Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty Sybrina Fulton Receives Honorary Degree From Benedict College Congrats are in order for Sylvia Fulton. The mother of Trayvon Martin deliver the commencement speech at a Benedict College graduation then was immediately awarded an honorary degree from the school. Fulton took to Instagram to share the exciting news and to also mention that she was also awarded the key to the city in Columbia, SC.
Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty Sybrina Fulton Receives Honorary Degree From Benedict College Congrats are in order for Sylvia Fulton. The mother of Trayvon Martin deliver the commencement speech at a Benedict College graduation then was immediately awarded an honorary degree from the school. Fulton took to Instagram to share the exciting news and to also mention that she was also awarded the key to the city in Columbia, SC.
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Family Of Kenneka Jenkins Files Lawsuit Files Lawsuit Against Rosemont Hotel According to ABC Chicago the mother of Kenneka Jenkins, a young woman found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer, has filed a lawsuit demanding $50 million in damages. Kenneka Jenkins disappeared in September 2017 while attending a hotel party with friends at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Surveillance video footage showed her wandering alone through a kitchen area and toward the freezer. Jenkins’ body was found the next day, leaving her relatives questioning whether she was murdered, but police are adamant her death was from hypothermia. The family claims the defendants were negligent because they didn’t secure the freezer or carry out a proper search when Jenkins went missing.
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Family Of Kenneka Jenkins Files Lawsuit Files Lawsuit Against Rosemont Hotel According to ABC Chicago the mother of Kenneka Jenkins, a young woman found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer, has filed a lawsuit demanding $50 million in damages. Kenneka Jenkins disappeared in September 2017 while attending a hotel party with friends at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Surveillance video footage showed her wandering alone through a kitchen area and toward the freezer. Jenkins’ body was found the next day, leaving her relatives questioning whether she was murdered, but police are adamant her death was from hypothermia. The family claims the defendants were negligent because they didn’t secure the freezer or carry out a proper search when Jenkins went missing.
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The devastating, untimely death of Kenneka Jenkins (who goes by Keneeka Martin on Facebook) sent shock waves through the social media community, spawning the hashtag #JusticeForKenneka. Kenneka’s name trended on Twitter yesterday after the story went viral, spawning numerous citizen journalists who pieced together their own respective theories. MUST READ: Mother Of Teen Found Dead In Freezer: ‘Someone In This Hotel Killed My Child’ Here’s all we know about the tragic case so far: 1.Kenneka Jenkins left home around 11:30 pm on September 9 to attend a kickback with friends at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center. 2. She was reportedly last seen by her friends in the early hours of the morning. Kenneka’s sister last spoke to her at 1:30 am around the alleged time she went missing. 3. The friends called Kenneka’s mother, Teresa Martin, around 4:30 am to inform her they couldn’t find Kenneka. Martin rushed to the hospital and asked hotel staff to see surveillance video, but was referred to police, who instructed her to wait. 4. 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins was found dead in a walk-in freezer in a vacant area of the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center. 5. Irene Roberts appeared to be live streaming the “kickback” on Kenneka friend’s Monifa Shelton’s FB page. Kenneka can allegedly be seen in the reflection of camerawoman’s sunglasses in the final moments before she went missing. The video and other social media posts are being investigated by police. 6. Kenneka’s alleged voice can be heard in the background of the video. 7. One of the girls on the live Facebook video reportedly works at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center where Kenneka partied and eventually died. 8. Martin claims police told her Kenneka drunkenly stumbled into the freezer, fell asleep and died. 9. Investigators have access to surveillance footage and have been questioning witnesses, however, they have not released information about how Kenneka died or got into the freezer. 10. During a recent Facebook live protest and press conference, the mother said, she’s been getting different stories from both the police and friends. “I’m getting a bunch of different stories from friends and police.” 11. A video of Kenneka and her friend, who was reportedly with her before she disappeared, appear in this video on Monifah Shelton’s Facebook page. 12. Citizen journalists have pieced together different theories and timelines in an attempt to solve Kenneka’s mysterious death. 13. Countless infuencers like Tami Roman have taken to social media to voice their opinions about the case. We pray Kenneka and her family get the justice they deserve. We’ll keep you updated on all details as they come in. RELATED STORIES: Mother Of Teen Found Dead In Freezer: ‘Someone In This Hotel Killed My Child’ Florida Sheriff Vows To Arrest Anyone With A Warrant Who Seeks Refuge At Shelters During Hurricane
More than a dozen Denver Occupiers staged an invasion of the conservative blogger conference, BlogCon 2011, in downtown Denver Friday afternoon. At least one man was led away in handcuffs. In addition to harassing radio host Tony Katz during a live broadcast, the man arrested also reportedly shoved a police officer who was trying to clear the lobby of the Crowne Plaza hotel, where the conference was… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 11/11/2011 22:55 Number of articles : 2
Also in this Friday (Friday!) edition of The Broadsheet: Vince Vaughn could join Neighborhood Watch … the synopsis for Prometheus tells you nothing… the best movie trailer of the last calendar year is effing special… and more ahead.
Steven Soderbergh is retiring. Eventually . Of course, before he does ride off into the sunset the Oscar winning director will release five films: Contagion (recently moved up to early September), Haywire , Magic Mike , The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Liberace . In other words: there’s plenty of Soderbergh left, cinephiles! The second of his final five films to hit theaters is Haywire , and a first image from the action thriller has hit the Internet. Say hello to MMA fighter Gina Carano… and her Uzi.
As hard as this may be to believe for some of you, it appears the critics love (or maybe the correct term is “hate less”) Michael Bay more than Tom Hanks. At least when it comes to Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Larry Crowne . The Hanks-directed comedy has been raked through the coals in reviews, and currently sports an even lower Rotten Tomatoes rating than Dark of the Moon . Perhaps it needed more Autobots. Ahead, the 9 most scathing critical responses to Larry Crowne .
Critics have mixed feelings about Hanks’ first directing effort in 15 years. By Eric Ditzian Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks in ‘Larry Crowne’ Photo: Universal Pictures Perhaps only the boom-boom-pow theatrics of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” which will be making most of the noise (and the box-office bucks) at the multiplex this weekend, could overshadow a new offering from Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Or possibly the mixed reviews for their comedy, “Larry Crowne,” are helping create a lower profile for the heavily marketed film. Hanks has taken on directing duties for only the second time in his career (his debut was the 1996 nostalgia trip “That Thing You Do!”) and recruited Roberts to join in the action. But the results have been met with outright disdain in some corners, with critics scoffing at a lack of laughs and a bland story line. Yet where others see a milquetoast comedy, many reviewers see a skilled director delivering a warm-hearted summer diversion. Read on for those “Larry Crowne” critiques and more. The Story “In ‘Larry Crowne,’ Hanks plays a nice guy who gets fired from his retail job because he lacks the education to qualify him for a management position. This happens despite his countless awards for Employee of the Month. Larry cashes in his possessions, trades his car for a scooter and decides to enroll in a local community college. As his economics teacher, he draws Dr. Matsutani (George Takei), the only character in the film interesting enough to have a movie made about him. As his public speaking teacher, he gets Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), a character who seems to have drifted over from the auditions for ‘Bad Teacher.’ … I watched the movie with all the pleasure I bring to watching bread rise. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy watching bread rise, but it lacks a certain degree of interest. You look forward to it being finished.” — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times The Performances “The real reason to watch this modestly charming, featherweight bauble is the chemistry between Hanks and Roberts, beloved superstars who make a beautiful pair. ‘Larry Crowne’ is only their second movie together (after ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’), but Hanks’ noble everyman is an inspired match for Roberts, who plays her character’s bitter disappointment with a believable acidity.” — Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald The Direction ” ‘Larry Crowne’ marks Tom Hanks’ first work as a director since his delightful ‘That Thing You Do!’ 15 years ago. And now, as then, the star demonstrates a generous instinct for calm, steady pacing and cleanly framed scenes that acknowledge every character’s place in the whole, whether in the classroom, on the streets, or in the working world: When, for example, Larry draws on his Navy skills to take a job as a short-order cook, Hanks the director observes the work of every diner employee with genuine interest. … It’s easy enough to accept the romantic-comedy luck of the two finding each another. It’s much tougher, and ultimately useless, to buy everything else about this fairy tale of self-reinvention in a stalled economy.” — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly The Laughs “The script by Mr. Hanks and Nia Vardalos (‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’) is one of those wonders of the cinema: You wonder who thought any of this was funny. The fractious scenes between Mercedes and her stay-at-home husband (Bryan Cranston) are painful, although they do give Larry the opportunity to provide a romantic palliative. Larry’s adoption by a group of younger students — all of whom ride eco-friendly motor scooters — is cloyingly, comically clueless.” — John Anderson, The Wall Street Journal The Final Word “I don’t know how ‘Larry Crowne’ is going to do this summer, but I am surprised at the venom some people seem to have mustered towards it. I found it engaging, constantly warm and funny, and very direct in its ambitions. If you want a break from the barrage of spectacle that crams out theater screens every year at this time, ‘Larry Crowne” represents a lovely alternative, and I hope people give it a chance. I’d hate to see Hanks wait another fifteen years to direct again.” — Drew McWeeny, HitFix Check out everything we’ve got on “Larry Crowne.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
