5. Scarlett Johansson, because she was the victim of "clickbait" after appearing to compare trans people to trees. ScarJo has a RIGHT to play those flowers in the background. ShutterstockRIP Scarlett Johansson, who not only died in Avengers: Endgame (the spoiler embargo was lifted long ago!!!) but was canceled yet again for saying some extremely stupid stuff.Last year, the Japanese manga star pulled out of playing a trans man in the (seemingly now-canceled film) Rub and Tug. There are so few roles available for trans people in Hollywood, so to see one of the few opportunities handed to a cis women was disappointing, to say the least. Johannson, however, sounded bitter to As If magazine about everything she has been denied as a beautiful cis white woman.According to The Daily Mail, ScarJo said, "You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job." She continued: ‘I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.’ ‘I think society would be more connected if we just allowed others to have their own feelings and not expect everyone to feel the way we do.’ The comments were not well-received, and people were hilariously casting her as any person, tree, and animal.When trans people are “allowed to play any person,” when prominent roles stop being whitewashed, then Scarlett Johansson can have a moan. Until then, please spare us your “political correctness gone mad” bullshit https://t.co/OZ8QUTuj9j— Dean Van Nguyen (@deanvannguyen) July 13, 2019 https://twitter.com/pctterdiaries/status/1150381132585869312https://twitter.com/starkrings/status/1150457335892066304The backlash was so powerful that ScarJo put out a statement, explaining that she didn't mean what she said and was rather another victim of the clickbait-industrial complex."An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context," her publicist told Page Six. "The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art.""I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and Art, in all forms, should be immune to political correctness. That is the point I was making, albeit didn’t come across that way." 2. Scarlett Johansson has issued this statement in response to the quotes from her interview with AS IF going viral yesterday. Here is the full interview: https://t.co/sRV8V5FoHk pic.twitter.com/izBRw68VWM — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 15, 2019 "I recognize that in reality, there is a wide spread discrepancy amongst my industry that favors Caucasian, cis-gendered actors and that not every actor has been given the same opportunities that I have been privileged to," she said. "I continue to support, and always have, diversity in every industry and will continue to fight for projects where everyone is included."How generous. She'll make a great Giving Tree.4. Mike Pence, because clergymen are calling his blank stares at caged immigrants ungodly. WWJD?: Who Would Jesus Detain? ShutterstockVice President Mike Pence's whole schtick is that he's a conservative Christian. That's why President Grab Them By The Pussy put him on his ticket (and also to look tall. Pence is under 6 feet).On Saturday, he visited one of the camps in which immigrants are kept against their will, and stared blankly over detainee's heads and insisted that everything is fine. Remember Matthew 25:35-40 where it says, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me"? Pence doesn't.Mike Pence is the living embodiment of how Jesus’s teachings have been turned upside down by the Republican Party. Hopefully he has a moment of self-awareness at some point. https://t.co/fNFROnuBGd— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2019 Among the many critics of Pence's sociopathic behavior were ministers and priests, who know a thing or to about Jesus's teachings.No, Mr. @vp, it is not time to secure the borders your way. You say you are a Christian. It’s time for you to act like Jesus & welcome immigrants & the poor & hungry or face the repudiation of the people & the judgement of God. https://t.co/VOM5GfPPRw— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) July 13, 2019 https://twitter.com/kevinohigginssj/status/1149839444205277184Laypeople also criticized the vice president, calling him a #FakeChristian, and sharing a photo that compares Pence's reaction to his wards to that of Heinrich Himmler.PSALM 69:33The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. #FakeChristian pic.twitter.com/38LLmvuj6q— Kim Jordan (@Kimmydove67) July 15, 2019 Here's hoping that there really is a hell.3. The New York City couple who had their white wedding during the blackout. Beautiful picture of the bride and groom. ShutterstockOn Saturday night, a Con Edison malfunction caused a chunk of midtown Manhattan to be without power. Broadway shows relocated to the streets, subways were stopped, and people were stuck in elevators—which lead to either meet-cutes or nightmares. There are no in-betweens.Almost as frustrating as having the blackout cancel your tickets to Hamilton was if the electricity went down during your wedding, and that's what happened to Amy Rosenthal and Craig Silverstein. The couple were in the process of getting married when the room suddenly went dark."A lot of people thought it was on purpose," the bride's brother told The New York Times, "like some kind of mood-lighting situation."Everyone whipped out the flashlights in their pockets (aka phones) and the couple proceeded to pledge themselves to one another, in sickness and in health, in darkness and in light.I’ve got a great story from the Great New York City Blackout of 2019.This couple was getting married at The Plaza. The lights went out during the wedding. They said their vows in the dark. No food; just candles.But they made the best of the situation and danced the night away. pic.twitter.com/0jT0MGJ6Mf— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) July 14, 2019 The reception went on to. The 12-piece band improvised with instruments that don't require power (saxophone, trumpet, violin), and without a microphone, the singers stuck to easily belt-able classics.Sure, it sounds romantic, but not even the most enlightened couple in the world won't be at least a little bit disappointed that they had to throw their party without electricity. Especially when they shelled out the money for a 12-piece band and The Plaza Hotel.May the marriage be brighter than the wedding!2. R. Kelly, because he faces not one, but two, federal indictments. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 195 years just in Illinois. ShutterstockR. Kelly spent the weekend in federal custody and it's only just begun.The notorious sex criminal once known as a singer has been faces two federal indictments in two different time zones, and it's a tapas plate of disgusting crimes.In New York: 5 counts of racketeering, transporting for prostitution and coercion or enticement to engage in criminal sexual activity.In Chicago: 13 counts including child pornography, enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and obstruction of justice.Bye forever.1. The guy who was caught with a rattlesnake, uranium, and whiskey in his stolen car. What witch's brew was he trying to make? Logan County Sheriff's OfficeBehold, the Florida Man of Oklahoma.A man in Guthrie had an eclectic mix of crimes when he was pulled over driving a car that was reported stolen. Police say that they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium, and an open bottle of whiskey.It's a medley of items so eclectic that a witch must have told him to go into the woods to fetch them in order for him to break a curse.Police did not say how he acquired the uranium, but you can get just about anything on Amazon these days.
