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Daily Mail
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jodi Picoult fumes as Hollywood drops her film over 'radioactive' theme
Beloved author Jodi Picoult launched a scorched earth tirade against Hollywood elites for 'bending the knee' and refusing to create movies that could upset President Trump. The bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper slapped down an 'unnamed streaming service' in a video shared to TikTok after plans to create a movie from her 2021 novel were suddenly abandoned. 'Today I found out after four years they have decided to cancel the project because "with the new regime they don't want to do a storyline around Covid,"' she said on Friday. While Picoult did not explicitly name the streaming service, it is widely known that Netflix acquired the rights to her Covid-era tome Wish You Were Here back. The book centers around a NYC woman in her late-20s woman whose life is upended by the arrival of the pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns. Picoult was responding to a question on TikTok about why more of her books haven't been turned into movies. 'This is what I mean when I say even places that are considered to be very liberal, like Hollywood, are terrified of the Trump administration,' she said. 'They think there is going to be backlash if they don't bend the knee.' Trump has used hardball negotiating tactics during his second term to force CEOs and industries into making dramatic concessions. He even slapped extraordinary tariffs on some of America's closest allies. But in a display of fondness for his favorite films, Trump has tried to remake Hollywood in his own image while railing against the cinema hub for its 'wokeness.' He threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on foreign-made films in an effort to bring productions back to Hollywood, warning: 'The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death.' Trump also appointed several Ambassadors to Hollywood - right-leaning celebrities who endorsed him during his campaign, including Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone. But Picoult argues Trump's involvement has softened the industry, which once proudly opposed to the former reality TV star, and made executives and bigwigs more risk-averse. To make matters worse for Picoult, members of the Trump administration have been openly critical of the handling of the Covid pandemic in the United States. Trump himself has promoted a popular theory that the virus began in a lab in Wuhan, China. The book centers around a late-20s woman living in New York City whose life is upended by the arrival of the Covid pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns Most recently, his administration limited approval for annual Covid booster shots to only seniors and others at high risk of falling ill with the virus. 'I guess that means I better go out and write a book about an anti-vaxxer who is married to someone who thinks Ukraine started the war against itself, and they have a baby who drinks raw milk,' Picoult said. 'You'll want to make that, right Hollywood?' Picoult's criticism marks the latest in a string of accusations that Hollywood has been tip-toeing on egg shells around angering Trump during this administration. Oscar-nominated film The Apprentice, based on Trump's early years as an up-and-coming businessman, struggled to secure a streaming deal after Trump criticized the film. 'It's hard to be creative when you're afraid,' Tom Nunan, from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, told the Los Angeles Times. 'I don't think that people have really figured out what to do yet, how to express themselves or what's going to be the most effective.' Picoult was inundated with support from fans who were concerned Netflix would have butchered the adaption and were upset with how Hollywood changed the ending of her last work for the screen. 'After they ruined My Sister's Keeper, I'll stick to just reading them,' one supportive fan wrote. In the comments section of her post, Picoult was asked about another book she wrote, Sing You Home, which followed the story of a woman who wanted to use frozen embryos she created with her ex-husband with her new wife. The rights to the movie were acquired by Ellen DeGeneres back in 2011. A fan asked: 'What ever happened to that?' Picoult responded with a shocking take against Ellen, writing: 'There is not enough alcohol in the world to tell that story.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
It could be that some New Hampshire Republicans just need to do a little more reading
"The far right now dominating the American Republican Party is selling an idea of liberty that in practice amounts to unfettered freedom but only for the like-minded." (Getty Images) I don't spend a lot of time thinking about why Democratic politicians struggle so much to connect with working-class voters. That's for the party leaders and candidates to figure out. But it's entirely possible that Fyodor Dostoyevsky partially diagnosed the problem almost 150 years ago, when he wrote in 'The Brothers Karamazov': 'The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.' Recent Republican success winning over the working class is a little easier to understand considering America's Puritan roots. The right has long made political hay by convincing millions of voters that the degradation of society is most evident not in corrupt fiscal policies but in expressions of human sexuality. Every legislative session has its examples, and this year one of them is a book banning bill now headed to the governor's desk. House Bill 324 is touted by conservatives as 'parental rights' legislation meant to keep certain books out of the hands of impressionable young people. It reads: 'This bill prohibits material that is obscene or harmful to minors in schools and creates a procedure for removal and cause of action.' 'Obscene,' of course, always refers to sexuality and not the cherished Americana of extreme violence. And, importantly, it does not encompass the most glaring national obscenity: economic inequality. Whether or not you buy the Republican argument that HB 324 targets only 'flat-out pornography' in schools — which seems unlikely because that's already covered under New Hampshire's existing obscenity laws — author Jodi Picoult is correct in her assessment of the bill's true intent and the price we all pay for censorship: 'These parents will tell you that the books are exposing kids to topics that are salacious or revolutionary. What kids are really being exposed to are lives and mindsets different from their own, which creates compassion and empathy.' The bottom line is that what Republican New Hampshire lawmakers — and many conservative parents — don't like is LGBTQ themes in literature. Why? Because they are convinced that the four horsemen of the American apocalypse will ride into town dressed in drag. But the riders they should worry about have always been with us, gulping the rarefied air of Pullman palace cars and private jet cabins. The American right's fixation on sexuality is bad enough on its own, but it is downright confounding when coupled with Republican-backed efforts that exacerbate economic inequality. Only one of those things is an existential threat to the American experiment, and I promise you it's not Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes.' HB 324 is an unnecessary bill that exists only to scratch the Republican itch to crush content it deems symbolic of Western decline. But the real threats to society are found elsewhere. For example, consider New Hampshire Republicans' myopic repeal of the Interest and Dividends Tax, an action undertaken in service to the state's economic elite. That move should be constantly discussed and dissected in this state, especially now as lawmakers work at cutting hundreds of millions from the next state budget. But conservatives would rather fish in libraries for words and themes to be offended by. Meanwhile, those with the least in New Hampshire are on the threshold of fresh harm from the right's cold budget priorities. If you want more evidence of this dynamic, consider the 'big beautiful bill' now in the works in Washington, D.C. Once again, a few will win and the struggling many will lose. But the trick to sneaking garbage like that through is to make people look for threats in the wrong places. Immigrants, diversity programs, books with titles like 'Gender Queer.' Republican voters are made to believe that those are the issues pulling at America's seams and not the obvious culprit: the 1 percent's scorched-earth pursuit of limitless wealth. Riding shotgun with all of this is the rot of hypocrisy. The far right now dominating the American Republican Party is selling an idea of liberty that in practice amounts to unfettered freedom but only for the like-minded. That is why the party so consistently defends bigots and punches down on the vulnerable. You can see evidence of this in the always-uneven Republican application of 'local control.' How is HB 324 in alignment with local control? How are any of the laws targeting transgender rights in alignment? Well, they're not, because 'local control' isn't a Republican principle. It's a label applied or removed as a matter of philosophical convenience. The New Hampshire Legislature's latest go at book banning is unsurprising, considering the puritanical forces as old as the nation itself that continue to influence conservative ideology. But if they're as concerned about the degradation of society as they say, one can only hope that they'll realize before it's too late that the call is coming from inside their house. Because sexual content in a novel isn't going to be America's undoing, but the continuation of policies that increase the nation's already obscene levels of economic inequality almost certainly will.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Share These 100 Uplifting Nurse Quotes To Show Appreciation During National Nurses Week and Beyond
Nurses are some of the most amazing, caring people you'll ever meet, and now, more than ever, hard-working nurses deserve a round of applause. And right now, we are celebrating nurses during National Nurses Week (May 6-12). Show your support and appreciation by sharing nurse quotes in their honor, today and every day of the funny nurse quotes to inspirational nurse quotes, this big list of the best nursing quotes celebrates our everyday heroes and encourages them to keep pushing these encouraging quotes about nurses to any nurse you may know, if you want to lift his or her spirits during a tough week at work, or just because. And if you don't know a nurse personally, sharing one of these nurse quotes is a way to show your appreciation for all the people who are out there working long shifts, with far too few resources, to care for patients each and every are 100 of the quotes that honor our frontline 1. 'Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.' —Dag Hammarskjold2. 'America's nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.' — Barack Obama3. "The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable. — Jodi Picoult4. 'When a person decides to become a nurse, they make the most important decision of their lives. They choose to dedicate themselves to the care of others.' — Margaret Harvey5. 'Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.' – H. Jackson Brown Jr.6. "As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.' — Maya Angelou7. 'To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse.' — Rawsi Williams8. 'Where there is love there is life.' — Mahatma GandhiRelated: Funny Nurse Memes 9.'And what nursing has to do in either case is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.' — Florence Nightingale10. 'Knowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worse, beats the hell out of never trying.' — Grey's Anatomy11. 'The only way to do great work is to love what you do.' — Steve Jobs12. "Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness." ― Harold Kushner13. 'Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.' — Val Saintsbury14. "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.' — Winston Churchill15. "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.' Mahatma Gandhi16. 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has.' — Margaret Mead17. 'From caring comes courage.' — Lao Tzu18. 'A nurse is compassion in scrubs.' – Lexie Saige19. 'Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation' — Aristotle20. 'Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.' ― Amy Leigh Mercree21. 'The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.' — William Osler22. 'Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken.' — Myrtle Aydelotte23. 'For the sick, it is important to have the best.' — Florence Nightingale24. "No matter how difficult the days may get, don't forget the reason you became a nurse.' — Unknown25. 'Nurses are the heart of healthcare.' — Donna Wilk CardilloRelated: 26. 'There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.' — Rosalyn Carter27. 'Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.' — Emory Austin28. "No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." — Aesop29. 'Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.' – Judy Blume30. "A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside." ― Denis WaitleyRelated: Best Shoes for Nurses31. "Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.' — Charles Dickens32. 'It is not enough to be compassionate— you must act.' — The Dalai Lama33. 'Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.' — Mother Teresa34. 'We won't always know whose lives we touched and made better for our having cared, because actions can sometimes have unforeseen ramifications. What's important is that you do care and you act.' — Charlotte Lunsford35. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." — Theodore Roosevelt36. 'Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strengths.' — Corrie Ten Boom37. 'Save one life and you're a hero, save one hundred lives and you're a nurse.' — Unknown38. 'Remember: Nurses are like icebergs. At any one time, you are only seeing what they are actually doing.' — Ian Miller39. 'As nurses we know suffering. We are full aware of how precious each moment of life is.' – Patricia Bratianu40. 'Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.' — Mother Teresa 41. 'The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge she possesses.' — Carolyn Jarvis 42. 'A nurse will always give us hope—an angel with a stethoscope.' — Terri Guillemets 43. 'What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.' – Jane Goodall 44. 'Caring is the essence of nursing.' — Jean Watson 45. 'Being a nurse means to hold all your own tears and start drawing smiles on people's faces.' — Dana Basem 46. "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." — William James 47. 'Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the joy, every day, while we are 'just doing our jobs.'' — Christine Belle 48. "Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness." ― Rollo May 49.'Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.' — Leo Buscaglia 50. 'Whether a person is male or female, a nurse is a nurse.' — Gary Veale 51. 'Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.' ― Tia Walker 52. 'Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.' — Brittany Wilson, 53. 'It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.' — Mother Teresa 54. "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." — St. Francis of Assisi 55. 'Nurses are a unique kind. They have this insatiable need to care for others, which is both their greatest strength and fatal flaw.' — Jean Watson 56. 'One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.' — Jim Rohn 57. "Rejoice in your work; never lose sight of the nursing leader you are now and the nursing leader you will become.' — Sue Fitzsimons 58. 'Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.' — Mark Twain 59. 'Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible'!' — Audrey Hepburn 60. 'Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.' — Les Brown 61. 'Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.' — Martin H. Fischer 62. 'Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy…nurses are rarely short on caring.' — Sharon Hudacek 63. 'Nurses are the hospitality of the hospital.' – Carrie Latet 64. 'You really can change the world if you care enough.' — Marian Wright Edelman 65. 'Nurses: one of the few blessings of being ill.' — Sara Moss-Wolfe 66. 'The simple act of caring is heroic.' — Edward Albert 67. 'Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve, or to help.' — Christina Feist-Heilmeier 68. "The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.' — Shakespeare 69. 'I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.' — Pablo Casals 70. 'Always thank your nurse! Sometimes they're the only one between you and a hearse.' — Warren Beaty 71. 'Nursing is not for the faint of heart nor the empty of heart.' – Unknown 72. 'Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.' — Dale Carnegie 73. 'I attribute my success to this—I never gave or took any excuse.' — Florence Nightingale 74. 'Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestation of strength and resolution.' — Kahlil Gibran 75. 'It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly.' — Stephen Ambrose 76. 'Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.' — Anthony J. D'Angelo 77. 'You treat a disease; you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win—no matter the outcome.' – Patch Adams 78. 'There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.' — Albert Einstein 79. 'I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.' — Clara Barton 80. "Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston Churchill 81. 'Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet.' — Donna Wilk Cardillo 82. "One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested." — E.M. Forster 83. 'Every nurse is an angel with a key for healthy community! All in caring for patients is part of nursing soul!' — Alexsandar Radunovic 84. 'Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.' – Booker T. Washington 85. "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.' — Ralph Waldo Emerson 86. 'Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a Battle.' — Plato 87. "Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes.' — Unknown 88. 'Nurses are there when the last breath is taken, and nurses are there when the first breath is taken. Although it is more enjoyable to celebrate the birth, it is just as important to comfort in death.' — Christine Bell 89. 'Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.' ― Germany Kent 90. 'Doing a little bit of good here and there makes everything a little bit better, everywhere.' ― Richie Norton 91. 'I'm not telling you it's going to be easy. I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.' — Art Williams 92. 'You can either close your eyes to the pain in life or you can open them, and ease the pain for everyone else.' ― Anthony T. Hincks 93. 'My caregiver mantra is to remember: The only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.' — Nancy L. Kriseman 94. 'When you are a nurse, you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.' — Unknown 95. 'By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.' — Robert A. Heinlein 96. 'Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.' — Lois Capps 97. 'There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.' — Michel de Montaigne 98. 'Because nurses have the most direct patient care, they have much influence on serious treatment decisions. It is a very high-stakes job.' — Judy Evans 99. 'Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on Earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.' — Vincent Van Gogh 100. 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.' — Up Next:50 150 100 50 100
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
6 books restricted in St. Johns County schools after arguments to have them banned
The St. Johns County School District is not adding six more books to its list of more than 60 it says have been removed from schools. Instead, the books will be added onto the more than 29 books restricted to certain grade levels, particularly high schools. The school board heard arguments to have them removed from school library shelves after a district committee had previously voted to have them restricted to high schools. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] This is a list of the books now being given a new set of restrictions: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, now restricted to grades 9-12 with parents' permission Strange Truth by Maggie Thrash, now restricted to grades 9-12 with parents' permission Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas, now restricted to grades 9-12 with parents' permission Half Of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, now restricted to grades 11-12 with parents' permission Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout, now restricted to grades 11-12 with parents' permission Normal People by Sally Rooney, now restricted to grades 11-12 with parents' permission Those who argued for the removal of these books brought up a number of problems they had with their content, from the use of vulgar language to sexual material and mentions of drug and alcohol abuse. 'Pornography is considered contraband, but you can check it out at the school library,' one of the women opposing the books said during the school board hearing. But there were many more parents and neighbors who gave a case to keep the books during the meeting. 'A single person should not dictate what books another's children are allowed to read,' one of them told school board members. Action News Jax has been telling you about back-and-forth calls to ban and keep books in St. Johns County schools for more than a year. Last May, we told you when the school board voted to restrict three other books to high schools, including popular titles like Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. The Florida Department of Education says more than 700 books were removed from school districts around the state last year. Six of those books were removed in St. Johns County. The school board has had more than five meetings since 2022 to hear community arguments to ban books. The school district has a list of more than 100 books to recently face objections in the county. You can find the list by clicking the link here. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
