The Who has added a new show to their European and U.K. tour, bringing their music to a very special venue.
The band will bring their The Who Hits Back tour to the Eden Sessions at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England, on July 25. The location is the home of the world-famous Biomes, which house thousands of plant species.
“We’re so thrilled to welcome legends The Who to Eden, in what will be a momentous moment in the Sessions history – and a great occasion for Cornwall,” Rita Broe, managing director of Eden Sessions Ltd, shares. “To see them grace our stage with a live orchestra will be one of the highlights of the summer: creating lasting memories. Don’t miss this!”
Tickets for the special show go on sale Monday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m. BST. More information can be found at edensessions.com.
The Who’s European and U.K. tour, which has them playing with an orchestra, is set to kick off June 14 in Barcelona, Spain. A complete list of dates can be found at thewho.com.
Searchlight Pictures has debuted the trailer to director Eva Longoria‘s Flamin’ Hot, movie that tells the tale of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay custodian who claims to have invented the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos recipe “that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.”
While in 2021 Frito Lay officially disputed the snack’s origins, the trailer shows Jesse Garcia as the Mexican-American Montañez, who says at the open, “We all write our own stories … This is mine.”
“I have a PhD,” he eagerly tells a manager (Matt Walsh). “I’m poor, hungry and determined, sir.”
Inspired by the chili powder Mexicans add to corn, he sought to make a spicy version of the popular snack. He is shown pitching his idea to company executives as a way to appeal to the Latino market, and the rest is history.
(NEW YORK) — In the first guidance of its kind, the American Psychological Association (APA) has issued sweeping recommendations intended to help teenagers use social media safely.
The guidance is primarily directed toward parents and formalizes prior recommendations around social media use, including setting time limits, family discussions about social media and parental monitoring.
The recommendations acknowledge that more research is needed to understand the full impact social media has on mental health.
“Social media is neither inherently harmful nor beneficial to our youth,” said APA President Thema Bryant in prepared remarks. “But because young people mature at different rates, some are more vulnerable than others to the content and features on many social media platforms that science has demonstrated can influence healthy development.”
During the pandemic, for example, social media helped ease loneliness. Used in the wrong context, however, it can be harmful to mental health.
“Overall, I think the advisory is great. I appreciate that the APA took a balanced approach and discussed both the benefits and risks. This highlights the importance of taking an individualized approach to every child,” said Ariana Hoet, a pediatric psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital who was not involved in making the guidance.
The guidance contains 10 recommendations designed to ensure that teens get the proper training on how use social media safely. For most families, that means staring with an active discussion about which sites teens are using, how often and how those experiences make them feel.
Psychologists say that adolescent brain development starts around age 10 and continues through early adulthood. APA cautions that sites that use “like” buttons and artificial intelligence to encourage excessive scrolling “may be dangerous for developing brains” and recommends limiting social media use on these types of platforms through phone settings.
In addition to setting limits, APA strongly encourages ongoing discussions about social media use and active supervision, especially in early adolescence. Parents are encouraged to model healthy social media use, including taking social media “holidays” as a family.
Children should also be monitored for problematic social media use, including interference with normal routines, choosing social media over in-person interactions, lack of physical activity, strong cravings to check social media and lying to spend more time online. In these cases, a mental health provider might be able to help.
Parents should also teach social media literacy, which includes educating teens about the pitfalls of social media. They shouldn’t place too much emphasis on “likes” as a measure of their own self-worth, experts say, and they should understand that social media is often a highly sanitized or glamorized version of the real world.
“The APA advisory outlines that there are two things we can do for best outcomes: limits and boundaries and open discussion and coaching,” said Hoet, who runs a program called On Our Sleeves that offers free-downloadable resources for families, including conversation starters for parents who don’t know where to start.
“Parents and caregivers have to remember that children’s brains are still in development, so they need monitoring and support in order to make the healthiest choices,” Hoet said.
(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is assigning hundreds of asylum officers to the border to sort through the region’s recent surge in humanitarian needs, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday.
“Short-term solutions” are needed to address the “decades-old problem” of a “broken immigration system,” Mayorkas said in explaining the surge.
“We are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead. … We are taking this approach within the constraints of a broken immigration system that Congress has not fixed for more than two decades and without the resources we need: personnel, facilities, transportation and others that we have requested of Congress and that we were not given,” he said.
The rising number of migrants crossing the border “places an incredible strain on our personnel, our facilities and our communities with whom we partner closely,” he added.
Asked about reports that Customs and Border Protection is releasing migrants due to capacity issues, Mayorkas said those migrants are still required to meet strict conditions and report back to authorities, adding those releases only occur in limited circumstances.
“Like other administrations, when we release individuals, we release them on conditions — and their compliance with those conditions is absolutely necessary. And if they fail to comply, we will seek to apprehend them and remove them,” he said.
The department is facing one of its greatest tests in the coming days when severe border restrictions — first ordered by the Trump administration — will finally come to an end. With the potential for an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, Border Patrol agents are bracing for the worst.
Standing on the banks of the Rio Grande River, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told ABC News his agents are prepared but need more help.
“I certainly need more Border Patrol agents out here on the front lines,” Ortiz added. “I need to be able to build an enterprise behind them to process the migrants that we encounter each and every day.”
Ortiz has studied the landscape of the southwest border for decades, marshaling resources across the nearly 2,000-mile borderline. Homeland Security has ramped up its ability to quickly deport migrants while striking deals with Mexico to take on more of the burden. The question now is: Will it dam back the influx of expected migration?
With an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Trump administration, Title 42 of the U.S. code has allowed authorities at the border to rapidly expel migrants, citing the desire not to spread COVID-19.
Without the pandemic justification, that practice will end, removing a critical — and controversial — tool from the Border Patrol’s toolbox. The fast-track nature of the expulsions has limited opportunities for migrants to apply for asylum after being suspected of crossing into the U.S. illegally. Those concerns persist as the administration works to replicate the expedited nature of Title 42 expulsions while promising to prosecute those who repeatedly attempt crossing illegally.
“You know, we may not expel you, but we’re going to do everything we can to repatriate you because there’s got to be consequences to our immigration system,” Ortiz said, referring to the formal process of deportation that was the standard before Title 42.
But deportations take time, and under U.S. law, noncitizens have the right to request asylum — a process that can stretch out for months or years. The asylum case backlog reached an all-time high last year of more than 1.5 million, according to researchers at Syracuse University.
The number of migrants arriving in the southwest has remained persistently high despite significant drops since 2022. Last month, Border Patrol made 163,695 apprehensions nationwide, down from a historic peak of 225,100 in May 2022.
But border communities, and the agents protecting them, remain under strain. On a recent trip to the Rio Grande Valley, where the massive river serves as the U.S.-Mexico dividing line, ABC News watched as the U.S. Border Patrol surveilled the region and made arrests. A team from ABC News watched as a mother and her two young daughters were taken into custody after crossing on a raft. Later that morning, a group of three men were taken into custody after being found asleep in dense brush.
Fearing for their safety and privacy, those arrested declined to provide details of their reasons for crossing. But the men expressed relief at the prospect of getting some temporary shelter and water from Border Patrol.
Those from Mexico will have the opportunity to return voluntarily if they cannot meet the standard for lodging asylum claims.
But migrants from other countries — especially those with strained U.S. diplomatic relationships, like Colombia and Venezuela — pose a greater challenge for repatriation. International flights require logistical coordination and tight security measures.
Those challenges prompted the U.S. to strike a deal with Mexico to begin accepting up to 30,000 Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who don’t qualify for asylum each month. At the same time, the U.S. has rolled out a parole system to allow the same number of migrants from those countries the opportunity to seek asylum or other forms of humanitarian protections.
And now, even tighter asylum restrictions will target those who cross through multiple countries without first applying for legal authorization outside the U.S. Only migrants with “exceptionally compelling circumstances” will be able to challenge the higher bar for asylum eligibility, according to DHS. These exceptions include severe medical emergencies, “extreme,” “imminent,” and “severe” threats of rape, kidnapping torture or human trafficking.
Advocacy groups and thousands of immigrant rights supporters have opposed the restrictions. Pro-immigrant groups have called these requirements an effective ban on asylum given the difficulties many migrants face in navigating legal pathways from outside the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union called the new rules “unfair, unwise, and illegal” and urged the Biden administration to reverse course after the proposal was announced earlier this year.
“The end of Title 42 should have been a time for the United States to reset and return to the humane asylum system promised by this administration. But instead this administration is recycling yet another anti-asylum Trump ban. We will sue as we did under the Trump administration,” Lee Gelernt, lead counsel on challenges to Title 42 and the Trump administration’s asylum bans, said.
Lawsuits challenging the restrictive policies are expected.
Tom Holland is opening up about his mental health journey as it relates to his latest role.
The Crowded Room, which premieres June 9 on Apple TV+, and is inspired by a true story and the ensuing 1981 novel The Minds of Billy Milligan, stars the Spider-Man actor as Danny Sullivan, a man who is arrested following a 1979 shooting in New York City.
The real-life crime story dealt with dissociative identity disorder; Billy Milligan blamed his alternate personalities for his crimes.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Holland, who also executive produced the project, says it is “an insight into … the ways in which we can deal with trauma.”
“I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing the whole action-movie thing,” he told the outlet. “But the mental aspect, it really beat me up and it took a long time for me to recover afterwards, to sort of get back to reality.”
Holland said he had “a bit of a meltdown at home” because he felt the need to “get rid of this character.” “I was seeing myself in him, but in my personal life.”
Tom said, “It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.”
The interview mentions Holland is one year and four months sober, though it does not mention what substance he was using.
“Learning about mental health and the power of it, and speaking to psychiatrists about Danny and Billy’s struggles, has been something that has been so informative to my own life,” he said.
Holland said he’s made strides in “recognizing triggers” for himself and pinpointing “things that stress me out.”
The actor said he hopes viewers will “have more respect and more sympathy for people who are going through mental health issues” because of The Crowded Room.
Imagine Dragons shared their support for the Writers Guild of America’s strike with a surprise performance for the picket line outside the Netflix building in Los Angeles.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, frontman Dan Reynolds and guitarist Wayne Sermon played the ID songs “Radioactive” and “Whatever It Takes” for WGA members, who started the strike last week over writer pay in the streaming era.
In other Imagine Dragons news, the band has premiered the video for “Crushed,” a track off 2022’s Mercury — Act 2 album. The clip follows a Ukrainian teenager walking through the destruction in his village, which was destroyed during Russia’s ongoing invasion.
“We stand united with our Ukrainian friends,” a message at the end of the video declares. “We love and support all of you.”
You can watch the “Crushed” video streaming now on YouTube.
Duran Duran was honored by their home city earlier this week. The band received a Lord Mayor’s Award for their “outstanding achievement” and “exceptional service” to Birmingham, England.
“Birmingham is very proud of these Wild Boys, as am I, for putting Birmingham on the international stage,” Birmingham Lord Mayor Maureen Cornish said at their recent show in the city, according to the BBC.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers shared a picture of them receiving their award on Instagram, calling the whole thing “quite an honor.”
Duran Duran just wrapped the U.K. leg of their Future Past tour and will next bring the trek to North America. The tour, featuring special guests Nile Rodgers& Chic and Bastille, kicks off on May 28 in San Jose, California. A complete list of dates can be found at duranduran.com.
(NEW YORK) — Texas’ gun laws have long come under scrutiny from gun reform groups and anti-violence activists who argue that too many loopholes put firearms in the wrong hands.
“We seem to be in an endless cycle of gun violence taking the lives of our children and neighbors while our lawmakers do absolutely nothing to prevent it. We do not and should not have to live this way,” Kat Vargas, a volunteer with the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, said in a statement following Saturday’s mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen.
Some Texas leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, and gun rights groups have pushed back against criticism, contending that residents have a right under the Second Amendment to carry a firearm.
“People want the quick solution,” Abbott told reporters Sunday after the shooting. “The long-term solution here is to address the mental health issue.”
Who can buy, carry firearms in Texas?
Texas is one of 25 states in the U.S. that do not require permits or registration for concealed or open carry of firearms.
Restrictions
There are some cases where a Texas resident can be barred from purchasing and carrying a firearm.
Gun access for residents under 18
Aside from some activities, such as hunting and a shooting range with adult supervision, Texas residents under 18 are not allowed to carry or possess a firearm.
Where guns are prohibited in the state
Although Texas is an open carry state, there are some prohibitions when it comes to certain locations.
Buddy Holly, a petit basset griffon Vendéen or PBGV, was named the 2023 best in show winner at the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday evening in New York.
The 6-year-old hound from Palm Springs, California, was crowned top dog at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, making history as the first PBGV to win, according to a news release.
This year 2,500 dogs were entered into the competition.
Buddy Holly made his first exclusive morning show debut as champion, arriving at the Good Morning America studio in a winner-worthy Rolls-Royce.
Buddy Holly’s handler and co-owner Janice Hayes told GMA she knew from the age of 9 that she would train a champion dog.
“I knew it was going to happen. I don’t know why, I just fell in love with the sport then and I knew exactly what I wanted to do from then,” Hayes said.
Gail Miller Bisher, the Westminster Kennel Club’s director of communications, said all seven finalists were excellent examples of their breeds but Buddy Holly truly stood out.
“I think Buddy, of course, had these key features that are so important to the breed, which are a very balanced body, compact. He has the mustache, the long eyebrows, all these key features that are so important and of course, when he’s going around that ring, he has his tail up, nice tapered tail,” Bisher explained.
“He has, most importantly, the attitude and temperament. They’re supposed to be extroverts, they’re supposed to be confident. He clearly has that,” Bisher added.
Hayes said Buddy Holly loves treats and although he loves the camera too, the dog has now retired from competition.
Multiple counts in Marilyn Manson‘s defamation suit against Evan Rachel Wood have now been thrown out.
Manson, born Brian Warner, filed the suit against ex-fiancée Wood and her associate Illma Gore in March 2022, just ahead of the premiere of Wood’s documentary Phoenix Rising. In the film, Wood further made allegations of sexual assault against Warner after declaring that he’d “horrifically abused [her] for years” in February 2021. Multiple women have also come forward with allegations against Warner.
According to a tentative order obtained by Deadline, a Los Angeles judge has ruled “the Court grants Wood’s special motion to strike in part.” Among the pieces now dropped from the suit are the claims that Wood forged an FBI letter and that she created a checklist for other accusers to base their allegations on.
In a statement to Deadline, Wood’s lawyer says they are “very pleased” with the ruling, adding, “As the Court correctly found, Plaintiff failed to show that his claims against her have even minimal merit.”
The order comes after the judge ruled that former Warner accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline‘srecent recant of her allegations could not be entered into the case.
“The ruling is disappointing but not unexpected,” Warner’s lawyer says. “The Court telegraphed this outcome when it refused to consider the bombshell sworn declaration of former plaintiff Ashley Smithline, which detailed how women were systematically pressured by Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore to make false claims about Brian Warner.”
Warner has denied all allegations. Previous cases brought against him by actor Esmé Bianco and former assistant Ashley Walters were settled and dismissed, respectively.
If you are affected by abuse and needing support, or know someone who is, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). You can also chat online at thehotline.org or online.rainn.org, respectively.
