The mother of Kenneka Jenkins — who was found dead in a hotel freezer — says the establishment is to blame for her daughter’s 2017 death … and now wants $ 50 million.
Teresa Martin has filed suit on behalf of her late daughter’s estate against the Crowne Plaza C...
Chicago"s Kenneka Jenkins Mother Sues Hotel for $50 Million ... Over a Year After Teen Found Dead in Freezer
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Showing posts with label Jenkins. Show all posts
Monday, December 17, 2018
Chicago"s Kenneka Jenkins Mother Sues Hotel for $50 Million ... Over a Year After Teen Found Dead in Freezer
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Janoris Jenkins Breaks Silence On Murder at His Home, "Hurts My Heart"
NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins says the man who was killed at his New Jersey home was a “good friend” — and it “hurts my heart to know that he’s passed.” TMZ Sports broke the story … officials found a dead body in Jenkins’ basement on June 26.…
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Janoris Jenkins" Brother William Jenkins Charged with Manslaughter
The brother of NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a man found in the basement of JJ’s New Jersey home … officials say. TMZ Sports broke the story … William Jenkins was taken into…
Janoris Jenkins" Brother Is "Person of Interest" In Dead Body Case
Law enforcement officials tell TMZ Sports … the older brother of NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins is a “person of interest” in the case of the dead body discovered at JJ’s New Jersey home. We spoke with Ontario County NY District Attorney…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Dead Body Found at Home of NFL Star Janoris Jenkins, Cops Investigating
A dead body was found at the New Jersey home of NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins on Tuesday and now the Major Crimes Unit is investigating … TMZ Sports has learned. First off, we’re told Janoris was out of the state when the body was discovered…
Monday, June 25, 2018
Aaron Hernandez"s Fiancee Shayanna Jenkins Gives Birth to Baby Girl
The woman who was engaged to Aaron Hernandez has given birth to a baby girl … TMZ Sports has learned. Sources close to the family tell us … Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez — who has a previous child with the late New England Patriots star –…
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Malcolm Jenkins Uses Silence to Send Message to Donald Trump
Malcolm Jenkins is using silence to respond to Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the Eagles’ White House visit … but is sending a message to POTUS — “You aren’t listening.” Jenkins elected to use handwritten signs to get his point…
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Malcolm Jenkins Rips NFL"s Anthem Policy, "Won"t Let It Silence Me"
Malcolm Jenkins says he will not let the NFL’s new national anthem policy “silence me or stop me from fighting” … saying the owners are “[thwarting] the players’ constitutional rights.” The Philadelphia Eagles star never took a knee during…
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Ex-NFL Star Cullen Jenkins Says He Used to Take Vicodin to Get Through Games
Ex-NFL player Cullen Jenkins says the pain he went through during his career forced him to rely on prescription pills and alcohol to feel better … but tells TMZ Sports he’s finally found a healthier alternative — CBD. FYI…
Ex-NFL Star Cullen Jenkins Says He Used to Take Vicodin to Get Through Games
Ex-NFL player Cullen Jenkins says the pain he went through during his career forced him to rely on prescription pills and alcohol to feel better … but tells TMZ Sports he’s finally found a healthier alternative — CBD. FYI…
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
NFL"s Eric Reid: Malcolm Jenkins" Players Coalition Played Us, I"m With Kaepernick!
Eric Reid — the first player to kneel with Colin Kaepernick — says Malcolm Jenkins and Anquan Boldin are playing members of their Players Coalition … privately negotiating with NFL execs on the league’s proposed $ 100 million donation…
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
NFL"s Malcolm Jenkins: Kaepernick Invited to Owners" Meeting, Didn"t Show
Colin Kaepernick was invited to NFL headquarters to talk about social issues with team owners … but decided not to show up to the meeting, Malcolm Jenkins told the media on Tuesday. Several players sat down with owners in Manhattan today to…
Friday, September 15, 2017
Chicago Teen Kenneka Jenkins, Cops Release Hotel Video Before Dying in Freezer
The plot thickens in the death of a Chicago teen who was found dead in a hotel freezer, because cops have released a video which shows her stumbling through the hotel shortly before she disappeared. The video shows Kenneka Jenkins appearing to be…
Friday, August 25, 2017
James Cameron Slams Wonder Woman; Patty Jenkins Hit Back!
Maybe James Cameron should stick to deep sea diving and making Avatar movie sequels that literally nobody asked for.
The legendary director took aim at Wonder Woman, one of the most critically acclaimed and popular films of the summer, and just sort of rubbed his male opinions all over it.
Wonder Woman‘s director, Patty Jenkins, clapped back with her own statement.
In an interview with The Guardian, James Cameron dismisses Wonder Woman as a giant step backwards for women and for Hollywood.
He’s wrong, but here’s what he says:
“All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided. She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards.”
It’s not clear how she was objectified. Her hair was nice and she looked gorgeous, but the only time that we can think of when Gal Gadot’s character’s appearance was a focus and she wasn’t in battle was maybe when she wore that stunning blue dress.
And then the focus shifted to the sword that she had concealed along her spine.
Naturally, James Cameron pivots to discussing and praising his own work.
“Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit. And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female!”
First of all, Linda Hamilton — who wasn’t only James Cameron’s star but also, for a time, his wife — doesn’t exactly have fond memories of their marriage and she hasn’t been shy about it, either.
So … that’s awkward to bring up. We’ll explain why he’s wrong in a moment.
But we’ll say that he’s absolutely right — half of the audience is female, so women should be catered to in films just as much as men are.
Like, we said, he’s wrong.
Wonder Woman herself, Diana of Themyscira, is conventionally attractive — which has always been part of her character.
There are absolutely greasy, nuts-and-bolts female superheroes.
The point isn’t that everybody needs to be an Imperator Furiosa or a Sarah Conner.
Those are great, but there are multiple ways to be a woman and therefore multiple ways to be a leading woman in an action movie.
Wonder Woman would always be a story about a strikingly beautiful woman who remains so even in the thick of battle.
(Just as Superman remains intensely handsome even when he’s in the middle of a knock-down, drag-out fight with the likes of Darkseid or whomever)
When they make a Hawkgirl movie, that’s the place to have a woman who gets dirty and gritty.
Hawkgirl is an alien (or sometimes a reincarnated one … ugh, why are comics like this), not a demigod. She hangs out in Space Taverns and gets into bar fights for fun.
James Cameron is falling into that trap of thinking that there’s only one progressive vision for females on screen, and that won’t serve him well.
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins, who’s won acclaim for making the most successful superhero origin movie of all time, clapped back at James Cameron over Twitter:
“James Cameron’s inability to understand what Wonder Woman is, or stands for, to women all over the world is unsurprising as, though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman.”
Most of the women who saw Wonder Woman loved it.
(One of my viewing companions the first time that I saw it cried through at least a third of it. Like, tears of happiness)
“Strong women are great. His praise of my film Monster, and our portrayal of a strong yet damaged woman was so appreciated. But if women have to always be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we aren’t free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we haven’t come very far have we.”
Yep.
“I believe women can and should be EVERYTHING just like male lead characters should be. There is no right and wrong kind of powerful woman. And the massive female audience who made the film a hit it is, can surely choose to judge their own icons of progress.”
Like we said, there are plenty of ways to be a woman and plenty of ways to be a hero.
The thing is that James Cameron should know that.
He was one of the creators of the massively underrated TV series, Dark Angel, where Jessica Alba was very capable of kicking butt and looking gorgeous in a show that was not subtle about its feminist ideals.
Don’t get us wrong — Dark Angel had a couple of problems. None of them had to do with the protagonist being attractive.
But it is disappointing to see James Cameron speaking over so many women to give his opinion.
Men can absolutely be feminists, just as white people can oppose racism, but women and people of color (respectively) shouldn’t have their voices drowned out by “allies.”
Anyway, Wonder Woman was great.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Olive Kitteridge Is Slaying The 2015 Emmys! Richard Jenkins Wins Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie!
Olive Kitteridge is having the BEST night at the 2015 Emmys!
Richard Jenkins just earned another win for the show when he took home Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie. Seriously, this series is having an AMAZING night.
Video: Andy Samberg Opens The 2015 Emmy Awards With Jokes About Donald Trump, Paula Deen, And MORE!
Earlier in the evening, Frances McDormand scored Lead Actress for the show, Bill Murray won Supporting Actor, and Lisa Cholodenko scored Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. Not to mention the critically acclaimed show also won Writing for a Limited Series a la Jane Anderson.
So fabulous! We love how all these accolades started with a book written by the talented Elizabeth Strout!
Slay, Olive Kitteridge! SLAAAYYYY!
See the ongoing winners list HERE!!
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