McBride. The Rogen/Goldberg comedy catalog has very few misses and this one is particularly excellent.

Universal Pictures

Seabiscuit (2003)

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Old Dogs

Theatrical release poster

Directed by

Walt Becker

Produced byAndrew Panay

Robert L. Levy

Peter Abrams

Written by

David Diamond

David Weissman

Starring

John Travolta

Robin Williams

Kelly Preston

Seth Green

Ella Bleu Travolta

Lori Loughlin

Matt Dillon

Music by

John Debney

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Edited byTom Lewis

Ryan Folsey

Production

company

Walt Disney Pictures

Tapestry Films

Distributed by

Walt Disney StudiosMotion Pictures

Release date

November 25, 2009

Running time88 minutes

CountryUnited States

LanguageEnglish

Budget$35 million

Box office$96.8 million

[1]

Old Dogs is a 2009 American ensemble comedy film directed by Wild Hogs's Walt Becker and starring John Travolta and Robin Williams with an ensemble supporting cast played by Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Seth Green, Rita Wilson, Dax Shepard, Lori Loughlin, and Bernie Mac. It was released in theaters on November 25, 2009 and was released on DVD March 9, 2010.

The movie is dedicated to both Bernie Mac (who died in August 2008 and had his final acting role in the film) and Jett Travolta (John Travolta's son who died in January 2009). The film grossed $96.7 million worldwide on a $35 million budget.[1]

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams wrote the theme song for the film, "You've Been a Friend to Me".

At the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony, Old Dogs was nominated in four categories: Worst Picture, Worst Actor for John Travolta, Worst Supporting Actress for Kelly Preston and Worst Director for Walt Becker.

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2Cast

3Reception

4References

5External links

2.1Primary

2.2Minor

2.3Muppet performers

3.1Critical response

3.2Box office

Plot

Dan Rayburn (Robin Williams) and Charlie Reed (John Travolta) are best friends and co-owners of a successful sports marketing firm. Seven years prior, Dan, recently divorced, married Vicki (Kelly Preston) after being whisked away by Charlie for a tropical vacation. The marriage, however, is short lived. Seven years later, Vicki resurfaces to tell Dan that their short marriage resulted in something he never suspected: twins Zach (Conner Rayburn) and Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta).

Vicki, facing jail time for her work as an environmental activist, asks Dan to take care of the kids while she does her time. Thinking this might be his chance to get back with Vicki, Dan agrees, but only if Charlie will help him since neither have any experience taking care of kids. At the same time, the two must finalize a huge marketing deal with a Japanese company; something they've always dreamed of, but will take all of their talents to clinch.

Because Dan's condo does not allow children, he has to board with Charlie. Whilst this is happening, Charlie and Dan are close to securing the biggest account in the history of their careers with the Japanese corporation. Charlie and Dan's attempts to take care of the kids are well-intentioned, but very misguided. On a trip with the kids to an overnight camp, a hard-nosed camp instructor (Matt Dillon) becomes convinced that Dan and Charlie are homosexual partners. The trip ends with a bang after Dan accidentally sets a beloved statue of the camp's founder on fire.

The kids then proceed to spill and replace Charlie and Dan's prescriptions, mixing them up in the process. Dan then must play a game of golf with the Japanese executives while experiencing extreme side effects and Charlie tries to woo Amanda (Lori Loughlin) with a face frozen by the pills.

Desperate to help Dan communicate with the children despite his inexperience with children, Charlie recruits his friend Jimmy Lunchbox (Bernie Mac), a flamboyant children's entertainer, who is famous around the world. Jimmy comes by and straps Dan and Charlie in motion control puppet suits so Charlie can help Dan make all the right moves with his daughter while having a tea party. The suits malfunction, but Dan speaks from the heart, winning over Emily but his speech makes Jimmy emotional. Everything is great with Vicki as she returns home upon having served time in jail. However, the guys have sealed their Japanese deal, sending junior associate Craig (Seth Green) to Tokyo. When Craig goes missing after arriving there, Charlie and Dan must fly to Tokyo themselves to work. Dan must leave the kids and Vicki despite his (and their) desire to be a family.

Once in Tokyo, Dan realizes that what he really wants is to be a good father. He leaves the meeting without sealing the deal, rushing with Charlie to Vermont for the kids' birthday party. They aren't able to get into the Burlington Zoo in time and are forced to break in with the help of Craig. However, they mistakenly wind up in the gorilla enclosure. Though Dan and Charlie escape, Craig is captured by the gorilla (which takes a strong liking to him).

Dan then pays a birthday party performer hired by Vicki to use his jet pack and suit, flies into the ceremony and wins his kids back over. When the jet pack stops working in mid-air, he is taken to an ambulance on a stretcher. One year later, Dan and Vicki are together, Charlie has married Amanda, and Craig has become like a new "uncle" to the kids.

Cast

Primary

John Travolta as Charlie "Chuck" Reed

Robin Williams as Daniel "Dan" Rayburn

Kelly Preston as Vicki Greer

Seth Green as Craig White

Lori Loughlin as Amanda

Ella Bleu Travolta as Emily Greer

Conner Rayburn as Zachary "Zach" Greer

Minor

Sab Shimono as Yoshiro Nishamura (as Saburo Shimono)

Dax Shepard as Child Proofer Gary (uncredited)

Luis Guzmán as Child Proofer Nick (uncredited)

Bernie Mac as Jimmy Lunchbox

Matt Dillon as Troop Leader Barry

Rita Wilson as Jenna

Justin Long as Troop Leader Adam (uncredited)

Ann-Margret as Martha

Laura Allen as Kelly

Amy Sedaris as Condo Woman

Kevin W. Yamada as Riku

Bradley Steven Perry as Soccer Kid

Dylan Sprayberry as Soccer Kid

Paulo Costanzo as Zoo Maintenance (uncredited)

DeRay Davis as Zoo Security Guard (uncredited)

Paul Thornton as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Residente as Tattoo Artist

Muppet performers

The following have performed the puppets in Jimmy Lunchbox's show and are credited as "Muppet":

Bruce Connelly

Josh Cohen

Joe Kovacs

John Kennedy

Edward Noel MacNeal

Matt Vogel

Four of the puppets identified in Jimmy Lunchbox's show are Bozark the Elephant from Animal Jam, Beak the Bird and YesNo from the proposed series Muppetmobile, and Scales the Dragon from the pilot to Little Mermaid's Island.

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 5%, based on 108 reviews, with an average rating of 2.3/10. The site's consensus reads, "Its cast tries hard, but Old Dogs is a predictable, nearly witless attempt at physical comedy and moral uplift that misses the mark on both counts."[2] The film was ranked number three on their list of the ten most moldy films of 2009.[3] At Metacritic, Old Dogs received an aggregated rating of 19 out of 100, based on 22 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike."[4]

Film critic Roger Ebert gave Old Dogs a rating of one star out of a possible four.[5] Ebert opened his review commenting, "'Old Dogs' is stupefying dimwitted. What were John Travolta and Robin Williams thinking of? Apparently their agents weren't perceptive enough to smell the screenplay in its advanced state of decomposition".[5]

The Salt Lake Tribune gave Old Dogs a rating of zero stars out of a possible four, and criticized the film for "hammy acting and sledgehammer editing".[6] Film critic Roger Moore of The Orlando Sentinel gave Old Dogs a rating of one and a half stars out of a possible four.[7] "Trashing Old Dogs is a bit like kicking a puppy. But here goes. The new comedy from some of the folks who brought us Wild Hogs is badly written and broadly acted, shamelessly manipulative and not above stopping by the toilet for a laugh or two," wrote Moore.[7]

Bill Goodykoontz of The Star Press gave the film a critical review, and commented, "Old Dogs, which stars Robin Williams and John Travolta as a couple of aging bachelors who suddenly have twins thrust upon them, delivers everything you’d expect. Which is: not much."[8] He concluded his review with, "Let’s hope Williams, Travolta and the rest got a fabulous payday for Old Dogs. Because otherwise, you know, woof."[8] In a review for The Arizona Republic, Goodykoontz gave the film a rating of one and a half stars out of a possible five.[9]

Writing for the San Jose Mercury News in an analysis of movies that were released around Thanksgiving, Randy Myers placed Old Dogs below "The Scraps: Leftovers that should be immediately placed in Fido's bowl."[10] Myers commented, "We have a winner in the Thanksgiving movie turkey contest."[10] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Too bad this shrilly tuned comedy doesn't demand more than clock-punching effort from everyone involved."[11] Tim Robey of The Telegraph savaged the film, saying, "Old Dogs is so singularly dreadful it halts time, folds space and plays havoc with the very notion of the self."[12] He added to the review, "Being a film critic is a wonderful job, but there are weeks when the bad film delirium strikes and we’d all be better off in straitjackets. A colleague opined to me the other day that this might be the deadliest run of releases in his 20-year history on the job, and I can completely see that." He also said, "You'd have to hate your family to take them to this!" He gave the film zero stars.

Writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Carrie Rickey gave the film a rating of two and a half stars out of four.[13] Rickey commented of the multiple cameos in the film, "A child of 5 can see that these brief appearances serve to pad a gauze-thin script."[13] The review concluded, "Old Dogs may not be good. But the sight of pesky penguins pecking Travolta and Green in the embrace of an unlikely partner makes it just good enough."[13] Pete Hammond of Boxoffice gave the film 3/5 stars, and concluded, "Old Dogs may not reach the box office heights of Wild Hogs but its fun family friendly attitude should guarantee a healthy holiday haul."[14]

Box office

In its first day, Old Dogs opened in fifth place, with a take of $3.1 million.[15][16] It was beat out in first-day box office results by New Moon, The Blind Side, 2012, and Ninja Assassin.[15][16] The film came in fourth in its second day with $4.1 million, for a two-day pickup of $7.2 million.[17] The film remained in fourth place for its third day, with a box office take of $6.8 million.[18] Overall, the film grossed $96,753,696 worldwide on a budget of $35,000,000.[19]

The movie was also a moderate success on DVD, gaining more than $20,000,000 (20 million dollars) domestically during its first two months of release.[20]

References

^ Jump up to:a b "Old Dogs (2009) Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

Jump up^ "Old Dogs (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

Jump up^ "ROTTEN TOMATOES: 11th Annual Golden Tomato Awards: Moldy". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

Jump up^ "Old Dogs". CBS Interactive Inc. Metacritic. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-25.

^ Jump up to:a b Ebert, Roger (November 24, 2009). "Old Dogs". RogerEbert.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-11-25.

Jump up^ The Salt Lake Tribune staff (November 24, 2009). "5-minute movie reviews: 'Old Dogs,' 'Ninja Assassin'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

^ Jump up to:a b Moore, Roger (November 23, 2009). "Movie Review: Old Dogs, no new tricks". Movies with Roger Moore. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

^ Jump up to:a b Goodykoontz, Bill (November 23, 2009). "REVIEW" 'Old Dogs' could use new tricks". The Star Press. Retrieved 2009-11-24.[dead link]

Jump up^ Goodykoontz, Bill (November 24, 2009). "'Old Dogs'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

^ Jump up to:a b Myers, Randy (November 24, 2009). "Thanksgiving Movie Guide: From the main courses to the doggie scraps". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

Jump up^ Harvey, Dennis (November 24, 2009). "Old Dogs". Variety. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

Jump up^ "Old Dogs, review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2010-03-18.

^ Jump up to:a b c Rickey, Carrie (November 24, 2009). "Old Dogs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

Jump up^ Hammond, Pete (2009-11-25). "Old Dogs Movie Review". Boxoffice. www.boxoffice.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

^ Jump up to:a b DiOrio, Carl (November 26, 2009). ""Moon" begins long weekend atop box office". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters. Retrieved 2009-11-27.

^ Jump up to:a b Ellwood, Gregory (November 26, 2009). "Box Office: 'New Moon's' $14.3 million dominates 'Ninja' and 'Old Dogs'". HitFlix. HitFix Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-27.

Jump up^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 27, 2009). "Football player elbows vampires on Turkey day". Variety. Reed. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

Jump up^ Briody, Tim (November 28, 2009). "Black Friday Box Office Analysis". Box Office Prophets. Box Office Prophets, a division of One Of Us, Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

Jump up^ "Old Dogs (2009) Box Office". The-Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-23.

Jump up^ "Old Dogs - DVD Sales". The-Numbers. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

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In a lengthy speech sooner than imposing the penalty, Jackson perceived to desire unbiased at Trump, saying Stone “became now not prosecuted for standing up for the president; he became prosecuted for shielding up for the president.” She also regarded as if it would call out Legal official Total William P. Barr, saying his intervention to lower profession prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation became “unparalleled.” But she stated the politics surrounding the case had now not influenced her dedication.

“The truth serene exists; the truth serene issues,” Jackson stated, echoing prosecutors’ closing arguments at trial in November. “Roger Stone’s insistence that it doesn’t, his belligerence, his pleasure in his fill lies are a threat to our most important institutions, to the foundations of our democracy. If it goes unpunished, this could unbiased now not be a victory for one social gathering or one more. All americans loses.”

She added, “The fright and disgust at the defendant’s belligerence ought to transcend social gathering.”

Trump, within the meantime, weighed in from afar — again bucking Barr’s public and non-public warnings to quit speaking about Justice Division legal cases. Because the hearing became ongoing, the president, who became touring on the West Hump, suggested in a tweet that Stone became being handled unfairly when put next with political rivals he needs to stare charged with crimes, along with outdated FBI director James B. Comey, outdated FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and outdated secretary of mumble Hillary Clinton, who ran against him for president in 2016.

Not lengthy after Stone’s hearing ended, Trump made identical feedback in an appearance sooner than outdated inmates in Las Vegas. Trump sought to make general unbiased over the legal justice arrangement. “These other americans know extra about erroneous juries than all americans,” he stated. Then he particularly attacked the panel and forewoman who decided Stone’s case.

“It's miles a girl who became an anti-Trump person, fully,” he stated. “Is that a defrauding of the court docket? You show me.”

Trump stated he became “following this very closely, and I would favor to stare it play out to its fullest because Roger has a truly lawful probability of exoneration in my study.” But he added, “I’m now not going to attain something else in phrases of the mighty powers bestowed upon a president of the United States. I need the course of to play out.”

Overnight, Trump had hinted he could pardon Stone, tweeting a video clip by which Fox News host Tucker Carlson stated, “President Trump could wreck this travesty in a accurate away with a pardon, and there are indications tonight that he's going to attain that.”

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), one amongst Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill, reiterated Trump’s correct to grant clemency to his friend.

“Beneath our arrangement of justice, President Trump has the entire lawful authority within the arena to review this case, in phrases of commuting the sentence or pardoning Mr. Stone for the underlying offense,” Graham wrote.

Stone, 67, became convicted by a federal jury on seven counts of mendacity to Congress and tampering with a peep about his efforts to search out out about hacked Democratic emails connected to Clinton.

A jury came across the longtime GOP operative guilty of mendacity at some level of testimony to the House Intelligence Committee in September 2017 to cover his central position within the Trump campaign’s efforts to search out out about computer recordsdata hacked by Russia and made public by the anti-secrecy neighborhood WikiLeaks. Stone also threatened a peep who became an associate of his in an are attempting to prevent the person from cooperating with lawmakers.

Stone did now not talk in court docket and showed no viewed emotion because the sentence became read. Emerging from the court in a huge-striped swimsuit and polka-dot tie, he regarded aloof.

“I fill nothing to pronounce,” Stone stated. “Thank you.”

Stone, his companion and a tidy entourage exited the courthouse to a tidy crowd of photographers, supporters and antagonists. As he climbed into an SUV, protesters shouted “Lock him up!” while supporters yelled “Pardon Roger Stone!”

Stone requested a brand novel trial closing week, after Trump suggested the forewoman in Stone’s case had “important bias.” Jackson, the judge, stated previously that she would delay implementing his sentence until she resolves that do a query to. A filing is due from Stone’s protection crew Monday. As smartly as to penal complex, Jackson ordered Stone to pay a $20,000 gorgeous and assist two years of supervised release. He stays out of penal complex on bond, and even supposing he loses his plug for a brand novel trial, he can fill at least two weeks to show himself in — except an appeal further delays things.

The penalty capped an queer sentencing hearing by which Jackson sought now not simplest to resolve disputes between prosecutors and protection attorneys, but additionally to see answers on the interior Justice Division haggling over what punishment the authorities would endorse.

The preliminary crew of 4 profession prosecutors suggested that Jackson impose a term of seven to nine years, simplest to stare Trump tweet referring to the topic and Barr personally intervene. All four prosecutors then quit the case — with one leaving the authorities totally — and their replacements filed a brand novel recommendation suggesting that three to four years became “extra fashioned” in cases treasure Stone’s.

Yet the novel prosecutor in court docket Thursday defended his predecessors and argued for the same stiff sentencing enhancements as they had.

“The Division of Justice and the United States legal official’s put of job is committed to following the law with out disaster, desire or political have an effect on,” Assistant U.S. Legal official John Crabb Jr. stated. “This prosecution became and this prosecution is righteous.”

Crabb stated the court docket “ought to impose a appreciable length of incarceration,” despite the indisputable truth that he did now not imply a explicit different of months or years.

On the Justice Division, one senior legitimate expressed reduction that the sentence became extra in step with Barr’s hottest recommendation than the profession prosecutors’ guidance of seven to nine years. “It became messier than we wished, but we ended up within the same put,” the legitimate stated.

That legitimate, treasure others in this legend, spoke on the condition of anonymity to focus on interior deliberations.

Jackson known as Stone’s testimony to Congress “plainly flawed” and “a flat-out lie,” and stated his misdirection “shut out critical avenues” for lawmakers to verify. The judge stated Stone knew his efforts to produce damaging facts about Clinton “could assume badly on the president.”

Jackson acknowledged the case’s underlying political tension and pressed Crabb to order why prosecutors filed two very totally different sentencing memos. She requested why the Justice Division within the wreck selected to counsel bucking the pointers — when division policies attain now not allow that with out approval from supervisors — and puzzled why Crabb became in court docket at all.

“I disaster that you just perceive much less about this case than per chance any individual else within the court,” Jackson stated. “What is the authorities’s put at the present time?”

Crabb stated the case’s fashioned prosecutors had approval from U.S. Legal official Timothy Shea to make their recommendation and that their filing became “done in lawful faith.” He stated his thought became there had been a “miscommunication” between Barr and Shea, centered on “what the expectations were from the legal official general and what the exact filing would be.” He apologized for the “confusion” — despite the indisputable truth that even in court docket, his put regarded somewhat of muddled.He refused to pronounce whether he had written the softer sentencing recommendation, which bore his signature, because it would uncover “interior deliberations.”

Stone had requested for probation, citing his age and lack of a legal history.

Protection legal official Seth Ginsberg stated Stone is “an accurate person, now not a media resolve, now not a political persona, but an accurate person,” who's quickly to be a mighty-grandfather. He emphasized Stone has “devoted himself” to rather about a causes — along with veterans, animal welfare and soccer gamers tormented by annoying mind accidents.

That, he stated, is “who Mr. Stone if truth be told is — now not the upper than existence political persona that he performs on TV, however the right one who goes home daily to his companion and his family.”

Ginsberg argued that Fresh York City comedian and radio host Randy Credico, the peep Stone became convicted of threatening, understood Stone became “all bark and no chunk.” Credico also appealed for leniency, saying in a letter to the court docket: “Stone, at his core, is an fearful one who craves and recklessly pursues attention. . . . Prison isn't any clear up.”

Jackson stated that despite the indisputable truth that seven to nine years became too harsh, probation would be too light. Stone, she stated, had proven “flagrant disrespect for the institutions of authorities established by the Constitution, along with the Congress and this court docket.”

She read aloud some of Stone’s profane texts threatening to smash Credico and make a selection his dogs.

“The defendant referred to this as banter, which it now not regularly is,” the judge stated. “Nothing about this case became a silly legend. It wasn’t silly, it wasn’t a stunt and it wasn’t a prank.”

Jackson vital that Stone threatened her personally at some level of the trial and stirred up claims that the course of became rigged. Doing so, she stated, “willfully increased the probability that any individual with even poorer judgment than” Stone would desire action and do the entire courthouse in probability.

Barr’s intervention in Stone’s case spark off a disaster for the Justice Division, the put some skittish that Trump — who known as the penalty initially suggested by prosecutors “spoiled and if truth be told unfair” — had pushed his chief law enforcement legitimate to gain alive to in a legal case because Stone became the president’s friend. Barr, despite the indisputable truth that, insisted in an ABC News interview that he had made the dedication self sustaining of Trump and issued public rebuke, saying Trump’s tweets “make it now not seemingly for me to attain my job.and to make certain the courts … and the division that we’re doing our work with integrity”

This week, those shut to Barr stated the legal official general has urged Trump advisers that he has notion to be resigning over the president’s tweets. But Trump persisted to tweet referring to the Stone case. This week, he suggested his friend deserved a brand novel trial — correct because the Justice Division, with Barr’s blessing, made obvious it had antagonistic Stone’s do a query to on that front. Fancy prosecutors, Barr has known as Stone’s prosecution “righteous” and added, “I became pleased that he became convicted.”

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A Justice Division spokeswoman declined to commentary.

Stone is one amongst six Trump advisers and confidants who fill either been convicted or pleaded guilty in reference to outdated special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. That list comprises outdated Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, outdated deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, outdated national security adviser Michael Flynn, outdated Trump attorney Michael Cohen and outdated campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.

In Las Vegas, Trump sought to distance himself from his longtime friend. “I do know Roger, but so much of oldsters know Roger,” he stated. “All americans vogue of knows Roger.”

Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner contributed to this file.

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'Dog-In' at NY Airport to Protest Overhead Bin Death

Animal activists plan to lead a "dog-in" at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday to protest the death of a puppy who was stowed in an overhead bin on a United Airlines flight. 

A 10-month-old French bulldog named Kokito died on the 4-hour, 25-minute flight from Houston to LaGuardia Airport on March 12. A flight attendant insisted the family put Kokito's carrier in an overhead bin, despite the family's insistence that a dog was inside it. 

Flight Attendant Didn't Hear Mom's Pleas About Dog: United

The airline said the flight attendant either didn't hear or understand them. 

The family plans to attend the protest at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, along with state Sen. Marisol Alcantara (D-Manhattan), animal activists and their pets. Alcantara said she would unveil new legislation to create a pet passenger bill of rights. 

'Kokito, Wake Up!' Owners Recall Finding Dog Dead in Overhead Bin

The dog's death has gained national attention and United Airlines immediately took responsibility. The airline said it refunded the airline fares for the family, which included an 11-year-old girl and an infant, as well as the $200 fee for Kokito to fly.

The airline added that by April, it will begin issuing bright-colored bag tags to travelers flying with pets.

Dog Dies After Airline Worker Has It Placed in Overhead Bin

If your pet must travel, experts have several recommendations:

The cabin is safer than the cargo hold. Pets too large to fit in an under-seat carrier must go cargo unless it's a service or emotional-support animal.

Ask the airline or look up its rules about things such as carrier size, and don't force your pet into a carrier that is too small.

Take nonstop flights to avoid layovers, which increase the chances your pet could be mishandled or left longer in the cargo hold.

Avoid extremely hot or cold weather and busy periods such as holidays.

Make sure your pet's tags and your contact information on its carrier or crate are up to date.

Tape a bag with a day's worth of food to the top of the crate — just in case.

If your pet flies in cargo, use your own crate instead of renting one from the airline; it will help get them acclimated and minimize anxiety.

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Film reviews round-up: Denial, Christine, Sing

Denial (12A)

★★★☆☆

Mick Jackson, 110 mins, starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden

Denial manages the unlikely (and surely unintentional) feat of inducing a sliver of sympathy for the notorious Holocaust denier, David Irving. This is nothing to do with his views, which are repellent, or his abilities as a historian, which the film exposes as dubious, or with the fact that he effectively skewered himself when he pursued his libel action against Deborah Lipstadt. It is just that, pitted against the British legal establishment, Irving doesn’t stand a chance.

David Hare’s screenplay acts as a useful primer on the case but the film itself is short on dramatic tension. Timothy Spall plays Irving with a soul-sapping melancholy. The historian comes across as a slightly pathetic figure as well as a creepy one, often seen in the shadows. England is “a club and he wants to join” but no-one is giving him admission.

His stunts, for instance disrupting one of Lipstadt’s lectures to offer $1000 to anyone who can provide documentary proof of the Holocaust, reveal how desperate he is for attention. The rival lawyers don’t look at him and won’t even shake his hand. Spall gives a poignant performance but doesn’t capture the smugness and strange ebullience the real-life Irving so often projects.

The libel case takes place in London because, in Britain, the burden of proof in such cases lies with the defendant. That throws Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), the American academic, into a world that she doesn't understand. As she points out, the legal system she encounters is not so much Dickensian as “Kafka-esque.”

She has a charismatic solicitor in Anthony Julius (Andrew Scott), who once acted for Princess Diana, and a QC in Richard Rampton (Tom Wilkinson) who fully lives up to the stereotype of the brilliant but eccentric British lawyer. Weisz captures well her character’s bafflement not just at the British legal system but at British society generally. She also shows just how steadfast Lipstadt was in the face of Irving’s attacks.

We see her beneath a statue of warrior queen Bodicea. She has the sense that she has been “chosen” for a great battle and she won’t settle with Irving, whatever the advice of the upper-middle-class types she meets at North London dinner parties who bizarrely advise her to settle. The film stays very true to the actual events. The dialogue from the courtroom scenes was taken verbatim from the court records.

Hare has made it clear that he wasn’t interested in Irving’s psychology - so that cuts off one route down which Denial might have gone. The film doesn’t try to understand where Irving’s anti-Semitism comes from or what impact his behaviour will have on his family, for example on the little daughter he dotes on even as he teaches her racist ditties.

The legal strategy pursued by Rampton and Julius cuts off another line the film might have explored. They don’t call survivors as witnesses. They don’t want Irving to have the chance to humiliate them. They don’t even allow Lipstadt herself to speak. She wants her lawyers to fight like “junkyard dogs” but there is no jury and Julius is far too clever in his Thomas Cromwell-like way to allow emotion to cloud the defence.

For his part, Rampton works very hard, drinks copious amounts of vintage claret and whisky in plastic cups and serves up not very unsavoury-looking sandwiches from his cupboards to anyone who visits him in his chambers. When he visits Auschwitz as part of his research, he treats it as a crime site, not as a memorial to those who died there. There are continual hints that this is more than “just another brief” for him but he keeps his feelings under wraps.

As a courtroom drama, Denial is always intriguing. The defence lawyers pursue their strategy with the discipline of chess players thinking many moves ahead. Beyond the court, the storytelling is flat. This is a pared-down and low-key film. The way protagonists introduce themselves is often clunky. “Hello, I am Richard Evans,” or “I am David Irving,” or “you must be Anthony Julius,” they’ll say as if to save themselves the bother of wearing badges on their lapels.

We get little sense of their inner lives. Even the denouement is a little anti-climactic. There’s no jury verdict. Instead, the judge Charles Gray (Alex Jennings) goes off and writes a 300-page report. Even then, the lawyers get to see it first and Lipstadt has to wait an extra day.

Any victory over Holocaust deniers is likely to be pyrrhic unless the deniers change their beliefs. What’s most dismaying as this film hits British cinemas is that David Irving today claims to have more support now than he did at the time of the trial.

Christine (15)

★★★☆☆

Antonio Campos, 119 mins, starring: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron, Tim Simons

Antonio Campos’s Christine is the second feature about Christine Chubbuck to be released in a matter of months. It follows on from the recent documentary Kate Plays Christine but doesn’t come any closer than that film to explaining Chubbuck’s actions. She was the 29 year old newscaster who committed suicide live on air in 1974.

Rebecca Hall gives an excellent performance as Christine, one that captures the character’s mix of insecurity and ambition, her extreme reticence and her desire to be liked. She’s a reporter for a local Florida TV station that is losing audience share. She has an Ed Murrow-like sense of vocation and wants to report on issues that affect the community. Her boss Michael (Tracy Letts) is looking for sensationalism - blood and gore, even if the news isn’t strictly local. “If it bleeds, it leads,” is his mantra.

Christine isn’t especially sympathetic. Socially, she is very gauche. In the workplace, she is extremely competitive. She’ll have tantrums when her news items are passed over in favour of someone else’s. She lives at home with her mother Peg (J. Smith-Cameron) and has a fraught relationship with her, expressing extreme disapproval when Peg tries to find a boyfriend.

There are hints that she is ill - she complains about stomach pains - but also a sense that she is a hypochondriac. She hates it when her mother reminds her of a breakdown she suffered earlier in her career. Hall shows us the character’s less likeable side but also portrays her resilience and intelligence. She can always out-argue her boss - which makes him like her even less. She has an acerbic sense of humour but can be unexpectedly kind, for instance when putting on puppet shows for kids in the hospital.

Christine is at its most lively as a record of life in a small town American TV station in the early 70s. This is an era in which reports are still edited together by hand on film, with journalists making cuts and amendments right up until broadcast.

The Chubbuck case can be read in many ways. It’s partly about gender. Christine is a victim of sexism. Michael treats the dim-witted but good looking male newscaster George (Michael C. Hall) far better than he does Chubbuck. Christine has a crush on George but seems oblivious to the fact that the weather forecaster (Timothy Simmons) is keen on her.

The film is also about the changing nature of the media in a period when the lines between news and entertainment become blurred and when violence is on the rise.

In the end, Campos and screenwriter Craig Shilowich can’t come up with any real explanation for Chubbuck’s desperate gesture. Some might argue that her story exposes fault lines and anxieties in Watergate-era America. There is a danger, though, in trying to read too much into it. More than 40 years on, Chubbuck’s death seems as sad and as unfathomable as it did in 1974. That’s why both films about her are such morbid and frustrating experiences.

Sing (U)

★★★☆☆

Garth Jennings, 108 mins, voiced by: Matthew McConaughey , Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson

This is a golden age for Hollywood animation. Illumination’s Sing, however, isn’t quite on the level of such recent offerings as Finding Dory, Moana, or Zootoopia. In a plot line that combines elements of old backstage musicals with X-Factor like talent shows, Buster Moon (voiced with appealing enthusiasm by Matthew McConaughey) is the koala bear impresario who runs a grand but decaying old theatre.

He’s out of money and the bank is about to foreclose on him. In a last ditch effort to keep the theatre going, he stages a singing competition. His ancient secretary Ms. Crawley, an iguana, prints by mistake that the winner will receive $100,000 - and this leads to thousands of animals turning up for the auditions.

The film is made in the usual eye-popping colour. The auditions themselves mark the high point - a relentless montage which includes a snail singing 'Run Like The Wind' and giraffes, coy elephants, apes, dancing pigs, Frank Sinatra-like mice and punk porcupines performing their versions of well-known standards. Given that the soundtrack incorporates everything from Beatles’ songs ('Golden Slumbers' performed by Jennifer Hudson), Wham, Taylor Swift and Elton John, the music rights here must have cost a fortune.

The film has so much zany energy early on that it takes a moment or two to realise just how predictable the storytelling is becoming. There are still plenty of inspired visual gags - many involving Rosita the singing pig (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) who’s a mom and housewife with 25 piglets and an exhausted husband to look after between rehearsals. Buster and the finalists all have problems in their private lives to overcome, calamity strikes more than once, but you don’t need to be a soothsayer to predict that everything will be alright in the end.

Nobody could take against Sing. It’s cheery, toe tapping fare that kids are bound to enjoy and that has enough nostalgia and in-jokes to keep the adults happy enough too. The music is incessant and very well chosen. In story terms, though, Sing is as clumsy as the half-blind iguana whose glass eyeball always pops out at the most vital moments.