After rumors of a Taylor Swift cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine have been lastly put to mattress final month, Ryan Reynolds has sparked contemporary speak.

Reynolds, 47, plugged the forthcoming Marvel movie through Instagram Tales on Tuesday, July 2, by posting pictures from his promotional tour — and one of many snaps featured the superhero posed strikingly equally to Swift, 34, on the duvet of her album, Evermore.

The superhero is seen together with his again to the digital camera whereas looking to a abandoned forest, in a really related vogue to the way in which Swift is depicted on her album cowl.

To tease followers additional, Reynolds added Swift’s title monitor, which options Bon Iver, to the Instagram Story.

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ROBYN BECK/AFP through Getty Photos; Cowl Photos Wolverine won’t be the one superhero to crew up with Deadpool in his upcoming third movie. Taylor Swift has been closely rumored to make an look in Deadpool 3, formally titled Deadpool & Wolverine. The movie is about to comply with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s titular antiheroes […]

The put up comes after Entertainment Weekly reported on June 10 that Swift will not appear within the movie, which can see Reynolds return as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine from Marvel’s X-Males cinematic collection.

It follows years of fan hypothesis concerning Swift’s involvement in Deadpool and Wolverine, with some even suggesting the singer could painting Dazzler or Blonde Phantom from Marvel’s comedian books.

Theories about Swift’s involvement have been dialed up in October 2023 when Reynolds and Jackman, 55, were spotted at a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation. The actors have been seen alongside the movie’s director, Shawn Levy, and Swift, who was there to assist her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.

Reynolds spoke concerning the rumors in November 2023 throughout an interview with Vancouver Sun. “Yeah, I’ve heard that one,” he mentioned. “I find it irresistible [the gossip]. I feel it’s a signal of how keen individuals are to get a peek behind the scenes on this world. Each single one in every of these secrets and techniques and spoilers shall be revealed.”

Swift additionally joined in on the hypothesis enjoyable, sending followers right into a frenzy following the April launch of The Tortured Poets Division. Some speculated that the lyrics of “Clara Bow” referred to Dazzler, because the phrase “dazzling” was featured all through the choruses and outro.

The rumors reached fever pitch simply final month after IMAX debuted a poster of the movie through Instagram on June 11. Within the poster, the 2 superheroes are depicted holding arms clad in matching friendship bracelets. The picture was extensively believed to reference Swift’s fans trading friendship bracelets throughout her Eras Tour in reference to a lyric on her Midnights monitor, “You’re on Your Personal Child.”

Deadpool and Wolverine will hit theaters on July 26.

• Mary Jo Bailey, 81, was sentenced to life in jail on July 2 for the first-degree homicide of Yvonne Menke
• Yvonne Menke was fatally shot 3 times in December 1985, and her case was reopened in 2021
• Bailey and Menke have been each concerned with the identical man, Jack Owen, on the identical time

An 81-year-old girl was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday, July 2, after she was convicted in June for the 1985 homicide of her romantic rival, studies Kare 11, WQOW and The Osceola Sun.

Mary Jo Bailey was convicted of the first-degree homicide of Yvonne Menke on June 5. Within the July 2 sentencing listening to held on the Polk County Courthouse, Bailey was sentenced to a compulsory life time period. Nonetheless, as a result of a Wisconsin state regulation from the 12 months of Menke’s homicide, Bailey was granted the potential of parole in simply over 19 years. Bailey’s protection workforce mentioned her conviction could also be appealed.

As a result of 1985 Wisconsin regulation, Decide Scott Nordstrand couldn’t add or subtract time from her sentence. However he mentioned in courtroom he would have set her parole eligibility at 38 years, per WQOW. “I believe it must be mentioned how brutal and the way horrific this crime was. And cold-blooded,” Nordstrand mentioned. 

“Apart from her lack of denial, Ms. Bailey has not admitted what she did, she has not taken accountability for her actions, she has proven no regret,” Assistant District Lawyer Holly Wooden-Webster mentioned, per The Osceola Solar. “In reality, she informed the bailiff after she was convicted that she will be able to now retire and never fear about it. That is first-degree homicide … Ms. Bailey shouldn’t be eligible for parole.”

Earlier than Bailey’s sentence was introduced, three of Menke’s youngsters – Julie Connors, Sue Raska and James Menke Jr. – offered statements.

“You waited in a darkish stairwell to maliciously homicide my mother. You sentenced us to a life crammed with ache, disappointment and harm,” mentioned Connors, who was 20 on the time of her mom’s homicide. Connors additionally learn an announcement from her sister Raska, who was pregnant on the time of Menke’s loss of life.

“To me, this isn’t justice,” mentioned James Jr., who was 16 in 1985. “She bought to steer her life. We didn’t stay ours. Nevertheless it’s as shut because it’s going to get. So, now we are able to lastly put this behind us. However [Bailey] ought to by no means be let loose once more.”

The chilly case into Menke’s loss of life wasn’t reinvestigated till 2021, when a prison criticism reported the 2 ladies have been romantically concerned with the identical man, Jack Owen, on the identical time. (Owen married a special girl and moved to Montana. He died in 2021, per WQOW.)

On Dec. 12, 1985, Menke — who was a 45-year-old mom of 4 youngsters — was fatally shot as soon as within the neck and twice behind the pinnacle, allegedly by Bailey exterior of her condominium constructing. After telling her daughter she was going exterior to heat up her automobile earlier than work, her daughter allegedly heard the gunshots after which regarded out the window and noticed an individual working from the crime scene. Her mom was then discovered useless on the backside of the constructing’s exterior stairs.

Proof revealed that Bailey’s boots matched the shoe prints within the snow and a notice within the sufferer’s purse with Bailey’s automobile data. Moreover, Menke’s household alleged that they acquired repeated cellphone calls from an unknown girl who inquired about what time Menke left for work within the morning.

Thirty-six years later, in 2021, Lt. Andrew Vitalis and Polk County Investigations Liaison Deputy Mark Biller began to reinvestigate the chilly case with new interviews with witnesses. 

“For the reason that preliminary investigation was carried out, it was possible that many topics had realized further details about the case that could be related and never but reported to regulation enforcement. Moreover, officers suspected there have been topics who had been residing within the space on the time of the murder that didn’t come ahead with details about the murder for worry of retaliation,” the prison criticism states, per WQOW.

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Youngsters say the darndest issues, in accordance with Jenna Bush Hager.

The Today anchor—who shares children Mila, 11, Poppy, 8, and Hal, 4, with husband Henry Hager—jokingly recounted how her youngest “began to disgrace me into outfit, hair, make-up” by stating the scale of her nipples.

“Whereas I’m getting dressed—if I do make-up, hair, outfit—which is what I like, Hal likes to return in there and say, ‘Have a look at your nickels. I like your nickels,'” Jenna shared on the July 1 episode of morning present, explaining that her son was referring to her nipples. “He mentioned, ‘Have a look at your large nickels.’”

She continued, “He walks in and he makes enjoyable of my ‘nickels,’ pointing and laughing in such and speaking about their measurement—after which I’ve to get on a gown.”

Although the trade did depart Jenna feeling “a bit of humiliated in my own residence,” she mentioned it won’t deter from being naked around her house—even when the children are round.