Bridgerton star Ruby Barker has posted a revealing video message to fans on social media, explaining that she is currently in hospital dealing with “mental struggles”. Fans have rushed to support Barker on social media after the actress, who plays Marina Thompson on the hit Netflix period drama, captioned the post: “ Mental health week is every week for me. Off my chest. I feel like I’ve not been completely honest so this is for my followers. Time to be transparent. “I’ve been struggling since Bridgerton , this is the truth. Thank you all for supporting me, your love holds me up. #mentalhealthawareness.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruby Barker (@rubybarker) In the video, Barker told fans: “I am better, I have been really unwell for a really long time. I want to be honest with everyone. I have been struggling. “I am in hospital at the minute and I am going to be … [Read more...] about Bridgerton Star Ruby Barker Tells Fans She Is ‘In Hospital With Mental Struggles’ After Becoming Unwell Filming Netflix Drama
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From a Gun-Free Bubble, NRA Demands ‘More Guns’ To Limit Mass Shootings
HOUSTON—The biggest names of the National Rifle Association’s annual gun show wouldn’t take the stage until mid-afternoon on Friday. B ut a young man with a vintage Make America Great hat, and a couple wearing matching “ULTRA MAGA” shirts, began camping out in the third-floor hallway of the convention center not long after 9 a.m. to guarantee themselves of prime seats for the star attraction: former president Donald Trump . The timing of this conference, the NRA ’s guns-palooza, is beyond perverse, coming just days after 19 students and 2 teachers were massacred by an 18-year-old wielding an AR-15 in Uvalde . By noon on Friday, a protest was in full-tilt across the street from the convention hall. D emonstrators for gun control held signs aloft with slogans like “NRA OWNS GOP.” One listed the names of the children killed in their classroom on Tuesday, etched in black and blood red. “¡Asesinos!” yelled a man repeatedly into a megaphone, using the Spanish word for “killers.” … [Read more...] about From a Gun-Free Bubble, NRA Demands ‘More Guns’ To Limit Mass Shootings
Exclusive Book Excerpt: ‘Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever’
‘Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever,’ by Rolling Stone contributor Will Hermes and available today, chronicles the period between 1973-1978 during which punk, hip-hop, salsa and other revolutionary forms of popular music were born or reinvented. In this exclusive excerpt, Hermes tells the stories of three era-defining musical beginnings: the collaboration of punk pioneers Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, the early days of the New York Dolls and the legacy of jazz legend Sonny Rollins. Tom Miller was tripping his balls off on LSD in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. The next thing he knew, a week later, he was in New York City, crashing in a crappy East Village apartment with his old friend Richard Meyers. They were both 19 years old. They’d met at Sanford, a boarding school for ne’er-do-wells and other types near Wilmington. Meyers was raised in Lexington, Kentucky, a town shadowed by the Lexington Narcotics Farm rehab facility, … [Read more...] about Exclusive Book Excerpt: ‘Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever’
Cannes 2022: Indian Film All That Breathes Wins Top Documentary Award
Indian documentary All That Breathes has won the Top Documentary Award, The Golden Eye, at Cannes 2022. All That Breathes , directed by Shaunak Sen, revolves around siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially the Black Kites. To the unversed, HBO Documentary Films acquired the rights of the documentary after it was screened at the Cannes Films Festival, earlier this week. All That Breathes had previously won the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. " The Golden Eye goes to a film that, in a world of destruction, reminds us that every life matters, and every small action matters. You can grab your camera, you can save a bird, you can hunt for some moments of stealing beauty, it matters. It's an inspirational journey observing three Don Quixotes who may not save the whole world but do save their world, " said The Golden Eye jury, which consists of Agnieszka Holland, … [Read more...] about Cannes 2022: Indian Film All That Breathes Wins Top Documentary Award