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Steve Lacy is not sorry he smashed a fan’s disposable camera onstage: ‘I am human’

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Steve Lacy is not sorry he smashed a fan’s disposable camera onstage: ‘I am human’

Don’t anticipate any apologies from Steve Lacy after the singer smashed a fan’s disposable digital camera onstage Monday at a live performance in New Orleans.

The “Unhealthy Behavior” hit-maker defended himself Tuesday on Instagram after footage of him getting hit by a projectile then smashing a digital camera onstage made the rounds on social media. It’s unclear if the disposable digital camera he smashed is similar merchandise that struck him within the leg seconds earlier.

“My exhibits been enjoyable as hell! shoutout to the individuals not throwing disposable cameras at me and simply coming to catch a vibe and join,” Lacy wrote on Instagram.

“I had a extremely good time in nola final evening. i hate that the great thing about the connection i’ve with so many individuals within the crowd-gets misplaced when one thing damaging occurs. i don’t imagine i owe anybody an apology- perhaps i couldve reacted higher? positive. all the time. i’m a pupil of life. however i’m an actual individual with actual emotions and actual reactions.”

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Lacy headlined a present at reside music venue the Republic as a part of his Give You the World tour. In videos from the occasion, the 24-year-old “Static” artist reprimands the group after somebody lobs an object that collides along with his leg.

“Don’t throw no s— on my f— stage, please,” he says earlier than asking followers on the live performance ground, “Can I see this digital camera?”

After one attendee palms him a disposable digital camera, Lacy forcefully hurls the gadget downward. The gang collectively gasps because the digital camera hits the stage with an audible smack.

“That’s it,” Lacy says within the clips earlier than strolling offstage. “Peace.”

Whereas some criticized the performer on social media for his actions, many sided with Lacy and argued that concertgoers ought to know higher than to throw issues at musicians whereas they’re performing.

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“I’m not a product or a robotic,” he continued in his Instagram caption. “I’m human. i’ll proceed to offer my all at these exhibits. please include respect for urself and others please thanks love u.”

Lacy’s Give You the World tour will shut Nov. 11 on the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Gevi Movie Review: A Raw, Moving Portrayal of Life Within the System

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Gevi Movie Review: A Raw, Moving Portrayal of Life Within the System

The Times of India

TNN, Jul 21, 2025, 12:54 PM IST

3.5

Gevi Movie Synopsis: When a few people die in a hilly area because of a landslide and the lack of proper hospital facilities, an entire community rises against the police and politicians. However, this bravery only deepens their struggles.Gevi Movie Review: Debut director Tamil Dhayalan emerges as a strong voice to watch. Gevi is occasionally slow-paced, but the honest storytelling holds so much impact that everything else doesn’t matter. As we are introduced to the people living in Gevi, a small village near Kodaikanal, the screen is dark–lit only by torch lights and yellow-lit sodium vapor lamps. It’s one of their unfortunate days, a landslide has hit, and the villagers carry the injured up and down the hills in a makeshift cradle, trying to quickly reach the hospital. But a few minutes in, it becomes clear that this unfortunate day is nothing new to them. Every time someone falls sick, the same routine repeats, and still, nothing changes in their lives.However, the film reminds us that this struggle isn’t their whole life. It also talks about different people and the community’s lifestyle. Gevi is also conscious of its social commentary. So, when it shows the power hierarchies at play, it doesn’t hesitate to depict the multiple dimensions within it. For instance, even as the Gevi people fight to survive, the film portrays how their rebellion, in itself, is not a threat and is simply overlooked by those in power. In addition, it shows how the middlemen within the system suffer too. At the center of this story is the lovely couple Mandharai and Malaiyan (a brilliant Sheela Rajkumar and Aadhavan), who are awaiting their child’s birth. So nestled within a raw, moving story are delicate, beautiful bonds and moments you’re made to care for. For instance, when two lives are in danger, caught on different sides of the hills, the director decides to cut to a flashback. Caught in the rain, a pregnant wife tells her husband that the raindrops feel like their child’s little kisses, and the husband laughingly replies that he doesn’t have so much creativity and to him, it feels like his child is urinating. The scene is brief, cute, yet powerful. Because when the film instantly pulls you back to the present day, you realise: their fight that night is not just to survive, but to protect such tiny dreams and little joys of hope. Moments like these pull the viewer into Gevi’s world and make them part of it. The only time where the film lets its audience down is how each person in the village is written with soul, but in sharp contrast, be it the nonchalant politicians or egoistic cops, every other character is one-dimensional and just evil. That said, even through songs and lyrics like “Eesan sonaalum ration kedaikuma”, the film delivers a sharp critique of systemic oppression. Something that makes Gevi even more compelling is the way the film is shot. Right at the beginning of the film, when the Gevi people are mourning over the death of their loved ones due to the landslide, the camera moves away as far as it can, capturing an aerial view of “just the Gevi people” wrapped in a small place, all alone in the vast hills, which remains a silent observer of their struggles. Such images speak volumes about how unseen and unheard they are within this system. Props to cinematographer Jagan Jaya Surya—every frame enhances the moment, complementing the rawness of the story being told. Written By:Harshini SV

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Tom Troupe, prolific star of the stage and screen, is dead at 97

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Tom Troupe, prolific star of the stage and screen, is dead at 97

Theater and television actor Tom Troupe has died at 97.

Troupe died Sunday morning of natural causes in his home in Beverly Hills, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll.

Known for his extensive career in theater and TV, Troupe made his Broadway debut in 1957 playing Peter van Daan in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” A year later, he moved to Los Angeles and appeared in more than 75 TV series over the course of his career, including “Mission: Impossible,” “Star Trek,” “Planet of the Apes,” “CHiPs,” “Quincy M.E.” and “Who’s the Boss.”

However, he continued to act in stage productions, appearing in “The Lion in Winter,” “Fathers Day” and “The Gin Game,” all three of which also co-starred his wife, actor Carole Cook. He also starred in a single-character play he co-wrote called “The Diary of a Madman.”

Troupe also had roles in several films, including 1991’s “My Own Private Idaho,” starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix; 1970’s “Kelly’s Heroes,” which starred Clint Eastwood and Don Rickles; and 1959’s “The Big Fisherman.”

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He and Cook were awarded the L.A. Ovation Award for Career Achievement in 2002 because of their extensive stage work over the years in Los Angeles.

Born in Kansas City, Mo., on July 15, 1928, Troupe got his start acting in local theater productions before he moved to New York City in 1948.

He won a scholarship to train with stage actor and theater instructor Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in Manhattan before he went to fight in the Korean War, where he was awarded a Bronze Star. After the war, he returned to New York to act on the stage.

Troupe married Cook in 1964. The actor, who was known for her roles in “Sixteen Candles” and Lucille Ball’s “The Lucy Show,” died in 2023 at the age of 98.

Troupe is survived by his son, Christopher, daughter-in-law Becky Coulter, granddaughter Ashley Troupe and several nieces and nephews.

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ movie review: Return to Southport fails to reel you in

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ movie review: Return to Southport fails to reel you in

A still from ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
| Photo Credit: Sony Pictures

The best slasher films offer a particular gory comfort, with the chase, deaths and a kind of twisted logic. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) based on Lois Duncan’s 1973 young adult novel was immense fun and spawned two sequels, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006), a series in 2021 and countless headline options to sub-editors.

The latest reboot after the show was cancelled, is a sequel to I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and features the two survivors of the 1997 Southport massacre, Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

I Know What You Did Last Summer (English)

Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Cast: Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt

Runtime: 111 minutes

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Storyline: Five friends are haunted by a death they were responsible for a year ago

Southport has a new bunch of terrorised friends — Danica (Madelyn Cline), Ava (Chase Sui Wonders), Milo (Jonah Hauer-King), Teddy (Tyriq Withers) and Stevie (Sarah Pidgeon).

After Danica and Teddy’s engagement party, the five friends go for a drive on the winding cliff road where a terrible accident occurs. Stevie, who had a problem with substance abuse, just got cleaned up and was working at Ray’s bar when she joined the friends on the fateful cliff road drive. The five friends decide to keep quiet about their involvement and go their separate ways.

A year later, Ava returns to Southport for Danica’s bridal shower. The events of the previous year naturally have affected the friends. Teddy, whose father, Grant, (Billy Campbell) a wealthy real estate mogul who “scrubbed the internet” of all mentions of the earlier killings, spirals out of control prompting Danica to break their engagement. Danica is now engaged to sweet Wyatt (Joshua Orpin).

A still from ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

A still from ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
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On her flight to Southport, Ava meets Tyler (Gabbriette Bechtel) who hosts a true crime podcast called Live, Laugh, Slaughter (one wonders how slaughter is a laughing matter) and is coming to North Carolina to follow up on the 1997 Southport killings.

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Soon enough Danica gets an anonymous note saying, yes, “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and it all starts again — the hook, slicker, hat, blood and bodies. The kills are not particularly imaginative, the chases are on the wrong side of thrilling and the final reveal will have your eyes roll right out of their sockets.

While it was nice to see Prinze Jr. and Hewitt reprise their roles, I Know What You Did Last Summer offers nothing new by way of plot, character or dialogue. The young cast act for all they are worth and the effort shows. The movie provides unintentional laughs with memories of Keenen Ivory Wayans’ Scary Movie (2000). Unless, one can come up with radically new twists to the slasher formula, it is probably time to lay the hooks and ghostface to rest. Sigh.

I Know What You Did Last Summer is currently running in theatres

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