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House Republicans have made passage of the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill contingent, at least for now, on renaming the opera house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after Melania Trump.

The procedural markup of the spending bill voted on by House appropriators on Tuesday contained a short amendment from Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson: “Makes technical changes, designates the First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”

The amendment was adopted by a vote of 33 to 25, though the proposed legislation with the renaming amendment has yet to receive a vote by the full Congress, nor is such polling assured.

Other sycophantic Republican lawmakers have similarly looked to honor (and flatter) Trump during his second term by, for example, Congressman Addison McDowell proposing legislation to redesignate Washington Dulles International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport; new Texas Rep. Brandon Gill proposing a measure to require all $100 bills...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) introduced a bill last week to defund “sanctuary cities.” She introduced the bill in response to the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Since June 6, riots, which started as anti-immigration enforcement protests, included many L.A. rioters who wore face masks, waved foreign flags, set cars on fire, threw bricks at police and federal officers, as well as confronted the authorities, defaced property, obstructed traffic and advocated civil unrest.

The protests were a response to federal raids against illegal migrants in L.A.

In response, Trump deployed 4,000 National Guard troops. He also sent over more than 700 United States Marines despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-California) objections.

According to a press release, Mace and Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced the Lawless Cities Accountability Act, a bill designed to “pull every last federal dollar from cities who choose mob rule over law and order.”

“This bill is...

The White House is employing one of Donald Trump’s favorite tactics when faced with a judge who is prioritizing the law over placating the president: attacking their family.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday bashed U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg and his wife, describing them as liberal activists attempting to stifle President Trump’s immigration agenda.

“Judge Boasberg is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama, his wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and he has consistently shown his disdain for this...

The first serious rebuke of Donald Trump’s return to the White House has come from a close ally of the Maga Potus.

Keeping it short and sweet Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts told Trump and his minions to hold their horses when it comes to attacking judges and calling for impeachment over decisions they don’t like.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” the Scotus boss said in a statement released today after Trump and other Republicans threatened U.S. District Judge James Boasberg over his order this weekend temporarily blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.

“The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose,” Chief Justice Roberts added without ever naming Trump but leaving no one confused as to whom he was addressing.

Roberts’ circumspect remarks come after Trump typically blew...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a rare statement rebuking President Donald Trump for calling for the impeachment of a federal judge.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts, a conservative, wrote on Tuesday. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

The statement comes hours after Trump attacked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Truth Social for trying to block the administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to an El Salvadorian prison without due process.

Chicago P.D. showrunner Gwen Sigan promises promotions and guest stars ahead in the series' twelfth season.

Speaking to TVLine, Sigan was asked about what new stories she was looking forward to telling and what guest stars she is most excited about seeing show up on Chicago P.D. "Lots of good guest stars," Sigan replied. "Our premiere has so many good guest stars in it."

Related 'It Was Very Difficult': Sierra McClain's 9-1-1: Lone Star Exit Addressed by Showrunner

9-1-1: Lone Star co-showrunner discusses Sierra McClain leaving the series and what it took to give her beloved character a proper send-off.

"There's a really fun Ci character in Episode 1 that well get to meet [named "Rabbit" and played by Brandon Gill]. And I think there's a lot of opportunity to bring people back that weve seen before, some fun guest stars that can come back around," Sigan added. When asked...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the fantasy adventure Tower of Silence, and you can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Erik Flynn Patton from a screenplay written by Daniel Patton, Tower of Silence has the following synopsis: When the great sorceress Kae is captured by a mysterious enemy, her young followers devise a plan to rescue her. Whoever wrote that one believed in keeping things short and simple.

The film stars Jenny Sterlin, Brandon Tyler Harris, Taylor Rose, Brandon Gill, Mark Evans, Christopher L. McAllister, Rick Zahn, Melissa Navia, Arielle Jacobs, Sipiwe Moyo,...

Exclusive: Hosea Chanchez (The Game), Devere Rogers (My Spy), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant) and Brandon Gill (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) have signed on to star alongside Bernard David Jones in his pilot Remember, which has launched production after receiving a WarnerMedia OneFifty grant supporting the early stages of its development.

The series created, written and exec produced by Jones will be a dramedy following the forgetful millennial Jahi and his four best friends as they navigate queer love, rocky careers, and the ups and downs of friendship, while realizing that Jahi’s forgetfulness is more serious than imagined. Tosin Morohunfola (North of the 10), John Clarence Stewart (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Marcel Spears (The Neighborhood), Marcc Rose (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.), Elise Eberle (Shameless), Christy St. John (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Joy Brunson (This Is Us) and...

There’s an abundance of treats offered by director Matthew Warchus’ staging of A Christmas Carol – like Andrea Martin dressed as a Victorian caroler mingling with the audience at Broadway Lyceum Theatre, handing out Clementines and cookies before curtain – but perhaps the best is the revelation that the Dickens chestnut can still inspire such a vibrant, compassionate and timely telling.

Adapted by playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), and starring Campbell Scott as Scrooge, Martin and Lachanze as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, respectively, this Carol (with different casts) has become something of a holiday tradition at London’s Old Vic. Broadway should be so lucky.

With a few moments of immersive theater – a feast in Act II cleverly and playfully makes its way to the (imagined) threadbare Cratchit home in a delightful manner than won’t be spoiled here – this Carol is presented on a dreamlike,...

Andrea Martin and Lachanze will join the previously announced Campbell Scott in this holiday season’s Broadway production of A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the Dickens classic by playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and director Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical).

Martin will play the Ghost of Christmas Past, while Lachanze will portray the Ghost of Christmas Present (and pull double duty as Mrs. Fezziwig).

Complete casting for the production was announced today. A Christmas Carol begins previews at the Lyceum Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 7, with opening night set for Wednesday, Nov. 20. The strictly limited engagement runs through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020.

The holiday show will mark Martin’s first Broadway appearance since she was forced to pull out of Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus this past march following a home accident that left her with four broken ribs.

In addition to Martin, Lachanze and Scott (who plays Scrooge), the production will feature Erica Dorfler as Mrs. Cratchit; Dashiell Eaves (A Behanding in Spokane) as Bob Cratchit; Hannah Elless as Jess; Brandon Gill (Holler if Ya Hear Me) as Fred; Evan Harrington as Fezziwig; Chris Hoch as Father/Marley; Sarah Hunt (The Last Ship) as Belle; Matthew Labanca as Nicholas; Alex Nee (Once) as Ferdy; Dan Piering, in his Broadway debut, as Young Ebenezer/George; and Rachel Prather (The Band’s Visit) as Little Fan. Sebastian Ortiz and Jai Ram Srinivasan will share the role of Tiny Tim.

The production will be produced on Broadway by Tom Smedes, Heather Shields, ShowTown Productions, and Catherine Schreiber, Peter Stern, Xin Wen, Jack Lane/Seth Goldstein, Dan Stone, Nancy Gibbs/Joseph Longthorne, Chase Thomas/Mia Moravis, Brian Mutert & Derek Perrigo/Gary & Reenie Heath, Walport Productions, David Treatman/42nd.club, Bkl Productions/S+D Theatricals, J. Scott & Sylvia G. Bechtel, with Associate Producers Peter Cusick and Sammy Lopez.

Off Broadway Korean-pop musical “Kpop” topped the nominations for the 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards, snagging nine nominations for the annual awards for Off Broadway fare.

“Kpop,” which Ars Nova (“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”) produced in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective, led a list of musical nominees that also included “Bella: An American Tall Tale” (six nominations) and “The Lucky Ones” (five.) The top-nominated play was “Mary Jane” (six nominations), the Amy Herzog play that premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in a staging that starred Carrie Coon (who’s nominated for an acting award).

Special awards will be given to Eve Ensler, for the lifetime achievement award; Michael Friedman, the late composer who will be inducted into the Lortel’s Playwrights’ Sidewalk; and Wp Theater, for body of work.

The full list of the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards nominations follows. Winners will be announced...

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the New York premiere of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jir h Breon Holder, directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuring Eboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the world-premiere production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder, directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuring Eboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below...

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the world-premiere production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder,directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuringEboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter.

Will Nashville pit Rayna versus Luke? How will Five-0 mark the big 1-0-0? How does Once Upon a Time‘s Rumple know the Snow Queen? Is a Grimm romance doomed? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

Nashville scoop, please! — Molly

I hear that Rayna and Luke are going to compete against each other at this year’s CMAs — that’ll make for some awkward pillow talk — and Teddy will find love in the wrong place. Follow-up: Has Teddy ever found love in the right place?

Hi Matt, can you please tell us something...

Foreclosure, a thriller we were first to break the news on a bit ago, getting a release through Virgil Films, reports Screen Daily.  

Richard Ledes writes and directs, Michael Imperioli, Wendell Pierce, Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson star.

We spoke to Ledes exclusively about the project back in 2010.

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Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos") will star in the indie horror-thriller "Foreclosure." He joins a cast that includes Wendell Pierce ("Treme," "The Wire"), Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson.According to Variety, writer-director Richard Ledes ("A Hole in One," "The Caller") begins shooting next week in Queens, New York. The ghost-themed film, inspired by the mortgage crisis, is set on a neighborhood block in which almost every house sits empty and bank-owned."Foreclosure" is produced by Ged Dickersin ("City Island") and co-produced by Lila Yomtoob. Imperioli recently appeared in Peter Jackson.s "The Lovely Bones."...

Michael Imperioli has joined the indie supernatural horror-thriller "Foreclosure" for Submarine reports Variety.

Penned and directed by Richard Ledes ("A Hole in One," "The Caller"), the story is set on a neighborhood block in which nearly every house sits vacant and bank-owned.

Wendell Pierce ("Treme"), Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson also star.

Ged Dickersin ("City Island") produces. Filming kicks off next week in Queens.

Michael Imperioli has been cast as the lead in writer-director Richard Ledes' horror-thriller "Foreclosure."

The former "Sopranos" star joins Wendell Pierce, Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson in the creeper.

With a tagline of "ghosts don't move out," "Foreclosure" sets its action in a nearly empty, economically depressed neighborhood block, amid the real-life context of the mortgage crisis where so many homes are bank-owned.

Ged Dickersin ("City Island") is producing the project, which Ledes will begin shooting in Queens next week.

"Michael Imperioli is a great actor with a deep understanding of filmmaking," said Ledes. "Like a jazz ensemble, I can't imagine a better artist to join the two cats with whom I've had the privilege to work previously and who are back for 'Foreclosure': Wendell Pierce and Bill Raymond."

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ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Michael Imperioli ( The Lovely Bones , "The Sopranos") will star in writer/director Richard Ledes' horror-thriller Foreclosure . Imperioli joins a cast that includes Ledes regulars Wendell Pierce ("The Wire") and Bill Raymond ( Michael Clayton ), as well as Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson. The film is about a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart. Shooting starts next week and you can keep track of the production at GhostsDontMoveOut.com .

Writer-director Richard Ledes announced that Michael Imperioli ( The Lovely Bones ) will star in his new horror-thriller Foreclosure . Imperioli joins a cast that includes Ledes regulars Wendell Pierce ( The Wire ) and Bill Raymond ( Michael Clayton ), as well as Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson. We spoke to Ledes about his project here . With an early tagline of "ghosts don't move out" and set on a neighborhood block in which nearly every house sits vacant and bank-owned, Ledes' screenplay is inspired by the contemporary mortgage crisis but is also infused with a dark sense of distinctly American socio-economic history - a history that may be about to repeat itself....