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Poignant '90210' Scene Featuring Matthew Perry, Shannen Doherty And Luke Perry Resurfaces
Jul 18, 2024
A clip of Matthew Perry, Shannen Doherty and Luke Perry alongside Jason Priestley in an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 has resurfaced following Doherty's death on Saturday, and it's hitting fans hard.
The poignant scene from the series' first season was recently shared on Threads and quickly made its way across other platforms.
The episode, titled "April Is the Cruelest Month," shows Brenda Walsh (Shannen Doherty) and Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) shrugging off Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestly) and fellow student Roger Azarian (Matthew Perry), who pulled up alongside the "it" TV couple in Roger's red Porsche.
Roger, West Beverly Hills High School’s tennis star, challenged Dylan to a race. Dylan declined, and after Roger sped off, Brenda revealed:
"Brandon says he's got some big problems."
You can watch below.
Matthew Perry, who was a nationally ranked junior tennis player in Canada, also struggled with alcohol and substance abuse. His death in 2023 was caused by "acute effects of ketamine" with contributing factors of "drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects."
Luke Perry died in 2019 after suffering two major strokes and being put on life support.
And on Saturday, Shannen Doherty died after her long battle with cancer.
Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and went into remission in 2017. But in 2019 she announced it had returned. Then last November, she learned the cancer had spread to her bones.
Watching the clip again following the deaths of three of the actors in the scene hit fans on social media a little differently this time around.
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It's so hard to believe they're all gone. Truly heart-breaking.
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United Airlines Apologizes After NFL Hall Of Famer Is Handcuffed In Front Of His Family On Flight
Jul 18, 2024
United Airlines issued an apology after NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis was handcuffed in front of his family and other passengers for tapping a flight attendant on the arm during a flight.
The former Denver Broncos running back (1995-2002) took to Instagram earlier this week to address the "traumatizing events" that transpired while he was traveling with his wife and three children.
He wrote:
"I am still in shock over the traumatizing events that occurred Saturday aboard a United flight from Denver to Orange Country with my wife, two sons, and daughter."
Davis explained:
"During the beverage service, my son politely requested a cup of ice."
"The flight attendant either didn't hear or ignored his request and continued past our row."
"I calmly reached behind me and lightly tapped his arm to get his attention to again ask for a cup of ice for my son."
"His response and the events that followed should stun all of us."
The 1997 Super Bowl MVP then recounted what followed.
"He shouted, 'Don't hit me!' and left the cart to hurriedly approach the front of the plane."
"I was confused, as were the passengers in front of me who witnessed the exchange."
"I thought nothing of it other than this particular employee was incredibly rude and blatantly wrong in his accusations of me hitting him."
"I did not see or interact with him further for the duration of the flight."
Davis continued his statement, recalling what happened after the flight.
"As we landed in Orange County, the pilot asked all passengers to remain seated, six FBI and law enforcement agents boarded the plane."
He said they then handcuffed him "without explanation, in front of [his] wife and children while the entire flight of passengers watched in silence."
"I was then removed from the flight while being recorded by multiple passengers as I was paraded off of the plane in handcuffs by the officers."
"I was — and remain — humiliated, embarrassed, powerless, and angry."
Davis went on, writing that agents found the flight attendant's accusations to be "inaccurate."
"During questioning, it was rightfully determined by the agents that this flight attendant was inaccurate in his accusations and the agents profusely apologized and even offering to support me and my family in any way possible."
He then elaborated on the impact the incident had on his family.
"The traumatizing experience of my two sons, my daughter, and my wife watching me being placed in handcuffs — without due process or any explanation — cannot be undone."
The statement concluded:
"I refuse to stand by without speaking out on this disgusting display of injustice and deplorable treatment by United Airlines."
"My legal team at Stinar, Gould, Grieco, & Hensley will be in contact with United Airlines."
In a statement issued Tuesday addressing the incident, United apologized for Davis' "travel experience."
“This is clearly not the kind of travel experience we strive to provide, and we have reached out to Mr. Davis’s team to apologize."
“We have removed the flight attendant from duty while we closely review this matter.”
Despite the public apology, people on social media were still outraged, many noting that this is yet another example of how Black Americans are treated unfairly and unjustly on a daily basis.
It's truly a shame that Davis had to experience this and that his family had to witness it.
Do better, United.
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RNC Attendee Confronts 'A**hole' Gaetz For Going After McCarthy In Hilariously Brutal Takedown
Jul 18, 2024
Far-right Florida Representative Matt Gaetz was brilliantly shut down by a delegate attending the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee after Gaetz was seen taunting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Gaetz, who led the charge to oust McCarthy from the speakership in October 2023, noticed him being interviewed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins at the convention and went over to rag on his political nemesis.
“What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight?” Gaetz yelled after repeatedly tapping McCarthy's shoulder.
Gaetz presumably knew his former House Speaker was not scheduled to address delegates during the four-day convention, where former Republican President Donald Trump is expected to be picked as his party's presidential nominee.
Yet, the cantankerous lawmaker and staunch Trump ally continued making a nuisance of himself by yapping at McCarthy, telling him:
"Hey, if you took that stage, you would get booed off of it."
"You would get booed off the stage," he repeated for good measure.
Here is another angle of Gaetz making an obnoxious scene.
An RNC attendee who stood nearby and witnessed Gaetz's behavior promptly reprimanded him, calmly saying:
“Shut up, Gaetz."
"Get out of here … don’t be an a**hole."
Stunned by being called out, the beleaguered Congressman turned around in the direction of the delegate's voice and physically tried to intimidate the critic by getting up close to his face.
After struggling to come up with an incisive comeback, Gaetz remarked:
"Dude, I don't even know who you are, man."
The bystander, however, called it as he saw it and said.
"You’re an a**hole”
Gaetz then plodded off like a child being told to go stand in the corner, but not before awkwardly searching for a quick way past the other delegates and event staff standing on the crowded convention floor.
You can watch a clip of Gaetz getting the proverbial wrist slap here.
Viewers of the clip loved watching the takedown of Gaetz on repeat.
Who was the fearless challenger? People wanted to know.
McCarthy was later asked to comment on the disruption from Gaetz.
He said:
"I think it shows exactly who Matt Gaetz is."
When asked whether or not he would get booed off the stage as Gaetz stated, McCarthy, replied:
"Not at all."
Gaetz remains under investigation by the House Ethics Committee after he was accused in 2020 of allegedly sex trafficking and having sexual relations with minors.
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and has resented McCarthy for not helping to end the Ethics Committee investigation against him.
McCarthy explained Gaetz's behavior towards him was because "he had an ethics complaint four years ago that he paid an underage girl, and she has come to ethics."
McCarthy added:
"And he came to me to try to leverage me to stop the ethics investigation. That’s illegal. I’m not doing that."
"If I had to lose my job over all the hump, the law—he tried to utilize it."
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Iowa AG Dragged For Ironically Boasting At RNC That Republicans Put Criminals 'In Jail'
Jul 18, 2024
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird was criticized after telling the audience at the Republican National Convention that the GOP is known to "put criminals where they belong: in jail"—only to then encourage everyone to vote for convicted felon former President Donald Trump.
In May, Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes. The jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to illegally influence the 2016 election. His sentencing was set for July 11 but has now been delayed in the wake of a Supreme Court decision granting him sweeping immunity protections.
But Bird endorsed a known criminal nonetheless, saying:
"Republicans get justice for victims and we put criminals where they belong: in jail. That's why we need to elect President Donald J. Trump."
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Bird was swiftly called out for her hypocrisy.
While the hypocrisy of the GOP on this matter is nothing new, the call to vote for Trump is all the more ironic given felons can't vote.
Critics have suggested that if a convicted felon like Trump is able to run for the highest office in the country, then other felons should have certain rights restored. Although Trump’s situation is unique, the complexity surrounding voting rights for convicted felons is not. Across the United States, state laws differ significantly regarding whether felons lose their voting rights and how they can regain them.
Additionally, as pointed out by MSNBC's Steve Benen, "the idea that the former president stands with 'the police' isn’t quite that simple."
"It remains true that a party that cares about the rule of law wouldn’t nominate a person convicted of felonies for the nation’s highest office," he noted, further condemning Republicans for publicly declaring to care about law and order despite working to "undermine public confidence in the judicial system without cause."
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AOC Gives Vivek Ramaswamy Brutal Tip On How To Be 'Cool' After His RNC Challenge To Gen Z
Jul 18, 2024
Biotech entrepreneur and former GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was given a lesson by New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about "being cool" after he made an appeal to Generation Z during the Republican National Convention, telling them they can be "rebels" if they call themselves "conservative" on college campuses.
Speaking from the podium at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ramaswamy issued the following remarks designed to court the youth:
"Our message to Gen Z is this: You're going to be the generation that actually saves this country."
"You want to be a rebel? You want to be a hippie? You want to stick it to the man? Show up on your college campus and try calling yourself a conservative."
“Say you want to get married, have kids, teach them to believe in God and pledge allegiance to their country.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Shortly afterward, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out the problems with Ramaswamy's message, pointing out that the GOP's regressive platform and support for convicted felon former President Donald Trump are not likely to appeal to Gen Z voters:
"Young people don’t take well to bigoted leaders who attack LGBTQ+ rights, outlaw abortion, cozy up to gun manufacturers + oil execs, and support a rapist for President."
"If you want to be cool so badly, try giving a damn about other people beyond yourself. Might open a few doors."
You can see what she wrote below.
Many cheered AOC's clapback and echoed her criticisms of Ramaswamy's rhetoric.
Ramaswamy later defended his stance in a follow-up response to Ocasio-Cortez in which he explicitly misrepresented the scope of the GOP's platform while in the same breath accusing Democrats of lying:
"Fact check: the GOP platform doesn’t oppose gay marriage and doesn’t support a federal abortion ban. The new Democrat strategy appears to be: lie to your voters [and] hope they never figure it out."
You can see what he wrote below.
But that didn't go over well either.
While the GOP recently tempered its 2024 party platform—deliberately softening its stance on LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights to fool voters—it's worth noting that Project 2025 would do exactly what Ramaswamy claims Republicans won't.
Project 2025 is a set of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation aimed at restructuring the United States federal government and consolidating executive power if the Republican nominee wins the 2024 presidential election.
Project 2025 is a comprehensive document detailing what a future Trump presidency would entail, encompassing not just policy proposals on immigration, education, and the economy, but also a vision of the America that conservatives aim to create in the next Republican administration, whether led by Trump or another standard bearer.
The plan includes several controversial proposals. It calls for a federal ban on pornography and seeks to enforce a federal ban on abortion under all circumstances, even in cases of severe fetal defects.
Moreover, the plan aims to reduce the size and power of the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and restrict its ability to conduct reviews, a proposal that has further magnified concerns that Trump's potential return to office would usher in an era of authoritarian governance.
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