Idaho is attempting to pass legislation that would make it illegal for government entities to enforce mask mandates — something folks there are celebrating by rolling out burn barrels and having their children fan the flames with actual face coverings.
The supposed state-wide protest happening Saturday is being dubbed #FreeIdaho or #BurnTheMask — and it was organized, in part, by Idaho State Representatives Dorothy Moon and Heather Scott … who plugged the event earlier this week in a joint video they filmed.
The politicians say they support the “grassroots” movement to show disapproval of different mandates that have gone into effect across the state over the past year. There’s no state-wide mask mandate, but about 9 counties and 10 ID cities have such emergency orders.
A website they published for this cause also laid out a number of different “burn sites” all throughout Idaho — with a major one being held right outside the Idaho Capitol steps.
Check out these photos that show several different adults and families encouraging their kids to grab surgical masks by the handful and toss them into the flames of metal barrels with fire inside.
It’s pretty eerie to watch … because the kids, who probably don’t know any better, laugh with glee as they get rounds of applause for each time they throw a mask into the embers.
The committee voted to print the bill, with some edits made on the fly, so I can’t speak to any more specifics. We’ll see it when it gets put online!
Of course, the pandemic is far from over … and while the cases are dropping nationwide and Idaho’s only had about 1,800 confirmed deaths related to COVID … it’s no time to abandon mask-wearing entirely, something some states are choosing to do as the vaccines roll out.
Like we said, about a dozen Republicans in the Idaho state legislature intro’d a bill this past week that would outlaw mask mandates, including in schools and universities. Private businesses would still be able to enforce mask-wearing, however, if passed.
It’s expected to be discussed in a hearing at some point this month.
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7:15 PM PT — We just got the first pics from Nicolas and Riko’s wedding which was held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
Nic’s rep Shannon Barr tells TMZ … the date, February 16, was special for the groom … it’s Nic’s late father’s birthday. Riko — who Nic met over a year ago in Japan — was wearing a handmade Japanese bridal kimono, and Nic was rocking a tux by Tom Ford.
We’re told the ceremony included traditional Catholic and Shinto vows, but in true Nic fashion they also kept things unique … adding some poetry from Walt Whitman and Haiku.
Seemingly acknowledging, his 5th time down the aisle might shock some folks, Nick says, “It’s true, and we are very happy.”
BTW, his ex-wife Alice Kim and their son, Kal, celebrated with the happy couple after the ceremony.
Nicolas Cage is going back to the wedding well … he got married for a whopping 5th time, and once again he tied the knot in Sin City.
The 56-year-old actor married 26-year-old Riko Shibata last month in Nevada, according to the Clark County Clerk’s Office. The records show Riko took Nic’s last name, and on Feb. 16 they said “I Do.”
Nic, who lives in Las Vegas, announced his engagement to Riko back in August after proposing over FaceTime. Riko was in Japan when he popped the question, so Nicolas sent the engagement ring via FedEx.
It’s the 5th marriage for Nicolas … and the union comes less than 2 years after his last marriage to Erika Koikeended in divorce after only 4 days. DailyMail was first to report the news of his new bride.
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Celebs might be extra vigilant the next time they go out to eat in Bev Hills … a woman was shot in the leg outside a super popular eatery in a brazen, daylight armed robbery.
The shooting went down Thursday afternoon outside Il Pastaio restaurant. We’re told the shooter and 2 accomplices were after a $500,000 Richard Mille watch a man was wearing, and a woman was struck in the leg by gunfire.
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An eyewitness told us the shooter fired off 3 or 4 rounds. The woman who was hit was having lunch near the man who was wearing the watch. The shooter made off with the timepiece — and diners scrambled for safety — as evidenced in the photos we obtained.
As far as we can tell no one else was shot, although diners were frantically checking themselves for bullet wounds.
Rapper DaniLeigh, who has been dating DaBaby, had just parked in front of the restaurant when the gunfire erupted.
As you can see … the celeb hot spot is crawling with cops, and there’s a ton of police tape wrapped around the restaurant’s outdoor seating area, where a huge crowd of curious onlookers is gathering.
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Celebrity photographer Tyler Shields was on the scene when gunfire erupted … he said he herded a large group of people into a nearby parking garage when the shots rang out. Thankfully, he says everyone around him was OK … and shared a message of love.
The Italian restaurant is extremely popular among famous folks … we’ve seen lots of celebs dining there over the years, and it’s where we get a bunch of them on camera.
Story developing …
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Elon Musk has some expensive bugs to fix — another unmanned test flight of a SpaceX rocket he hoped would go to Mars went up in flames.
SpaceX nearly completed the successful test flight Wednesday at its facility in South Texas. The plan is for this prototype spacecraft, called SN10, to eventually venture all the way to Mars — but several minutes after a clean launch and return trip to Earth … it exploded.
SN10’s launch was delayed due to a sputtering engine earlier in the day, but fired up for lift-off around 3 PM PT. It completed its route — which wasn’t meant to go too far up — and touched down again, seemingly without a hitch.
The official SpaceX broadcast cut out before folks at home could see it blow up, but other streams that were monitoring the action live sure caught the blast.
Dolly Parton‘s employing her enormous talent and wealth to encourage folks to follow in her awesome footsteps, and get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The beloved “9 to 5” singer got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine Tuesday at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, and shared a vid of the process, saying … “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.”
Clever headline, Dolly … because as you may recall, she donated $1 million last year to coronavirus research, which she later learned was used to fund Moderna’s vaccine.
The country music icon even changed the words to her famous song, “Jolene” … busting out a hilarious — and slightly dark — parody version to hammer home her wish for everyone to get vaccinated.
Dolly’s also playfully calling out the “cowards” and “chicken squats” afraid to get their shot by showing herself getting injected … and she says it didn’t even hurt.
As for why the 75-year-old waited so long to be vaccinated, she’s previously stated she wanted to wait her turn. Dolly said, “I don’t want it to look like I’m jumping the line just because I donated money.”
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Questlovesays Amy Poehler and Tina Fey calling out the Golden Globes organization for a lack of diversity doesn’t amount to much more than a performance … at least for now.
We got “The Tonight Show” band frontman heading into work Monday at NBC Studios in New York City and asked about Amy and Tina taking shots at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for having NO black members during the award show.
It certainly seemed strange for the show’s own hosts, and other celebs, to openly raise the issue during the broadcast — but Quest, for one, was not impressed.
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He called the remarks purely “performative,” and put it squarely on the HFPA to actually add Black members. Until then, he’s basically saying … spare me the lip service.
There’s been a lot of backlash against the HFPA, whose members vote on the Golden Globes. As you might have heard … it’s got 87 members, and not a single one is Black.
It doesn’t sound like Questlove is holding his breath for it to happen, but like many others, he wants to see real change before next year’s Globe nominations.
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Chadwick Boseman won a Golden Globe, and his wife gave a touching and emotional acceptance speech on behalf of the late actor.
Taylor Simone Ledward accepted Boseman’s Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Sunday night during the COVID-cautious ceremony. Ledward was emotional, and ran through a list of everyone her husband would have thanked if he was still alive to accept the honor.
Ledward opened her speech saying Chadwick would thank God and his parents … she also mentioned Boseman’s team, both on and off the set of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.’ In closing, Taylor said, “We have to take all the moments to celebrate those we love, so thank you HFPA for this opportunity to do exactly that.”
Chadwick died in August of last year after a very private battle with colon cancer. He was only 43.
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Chris Harrison‘s out, and Emmanuel Acho is in — he’s officially set to fill in as host for ‘The Bachelor’ season finale episode … this amid a racism scandal that won’t go away.
The former NFLer and current FS1 sports broadcaster broke the news Saturday, taking to Twitter to write … “IT’S OFFICIAL: I’ve accepted the Rose & am honored to be hosting the @bachelorabc After the Final Rose this year.”
IT’S OFFICIAL: I’ve accepted the Rose & am honored to be hosting the @bachelorabc After the Final Rose this year.
It’s been a pivotal season & this episode will be one of the most storied shows in its history. Empathy is needed and change is coming. See y’all then! 🌹 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/eWBXT6Kv6J
He adds, “It’s been a pivotal season & this episode will be one of the most storied shows in its history. Empathy is needed and change is coming. See y’all then! 🌹 ❤️”
It’d been widely rumored that Emmanuel would get a serious nod from ABC … especially after Rachel Lindsay — the first Black ‘Bachelorette’ in the franchise — publicly name-dropped him recently as a great potential option to step in for Chris.
She said he’d be ideal since he has no affiliation with the franchise, and could be relatively neutral. Not just that, but Emmanuel is Black too … and well-versed in issues of race, as he’s quite vocal on his own programming. He seems pretty stoked for the opportunity too.
GMA confirmed the announcement as well, and Emmanuel responded … “Life changing. I can’t wait!” It’ll be interesting to see how he moderates the convo with Matt James and whoever he ends up picking — including potentially Rachael Kirkconnell, the problem-contestant from whose old racist photos this whole situation arose.
As we reported … ABC execs were looking for a ‘Bachelor’ outsider to fill in — and despite the fact that Emmanuel hadn’t been approached as of Wednesday … it looks like they came knocking shortly thereafter.
Remember, Rachel herself had also been approached … but she respectfully declined. And while ‘Bachelor’ Nation thought Tayshia Adams — the second Black ‘Bachelorette’ ever — would also be ideal to serve as the ‘ATFR’ host … she had not been approached.
The flip side to this is that Rachel Lindsay took a break from Instagram, apparently because she was getting bombarded with hostile ‘Bachelor’ fans who were sending hateful comments.
So, good news/bad news there. In any case, we’re sure she’s happy for her pal. ‘After the Final Rose’ airs on March 15 … word is filming could happen as early as this weekend.
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Lady Gaga‘s beloved French bulldogs, Kojiand Gustav have been returned … after her dog walker was shot in the chest trying to save the dogs in Hollywood.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ a woman turned the dogs in Friday night to an LAPD station. We’re told the dogs were unharmed and have been reunited with Gaga’s team.
Our sources say the woman appears to be a good samaritan and claims she found the dogs and brought them in. The LAPD is continuing to investigate, and the shooters are still on the loose.
Sources close to Gaga tell us she cried “tears of joy” when she got the news.
It’s currently unclear if and when the woman will be rewarded the $500,000 offered by Gaga for the return of the dogs.
TMZ broke the story … 2 of Gaga’s pups were abducted Wednesday night, when thieves confronted her dog walker on the street and shot him. Lady Gaga, who was in Rome working on a new movie at the time, offered $500,000 for the dogs’ return, no questions asked.
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Surveillance video from a neighboring home showed the brazen attack … and you hear one of the thieves cock a gun and tell Gaga’s dog walker, Ryan Fischer, to “give it up” before a struggle ensues and the gun goes off.
Fischer, who was shot in the chest, was walking 3 of Gaga’s French bulldogs when he was attacked … and one pooch, Asia, was able to run away from the thieves before coming back to the injured dog walker.
Our sources told us Lady Gaga was extremely upset by the scary incident … but now all 3 dogs are safe and sound.
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TMZ has obtained dramatic, upsetting video, of the actual confrontation between the shooters and Lady Gaga‘s dog walker which ended with the dog walker shot and 2 of her dogs stolen.
The surveillance video from a neighbor’s home shows a white sedan roll up on the dog walker, Ryan Fischer, and 2 men get out of the backseat … you hear one of the men cock the gun, saying, “give it up.”
Fischer puts up a fight, screaming for help and yelling for Koji — one of the dogs — before the gun goes off, striking Fischer in the chest … he immediately hits the sidewalk. Each of the thieves then pile into the backseat, with one dog per person … the second dog can be heard yelping as it’s taken … and the third dog left behind runs back to Fischer.
The neighbor only agreed to release this video after getting word that Gaga’s team wanted it to be seen to catch the shooter and recover her dogs, Koji and Gustav. The neighbor believes the getaway vehicle was a Nissan, it appears it could have been an Altima or Sentra.
TMZ broke the story … Fischer was out walking 3 of Gaga’s French Bulldogs late Wednesday when the attack happened. Gaga has offered $500,000 for their return.
At this time, there are no suspects. Gaga is currently in Rome … but her team is hopeful the new video will help bring justice for Ryan, and the return of her dogs.
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Garth Brooks‘ wife has tested positive for COVID-19 … and even though he’s tested negative, he’s going into quarantine with her nevertheless.
According to Garth’s rep … the couple went into quarantine after a member of their team tested positive for COVID, and subsequent tests showed Garth’s wife, Trisha Yearwood, tested positive as well, while he tested negative.
Garth said she’s dealing with some symptoms but there’s reason to remain optimistic. The singer said, “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for.” He added, “Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together. And anyone who knows her knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out on the other side of this thing together.”
Garth will also be putting his weekly Inside Studio G show on Facebook on ice until further notice … according to his rep.
6:48 PM PT — TMZ Sports obtained the first video of Tiger driving Tuesday morning on Hawthorne Blvd, minutes before the crash.
This surveillance video shows 2 vehicles heading uphill — Tiger’s Genesis GV80 SUV is trailing behind a minivan at just past 7:05 AM PT. You can see the logo on the door for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament, for which Tiger was in town. He didn’t appear to be driving exceptionally fast at this point.
Remember, cops say they got the call about Tiger’s accident at 7:12 AM, and where this video was shot is roughly 5 miles south of where he wrecked. You can see there’s a big curve in the road — not unlike the spot where he crashed, except that was downhill where he’d likely be carrying more speed into the turns.
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We can’t confirm the leading minivan was traveling with Tiger, but folks at his hotel told us he was waiting for an entourage.
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1:47 PM PT — Oliver Konteh, a member of the crew working on the TV show “Grown-ish” recounted to us on video what the director said about Tiger nearly hitting his car just before 7 AM.
TMZ has learned … Tiger was staying at a hotel where a major network television show was being shot. Production sources tell TMZ, when the director arrived just before 7 AM, Tiger was driving his SUV very fast as he was leaving the property and almost hit the director’s car. The director was shaken enough to tell production staff about it after he parked.
A crew member who saw Tiger as he got in his SUV at the hotel tells TMZ, once Tiger got in his vehicle, there was a delay in driving off — we’re told his SUV was blocked by another car that was loading luggage — and he appeared “agitated and impatient.” The crew member says once the delay was over, Tiger “took off fast.”
Golf Digest says Tiger was scheduled to arrive at Riviera Golf Course at 7:30 AM PT for a shoot … he was reportedly going to give Drew Brees lessons. The issue is Riviera is at least an hour drive from the resort where Tiger was staying. You get the picture … if he was heading out just before 7 AM, then he knew he was running late.
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Deputy Carlos Gonzalez — the first person to arrive at the crash scene — says Tiger is lucky to be alive after such a horrific crash.
During a news conference moments ago, Deputy Gonzalez says it was obvious Tiger was badly injured — so he focused on keeping the golfer calm until paramedics arrived.
Tiger was unable to stand on his own due to the serious injuries suffered in the crash — and was put on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
Tiger was wearing a seatbelt during the crash — and officials believe it might have saved his life.
Deputy Gonzalez says Tiger was lucid and could speak at the crash scene — and did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or any other substance.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva noted there was “no effort to draw blood at the hospital.”
Officials also say it was a quick-thinking neighbor who called 911 — which allowed responders to race to the scene and treat Tiger in a timely manner.
There’s more … officials also noted the area where Tiger crashed is a “trouble spot” for traffic collisions — with Deputy Gonzalez noting there have been fatalities in that spot in the past
2:03 PM PT — Contrary to the initial release sent out by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department … a source with the fire department tells us the jaws of life were NOT used to free Tiger from the crash.
1:00 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Woods was alert enough at the scene of the accident to ask first responders to have his manager pick up his stuff. We’re told cops have not found anything illicit inside the vehicle.
A photo from the crash scene appears to show blood on the driver’s side airbag.
12:43 PM PT — Tiger’s good friend, Donald Trump, has issued a statement about the crash … saying, “Get well soon, Tiger. You are a true champion!”
Tiger and Trump go back years … with Trump famously awarding Tiger the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 to honor Tiger for winning the Masters.
12:18 PM PT — TMZ has obtained the dispatch audio for Tiger’s crash, and it sounds like they realized in real time that Tiger was trapped inside … and were going to need backup STAT.
In the audio, you can hear EMS workers call for surrounding roads to be blocked off … and discuss the severity of the crash.
11:52 AM PT — Mark Steinberg, Tiger’s agent, says he sustained multiple leg injuries and is currently in surgery.
11:43 AM PT — An L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. source tells TMZ Sports they do not believe alcohol was involved but they did not say whether any other substance was possibly involved.
Tiger Woods was hospitalized following a bad single-car accident in L.A. County on Tuesday morning — with officials requiring the jaws of life to free him from the vehicle.
“On February 23, 2021, at approximately 7:12 AM, LASD responded to a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes,” officials say.
“The vehicle was traveling northbound on Hawthorne Boulevard, at Blackhorse Road, when it crashed. The vehicle sustained major damage.”
“The driver and sole occupant was identified as PGA golfer, Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods,” officials confirmed.
“Mr. Woods was extricated from the wreck with the ‘jaws of life’ by Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics, then transported to a local hospital by ambulance for his injuries.”
Unclear what caused the accident. Cops are investigating.
45-year-old Tiger was in the area for his annual Genesis Invitational golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades.
Just this week, he took photos with stars like David Spade and Dwyane Wade — and announced his recent back surgery could keep him out of the upcoming Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
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It’s not the first time Tiger Woods has been in a high-profile car accident — he crashed his SUV in a 2009 incident at his home in Florida.
In 2017, he was arrested after cops found him passed out behind the wheel of his car. Tiger said he had taken prescription medication before the accident and didn’t realize the effect the meds would have on him.
Justin Thomas — one of the best golfers on the planet and Woods’ good friend — got emotional when commenting on the accident Tuesday … saying he’s praying for Tiger’s kids and family.
Originally Published — 11:29 AM PT
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