Aspiring country music star's career in tatters thanks to incriminating glossy Instagram post By SAMANTHA RUTT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:04, 27 November 2024 | Updated: 22:05, 27 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments An aspiring country music star Austin Tanner has put his career in serious jeopardy after he was found to have violated the conditions of his bond issuing a warrant for his arrest. The wannabe celebrity seemingly incriminated himself with an Instagram post featuring him and his wife, Skyla, attending the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee , earlier this month. The post read: '✨ First CMA Awards ✨ Last night was nothing short of magical as we walked the red carpet at the CMA Awards . This moment marked a dream come true!' His attendance however, was a blatant violation of the 38-year-old's bond conditions, which explicitly state he is not allowed to leave the state of Alabama without previous approval from the court. The Orange Beach-native was indicted by a grand jury in April on two counts of first-degree insurance fraud, theft of property and attempted theft, according to documents obtained by People Magazine . In the days following his arrival at the coveted music awards, the budding star arrived at the CMA's, which he allegedly did not receive a formal invitation to, the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion asking a judge to revoke Tanner’s bond. The motion was granted the next day, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Following his April indictment, Tanner was released on a $20,000 bond, and was scheduled to appear in a deposition hearing on November 21, but the hearing was 'abruptly rescheduled' the morning of the CMA Awards, according to the Lagniappe Daily . Austin Tanner, 38, aspiring country music star has put his career in serious jeopardy after he was found to have violated the conditions of his bond - issuing a warrant for his arrest The wannabe celebrity, Austin Tanner (left), seemingly incriminated himself with an Instagram post featuring him and his wife, Skyla (right), attending the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee , earlier this month The Orange Beach-native was indicted by a grand jury in April on two counts of first-degree insurance fraud, theft of property and attempted theft, according to documents obtained by People Magazine However, Tanner’s attorney Frederick Helmsing, told People Magazine that the hearing his client missed was rescheduled 'due to the complexity of the case, issues over matters of law and ongoing investigations.' Helmsing also said he was unaware his client was traveling out of state. In arguing for his bond revocation Assistant District Attorney Clay Rossi included screenshots of his 'incriminating' social media posts in his motion, arguing that the singer was well aware of the conditions of his bond. Tanner had previously submitted - and was approved - to travel to Florida for a business trip earlier this year. 'Given that the defendant was well versed in the travel conditions of his bond, and given his public disregard for those restrictions, the state seeks to revoke his bond,' Rossi wrote. Rossi’s motion will be reviewed in a hearing scheduled for December 4. The All We Need artist continues in his attempts to forward his budding career as he released a single in March and his website chronicles the star as being 'on the cusp of country fame.' . Share or comment on this article: Aspiring country music star's career in tatters thanks to incriminating glossy Instagram post e-mail Add commentBad Axe: Wisconsin wary of rival Minnesota with bowl bid in peril
To paraphrase Cher Horowitz, searching for historical accuracy in a Ridley Scott film is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie. That’s not a knock against the entertainment value or even the overall quality of Scott’s work — he just famously does not care. During the press tour for 2023’s Napoleon , the filmmaker made a number of pointed remarks against historians who were quibbling with perceived mistakes. “Get a life,” Scott said in a New Yorker profile . In a different interview with the Sunday Times , the director offered, “When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’” With that in mind, it’s no surprise that Scott’s latest film, Gladiator II , has riled up professional historians and amateur Roman-history nerds alike. Since the first trailer was released, there has been pushback over some of the imagery on display — a gladiator rides a rhino! — and the full two-and-a-half-hour film is unlikely to assuage the historical-accuracy concerns. Audiences just looking for a good time at the movies may be as unbothered as Scott about this stuff. But it’s still interesting to talk about with a historian, even if, as Scott has pointed out, they weren’t there at the time. To try to separate fact from fiction, I spoke with Chris Epplett, who teaches ancient Greek and Roman history at the University of Lethbridge . One of his main areas of interest is the exotic animal spectacles ( venationes ) of the Roman arena, and he wrote the 2017 book Gladiators: Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome . I figured that would make him uniquely qualified to answer some of my big questions, though he cautioned that he had not yet seen Gladiator II . He did very patiently listen to my descriptions of key scenes and plot points and never once commented on my butchered pronunciation of Roman names. Spoilers ahead for the film (and for ancient Roman history). I think the biggest question everyone I know who has seen Gladiator II comes away with is that, in one of the gladiatorial games, they re-create a naval battle and they have sharks in the water: Were there ever sharks in the Colosseum? Not that I am aware of, no. Early on in the Colosseum’s history, there was a period when they could have flooded the floor of the arena. There was basically a period of, I think, ten to 20 years before they put the full basement in, when they could have flooded the floor and had exhibitions with marine animals and that sort of thing. They would also sometimes use ponds or manmade pools outside the Colosseum for various nautical events. But yeah, to my recollection, the Romans never had sharks. Okay, yeah. I mean, the flooding was one thing; the sharks felt like a bridge too far. Yeah, that would be my opinion. Marine spectacles are well attested. They had seals periodically, we know that. But I’ve never come across sharks in my research. In the film, a lot of animals featured in combat. Would a gladiator ever have ridden a rhino? Again, not that I am aware of. I’ve seen that clip. I mean, that looks awesome. And there were rhinoceroses periodically in the Colosseum; actually, they predate the Colosseum. The first rhino to appear in Rome was in the Late Republic, just over a century before the Colosseum was built. But in my research, I’ve never come across mention of anyone riding a rhino. In fact, I don’t know historically if that’s ever been done. I have the impression they’re rather temperamental animals, so I can’t imagine that trying to ride one would go well for the prospective jockey. The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle. Have you heard of baboons being used? No. Now, there is a record, more broadly speaking, of the Romans keeping monkeys as pets. This may be a flaw in my memory, but I can’t think offhand of monkeys appearing in the arena. Certainly not in violent spectacles. Well, in Gladiator II , Emperor Caracalla does have a pet monkey, a capuchin, that he’s very fond of. So that sounds more like something that could have happened. That’s feasible, yeah. I mean, there were even some Roman emperors — and I believe Caracalla as well, if I remember correctly, but certainly the emperor Elagabalus, only a couple years after him — who had pet lions. Oh wow. Elagabulus used to play a joke on his guests who stayed over at the palace after a night of debauchery. He would let his tame lions into their rooms at night so the poor people would wake up in the morning and the first thing they would see would be a lion staring into their face and, you know, frightening them half to death. It’s sort of like the bit in The Hangover when they find the tiger in their hotel room. So yeah, a pet monkey, in and of itself, wouldn’t be implausible. Lucius ends up being trained as a gladiator by Denzel Washington’s character, Macrinus, who was inspired by an actual historical figure. It seems Ridley Scott took a lot of liberties here. In the movie, he’s a former prisoner of war who rose through the ranks. Historically, Macrinus was from North Africa, though he was more of Berber descent than a Black African. He was Caracalla’s Praetorian prefect. Technically, his main job was commanding the Praetorian Guard, which was responsible for protecting the emperor, sort of like the Secret Service and the president in the States, though the Praetorian Guard undoubtedly assassinated more emperors than they ever protected. But the Praetorian Guard by Macrinus’s day also handled a lot of legal affairs. They could sort of act as the emperor’s deputy, and that’s the sort of position Macrinus held when he engineered Caracalla’s assassination in 217 C.E. And then he was emperor for a matter of months before he was overthrown by Caracalla’s younger relative Elagabalus. But yeah, the historical Macrinus, was not a — what did you say? In the movie, he’s a prisoner of war who works his way up, gaining power until he ends up in charge. No, no, the historical Macrinus was a Roman citizen. Now, one thing about him, he was the first Roman emperor who wasn’t of senatorial status. When he became emperor, he was still of equestrian status, which was sort of the lower tier. So he did have a relatively lowly background, and he was a provincial. He wasn’t a blue-blooded member of the Roman elite, so to speak, from which emperors had normally been drawn previously. But he wasn’t a prisoner of war. I was wondering about that kind of upward mobility and whether anything like that would have been possible in Imperial Rome. The closest parallel I can think of is that, a little later in the third century, after the Severan dynasty collapses — the reign of Caracalla was part of it — you have the emergence of the so-called soldier emperors. There’s a period of about 50 years, from 235 to 284, when by and large it’s military generals who seize the throne. So in that instance, you have men of relatively lowly background who didn’t owe their rise to any political position they held in Rome, and most, if not all of them, were of provincial origin. These were men who basically rose through the ranks of the military and were able to seize power because they got their troops to follow them. That would be the closest thing to how the movie depicts Macrinus. But even so, there’s nothing so dramatic as this idea that you have a guy who was a prisoner of war, who came from the absolute lowest level of society and worked his way up to become emperor. I think that’s a bit of an overdramatization. There’s also an aspect of Macrinus that allegedly got cut from the movie, which was a kiss between him and another man . But even without that, everyone in Gladiator II seems pretty fluid. There’s an undercurrent of what we’d now call bisexuality or pansexuality. Obviously, the Romans had a very different understanding of sexuality, but did that fluidity really exist at the time? I think to a certain extent it existed. One problem is that the vast majority of our evidence comes from writers of the upper classes, so we have a much better idea of what was going on within the aristocratic elite than, say, among everyday Romans. But offhand, I would say a man kissing another man might not be considered as “scandalous” in ancient Rome as it might in some circles nowadays. I mean, one thing often cited in studies of ancient sexuality is that the Romans had no word for “homosexuality.” And one of the main distinguishers in Roman society as to whether a person was “effeminate” was simply, well, to put it crudely, whether the person in question was a top or a bottom, so to speak. If they were the “driving force” in the relationship, then they would not be considered effeminate necessarily, regardless of the gender of their sexual partner. You’re talking about the aristocratic elite, and there is a scene in which Caracalla is being pretty affectionate with what seems to be a male lover. Was that something the emperor would do in public, or was that just on an emperor-by-emperor basis? I mean, there are certain emperors, like Nero and Elagabalus, whom I mentioned earlier, who were infamous for that type of extravagant behavior that offended the sensibilities of more traditionally minded Romans, or however you want to put it. But yeah, it was basically on an emperor-by-emperor basis. Like Marcus Aurelius [ played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator], for example, who’s often held up as a paragon of virtue, he would never be caught dead openly fondling or otherwise favoring his lover in public. I do want to talk a bit about Geta and Caracalla, who are twins in the movie, played by Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger. I know they weren’t twins in real life. They were not twins, but they were close in age. They’re co-emperors in the film, as they were at one point in history. How often was that kind of co-ruling arrangement happening? It did happen from time to time. You know, it sort of depended upon the specifics of a given situation. Like, even Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, made his stepson Tiberius co-emperor I think the year before he died, basically to clearly designate him as a successor. Marcus Aurelius, in the earlier part of his reign, shared power with another individual, Lucius Verus, so yeah, power sharing wasn’t unheard of, and it was adopted from time to time, usually to ease the challenges of governing. In the case of Geta and Caracalla — who, all the sources make clear, absolutely hated each other — I think that was something their father wanted to do to try and keep the peace between them. But ultimately, it did not work out. We do see in Gladiator II that Caracalla has Geta killed, though it’s much more direct than in history. And we see that Caracalla is then killed by Macrinus, again more directly in the movie than arranging for someone else to do it. These films make it seem as if being an emperor was a very dangerous job! Or were these just really unstable years? No, it could often be dangerous. I mean, as I alluded to before with the Praetorian Guard, I would say they killed more emperors than they actually protected. And of course, this was the body of elite troops Augustus created to protect him and subsequent emperors. They were the only body of troops stationed right in Rome itself at that time. But basically, early on in the empire, the rule became that in order to secure your throne, you had to keep the Praetorian Guard happy, and if you failed to do so, either through policy or through not paying them the wages or donatives they felt they deserved, then they would commonly turn on you. Now, when you get into the period of these so-called soldier-emperors in the third century, you not only have the potential problems of the Praetorian Guard; you also have all the armies on the frontiers that are proclaiming their own commander as emperor. So the third century, or much of the third century, is particularly dangerous. The period of Caracalla and Geta, that’s before the Severan dynasty collapses, so they didn’t have to really deal with army usurpations or whatever. They had to deal with internal hazards, one of which was that each brother had to watch his back when it came to their sibling. In the movie, Caracalla in particular is depicted as being very unstable, with the implication that it’s because of a sexually transmitted disease that spread to his brain. What evidence do we have of Caracalla’s tyranny? Okay, in my readings on Caracalla, I had never come across this idea that gonorrhea made him insane or whatever. He is said to have had a very cruel disposition, however, and he loved to see himself depicted with as cruel an expression as possible. I mean, you can see this today if you look at coinage of Caracalla or surviving statuary; he has a mean face, basically. So, unlike most emperors — who liked to be depicted as, if not happy, at least, you know, stoic with a placid expression — with Caracalla, there’s a real meanness. His portraits are instantly recognizable. So he did have a mean streak, as we can certainly see with what happened to his brother, which I’m sure you’ve read about — basically shivved in the presence of their mother. [Gladiator II presents a different version of Geta’s assassination, but the real story is also Ridley Scott–level brutal. ] One of the portrayals of Caracalla I remember from the sources was that, when he was a kid, he was actually quite tenderhearted. But then he came to realize, as he grew up, just how much he could get away with as emperor. You know, his word was law. So as a result, according to the source in question, he basically became a monster. That’s the sort of thing we see in Roman history with earlier emperors like, say, Caligula and Nero. I have one more emperor question that’s a little broader. Going back to the gladiatorial games, these movies love to show us the thumbs-up, thumbs-down from the emperors. Thumbs up to save the losing gladiator, thumbs down to kill him. Was that really happening back then, or is it a more modern interpretation? I know something like that did happen; we do have reference to it in the ancient sources. Now, the one thing I’ll mention in that regard is there was a Roman writer, Juvenal, who talks about, well, if you translate it literally, the turned thumb being the signal to kill the gladiator. But some people have looked at this short phrase turned thumb : What does that mean? Some have argued in the past that we have our interpretations of the thumbs-up and thumbs-down gestures wrong. In their eyes, the natural position of the hand is with the thumb hanging down. So if you turn the thumb, then that would seem to suggest the thumbs-up was actually the kill gesture. Maybe something like when people run their fingers or thumb across their neck or whatever, you know, they make the throat-slitting gesture. And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down. I’ve asked a lot of questions about historical accuracy in Gladiator II . I do want to know how you feel about these kinds of movies and the questions of what they get right. Is it frustrating when there’s so much wrong, or is it exciting that people get interested in Roman history? They can be a little frustrating. I guess my answer would be that if they change a well-known historical fact for the sake of entertainment, then I don’t like that. But with the smaller things, I don’t mind if there’s some artistic license and so forth — like the whole thing with the guy riding a rhinoceros. That’s something personally I can sort of laugh at. I’m not gonna lose my temper over it. I try not to be too dogmatic about such things because I realize the main aim of Hollywood producers is entertainment and they’ll leave historical accuracy to, you know, documentary filmmakers. This interview has been edited and condensed.AP Sports SummaryBrief at 3:16 p.m. ESTPolice issue holiday reminders following pair of break and enters
‘Twas the day before Christmas: Mawer’s 2024 year-end poemThe Atlanta Falcons drafting of Michael Penix Jr. just six weeks after signing Kirk Cousins to a $180 million contract doesn't seem like that much of a head-scratcher anymore. Penix, the eighth overall pick in this year's draft, was supposed to serve as Cousins' understudy for a year or two, a plan that was scuttled when Cousins quickly lost the zip and accuracy on his passes and his grip on the starting job. It was hard to argue with making the change after Cousins had nine picks and one touchdown pass in his last five starts — but it was a daring move nonetheless with the Falcons trailing first-place Tampa Bay by a single game with three weeks left. Penix made the move pay off with a solid first NFL start in the Falcons' 34-7 rout of the New York Giants on Sunday that bolstered Atlanta's playoff hopes , and the Falcons (8-7) moved back into first place in the NFC South with the Buccaneers' loss at Dallas on Sunday night. The left-hander was not at all overwhelmed by the moment, completing 18 of 27 passes for 202 yards — numbers that would’ve been better if not for at least three dropped passes, one of which Kyle Pitts bobbled right into the hands of a New York defender for Penix’s lone interception. “He went out and played almost flawless football,” coach Raheem Morris said. Cousins will almost certainly be looking for his fourth team in 2025. If the Falcons cut ties as expected, they'll have paid Cousins $90 million for 14 games. Cousins' career earnings are about $321 million and his record is 84-77-2, including a 1-3 mark in the playoffs and 7-7 this season. In the spirit of expedited judgments, let's take a gander at how other quarterbacks have fared with their new teams in 2024. The Pittsburgh Steelers landed the biggest bargain of the season in Wilson, whom they signed for the veteran's minimum of $1.21 million, leaving his former team, the Denver Broncos, on the hook for the remaining $37.79 million of his 2024 salary. Wilson's calf injury in camp forced the Steelers to start Justin Fields, who went 4-2 before Mike Tomlin made the risky switch to Wilson, who's gone 6-3 with 15 TD throws and four interceptions. With the Steelers (10-5) playoff-bound, Wilson will make his first postseason appearance since 2020. The only question is whether it'll be at home as AFC North champ or on the road as a wild-card. They're tied with the Ravens atop the division but currently own the tiebreaker. This was expected to be a rebuilding year in Minnesota after the Vikings lost Cousins in free agency. They signed Darnold, the third overall pick in 2018, to a $10 million, one-year contract and drafted national champion J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick. McCarthy tore the meniscus in his right knee during the preseason opener and has undergone two surgeries, opening the way for Darnold's breakthrough season. Darnold brought a 21-35 career record with him to Minneapolis and all he's done is go 13-2 while setting career highs with 32 touchdown passes, 3,776 passing yards and a 67.2% completion percentage. The Vikings are tied with the Lions atop the packed NFC North and the division crown could come down to Minnesota's season finale at Detroit on Jan. 5. The Las Vegas Raiders signed Minshew to a two-year, $25 million contract and he beat out incumbent Aidan O'Connell for the starting gig. But he only went 2-7 and sustained a season-ending broken collarbone in a Week 12 loss to the Broncos, opening the door for O'Connell (1-4) to return. The Raiders' 19-14 win over Jacksonville on Sunday snapped a 10-game skid but might have taken them out of the Shedeur Sanders sweepstakes. They are 3-12, a game behind the Giants (2-13), who jettisoned QB Daniel Jones less than two years after signing him to a four-year, $160 million contract and have gone with Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito instead. The Chicago Bears had high hopes after drafting Williams with the No. 1 overall pick, but it might turn out that the second QB taken — Washington's Jayden Daniels — is better than the first as was the case last year when C.J. Stroud outperformed Carolina's Bryce Young. Williams has a terrific TD-to-INT ratio of 19-5, but the Bears are 4-11 and have lost nine in a row. Their last win came way back on Oct. 13 against Jacksonville. The 2023 Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU has led the Washington Commanders (10-5) to the cusp of their first playoff appearance since 2020. His bolstered his Rookie of the Year credentials with a five-TD performance Sunday in leading the Commanders to a 36-33 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. For the year, Daniels has 22 TD throws and eight interceptions. The former Auburn and Oregon star hasn't looked much like a rookie after starting an NCAA QB record 61 times in college. The Broncos (9-6) could snap an eight-year playoff drought with a win Sunday at Cincinnati thanks to Nix's steady play , Sean Payton's exhaustive guidance and Denver's traditionally stingy defense. Nix was drafted 12th overall after the Broncos released Wilson despite a a whopping $85 million dead money charge on top of the $37.79 million they're paying Wilson to play for Pittsburgh this year. With 22 TDs and 11 interceptions, Nix has almost matched Russell's win total (11-19) in his two seasons in Denver. AP Sports Writer Paul Newberry in Atlanta contributed to this report. Behind the Call analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL during the season. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
Guangzhou, China, Dec 24, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor (China) investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, announced that GAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. (GAC Honda), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, began operation of its newly-constructed plant for new energy vehicle (NEV) production, named the Development District NEV Factory. The new factory is located in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The new NEV production plant features the latest production equipment to achieve a highly efficient, smart, and low-carbon production system. The stamping and welding processes completely eliminated logistics personnel by automating parts logistics. AI-based welding strength inspection was adopted for the first time at any Honda plant. In the assembly process, approximately 30% of the entire process is automated to achieve a highly efficient production line. To make this plant more environmentally-responsible, solar power systems generating a total of 22 megawatts will be installed within the property of the plant. It is expected that the annual CO2emissions will be reduced by approximately 13,000 tons(1) through the utilization of renewable energy. In addition, GAC Honda will strive to further reduce the environmental impact of the plant through the use of newly developed low-VOC(2) paints and the installation of equipment capable of treating 100% of the toxic substances contained in factory wastewater. In order to minimize the impact on air pollution, GAC Honda will aim to reduce VOC emissions from the new plant by more than 70%(3) compared to the standard limit set by Guangdong Province. (1) Calculations based on standards for CO2 emissions by the Chinese government (Ministry of Ecology and Environment) (2) VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds (3) Honda internal research GAC Honda Development District NEV Factory Honda has set a global environmental goal of“realizing carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities Honda is involved in by 2050.” In China, Honda is planning to introduce a total of 10 Honda-brand EV models by 2027, including models for the e:N Series launched in 2022, as well as the Ye Series, a next-generation EV series Honda is planning to launch in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. With these EV models, Honda is aiming to achieve 100% EV sales in China by 2035. GAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. About GAC Honda Development District NEV Factory MENAFN23122024003415003250ID1109025669 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.
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