Ryan Phillippe was honored for his involvement and support of the Innocence Project at City Winery in New York City on Nov. 15.
The organization works to exonerate the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The 42-year-old Shooter star explained to Et why he became an Innocence Project Ambassador.
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"I got involved about four or five years ago," Phillippe explained. "I reached out to them. It was on my heart after I read an article in the Texas Monthly about a man named Michael Morton, and I put myself in his shoes as I read it. I was near tears."
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Earlier in the month, Gerard Butler looked dapper as always at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) Gala in Beverly Hills on Nov. 3. The non-political...
The organization works to exonerate the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The 42-year-old Shooter star explained to Et why he became an Innocence Project Ambassador.
Watch: Ryan Phillippe Opens Up About How He and Ex Reese Witherspoon Co-Parent During the Holidays
"I got involved about four or five years ago," Phillippe explained. "I reached out to them. It was on my heart after I read an article in the Texas Monthly about a man named Michael Morton, and I put myself in his shoes as I read it. I was near tears."
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Earlier in the month, Gerard Butler looked dapper as always at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) Gala in Beverly Hills on Nov. 3. The non-political...
- 11/17/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Only Make Believe hosted its Annual Star-Studded Event, Make Believe on Broadway, at 700pm last night, November 14, 2016 at the St. James Theatre. Honorees for the evening included Academy Award-Nominated Actor Jude Law and Gregory Lee, President amp CEO of Samsung Electronics N.A. The evening's host is Emmy Award-Winner, John Oliver, from HBO's 'Last Week Tonight.' BroadwayWorld has photos from the gala below...
- 11/15/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Boston Herald and one of its cartoonists issued separate apologies Wednesday hours after the newspaper published a political strip in its print and online versions about President Barack Obama that drew widespread criticism. Also read: NY Newspaper Under Fire for Calling President Obama the N-Word in Headline The cartoon (pictured above) shows the President brushing his teeth while a White House intruder sits in a bathtub behind him and makes a comment about “watermelon toothpaste.” The cartoon's caption read: “White House Invader Got Farther Than Originally Thought.” But critics said it reinforced the stereotype that African-Americans are especially fond of the fruit.
- 10/1/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
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