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A councillor at the centre of former leader Doug Beattie’s resignation has removed any reference to the Ulster Unionist Party from his social media accounts. Cllr Darryl Wilson, who represents the Ballymoney area on , previously spoke of how he was “disillusioned and heartbroken” to be overlooked for the Assembly seat vacated by Robin Swann following the UK General Election. At the time, it had been reported that then party leader Doug Beattie favoured Cllr Wilson for the role only to be vetoed by party officers and the seat was then offered to Colin Crawford. Days later, Doug Beattie announced that he was to stand down as leader of the party, citing irreconcilable differences with party officers. When contacted by on Friday, Councillor Wilson refused to comment on his future within politics and if he had any plans to defect to another party. Later on Friday, Cllr Wilson removed all mention of the Ulster Unionist Party from his social media accounts, including changing his X handle from @DarrylUUP to @CllrDarrylW. Earlier this week, Cllr Wilson took to social media to reflect on the year that has passed and some of the challenges he faced. “This year has brought its challenges, with many high points and some low moments as well. However, I firmly believe that it is essential to focus on the positives and to learn from the less favorable [sic] experiences. A new year presents the perfect opportunity to reflect, adapt, and change what isn’t working,” he said. “As such, there will be some significant changes ahead for me in politics. That said, I want to assure you all that my commitment remains steadfast: to serve the people of Ballymoney and always put community and country above party politics.” The have been approached for comment. To remove this article -
"It Ends With Us" star Blake Lively filed a legal complaint on Dec. 20 against her costar and the film's director, Justin Baldoni, capping off months of a public feud between the actors. Fans first noticed inklings of a rift between the film's two stars in early August when Lively and Baldoni began promoting "It Ends With Us" separately ahead of the film's release. Speculation about a potential feud reached a fever pitch by mid-August, when backlash began against Lively for the way she was marketing and talking about the film. Lively's complaint, filed with the California Civil Rights Department months after the film's premiere, accused Baldoni of sexual harassment while filming and then retaliating and participating in a PR campaign to ruin her reputation before the film was released. “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a Dec. 21 statement to TODAY.com. Jamey Heath, the lead producer on “It Ends With Us,” and the CEO of the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, were also named in the complaint, which is a precursor to a lawsuit. Bryan Freedman, an attorney for Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and all its representatives, called Lively's complaint “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” in a Dec. 21 statement to TODAY.com. Here's a full timeline of the behind-the-scenes drama of "It Ends With Us," the film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover. Jan. 26, 2023: Colleen Hoover announces Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been cast Hoover, the author of bestselling books like "Verity" and "Reminders of Him," revealed that Lively had been cast as Lily Bloom and Baldoni had been cast as Ryle Kincaid in a TikTok on Jan. 26, 2023. (Hoover's account has since gone private.) “Our Lily is going to be played by Blake Lively,” Hoover said. “Blake Lively, y’all. She’s my dream Lily. And then when I first met Justin Baldoni, who is directing the film for ‘It Ends With Us,’ I immediately wanted him to be Ryle. I just thought that he had what it takes to play that character, and the good news is he’s gonna be Ryle.” Baldoni was also tapped to direct the film, and Lively was credited as a producer. Hoover's novel follows Lily as she opens a floral shop in Boston. She meets Ryle, a neurosurgeon, and has a chance encounter in which she reconnects with her high school sweetheart, Atlas Corrigan, while she's falling for Ryle. Lily has to confront the cycle of violence that began with her father and continued with her husband, facing domestic violence and other abuse. The book's themes garnered controversy from readers before it was announced it would be adapted into a film. May 5, 2023: 'It Ends With Us' filming begins The movie began filming on May 5, 2023, and photos from the set immediately sparked debate amongst the book's most devoted fans. Lively dyed her hair red for the part, and readers quickly pointed our that Lily's outfits seen in the photos didn't match scenes from the book. Fans also noted that Lively, then 35, didn't match Lily's age of 23 in the book. Hoover addressed the ages of her characters during a panel with TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager in Texas in June 2023. “Back when I wrote ‘It Ends With Us,’ the new adult (genre) was very popular. You were writing college-age characters. That’s what I was contracted to do. I made Lily very young. I didn’t know that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon,” Hoover said. To correct her own mistake, Hoover said she met with the film's production team to tell them she wanted to use the film to make the characters more age appropriate. “As I started making this movie, I’m like, we need to age them out, because I messed up,” she said. “So that’s my fault.” Hoover also spoke about the outfits seen in photos from the set during the interview . “When I wrote the book, it wasn’t about the age of the characters. It wasn’t about what they were wearing. I don’t even think I described any clothing in the book,” Hoover said. “Yeah, you’ve seen a few outfits that Lily has worn, but she looks so phenomenal on screen,” she added. “And some of the outfits that she’s worn indoors that no one’s gotten pictures of yet are phenomenal.” Aug. 6, 2024: 'It Ends With Us' premieres in New York At the film's New York premiere, Lively posed on the red carpet with her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and his "Deadpool & Wolverine" costar Hugh Jackman, as well as her “It Ends With Us” costars Brandon Sklenar and Jenny Slate. Baldoni took photos alone and with his wife, Emily Baldoni. Around that time, fans also started to speculate about possible tension between members of the cast when they noticed that Lively and Hoover did not follow Baldoni on Instagram, though they followed each other and other members of the cast. During the film's press cycle before the release of the film, Lively appeared with other members of the cast, but not Baldoni, while Baldoni did many of his interviews for the film solo. Aug. 8, 2024: Justin Baldoni appears on TODAY and comments on working with Blake Lively Two days after the New York premiere, Baldoni spoke about working with Lively on TODAY . "I don't know if you know how smart and creative she really is," he told TODAY's Sheinelle Jones. "I think she's best known as an actress, and of course, she's a fashion icon, but she is so much more than that. She is a dynamic creative — she had her hands in every part of this production and everything she touched she made better." After his show segment, Baldoni continued to speak about Lively in an interview with TODAY.com . “You can’t summarize Blake’s contribution in a sentence, because her energy and imprint is all over the movie and really, really made the film better, and from beginning to end," he said. "Ryan (Reynolds) was so generous ... he’s a creative genius, that guy. So, you know, his gift is levity, and her gift is levity.” He added that he would work with Lively and Reynolds again “if they’d have me.” Aug. 9, 2024: 'It Ends With Us' is released in theaters "It Ends With Us" premiered in theaters on Aug. 9, 2024, grossing $50 million domestically and $80 million globally during its opening weekend, according to Variety . By Aug. 20, it had crossed $100 million at the domestic box office, according to Variety. Aug. 10, 2024: Blake Lively begins to receive backlash Fans started to criticize Lively for her approach to promoting the film in mid-August, in which she often talked about her hair care line that she launched in tandem with the film's release, Blake Brown, or her drink line, Betty Buzz, which she created in 2021. In a promo clip for the film posted on social media , Lively says, “‘It Ends With Us’ is in theaters now, so grab your friends, wear your florals, and head out to see it,” leading social media users to question the levity of her remarks in contract with the film's themes. But it was on Aug. 10, when Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa uploaded an interview with Lively from 2016 titled, “The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job," that criticism around the actor escalated. The clip begins Flaa telling Lively, who was pregnant at the time, “Congrats on your little bump.” Lively then replies back with the same, “Congrats on your little bump.” (Flaa was not pregnant.) When Flaa asked about the wardrobes in the film, Lively said, “Everyone wants to talk about the clothes, but I wonder if they would ask the men about the clothes?” Flaa replied that she would. The YouTube video, which has been viewed over 5 million times, led some commenters to call Lively "rude" and "passive aggressive." Lively did not comment on Flaa's video. Aug. 13, 2024: Lively posts on Instagram celebrating the movie's release On Aug. 13, 2024, Lively shared a video of an interview she did with the BBC to her Instagram story. “Thank you to everyone who came out to show that people WANT to see films about women, and the multitudes we hold. It Ends With Us is a story of the female experience. All the highest highs, and lowest lows. And we are so proud of it. We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses,” she wrote . A second story post linked out to resources for domestic violence. “1 in 4 women aged 18 and older in the US alone have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence affects all genders, including more than 12 million people every year in the United States,” she said. Aug. 20, 2024: Brandon Sklenar speaks out on 'It Ends With Us' drama Sklenar, who plays Atlas in the film, weighed in on the drama in an Instagram post on Aug. 20, 2024. “I wanted to take a minute and address all this stuff swirling online,” Sklenar wrote. “Colleen and the women of this cast stand for hope, perseverance, and for women choosing a better life for themselves. Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about. It is, in fact, the opposite of the point.” He wrote that whatever “may or may not have happened behind the scenes” during shooting of the movie, “should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film.” Read his full statement below. Dec. 9, 2024: 'It Ends With Us' released on Netflix "It Ends With Us" made its streaming debut on Netflix on Dec. 9 , 2024, quickly rising to one of the top films on the platform. Dec. 20, 2024: Blake Lively files sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni Attorneys for Lively alleged that Baldoni repeatedly harassed her on set, and crossed boundaries during intimate scenes, according to the complaint filed on Dec. 20, 2024. The complaint stated that Baldoni allegedly improvised physical intimacy that had not been previously rehearsed or discussed, including improvising kisses during one scene. The complaint also alleged Baldoni and Heath pressured Lively to "simulate full nudity" during a scene in which her character is giving birth. At one point during filming, Lively called a meeting to address issues "that had nearly derailed production of the film," according to the complaint. Lively's husband Reynolds was in attendance, per the complaint. A full-time intimacy coordinator and other protections were then established to allow the film to finish shooting, the complaint stated. Once the film's press tour kicked off, Baldoni allegedly hired a crisis communications team to launch a "retaliatory social manipulation campaign" against Lively to destroy her reputation, according to the complaint. Freedman, the attorney representing Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and all its representatives, issued a statement to TODAY.com on Dec. 21. The statement reads in full: “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions. These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. Wayfarer Studios made the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film, to work alongside their own representative with Jonesworks employed by Stephanie Jones, due to the multiple demands and threats made by Ms. Lively during production which included her threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met. It was also discovered that Ms. Lively enlisted her own representative, Leslie Sloan with Vision PR, who also represents Mr. Reynolds, to plant negative and completely fabricated and false stories with media, even prior to any marketing had commenced for the film, which was another reason why Wayfarer Studios made the decision to hire a crisis professional to commence internal scenario planning in the case they needed to address. The representatives of Wayfarer Studios still did nothing proactive nor retaliated, and only responded to incoming media inquiries to ensure balanced and factual reporting and monitored social activity. What is pointedly missing from the cherry-picked correspondence is the evidence that there were no proactive measures taken with media or otherwise; just internal scenario planning and private correspondence to strategize which is standard operating procedure with public relations professionals.” Lively said in a statement, “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.” Dec. 21, 2024: Baldoni reportedly dropped by talent agency On Dec. 21, The New York Times published an investigative report about Baldoni's alleged PR campaign against Lively. After the article was published, talent agency William Morris Endeavor stopped representing Baldoni, Ari Emanuel, chief executive of the agency's parent company Endeavor, told the Times. TODAY.com reached out to WME for comment and has not immediately heard back. Hoover responded to the complaint on her Instagram story on Dec. 21, posting a photo of her and Lively in an embrace with a link to the Times article. “@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patience since the day we met,” she wrote. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.”Measure to ban trans Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from women's bathroom fails
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When Will Donald Trump Dump Elon Musk? “Morning Joe” Panelists Predict The Exact TimeFreedom of the press is “on the slide” in Cyprus , MP Alexandra Attalides said on Wednesday. Speaking at a House institutions committee meeting which focused on the withdrawing of an award to a journalist who had uncovered corruption in Cypriot football, Attalides, who belongs to political party Volt, said the level of freedom Cyprus’ press enjoys may “sink even further” after this case. “Democracies are at risk when the rich and the powerful can silence their critics just because they raise their voices on matters of public interest,” she added. Committee chairman and Disy MP Demetris Demetriou said sports journalism in Cyprus finds itself “in limbo”, and issued scathing criticism in the direction of the sports journalists’ union chairman Herodotos Miltiadous , who had given and then retracted the award. “You did not just cancel the award. In my opinion, you cancelled people’s dignity, You cancelled free speech and freedom of the press and of the people the awards’ jury chose to honour. You cancelled the work which is being done. You cancelled the courage of colleagues to continue writing or to do investigative journalism,” he said. Miltiadous insisted that the award had not been retracted out of a wish to silence the press, but after his association had received legal advice. “Our board of directors is made up of journalists, not lawyers, so it is obliged when legal issues are brought to its attention to seek the advice and guidance of experts ,” he said. He added, “the award was not cancelled, but our legal advisor’s opinion was adopted. He considered that there were issues of a legal nature and that for the association’s best interest, the award be handed out at a later stage.” The journalist whose award was revoked, Fanis Makrides, had been the subject of a letter sent by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) in October , wherein the association expressed “surprise and displeasure” at the award. The CFA had alleged that Makrides’ work had been defamatory and said it “rejected” the content of the work in which he had written that corruption was to be found deep at the heart of the CFA. After the award was withdrawn, the Cyprus journalists’ union decried what it described as “unfair interference”, and said the CFA’s actions were “reprehensible”, “anachronistic” and “antidemocratic” . “The suspension of Makrides’ award, following the unimaginable intervention made by the CFA, is a disgrace to freedom of expression, the plurality of opinions and the freedom of the press,” the union said, while also lamenting that the sports writers’ union had “given in to CFA pressure”. “Free, investigative, penetrating, quality journalism must be left unhindered and unabated to fulfil its role and carry out its mission,” it said, adding that Makrides has its full support. “For free investigative journalism, there are no sacred cows, nor anything else which is allowed to remain away from the line of fire. ” Koumas had been accused , among other things, of having created an “unfair advantage” for some clubs by way of manipulating the money paid to them as part of television rights deals. “ Teams received money in violation of agreements ... in such a way as to create an unfair advantage in favour of some club s,” Makrides reported last year. This includes an accusation that money paid to the CFA by CytaVision for television rights to domestic Cypriot football matches “was distributed by the CFA, in time and quantity, according to the will of Giorgos Koumas”. “It is also noted that he received CytaVision’s millions from the television agreements and sponsorship on behalf of the teams and distributed them as he wanted,” the accusations state. “There were occasions where CytaVision money was given on the instructions of [Koumas] in violation of the agreements made with the clubs,” Makrides’ report said. In addition, Koumas was accused of having granted a bonus of €200,000 to one club “without reasonable cause” , and that this bonus was granted while the club in question was participating in games surrounded by “suspicious betting activity”.
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View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/manulife-announces-subordinated-debenture-issue-302321737.html SOURCE Manulife Financial CorporationFoundry gets boost for youth mental health services from Prince George FordRomanian politicians have voted in favour of a new pro-European coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. The move could usher in an end to a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court. Parliament approved the new administration in a 240-143 vote in Romania’s 466-seat legislature. The new coalition is made up of the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD) the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party and national minorities. It caps a month-long period of turmoil in which far-right nationalists made significant gains in a parliamentary election on December 1 a week after a first-round presidential race saw the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu emerge as the front-runner. “It will not be an easy mandate for the future government,” Mr Ciolacu, whose PSD party topped the polls in the parliamentary election, said in a statement. “We are aware that we are in the midst of a deep political crisis,” he said. “It is also a crisis of trust, and this coalition aims to regain the trust of citizens, the trust of the people.” Romania’s 16 ministerial positions will be shared among the parties, which will hold a slim majority in the legislature. It is widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy. Mr Ciolacu, who came third in the first-round presidential ballot despite polls indicating he would win the most votes, has served as prime minister since June 2023. After parliament’s approval, President Klaus Iohannis swore in the new government and warned the new Cabinet that it is entering a “difficult new period” in which “for many Romanians, there are major concerns”. Romania was plunged into turmoil after Mr Georgescu’s surprise success in the presidential race, after allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference emerged. Days before the December 8 run-off, the Constitutional Court made the unprecedented move to annul the presidential race. “We go through complicated times, but I think we all learned from mistakes of the past,” Mr Ciolacu said. “I hope that together with my colleagues in the coalition, we’ll find the best solutions to get past the challenges we have in front of us.” Mr Ciolacu said that the new government would aim to quickly organise the rerun of the presidential election in which the new coalition has agreed to put forward an agreed common pro-European candidate. Cristian Andrei, a political consultant based in Bucharest, said that the new government made up of the same political parties will likely embrace “soft populist” rhetoric such as economic patriotism, anti-austerity, and a peace solution in neighbouring Ukraine to counter the rise of far-right populism. “This will be a way to answer the concerns of many Romanians who voted for populists... but will not solve the fundamental problem of trust,” he said. “The only decisive factor now will be who and how convincing the pro-European candidates will be against this popular revolt.” George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, which came second in the parliamentary election, said that all politicians from his party on Monday would vote against the Ciolacu government. In 2021, the PSD and the PNL also formed an unlikely but increasingly strained coalition together with UDMR, which exited the Cabinet last year after a power-sharing dispute.
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The move could usher in an end to a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court. Parliament approved the new administration in a 240-143 vote in Romania’s 466-seat legislature. The new coalition is made up of the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD) the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party and national minorities. It caps a month-long period of turmoil in which far-right nationalists made significant gains in a parliamentary election on December 1 a week after a first-round presidential race saw the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu emerge as the front-runner. “It will not be an easy mandate for the future government,” Mr Ciolacu, whose PSD party topped the polls in the parliamentary election, said in a statement. “We are aware that we are in the midst of a deep political crisis,” he said. “It is also a crisis of trust, and this coalition aims to regain the trust of citizens, the trust of the people.” Romania’s 16 ministerial positions will be shared among the parties, which will hold a slim majority in the legislature. It is widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy. Mr Ciolacu, who came third in the first-round presidential ballot despite polls indicating he would win the most votes, has served as prime minister since June 2023. After parliament’s approval, President Klaus Iohannis swore in the new government and warned the new Cabinet that it is entering a “difficult new period” in which “for many Romanians, there are major concerns”. Romania was plunged into turmoil after Mr Georgescu’s surprise success in the presidential race, after allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference emerged. Days before the December 8 run-off, the Constitutional Court made the unprecedented move to annul the presidential race. “We go through complicated times, but I think we all learned from mistakes of the past,” Mr Ciolacu said. “I hope that together with my colleagues in the coalition, we’ll find the best solutions to get past the challenges we have in front of us.” Mr Ciolacu said that the new government would aim to quickly organise the rerun of the presidential election in which the new coalition has agreed to put forward an agreed common pro-European candidate. Cristian Andrei, a political consultant based in Bucharest, said that the new government made up of the same political parties will likely embrace “soft populist” rhetoric such as economic patriotism, anti-austerity, and a peace solution in neighbouring Ukraine to counter the rise of far-right populism. “This will be a way to answer the concerns of many Romanians who voted for populists... but will not solve the fundamental problem of trust,” he said. “The only decisive factor now will be who and how convincing the pro-European candidates will be against this popular revolt.” George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, which came second in the parliamentary election, said that all politicians from his party on Monday would vote against the Ciolacu government. In 2021, the PSD and the PNL also formed an unlikely but increasingly strained coalition together with UDMR, which exited the Cabinet last year after a power-sharing dispute.When it comes to Christopher Nolan’s films, their sound mix has been one of the most discussed topics of his work – reaching an apex with “Tenet” where inaudible dialogue became one of the film’s most discussed criticisms. Nolan himself revealed the cause last year to – the filmmaker doesn’t do additional dialogue recordings (ADR) in post-production, a tool virtually every TV and movie uses. He said at the time its a deliberate artistic choice which people have every right to take issue with. That’s combined with Nolan shooting his movies with IMAX cameras which are famously very noisy, an issue for quieter dialogue scenes as the tech relies on software to filter out the camera noise. “Oppenheimer” seemed to be a distinct improvement on “Tenet,” but not entirely free of audio problems. 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Kaitlin Olson is showing her support for Blake Lively after her recent legal move against It Ends With Us director-costar Justin Baldoni. The 49-year-old star, reacted to Lively's ongoing legal battle, sharing The New York Times Reel breaking down the case regarding Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni. “@blakelively is a kind, lovely, honest and generous person (and an incredible mom) FYI,” the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star wrote on her Instagram Stories on Thursday, December 26 For those unversed, Blake Lively has recently accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and running a social media smear campaign against her. “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said to The New York Times. However, Baldoni's attorney called out the allegations "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt” the Five Feet Apart actor. Many stars have shown support for Lively amid her lawsuit, including, her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and A Simple Favor director Paul Feig and It End With Us costar Jenny Slate. “As Blake Lively’s cast mate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,” Slate said. “Blake is a leader, loyal friend, and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her.” “What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing, and wholly threatening," Slate noted. "I commend my friend, I admire her bravery, and I stand by her side."21 Best Skin-Care sets to Shop For The Gift of a Gorgeous Complexion