Happy 63rd Birthday, Harold Perrineau! Born on August 7, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, Perrineau has built an extraordinary career across television, film, theater, dance and music. He was born Harold Perrineau, but his surname was changed to Williams during childhood. When he joined the Screen Actors Guild and discovered another Harold Williams was already registered, he returned to his birth name, using the surname of his mother, Sylvia Perrineau. Television audiences know him as Michael Dawson in ABC’s Lost, whose emotional search for his son Walt became one of the show’s most memorable storylines. After leaving as a regular following Season 2, he made a secretive return in Season 4, with Michael hiding aboard the freighter under the alias Kevin Johnson. Perrineau previously starred as narrator and inmate Augustus Hill throughout HBO’s groundbreaking prison drama Oz. He now leads MGM+’s supernatural mystery series From as Boyd Stevens, the determined sheriff trying to protect the residents of a nightmarish town from which no one can escape. Season 4 concluded on June 28, 2026, and MGM+ has officially renewed the series for a fifth and final season, expected in 2027. His memorable film roles include Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Link in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Rashid Cole in Smoke, Julian Murch in The Best Man and Flynn in 28 Weeks Later. His other television work includes Sons of Anarchy, Constantine, Claws and The Rookie. Marvel fans may also recognize him as the English-language voice of Blade in the 2011 anime series. Before his major screen success, Perrineau trained as a dancer and originated the role of Tyrone Jackson in the 1989 world premiere of Fame: The Musical. A talented singer as well, he recorded the R&B/soul track Stay Strong and later released music with producer Tomo in der Muhlen. From the Emerald City of Oz and the mysterious island of Lost to the terrifying town of From, Harold Perrineau continues to bring intensity, humanity and unforgettable presence to every performance. #haroldperrineau #fromonmgm #lost #thematrix #happybirthday

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Emmett Till would have been 85 years old today. But white supremacy stopped that from happening. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He bought some candy and said "Bye baby" on the way out of the store - but the white lady behind the counter - Carolyn Bryant - claimed he grabbed her, made lewd advances and wolf-whistled at her as he sauntered out. A few days later - based solely on how a young black man responded to a fragile white woman - he was dragged from his bed in the darkness of the night, ridiculed, mocked, beaten, shot, tied to a 75 pound cotton-gin fan and thrown in to the Tallahatchie River. All because of the way a young black child responded to a fragile white woman. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It took an all-white jury only 67 minutes to acquit his killers. "We wouldn't have taken so long if we hadn't stopped to drink pop," they said. All because of the way a young black child responded to a fragile white woman. We're NOT far removed from this... if removed at all. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In 2017 Carolyn Bryant confessed that Till had never touched, threatened or harassed her. She made it all up. I visited his grave outside Chicago several years ago. It was a somber moment for me. His life mattered... but it didn't to his murderers. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And we're watching a country, a government and a disgustingly high number of supportive citizens work hard to remove history to act like things like this never happened. Shame on you, America. That's why we say Black Lives Matter. That's why we fight with everything we have against racism - blatant, overt, covert and systemic. Happy Birthday, Emmett Till... happy birthday. #RacismSucks #EndRacism #SpeakUp #Acknowledge #EmmettTill #WhiteFragilityKills #ShameOnYouAmerica

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A Brazil-born influencer who lives in London has ended her self-marriage nearly a year after marrying herself in September 2023. Suellen Carey said she felt unhappy and lonely in the relationship and struggled to live up to the expectations she had placed on herself. Hoping to make it work, she attended 10 therapy sessions, but ultimately decided to end the marriage when things didn’t improve. Carey later said the experience taught her more about herself and gave her a deeper understanding of her own emotions.

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Jamie Varley, 37, a former teacher, has been found guilty of murdering and sexually abusing 13-month-old Preston Elijah Davey, a baby boy he and his partner were in the process of adopting. His partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was also found guilty of causing or allowing Preston’s death, child cruelty and sexual assault. This case started with a baby who was supposed to be getting a safer life. Preston was born at Wythenshawe Hospital on June 16, 2022. Five days later, on June 21, he was placed into emergency foster care. For the first nine months of his life, health professionals described him as healthy and happy. Then came the adoption placement. On March 23, 2023, an adoption panel approved Preston’s placement with Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley. On March 31, Preston spent his first night with them. He was only 9 months old. Four months later, he was dead. Police said every criminal offense against Preston happened during the short time he was in their care. Within weeks, Varley was already messaging friends saying he found Preston annoying and was struggling to cope. By April 17, he had taken the first video of Preston. Police later recovered images and videos from the men’s phones that showed cruelty, bruising and abuse. On May 11, McGowan-Fazakerley made a 999 emergency call, but it was abandoned after four seconds. Before the call ended, police said Varley could be heard telling him to put it down. When the number was called back, a man claimed the emergency call was a mistake and said he meant to call 111. Later that night, McGowan-Fazakerley called 111 and said Preston had breathing problems and could not hold his head properly. An out-of-hours call was arranged, but police said he never answered it and no medical treatment was sought. The next day, neither man told the health visitor about Preston’s health problems. On May 25, Varley took Preston to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, claiming the baby had breathing difficulties and a seizure. Safeguarding staff contacted police, but medical staff did not raise concerns about non-accidental injury at that time. It was the only hospital contact police received about Preston until the day he died. The warning signs kept coming. On June 30, Preston was taken back to Blackpool Victoria Hospital with a rash. Bruises were noted on his head. Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley showed staff a video claiming a toy box had fallen on him. Police later said the video had been recorded 12 days earlier, meaning it could not explain those bruises. On July 6, Preston was back at hospital with a fractured arm. Police said Varley gave different explanations to different people: one account to A&E staff, another to doctors, and another in a message to a friend. On July 19, Varley recorded videos of Preston being spun too fast on a playground ride while the baby was clearly distressed. Police said Varley shared one of the videos with others, including McGowan-Fazakerley, and later set two of them to music. On July 24, Varley recorded Preston alone in a bath for more than 14 minutes. Police said Preston was not in his bath seat and was in serious distress, whimpering and trying to get out. Then came July 27, 2023. At 4:45 p.m., Varley recorded Preston on a bed struggling to breathe and in obvious discomfort. Prosecutors said Preston had been assaulted earlier that day and then suffered a second assault that obstructed his airway. Only Varley was in the house when those assaults happened. Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley did not arrive at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with Preston until 6:24 p.m. Preston was unconscious and in cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. Varley claimed he had left Preston in the bath for a few minutes and came back to find him submerged. But prosecutors said that story was a lie. Medical evidence did not support drowning, and police said Preston was completely dry when he arrived at hospital. A Home Office postmortem found Preston had suffered 40 traumatic injuries while in Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley’s care. Those injuries included at least 30 external bruises, internal bruising to his mouth and throat, internal injuries, and a healing non-accidental fracture to his left upper arm. Preston died from acute upper airway obstruction. After a seven-week trial at Preston Crown Court, a jury took just over two days to unanimously find both men guilty. Varley was convicted of murder, serious assault, child cruelty, sexual offenses and indecent-image offenses involving Preston. McGowan-Fazakerley was convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child, two child-cruelty offenses and sexual assault. Both men were remanded back into custody. They are due to be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on June 18. Preston was not even two years old. He entered foster care as a baby. He was described as healthy and happy. Then he was placed with two adults who were supposed to love him, protect him and give him a home. Instead, police said his last four months became a pattern of cruelty, injury, hospital visits, missed chances, lies and abuse. A baby cannot report abuse. A baby cannot explain bruises. A baby cannot tell a doctor the story keeps changing. A baby cannot beg social services to come back and check. Adults have to notice. AWARENESS ANGLE: Adoption and foster placement checks cannot be treated like paperwork after a child moves in. Watch for repeated injuries, changing explanations, hospital visits, sudden fear, weight loss, bruises, fractures, distress around caregivers, missed medical follow-ups, odd videos, cruel “jokes,” and caregivers saying they are overwhelmed or angry at the child. If a baby or child in care keeps getting hurt, every “accident” needs to be questioned. A child should not have to die before the pattern becomes obvious. SOURCES: Lancashire Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Sky News, The Guardian, PEOPLE. #NewsUpdate #abuse #ProtectOurChildren #ChildSafety #adoption #humanity #justice #JusticeForChildren

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