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Prime Video/Laura RadfordA little more than a month after Road House remake director Doug Liman said he "signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM" only to have it instead head exclusively to streaming on Prime Video, the movies star, Jake Gyllenhaal, is weighing in.Liman stated in an editorial to Deadline he was protesting the movies theatrical bow at SXSW over the move away from theaters.But Road Houses star now tells Total Film, "I adore Dougs tenacity, and I think ...

Hannah Wagner/picture alliance via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- One of Russias best-known human rights defenders was sentenced by a Moscow court Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine, amid a continuing crackdown by the Kremlin on dissent.Oleg Orlov, 70, has long been a leading voice in Russias human rights movement and a fearless critic of repression under President Vladimir Putin. He has for two decades been one of the leaders of the Memorial rights group, whic...

Chris Sattlberger via Getty Images(MIAMI) -- Historic sports cars, million-dollar roadsters and one-off supercars will be on display when two of the auto industrys flashiest events take place next month.Enthusiasts from all over the country will travel to Florida March 1-3 to revel in classic and modern cars that are seldom shown in public.ModaMiami, billed as the "ultimate car show on Americas East Coast," and The Amelia, "one of the worlds most recognized lifestyle concours,&quo...

Pierre Mouton/Getty Images for Louis VuittonModel and businesswoman Miranda Kerr announced the birth of her fourth child, a boy, Tuesday on Snapchat.Alongside a bouquet of flowers, infant socks and a blanket that reads "Pierre," Kerr, 40, captioned the post saying, "We are so overjoyed by the arrival of our little ray of sunshine, Pierre Kerr Spiegel."She continued, "We couldnt be more excited to welcome our fourth son into our family. Feeling so very blessed."Kerr ...

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- The Covenant School, which was the site of a 2023 mass shooting, received a bomb threat on Monday, according to a Nashville Police Department spokesperson."Yesterday an employee of Covenant School received an emailed bomb threat. We cleared the site, with assistance from a THP (Tennessee Highway Patrol) bomb dog. Our Specialized Investigations Division detectives are working with the FBI to investigate the origin of the threat," according ...

Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WESTON, Fla.) -- The seventh case of measles linked to an outbreak at a Florida elementary school was confirmed by Health officials Tuesday.Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) said it was informed by the Florida Department of Health – Broward of the additional case at Mantatee Bay Elementary in Weston, which is 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.The infected patient has not physically been on campus since Feb. 15, and the distri...

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to allow him to remain out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.The filing comes two weeks after U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied Navarros request to remain free during his appeal."Dr. Navarro respectfully requests expedited briefing and disposition of this matter because he expects imminent direction to report to t...

Courtesy Suellen Desmarais(NEW YORK) -- An American husband and wife who went missing after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat in the Caribbean are likely dead, authorities said on Monday.Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Brandel, from Falls Church, Virginia, disappeared last week from their yacht, which was docked in the waters off the southern Caribbean nation of Grenada, according to Hendrys sister, Suellen Desmarais."Its a phone call you hope you never get -- shock, fear, anger,&...

ABC NewsThe manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin in relation to the fatal Rust shooting will begin in July, ABC News has confirmed.New Mexicos First Judicial District Court on Monday entered a scheduling order with a trial date in State v. Alexander Rae Baldwin.Jury selection is to begin July 9, with the trial expected to last until July 19.The court also noted that Baldwins team has until May 6 to file any motions to dismiss the charges.Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on January 19 on an in...

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- No one will be reprimanded for keeping Defense Secretary Lloyd Austins hospital stays a secret -- including the secretary himself or his chief of staff -- after an internal Pentagon review of the matter concluded there was no indication of "ill intent or an attempt to obfuscate" the situation.An unclassifiedhttps://media.defense.gov/2024/Feb/26/2003400135/-1/-1/1/UNCLASSIFIED-S… text to link... of the Pentagons findings says concerns about me...