Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old student from from Owasso High School whose death has sparked outrage across the nation, died by suicide, according to the Oklahoma Medical Examiners Office.
A summary report identified the cause of death as combined toxicity from diphenhydramine and fluoxetine.
Friends and family said Benedict used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said he had been bullied over his gender identity. On Feb. 7, Benedict was involved in a fight with three older girls. The high school student told...
A summary report identified the cause of death as combined toxicity from diphenhydramine and fluoxetine.
Friends and family said Benedict used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said he had been bullied over his gender identity. On Feb. 7, Benedict was involved in a fight with three older girls. The high school student told...
- 3/13/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the death of Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died a day after a fight inside a school bathroom.
Friends and family said Benedict, who was 16 years old, used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said Benedict had been bullied over his gender identity. His death has drawn national attention as activists and trans students have blamed the state’s antagonistic policies surrounding transgender students for the tragedy.
The investigation arrives after Human...
Friends and family said Benedict, who was 16 years old, used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said Benedict had been bullied over his gender identity. His death has drawn national attention as activists and trans students have blamed the state’s antagonistic policies surrounding transgender students for the tragedy.
The investigation arrives after Human...
- 3/2/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Participant continues to work at the intersection of film and social impact.
In honor of its upcoming release Radical, based on the true story of Mexican schoolteacher Sergio Juárez Correa, who used immersive education techniques to help elevate his students from mostly failing to among the top in the nation, the studio is launching a fund to help close the achievement gap among Latino students in real life.
The Radical Fund aims to give one-time grants to 12 organizations dedicated to serving the educational needs of Latino students, including academic retention, graduation, teaching Steam subjects and leadership development. Using promotion of Radical, which won the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance in January and will be released in theaters on Nov. 3, the studio is partnering with Hispanics in Philanthropy for an impact campaign that will encourage donors to give to the fund via the bilingual digital platform HIPGive.
The fund and campaign...
In honor of its upcoming release Radical, based on the true story of Mexican schoolteacher Sergio Juárez Correa, who used immersive education techniques to help elevate his students from mostly failing to among the top in the nation, the studio is launching a fund to help close the achievement gap among Latino students in real life.
The Radical Fund aims to give one-time grants to 12 organizations dedicated to serving the educational needs of Latino students, including academic retention, graduation, teaching Steam subjects and leadership development. Using promotion of Radical, which won the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance in January and will be released in theaters on Nov. 3, the studio is partnering with Hispanics in Philanthropy for an impact campaign that will encourage donors to give to the fund via the bilingual digital platform HIPGive.
The fund and campaign...
- 9/22/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Michael J. Fox, Padma Lakshmi and Patrick Dempsey are among the entertainment industry figures set to participate in the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative meeting.
The two-day summit, led by President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will feature leaders from around the world and across industries exploring how to “keep going,” as the Clintons put it in a letter to the CGI community, amid difficulties to create a stronger future for everyone.
Other entertainment industry participants in CGI 2023 include Liev Schreiber and will.i.am and the previously announced Matt Damon, Ashley Judd and Orlando Bloom. Other well-known leaders expected to join the meeting include Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof, José Andrés, Cindy McCain,...
The two-day summit, led by President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will feature leaders from around the world and across industries exploring how to “keep going,” as the Clintons put it in a letter to the CGI community, amid difficulties to create a stronger future for everyone.
Other entertainment industry participants in CGI 2023 include Liev Schreiber and will.i.am and the previously announced Matt Damon, Ashley Judd and Orlando Bloom. Other well-known leaders expected to join the meeting include Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof, José Andrés, Cindy McCain,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Garner, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are among the celebrity names expected at tonight’s White House State Dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron.
The event also is heavy in studio heads and moguls, including Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, NBCUniversal’s Jeff Shell, Walt Disney’s Dana Walden and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, along with Jeffrey Katzenberg and CAA’s Bryan Lourd. Also on the guest list is Charles Rivkin, the MPA chairman and former U.S. ambassador to France, and Sarandos’ wife, producer Nicole Avant, the former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
Other media names include Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, Olivier Knox, Jon Meacham, and other notable non-government, non-politics guests include Apple’s Tim Cook, Anna Wintour and her guest Baz Luhrmann, developer Jeff Worthe, designer Christian Louboutin and Laurene Powell Jobs.
John Batiste, Colbert’s former bandleader, is...
The event also is heavy in studio heads and moguls, including Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, NBCUniversal’s Jeff Shell, Walt Disney’s Dana Walden and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, along with Jeffrey Katzenberg and CAA’s Bryan Lourd. Also on the guest list is Charles Rivkin, the MPA chairman and former U.S. ambassador to France, and Sarandos’ wife, producer Nicole Avant, the former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
Other media names include Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, Olivier Knox, Jon Meacham, and other notable non-government, non-politics guests include Apple’s Tim Cook, Anna Wintour and her guest Baz Luhrmann, developer Jeff Worthe, designer Christian Louboutin and Laurene Powell Jobs.
John Batiste, Colbert’s former bandleader, is...
- 12/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden still plans to attend this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner even after Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid and health officials are warning that the most recent variant is especially contagious.
It’s a sign of the eagerness of the Beltway crowd to get on with the business of socializing.
And it is a business: Packed into the next five days are loads of parties and receptions, sponsored by talent agencies, networks, news divisions and media outlets, as well as corporate brands, as a showcase for D.C.’s boldfaced names.
One of the prized tickets has been UTA’s Friday night event at Fiola Mare restaurant, which in years past has gone into the wee hours, gathering many of the agency’s news media figure clients. CAA also is hosting a reception earlier in the evening. WME said that it was...
It’s a sign of the eagerness of the Beltway crowd to get on with the business of socializing.
And it is a business: Packed into the next five days are loads of parties and receptions, sponsored by talent agencies, networks, news divisions and media outlets, as well as corporate brands, as a showcase for D.C.’s boldfaced names.
One of the prized tickets has been UTA’s Friday night event at Fiola Mare restaurant, which in years past has gone into the wee hours, gathering many of the agency’s news media figure clients. CAA also is hosting a reception earlier in the evening. WME said that it was...
- 4/27/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Reading Is Fundamental (Rif) announced today the lineup for its Reading Inspires! Webcast to be held on Read Across America Day, March 2, 2022.
To conclude its 6-month campaign, “Rally to Read 100,” Rif is welcoming classrooms and families across the country to join them for a virtual gathering with special guests including celebrated author, advocate, and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton, the Grammy-nominated and five-time New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, academic and children’s author Monica Brown, and other celebrated literacy supporters. The event will be hosted by Orion Jean, the 11-year-old founder of the “Race to Kindness” initiative and a 2021 Finalist for Time “Kid of the Year.”
“The incredible guests joining us for this event are a testament to the impact reading has for all of us,” said Alicia Levi, President and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental. “‘Rally to...
To conclude its 6-month campaign, “Rally to Read 100,” Rif is welcoming classrooms and families across the country to join them for a virtual gathering with special guests including celebrated author, advocate, and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton, the Grammy-nominated and five-time New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, academic and children’s author Monica Brown, and other celebrated literacy supporters. The event will be hosted by Orion Jean, the 11-year-old founder of the “Race to Kindness” initiative and a 2021 Finalist for Time “Kid of the Year.”
“The incredible guests joining us for this event are a testament to the impact reading has for all of us,” said Alicia Levi, President and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental. “‘Rally to...
- 1/27/2022
- Look to the Stars
Megan Thee Stallion became Megan Thee Graduate Saturday as the rapper received her bachelor’s degree in health administration at the Texas Southern University commencement ceremony.
Wearing her bedazzled graduate hat — “Real Hot Girl Sh*t,” it read — “Megan Pete” was greeted by cheers when she was called onto the stage to receive get degree from Tsu president Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young:
Congrats #MeganTheeGraduate! Join Megan & help other students graduate via Thee Megan Fund!https://t.co/lp9XTcX93J#TSUProud #TexasSouthern pic.twitter.com/opvcaHgHIm
— Texas Southern University (@TexasSouthern) December...
Wearing her bedazzled graduate hat — “Real Hot Girl Sh*t,” it read — “Megan Pete” was greeted by cheers when she was called onto the stage to receive get degree from Tsu president Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young:
Congrats #MeganTheeGraduate! Join Megan & help other students graduate via Thee Megan Fund!https://t.co/lp9XTcX93J#TSUProud #TexasSouthern pic.twitter.com/opvcaHgHIm
— Texas Southern University (@TexasSouthern) December...
- 12/11/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal pandemic relief funds for education as part of the American Rescue Plan, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced while visiting the island.
“The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough,” Cardona said on Monday, according to the AP, during a trip to the American territory — a first for a cabinet secretary in the Biden administration. “It’s time to get back to school safely and quickly.”
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said in a statement that the new funds would help repair school buildings,...
“The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough,” Cardona said on Monday, according to the AP, during a trip to the American territory — a first for a cabinet secretary in the Biden administration. “It’s time to get back to school safely and quickly.”
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said in a statement that the new funds would help repair school buildings,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Supreme Court decided not to hear a Virginia school board’s appeal of a lower court decision to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. In doing so, the court handed a victory to Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who sued his school when he was forced to use only private restrooms or gendered restrooms that matched his sex assigned at birth.
Both the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Both the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
- 6/28/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Biden administration announced it is rescinding a Trump administration rule that only gave partial relief to borrowers defrauded by for-profit institutions. The decision could affect 72,000 borrowers who received less than complete relief under the Trump-era formula and grant them a combined $1 billion in canceled loans.
“Borrowers deserve a simplified and fair path to relief when they have been harmed by their institution’s misconduct,” said Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “A close review of these claims and the associated evidence showed these borrowers have been harmed, and we will...
“Borrowers deserve a simplified and fair path to relief when they have been harmed by their institution’s misconduct,” said Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “A close review of these claims and the associated evidence showed these borrowers have been harmed, and we will...
- 3/18/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
CAA announced on Monday that it will host a 90-minute virtual summit on March 18 focused on public education. Presented by the CAA Foundation and CAA Amplify, the agency’s diversity platform, the event will feature U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as well as two former education secretaries Arne Duncan and Dr. John B. King (the president and CEO of The Education Trust).
The summit will look at the pressing issues faced by public school students in America after a year that has seen long-term school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on solutions for what can be ...
The summit will look at the pressing issues faced by public school students in America after a year that has seen long-term school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on solutions for what can be ...
- 3/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CAA announced on Monday that it will host a 90-minute virtual summit on March 18 focused on public education. Presented by the CAA Foundation and CAA Amplify, the agency’s diversity platform, the event will feature U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as well as two former education secretaries Arne Duncan and Dr. John B. King (the president and CEO of The Education Trust).
The summit will look at the pressing issues faced by public school students in America after a year that has seen long-term school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on solutions for what can be ...
The summit will look at the pressing issues faced by public school students in America after a year that has seen long-term school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on solutions for what can be ...
- 3/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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