The following account is of a strange experience that occurred to the mother of the submitter when she was age 5, along with her family in the winter of 1957."The incident was the picking up of hitchhikers that may or may not be human. The incident bears some similarities with accounts of phantom hitchhikers but goes much further to suggest that they were real flesh and bone beings.My mother and her family, which consisted of her parents and older sister, lived between the cities of Reidsville and Greensboro in North Carolina. One day they had an errand in Reidsville and on their way there they saw an older couple walking on the opposite side of the road. A couple of hours later, leaving Reidsville on their way home, they saw the same couple in the same spot heading in the same direction as before; almost as if they had been walking on a treadmill having gained no ground at all. They pulled up and asked if they needed a lift and they said they were trying to get to Greensboro to the bus station. My grandfather agreed to take them there but first, they would have to go home to be there in time to pick up their oldest daughter from the school bus near their house.Once inside the car, it became painfully obvious that they were poorly dressed for the cold icy weather. The woman was wearing a summer dress and sandals and the man a shirt and bib overalls and shoes along with a brimmed hat. My mother being a small child sat between her parents in the front seat but turned around facing the couple staring at the strangers as children do, taking in their appearance. The one thing that stood out in her mind was the man's piercing beautiful blue eyes. The man reached into his pocket and handed her a red pencil with Coca-Cola written on it. When they reached home it was decided that they would have lunch with the couple, who said they were the Bradleys, before the drive to Greensboro. Considering their clothing my grandmother decided to give them more appropriate winter clothing and coats and shoes for the woman who only had sandals. Grandmother also decided to pack them snacks and sandwiches for their trip.With their guests well-fed and with warmer clothing and snacks, everyone piled into the car to take them to Greensboro. Halfway on their trip, the Bradleys insisted that they needed to be let off on a bridge on old US Highway 29. Grandfather protested saying no they would likely not get another ride and being winter it would be getting dark soon and insisted on carrying them all the way. But they said, 'No!' They must be left off on the bridge. A sort of back and forth occurred between my grandfather and the Bradleys with them asking to please be let off on the bridge. Unable to change their mind he obliged and stopped the car. They opened the door and got out and immediately disappeared, leaving the door still open. My Grandfather was horrified, jumping out of the car, looking to see if they had fallen down on the ice out of his view. But they were nowhere to be found. He looked all about and called for them but nothing but silence. The whole area was clear as far as he could see but still nothing. He got back in the car with his family, severely upset and confused as to what just happened as was everybody else. Frantically they drove up and down the road looking for them wondering if they had somehow got another ride, trying to rationalize the obviously spectacular disappearance of the Bradleys. After a fruitless search, they drove back home confused as to what had occurred.This made a huge impression on my mother, having distinctly remembered the incident all her life. So the question remains - who were the Bradleys? Were they ghosts? But ghosts don't stay all afternoon with you and eat lunch. Furthermore when they disappeared the clothes given to them disappeared as well. Even the sandwiches that were packed for them. This suggests that they were solid beings. Also, why did they insist on being let off on the bridge, saying it must be done? Was it some sort of portal or gateway home? The whole thing remains a mystery.” J**********PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!HORRIFYING ENCOUNTERS! UNFORSEEN DIRE CONSEQUENCES | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (REAL EXPERIENCER REPORTS)LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio member - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS

On a trip to Wellborn, Florida, the daughter of the witness and of a friend were terrified by a possible Gray alien being that was watching them from outside. There is more to the story!I received the following account:"This event involves my oldest daughter and the oldest daughter of a long-time family friend. My daughters and I drove from Brunswick, Georgia to Wellborn, Florida; which we did several times throughout the year, usually around Halloween so my daughters could celebrate with my friend's daughters. On this trip, we stayed up sitting near a bonfire in her yard, catching up with one another, eventually going inside to settle in for the night. It was October 30, 2003.I checked on our two oldest daughters who had been watching TV late into the night. My oldest daughter and my friend's oldest daughter were sitting together in the family Lazy Boy recliner. When I went to check on them before bed and tell them not to stay up too late, I noticed that they both looked scared. I asked them what was wrong and they said they 'swore that they just saw a "scary looking" face with big dark eyes'. I asked them to tell me more and they began to cry. My oldest daughter stated that she felt that something was 'watching them' (the living room window was behind the recliner) so she turned to look and said she saw a pale whitish-grey face with big black eyes in the window and that when she turned to look, it stayed only for a moment and then quickly backed away. So when I entered the living room to check on them, it had just happened and they were both scared. So I talked them into going to bed reassuring them it was probably just their imagination and not to worry.Well, a little later, approximately an hour or so, I heard a sound on the roof, heard the girls crying and sounding scared. So I went into their room where my friend's oldest daughter had a bunk bed and my oldest daughter was on the top bunk. When I entered the room, they were both crying and scared again, claiming that they heard what sounded like tiny feet walking across the roof. I noticed that their pet was acting funny (nervous) too. This friend has also shared stories with me that she and her family have been "visited" before and that she feels she and her family have been abducted over the years. I was never sure, but was curious because I had my own experiences over the years.On another occasion, at another residential location that this same friend lived at prior, we (my daughters, her kids, and her boyfriend-separate time with more witnesses) all witnessed a bluish glow coming from the woods in front of her house (both locations are way out in the country away from the city) and heard sounds. I remember commenting on that 1st incident when we were outside how I loved the sounds of the owls (there sounded like 2 or 3) hooting back and forth to one another. That's all I remember during this particular incident. It seems that at some point I was able to convince the girls to go back to sleep and we all did. This main incident only had 3 witnesses - myself, my oldest daughter, and my friend's oldest daughter." N**********PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!HORRIFYING ENCOUNTERS! UNFORSEEN DIRE CONSEQUENCES | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (REAL EXPERIENCER REPORTS)LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio member - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS

Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., will resign shortly as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of the chamber’s most conservative members, after losing his primary election. Good told reporters Monday that he had submitted his resignation to the caucus board, but didn’t provide a timeline for his official resignation as chairman. Sources familiar with the matter, however, told news outlets that Good’s resignation would become official by week’s end. In June, Good lost his primary in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District to his challenger, state Sen. John McGuire. McGuire had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump working on his behalf, as well as the political apparatus of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The challenger had a 374-vote lead over Good before the primary headed for a recount. That recount solidified McGuire’s victory in early August. Good attempted to fend off the influence of Trump and McCarthy in the primary. He found himself on Trump’s bad side because, before endorsing Trump, he supported Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential primary. Good was also one of the House members who voted to oust McCarthy as speaker last October.  In the coming weeks, the House Freedom Caucus will decide who will become Good’s successor as chairman. With the caucus looking to expand its membership after contested House races throughout the country in the Nov. 5 election, it seems likely that members will move quickly on appointing a new leader, at least on an interim basis. Recent reports suggest that Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Andy Harris, R-Md., are on the short list to replace Good as chairman of the caucus. This is a developing story and may be updated. The post Bob Good to Resign as House Freedom Caucus Chair appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Robin DiAngelo, the notorious “anti-racist” activist and the author of “White Fragility,” admitted in a blog post Thursday that The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh tricked her into filming a scene in which she pays “reparations” to a black man in the satirical documentary “Am I Racist?” In her statement on the issue, she resorted to citing the discredited left-wing smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center. DiAngelo did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment about why she cited the SPLC, but Walsh did respond to her decision to cite that organization. “Robin DiAngelo is so entrenched in a leftist bubble that she got duped by me in a wig. No wonder she thinks the SPLC is a reliable source,” Walsh told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. ‘Am I Racist?‘ “Am I Racist” launches in theaters Friday. The film’s Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) description reads: “A man investigates diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, exposing absurdities through undercover social experiments.” The film exposes the absurdities of critical race theory, a lens through which activists such as DiAngelo interpret American society as systemically racist, and where black people are inherently oppressed and white people are inherently oppressors, despite the decades of civil rights law guaranteeing equal rights and despite the success of certain minority groups that do not fit that stereotype. Critical race theory—rebranded “anti-racism” for a broader audience—has spread in academia and corporate America. In her blog post, DiAngelo recounted how the film team introduced themselves last year. The Daily Wire team told her they were making a documentary film called “Shades of Justice,” and that they “planned to interview anti-racist activists, authors and thought leaders in service of supporting the cause of racial equity.” She admitted taking $15,000 for an interview, a sum she claims she has since donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. DiAngelo recalled that Walsh introduced himself as “Matt” and “presented himself as someone new to anti-racist work and seemed earnest, and his questions did not come across as adversarial.” She then described a scene in which Walsh asked if she supported reparations and when she said, “yes,” he persuaded her to hand a black member of his team some cash. She went on to say she was “unsettled by the way [Walsh] manipulated this last scene,” and she asked the Daily Wire team not to include it in the film. “I had been played,” she admitted. She condemned “Am I Racist?” as a “‘Borat’-style mockumentary … designed to humiliate and discredit anti-racist educators and activists.” (“Borat,” a 2006 dark humor mock documentary, followed a fictional Kazakh reporter in the United States.) After describing how she discovered the truth, DiAngelo asks, “So, who is Matt Walsh and what is his—and his backers’—agenda? Luckily for us, he has clearly answered that question, without shame, time and time again.” She then proceeds to quote the SPLC. The SPLC claims Walsh “frequently demonizes LGBTQ+ people and promotes racist and anti-transgender conspiracy theories.” What Is the SPLC? DiAngelo appears not to have questioned the reliability of her source. As I wrote in my book, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” the SPLC has faced numerous scandals and routinely weaponizes its “hate” accusations against conservatives, in part to silence any dissent against its own leftist agenda. The SPLC published a “hate map” that lists mainstream conservative and Christian organizations alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. It uses this “hate map” as a reputational weapon to silence those who dissent from its woke agenda. While the SPLC’s education arm Learning for Justice pushes critical race theory and gender ideology, the “hate map” smears parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education as “extremists.” Conservative Christian groups that advocate religious freedom and define marriage as between one man and one woman appear on the SPLC map as “anti-LGBTQ hate groups.” National security experts who warn against radical Islamist terrorism find themselves branded “anti-Muslim hate groups.” Advocacy groups that call for the enforcement of immigration law and oppose open borders appear on the map as “anti-immigrant hate groups.” This year, the SPLC even added an openly homosexual group—Gays Against Groomers—to its list of “anti-LGBTQ hate groups.” In 2019, the SPLC fired its co-founder and saw its president resign amid a racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal. At that time, a former employee called the “hate” accusations a “highly profitable scam.” The SPLC unionized after that scandal. Earlier this year, the SPLC Union broke the news of mass layoffs at the organization in June. The SPLC “gutted its staff by a quarter,” laying off more than 60 union members, including five union stewards and the union’s chair. Last month, 90% of the SPLC Union voted to demand the SPLC fire its president and CEO, Margaret Huang, accusing her of “union-busting.” The SPLC has stood by Huang, but the union has launched a petition that has gathered more than 5,000 signatures. The SPLC also currently faces a defamation lawsuit that crossed a major legal hurdle last year. If DiAngelo wants to discredit Walsh, she should choose a more reputable organization to cite. The post Robin DiAngelo Resorts to Citing Discredited SPLC to Attack Matt Walsh After He Features Her in ‘Am I Racist?‘ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Ezra Klein Makes the Conservative Case for Border Control to Sec. Mayorkas

CNN host Chris Wallace joined his colleagues on CNN News Central on Friday to promote his latest episode of HBO Max's Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace with actor Robert De Niro. In both shows, Wallace marveled at De Niro labeling Trump a “gangster” and claimed that the accusation means more coming from him because he has played gangsters in movies. Wallace also admitted that he did not seek out De Niro, but rather that De Niro sought him out and that he obliged, “Well, what stood out is the fact that, frankly, people come on my show, our shows, because, actors do, because they have something they want to promote. Robert De Niro had nothing he wanted to promote. He just wanted to talk politics and he really wanted to take down Donald Trump. Take a look.”     In the preview clip, Wallace asked, “You really worry that if he were to win again, and I'm not saying this like it's such a far-fetched notion, if he were to win again, that he would not give up power?” De Niro replied, “You know, he won't, you know he won't. He even said it. He's never going to give it up. And anybody who deludes themselves and thinking that he is—shame on you.” Wallce then turned to gangsterism, “You have compared the Trump family to a gangster family, which is something coming from you. What do you mean by that?” As it was, De Niro proceeded to take the claim one step further and assert that Trump is actually worse than a gangster because at least gangsters have honor, “Well, they are because he thinks he's a gangster. He does everything like a gangster. I don't think that gangsters in that world would want, think much of him because you, in any, there's honor among thieves, there's honor in anything, if you don't keep your word and do the right thing with people, no matter what profession you're in, you are going to get ostracized and in that world is a little harder.” Wallace followed up, “Yeah, it’s more than being ostracized. Well, when you say that they are gangsters, in what way?” De Niro claimed, “He thinks he's a gangster. He thinks, 'I do something for you. You do something for me.'" Back live, Wallace repeated what he said in the clip, “You know, that's what I found. So fascinating. Sara, here is Robert De Niro, perhaps the most famous gangster actor in the world, saying that the gangsters, he knows, and he admits he knows some members of the mob and has certainly come across them in his 50 years of acting in New York City. He says, they would have nothing to do with Donald Trump.” What’s next? Asking Tom Hanks what it is like to be a soldier? Here is a transcript for the September 13 show: CNN News Central 9/13/2024 9:42 AM ET CHRIS WALLACE: Well, what stood out is the fact that, frankly, people come on my show, our shows, because, actors do, because they have something they want to promote. Robert De Niro had nothing he wanted to promote. He just wanted to talk politics and he really wanted to take down Donald Trump. Take a look. WALLACE [IN WHO’S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE]: You really worry that if he were to win again, and I'm not saying this like it's such a far-fetched notion, if he were to win again, that he would not give up power? ROBERT DE NIRO: You know, he won't, you know he won't. He even said it. He's never going to give it up. And anybody who deludes themselves and thinking that he is—shame on you. WALLACE: You have compared the Trump family to a gangster family, which is something coming from you. What do you mean by that? DE NIRO: Well, they are because he thinks he's a gangster. He does everything like a gangster. I don't think that gangsters in that world would want, think much of him because you, in any, there's honor among thieves, there's honor in anything, if you don't keep your word and do the right thing with people, no matter what profession you're in, you are going to get ostracized and in that world is a little harder. WALLACE: Yeah, it’s more than being ostracized. Well, when you say that they are gangsters, in what way? DE NIRO: He thinks he's a gangster. He thinks, "I do something for you. You do something for me." WALLACE [LIVE]: You know, that's what I found. So fascinating. Sara, here is Robert De Niro, perhaps the most famous gangster actor in the world, saying that the gangsters, he knows, and he admits he knows some members of the mob and has certainly come across them in his 50 years of acting in New York City. He says, they would have nothing to do with Donald Trump.

Director Justin Folk understands why people might liken his film “Am I Racist?” to the 2006 comedy “Borat.” "Borat" found Sacha Baron Cohen going under cover as a boorish Kazakhstani. “Am I Racist?” follows Matt Walsh of “What Is a Woman?” fame posing as a DEI “expert.” Both deploy improv shtick in the “Candid Camera” mold. Each is uniquely hilarious. The director insists his team didn’t take the DEI proponents out of context. Folk sees a critical difference between the two. “Sacha Baron Cohen set out to make fun of regular, everyday Americans. Yes, it can feel a bit mean at times, but at the same time it’s very funny,” Folk tells Align. “What Matt does is different. He’s not making fun of people. He’s making fun of bad ideas. ... These are not personal attacks. He’s after the ideas they’re propagating to the public.” “Am I Racist?” is the first Daily Wire production debuting in theaters. The docu-comedy finds Walsh interviewing “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo and other DEI luminaries. He’s nominally in disguise, courtesy of a man bun and a herringbone jacket. The point is to target the woke mindset, under attack across the culture in recent months, with humor. “People are opened up to ideas when they laugh,” Folk says. “People are so tense over the issue of race. It’s important to find some commonality and lighten the mood.” Walsh seems like a curious person to do just that. He’s a stoic presence whose strong Catholic faith infuses his podcast musings. On-screen, his unflappable demeanor is the perfect fit for a project like “Am I Racist?” “[Matt Walsh] does deadpan better than anybody else I’ve ever seen. That allows him to introduce insanity into a situation without it being picked up on, without giving the tell,” he says. "He’s able to go all in into a moment without forecasting that it’s a joke.” Folk and Walsh originally teamed up for 2022’s “What Is a Woman?” That documentary infected the mainstream and put the title on the lips of many Americans. The film’s brief appearance on X generated nearly 200 million views, according to one report. Folk dismissed the idea of a sequel but wanted to keep his partnership with Walsh going. The duo settled on race, another “untouchable” subject. Audiences may wonder how Folk’s crew captured the sequences from the film. Yes, it’s a brand of awkward comedy that dates back decades, but they ingratiated themselves with groups that wouldn’t normally rub elbows with Walsh. Folk describes the process. “Everything we do with these people is exactly what we told them we would do,” he says. “We’re making a movie about anti-racism. ... We’re coming to them as experts. Can you enlighten us? They agreed to do that in front of the cameras.” The director insists his team didn’t take the DEI proponents out of context. Nor would his subjects backpedal on what’s said on-screen, he suspects. “I do believe the things that these people say in the film they would 100% stand behind, even today,” he says. Several people featured in the film, including DiAngelo, have since gone dark on X. Talk about "White Fragility"! The rare documentary can have an outsized impact on the culture. Al Gore’s 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” changed the way many Americans view climate change, no matter where you stand on the issue. Folk hopes “Am I Racist?” has a similarly outsized impact on the culture. “DEI is full of toxic ideas. It’s divisive. Personally, I think it should be illegal,” he says, citing the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting race-based preferences. “The timing is right for a film like this.” “What Is a Woman?” rocked the culture while mostly living behind a paywall. “Am I Racist?” debuts in theaters nationwide September 13, 2024. That matters, says Folk, who believes the multiplex is key to getting the message beyond the online conservative bubble — “so we’re not just talking to ourselves."

Disney and subsidiary Lucasfilm are being sued for the allegedly-unauthorized use of actor Peter Cushing's likeness in a 2016 Star Wars film. For "Rogue One," released in December 2016, Disney's Lucasfilm resurrected Cushing 22 years after his death to reprise his role as evildoer Grand Moff Tarkin. The studio reconstructed old footage from his appearance in the 1977 Star Wars original "A New Hope."Cushing died in 1994 at age 81 from prostate cancer but allegedly signed an agreement the year before.As reported by the Times, the actor signed an agreement that his likeness could not be used without the expressed permission of his friend and movie producer Kevin Francis. The agreement was apparently signed while the two were preparing to make a made-for-TV movie that was never completed.Disney claimed however, that it did not believe permission was required to recreate Cushing due to the terms of his contract from his original appearance, as it pertains to the use of special effects.Disney was reportedly contacted by Cushing's agent, who facilitated a payment to the actor's estate in the amount of £28,000, or just under $37,000.'In an area of developing law it is very difficult to decide where the boundaries might lie.'Francis is seeking $650,000 in damages, Futurism reported, after a judge in the English High Court has allowed the lawsuit to continue. Disney attempted to dismiss the case in December 2023 but was denied by Master Francesca Kaye, who said it should go to trial.Judge Tom Mitcheson also denied Disney's appeal and said he was "far from persuaded" that Francis would succeed but added that his case was not "unarguable.""I am also not persuaded that the case is unarguable to the standard required to give summary judgment or to strike it out," the judge said. "In an area of developing law it is very difficult to decide where the boundaries might lie in the absence of a full factual enquiry."The lawsuit also named Cushing's estate and his former representation, Associated International Management, as defendants.The Star Wars studio has, of course, used the likeness of other actors since their passing, including Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia. The actress died in 2016 but appeared in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" using previously unused footage.Lucasfilm has also digitally aged down still-living star Mark Hamill for his subsequent Luke Skywalker appearances.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The University of Southern California is the first college athletic program in the country to partner with a cannabis company after striking a deal with Cookies.The USC Trojans announced a partnership with the brand owned by Gilbert Milam Jr., a Billboard-charting rapper and entrepreneur who goes by the name Berner.'Cannabis is not a performance-enhancing drug.'Cookies will partner with the USC football team as well as the men's and women's basketball teams, CBS Sports reported.As Business Wire noted, fans will see Cookies' integration on the sports teams' digital channels while Cookies will also provide exclusive promotional items and tailgate experiences.The announcement comes just a few months after the NCAA decided to remove cannabis from its banned substances list."Cannabis is not a performance-enhancing drug and that a harm-reduction approach to cannabis is best implemented at the school level," the NCAA committee said.The Cookies CEO said he is thrilled to partner with such an iconic athletic department at USC."California is our home state and for Cookies to be involved with a premier athletic program, in the oldest private college in the state of California, is incredibly exciting for us," Berner said in a statement. "We are honored and excited to be a sponsor and Trojans supporter alongside other globally recognized brands. Fight on!"The San Francisco-based company has received several healthy valuations in the last few years, ranging from from $150 million to upward of $1 billion.Vice president and general manager of USC Sports Properties Drew DeHart called Cookies an "innovative brand" and a "global leader in CBD."He added that the company was "deep in life-style culture and wellness."Berner has had an interesting career path, partnering with rappers like Wiz Khalifa for long-term music ventures while facing lawsuits that have alleged bad business practices.The rapper has also accused website Benzinga of publishing an AI-generated interview with him. After Milam Jr. himself declared the interview to be "not real," a reporter asked him if any of the article's quotes could be attributed to him."Absolutely not ! Not one word is mine," the rapper replied on X. "That's why I've always done my own quotes or interviews in my own voice. That ain't me at all," he added.The entrepreneur has prided himself with being transparent and has often tried to expose fans to shadow-banning and social media bias, stating that allegedly that his content has been hidden and deleted on Meta platforms due to the nature of his business.In an Instagram post, Berner called it "epic" to see his brand alongside companies such as Coca-Cola, Monster, and United Airlines as USC partners.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A California man went on a violent rampage during a recent Frontier Airlines flight, according to the Department of Justice. After spending the weekend in Disneyland with his daughter, the man allegedly attacked the flight crew and screamed: "This airplane is going down!"Charles Angel Salva of Fremont has been charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants. He appeared Thursday in federal court.According to court documents, Salva told police he assaulted the flight attendants because he didn't want anyone to know he was a pedophile and that he had been hearing triggering voices.Salva was on Frontier Airlines flight 3581, which departed Monday from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana and was scheduled to land at the San Francisco International Airport. Shortly after takeoff — while the airplane was increasing altitude and under 10,000 feet — the flight crew noticed oxygen masks in one row at the middle of the aircraft were out of the overhead compartment. Flight attendants discovered Salva had his hand stuck in the overhead compartment.A passenger allegedly told investigators that Salva appeared claustrophobic, and it seemed as though he desperately wanted to exit the airplane.Salva allegedly began yelling obscenities at the flight crew. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, Salva screamed, “We are all going to hell!” and, “This airplane is going down!” Salva reportedly ran toward the rear of the plane as flight attendants attempted to restrain him. Salva purportedly attempted to choke a flight attendant, leaving two small marks on the victim’s neck. The Daily Mail reported that while he was allegedly choking the airline employee, Salva said, "I’m going to choke this b****."The unruly passenger then pushed another member of the flight staff "with force" and said he was going to kill everybody, according to the affidavit.Passengers helped restrain Salva. He allegedly broke out of flex cuffs and had to be restrained with a seatbelt. The DOJ said Salva kicked a flight attendant roughly six times in the leg, which caused bruising and swelling that required medical attention.The flight had to be diverted to the Ontario International Airport because of the alleged outburst. Once the plane touched down, Salva was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. A passenger told investigators they were flying back to San Francisco with Salva and his 3-year-old daughter after spending the weekend at Disneyland, Fox News noted, adding that court documents state Salva on Sunday left his daughter with the unnamed passenger and their family and then disappeared. Fox News added that the unnamed passenger said the Anaheim Police Department called saying Salva had been found covered in sewage at a liquor store.The news outlet added that Salva reportedly told investigators, "I’m a child molester," and that he had molested his 3-year-old daughter multiple times before losing his custody rights. He allegedly told police that he believed everyone was trying to get him to admit his crimes, so he tried to pull the emergency flight button in an attempt to cause the airplane to crash. According to court documents, Salva told police he assaulted the flight attendants because he didn't want anyone to know he was a pedophile and that he had been hearing triggering voices. Salva also reportedly admitted that he consumed ecstasy before boarding the plane.Frontier Airlines said in a statement, "We extend our utmost appreciation to the flight crew for their professionalism and to the other passengers who assisted during the incident, as well as local and federal law enforcement, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, for their efforts to ensure justice."The FBI and the Ontario Police Department launched investigations.If convicted, Salva would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!