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North Wales Live
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Live
Butlin's brings back £1 day passes due to popular demand
Butlin's, is bringing back £1 day passes for kids after seeing a 30% increase in demand in March. For £1, on selected dates May at all three resorts – Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness - up to four children can visit for £1 each with one full paying adult pass, starting from £15. The Bognor Regis and Minehead resorts are open to day visitors from 10am to 8pm, with the Skegness resort open until 6pm. There's a schedule of live shows throughout the day in the Skyline Pavilion, included in the price of a day visit as well as the Splash Waterworld pools, unlimited fairground rides and activities. Children in Minehead and Skegness can explore SKYPARK, the inclusive playground, while Bognor Regis day visitors can bounce, climb and play in the brand-new, 3,000 square feet Skyline Gang Soft Play. The space is filled across four storeys with climbing challenges, slides, log ramps, cargo nets and more, plus a multi-sensory space for babies. For another £1 children can enjoy a meal from the kids' menu from 12pm to 3pm in selected restaurants on resort. Day passes can be pre-booked online at Guests can extend their visit with a four-night Showtime Term-Time Midweek break, with breaks from £123 (£31 pp). The shows include the new all-year-round pantomime Snow White and Her Magnificent Friends, Animals and Mythical Beasts and The Butlin's Party Show hosted by Mister Maker.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Far-left lawmaker breaks silence after unearthed social media post ignites firestorm
Far-left Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., broke his silence on Tuesday after an unearthed social media post of rap lyrics set off a firestorm of controversy. Frost, who recently made headlines for flying to El Salvador to visit deported illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was heavily criticized on social media after a seemingly cryptic tweet from 2016 resurfaced reading "f----- wit my gang gon get u spilled." The post was in response to tweets including one by an account named "Hits LeBlunt." The line is from the song "Gang" by rapper "Max P." The post generated a spate of concern and condemnation, with many saying it was unbecoming of a member of Congress to have such a post on his official account. Trace Gallagher: The Left Is 'All In' On Kilmar Abrego Garcia Even Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who has emerged as a key ally of the Trump administration, weighed in on the controversy by posting a shoulder shrug emoji. Read On The Fox News App Rather than deleting the post, Frost simply responded to the controversy by saying, "Never thought Max P lyrics I tweeted at 19 would get so much attention from MAGA." Frost also tweeted out "I've only ever been in one gang" with an image of him in his high school band. Frost kept going, tweeting again on Tuesday, "Keep looking through my old posts. There has to be some more funny stuff in there. Make sure you tag me." Democrats' El Salvador Trip Lampooned By Senate Gop Group In Faux Tourism Ad: '¡Bienvenidos!' Frost's responses, however, did not quell the controversy, with users continuing to bash him for the tweet and many even posting AI meme images showing Frost with tattoos reading "DeMS-13." Some seemed to find the controversy funny, such as conservative influencer Benny Johnson, who posted a screenshot of Bukele's roast of Frost with the caption, "never deleting this app." Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Conservative communicator Steve Guest posted a screenshot from Urban Dictionary defining "spilled" as "To be murdered. Most likely referring to blood being spilled." Popular conservative account "End Wokeness" replied to Frost's 2016 tweet by saying, "DeMS-13 or Tren Dem Aragua?" Others, like the popular account "DataRepublican," expressed that the tweet was not fitting for a member of Congress. "You are a Congressman. You're not a gangster. You're not being cool or edgy. You are held to a high standard, as a representative of the mightiest nation on the Earth. Do better," the account commented. House Dems Demand 'Proof Of Life' Of Abrego Garcia After Being Denied Meeting In El Salvador Frost was one of five Democratic lawmakers who visited El Salvador last week to advocate for the release and return of Abrego Garcia from the Salvadoran mega prison known as the "Terrorist Confinement Center" (CECOT). Posting on X from El Salvador, the congressman accused President Donald Trump of "illegally arresting, jailing, & deporting people with no due process." "We must hold the Administration accountable for these illegal acts and demand Kilmar's release. Today it's him, tomorrow it could be anyone else," said Frost. Besides Frost, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., and Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., also flew to El Salvador on behalf of Abrego article source: Far-left lawmaker breaks silence after unearthed social media post ignites firestorm
Fox News
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Far-left lawmaker breaks silence after unearthed social media post ignites firestorm
Far-left Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., broke his silence on Tuesday after an unearthed social media post of rap lyrics set off a firestorm of controversy. Frost, who recently made headlines for flying to El Salvador to visit deported illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was heavily criticized on social media after a seemingly cryptic tweet from 2016 resurfaced reading "f----- wit my gang gon get u spilled." The post was in response to tweets including by one account named "Hits LeBlunt." The line is from the song "Gang" by rapper "Max P." The post generated a spate of concern and condemnation, with many saying it was unbecoming of a member of Congress to have such a post on his official account. Even Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who has emerged as a key ally of the Trump administration, weighed in on the controversy by posting a shoulder shrug emoji. Rather than deleting the post, Frost simply responded to the controversy by saying, "Never thought Max P lyrics I tweeted at 19 would get so much attention from MAGA." Frost also tweeted out "I've only ever been in one gang" with an image of him in his high school band. Frost kept going, tweeting again on Tuesday, "Keep looking through my old posts. There has to be some more funny stuff in there. Make sure you tag me." Frost's responses, however, did not quell the controversy, with users continuing to bash him for the tweet and many even posting AI meme images showing Frost with tattoos reading "DeMS-13." Some seemed to find the controversy funny, such as conservative influencer Benny Johnson, who posted a screenshot of Bukele's roast of Frost with the caption, "never deleting this app." Popular conservative account "End Wokeness" replied to Frost's 2016 tweet by saying, "DeMS-13 or Tren Dem Aragua?" Others, like the popular account "DataRepublican," expressed that the tweet was not fitting for a member of Congress. "You are a Congressman. You're not a gangster. You're not being cool or edgy. You are held to a high standard, as a representative of the mightiest nation on the Earth. Do better," the account commented. Frost was one of five Democratic lawmakers who visited El Salvador last week to advocate for the release and return of Abrego Garcia from the Salvadoran mega prison known as the "Terrorist Confinement Center" (CECOT). Posting on X from El Salvador, the congressman accused President Donald Trump of "illegally arresting, jailing, & deporting people with no due process." "We must hold the Administration accountable for these illegal acts and demand Kilmar's release. Today it's him, tomorrow it could be anyone else," said Frost. Besides Frost, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., and Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., also flew to El Salvador on behalf of Abrego Garcia.
New York Times
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Case for Telling Total Strangers to Shut Up
I was raised by a movie talker. When I was a child, my dad and I went to our local theater every Wednesday to see whatever was out. If that week's offering was pure schlock, my dad and I would yuk it up. His humor, complemented by an insider's perspective afforded to him by a career as a writer and director, was incisive and perfect to me. Like a sidelined quarterback barking at the television on Super Bowl Sunday, he called out narrative inconsistencies or forced plot turns with ease, or pointed out actors' tics that escaped less practiced eyes. Though I lacked my dad's professional elegance and volume control, I mimicked this chatty habit for years — until my buddies and I went to see 'Sahara,' the 2005 Breck Eisner movie about treasure hunters searching for a Civil War-era ship in the desert. I was 14, and I considered talking through a movie a thrill and a continuation of a storied legacy. I assumed that my fellow audience members would appreciate my inherent hilarity, which was obviously of greater value than Eisner's desert tomfoolery. But halfway into my monologue lampooning the ridiculousness of a purposefully ridiculous movie, a person leaned over and let out a shush, her voice as harsh as the white static from a TV. I burst out laughing. Who was this high and mighty loner seeing 'Sahara' at 2 p.m. on a Saturday? I continued talking, and a few minutes later, she tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Some of us actually work hard and pay good money to come to the movies.' My brain squelched with embarrassment, and I slumped into quiet. I became aware, for the first time, that not only was I not the funniest person in the theater; I was also downright annoying to everyone around me. Ever since, I've been a shusher, dedicated to telling people, first politely, then with more ardor, to shut the hell up. I'm shameless. Sometimes gleefully so. Once, I asked a group of drunk dads at a distillery playing the song 'Sympathy for the Devil' at impossible decibels on a portable Bose speaker if they could 'keep it down,' though I am still unsure if this was an act of public service or just my personal desire to never hear the Rolling Stones again in my entire life. Shushing was once commonplace, if a little snooty and silly. Now, however, a phone-addicted culture has made us all seemingly oblivious to just how annoying we are in public. Our ways of being annoying have worsened: People take pictures at the cinema, flash on; they watch entire movies on the train without headphones. As selfishness is normalized, calling people out for their bad behavior has become more fraught. There's an early episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' in which the Gang are shushed at a restaurant for their screeching. This leads the rageful Dennis to file an assault charge against the shusher. 'Shushing isn't assault,' a police officer tells Dennis. Yet some shushees often react like Dennis. I have been called a Karen, a snoop, a jerk and, at a recent screening of a three-and-a-half-hour Oscar-winning movie, a pejorative that cannot be issued in print. All for pointing out that, yes, there are other people around, and they can hear your voice, see the light from your phone. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Belvidere native Jeanne Gang to receive Order of Lincoln award
CHICAGO (WTVO) – A Belvidere native is one of six Illinoisans who will receive the state's highest honor for professional achievement and public service this year. Architect Jeannie Gang will receive an Order of Lincoln award on May 3, 2025, during the 61st Annual Convocation at Krannert Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A 1982 graduate of Belvidere High School, Gang is nown for a distinctive design approach that expands beyond architecture's conventional boundaries. Her diverse portfolio across the Americas and Europe includes the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History; a new United States Embassy in Brazil; and an expansion of the Clinton Presidential Center. She also designed the Beloit College Powerhouse in Beloit. A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gang has been named one of TIME Magazine's most influential people in the world. 'With world-renowned achievements in athletics, literature, architecture, education, journalism and history, the 2025 class of Lincoln Laureates embody the very best that Illinois has to offer,' Gov. JB Pritzker said in a news release. 'I am proud to uplift their incredible contributions and to award these talented men and women our state's highest honor.' The other five Lincoln Laureates are Bonnie Blair, the first American woman to win five gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games; Sandra Cisneros, a poet, short story writer, novelist; Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Hope Chicago and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS); Carol Marin, a journalist and Emmy Award-winning reporter who's worked for CBS News' '60 Minutes,' and the 'Evening News with Dan Rather;' and Julieanna L. Richardson, founder and president of The HistoryMakers, a Chicago-based nonprofit, that features a digital archival collection of African-American oral histories. The May 3 ceremony is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. A ticketed reception and dinner will immediately follow the ceremony, and tickets must be purchased in advance by April 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
