golden empire jili slot png It’s not uncommon to see the same actor playing several different roles at the same time, especially on TV shows. Shawn Hatosy has a role on Rescue: HI-Surf but is also a recurring face on Chicago PD . Both roles portray Hatosy as an entitled white male in charge who’s not afraid to bend the rules to get his way. It’s not the first time Hatosy has taken on roles that depict him negatively. He’s one of those actors who is great at playing a jerky bad guy. However, he also has numerous memorable characteristics as an okay guy. Hatosy fans from the ’90s might remember him from his early days when he took on awkward teen roles to expand his filmography. He had several small supporting roles, racking up time with big names like Brittany Murphy (Double Jeopardy) and James Russo (No Way Home). In & Out (1997) is my first introduction, starting my celebrity crush that has continued until today. Ahead of its time and focusing on a gay male teacher (Kevin Kline) who didn’t know he was gay, In & Out had some of the top talent of the ’90s. Still a newcomer on the acting scene, Hatosy played a small-town high school kid adjusting to discovering his male high school coach and teacher was gay. It was weird seeing Tom Selleck pre- Blue Bloods and missing his sexy trademark mustache (a bit of TV trivia for you — Blue Bloods isn’t the first time Selleck worked with Gregory Jbara, who plays Garrett.) A few years later, teens got a deeper taste of Hatosy’s talents when he starred in the underappreciated teen film The Faculty. Who wouldn’t love a movie about aliens that take over a town, starting with the high school teachers? Especially when the movie involves teen crush icons like Elijah Wood ( Yellowjackets or Lord of the Rings), Usher, Josh Hartnett, Clea DuVall, and Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious franchise). His first lead was a rebellious teen sent to boarding school by his working-class father (Outside Providence). I cried ugly tears when he died in Anywhere but Here, where he played Benny, Natalie Portman’s best friend and cousin. The first time I hated him was when he played the pompous, entitled, rich white boy turned emergency room hostage in John Q. His harsh performance matched Denzel Washington’s brilliant desperation as a father trying to get his young son a new heart. One of the most traumatizing films was the true story Alpha Dog, starring Justin Timberlake (a musician from my hometown) and Emile Hirsch (Girl Next Door). Shawn played Elvis, a demented killer who escalated a kidnapping into the tragic death of a young teenager. He scored his first recurring series role in Southland , where he played a successful LA police detective, Sammy Bryant. The series featured a young Kevin Alejandro (Manny Perez from Fire Country ). And who could forget him as Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody on Animal Kingdom ? As a member of the criminal mastermind family who banks on living a lavish lifestyle, Pope is the embodiment of entitled crooked cockiness. Hatosy’s two newest roles continue his trademark tradition of playing an “ick” — you insert the preferred consonant prefix (d and p work). It was a delight with the 2024 fall season return to see Hatosy portray the role of Deputy Chief Charlie Ried in Chicago PD. From the start, he seemed untrustworthy and up to something. His recent offer to protect the Intelligence Unit after their latest scandal only upped his ‘sus factor. A man like that doesn’t offer such a large favor without getting something in return. So what will he want for his help? Along with playing a police chief, Shawn simultaneously played the role of Hawai’i politician Councilman Clayton Emerson, the next Honolulu mayor in Rescue: HI-Surf. Instantly proving he’s the type of politician who’s not afraid to use his power to his advantage, Emerson bribed Sonny (Robbie Magasiva) to get his son, Kainalu (Alex Aiono), assigned to the North Shore beaches, despite him not earning the spot. Throughout Rescue: HI-Surf Season 1, we’ve seen Hatosy throw around his political position to get his way, especially for his kid. How far would he push his political corruption if he reached mayor status? And would he try his luck with Emily when (if) she becomes in charge after Sonny retires? Will she let him get away with it like Sonny? Given Shawn’s reputation for playing a convincing jerk face, we have to wonder if he’ll continue choosing roles that lend him an air of pompous abuse of authority. Do we enjoy it when actors find their niche and stick to it? Or do we prefer actors who explore different character avenues for a well-rounded filmography of work? What has been your favorite role of Shawn Hatosy’s to this point? Leave us your thoughts in the comments.

TransMedics Appoints Gerardo Hernandez as Chief Financial Officer and Provides Updated 2024 Financial OutlookTown halls are to be given sweeping powers to issue on-the-spot fines for minor misdemeanours such as climbing trees in parks. Currently, councils trying to bring in local laws need to get a sign-off from a government minister. But under plans submitted in white paper on English devolution, local authorities would not have to get such permission and could be given the power to issue more fixed penalty notices rather than take people to court as at present. Councils already have limited – but highly controversial – powers to issue on-the-spot fines for misdemeanours such as littering and fly-tipping. But critics say the proposed new rules, which will massively increase the number of fixed penalty notices, could lead councils to abuse their powers and introduce byelaws to stop people smoking in the streets and selling unhealthy food in public places. could also use their proposed new powers to raise much-needed money. , the shadow local government secretary, said: “The Labour Government will leave no stone unturned in their mission to pick people’s pockets. “These proposals also raise serious concerns about civil liberties by opening the door to allowing overzealous town hall officials to ban lawful innocent activities in public places, such as vaping, walking a dog or going on an organised group run. “The justice system should not be hijacked to line the taxman’s pockets.” At present, on-the-spot fines issued by a local authority are typically between £50 and £100. Councils have previously been criticised for raking in millions in parking fines. Last year, councils collected £620 million – with Lambeth council in London alone collecting £52.4 million. Josie Appleton, director of the civil liberties group Manifesto Club, said: “I’m worried that councils will use these , as they do with other powers that allow fixed penalty notices. “Increasingly councils are employing private enforcement officers who are paid per fine, and will issue penalties whenever possible. “There are lots of archaic byelaws on the books, so we can expect people to be penalised for public nuisance, playing music or ball games in a park.” The Conservatives ruled out such a move during the coalition government because of the risk that councils would use the nanny-state fines to raise money – or outsource the work to private firms. They say that based on current council byelaws across the country, it could lead to fines for walking more than one dog at a time, ball games, use of model aircraft and kites and “informal” football or cricket. Last year two councils – Torfaen in Wales and Rugby – were criticised for using anti-social behaviour powers to ban the climbing of trees in some protected public spaces. The white paper also raises fears that new byelaws – introduced without secretary of state sign-off – could ban smoking in outdoor areas and outlaw unhealthy food being sold in public places. Angela Rayner’s white paper said the process for making byelaws is hundreds of years old and outdated for modern government. It said it was irrational for the Communities Secretary to have to agree before councils can set rules on “where people can ride bikes or climb trees in parks”. “This is irrational, inefficient and costly – tying up central government in decisions that should be for local leaders.” “We believe that to understand and respond to these issues. We intend to legislate to remove requirements for Secretary of State consent for local authority making of byelaws wherever possible. “Given the complexity of legislation that has built up over many decades and the wide policy scope under consideration, we will accomplish this through a review of such cases. “As part of this review, we will also determine whether councils should be able to enforce byelaws via fixed penalty notices rather than through the courts to improve their effectiveness. “We will consult the sector to agree on the best approach on how we might accomplish this.” Last night a spokesman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: “We will work with councils to review whether they should be able to enforce byelaws via fixed penalty notices to improve their effectiveness.”

A broad coalition of civil liberties and activist organizations is calling on lawmakers across the U.S. to oppose bans on wearing masks in public before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Dozens of mask bans, which are typically presented as “anti-crime” bills, have been proposed at the local, state and federal level s in what critics say is a direct response to protests against the mass killing and displacement of Palestinians by Israel. Police in some states are reviving once-defunct mask bans dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries, when masked members of the Ku Klux Klan violently terrorized Black people and immigrants. During the height of the COVID pandemic, politicians put out statements to ensure the public that archaic anti-mask laws still on the books in 16 states would not be enforced. Now, members of both parties are reversing course after months of mass protests in solidarity with Palestine that pro-Israel pundits conflate with violence and mischaracterize as antisemitism, despite the fact that pro-peace Jewish groups are integral to the movement. For example, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently expressed support for proposals to criminalize mask-wearing in public for reasons besides health protection. Similar proposals to restrict or ban masks have received bipartisan support in North Carolina , Los Angeles , St. Louis , Louisville , and beyond. “It’s no surprise that fascists and science-deniers want to ban masks from protests. But it’s alarming that supposedly progressive lawmakers are helping them do it,” said Evan Greer, director of the digital rights group Fight for the Future, in a statement . Greer said bans on masking in public have massive implications for social movements and personal autonomy. Masking is now the norm at many political protests — as well as at abortion and reproductive health clinics — to protect against both COVID and doxxing by far right extremists who seek to attack the privacy of people they disagree with and harass them online. “There are many reasons to cover your face at a protest or in public, from defending yourself from harassment and doxxing to protecting your community from COVID during an ongoing public health crisis,” Greer said. For people living with disabilities or compromised immune systems, masking to prevent illness is necessary for participating in public forums in the first place. Face masks also defend against rapidly advancing digital surveillance and facial recognition technology, which is providing both law enforcement and internet trolls with new tools to target individuals as Trump pledges to take “retribution” against Democrats and leftists. While new and proposed masking laws typically contain exceptions for masks worn for religious or health reasons, it’s virtually impossible for police to tell the difference at a large event without confronting people directly. Everyone has a health reason to mask in public with COVID still floating around, and that ambiguity creates space for “discretionary and selective enforcement,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union. A newly instated mask ban on Long Island, New York, has already been weaponized against a peaceful demonstrator wearing a keffiyeh, the iconic scarf symbolizing solidarity with Palestine. A video shows activist Xavier Roa being handcuffed with a keffiyeh around his neck during a protest in September outside a synagogue that was reportedly promoting the sale of stolen Palestinian land to buyers in the United States. Roa faced up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine under a law approved by Nassau County Republicans one month earlier in response to anti-genocide protests. The law has exceptions for masking in public for health or religious purposes, but police said Roa was concealing his identity and claimed to be wearing the keffiyeh in solidarity with Palestine, so they arrested him. Mayor Adams has pushed for a similar ban in New York City. In an early test of their ability to enforce anti-mask laws against protesters, prosecutors dropped the charges against Roa on November 22 after determining that they did not have enough evidence to convince a jury. The Nassau County mask ban also faces lawsuits filed by disabled residents who wear masks for health protection. However, even if violations of anti-mask laws may be difficult to prove in court, civil rights groups argue the laws provide police with enormous power to harass and arrest protesters as well as people who are disabled, immunocompromised, or suffering from Long COVID. “Like other anti-protest laws, these draconian measures will be selectively enforced, and used as an excuse by law enforcement to crack down on marginalized communities and protesters who they don’t like,” Greer said. In an open letter to policymakers, more than 40 organizations fighting for COVID justice, reproductive rights, organized labor and civil liberties, argues that criminalizing masking is a “serious threat” to public health, privacy and free speech, making “everyone less safe” while putting marginalized and disabled people already targeted by police at further risk. “As we continue to see sustained death and disablement due to COVID and Long COVID, the public health and disability justice implications of criminalizing mask-wearing are disastrous alone,” the letter states. “But to make matters worse, these bans violate our most fundamental civil liberties.” The letter points to North Carolina, where people who wear masks for health reasons reported an escalation in harassment as Republicans overrode the Democratic governor’s veto and put a harsh mask ban into effect . In June, a woman being treated for cancer was accosted and coughed on for wearing a mask. The North Carolina law allows police and property or business owners to demand that people unmask to be identified, which the groups argue could expose people not just to insults but also facial recognition software and “bad actors and their cameras.” Due to right-wing attacks on abortion rights and gender-affirming care, people may also choose to wear masks to avoid harassment and doxing when accessing reproductive health care, according to Jenna Sherman, a campaign director at the gender justice group UltraViolet. “Particularly in an era of increased surveillance and facial recognition, people are living in fear of being targeted for what should be routine, protected parts of our lives, like accessing reproductive healthcare,” Sherman recently wrote. “Everyone must have the right to choose to wear a mask regardless of whether it’s to protect their health or safeguard their privacy.” Sean O’Brien, founder of the Yale Privacy Lab, said masks provide people with “vital protection” not only from harassment but the “pervasive and growing tendrils of surveillance in our society.” “Mask bans create a chilling effect on speech and allow for biased and predictive policing, making it possible for facial recognition technology to follow individuals from protests and rallies all the way to their homes,” O’Brien wrote in a statement.BNP Paribas Financial Markets Sells 1,671 Shares of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 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By JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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