Ashley Judd walks again long after shattering leg in Africa Kathy Griffi n says she is undergoing surgery for lung cancer LOS ANGELES, Aug 3, (AP): Kathy Griffi n has revealed that she by herself up a hill in a national park in the Swiss alps. ing in the case for Aug. 26. is undergoing surgery for lung cancer and her doctors are optimistic “My leg and foot, worked beautifully. I walked up hill on uneven But Linn also urged lawyers for Smollett and the special pros- she “should be up and running around as usual in a month or less.” surfaces for an hour confi dently and came down carefully and eas- ecutor’s offi ce to get prepared for a trial or other resolution to the The comedian took to Instagram and Twitter Monday to say her ily,” Judd said in the post. charges that the actor staged a racist and homophobic attack in cancer was caught early and confi ned to her left lung. The surgery Judd tripped over a log and broke her tibia in multiple places 2019. will result in half her left lung being removed. while joining researchers in a night-time search for bonobos. She Progress on the case was slowed by accusations that one of “It’s been a helluva four years, trying to get back to work, mak- said she spent hours on the forest fl oor, biting a stick after scream- Smollett’s attorneys, Nenye Uche, had spoken to the two men the ing you guys laugh and entertaining you, but I’m gonna be just ing in pain. Several men carried her back to camp in a hammock actor allegedly hired to help him carry out the attack. Special Pros- fi ne,” she wrote. “Please stay up to date on your medical check tied to a pole, and then she was evacuated by motorbike over dirt ecutor Dan Webb argued that was a confl ict of interest. ups.” roads, with a driver steering and another man “holding the top part Linn on Friday ordered that Uche could remain on the case but Well-wishers included Jane Lynch, who wrote on Twitter: “I’m of my shattered tibia together.” prohibited him from questioning the two brothers, Abinbola and beaming out to you all my love and vibes for good health,” and The actress thanked her African colleagues, doctors, therapists, Olabinjo Osudairo, should the case go to trial. Ashley Nicole Black, who wrote: “Praying for you! So many folks family and fans for their support in her recovery. Uche told the judge on Monday that he needed more time to got your back!” People “My leg will never be the same. She is a new leg. And I love prepare arguments on several pre-trial motions, including the de- Griffi n has had a tumultuous few years, including facing backlash fense’s hope to introduce evidence about the older brother’s prior in 2017 for taking part in a photoshoot that showed her holding up her. We are buddies. We have a come a long way and we have a fabulous life ahead,” Judd wrote. conviction. a fake bloody head resembling president Donald Trump. Her sister, Smollett, who was starring in the television show “Empire” at Joyce Griffi n, died of cancer in September 2017 and her mother, Also: the time of the incident, has been charged with felony counts of Maggie Griffi n, died in March 2020 after battling dementia. CHICAGO: Jussie Smollett ❑ ❑ ❑ A judge on Monday granted lawyers for disorderly conduct for allegedly fi ling false police reports about more time to prepare arguments on several issues, including wheth- what happened. He has denied the allegations and pleaded not Ashley Judd is walking again, nearly six months after shattering er they can introduce a key witness’s previous conviction for bat- guilty. her leg deep in a Congolese rainforest. tery. Smollett attended Monday’s virtual hearing and told the judge he Judd posted a video of herself on Instagram on Sunday walking Cook County Judge James Linn Linn scheduled the next hear- was in New York City. Variety s e r u t a This image provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie, (from left), Daniela Melchior, Idris Elba and David Dastmalchian in a scene from ‘The Suicide Squad.’ (AP) Film e ‘Everyone will leave the theater satisfi ed’ NEW YORK: An associate pro- ducer on Monday fi led a lawsuit against Fox News Network, saying he was discriminated against be- Gunn assembles perfect ‘Suicide Squad’ cause of his gender and subjected to unwelcome attention from an on-air personality. By Lindsey Bahr The reviews are stellar. know what it is about me. I’m really goofy. I dad- F Features “’The Suicide Squad’ is something no one’s ready joke everyone to death.” John Fawcett, who works on ould a scoundrel DC Comics character like the “Kudlow” show hosted by for, but everybody needs,” said John Cena. “Every- Cena came aboard as Peacemaker who spars fre- Larry Kudlow on Fox Business CPeacemaker ever be on the same level as Super- one will leave the theater satisfi ed.” quently with Bloodsport. Their banter, Cena said, Network, claims in his lawsuit man? How about Polka-Dot Man? Or Ratcatcher? The WWE star plays Peacemaker, a deranged “came naturally.” fi led in state Supreme Court in The man who made Rocket Racoon, Groot and Captain America-type who will proudly “kill any “He’s extremely witty,” Cena said. “He has that Manhattan that “sexual harass- Star-Lord household names thinks so. James Gunn man, woman or child” to maintain the peace. kind of a UK fl avor and I’m so much more over the ment, sex discrimination, and can’t help it: He loves an outsider. It’s the reason racial discrimination are still toler- Part of that might have to do with the fact that top that it really does go together well.” why when offered the chance to make a movie with Gunn, who wrote and directed, had free reign to do Everyone got along famously. It’s part of Gunn’s ated at Fox.” any DC character he wanted, he chose not Superman He said executives “will bend whatever he wanted, which included killing off any process to ensure he’s enlisting a group of decent over backwards to protect such but the misfi ts of “The Suicide Squad.” character he wanted, too. humans. He even called his ex-wife, Jenna Fischer, Nevermind that there was a terribly reviewed behavior so long as it is perpe- “James really knew what he wanted to make and who’d worked with Elba briefl y on “The Offi ce” to “Suicide Squad” movie released just fi ve years ago. trated by senior management or from the pitch to the script to the pre-production, it make sure the actor wasn’t a jerk. (Fischer had only prominent on-air personalities.” Gunn, a lifelong fan of the good-for-nothing super- never deviated,” said producer Charles Roven. In a statement, Fox News villains, had his own vision: It would be a mash-up lovely things to say about Elba). Media said it had investigated and That involved assembling both characters and ac- “It’s an interesting thing when you have a big of genres and pay homage to 1960s war capers. He’d tors that didn’t make immediate sense together. addressed Fawcett’s claim against dust off some obscure, deep cut DC supervillains group of often big personalities put together to see the personality, and that his ad- Superheroes how that balances out,” Robbie said. She described ditional claims were “baseless that no casual moviegoer would ever be expected to know and get a giant alien starfi sh villain named “It does have this postmodern vibe,” Gunn said. their dynamic as “a lot of laughing, joking.” and nothing more than a desperate “I think that’s why a lot of those scenes feel so attempt at a payday.” Starro in the mix. “Each of these superheroes came from a different Fawcett, 27, who was hired Warner Bros. said yes. And it wouldn’t have to be genre. Bloodsport is sort of a grim, dark thing and real and fun. It was also like that in between takes in March 2019, said he was in and when we weren’t shooting. It was a really, really WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 PG-13 either. Polka-Dot Man is from some goofy old cartoon and an elevator with Fox personality Though bold, it’s not entirely surprising: Not only Peacemaker’s from a dumb 70s TV show and Rat- good group,” she said. Andrew Napolitano later that year had Gunn turned the “Guardians of the Galaxy” into catcher is from almost like a ‘Saw’ type of movie “The Suicide Squad” was an epic production, too, when Napolitano stroked his arm or something. And they’re all coming together. The boasting the biggest sets in Warner Bros. history. and made suggestive comments. A-list Avengers, he was also at the time ( suddently and briefl y ) a free agent. While David Ayer’s 2016 actors were like that, too. They all have their own They even fi nished on time and under budget. He said he told his then-boss, And, over the pandemic, Gunn squeezed in a Peace- Lou Dobbs, who told a company “Suicide Squad” might have been a critical disaster, styles and different ways of going about it. And it executive but the executive was it was still a fi nancial hit.