Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, Meghan Trainor & more are on Jimmy Fallon’s Christmas album

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Jimmy Fallon has been talking about his new Christmas album for a while, but on Oct. 21 he revealed the track listing and which stars will be joining him for the project.

The album, called Holiday Seasoning, is made up of all original songs. Among the artists joining him are the Jonas Brothers for a track called "Holiday" and Justin Timberlake for a song called "You'll Be There." Also performing with Fallon are "Weird Al" Yankovic and the Tonight Show band The Roots on the song "New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)." The Roots also join Fallon for the song "Hey Rudy."

Other guests include Will Ferrell on the song "One Glove," Chelsea Handler on the song "Merry Happy Christmas" and model/actress Cara Delevingne on "Hallmark Movie."

Holiday Seasoning also features the previously released single "Wrap Me Up" with Meghan Trainor, which was a radio hit last year. Other previously released tracks include the 2021 track "It Was A ... (Masked Christmas)," which Fallon recorded with Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, and Fallon's 2022 duet with Dolly Parton, "Almost Too Early for Christmas."

Holiday Seasoning is out Nov. 1.

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How ‘Emilia Pérez’ helped Zoe Saldaña find her “spark”

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Zoe Saldaña has a record-breaking box office track record: Her movies have made more than $14 billion, and she is the only actress to have four movies make more than 2 billion bucks with 2009's Avatar, 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, 2019's Avengers: Endgame and 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water

That said, she tells Variety that somewhere along the way she lost her "spark" — which she found, along with Oscar buzz, for the musical drama Emilia Pérez

She confesses to the trade, "I felt stuck, in the sense that I was taking things for granted too much. I entered this cycle of doing these sequels, and for some reason I became cavalier with them."

She also adds, "I wish I could go back and do a better job for [her Marvel character] Gamora and Uhura [in the Star Trek franchise]," commenting, "I think I did enough, but I could have done more. That's just how I am."

Although her dyslexia and her own "self-sabotage" make auditioning difficult — and she hadn't done so in a while, what with all the sequels — she auditioned for French filmmaker Jacques Audiard for Emilia via Zoom. Twice, in fact.

He tells the trade she "constantly dazzled" him as Rita.

"Rita was supposed to be only 25 years old; however, as soon as I had Zoe in front of me, I realized that I'd been mistaken all along," Audiard says.

The actress now says, "I just have this brand-new little spark. And I feel like Emilia really did that for me."

Emilia Pérez, which is also generating Oscar buzz for Zoe's co-star Selena Gomez, opens in select theaters in November and on Netflix Nov. 13.

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Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star has cost over $10 billion

DALLAS – The Dallas Morning News reports that frustrated with President Joe Biden’s policies related to immigration enforcement, Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021, deploying National Guard soldiers and state troopers to the border with Mexico. The goal was to make border crossings more difficult by installing razor wire and other physical barriers along the Rio Grande and, further inland, to arrest suspected undocumented migrants for trespassing and other state criminal charges. That first year, Abbott shifted almost $1 billion from several state agencies, including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to support the operation. With later allocations from the Texas Legislature, a total of $11 billion in state money has been spent on Operation Lone Star — and Abbott recently asked lawmakers for another $2.9 billion to run the program through 2027.

The money has paid for more than 100 miles of razor wire, more than 45 miles of a state-built border wall, and a 1,000-foot-long buoy barrier on the Rio Grande. The operation also has bused more than 119,400 migrants from Texas to six Democratic-run cities across the country and built a military base near Eagle Pass to house Texas National Guard soldiers. More than 522,800 migrants had been apprehended under Operation Lone Star as of Oct. 3, including 47,640 criminal arrests — 11,890 for trespassing. Abbott, a Republican who has been governor since 2015, has raised his national profile with aggressive border policies, including taking over an Eagle Pass park in January that had been a popular spot for border crossings. In February, Abbott hosted a border visit by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who praised the governor’s response and called him a possible running mate.

Texas adds record number of jobs

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Express-News says that Texas’ labor force hit a new high in September with 15.45 million people on the job or looking for work — and the state added a record number of jobs. More than 29,000 jobs were added last month, bringing the total to 327,000 jobs added over the past 12 months. Texas has added jobs at a rate of 2.3%, outpacing national growth by 0.7 percentage points. The state’s seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment held steady at 4.1%, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday. That matched the national rate. In the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area, unemployment fell slightly to 3.8% from 4% in August. The region’s job count grew by 0.5% to nearly 1.2 million jobs, led by growth in the government and construction sectors.

“The record-setting 15.4 million Texans who make up our civilian labor force are strengthening and innovating our state’s economy,” Workforce Commissioner Alberto Treviño III said in a statement. The state’s civilian labor force has added 318,500 people so far this year, including the 51,500 who joined in September. That was up from 44,800 people the month prior. Statewide, job growth was led by the professional and business services sector with its 10,500 new jobs. Private education and health services, a combined sector, added 10,400 jobs; and construction added 8,100 jobs. Construction has consistently led the state’s job growth, with a 5.1% growth rate over the year. In the San Antonio area, the construction sector — which is combined with mining and logging job categories for the report — has grown 4.2% over the past 12 months, adding 76,500 jobs. The San Antonio area wasn’t the only one to record a lower unemployment rate last month — all 25 major metro areas saw rates drop. The Midland metro had the state’s lowest unemployment rate with a rate of 2.6%, followed by the Amarillo at 3% and College Station-Bryan at 3.2%. Beaumont-Port Arthur had the highest rate on unemployment at 6%, followed by McAllen-Edinburg-Mission at 5.9% and Killeen-Temple at 4.7%. While the statewide unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted, rates for metro areas are not.

Texas Supreme Court declines to reverse delaying execution

DALLAS – The Dallas Morning News reports that the Texas Supreme Court declined a request Sunday from the state attorney general to reconsider its unprecedented order staying the execution of Robert Roberson III, ensuring the man on death row will testify before a House Committee on Monday. The Thursday stay, which was issued hours after Roberson was scheduled to be executed, came after the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena calling Roberson to testify about how the state’s 2013 “junk science” law allowing people to challenge convictions with new science was applied in his case. In the Sunday order, the state Supreme Court did not rule on a dispute between the attorney general’s office and lawmakers: whether Roberson will testify in person or via teleconference. Roberson’s attorneys argue that testifying virtually would “profoundly” limit the committee’s ability to assess his credibility, while the attorneys general’s office says bringing him to the Capitol in Austin presents “myriad security and logistical concerns.”

In a 24-page petition filed on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the attorney general’s office had said the House committee’s subpoena was “defective on its face” and that the state Supreme Court — which handles civil matters — lacks jurisdiction in the case. The high court’s Thursday order “flouts” the separation of powers and pushed Texas to the “brink of a constitutional crisis,” an attorney with the attorney general’s office said in the filing. State Reps. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and Joe Moody, D-El Paso, responded Sunday night on behalf of the House of Representatives. They argued the attorney general’s office already conceded the legitimacy of the subpoena in an earlier hearing and that this case highlights the “interdependence” of the branches of government, but does not breach their separate powers. During the Travis County hearing Thursday, Assistant Attorney General Ed Marshall said the case was not a “shaken baby” case and argued the Court of Criminal Appeals had exclusive jurisdiction.

Aldis Hodge talks trailer reaction, early renewal of Prime Video series ‘Cross’

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Aldis Hodge plays brilliant criminal psychologist Alex Cross in the forthcoming Prime Video series based on James Patterson's bestselling book series, and at New York Comic Con on Friday he talked about Cross with ABC Audio.

From the drop — a trailer of the show — fans were all in, the actor says. "The fan reaction really blew me away. I kept looking at YouTube, and it said over 14 million views, I'm talking within the first six days, and it kept growing." 

"I've never experienced anything like that," he said.

Hodge continued, "The fan reaction being so strong, it really just validates all the hard work of the entire team ... and it lets me know just how special this is to the audience." 

The series was renewed for a second season before production was even completed on the first, which Hodge said "shows a great deal of faith and belief in us, and gives us all a great deal of confidence." 

He adds, "We came into a second season not comfortable — because we know we set a bar and we have to surpass that bar in the next one. But we know we have real support, and it is at times rare to have that kind of support ... when you put your heart into something." 

Aldis says, "It just elevates things and makes us go harder." 

He adds with a laugh, "We still hopes this first season bangs, now, don't get me wrong! But we want every season to be an elevation of the predecessor." 

Cross debuts Nov. 14 on Prime Video.

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‘Central Park 5’ members file defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump over comments during ABC News debate

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(PHILADELPHIA) -- Members of the "Central Park Five" filed a defamation suit against former President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of spreading "false, misleading and defamatory" statements about their 1989 case during the Sept. 10 ABC News presidential debate, according to a new court filing.

Attorneys representing the five men -- Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown and Korey Wise -- filed their civil suit against Trump in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking monetary damages over his statements, which they say have caused them "severe emotional distress and reputational damage."

The five men, then teenagers, were accused of the violent rape of a female jogger in Central Park in April 1989. The five, who always maintained their innocence, were convicted and served years in prison. A decade after the attack, a different man confessed to the crime, which was confirmed through DNA analysis.

During the debate, Trump was responding to a statement from Vice President Kamala Harris in which she revisited his full-page ad in The New York Times in the wake of the incident that called for the execution of the Central Park Five when he said the following: "[T]hey come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people including Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg agreed with me on the Central Park Five. They admitted -- they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately. And if they pled guilty -- then they pled we’re not guilty.”

The lawsuit points out that Trump's statements were false in multiple respects -- noting none of the members of the Central Park Five ever entered guilty pleas in the case, none of the victims of the Central Park assaults were killed, and the mayor at the time of the assaults was Ed Koch -- who did not agree with Trump's position in the full-page ad.

"Defendant Trump’s conduct at the September 10 debate was extreme and outrageous, and it was intended to cause severe emotional distress to Plaintiffs," the lawsuit stated.

Trump's attorneys have not yet entered an appearance on the court docket as of Monday morning. 

"This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists," a Trump campaign spokesperson said in response to an inquiry about the lawsuit.

According to the court filing, one of the Central Park Five members, Salaam, was actually present at the debate and sought to confront Trump over his statements in the spin room afterward.

Salaam says he repeatedly shouted questions to Trump, saying, "Will you apologize to the Exonerated Five?" and, "Sir, what do you say to a member of the Central Park Five, sir?"

Trump reportedly responded to him at one point, "Ah, you're on my side then," to which Salaam responded, "No, no, no, I'm not on your side."

"Plaintiff Salaam was attempting to politely dialogue with Defendant Trump about the false and defamatory statements that Defendant Trump had made about Plaintiffs less than an hour earlier, but Defendant Trump refused to engage with him in dialogue," the lawsuit stated.

The five men's convictions were vacated in 2002 and Wise, who was still in prison at the time, was released early. The group sued New York City in 2003 and after a decadelong standstill, the lawsuit was settled for $41 million. The city did not admit to any misconduct by its police department or prosecutors.

Salaam was elected to the New York City Council last year, representing northern Manhattan, including Harlem, East Harlem, parts of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights.

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Dallas Fed: Texas employment forecast strengthens

DALLAS—The Texas Employment Forecast released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas indicates jobs will increase 2.5 percent in 2024, with an 80 percent confidence band of 2.3 to 2.7 percent.

This is an increase from the previous month’s forecast of 2.2 percent for 2024.        

The forecast is based on an average of four models that include projected national GDP, oil futures prices, and the Texas and U.S. leading indexes.

“Texas employment growth was strong again in September, adding 33,800 jobs. Employment growth has normalized to a rate more consistent with trend growth. This comes after a summer of volatile data characterized by storms that disrupted labor markets in large parts of the state,” said Jesus Cañas, Dallas Fed senior business economist. “Gains in September were led by construction, education and health services, and professional and business services. Employment fell in information, financial activities and government. Employment growth in the major metropolitan areas was led by Austin followed by Dallas and Houston.”

Additional key takeaways from the latest Dallas Fed report:       

The forecast suggests 348,900 jobs will be added in the state this year, and employment in December 2024 will be 14.4 million.    

Texas employment increased by an annualized 2.9 percent month over month in September, while the August growth was revised upward to 7.7 percent.  

The unemployment rate decreased in Dallas–Plano–Irving, Fort Worth–Arlington and San Antonio–New Braunfels, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from the Dallas Fed.    

The rate remained unchanged in Austin–Round Rock, in Brownsville–Harlingen, El Paso, and Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land.

The rate increased in Laredo.

The Texas statewide unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent in September.     

Tim Walz says Trump is ‘spiraling down,’ pitches Harris’ message of change

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(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appearing on ABC's "The View" on Monday, gave a more definitive answer to a question his running mate Vice President Kamala Harris did have an answer to at first: What policy would he have handled differently from President Joe Biden over the past four years.

Maybe better prepared as a result, Walz said he wished one of their ticket's proposals -- an expansion of Medicare -- "would have been proposed sooner," and later said Harris was "really leaning into these issues" on matters such as the care economy and child care affordability -- a departure from the current administration, which he said are "tackling the issues that they need to."

"Those are pretty big differences, and I don't think that's -- that's a pejorative towards it. There were other issues that were being dealt with. And she's her own leader. She's got her own path, a new way forward," Walz said. "They came out of a pandemic that Donald Trump had left, a mess for an economy with supply chains that were broken," he said in defense of the Biden-Harris administration.

"But I think focusing on this care economy, the two things that the vice president proposed, that I hear everywhere, especially in rural America, is this issue of affordability on child care and the ability of seniors to get health care, protecting that," Walz said.

Harris, during her own appearance on "The View" earlier this month, opened herself up to attacks by Republicans after she was asked the same question and initially responded, "There is not a thing that comes to mind."

Walz also said Monday that former President Donald Trump is "spiraling down" after being asked about the former president's recent lewd comments. Walz said Trump's remarks are also "dangerous" -- particularly calling out the former president's recent threat to use the military to deal with what Trump has called "enemies from within" on Election Day.

"It's very clear that, as you said, Donald Trump is spiraling down, unhinged," Walz said. "What worries me about these comments, some of these are just so strange that they're hard to imagine, are the dangerous ones in the middle of that -- the 'enemy from within' and some of that."

He said Trump's rhetoric was the "talk of dictators" while Harris "clearly understands" that the separation of powers is the "genius of this country."

"And I just tell Americans if, if you're tired of that chaos. And I know that Donald Trump's handlers are saying he's exhausted. So are we Americans are exhausted with the stuff that he does -- the chaos. I think this one is, don't risk it with this. This is dangerous talk. This is the talk of dictators. And I think Kamala Harris clearly understands that the separation and the, you know, the separation of powers, is the genius of this country. And the military -- military is responsible to the Constitution and the American people, and not the president," Walz added later.

Walz's comments on "The View" also spanned topics like the economy, appealing to Black and male voters and guns, among a number of other issues. He also offered his take on Elon Musk's million-dollar giveaway to Pennsylvanians who sign a petition supporting free speech, saying "that's what you do when you have no plan for the public." Walz also said that Trump, by visiting a Pennsylvania McDonald's on Sunday and working the fryer, had "pandered" and "disrespected" those fast food employees.

The governor said that Harris "actually worked in a McDonald's," and didn't "go and pander and disrespect McDonald's workers by standing there in your red tie and take a picture."

"His policies are the ones that undermine those very workers that were in that McDonald's, whether it's home ownership, health care, reproductive rights or cost of products. So, there's more work to be done," Walz said.

Walz expands on Trump's threat to his political enemies

Walz was asked, as a retired National Guardsman, if Trump's assertion he'd send the military force out for his political enemies.

Walz indicated that citizens would be protected from such actions, citing Posse Comitatus, a federal law signed that limits the powers of the government in the use of military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the country, and the Insurrection Act.

"I did serve for 24 years, and I'm proud that – you get called up for state duty during flooding and hurricanes, and as governor, you use the National Guard for domestic missions," he began. "But we have something in this country, starting out with Posse Comitatus and the Insurrection Act that doesn't allow for the use of troops against U.S. citizens," Walz said.

"It's pretty foundational to our democracy that the person who's in charge can't use the military to suppress their political rivals," he added.

Walz also said something on Monday that he'd begun to float for the first time at a rally in Omaha on Saturday: that if the Democratic ticket didn't win this election, he was unsure if American institutions would hold if there was another Trump term.

"And I think what we saw with Senator Vance's answer about the 2020 election -- the guardrails are off with Donald Trump right now. And I think we know that, and I think for the Americans to recognize, well, we got through one Trump presidency, we can get through another. Look. I'm an eternal optimist ... but our, our systems are strained, and the ability to politicize the military has never been tried in this country. He's trying it. So, I think it's a legitimate one," Walz said. 

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26 people remain unaccounted for in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene

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(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) -- Twenty-six people remain unaccounted for in hard-hit North Carolina, weeks after the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene, officials said Monday.

Last week, 92 people were unaccounted for, officials said.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26, wreaking havoc across the Southeast from Florida to Virginia. Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without cellphone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.

At least 95 of Helene's fatalities were in North Carolina, officials said. Gov. Roy Cooper called Helene "the deadliest and most devastating storm" in the state's history.

After misinformation spread about recovery efforts and the availability of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds in North Carolina, Cooper stressed at Monday's news conference that the "deliberate disinformation and misinformation ... needs to stop."

"It hurts the very people we are all trying to help," he said. "It discourages and makes people fearful of signing up for help. It enables scam artists and it hurts the morale of government officials, first responders and soldiers who are on the ground trying to help."

Former President Donald Trump is set to visit to the hard-hit city of Asheville on Monday to survey damage from the storm.

Cooper said he's asking the former president to "not share lies or misinformation while he is here."

Cooper said the White House "responded quickly and positively to our request from FEMA, which has had 1,400 staff on the ground and has registered 206,000 people for individual assistance, and distributed $124 million directly to people who need it."

"As for long-term recovery, state and local government will be all in, along with the federal government," Cooper said. "This will take billions of dollars and years of bipartisan focus from everyone working together to make it happen -- from new roads and bridges to public building to water supplies to people's homes."

FEMA is now launching a "new initiative" to hire community liaisons in North Carolina's impacted counties, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Monday.

"We know that so many people have temporarily lost their jobs. We know that others just want to be able to give back, and we want to help keep people in these communities while they recover," she said. "So these new community liaisons are going to work alongside us at FEMA to make sure that they are the local voice, the trusted voice in their community, and that they can share with us the local considerations and the concerns, so we can include them as part of this recovery. They're going to be embedded in every county, working directly with county administrators, mayors and community leaders, bridging their concerns with our FEMA staff. And these jobs are available for people to apply right now."

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“It’s nuts” – At New York Comic Con, Jeffrey Dean Morgan talks hype around Negan and ‘The Walking Dead’

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is no stranger to the Comic Con experience, but it still floors him how fans have reacted to him since he joined The Walking Dead universe as Negan. 

"I mean, I had been in the kind of the comic book world for a little bit. I'd done, you know, Watchmen and The Losers. So I'd done some stuff. But Walking Dead, when I came in in season 6 was a whole 'nother world."

He adds, "I mean ... it was huge. And I don't think there's any way to get to prepare yourself."

He continues, "Yeah, it was nuts."

"It still is!" said Morgan, who was sharing a press conference with his Walking Dead: Dead City co-star Lauren Cohan. "I still, you know, see stuff ... you see people dressed as our characters or any number of toys and action figures, I think that it's always a lot — in a good way."

"Never gets old!" Cohan enthuses. "It's exciting!" he agrees. 

Also at New York Comic Con over the weekend, the pair debuted a teaser to the second season of their hit AMC show Walking Dead: Dead City, which the actors also executive produce. It debuts in the spring of 2025.

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Harris holding moderated conversations with Liz Cheney in three battleground states

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(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is doing a series of moderated conversations with former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney in suburban cities in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin on Monday -- the day before in-person voting begins in Wisconsin.

With roughly two weeks until Election Day, the effort is part of the Harris campaign's effort to reach swing voters in the crucial battleground states. Harris is speaking with Cheney in the suburban areas of Chester County, Pennsylvania; Oakland County, Michigan; and Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

The conversations were to be moderated by Bulwark publisher and longtime Republican strategist Sarah Longwell and conservative radio host and writer Charlie Sykes.

Both Harris and former President Donald Trump have events scheduled for battleground states this week as they work to win over voters in what's expected to be a close contest. On Monday, Trump is spending time in in the battleground state of North Carolina.

While in Pennsylvania, Harris and Cheney worked to pick off Republicans disaffected with their party's nominee who may vote for the vice president and focus on the dangers Trump poses to the country and to democracy -- especially white suburban women who voted Republican.

"There are months in the history of our country which challenge us, each of us, to really decide when we stand for those things that we talk about, including, in particular, country over party," Harris said.

Cheney, a staunch Trump critic who endorsed Harris in September despite their party and policy differences, said "every single thing in my experience and in my background has played a part" in her supporting Harris.

"In this race, we have the opportunity to vote for and support somebody you can count on. We're not always going to agree, but I know Vice President Harris will always do what she believes is right for this country. She has a sincere heart, and that's why I'm honored to be in this place."

At the Michigan event, Cheney said that she understood why some Republicans would find it difficult to publicly support Harris.

"I certainly have many Republicans who will say to me, 'I can't be public.' They do worry about a whole range of things, including violence. But, but they'll do the right thing," she said.

“And I would just remind people, if you're at all concerned, you can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody, and there will be millions of Republicans who do that on November 5th, vote for Vice President Harris,” she added.

Cheney voted to impeach Trump following the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and was vice chair of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. She received backlash from Trump and other Republicans for her criticism of the former president and was censured by the Republican National Committee.

Since her endorsement of Harris, Cheney has campaigned for the vice president -- including in battleground Wisconsin, where she called Trump petty, vindictive and cruel.

Cheney is among a handful of prominent Republicans, including her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who have pledged to support Harris' bid.

The number of actual votes these events could move, with just two weeks to go, is small -- yet could be significant in states expected to be decided by slim margins, Joe Zepecki, a Milwaukee-based Democratic strategist, told ABC News.

Ideally, Zepecki said, the events would bring over "Republicans available to Harris who might need one last reminder, one last push in that direction."

George Levy, a 66-year-old voter from Delaware County, outside Philadelphia, said he was an independent until Trump entered the political arena in 2015.

"I'm never going back. I'll be a Democrat from now on," he told ABC News as he waited in line to enter the intimate theater in Malvern, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb that was the site of the first Cheney discussion of the day.

"[Cheney] did the right thing for our country, and I'm proud of her for doing that," he said. "I know she doesn't agree with many Democratic policies, but she believes in our country and loves our country, and I appreciate her speaking out."

In a social media post on Monday, Trump attacked Harris for campaigning with Cheney, claiming that the former Wyoming Republican congresswoman is going to lead the United States to go to war with "every Muslim Country known to mankind" like her father and former Vice President Dick Cheney "pushed" former President Georgia W. Bush to the war in the Middle East.

Harris' events this week will feature more interactivity where voters see the vice president taking questions -- including during her town hall with CNN on Wednesday in Pennsylvania.

ABC News' Sarah Beth Hensley contributed to this report.

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Eva Mendes says partner Ryan Gosling is the one who makes her feel sexy

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Believe it or not, Eva Mendes says she "never considered herself" beautiful — but it's her longtime partner Ryan Gosling who makes her feel "really f****** sexy."

That's what the actress, mom, author and entrepreneur tells the Times of London in a new interview about her life and career. 

On the latter, she's frank. "I was never in love with acting. I don't mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn't a great actress," Eva says, allowing, "I had my moments when I worked with really great people."

Two of those films are 2013's The Place Beyond the Pines, on which she met her Barbie star beau and the mother of her two children, Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8, and 2014's Lost River, the 50-year-old's last film and Ryan's directorial debut. 

"He gets something out of me that's never been accessible before," she says. 

On that note, the actress credits Gosling with something else. 

"I feel really f****** sexy at times," Mendes says. "The way my man looks at me is just ... at times I'm like, 'Oh my God.' That might not sit well with people, but so much of how I feel is a reflection of what he’s giving me."

She adds, "There's so many things that can make me feel sexy and I'd say that I feel more sexy than not. I guess because I've never considered myself beautiful, but I’ve always felt very sexy."

For the record, Eva says she was "totally fine" with turning 50, adding, "It's just that number sounds crazy."

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In brief: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ gets a release date and more

Daredevil: Born Again will premiere March 4, 2025, on Disney+, the streaming service announced at New York Comic Con Saturday, according to Variety. Daredevil: Born Again stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, the blind superhero-lawyer, reprising the role he played for three seasons on the popular Netflix series Daredevil. Vincent D'Onofrio co-stars, along with Jon Bernthal, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Wilson Bethel ...

Lost actor Michael Emerson will join the season 2 cast of CBS' Elsbeth in a recurring role, opposite his wife, series star Carrie Preston, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Emerson will play Judge Milton Crawford, "a haughty, soft-spoken and bespectacled man from an old New England family of public servants who sees his place in the nation’s elite as a birthright," per the outlet. The series follows Preston's titular character Elsbeth Tascioni, a role she previously played on The Good Wife and The Good Fight, as she leaves Chicago and heads to New York for a new investigative role ...

Only Murders in the Building's Martin Short has been added to the voice cast of the Fox animated series Grimsburg in a recurring role, according to Variety. He'll will play Otis Volcanowitz — the newest, and youngest, detective at the Grimsburg police department. The series features Jon Hamm as the voice of down-on-his-luck detective Marvin Flute, who "must return to Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, and redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow detectives, his ferocious ex-wife and his lovably unstable son." Other guest voices set to appear in season 2 include Tina Fey, J.K. Simmons, Anna Osceola, Joel McHale, Tom Segura and Danny Trejo ...

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