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Nathan Lane Reveals Frustrating Reason 'Space Jam' Director Rejected Him For Role
Mar 26, 2025
Actor Nathan Lane, on publicity tour for a new TV series, discussed old films and old chances in an interview with Vanity Fair recently.
The actor—a Tony, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Laurence Olivier award winner—talked about how all the awards in the world did not land him a role in the iconic movie Space Jam back in 1997.
Lane went on to explain why: he's gay.
Less openly so at the time, but he had just come off filming The Birdcage with Robin Williams, a reimagined Cage Aux Folles, wherein a young man finds himself trying to introduce his fiancée and her buttoned-up family to his fathers, who run a drag club.
Lane says that he auditioned for the part of Stan Podolak, Michael Jordan's assistant, but that it ultimately went to actor Wayne Knight, a Seinfeld star. The director, Lane says, could not see him in the role due to his sexual orientation.
"Apparently the director [Joe Pytka] saw me hosting the Tony Awards and thought that suggested I was too gay to play the part."
However, Lane probably dodged a big one, as at the time, no actor would even touch the movie. However, it still was galling to find out the reason.
“So thank God, I didn’t have to do ‘Space Jam...But I don’t know. I’ll never know what people say. Homophobia is alive and well, still.”
People were sad to hear the news, but were conflicted because Wayne Knight did such a memorable job as the character many assumed Lane was aiming to play.
Lane's longtime fans were saying just how good he is in his other roles, and could have been in Space Jam.
Lane's comments reminded people of the trainwreck of an interview that Oprah did at the time.
The talk show host was interviewing Lane and Robin Williams about their movie The Birdcage, and Oprah basically asked Lane if he was gay.
Williams then spun into action to distract from the rude question.
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While people realized that Lane was probably auditioning for the part that Wayne Knight eventually got, some people got a little joking in the comments.
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Alas, many people said, it was really a different time in the late '90s when this was all going down.
Finally, there was incredulity that, of all movies, Space Jam was the film that Lane was rejected from.
Lane is currently appearing in the Hulu comedy series Mid-Century Modern, premiering on March 28.
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Viral Post Explains Why It's So Alarming That GOP Is Using Signal App For Top Secret Chats
Mar 26, 2025
Amid revelations that Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was invited into a Signal chat with high-level Trump administration officials, particularly Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussing military strategy surrounding their war strikes in Yemen, Threads user jeanie.online went viral after stressing why Trump administration officials are really using the app to discuss secret matters.
It's worth noting that Signal messages can be set and managed to disappear, as the team behind the app acknowledges on the Signal website:
"Use disappearing messages to keep your message history tidy. The message will disappear from your devices after the timer has elapsed. This is not for situations where your contact is your adversary — after all, if someone who receives a disappearing message really wants a record of it, they can always use another camera to take a photo of the screen before the message disappears."
The use of the app by the Trump administration is itself a violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA), which states that any records created or received by the President as part of his constitutional, statutory, or ceremonial duties are the property of the U.S. government. These records must be managed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at the end of the administration.
The PRA established that official records of the President and Vice President are owned by the United States, not by the President. Upon leaving office, the Archivist of the United States takes custody of these records and maintains them in a federal depository. These records become eligible for public access under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) five years after the President leaves office.
Additionally, last month Trump dismissed Colleen J. Shogan, the Archivist of the United States, who was responsible for safeguarding and overseeing access to government records.
With this in mind, consider what jeanie.online pointed out:
"The part that people are missing is that they're doing official communications on Signal to avoid those communications being retained. There are Project 2025 training videos that specifically recommended this type of thing as a way to avoid subpoenas."
"Our government is using 3rd party software to discuss [operational security], [info not releasable to foreign nationals], and Top Secret levels of communication in avenues that do not retain data. They can stage a total takeover of the US and there will be no evidence through any official channels."
You can see her post below.
@jeanie.online/Threads
Her point was validated on Wednesday after The Atlantic published the entire Signal chat, which indicated that "disappearing message time was set to 1 week."
Lev Parnas (@levparnas.bsky.social)
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Disappearing messages was set to 1 week. WHY ?
Many have sounded the alarm.
If you don’t think that our central government has been captured by the Russian mafia state, then you are incorrectly assessing the situation.
— BigG95973💙💙🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 (@bigg95973.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It is because they want NO RECORD of the call. This is called subverting the rules regulations. No FOIA
— Blue bicycle basket (@bicyclebaskets.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Using Signal (no records for archives) is from the Project 2025 playbook
— Sherry (@sherry2.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The controversy erupted just days after a Pentagon advisory cautioned against using Signal, even for unclassified communications. A department-wide email dated March 18, obtained by NPR, warned of a security flaw in the Signal app, stating that Russian hacking groups were exploiting its "linked devices" feature to eavesdrop on encrypted conversations.
Meanwhile, CBS News reported that Trump’s Ukraine and Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, was in Moscow meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin when he was added to the Signal group chat.
Flight data from FlightRadar24 showed Witkoff arrived in Moscow around noon on March 13, and Russian state media later aired footage of his motorcade leaving Vnukovo International Airport. Roughly 12 hours later, he was included in the "Houthi PC small group" chat.
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Fox News Host Sparks Outrage With Disturbing Stance On Immigrant Deportations
Mar 26, 2025
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade enraged social media users after he said that undocumented immigrants "don't deserve" due process before getting deported.
On Monday's broadcast of the right-wing cable news channel Fox & Friends, Kilmeade stated that he didn't think it was "practical to do due process on 8 million people."
"If we're gonna give every one of these guys a day in a court and a lawyer, we can't do it. They don't deserve it," Kilmeade added.
The rant occurred while he discussed Republican President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration and his 2024 campaign promise to deport millions of illegal migrants.
Here's a video clip.
Appalled social media users reminded him that every person in the U.S. is entitled to the fundamental principle of fairness and justice rooted in the Fourth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, ensuring that the government fairly follows established protocols before depriving someone of their life, liberty, or property.
Many feared that innocent people would be mistakenly deported or removed from the country, especially as a result of Trump's recent invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The wartime law allowed the President to target citizens or nationals of an enemy nation who may have done nothing wrong without legal proceedings.
It was last invoked in World War II when the U.S. government incarcerated 120,000 Japanese Americans—many of whom were American citizens—and sent them to internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Kilmeade continued getting slammed for his rant.
Kilmeade's disturbing view of immigrants is in line with Trump's anti-immigration White House.
The administration's official website shared an ASMR video of undocumented migrants being chained and boarding a plane, which sparked backlash for its "unconscionable" portrayal of immigrants.
The Spanish version of whitehouse.gov also led web visitors to a 404 error code accompanied by a box instructing them to "Go Home."
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Trump Dragged After Demanding 'Full-Throated Apology' From Maine's Governor
Mar 26, 2025
President Donald Trump was called out after reviving his feud with Maine Governor Janet Mills, demanding a "full-throated apology" after she pushed back last month against his executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.
Last month, while discussing the order he'd signed on the issue, Trump threatened Mills after she said she would only comply with "state and federal laws," saying he'd deny federal funding for her state:
"We are the federal law and you better do it otherwise you're not getting any federal funding at all if you don't."
"By the way, your population, even though it's somewhat liberal, I did very well there, and your population does not want men playing in women's sports. You better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding."
When Mills said she'd "see you in court," Trump suggested strong-arming her "should be a real easy one," as you can see in the video below.
Trump once again had Mills on his mind over the weekend when he attacked her in a post on Truth Social demanding she apologize:
“While the State of Maine has apologized for their Governor’s strong, but totally incorrect, statement about men playing in women’s sports while at the White House House Governor’s Conference, we have not heard from the Governor herself, and she is the one that matters in such cases."
"Therefore, we need a full throated apology from the Governor herself, and a statement that she will never make such an unlawful challenge to the Federal Government again, before this case can be settled. I'm sure she will be able to do that quite easily."
"Thank you for your attention to this matter, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
You can see his post below.
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It was unclear which apology from the state of Maine Trump was referring to or what specific case was being resolved. The White House declined to comment on his statement or clarify any potential consequences for the governor and the state if an apology was not issued.
But Mills nonetheless responded, saying the following to reporters in Bangor:
"My issue is about the rule of law, pure and simple. It's not about transgender sports; it's about who makes the laws and who enforces the laws. I read the Constitution."
"The Constitution says that the president, the chief executive, shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. It doesn't allow him to make laws out of whole cloth by tweet or Instagram post or press release or executive order."
Many have criticized Trump as a result.
Trump’s latest remarks follow a recent ruling by his administration that found Maine in violation of the updated Title IX law. The state was given until March 27 to reverse its policy allowing transgender student athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports or risk action from the Justice Department.
Earlier this month, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) temporarily halted funding to the University of Maine System (UMS) amid the dispute. However, after a USDA review determined UMS was in compliance with Title IX, the funding was reinstated.
The university was among several institutions under review by the Education Department for Title IX compliance, alongside the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.
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The Biggest Red Flags People Have Ever Seen At A Wedding
Mar 26, 2025
Tying the knot with the person you see yourself spending the rest of your life with is one of life's greatest moments.
However, those who have an outside perspective of your relationship may see signs that your matrimonial bliss could be more of a miss.
Curious to hear from those who prognosticated doomed marriages, Redditor kinda_beechy asked:
"What are some red flags at a wedding?"
Omen
"Small fish in inadequate glass containers as center pieces. We all walk into the hall and find our tables, each with a belly up, totally dead, bloated guppy floating in its little glass coffin. Lots of people lost their appetites. Marriage didn't last a year."
– aloneintheupwoods
Scene-Stealer
"Mother-in-law in a white lace dress."
– ScaryPearls
"My MIL wore a cream dress to my wedding. The next year when she re-married… she wore the same dress."
– Early_Pin_5256
"My mom wore a white lace dress to my wedding. I was the bride. Almost 26 years later, I'm still happily married but cut off my mom!"
"I didn't feel upstaged, but I did feel like she couldn't give me just one day of being the center of attention. Not one day."
"She did say that after the bride, the Mother of the Bride should be the prettiest woman in the room. I told her it should be the Maid of Honor, who was my little sister and also her daughter!"
– _Internet_Hugs_
Neglected Bride
"I’ve been to a lot of wedding, two of which I vividly recall the groom spending 98 percent of the reception and dance with his friends rather the bride, both ended in quick divorce."
– SillySub2001
"Everyone talked about how much fun they had at my wedding, except me. Groom was outside with the other smokers the whole time except for cake cutting, etc. picture opps. We’re divorced now."
– Broad_Pomegranate141
"As the bride who danced the entire wedding reception without her groom, can confirm these weddings end in quick divorce. (Happily married to the love of my life now though for 15 years!)"
– Repulsive_Cost_5040
In Love With A Concept
"The bride is losing her sh*t over every little thing that isn't exactly as she wanted it. Some people are more concerned with the idea of being married than they are about who they're marrying. These are the people that have a 'dream wedding' in mind."
– Generico300
"Uhg I just know this is going to happen at the wedding I'm in this summer. The couple's stag & doe has just past and it was a smashing success. More people than expected attended, people had tons of fun with the games, music and dinner, we raked in thousands of dollars, which more than covered the costs of the game/raffle prizes, the hall rental, alcohol/food etc."
"So obviously the couple made good money off it overall. There were no issues at all throughout the night. Even the bride's separated parents played nice and they hate each other's guts!"
"The bride is still ranting about how apparently nothing went the way she wanted and it ruined her whole vision."
"I fear the bachelorette and the wedding day so much right now."
– bananicoot
Telling Speeches
"As a supposed supporter of the couple: none of the speeches mention them as a couple. Friends take more of a 'if you're happy, then I'm happy!' kind of tone. The couple isn't aligned on their wedding details and/or looks peeved the whole day."
"As a guest: where the cost of hosting is passed onto the guests. Or there is no lodging nearby so guests can't imbibe and the hosts are annoyed that no one danced or stayed late. Outdoors with very few accomodations or enough meals. Yes, I get that it's 'your day,' but hosting an event should account for guests' experiences, IMO."
– abqkat
"As someone who wrote a speech for a friend whose marriage I didn't support, you are spot on. I focused on just talking about the bride because I couldn't think of a single positive thing about their relationship to write about. They're heading towards divorce."
– bee3bee
"Went to my husbands coworkers wedding. It was an hour from where majority of people lived with hotels being about 30min away. Most people just opted to just drive the rest of the way home rather than get a hotel room."
"The DJ was also not great. The wedding ended an hour before it was supposed to with the bride finally caving and doing her send off early after some of her bridesmaids packed up to leave. Bride had apparently been a self centered bridezilla all day and everyone was tired of her sh*t by the end."
– saltwatertaffy324
Cake Ritual Gone Too Far
"I found out later that a wedding I attended was also attended by the groom's side piece. That marriage was doomed."
"And I've never seen a wedding where the groom smeared cake on the bride's face last. When they're cute and put a little smear of frosting on her nose or try to feed her a too big piece it's fine, but the ones where he just smears cake all over her are doomed."
"Not a single one has made it 10 years, most don't make 5. Now if the bride smears cake it's fine, those marriages last. But not the other way around."
– _Internet_Hugs_
Mother Pulls The Strings
"The mother of the bride/groom trying to control anything as if it’s her day.. not a good sign at all."
– still_on_a_whisper
"Story time: my husband and I got married in 2021. Originally, we wanted a very small wedding (like 10 people in attendance, max) in our small backyard with like a potluck for the reception. Very small, very intimate, and with our favorite people. When we told that to his mom, she was flabbergasted."
"She adamantly demanded that we have a larger wedding so that we could invite the entirety of my husband’s family. Including people I have never even met. My husband has always had issues with disappointing his mom, so when she agreed to pay for 90% of everything, including the food, we said okay. The only thing we had to pay for was the venue and photos."
"Fast forward to the wedding day. Because this was an all hands on deck situation, my husband and I had to show up early to the venue to help decorate and get everything ready since the venue was only booked for that day and we couldn’t decorate until after 11am due to conflicting schedules with the venue."
"Cue my mother-in-law losing her absolute mind when she found out that the flower decorations for the cake were not exactly how she thought they’d be. I never thought I would have to calm down another woman’s expectations on my own wedding day."
"So, after I assured her I would handle everything, she finally agreed to get dressed and ready for the wedding. I had to RUSH to get everything done to her liking so that I could have time to race back home to get ready with my bridal party’s help. The wedding turned out lovely, don’t get me wrong, and the day was one of the best of my life because I got to marry my best friend."
"The only thing that I was the tiniest bit upset about was the reception being rushed because we had to take everything down and clean up by a certain time that evening, so I didn’t get to enjoy the reception as much as I would’ve liked."
– Scarlet_dreams
Emotions Run High
"Crying.."
"I was at a wedding once where the bride and groom were weeping, the priest and altar servers were sobbing, the whole congregation was blubbering. Even later on at the reception, the cake was in tiers.."
– HugoZHackenbush2
Wise Observation
"My grandfather (he had 15 kids) used to tell the young people getting married this advice:"
"He would look at the guy and tell him, 'You need to do everything you can to make her the happiest woman on earth, and she, in turn will make you the happiest man.' "
"He said he could tell the ones that wouldn't last because they would interrupt him after the first part."
"It's noteworthy to say that my grandfather loves my grandmother very much."
– im-someone-else
Gut Feeling
"One of my best friends took the wedding ages and ages to start. We all had a bad feeling about it but soldiered on and waited and waited. (It turns out the groom was melting down, and they talked him into it. I wish they hadn't, for my friend's sake.)"
"Later that day at the luncheon, the bride is nowhere to be found. I hunt around a bit, and she's sitting with the groom in a side room while he eats because he 'wanted to be alone.' "
"Those of us close to the bride knew she'd been saving money for years as a nest egg. We watched on social media as they spent extravagant amounts of her money on their 3-month honeymoon in Europe (after he convinced her to quit her job)."
"More happened as the years went on (including a sweet little baby who's nearly an adult now), but that wedding was a red flag. And when she finally told me she was getting divorced, I couldn't help but blurt 'oh thank goodness', at which point she laughed. Got my friend back."
– beatriceblythe
Red flags are there for a reason, and it turns out that most of these examples of doomed weddings wound up in the eventual dissolution of marriage.
What are some red flags you're familiar with spotting at weddings? Would you intervene to prevent a potential love disaster?
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