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LAURA INGRAHAM: While promoting kindness is one thing, encouraging obesity is another
Laura Ingraham: Unhealthy and unaccountable
Fox News host Laura Ingraham slams the ‘inclusivity cult’ for glamorizing obesity and warns of the risks it poses to Americans who struggle with their health on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
Fox News host Laura Ingraham rips into the “inclusivity cult” for normalizing obesity among children and adults on “The Ingraham Angle.”
LAURA INGRAHAM: Now to children’s health, mental and physical, with reports of skyrocketing depression, anxiety and learning deficits and perhaps even more dangerous, increased child obesity — that’s worth seeing. Now, this problem really began to develop decades ago, but during COVID, it only got worse.
KIDS AND OBESITY: NEW GUIDELINES RELEASED TO EVALUATE AND TREAT CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENT WEIGHT ISSUES
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While encouraging kindness is one thing, glamorizing obesity with its many health risks is quite another. But that’s exactly what’s happening in this inclusivity cult. They’re normalizing something we should be strongly discouraging because you weren’t born with high BMI, you arrived at high BMI. And the more overweight we are, the greater the chance we’re going to develop diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But the popular culture says, “Stop the shaming, start the selling.”
With East Coast residents holed up in their homes during Sandy, many found comfort in food, leading to “Sandy 5” or “Sandy 15.”
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Now, this is common sense. If we truly care about young people and adults who are struggling with their weight, the last thing we should do is slather them, marinate them in happy talk. We should respect them enough to tell them the truth. This overwhelmingly is about self-control, diet and exercise. And when we take in more calories than we burn, the excess is stored as fat — period. Every child should be told this and know this. This requires us to be better parents, eat dinner at night with our kids, provide them with simpler, better food choices and strictly limit screen time and also require some form of physical exercise. But look, to even say that — to think that — is fat-shaming.
Colorado Springs shooting updates: Anderson Lee Aldrich and Laura Voepel caught on video in airport clas
Army veteran gives account of tackling Colorado Springs gunman
Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich wanted to be the “next mass killer” and go out “in a blaze”, according to past arrest records.
Aldrich, who allegedly identifies as nonbinary, is now facing preliminary charges including five counts of murder along with five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury following a mass shooting inside LGBT+ nightclub Club Q. The suspect will remain jailed without bond.
Booking photos reveal several bruises and other apparent wounds to the suspect’s face and neck.
One year before the the massacre, Aldrich was arrested for making an alleged bomb threat. No charges were filed, and the case was sealed.
Records have surfaced showing that the accused shooter’s grandmother told police that they said they were “going to be the next mass killer and has been collecting ammunition, firearms, bullet-proof body armour and storing it in the basement of the residence”.
A video that reportedly shows the suspect and their mother during an airport confrontation in July allegedly followed their use of racist slurs against passengers, among several emerging details about the suspect and their family relationshps in the wake of the attack.
Sheriff’s office in county where deadly LGBT+ club shooting took place has never used ‘red flag’ law
A 2019 bill that allows judges in Colorado to prevent people who pose a “significant risk” to themselves or others passed the state legislature without a single Republican vote in support.
The so-called “red flag” law was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis, marking one of the most significant gun reform measures passed by state lawmakers in the years after a 2012 mass shooting inside a Colorado movie theatre that killed 12 people and injured 70 others.
But the sheriff’s office in the county where a deadly shooting at an LGBT+ club this week left five people dead, officers have not used the law once.
The 2019 law faced overwhelming opposition from not only GOP lawmakers but also sheriff’s offices across the state – including in El Paso County, where five people were fatally shot and 18 others were injured inside a Colorado Springs LGBT+ club on 19 November.
One year earlier, the suspect accused of immediately opening fire into the club that night was arrested on felony menacing and kidnapping charges, which were later dropped.
Not only did the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office not pursue an order to seize firearms from the suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich — the county has never once initiated a seizure.
Alex Woodward25 November 2022 00:00
Colorado Springs mass shooting suspect and mother accused of using racist slurs during July flight
A suspect accused of killing five people inside a LGBT+ nightclub and the suspect’s mother allegedly used racist slurs towards a Hispanic family and a Black man during a flight to Denver in July.
A cell phone video from an airline passenger obtained by local news outlet KDVR Fox 31 appears to show mass shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich and Aldrich’s mother Laura Voepel during an airport confrontation on 31 July.
Maria Martinez told the outlet that she began filming after Aldrich used a racist slur towards her as they left the plane.
As she continued to film them, a person believed to be Aldrich tells her: “You keep following me and I’m going to f*** you up.”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 23:00
Who is Aaron Brink?
An interview with the father of the suspect accused of killing five people inside a LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado Springs has received significant international attention, after Aaron Brink appeared to express relief that his child is not gay and apologised to the families of the victims.
Mr Brink said Anderson Lee Aldrich was born in San Diego in 2000 at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women.
Aldrich changed their name following their father’s controversial appearance on the reality TV programme Intervention as well as Mr Brink’s acting career in several adult films.
Mr Brink said he currently works as a mixed martial arts coach; he said he taught his child how to fight.
He also said that he is a Mormon; a spokesperson for the Church of Latter Day Saints recently confirmed that Aldrich also is on the membership rolls.
Father of Colorado Springs shooting suspect speaks out
Mr Brink said he believed his child was dead until he received an unexpected phone call six months ago; they argued over the phone, he said.
“I thought he was dead,” Mr Brink said. “I mourned his loss. I had gone through a meltdown and thought I had lost my son … His mother told me he changed his name because I was in Intervention and I had been a porno actor.”
An affidavit in Texas days before Aldrich turned 16 years old indicated that they wished to change their name and “protect himself + his future from his birth father + his criminal history. Father has had no contact with minor for several years.”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 22:00
Aldrich listed as male in booking records and day-of texts from mother refer to suspect as ‘him’
Mass shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich appears by court video link in Colorado Springs on 23 November.
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Defense attorneys for Club Q mass shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich left footnotes in legal filings this week to explain why Aldish is named “Mx. Aldrich” in the document.
The footnotes from the public defenders representing Aldrich claim that the suspect is “non-binary” and uses “they/them pronouns”.
Booking records list Aldrich as male. Text messages from the day of the shooting also show that Aldrich’s mother referred to her child as he and him.
At a news conference outside the courthouse on Wednesday, District Attorney Michael Allen said the suspect’s gender identity would not affect the case or influence whether he seeks hate crimes charges.
“I’m looking at evidence,” he said. “That’s what we look at when we make filing decisions.”
Kristen Prata Browde, a co-chair of the National Trans Bar Association, told The New York Times that a suspect’s gender identity does not have bearing on whether prosecutors can seek such a charge in this case.
“The motive for a crime isn’t dependent on whether you are or are not a member of a protected class,” she said. “It legally has no significance, as far as whether the actions of this individual fit within the law regarding hate crimes.”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 21:30
‘We don’t do gay’: Colorado Springs attack suspect’s father gives shocking statement in reaction to mass shooting
The father of the Club Q mass shooting suspect said that his first reaction to being informed of the attack was to question why his child was inside a gay bar.
Aaron Brink, a former porn actor and MMA fighter, said that he received a call on Sunday night from his child’s public defender to say Aldrich was under arrest for the mass shooting.
“They started telling me about the incident, a shooting involving multiple people,” Mr Brink said in an interview.
“And then I go on to find out it’s a gay bar. I said, ‘God, is he gay?’ I got scared, ‘S***, is he gay?’ And he’s not gay, so I said, ‘Phew.’”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 21:00
House lawmakers call on Justice Department to investigate threats to children’s hospitals targeted over gender-affirming care
Congressmembers Dwight Evans, Ayanna Pressley and Eleanor Holmes Norton issued a letter with roughly 40 House lawmakers calling onthe US Department of Justice to investigate the “wave of threats of violence directed to several children’s hospitals” because of their treatment of transgender and non-binary patients.
Lawmakers called on the agency to counter threats and provide guidance on how to protect hospital staff and patients.
The letter from 36 lawmakers was issued after the mass shooting in Colorado Springs, with LGBT+ advocates pointing to increasing threats of violence and harassment aimed at LGBT+ people in the months leading up to the attack.
It also comes as several children’s hospitals have responded to hoax bomb threats and harassment after they were repeatedly targeted by far-right influencers on social media.
“From the brutal nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs this weekend to the latest bomb threat against Boston Children’s just last week, anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ violence is on the rise and must be taken seriously,” Congresswoman Pressley said in a statement.
“That’s why we’re calling on the DOJ to immediately step up efforts to help keep health care providers, patients and community members safe,” she added.
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 20:30
Colorado Springs shooter’s non-binary claim won’t stop hate crime charges, legal experts say
Attorney for Aldrich noted in a footnote in a court filing this week at Aldrich uses they/them pronouns and identifies as nonbinary, which critics have accused of being a cynical legal maneuver to avoid hate crime charges, or as a last-minute defense; Aldrich’s family members and former friends have not used those gender pronouns.
Even though the defence has not categorically stated anything about using the suspect’s gender identity, legal experts said including pronouns in Tuesday’s court filing was a “very strategic move aimed at building sympathy to ward off the chances of attracting additional charges”.
The suspect’s gender identity is “not relevant,” according to Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former federal prosecutor. “Obviously the defense will want to get it in, but it’s not a defense.”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 20:00
Club Q survivor speaks out for first time since attack: Suspect hurt ‘a lot of pure, true hearts that I don’t know if they’ll be the same’
During a press conference at Centura Penrose Cancer Center, Anthony, who survived several gunshot wounds during the mass shooting at Club Q, had a message for the suspect accused of killing five people and injuring 17 others.
“I would probably say, ‘Why don’t you meet somebody and get to know their true heart before passing judgment,’” Anthony told reporters this week. “Because he really did harm a lot of pure, true hearts that I don’t know if they’ll be the same.”
”I pretty much heard it first along with everybody else that was up by the door. And after that, I don’t know what happened,” Anthony said. “I don’t know anything because I just hid.”
He was shot in several different areas and hi by shrapnel in his rear end and arm.
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 19:30
Suspect and mother allegedly used racist slurs against airline passengers during July flight
A cell phone video from an airline passenger obtained by local news outlet Fox 31 allegedly shows mass shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich and Aldrich’s mother Laura Voepel during an airport confrontation on 31 July.
The pair allegedly used racist slurs towards a Hispanic family and a Black man during a flight.
The video follows media reports stringing together details about the suspect and family relationships in the weeks and months that preceded the attack.
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 19:00
Lauren Boebert claims ‘the left’ is blaming her for the Club Q shooting because she won her re-election
After the Club Q mass shooting, critics have accused Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert of amplifying anti-gay and anti-trans rhetoric, invoking similar language that has been blamed for the attack.
She claims that the criticism comes from “the left” who is upset that she won her re-election, “so they’re trying to find something to go after me about.”
“I’ve been accused of just about every mass shooting there has been,” she told OAN’s Real America host Dan Ball. “We’re all sick of this.”
Alex Woodward24 November 2022 18:45
Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill on Their ‘Jurassic’ Reunion
GOLDBLUM Gee, I didn’t know you felt so strongly about me!
NEILL I found it kind of daunting, but the great thing about Jeff is he’s kind of a lovable dork as well. And so I fell in love with them both from day one.
How did your lives change when “Jurassic Park” became the highest-grossing movie ever made?
GOLDBLUM I’m not focused on the commerce of it all — I still consider myself a humble student of the creative endeavor — but I do remember that opening weekend was exciting. Sometimes I do big things that I think are conspicuous, and I’ll tell you, a week will go by, and it’s as if it never happened. I don’t get a single call. That often happens, you’d be surprised.
NEILL One day, Bruce Dern [Laura’s father] came around to my house to drop [her] off, and he took me aside and clapped me on the shoulder. He said, “Son, you know what? You’ve got a meal ticket for life here.” Now, maybe that’s right. I haven’t stopped working since.
DERN You hope that if a moment like this happens, your Richter scale doesn’t shift for how you measure what you want to do. I remember Jeff read a script and said, “This is what you should do after ‘Jurassic Park,’” and it was ‘Citizen Ruth.’ I could have gone back and done, like, the girl in the action movie, but it takes an amazing artist to say, “Don’t do the obvious thing. Do what you love, and be bold.”
GOLDBLUM Over the decades, it’s changed my life considerably. I’m a different person than I ever would’ve been for having worked on that first movie and with these guys specifically — I’m much, much enhanced. And all the people I anecdotally come across that have been moved, touched, delighted, entertained, and are excited about all things “Jurassic” — that’s a big deal.
‘The Blacklist’: Amir Arison, Laura Sohn Leaving Cast of NBC Drama
The Blacklist‘s cast list is getting shorter.
Friday’s Season 9 finale saw two series regulars leave the NBC drama: Amir Arison — who has played Agent Aram Mojtabai, the tech whiz of the FBI task force, for all nine seasons — said goodbye, along with Laura Sohn, who plays Agent Alina Park. (Sohn joined the cast in Season 7 and was upped to series regular for Season 8.)
In the finale, Aram made an announcement to his fellow task force members at the cemetery where Liz Keen is buried: “After a lot of careful reflection, I have decided to take some time away.” Elsewhere in the episode, Alina Park revealed that she was pregnant and will be taking medical leave.
Arison confirmed his departure in a statement to Deadline: “I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist. It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers.” The actor added that he’s leaving to take a starring role on Broadway in The Kite Runner: “The producers, studio and network have been so supportive of my decision, and Aram remains ‘alive’ with the potential for a possible return at some point.”
As Arison noted, he’ll no longer be a series regular on The Blacklist, but the door remains open for him to return as a guest star in the upcoming Season 10.
Amir Arison Leaving NBC Series, Laura Sohn Also Exits – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: The Blacklist is saying farewell to two series regulars, including one of NBC drama’s longest-serving cast members, Amir Arison. The actor, who has portrayed Aram Mojtabi for the past nine seasons, is leaving as he is preparing to make his Broadway debut this summer in the starring role of Amir in The Kite Runner.
Also departing is Laura Sohn, who has portrayed FBI agent Alina Park for the past three seasons. Both characters’ exits were revealed at the end of tonight’s Season 9 finale.
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While Arison is leaving as a series regular, the door remains open for him to make guest appearances in Season 10. His departure comes a year after another major Blacklist cast exit in the Season 8 finale when original female lead Megan Boone signed off.
“I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist,” Arison said in a statement to Deadline. “It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers. I could not pass up the opportunity, however, to fulfill a childhood dream of being on Broadway playing ‘Amir’ in The Kite Runner with a stage adaptation that is both breathtaking and timely. The producers, studio and network have been so supportive of my decision, and Aram remains ‘alive’ with the potential for a possible return at some point. Story-wise, it feels so organic with the events of this past season to take this step, and I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.”
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SPOILER ALERT: Beyond this point, there are details about the Season 9 finale of The Blacklist.
In the finale (more details on that later), Aram announced that he is taking some time off and plans to “maybe [catch] a Broadway show” as he steps back after an intense story act that culminated in the recent episode “The Bear Mask,” which highlighted the importance of mental health.
Arison joined The Blacklist as a recurring in Season 1 and was promoted to series regular in Season 2. He was one of four Season 9 series regulars who had been on the show since Season 1, alongside star James Spader as well as Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix and Hisham Tawfiq.
“Amir has been a huge part of The Blacklist family,” executive producer/showrunner John Eisendrath said in a statement to Deadline. “He’s a great actor and an even better person. We wish him well and hope he can return to reprise the role for some very special episodes next year.”
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Sohn joined The Blacklist in Season 7 as a recurring and was promoted to series regular beginning with Season 8. She is leaving the series to pursue other projects.
Tonight’s season 9 finale opens with Harold (Lennix), Dembe (Tawfiq), Red (Spader) and Alina (Sohn) on the hunt for Marvin (Fisher Stevens), who is later discovered on a private jet set to take off for Cuba. Marvin is taken into custody and presents a deal to Cynthia (Deirdre Lovejoy) to replace Red on the Task Force and have him arrested. Marvin tells Cynthia that he would start a new task force and provide a steady stream of criminals to Justice. Red later threatens to kill Marvin, who orchestrated Elizabeth Keen’s killing, but Marvin ends up taking his own life, shooting himself to death in a car after he’s released from custody.
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At the end of the episode, with Marvin now dead, Cooper cleared of charges in connection with the death of Doug Koster, and the Reddington Task Force set to continue, the team gathers at Liz’s gravesite to mark the third anniversary of her death. While memorializing Liz at the cemetery, Aram announces to the team that he’s decided to take some time away.
“It’s been three years since we lost Elizabeth. In some ways, it’s gotten easier. But in most ways, it still hurts,” Aram says. “There goes my hope of doing this without crying … And this part won’t be any easier. After a lot of careful reflection, I have decided to take some time away. I do not know how long, but I do know…away.”
He continues, “My plan is no plan. I found a cool place in Brooklyn. I’m gonna go up there and just you know ride my bike, do New York, eat lots of pizza, look at the people, maybe a Broadway show. Anyway, I know we are here to talk about Elizabeth, but I’ve been wanting to tell you guys.”
Sohn’s Alina also announces to the team in one of the final scenes that she’s pregnant, and after an appointment with the Bureau’s neurologist, tells them that is likely the cause of headaches she’s been experiencing and that have worsened recently, but until the cause is known for sure, she’s decided to take a medical leave.
In the final scene, we see Chin Han reprising the role of Wujing, one of the very first Blacklisters from Season 1, escape from prison, having learned from Marvin that Red is actually an FBI informant responsible for his imprisonment. Wujing, now free, instead of returning home, sets his sights on killing Red – but he won’t do it alone. He has a list provided by Gerard of other Blacklisters he can recruit to take on Reddington – setting the stage for Season 10.
The Blacklist is produced by Sony Pictures Television Studios and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Eisendrath, series creator Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment, Spader, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone, Sean Hennen, Allison Glock-Cooper and T Cooper are executive producers.
Arison leads and narrates The Kite Runner, based on the NYT bestselling novel, a haunting tale of friendship spanning cultures and continents. Set in Afghanistan, it centers on a man’s journey as he confronts his past and finds redemption. Following a West End run, the play will begin performances July 6 for a limited run through Oct. 30, with opening night set for July 21.
On TV, Arison also recently appeared in Hulu’s limited series The Dropout starring Amanda Seyfried. His other TV credits include recurring and guest appearances on shows including Law & Order: SVU, American Horror Story, Ramy, Billions, Bull, Homeland and Girls. On the film side, he recently starred in the indie drama 20 Weeks.
Arison is currently directing a docuseries about working with 8-year-old cancer survivor Tatianna Bernard on the making of Tati’s Fashion Show and its impact on her health and family life. He is the recipient of the Mendez Award from MIFF, given to an individual in the entertainment industry who uses their platform to give back, and also recently received the SJFF Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sohn also has guest-starred in NCIS: New Orleans, God Friended Me and Instinct.
Arison is repped by Sweet 180 and Meyer and Downs .
Jurassic Park’s Laura Dern And Sam Neill Talk Age Gap
“I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady!”
Alrighty, so if you’ve seen the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, then you’re likely very aware of the romance between Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler and Sam Neill’s Alan Grant.
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Perhaps, less commented on is the age difference between Laura and Sam, given that Laura was just 23 when the movie was shot, and Sam was 44.
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Well, ahead of both actors appearing in the new Jurassic World Dominion movie, Laura and Sam discussed their age difference with the Sunday Times.
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“Laura was a tender age,” Sam recalled. “I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady!”
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“It never occurred to me until I opened a magazine and there was an article called ‘Old geezers and gals.’ People like Harrison Ford and Sean Connery acting with much younger people,” he continued. “And there I was, on the list.”
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As for Laura, she said her thoughts on the matter had evolved with time. “Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill,” she said.
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Laura continued, “It was only now, when we returned in a moment of cultural awareness about the patriarchy, that I was, like, ‘Wow! We’re not the same age?’”
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Ozark’s Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz and Skylar Gaertner step out at premiere
They star as the Byrde family in Netflix’s popular drama series Ozark.
And Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz and Skylar Gaertner put on a united front as they stepped out at the premiere for Netflix’s Ozark final ever episodes on Thursday.
The premiere at the Paris Theatre in Midtown Manhattan comes ahead of the highly-anticipated final episodes of the drama series streaming on April 29.
The streaming service split the fourth and final season into two halves, with fans eagerly waiting the finale episodes since the first half of the series debuted in late January.
As they celebrated the finale episodes at the premiere, Jason, 53, who plays father and financial planner Marty, cut a dapper figure in an all-black suit.
He styled his dark locks in a swept back style as he posed with his on-screen family members, while he was also seen smiling for snaps with his wife Amanda Anka.
Laura, who plays Wendy Byrde in popular series Ozark, opted to wear her favorite designer Christian Siriano, who crafted the black ruffled tulle gown beneath a white cropped blazer.
Hairstylist Matthew Monzon coiffed the 58-year-old’s signature blonde waves and make-up artist Jenn Streicher applied her lashes and pink pout.
Laura appeared to be in excellent spirits as she lovingly put a hand on Skylar’s face, who plays her on-screen son Jonah, as they posed for snaps.
Daredevil star Skylar showed off his sensational sense of style in black trousers and a leather jacket and he wore his fringed brunette locks swept across his face.
While Sofia, who stars as Jason and Laura’s on-screen daughter Charlotte, looked effortlessly glamorous in a plunging black suit with large satin lapels and adorned with glittering silver buttons.
The actress, 22, styled her golden tresses in a natural fashion while she accentuated her striking features with a slick of mascara and a touch of blusher.
The on-screen family appeared to be in good spirits as they stepped out at the much-anticipated final premiere alongside cast and crew members Peter Friedlander, Elise Henderson, Ted Sarandos and Chris Mundy.
The second part of season four, which is the grand finale of the hit crime drama series, is set to be released on Netflix next week.
Playing a family man and woman who move to the Lake of the Ozarks to launder money for a violent drug cartel, Ozark first premiered back in July 2017, which garnered plenty of critical and commercial acclaim, especially for the performances of Bateman, Linney and Julia Garner.
Having been renewed for a fourth and final season in June 2020, the first half of the season, consisting of seven episodes, began streaming on January 21.
The back end of season four, which is also seven episodes seven episodes, is slated to drop on April 29.
During its run, the series has received a total of 32 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, with Bateman taking home Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series in 2019 and co-star Julia Garner winning two times for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series in 2019 and 2020.
Ozark’s Laura, who makes her directorial debut helming episode 11, said she will truly miss playing such a deeply flawed, complicated, and immature character onscreen.
‘She’s been a joy to play. And I’m going to miss the people, amazing crew, fantastic cast, those wonderful writers, the community,’ Linney admitted.
‘When a show is well-run and you like the people you’re working with, it doesn’t matter how heavy the material is, you just feel good. You’re happy at the end of the day.’
Following the news that the fourth season would be split into two parts, Jason said: ‘A super-sized season means super-sized problems for the Byrdes. I’m excited to end with a bang(s)’.
The trailer for the final seven episodes reveals Marty is battling his conscious, as the end of their duplicitous journey nears its end, with the final episodes streaming April 29.
The trailer begins with Marty pouring a drink and telling his wife, ‘I’m just sick of having blood on my hands, Wendy.’
Wendy starts pouring a drink herself as Marty asks her, ‘Doesn’t it bother you?’ as she says, ‘You’re so desperate to be the good guy.’
The trailer cuts to a funeral as Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner) stands up in a black dress and walks to a casket.
‘She’s lost her whole family because she met us,’ Marty says, as Ruth reaches down for a fistful of dirt to toss on the grave… but she just drops it and walks away.
Back at their hotel, Wendy asks her husband, ‘Why do you choose everyone else over your family? Don’t back out on me when we’re almost done. Don’t do that to me.’
The trailer features a shot of Javi Elizonndro (Alfonso Herrera), with Marty saying, ‘Javi dies, everything we’ve worked for just falls apart,’ as we see Ruth in her car staring at a gun in the passenger seat.’
Marty was saying that last line to Ruth, who looks at him coldly and says, ‘Welcome to my f***ing world.’
Ruth is seen wearing a hoodie and walking calmly up to Javi and shoots him twice, while Marty and Wendy are seen in a car as Marty tells her he’s ‘scared.’
He is then seen with FBI Special Agent Maya Miller (Jessica Frances Dukes), telling her, ‘We’re in a lot of danger,’ but she replies, ‘That’s your choice. You’re just another criminal to me now,’ while Wendy is shown photographs of her in a car.
He’s then seen meeting with Omar Navarro (Felix Solis), telling him he can, ‘go to Mexico and reestablish your control.
Marty is also seen talking with Ruth again who asks him, ‘Do you really think all that you do is to protect your family?’ while another shot shows her screaming in a car and giving two middle fingers to an SUV in the rain.
The trailer winds down with a number of dramatic shots that ends with Wendy telling Marty, ‘You suggested this life,’ though Marty adds, ‘We… we chose this together.’
But Wendy says, ‘You were a good salesman,’ as the trailer comes to an end.
The drama stars Bateman as a financial advisor turned money launderer for a ruthless Mexican drug cartel.
Season 1, Episode 8, “Flight Of The Bumblebee”
Laura Lee. We barely knew thee. It’s a strange choice in this week’s episode of Yellowjackets to take one of our most intriguing supporting characters, allude to a full episode devoted to her, and instead wave her off with three inglorious scenes. The first flashback sees Laura Lee diving into the shallow end of Christian summer camp, banging her head against the pool floor. She comes to after extensive CPR and first glimpses a golden cross hanging from the lifeguard’s neck. “No, Laura Lee,” he says looking her straight in the eye, “I didn’t save you, He did.”
And so starts the contemptuous tone the episode takes towards Laura Lee and her faith, which is jarring because up until now, Yellowjackets has had a more nuanced approach than that. Sure, we all giggled at her suspecting the plane crash was divine punishment for her just thinking the c-word but she showed real poise leading them in prayer over the graves of the people killed in the plane crash. It was also clearly a wise move on her part to avoid the séance, but she still came to the rescue to physically beat the evil out of Lottie with her bible.
It makes it all the sadder that when she makes a plan to fly the decrepit plane for rescue, it’s shown to come from a place of misguided religious hubris and willing martyrdom. When the episode concludes and the plane catches fire—first burning her teddy bear before exploding above the lake—it’s hard to entirely comprehend the tone. For all that the Yellowjackets themselves collapse devastated on the shore, the explosion hits like a punch line. And Laura Lee’s story, particularly thanks to an excellent performance from Jane Widdop, deserves better.
But before we set off down Laura Lee’s tragic path, the episode starts on as hideous an image as we’ve ever had, one more successfully tinged with humor. Van lies on a lit funeral pyre missing most of her cheek, watched by her sobbing teammates and Taissa still drenched in wolf blood. As her clothes catch fire, she begins to come to, and her friends realize they have set fire to a very much alive person. Watching her teammates patting her down as they acknowledge they’ve added extensive burns to her list of injuries is truly grotesque, which makes Liv Hewson’s delivery of “Really? Fire?” all the more hilarious.
Meanwhile, in the present day, two pairs of relationships are at the fore: Missy butting heads with Nat while Shauna bonds with Taissa. Missy vs. Nat proves the funnier of the two. It’s a grim sight watching Nat drunkenly smear eye makeup over her face (even if Juliette Lewis still somehow makes it look cool) and order a bag of cocaine. And even with a woman tied up in her basement, it’s hard not to find Misty as endearing as she is terrifying. Using her surveillance of Nat, she spots the cocaine delivery and uses herself as a literal human shield, shoveling as much cocaine into her nose as humanly possible. Sadly, as the way things tend to go for Misty, she isn’t met with gratitude. “I have never even tried cocaine before!” she screams at an ungrateful Nat.
Say what you want about Misty—and calling her psychopath who trapped her friends in the wilderness for 19 months to starve and die and abuser of the elderly would be valid—she’s kind of a great friend? As well as taking a large pile of cocaine to stop Nat’s relapse, she has been selflessly investigating Travis’ murder and seems to be a very nurturing owner to that parrot. We should all be so lucky to have such great multitasking skill—and as an audience be eternally grateful that we live in an era where such complicated roles are being written for women. It remains a credit to Christina Ricci’s performance that Misty contains such multitudes and seamlessly pivots between nurturing and murderous.
Both Nat and Misty end up at the end of their tether this episode: Misty almost sacrificing Caligula and Nat hitting what I suspect still isn’t rock bottom, resorting to sniffing cocaine out of the carpet before blackmailing an old sponsor to give her Travis’ bank records. Far more straightforwardly tender is the bond being reignited between Shauna and Taissa. In the past, Shauna shares an non-judgmental intimacy that contrasts with the toxic dynamic she has with Jackie, who announces Shauna’s pregnancy to the group to further incentivize Laura Lee to fly the plane.
Further points are scored in the “Jackie Sucks” column when she informs Travis of Nat’s sexual history, which included one of Travis’ bullies. Call me a sex-positive fourth wave feminist but… so? Travis’s freakout seems entirely unjustified at this news, but Nat being Nat can’t help but stick the knife in during a confrontation. Sophie Thatcher mirrors Juliette Lewis’ venom for Detective Kevin when she hisses at him, “I guess it’s a good thing you couldn’t get it up.”
Even in the midst of such misery, Shauna and Taissa maintain a lovely bond across timelines. In the past and in the present they provide comfort and an open mind to one another. In the present-day storyline, Taissa’s “sleepwalking” has made her afraid to stay around her family so she decides to stay at Shauna’s place and they snuggle up in bed together, confessing their sins and fears to one another is a warm, safe space. Melanie Lynskey and Tawny Cypress have such warm ease together, it’s hard to believe these two characters were ever estranged.
Taissa gives Shauna the strength to fully confront Adam, the world’s most suspicious man. She at first goes to question him about his internet absence and he concedes he didn’t really go to Pratt, but his giant puppy dog eyes and rock-hard abs have Shauna going back to pack her sexy new dress from Jeff (it continues to be extremely funny how nothing is sacred to Shauna) for a weekend away in a cabin. It is only when she spots some incriminating flakes of glitter in Adam’s closet hiding spot that she accepts that the world’s most suspicious man might be… suspicious.
It’s hard to even put into words how much, after all this, the ending lands with a thud. We are all aware they have a year or so left in the wilderness, so Laura Lee is doomed to fail. Her death above the lake provokes a few interesting responses, such as Jackie burrowing her face into Travis’ chest, but it proves a cheap trick all round.
Stray observations
- Now that Laura Lee is gone, our strongest secondary player is definitely Coach Ben. His quiet bond with Nat, talking about his life with the weight of 1996 homophobia was stunning. Steven Krueger’s performance is very understated even as Ben struggles with his disability, the unwanted attention from Misty, and an inability to assert his authority in the wilderness. I can’t help but feel that the show is making us adore this man to make his end all the more devastating—but hopefully not and he and that writer boyfriend have grown old in a townhouse in the city.
- They did a stunning job stitching up Van’s face. Hopefully that means we get future Van with a light scar across her face? If the creators of Yellowjackets are casting season two, there are some excellent suggestions in the comments section.
- The most surprising element to this, aside from Van surviving a wolf mauling and an immolation is that, even if Shauna doesn’t, I really like Callie now. Sarah Desjardins brings a lot of depth to her.
Laura Ingraham blasts Liz Cheney, media over Meadows texts; replays her riot condemnations
After Wyoming GOP Rep. Elizabeth Cheney read texts from three Fox News hosts to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows into the Congressional Record during the latest House January 6 Committee hearing, Laura Ingraham pushed back on claims and insinuations that she was being irresponsible, hypocritical or not publicly professing her true opinion of the rioting that was going on at the time.
Earlier Tuesday, Cheney — previously appointed the vice-chair of the committee by its leader, Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson after most of the party-leadership-assigned Republicans were blocked from participating earlier this year – read aloud text messages between Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade to Meadows individually on the day of the riot.
“This sent the left-wing media hacks into ‘Spin & Defame’ mode. Of course the regime media was trying to twist this message to try and tar me as a liar and hypocrite who privately sounded the alarm on January 6 but privately downplayed it,” she said.
Cheney, a vocal opponent of former President Trump, said in Congress Tuesday that Ingraham and others “knew [Donald Trump] needed to act immediately”.
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP, File)
“Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol this is hurting all of us – he is destroying his legacy,” she read from Ingraham’s messages. Meadows has since been pursued on contempt charges from the committee after halting cooperation most recently.
Ingraham said late Tuesday that the insinuated idea that she publicly egged on the rioters, ostensibly as a supporter of the purported pro-Trump cause, was a “big lie” being disseminated by Cheney and newspaper reporters like Aaron Blake of the Washington Post.
She pointed to a lengthy tweet from Blake from earlier in the day, saying he “grossly mischaracterized what I said in an attempt to smear me.”
House 1/6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi (screenshot).
“[Blake] was not alone. CNN’s chief propagandist Brian Stelter joined on the smearfest writing that ‘they all knew the truth right away by the night of January 6, Ingraham was spouting conspiracy theories… based on a lie she pushed over and over again’,” she said, reading from Stelter’s comments at one point.
Ingraham said she never supported election “conspiracy theories” about a stolen 2020 election as accused by Stelter.
She added that claims Stelter made about her claiming the Marxist group Antifa had infiltrated the protesters were indeed clarified by Ingraham upon further reportage as “not substantiated.”
“Another inconvenient fact those little men left out: Had they bothered to actually watch what I said the night of January 6 or read any of my public tweets from the afternoon of January 6, they couldn’t have denied the truth.
She then replayed parts of her “Angle” from that evening’s show:
“The Capitol was under siege by people who can only be described as antithetical to the MAGA movement. Now they were likely not all Trump supporters, and there were some reports that Antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd.
“The point remains, if you were a Trump supporter trying to display your support for the president, today’s antics at the Capitol did just the opposite.
“Those who breached the Capitol Hill security today, whoever they were, they were criminals. I’ve been to literally dozens of Trump events, and the criminal actions we saw today do not represent this movement.”
“Does that sound like I was downplaying it to you,” she asked. Ingraham then read her public tweets from January 6 as well:
“Security breach at the Capitol is disgraceful and the president needs to tell everyone to leave the building now. 2:44 P.M. Anyone thinks this is gonna the MAGA movement is delusional. It hurts the movement, the Trump legacy and of course the country.”
“The president should order [National Guard] to secure the Capitol immediately.”
“When there’s any big crowd there will invariably be bad actors, but blame will be laid at the feet of the White House if Capitol not cleared quickly.”
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“Now this is all public record, kids,” Ingraham concluded. “The real big lie is the expansive narrative of January 6th that these clowns have made the center of the political existence. So it’s time to face facts, shut down the false narrative and treat Cheney and her clique the way the American people treat them: by tuning them out.”