&#8220;The world will know his name and know the truth,&#8221; says the tagline at the end of director Clint Eastwood&#8217;s powerful trailer for his latest film, &#8220;Richard Jewell.&#8221;
Before there was Brett Kavanaugh, before there was Nicholas Sandmann, and before there was Officer Darren Wilson or George Zimmerman, there was Richard Jewell: an innocent man whose life was nearly destroyed when the media and the FBI falsely accused him of domestic terrorism for no other reason than the fact he was a white fat southerner.
Richard Jewell became a national hero during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, when he discovered a bomb planted in Centennial Park. Risking his own life, Jewell successfully helped to evacuate the area, saving countless lives before the bomb detonated. As a result of his heroic feats, only one person died in the blast (a second person later died of a heart attack) while 111 people were injured.
Though first hailed for his triumphant efforts, things quickly turned sour for Jewell the moment the media learned that the FBI was investigating him as a potential suspect, believing he may have planted the bomb himself in order to gain notoriety. As evidenced by the trailer, Clint Eastwood&#8217;s film will provide an unflinching look into this horrific three-month nightmare that Jewell endured until the FBI finally cleared him. Christian Toto of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/eastwood-richard-jewell-fake-news/">HollywoodInToto</a> said the movie will be a &#8220;punch in the nose&#8221; to the media:
<blockquote>We’ve been wallowing in Fake News long before Donald Trump descended from an escalator to start his presidential campaign.
Media bias is part of the modern news culture. It ‘roided up after reporters felt it was their mission to remove a sitting president, facts be damned.
And Clint Eastwood knows it.
You don’t get to be a movie star for decades, and decades, without a keen sense of the American people. Could that explain why the Hollywood legend is delivering a full-on assault on Fake News at this <a href="https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/lies-damned-lies-and-democrats-the-msm-dncs-worst-week-ever/">particular moment?</a>
The Oscar winner’s upcoming film, “Richard Jewell,” does more than show a man wrongly accused of a horrific crime.
The film’s first trailer delivers a smackdown on how the modern media operates.
Spoiler Alert: It’s all about the narrative.</blockquote>
Indeed, it is all about the narrative. At one point in the trailer, a journalist (played by Olivia Wilde) tells her newspaper editor that &#8220;Jewell fits the profile of a lone bomber, a frustrated white man who is a police wannabe who seeks to become a hero.&#8221; She says this without a lick of evidence to support her claims.
&#8220;We’re running it,&#8221; her editor says in reply.
They may be speaking about Richard Jewell, but his name could easily be replaced with Brett Kavanaugh, Nicholas Sandmann, or Darren Wilson and the story would be virtually the same.
Based on the 1997 <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1997/02/brenner199702" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vanity Fair article, &#8220;American Nightmare — The Ballad of Richard Jewell,&#8221; </a> the film was written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray and stars character actor Paul Walter Hauser as Richard Jewell. Veteran actress Kathy Bates will be playing his mother, with Sam Rockwell as his attorney.
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In an interview with leftist media outlet <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sheryl-sandberg-planned-parenthood-donation-abortion-laws_n_5d151134e4b07f6ca57a55c1">HuffPost</a>, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg bragged about a whopping $1 million donation she recently made to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, an advocacy group owned by the eponymous abortion giant.
Sandberg told HuffPost that she is doing it to help Planned Parenthood fight what she calls the “draconian laws” recently passed by Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri to protect unborn children.
“I think this is a very urgent moment where the rights and the choices and the basic health of the most vulnerable women, the women who have been marginalized, often women of color, are at stake,” she said. “Planned Parenthood is going to fight back in the courts, in Congress, in the state houses, in the streets, for women’s health and rights.”
“If you are a wealthy woman, you can just fly to New York,” Sandberg continued. “I want to make sure that the women with the fewest resources still have access to these services, and I think that is slipping away every day in our country.”
“We all have to do everything we can to protect women,” she opined, noting that the massive donation came from her, personally — and not from Facebook.
The social media executive bragged that the gesture was “a very strong political statement.” However, Sandberg hedged on whether she supports the Hollywood-led boycotts of the pro-life states. She said that she neither supports nor condemn the boycotts.
“I certainly think people should do what they can,” Sandberg said.
Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen bragged about the support in a statement.
“Now, more than ever, Sheryl’s generous support is necessary to help Planned Parenthood fight back against unprecedented attacks on people’s health and rights,” Wen said, thanking Sandberg “for her longstanding commitment to Planned Parenthood and her leadership as a role model for women and girls everywhere.”
Wen added: “As anti-women’s health politicians try to pass extreme abortion bans across the country, our freedom and rights hang in the balance.”
This is not the first time Sandberg has given a large donation to the abortion lobby. According to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheryl-sandberg-planned-parenthood-donation-abortion-laws-110000334.html">Yahoo! News</a>, she gave a similarly large donation to Planned Parenthood in 2017 to protest President Donald Trump’s order that international abortion lobbying organizations would be banned from receiving federal taxpayer funding.
Actress and left-wing activist Alyssa Milano has led a boycott against the state of Georgia after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “heartbeat bill” that protects unborn children there after a heartbeat is detected.
“I will do everything in my power to get as many productions as possible, including ‘Insatiable,'&#8221; she said at the time. “To move out of this state which continues to put forth oppressive, hurtful policy that contradicts everything the entertainment industry stands for.&#8221;
As noted by The Daily Wire’s James Barrett, actor and director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/48874/clint-eastwood-ignores-alyssa-milano-set-start-james-barrett">Clint Eastwood</a> is set to shoot his new film “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,” in Georgia, thus ignoring the calls for a boycott. The movie is directed by Eastwood and stars Paul Walter Hauser, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, and Ian Gomez.

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Despite the Alyssa Milano-led Hollywood boycott of &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; state Georgia, iconic actor and director Clint Eastwood is set to start filming his newest project in the state this summer.
After passing a &#8220;heartbeat bill,&#8221; which bans abortion in almost all cases after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, Georgia, which has become the third-largest film production state in the country, has become the target of a boycott effort endorsed by scores of Hollywood celebs. Leading the charge to pull film production out of the state is outspoken progressive activist Alyssa Milano, who helped generate a protest movement among her colleagues.
&#8220;I will do everything in my power to get as many productions as possible &#8212; including &#8216;Insatiable&#8217; &#8212; to move out of this state which continues to put forth oppressive, hurtful policy that contradicts everything the entertainment industry stands for,&#8221; Milano told <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/alyssa-milano-renews-call-to-boycott-georgia-after-governor-signs-anti-abortion-heartbeat-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TheWrap</a> after Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the abortion bill into law. The boycott threatens the billions the state makes in direct revenue through the film industry, including around <a href="http://fortune.com/2019/05/30/georgia-abortion-law-disney-netflix-nbcuniversal/">$2.7 billion</a> last year.
Other high-profile celebrities and some studios have gotten on board or threatened to do so, despite failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams urging them to consider an approach that doesn&#8217;t hurt the state, including donating to groups and candidates that will fight pro-life policies.
But as NBC News-affiliate <a href="https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/politics/clint-eastwood-will-produce-new-movie-in-georgia-despite-abortion-bill-boycott/275-6b394e02-ec0b-4b69-9cdd-6e89d0ed1242">WCNC</a> reports, one big name that is apparently not inclined to follow Milano&#8217;s progressive movement is Eastwood. &#8220;Legendary actor Clint Eastwood says he will start production on &#8216;The Ballad of Richard Jewell&#8217; this summer,&#8221; the outlet reports. &#8220;The news comes after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, leading to boycotts from the movie and TV industry.&#8221;
&#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548/">The Ballad of Richard Jewell</a>,&#8221; which Eastwood is directing, stars Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, and Ian Gomez. &#8220;American security guard, Richard Jewell, heroically saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is unjustly vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist,&#8221; the film&#8217;s IMDB description reads.
Among those who are backing the Georgia boycott are &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; star Sophie Turner and her &#8220;Dark Phoenix&#8221; co-star Jessica Chastain. In an interview with <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/jessica-chastain-and-sophie-turner-vow-to-boycott-us-states-with-strict-abortion-laws-11728080">Sky News</a>, the two stars explained that they both signed the letter along with dozens of their colleagues pledging to boycott states with restrictive pro-life laws.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a letter going around that I signed saying I&#8217;m not going to work in any state that denies rights for women, for the LGBTQ community, for anyone,&#8221; said Chastain. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to work in a state that discriminates.&#8221;
&#8220;I signed it too,&#8221; said Turner. &#8220;I have yet to tell my agents I signed it. They&#8217;re going to be like: &#8216;What? You can&#8217;t work in these states?&#8217; Yeah, I can&#8217;t work in these states.&#8221;
But as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47891/sophie-turner-vows-never-work-anti-abortion-states-james-barrett">The Daily Wire</a> highlighted, Turner appears to have been less enthused to talk when asked about her work for years on &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; &#8212; the majority of which was filmed in Northern Ireland, which, as <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/northern-ireland-abortion-alabama_n_5cdeb86de4b00e035b8e9e07">HuffPost</a> put it, has &#8220;some of the most restrictive abortion laws of any developed nation.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47891/sophie-turner-vows-never-work-anti-abortion-states-james-barrett">Sophie Turner Vows To Never Work In Anti-Abortion States, Gets Asked About Where &#8216;Game Of Thrones&#8217; Was Filmed</a>

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