Classic mobster movie "Goodfellas" was slapped with a trigger warning by network AMC, which warned that the movie did not live up to "today's" standards of what is considered inclusive and tolerant.Television viewers of the 1990 crime drama starring Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, and Robert De Niro were greeted by a sensitivity warning, of all things, for a true story about members of the Italian mafia. "This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today's standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers," the message read.However, as the New York Post reported, similar movies on the channel didn't get such a warning. Strangely enough "The Godfather" only received a standard message of "viewer discretion," along with a warning about nudity, strong language, and "intense violence."'This is how life was back then. It was not a clean beautiful thing. You can’t cleanse history.' — (@) A former NYPD police officer, Bo Ditel, who played a policeman in "Goodfellas," said that political correctness is ruining everything."The f***ing political correctness has f***ing taken everything away,” he told the New York Post. "This is how life was back then. It was not a clean beautiful thing. You can’t cleanse history. If you want to tell true history, you gotta tell it the way it is."A former captain of the Colombo crime family also told the outlet that the mob doesn't need protecting."It's crazy," he said."Lemme speak for all of us Italian Americans: We don't need any coddling," one self-described Italian chef remarked.Lemme speak for all of us Italian Americans:We don’t need any coddling.— Cooking With Sal Minella (@SalMinellaUtube) May 18, 2024 "This is why I own physical media. I won't have to put up with this nonsense," another reader said.This is why I own physical media. I won't have to put up with this nonsense.— iBolski ?? ✝️ (@iBolski) May 20, 2024 Other reactions included several social media users pointing out that the movie is based on the true story of mobster turned FBI informant Henry Hill and, therefore, shouldn't receive a warning.Warning: May include lasagna, garlic, wine, and Joe Pesci.— App (marv) (@appalachiafrog) May 18, 2024 Trigger warnings for movie classics are nothing new in recent years. Disney put lengthy content warnings on its platform Disney+ for films like "Dumbo" and "Peter Pan" in 2020.In early 2024, classic James Bond movies were presented with trigger warnings by the British Film Institute. The two films in question were 1967's "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" from 1964. Both films star iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery.Warnings read that the "films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time, but will cause offence today (as they did then).""The titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners," the institute added.The newer film, "You Only Live Twice," also received its own specific warning of "outdated racial stereotypes," the Independent reported.The AMC channel is owned by AMC Networks, which also operates the IFC, Acorn TV, and Shudder.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Michael Cohen's former attorney Robert Costello returned to the witness stand on Tuesday morning to testify for the defense in the New York criminal trial against Donald Trump, according to live updates from the courthouse.On Monday, Costello was called as the defense's second witness. The lawyer clashed with Judge Juan Merchan after expressing frustration over the judge's decision to sustain multiple objections from the prosecution during his testimony, Blaze News reported.Merchan briefly cleared the courtroom after Costello rolled his eyes, audibly sighed, and remarked, "Ridiculous.""You don't give me a side eye and you don't roll your eyes. ... When there's a witness on the stand, if you don't like my ruling, you don't say 'jeez.' You don't say 'strike it,'" Merchan told Costello.'Judge Merchan has so restricted my testimony that the defense has decided not to call me.'During Costello's direct examination by Trump's attorneys on Monday, he testified that Cohen told him that the former president had nothing to do with the $130,000 settlement payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Costello claimed Cohen made the payment on his own to regain favor with Trump and increase his chances of securing a position at the White House. According to Costello, Cohen told him approximately 10 to 12 times during a meeting in April 2018, "I swear to God, Bob, I don't have anything on Donald Trump."During Costello's cross-examination on Tuesday, the prosecution tried to paint Costello as having "animosity" toward Cohen. Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Costello whether he had attempted to push Cohen to retain him as his lawyer because he could provide a backchannel through Rudy Giuliani to President Trump. Costello denied the claim.Hoffinger then showed Costello an email he had sent to Cohen allegedly referring to the backchannel."The email speaks for itself, right sir?" Hoffinger asked."No, not quite. There are circumstances about that email, which I would be delighted to tell you," Costello responded."That's alright, let's move on to the next one," Hoffinger stated.The prosecution also accused Costello of attempting to "intimidate" Cohen by providing testimony last week before a House committee."That's ridiculous, no," Costello remarked.After Costello concluded his testimony on Tuesday, Merchan instructed the jury regarding timing. "I've considered all the permutation ... at the end of the day, I think the best thing that we can do is to adjourn now until next Tuesday. At that time you will hear summations from the attorneys. Probably Wednesday I'll ask you to come in ... hear jury charge and then I would expect that you will begin your deliberations hopefully at some point on Wednesday," Merchan concluded.Anything else?On Monday, the defense requested that former Federal Election Commissioner Brad Smith testify to similar topics addressed by the prosecution's expert witness. Merchan decided to limit the defense's request, arguing that it would lead to a "battle of the experts" that would "only confuse and not assist the jury."Smith published a thread on X in response to the judge's decision to reject portions of his testimony in the trial."Judge Merchan has so restricted my testimony that the defense has decided not to call me. Now, it's elementary that the judge instructs the jury on the law, so I understand his reluctance," Smith wrote. "But the Federal Election Campaign Act is very complex. Even Antonin Scalia — a pretty smart guy, even [if] you hate him — once said 'this [campaign finance] law is so intricate that I can't figure it out.'""Part of the state's case is that they wrongly reported what they knew to be a campaign expenditure in order to hide the payment until after the election," Smith continued. "Cohen even testified they just wanted to get past the election.""We were going to go over the reporting schedules, showing that even if they thought it was a campaign expenditure to be reported, an expenditure made on October 27 (when $ sent to Daniels atty) would not, under law, be reported until Dec. 8, a full 30 days after election," he explained. — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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If you act now you can bag yourself a 34-inch Samsung OLED gaming monitor for its lowest price ever in this limited-time deal. Having started off being a $1,500 display, it's now down to just under $800, making it a fantastic buy, and just shy of half its original price. Samsung is set to dominate the gaming monitor market for the foreseeable future, with its QD-OLED panels being used by loads of manufacturers to create the best gaming monitors on the planet. However, most of these prices of these panels are still over or at least closer to $1,000, so to get an ultrawide 34-inch model for a penny under $800 is a steal. Continue reading This OLED gaming monitor just dropped to half its original price MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB review, Best SSD for gaming, Best gaming monitor

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