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Victoria Beckham Gives Son Brooklyn a Special Nod During Speech for Her New Netflix Doc – AOL.com

Victoria Beckham Gives Son Brooklyn a Special Nod During Speech for Her New Netflix Doc  AOL.com Victoria Beckham: ‘It takes a lot to make me cry, but I did cry’  The Times Victoria Beckham admits she became ‘very good at lying’ as fame took toll on her health  Fox News Is Brooklyn Beckham in Victoria Beckham’s Netflix Documentary?  Yahoo David Beckham praises ‘warm, loving’ …

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Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy – The New York Times

Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy  The New York Times Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy in case from Colorado  NPR Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say  The Guardian Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to ‘convert’ gay and transgender youth  CNN Supreme Court to weigh key conversion therapy case: What’s at …

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Saudi Arabia’s latest luxury buy? Comedians selling out free speech

Saudi Arabia’s latest luxury buy? Comedians selling out free speech

Since Friday, Sept. 26, Saudi Arabia’s capital city has been hosting more than 50 comics performing in the kingdom’s inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival, which runs through Oct. 9 and is advertised as “the biggest comedy festival in the world.” Participating stars, such as Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Tom Segura, Louis C.K., and Kevin Hart, are the major draws. Lesser-known names …

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Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group – The New York Times

Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group  The New York Times Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  The Washington Post “Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group  Democracy Now! Jane Fonda revives her dad’s First Amendment group, enlisting hundreds of supporters  CBS News Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free …

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Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime. “Right …

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Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech – The Washington Post

Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  The Washington Post Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  NPR Trump White House adds Jane Fonda to its growing list of celebrity targets  MSNBC News Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Jane Fonda revives her dad’s …

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Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech

Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech

NEW YORK — Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era that was backed by her father and fellow Oscar winner, Henry Fonda. Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st century incarnation of the Committee for the First Amendment, originally formed in 1947 in response to Congressional hearings …

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At Saudi Comedy Festival, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline – The New York Times

At Saudi Comedy Festival, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline  The New York Times Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”  The Hollywood Reporter U.S. comic Tim Dillon says Saudi Arabia fired him from comedy festival over jokes about slavery  CBS News Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch and others slam Saudi comedy festival  NPR Full List of Comedians …

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Jane Fonda reboots Red Scare-era committee to protect free speech

Jane Fonda reboots Red Scare-era committee to protect free speech

Oct. 2 (UPI) — Jane Fonda and other Hollywood actors, directors, writers and producers relaunched the post-World War II Committee for the First Amendment to fight back against the Trump administration’s targeting of free speech. Originally formed in 1947 by Hollywood heavyweights Gene Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and others, the Committee for the First Amendment pushed back against the …

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