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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Tom Brady in love-hate triangle with Trump and Justice Ginsburg

Tom Brady"s "Deflategate" appeal rejected by court

Donald Trump, who somehow has made it into the finals to be our next president, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the outspoken and spunky United States Supreme Court justice, have engaged in a very entertaining p*****g match the last few days.

Can Tom Brady, the star of the Deflategate sitcom, get sprayed in the crossfire?

Brady is The Donalds favorite quarterback and last season Brady displayed a Trump campaign Make America Great Again cap in his Patriots locker. Ginsburg, meanwhile, is expected to issue the final ruling whether Brady will miss the first four games of the 2016 season or whether his suspension will be deferred pending appeal.

Brady and Trump are not much more than golfing buddies, although the way Trump portrays it, he just about watches tape with TB 12. They are so close that Brady will not even be attending the Republican Convention next week in Cleveland. Then again, he didnt attend the Pats White House visit last year.

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So, how has Brady-Ginsburg-Trump become a political love-hate triangle built for reality TV?

As anticipated, the full 13-member Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Wednesday to deny Bradys request for a rehearing of the courts three-member panels decision in April to confirm Roger Goodells powers and reinstate Bradys four-game suspension, which is now scheduled to be served at the beginning of the 2016 season.

Bradys next step is to ask the Second Circuit, within the next seven days, for a stay as he appeals to the Supreme Court to hear the case. The Second Circuit is expected to deny that request by mid-August.

The four-time Super Bowl winner will not be out of options and this is where it gets really interesting.

Justice Ginsburg doesn"t want to think about a Trump presidency

His last Hail Mary will be to ask the Supreme Court to issue a stay that will cover the 90 days he has to file a request for the most powerful court in the land to hear the case. The stay, if granted, will also cover the period of time until the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case, which likely wont be until next spring. Because the season opens Sept. 11, there is a sense of urgency. Brady is free to participate in training camp and preseason games.

The Supreme Court would be expected to makes its ruling on the stay very quickly.

The circuit justice from the Supreme Court who is assigned to rule on matters coming from the Second Circuit is none other than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is a liberal judge and tends to side with labor. Thats great news for Brady. This case is no longer about deflated footballs. Its whether Goodell abused his CBA powers.

The bad news is Trump keeps boasting about his bromance with Brady. That clearly should not influence the ruling of Ginsburg, a woman of high integrity. If Ginsburg grants the stay, then Brady is clear for the 2016 season. If not, then he will miss games against the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills.

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I see Brady playing weeks one through four, said noted sports legal expert Daniel Wallach. With Justice Ginsburg the one deciding, things look pretty good for Brady. Its an easy decision for Justice Ginsburg to stay the suspension.

Even if the Supreme Court later decides not to hear the case, he will be able to serve the four games in 2017. But if she denies the stay and Brady eventually wins, he can never recover games that he loses, Wallach said.

Its unlikely the Supreme Court will decide whether to take the case before the end of the 2016 season.

Then theres the Trump factor.

Trump now attacking Ruth Ginsburg, says she should step down ASAP

What about Ginsburg saying, I cant imagine what this place could be I cant imagine what the country would be with Donald Trump as our president. She even brought up a comment from her late husband, Now its time to move to New Zealand.

Trump fired back at the 83-year-old Ginsburg on Twitter, of course, with typical class. Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot resign.

The Supreme Court receives thousands of requests every year to hear cases. They accept less than 1%, about 100 per year, which makes Deflategate a long shot to find its way into the courtroom in Washington. But hiring respected attorney Ted Olson, who has argued many cases before the Supreme Court, including representing George W. Bush in the ruling that eventually made him president over Al Gore, could help Brady get the case heard.

Can Trumps friendship with Brady impact Ginsburg?

This is not the same as Trump appearing before Justice Ginsburg, Wallach said. She is not going to recuse herself. The requirement for recusal is a higher threshold more than being a Trump friend. But it is an interesting dynamic. This will be the first instance in which a potential Trump-related matter is presented to Justice Ginsburg following her remarks. But its seven rings removed from Trump. Much is made of the friendship, but its probably no more than a public friendship.

Brady and Trump became friends after Trump asked him to judge a beauty contest following one of his Super Bowl victories. Can I just stay out of this debate, Brady said last season. Donald is a good friend of mine. I have known him for a long time. I support all my friends. That is what I have to say.

The best thing for Brady to do to ensure he"s in Ginburg"s good graces so he can stay on the field in 2016? Build a wall between him and Trump. Even offer to pay for it.

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"Mr. Robot" Star Carly Chaikin Demands Your Attention

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The badass actress talks about Tinder, tech paranoia, and raging at Apple.

When Carly Chaikin, the reigning tough girl of prestige television, was in middle school, she said "f**k you" to her math teacher. "She wouldnt call on me. So I was like, "f**k you," and I left.

You could read this as the origin story of Chaikins persona nowadays. Her badass character in Mr. Robot, a hacker named Darlene, is similarly direct, observant, demanding, and takes no s**t. Or as Chaikin describes her: Shes just honest. Shes a b***s-to-the-wall girl.

Mr. Robot, a dark and cynical show about political hackers, is in the emerging stage, but it"s not hard to imagine it officially evolving into Breaking Badlevel obsession and cultish fandom. We hope. Already, Chaikin says shes proud of America for liking it. Its such a smart show, andnot to be rude, but a lot of America can be pretty dumb. It was one of those things like, Are people going to get it, or are they not going to get it? It could have gone either way.

For its viewers, Mr. Robot can spark a certain type of paranoia. The show, which is all about whats unseen on our screens, exists in a world swimming in shadowy threats. Recently, Chaikins iCloud was hacked, which sent her into a whirlwind of anger and fear. Mr. Robot has made me so much more aware of everything. I have to think about it," Chaikin says. "I was at this club in Miami, and this girl said she was trying to find her phone, but her hands almost went in my bag. I grabbed them, because nothing gets past me. After she walked away, I said to my best friend, "What if she dropped a device in my bag and is hacking me and tracking me and bugged me? Her best friend argued this was fairly unlikely.

Chaikin is also philosophical about the way the technology has changed us. What did we do before we had cell phones and we just had to sit there and be vulnerable? Rather than being vulnerable, Chaikin is completely hooked on exactly three phone games: AlphaBetty, Diamond Digger, and Farm Heroes. She"s at level 900 in all of them. She also praises Tinder as an excellent phone game. I think its an interesting, cool way to meet people. I have a boyfriend, but I always want to go on someones Tinder to swipe.

When we talk, she"s wrapped in a big sweater, her legs under her on a couch, shoes off. She isn"t someone who looks relaxed, though; she"s gazing around intently, and she repeats several times that nothing gets past her. In her non-acting time, she"s devoted to jigsaw puzzles and paintingboth of which hone her attention to detail. Her Mr. Robot co-stars, Rami Malek and Portia Doubleday, just gave Chaikin her latest puzzle. She"s still painting as Mr. Robot films in New York, though it"s just in a "tiny little nook," as opposed to her studio in L.A. For her subjects, she says, "I find myself going to faces and people more than anything. I just love human emotion and faces." Her next project is a set of paintings of the same eyesangry, sad, and happyto show how subtle the difference would be.

"Im so hyper-aware of everything around me and everyone and everything that people do." As she says this, she notices that I do some self-conscious shifting, she calls it out, and quickly returns to her mantra: My friend always says, Nothing gets past you. I can read people very well. This is also the appeal of a show like Mr. Robot: that there is something secret going on, and we might be able to figure it out if we just pay close enough attention.

And when Chaikin says shes observant, shes not exaggerating. Before the interview is over, she finds a pen I didn"t even know I had lost.

2016 ESPYs: Kobe Bryant, Ciara, Usher among stars at Hollywood show (PHOTOS)

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The ESPY Awardsgotunderway Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, the annual award show hosted by ESPN honoring the best in sports throughout the previous year. (It"s the only day of the year one of the four major sports doesn"t have a game.)

And this being Hollywood, many celebrities are in attendance as well, lighting up the red carpet with the athletes. Former wrestler and current actor/reality TV host JohnCena is emceeing.

Former NBA player Kobe Bryant, along with NFL cornerback Richard Sherman are at the show, as is Golden State guard Steph Curry and Yankeeslefty CC Sabathia. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his new wife Ciara are there, too. Usher is there too. (See the gallery above for more.)

Early in the night NBA playersCarmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James delivered an impassioned speech about the recent gun violence across America. See part of it here:

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Source: http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/07/espys_kobe_bryant_bryce_harper_cc_sbathia_celebrit.html

The Internet won"t stand for Tomi Lahren likening KKK to BLM

Tomi Lahren: "Black Lives Matter" Is New KKK

Tomi Lahren is no stranger to controversy. The news anchor regularly receives backlash for her strong statements on Glenn Beck"s "The Blaze."

"Beyonc didn"t reference the Black Panthers to bring about some sort of positive change. She did it to get attention. Good for you, you made headlines," Lahren said in response to Beyonc"s Super Bowl halftime performance.

But now that controversy is presenting itself in the form of a petition to get her off the air for good.

On the night a shooterkilled fivepolice officers in Dallas, Lahren likened the Black Lives Matter movement to the KKK on Twitter. That tweet has since been deleted but was captured by multiplemedia outletsand quickly went viral.

In response, tens of thousands of people have signed aChange.org petitionto have her removed from her post on "The Blaze."

The petition reads in part, "The purpose of this petition is to not only show the complete disgust that the public has with Tomi Lahren, but to also demand INTEGRITY from all of our news and media outlets."

Lahren laterapologizedfor the KKK statement kind of.

"I"m outspoken, I"m controversial and I"m a human being, but one thing I am not is a racist. I"m also not going to be backed into a corner and silenced we all say c**p we don"t mean when we"re upset, and if my tweets on the night of the Dallas ambush hurt you I apologize but don"t for one second think I don"t have the right to criticize a movement I find destructive, damaging and dangerous," Lahren said.

So far, The Blaze hasn"t commented on the petition.

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Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/internet-wont-stand-tomi-lahren-likening-kkk-blm/nrx7R/

Bill Skarsgrd est aterrorizante como Pennywise na primeira imagem de terror que adapta Stephen King

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Se voc tem coulrofobia, corra! A revista Entertainment Weekly divulgou a primeira imagem deBill Skarsgrd no papel do palhao Pennywise na refilmagem deIt - Uma Obra-Prima do Medo .

" um personagem extremo, inumano", afirmou o filho de Stellan Skarsgrd ( Thor ) e irmo de Alexander Skarsgrd(True Blood) sobre Pennywise, vilo criado pelo escritorStephen King no livro A Coisa. "Ele mais que um sociopata porque ele no nem humano. Ele no nem mesmo um palhao. Eu interpreto apenas um dos seres que ele cria.

No livro de King, Pennywise a personificao de um mal sem nome que assombra uma cidade pequena e se alimenta do medo das crianas.

O livro A Coisa j foi adaptado para os cinemas antes, no filme produzido diretamente para a TV em 1991, com direo de Tommy Lee Wallace. A verso de It no sculo XXI conta com a direo deAndrs Muschietti, cineasta argentino responsvel pelo filme de terror Mama, estrelado porJessica Chastain.

Segundo a EW, a verso de Muschietti de Pennywise "elegante, precisa e at mesmo sedutora".

Tim Curryinterpretou o monstro no filme dos anos 90 de forma marcante, por isso, o desafio de Skarsgrd foi dar seu prprio toque para este personagem. "A performance de Tim Curry foi realmente tima, mas foi importante que eu fizesse algo diferente por conta disso", afirma o ator. "Eu nunca serei capaz de fazer uma perfonce Tim Curry melhor que o Tim Curry".

It , nova adaptao de A Coisa, estreia nos Estados Unidos no dia 8 de setembro de 2017.

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Court denies Tom Brady"s request for new Deflategate hearing

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady"s four-game Deflategate suspensionstill stands.

That"s because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York, denied his request for a new hearing on Wednesday.

So as things look right now, Brady will still miss the Patriots" first four games this season against the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans, and Bills. His first game back wouldbe at the Browns on Oct. 9.

The suspension stems from Brady"s alleged role in the Patriots" under-inflated footballs cheating scandal, which began after the AFC Championship Game against the Colts, following the 2014 season. The Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl.

Last September, just before the 2015 season opened, a federal district court overturnedthe NFL"s initial four-game suspension of Brady.

But in April, the case moved up the legal ladder, to the Second Circuit appellate court, which reinstatedthe suspension. And on Wednesday, that same court declined to hear Brady"s case again.

The last appeal option for Brady is the U.S. Supreme Court, though it"s unclear if that court would be willing to hear his case.

If Brady does indeed miss the season"s first four games, the Patriots would go with JimmyGaroppolo as their starting quarterback. Garoppolowas a second-round draft pick by the Patriots in 2014. He has played in 11 career games, with no starts and 31 pass attempts, for one touchdown.

Though Brady would be suspended for two AFC East games (Dolphins and Bills), the Jetswould still have to play him twice, in Weeks 12 and 16, with the latter game being in New England on Christmas Eve.

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CBS2 Exclusive: K2 Rampant At One Bronx Intersection; Many Say City Is Doing Nothing

Mass K2 overdose hospitalizes 33 in Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The problem of people smoking and overdosing on K2 has gone citywide.

CBS2 even found a new neighborhood in the Bronx where it is a snap to buy, users abound, and pleas to help are apparently ignored.

CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer was demanding answers about the problem from Mayor Bill de Blasio in an exclusive report Wednesday.

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For emergency personnel called to the junction of Willis Avenue and 149th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, it has become business as usual to see people overdosing on K2 also known as synthetic marijuana or spice and ending up on stretchers.

It is so commonplace that EMS workers and firefighters call the area K2 alley.

As exclusive pictures showed, it is easy to see why. People strung out on K2 loll on chairs in the middle of the sidewalk, lean against buildings, and nod out as mothers push their strollers to nearby stores.

People in the area say it is really easy to buy K2 there.

Theres different name brands; theres different names for them, but its all the same thing, one man said.

The man told Kramer the going price for what he called a stick was $3. The man would not tell Kramer where to buy it, but within minutes of the conversation, he returned with a thin, brown cigarette of K2.

Local businessmen are furious because the strung-out users are everywhere.

Ive been here 24 years, and Ive never, ever, ever, ever seen it this way, said local businessman Abel Brea. Something is going on, and I have to believe you have to put the blame on City Hall; the mayor.

Another local vendor has been getting people to sign a petition to get the city to act.

Weve been trying so long, said Terwinder Singh. People be smoking K2 in front of business, and theyll be falling down like crazy people; dont want to walk through streets. And we are businessmen. Were paying rent and everything. Were losing a lot of business.

CBS2s Kramer brought the frustrations to Mayor de Blasio. She asked him what he could do for the pressing problem.

We can do a lot, de Blasio said. Im very concerned about it, and we are acting on it immediately. We will throw the book at anyone selling K2. NYPD is very focused.

Kramer asked the mayor if help was on the way for K2 alley in the Bronx.

Help is on the way, and again, we proved in East Harlem we can break the back of the problem. We can go after the bad actors who are selling this very dangerous drug. Were going to get them. Were going to shut down any stores that are doing this.

Mayor de Blasio told CBS2 he wants the bodega owners to understand if theyre selling the drug, the city has the ability to shut them down.

We will literally take away your livelihood, the mayor said.

In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Wednesday, police were raiding two delis at Broadway and Myrtle Avenue after 33 people overdosed on K2 and had to be hospitalized in the area the day before.

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/07/13/k2-alley-bronx-answers/