Dark Phoenix Falls Flat
After almost 20 years and 12 movies the Fox X-Men franchise comes to a conclusion with Dark Phoenix…………and boy did it fall flat! As an X-Men fan I was highly disappointed in this movie. This was their second chance to take a shot at the Dark Phoenix Saga and they did WORSE than X-Men The Last Stand.
The plot felt way too rushed and crunched together, some of the CGI was off. The villains were boring and nothing but skrull knock-offs! I don’t know if they were suppose to be the Hellfire Club or a bootleg Shi’ar Empire but they failed to deliver anything interesting!
A lot of the characters did things that were very out of character. For example Professor X vainly seeking glory, Beast siding with Magneto. Mystique was just straight up bland and you could tell Jennifer Lawrence was just over it. Cyclops was back to being one dimensional, and basically didn’t do anything unless it involved Jean Grey, and Nightcrawler barely said anything till the end.
The few saving graces of this movie are as usual James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. Sophie Turner was great as Jean Grey. Nicholas Hoult did good as Beast despite the questionable routevthey sent him Storm did an awesome display in the final battle with her powers.
Basically, this movie should’ve have been way better. I guess you can blame it on Disney buying out Fox a few months ago so they had to rush it. Let’s just be happy The the X-Men we finally with the MCU and we’ll see them again in probably 5 years.
Should you see Dark Phoenix and what rating do I give it, absolutely not and 2/10.
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Toddler found dead inside dryer at Georgia trailer park
A 2-year-old Georgia girl was found dead after climbing inside a dryer, authorities said.
Officials from the Brantley County Sheriff’s Office told WTLV that the unidentified toddler was discovered Sunday at a trailer park in Waycross, a town of about 14,000 that is 120 miles southwest of Savannah.
The case has since been turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, the station reports.
The agency said a medical examiner found that the girl died of hyperthermia, WJXT reports. A family friend confirmed to the station that the toddler was found dead inside the appliance.
“It’s just an awful tragedy,” neighbor David Williams told WJXT. “She’s a good girl. She’s a good mom, takes care of her kid, goes to work. She does the right thing. For something like this to happen in our neighborhood is just awful.”
“The child was found in the drawer below the dryer,” a GBI spokeswoman told The Post on Friday. “At this time there [has] been no arrest. We will complete our investigation and provide it to the District Attorney’s Office for their review.”
An investigation into the girl’s death is ongoing.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/06/07/toddler-found-dead-inside-dryer-at-georgia-trailer-park-deputies/
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Dad claims he caught Uber driver raping his daughter
A father claims he caught an Uber driver raping his daughter after he tracked her on a new app when she didn’t come home.
The horrified dad allegedly found his 25-year-old daughter being attacked in the backseat of the ride-share car in Baltimore, Maryland.
According to CBS, the dad exchanged “words” with the driver, who then threw his daughter’s handbag at him before driving off.
The alleged sex attack happened in the Mays Chapel area just before midnight on Saturday.
Cops are treating the claims as a rape investigation, reports CBS.
Cpl. Shawn Vinson, of Baltimore County Police, said: “This is a very serious allegation. The father of the victim called the police and the victim is cooperating with police.
“This is an on-going investigation. Uber has worked closely with our detectives in this matter. We will release more information as the investigation progresses but it is vital at this time to withhold specific details to allow our detectives to continue their investigation.”
‘Appalling beyond words’
The woman’s dad was able to trace her daughter to West Timonium and Jenifer roads via an unidentified app.
Police said the incident was “isolated” and they do not believe there are other victims.
Uber put safeguards in place in America last year to prevent sexual assault and to keep riders more secure.
They included a way to contact 911 through the app, GPS tracking of every ride and annual checks of criminal and motor vehicle records of drivers.
Customers can also designate trusted friends and family to track their ride.
In a statement to CBS, Uber described the allegations as “appalling beyond words.”
The firm added: “We removed the driver from the app as soon as this report was sent to us. We will work with police on their investigation.”
via: https://nypost.com/2019/06/07/dad-claims-he-caught-uber-driver-raping-his-daughter/
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Lesbian couple beaten on London bus after refusing to kiss for men
A lesbian couple was viciously beaten on a London bus when they refused to kiss each other to entertain a gang of men — and authorities have made arrests in the case, local police announced Friday.
Melania Geymonat, 28, originally from Uruguay, and her girlfriend, only identified as Chris, an American — were on their way back from a date late last month on the top of a double-decker bus when the group began to harass them, Geymonat shared in a Wednesday Facebook post.
“We must have kissed or something because these guys came after us,” Geymonat wrote. “I don’t remember if they were already there or if they got on after us. There were at least four of them. They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us ‘lesbians’ and describing sexual positions. I don’t remember the whole episode, but the word ‘scissors’ stuck in my mind.”
She said that she started making jokes in an effort to calm things down — but to no avail. The men began throwing coins at the pair and becoming even more enthusiastic, she said.
The situation quickly escalated to violence.
“The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them,” she shared. “On an impulse, I went over there only to find her face bleeding and three of them beating her up. The next thing I know is I’m being punched. I got dizzy at the sight of my blood and fell back. I don’t remember whether or not I lost consciousness. Suddenly the bus had stopped, the police were there and I was bleeding all over. Our stuff was stolen as well.”
Geymonat said she’s not sure if her nose was broken in the fracas, but she hasn’t been able to go back to work.
She told Metro UK that she was shaken by the homophobic assault — because she’d always felt safe as a gay woman in London.
“What upsets me the most is that VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A COMMON THING, that sometimes it’s necessary to see a woman bleeding after having been punched to feel some kind of impact,” Geymonat wrote. “I’m tired of being taken as a SEXUAL OBJECT, of finding out that these situations are usual, of gay friends who were beaten up JUST BECAUSE.”
Geymonat moved to the country in February and is on a year’s sabbatical from her medical studies, according to the Metro report. Chris is also now living in the UK, and the couple was heading to her place in Camden Town when the assault occurred.
London’s Metropolitan Police have issued an appeal for witnesses, or anyone with information about the attack.
In a Friday tweet, the police department’s Roads and Transport unit shared that they had made a break in the case.
“Arrests have now been made and the investigation remains ongoing,” the tweet said.
London mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the assault in a Friday tweet.
“This was a disgusting, misogynistic attack,” he wrote. “Hate crimes against the LGBT+ community will not be tolerated in London.”
via: ttps://nypost.com/2019/06/07/lesbian-couple-beaten-on-london-bus-after-refusing-to-kiss-for-men/
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Boy brings meth to class; turns parents in for drug possession
KENNEWICK, Wash. – An elementary school student is being praised by police after they say he brought what he suspected were drugs to school and turned his parents in for possession, according to KEPR.
Police said the boy brought a baggie of meth to school and told a teacher he did not want to return home because he was fearful.
According to KEPR, the boy told a school resource officer about his parents’ behavior in an interview.
Armed with a warrant, police searched the home and reportedly found drugs. Both Daniel Staton O’Leary, 29, and Jennifer Ann Edwards, 29, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
The boy and his younger sibling were taken into protective custody, KEPR reported.
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Shakira Appears in Spanish Court Over Tax Evasion Allegations
Article via EOnline
Shakira is denying any wrongdoing with regard to her tax evasion case in Spain.
In December, prosecutors charged the 42-year-old Latin pop star for allegedly failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014, when she allegedly lived most of the time in Barcelona with husband and soccer player Gerard Piqué, and accused her of committing six counts of fraud. She could face a jail sentence if found guilty. Shakira testified before a judge about the case on Thursday and said that she began living in Spain in 2015 and currently has no debts to the tax agency, Spanish news channel 24 Horas reported.
“Shakira has always, including in the period between 2011 and 2014, met her tax obligations in every country she has worked in,” Shakira’s PR firm said in a statement on Thursday, according to reports.
The group also said, that “as soon as she was informed of the amount that according to Spain’s Tax Office she should pay… Shakira paid that amount in its entirety.”
The prosecution alleges that for tax purposes, Shakira pretended to live abroad while really residing with Piqué in Spain, and allegedly used shelter companies to hide her earnings in tax havens, Billboard quoted Spanish media as saying.
Shakira’s reps had said in the past that during the years examined by the court, the pop star was still a resident of the Bahamas, where she had bought a house with an ex-boyfriend, and legally changed her residency to Spain in 2015, Billboard reported. However, the singer did gush during an interview on a Spanish talk show in 2011 that she was already “officially living in Barcelona” at that time, the outlet added.
The outlet noted that in 2018, Shakira paid the Spanish tax agency more than 20 million euros (almost $25 million dollars) in back taxes for money owed for 2011, and also paid another 14.5 million euros for the years 2012-2014 as a good faith measure before the tax evasion charges became public.
Jada Pinkett Smith: Daughter Willow is ‘curious’ about polyamory
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Jada Pinkett Smith is very open about her marriage, family, and escapades…
The actress and host of “Red Table Talk” appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday and revealed the next topic to be discussed on her Facebook show.
Pinkett Smith, 47, told the late-night host that it was her daughter and co-host Willow Smith, 18, who actually brought the idea of exploring a relationship between a man and two women to the table.
Details on the show’s guests were scarce, but according to the “Girls Trip” star, it was Willow who found them on social media.
“It’s a throuple that Willow was actually following on Instagram,” Pinkett Smith explained. “That’s how it all came to be. She became very curious about this whole polyamory thing.”
Kimmel asked the “Set It Off” actress whether or not Willow’s curiosity might push her into engaging in a polyamorous relationship of her own in the future, to which Pinkett Smith said that while it is a possibility, she is unsure of her daughter’s preferences.
“Possibly. I don’t know,” she said. “Listen, she’s 18 — who the heck knows what’s going to go down?”
Fans of “Red Table Talk” often praise Pinkett Smith for her willingness to ask her guests tough questions. In March, she sat down with Kylie Jenner’s former best friend, Jordyn Woods, in what was her first interview since the public scandal involving her and NBA star Tristan Thompson, the father of Khloé Kardashian’s daughter.
The 30-minute Woods episode, which also featured a video call from Will Smith from the set of “Bad Boys for Life,” has been viewed more than 32 million times.
