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It was the performance of a lifetime. Selena Gomez in a stripped-down production: The Tears of a Clown. In a video posted to Instagram earlier this week, the actress pointed the camera at her face and let the waterworks flow as she struggled to eke out words. Women-crying-on-camera has become its own pathetic genre of social media — a transparent and performative plea for attention or sympathy. But this one, aimed at President Trump’s immigration raids, was a doozy. “I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something, but I can’t,” said Gomez, whose paternal grandparents are originally from Mexico....

Pop sensation-turned film and TV star Selena Gomez released a sniveling Instagram story, to her 422 million followers, that shows the Only Murders in the Building star sobbing and apologizing in reaction to the Trump administration’s nationwide apprehension of accused child rapists, human and drug traffickers, and gang members, among other violent criminals residing in the U.S. illegally. “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t,” the Emilia Pérez star says in the video, which features a caption that says “I’m sorry” with a Mexican...

Selena Gomez has been slammed after she filmed herself breaking down in tears while speaking about the deportation of Mexican people - with some branding her 'shallow' and 'narcissistic.' The actress, 32, uploaded a very emotional video on her Instagram Story on Monday morning in which she sobbed over President Donald Trump deporting undocumented immigrants hours after he issued a daily quota of arrests for border officials. In her recording, which has since been deleted, Selena admitted she felt powerless over the situation, telling her 422 million followers: 'I'm so sorry, I wish I could do something, but I can't....

'Hey Selena Gomez, How about you call all of "your people" you're crying about being deported and invite them to stay at your mansion behind your big walls and gates until they leave?' Boller wrote. Gomez had purchased the home of late rock star Tom Petty for $4.9million in 2020, according to Home Beautiful. The more than 11,000-square-foot Encino, California property - which was custom-built by Petty and his wife Jane Benyo in 1989

Despite its huge international success, including a leading 13 Oscar nominations, Emilia Pérez faces criticism in Mexico, where the transgender narco-musical has been accused of trivialising raging drug-related violence. The film stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a bloodthirsty narco who, after transitioning to life as a woman, helps relatives of the missing. The movie also features "Avatar" star Zoe Saldaña, singer-actress Selena Gomez and Mexican actress Adriana Paz. Gascón became the first openly trans acting Oscar nominee, in the best actress category, while Saldaña was nominated for best supporting actress. "The film trivialises the problem of the missing in Mexico,"...

“Gutless Cowards”: LA Archdiocese Won’t Participate in Protest Against Blasphemous Performance at Dodgers StadiumThe Archdiocese of Los Angeles issued a clergy memorandum this week stating that they will not be participating in the planned protest against the Sisters of Perpetual at Dodgers Stadium on June 16.Catholics for Catholics is a lay Catholic group helping to organize the protest. John Yep, the group’s leader, appeared on Steve Bannon’s Warroom on Friday to share details about the planned protest and express his frustrations with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. When Yep explained that the archdiocese would not be participating in the event,...

Representative Jimmy Gomez wore his 4-month-old son Hodge in a carrier on Tuesday and returned to Capitol Hill with the infant on Wednesday

The man who started the 2020 Dolan Fire in Big Sur was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Ivan Geronimo Gomez was found guilty of 16 felonies including arson, marijuana cultivation, injury to a firefighter and animal cruelty in April. Gomez was sentenced to 24 years in state prison. The Dolan Fire eventually destroyed 128,050 acres and 14 structures and may have killed 11 endangered condors. More than a dozen firefighters were injured, one critically, when they had to deploy their emergency fire shelters.

Jill Biden and Selena Gomez are teaming up for a White House event focused on youth mental health. The first lady will participate in the Youth Mental Health Action Forum, organizers announced Monday. Along with Biden and the “Lose You to Love Me” singer, the Wednesday gathering at the White House — led by MTV Entertainment and the Department of Health and Human Services — will also include policy adviser Susan Rice, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and more than 30 activists and creators.

Los Angeles archdiocese won't provide religious exemption from Covid vaccinesThe Archdiocese of Los Angeles has said it is not providing religious exemption letters to individuals who object to receiving a vaccination against the coronavirus.In a terse statement, the archdiocese said it “recommends that all members of the Catholic community who can receive a COVID-19 vaccine should do so. The Archdiocese is not providing individuals with religious exemption letters to avoid vaccination against COVID-19. Please see the information and links below to understand why the Archdiocese does not consider the COVID-19 vaccine to be morally objectionable and why it encourages all...

After bishops endured several days of contentious debate over the Church’s Eucharistic disciplinary norms, a group of 60 U.S. Congressional representatives have weighed in, forcing the issue for some bishops from a theoretical debate to one far more practical, immediate, and closer to home. One congressman’s tweet poses a vexing test of leadership for U.S. bishops’ conference president Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, with similar tests for other bishops likely to follow. And for Gomez and the congressman, a clock is ticking, and the stakes are high. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles. Credit: USCCB Share The Pillar The...

Pedro Gomez, an ESPN reporter since 2003 and one of the country's foremost baseball journalists, died unexpectedly Sunday. He was 58. Gomez, who was based in Phoenix, covered baseball for SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and other ESPN studio shows, live events and radio. During his 35-year career, he covered more than 25 World Series and more than 20 All-Star Games. "We are shocked and saddened to learn that our friend and colleague Pedro Gomez has passed away," said Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content. "Pedro was an elite journalist at the highest level and his professional accomplishments are universally recognized....

Abp. Gomez Retreats Caves to iconoclasts LOS ANGELES (ChurchMilitant.com) - A California prelate is giving in to violent protesters who are demanding that statues of St. Junípero Serra be removed from public areas. In an open letter published just before the July 1 commemoration of the "Apostle of California," Abp. José Gomez of Los Angeles revealed his plan to protect Serra's statues from desecration by race-baiting iconoclasts. St. Junípero Serra statue vandalized in Golden Gate Park "Faced with the possibility of vandalism, we are taking increased security precautions at the historic missions located in the archdiocese of Los Angeles," wrote Gomez. "Unfortunately, we will probably have to relocate some statues to our...

The illegal immigrant who bludgeoned a New York socialite with a fire extinguisher at her Westchester estate in 2015 was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison on Thursday, as he publicly begged for forgiveness. Esdras Marroquin Gomez had pleaded guilty in May to murdering Lois Colley, the wife of a millionaire McDonald’s franchise owner. Gomez had worked on the Colleys’ 300-acre estate about five times but was not employed there at the time of the murder. According to his defense attorney, Gomez went to the property, Windswept Farm, on the day of the murder to talk to Eugene...

A man who told police he was paid to sneak people across the border into the United States has been charged in Utah with human smuggling. Rolando Gomez-Gomez, 33, was charged in Summit County's 3rd District Court on Tuesday with the third-degree felony. In addition, he was charged with giving false information to a police officer, a class C misdemeanor, and speeding, an infraction. On Saturday, Gomez-Gomez was pulled over on I-80 for speeding, according to charging documents.

Eight months after the naked body of a toddler washed up on a Galveston beach, police have finally unraveled the mystery, announcing the real name of the Houston boy and the arrest of his mother and her girlfriend.

On March 18, 2018, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during its annual Religious Education Congress, offered the following workshop: "Teaching Mercy: Accompanying LGBT Students." The workshop focused on helping "educators discern a merciful balance between teaching doctrine and offering pastoral care as they accompany LGBT students through journeys of self-discovery and self-acceptance." The presenters were Fr. Chris Ponnet (pictured above), Arthur Fitzmaurice, and Ish Ruiz. Ponnet was ordained in 1983 and serves as "spiritual director" for the Archdiocese's Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons (CMLGP). Following the 2016 Congress, after a same-sex couple and their son presented the gifts to...

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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles caused a stir by distributing an invitation to a Mass at its cathedral in partnership with a clinic that prescribes contraceptives. After receiving inquiries regarding a partnership with an organization that acts in conflict with the teachings of Catholic Church, the archdiocese acted to amend its invitation. But it’s not clear whether the clinic remains involved. No disavowal of the clinic has been made. The Mass commemorating the birth of Blessed Archbishop Oscar Romero is scheduled for August 13 with Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez as the celebrant, according to information provided anonymously to the Canon212...

Former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez told reporters on Wednesday that he is mulling over the prospects of running for Senate against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) in the 2018 election. Gomez, who works in private equity and was previously a naval aviator before becoming a SEAL, said that if Republicans can develop the right strategy, then there is a "path to victory" against Warren, the Cohasset Mariner reported.