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https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 Actor Steven Seagal—known for his work in films Under Siege and Above The Law —has now joined a pro-Kremlin party.  A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth , a merger of three Vladimir Putin-supporting leftist parties, posted a video Saturday showing that Seagal, who became a Russian citizen in 2016, received a membership card. The party will reportedly take part in a Russian parliamentary election in September, The Guardian reports.  Seagal was assigned to improve Russia’s humanitarian ties with the U.S. in 2018. Last month, he visited Venezuela and presented Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro with a samurai sword. Seagal, an action star and martial artist, is known for starring in and working on several direct-to-video releases, as well as having an extensive sword collection. In his welcome speech to the party, Seagal said he wanted a crackdown on businesses that cause harm to the environment.  “Without bei...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 At least two people have been killed and more than 20 were wounded when three people started shooting outside of a Florida banquet hall early Sunday morning, CNN reports . Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III said a white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to El Mula Banquet Hall in Hialeah shortly after midnight. The assailants “stepped out of the vehicle with assault rifles and handguns and started firing indiscriminately into the crowd.” Those who were injured were taken to various hospitals in the area, with at least one currently in critical condition.  El Mula Banquet Hall was rented out Saturday night for a concert.  “They said that some guys, three guys that they noticed … they just started shooting … for whatever reason, we don’t know,” Angelica Green said, relaying to reporters what her son and nephew observed during the banquet hall shooting. Her son is in stable condition afte...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 Kyrie Irving didn’t get the warmest welcome at his former home court on Sunday night.  After the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 141-126 at TD Garden, taking their series lead to 3-1, video emerged showing a water bottle being thrown at Irving as he exited the court. The bottle appeared to miss Kyrie, as you can see in the video below, but his teammates didn’t look too thrilled, and pointed to the fan after the incident.  The fan was  apprehended and detained, according to the Boston Globe’s National NBA writer Gary Washburn. Another tweet from YES Network’s Michael Grady appeared to show the man—rocking a Kevin Garnett jersey—being escorted out of his seat by Boston Police after he was reportedly arrested . After the game, Irving was asked about the incident.   “You’re seeing a lot of old ways come up… just underlying racism and treating people like they’re in a human zoo...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 A Reddit user who goes by u/gastonmcwhinnie put the city of Lakewood, California on high alert after an alarming post where he threatened to shoot “every minority in sight” went viral, TMZ reports . The Lakewood Sheriff’s Station  informed  CBS Los Angeles that an investigation was launched, and that they are aware of the post as well as the person behind it. The individual, who identifies himself as Gaston Aaron McWhinnie, provides his home address in the post, along with a few sentences regarding his personal life.  “I don’t have a job and there’s not much meaning to my life. There is only one thing that I’m certain of; I fucking hate minorities,” he wrote. “It’s weird since I’m black myself. I don’t understand where the hatred is rooted from; it’s just there.”  Lakewood Council member Todd Rogers issued the following statement via Twitter, calling the threat not credible. As NBC Los Angeles points out , the ...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 It’s time for a rematch. Verzuz co-creators and super producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz just kicked off their second Verzuz duel at 8 p.m. EST on Instagram, and it’s set to be a big one.  After promoting the musical face-off all week on Instagram, with shoutouts from Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliott, Timb and Swizz are taking it back to the one that started it all and having a rematch for the ages tonight.  During their last meeting, Timb and Swizz came prepared and went back-to-back for a lengthy five-hour musical duel on March 24, 2020. Their latest battle is in -erson this time, as the two appear on stage in front of an excited crowd. They opened by reflecting on their year of success, and dedicating the show to former Verzuz opponent DMX and Timbaland’s late friend and superstar Aaliyah.  “Y’all should feel great, excited,” Timb said when he came out. “We boutta play a bunch of hits. Matter of fact, too many hits. I ...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 Coi Leray  took to Twitter to vent about a video that had been going around from her performance in Houston over the weekend. The clip shows a section of the crowd standing motionless while witnessing her performance as part of H-Town Memorial Day Mayhem.  “The love use to outweigh the hate but now the hate outweigh the love and it’s slowing destroying me,” she wrote. “Y’all haters are in my life for a reason, we gon have to just deal with eachother. In with whatever smoke.” After the series of tweets in which she sounded defeated, both  Polo G  and Nicki Minaj  tweeted words of encouragement for the rising rapper. “That’s always how it b when u 1st come in Compared to when u really blow u gotta block that shit out & keep goin crazy u got it,” Polo G wrote.  “Don’t do that. Chin up. Always remember this, when black ppl not fkn w|you #TheyWillBoo,” Minaj wrote. “Thos...

https://ift.tt/Oj01b3 A Southwest Airlines pilot has been sentenced to 1 year of probation after watching porn on a flight and exposing his genitals to an officer, the New York Post  reports.  Michael Haak, 60, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson Friday and ordered to pay $5,000. “It started as a consensual prank between me and the other pilot,” Haak said during the hearing. “I never imagined it would turn into this in a thousand years.” The flight took place in August of 2020, when Haak “disrobed” en route from Philadelphia to Orlando , as he watched pornography on a laptop in the cockpit, which prosecutors said is “not the kind of aberrant behavior that anyone should accept.” “As the plane continued its flight, Haak further engaged in inappropriate conduct in the cockpit, as the first officer continued to perform her duties as an assigned aircrew member,” federal prosecutors said in a statement. Haak eventually ple...