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BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER CLEARED IN FREDDIE GRAY’S DEATH

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Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of injuries sustained while in police custody. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams found Gsoodson, who is also black, not guilty of all criminal counts including second-degree depraved heart murder, the most serious accusation against any of the six officers charged in connection with Gray’s death. Prosecutors had failed to secure convictions in two earlier trials of police officers. Goodson, 46, was the driver of a police transport van in which Gray broke his neck in April 2015. Goodson had also faced three counts of manslaughter, and single counts of reckless endangerment, second-degree assault and misconduct in office. REUTERS

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A tornado, hail storms and driving rain killed at least 78 people and injured some 500 in eastern China on Thursday, flattening power lines, overturning cars and ripping roofs off houses in Jiangsu province. The storm struck midafternoon near Yancheng city, a few hours’ drive north of China’s commercial capital, Shanghai, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. Winds of 78 mph battered several townships in Funing county, the official Xinhua news agency said. “I heard the gales and ran upstairs to shut the windows,” Funing resident Xie Litian, 62, told Xinhua. “I had hardly reached the top of the stairs when I heard a boom and saw the entire wall with the windows on it torn away.” When the storm subsided and Xie escaped, all the neighboring houses were gone. REUTERS

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The Supreme Court dealt President Barack Obama a harsh defeat by blocking his plan to spare millions of illegal immigrants from deportation in a split 4-4 ruling he called frustrating to those aiming to fix America’s broken immigration system. The ruling, coming seven months before Obama’s term in office ends, marked the latest success that his Republican adversaries have had in thwarting a major policy initiative of the Democratic president. It also guarantees that immigration will remain a prominent part of the campaign ahead of the Nov. 8 election in which voters will pick his successor. REUTERS

“Donkeys Around Town,” the 57 fiberglass donkeys painted to represent all states and territories that will welcome delegates to the Democratic National Convention, were unveiled Thursday. The donkeys will be displayed at 48 different public locations through September. “Keep an eye out for them beginning July 1!” said former Pennsylvania Gov. and Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee Chair Ed Rendell. CHARLES MOSTOLLER

ACLU sues Philly over DNC speech restrictions “The last thing that poor people have is their voice, and we can’t allow our voice to be taken away.” ALEXIS SACHDEV @MetroPhilly letters@metro.us

The city of Philadelphia was hit with a lawsuit Thursday alleging that its refusal to issue a protest permit to a social-justice organization during the Democratic National Convention restricts the group from exercising its constitutional freedom of speech right. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania on behalf of Kensington-based Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, accuses Philly of “contentbased” censorship. “It appears that the City favors block parties and other celebrations over protest, or that it favors commercial or prestigious speakers over those less powerful. Either rationale is contentbased and prohibited by the First Amendment,” the lawsuit says. In May, Cheri Honkala, founder of PPERHC, applied for a permit to

march from City Hall to FDR Park at 3 p.m. on July 25, the convention’s opening day. But the city denied the permit based on an unwritten ban on marches in Center City streets from 7 a.m.–9 a.m., and 3 p.m.–6 p.m. so as to not interfere with rushhour traffic. “We are filing the lawsuit today because the last thing that poor people have is their voice, and we can’t allow our voice to be taken away,” Honkala said. The city’s permit policy for demonstrations states that among the grounds for refusing applications is if “the demonstration will substantially or unnecessarily interfere with traffic in the area contiguous to the activity, and will unreasonably disrupt movement or circulation of vehicular or pedestrian traffic,” though it does not indicate specific times. But the lawsuit points out that the city has “routinely authorize[d] street closures on Center City streets during this time on weekdays, as evidenced by a list on the city’s own events web page.” “This spring, the city has closed Center City streets during so-called rush hour for victory parades, block parties and restaurant events,” the lawsuit reads. “The city

Cheri Honkala, founder of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign SAM NEWHOUSE

also routinely allows protests in Center City during supposed rush hours at the discretion of the police. The refusal to grant a permit, however, leaves protesters to take their chances on whether the police will stop or allow their protest.” Additionally, the PPEHRC and thousands of city residents peacefully marched the same route during the Republican National Convention in 2000, which Honkala led. Mayor Jim Kenney’s spokeswoman, Lauren Hitt, confirmed rush-hour traffic as a reason for denying the application. The PPEHRC, a coalition of community organizations and nonprofit groups, seeks to advance economic human rights by highlighting issues of hidden poverty and end-

ing economic poverty. Honkala said she thinks the city denied the application because it didn’t want the group to expose the issues of poverty and homelessness while the national spotlight is on Philadelphia for the DNC. “This is basically cosmetics,” Honkala said in May. “This is, ‘Let’s sweep up and hide poor, homeless people prior to the Democratic National Convention.’” “Political conventions are a time when the nation’s attention is focused on the problems facing our country,” said Reggie Shuford, executive director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. “It is vital to our democracy that there be every opportunity for public participation in that national conversation.” The city declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying in an email that the Law Department is reviewing the complaint. The city has so far issued five permits for demonstration during the DNC: three in Old City’s Thomas Paine Plaza, one for Bernie Sanders at FDR Plaza and a mile march from City Hall to Independence Mall. Mayor Jim Kenney has said protesters won’t be arrested solely because they don’t have a permit.

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Fattah resigns following conviction Announcement comes two days after the 11-term congressman was found guilty of fraud. SAM NEWHOUSE @scnewhouse

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Two days after being convicted of fraud in a jury trial, Chaka Fattah, Philadelphia’s 11-term Democratic congressman, announced his immediate resignation. Fattah sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Paul Ryan announcing he’s leaving his post, after Ryan had previously

called for Fattah’s immediate resignation, instead of previously announced plans to resign in three months. “In my previous letter I indicated a later resignation date in order to provide for an orderly transition of my office after 21 years of service in the House,” he wrote Thurs-

day. “However, out of respect for the entire House leadership, and so as not to cause a distraction from the House’s work for the people, I have changed my effective date.” The reversal came a day after Fattah’s announcement Wednesday, in which he said he would wait more than three

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months, or until the day before he is set to be sentenced, to resign. “I’m very sad about the results that the jury rendered yesterday and because of that, my resignation is effective October 3, 2016,” Fattah wrote in a letter dated June 22 and addressed to Ryan. “Despite my resignation, I am working to clear my name of these charges and plan to mount an appeal,” Fattah continued in the letter. Fattah used the letter to thank his colleagues for working with him for 21 years, his constituents and his family for “joining me on this incredible journey.” He also used it to tout “achievements” from his service, citing the American Opportunity Tax Credit, Equity and Excellence Commission and the Fattah Neuroscience Initiative. Joseph DeFelice, chairman of the Philly GOP, blasted Fattah’s decision to remain in office for months. “His resignation will come after 3.5 months from now, the day before his sentencing on corruption charges, thereby ensuring he can collect a paycheck while continuing to do nothing to benefit his constituents,” DeFelice said in a statement. “This whole episode has been a stain on the city of Philadelphia.” A spokesman for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Wolf, a Democrat, thinks Fattah should resign, the Inquirer reported, while Mayor Jim Ken-

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“Despite my resignation, I am working to clear my name of these charges and plan to mount an appeal.” Fattah

ney didn’t directly urge Fattah to resign but said the district should have a member who can vote. House members convicted of crimes are forbidden to vote. Fattah was convicted on 23 charges related to corruption involving using federal funds to repay a loan for his failed 2007 mayoral campaign and to pay off son Chaka Fattah Jr.’s student loan debts. Fattah Jr. was sentenced to five years in federal prison earlier this year on unrelated fraud charges. State Sen. Dwight Evans beat Fattah in the April primary over the Democratic nomination for Congress in this November’s election. It remains unclear if a special election will be required to replace Fattah to serve out the remainder of his term. Additional reporting by Alexis Sachdev

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The man was inside a TD Bank vestibule when he was attacked. SAM NEWHOUSE @scnewhouse

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Philadelphia police are seeking two boys caught on surveillance camera pelting a homeless man inside an ATM vestibule with rocks. The boys are wanted for aggravated assault for striking the 42-year-old homeless man with rocks repeatedly and ramming him with a grocery cart. The attack occurred at a TD Bank at Oregon Avenue and Fifth Street in South Philly on May 29 around 10 p.m. after the homeless man “sought shelter from the rain inside the vestibule” of the bank, police said Thursday. “While avoiding the rain, the victim was tormented by two unknown black males who pelted the victim with rocks then fled the area in an unknown direction,” a police report stated. Surveillance video from the bank shows the boys pulling the bank

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doors open and entering with a grocery cart filled with detritus, which they use to ram the man. The boys are then seen hurling rocks at the victim as he pushes the cart back and vainly holds his hands up to block the projectiles and defend himself. The boys left briefly but returned to attack the

man again. “While curled in the corner suffering from his wounds, the suspects returned to attack the victim again,” police said. The boys threw more rocks, and can be seen throwing some objects at the surveillance camera inside the bank vestibule before fleeing. “The victim was transported to Methodist Hospital, where he was treated for minor cuts to his head and neck pain and is listed in stable condition,” police said. The suspects were described by police as two black male juveniles wearing dark hooded sweatshirts.

BUS CRASH Cop injured in crash with SEPTA bus A Philadelphia police officer was hospitalized after a SEPTA bus collided with a cruiser early Thursday morning. Around 5 a.m., two officers were responding to a call when the commuter bus struck the squad car on the passenger side at the intersection of 63rd Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philly, reports said. The impact pushed the squad car into a pole. The sergeant behind the wheel was not injured, but the passenger, another officer, was loaded into an ambulance wearing a neckbrace. Police told

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FATTAH IS OUT — LET THE OFFICIAL REPENTING BEGIN Guilty. Not just on some levels, but all the way. On Tuesday, Congressman Chaka Fattah was convicted on all 22 counts of bribery, money laundering, racketeering and fraud in a corruption trial. It’s a local embarrassment that the once revered black congressman who represents my district in Pennsylvania fell so low. I can’t say I didn’t see this coming. But the verdict still hit hard Tuesday afternoon, and only one word kept coming out: “Damn.” Damn isn’t just a mild epithet on this occasion. It’s the kind of colloquial expression blacks use with a level of emphasis that suggests things are really messed up. As much as I’m not a fan of elected officials getting caught up in corruption, this had a certain level of sentimental disappointment. When I first came to Philly in 2010, Fattah was the second elected official I got to meet after then-Mayor Michael Nutter. I was so ecstatic at the time because he was one of the highest ranking black political figures in the state. Fattah was like the LeBron of West Philadelphia — everybody was captivated by him. The fellow Penn alum appeared to have the kind of wisdom and

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ethics that influenced me to believe that this was the kind of lineage that paved the way for President Obama. The Fattahs were Philadelphia royalty. When I interned at NBC10 while attending Penn, I got to see his wife, Renee Chenault-Fattah, get camera-ready in the evening before reporting the news. But the more I began to pursue my journalism career, the more I began to hear things. Those thoughts became rumors, that would lead to investigations, indictments and, now, convictions. Renee lost her legendary anchoring career amidst this turmoil, and Fattah became another fallen black political powerhouse. But their personal tragedy is just as upsetting on the vulnerable working class communities he was elected to represent as well. Thousands of taxpayers’ dollars were misused as a way to fuel corruption. No matter how many will try to spin it, it’s obvious that Fattah most likely abused his influence and longstanding power in the region.

Many insiders project that he might get 15 to 20 years behind bars for his crimes. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 4. Despite initially announcing he would resign the day before his sentencing, Fattah has decided to give up his seat in Congress immediately. As some politicians are beginning to chime in and pass judgment, I sincerely ask all of you to check yourselves. I, too, agree that Fattah leaving now is the best decision; if there is to be a special election, Democratic primary winner Dwight Evans deserves the seat uncontested. That being said, perhaps the rest of you elected officials still unscathed by the skeletons in your own closet should think twice before casting the first stone. It would be foolish of me to assume that the crimes Fattah has been found guilty of aren’t still going on in local politics. Sure, not everyone gets caught red-handed — but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that when one strong tree stumbles, several branches might fall as a result. In other words, Philly elected officials: Start cleaning out your own office of possible misconduct before planning to weigh in on the unfortunate travesty of another.

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Polls point to UK staying in EU The vote came on a day when London and parts of southeast England were hit by torrential rain, causing floods and widespread transport chaos. Britons appear to have voted in a referendum to stay in the European Union, opinion polls showed Thursday, and prominent “Brexit” campaigners acknowledged they looked likely to lose. Nigel Farage, head of the U.K. Independence Party and a leading voice in favor of leaving the EU, told Sky News: “It’s been an extraordinary referendum campaign; turnout looks to be exceptionally high and looks like Remain will edge it.” Farage said his prediction was based on “what I know from some of my friends in the financial markets who have done

some big polling.” Government minister Theresa Villiers, who also campaigned for Britain to leave, told Sky News her instinct was that the Remain side had won. A vote to stay would come as a massive relief to Britain’s 27 EU partners, which had feared the departure of the bloc’s second-biggest economy would weaken Europe’s global clout and fuel the rise of “euroskeptic” movements in other countries. Before a single result had emerged from the 382 local counting areas, a survey by pollster YouGov showed Remain ahead by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent. Unlike a classic exit poll, it was based on online responses by a preselected sample of people rather than a survey of voters as they left polling stations. Pollster Ipsos-Mori also put Remain in the lead, saying surveys it had carried out Wednesday and

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Thursday gave it a 54-46 margin of victory. An Ipsos-Mori poll published earlier had just a 52-48 split for Remain. The pound climbed to its highest point for this year, rising above $1.50, up almost 1 percent on the day, though it later eased to around 1.4950. “It’s early days and there will be twists and turns through the early hours of this morning,

but for now, the markets have taken that YouGov poll as a strong indication that the Remain camp has won,” said Jeremy Cook, chief economist at international payments company World First in London. In the first result officially declared, the British overseas territory of Gibraltar bordering Spain voted overwhelmingly in favor of Remain, as widely

expected. The four-month campaign has sharply polarized the nation and the final outcome of the vote could change the face of Europe. If Britain becomes the first state to leave the EU, the so-called Brexit would be the biggest blow to the 28-nation bloc since its foundation. The EU would be stripped of its leading freemarket advocate and one of its two main military powers, and could face calls for similar votes by anti-EU politicians in other countries. Ralph Brinkhaus, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and deputy parliamentary floor leader for her conservatives in the Bundestag, told Reuters: “The released polls show the expected neck-and-neck race. It will remain exciting until the early morning hours. I hope that the British have decided against a Brexit.” REUTERS

BRIEF US-backed Syrian forces clash with Islamic State on outskirts of Manbij U.S.-backed Syrian forces were fighting through Islamic State defenses on the edge of Manbij city, a militant stronghold near the Turkish border, a senior military official with the Americanled coalition fighting the group said Thursday. The forces encountered improvised explosive devices and rocket positions, the official said, as they tried to cut off an area that provides the militants with their main access route to the outside world. “So there is still a civilian population, there are Daesh in defensive areas and the Syrian Democratic Forces are moving closer to them,” said British Army Major General Doug Chalmers, deputy commander for strategy and sustainment with the U.S.-led coalition, using an Arab acronym for Islamic State. The comments come after the British-based Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that U.S. backed forces fought Islamic State militants inside the city of Manbij for the first time since they laid siege to the militant stronghold near the Turkish border. REUTERS

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Clinton’s server technician declines to answer court-ordered questions The computer technician who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server for her work as secretary of state declined to answer questions more than 125 times during a deposition ordered by a federal judge, a transcript released Thursday shows. Bryan Pagliano worked on Clinton’s previous presidential run in 2008. He joined the State Department’s technology unit the next year as one of Clinton’s political appointees and set up the unauthorized server in her New York home. The decision to set up the server has dogged Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party candidate ahead of November’s presidential election, and clouded her campaign with legal uncertainty. A majority of voters say they find her dishonest,

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polls show, with many citing her private server as a reason. Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington had ordered Pagliano and other Clinton aides and department officials to give sworn testimony to help him decide whether the server was set up to thwart the public’s right to see government records.Â

Sullivan is overseeing an action by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group suing the State Department. It is one of scores of such lawsuits filed by individuals and groups who were incorrectly told by the government that Clinton had no emails before the arrangement became publicly known in 2015, two years after Clinton left the department. “On the advice of counsel, I will decline to answer your question in reliance on my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution,� Pagliano said 128 times over 80 minutes in response to a series of questions by a Judicial Watch lawyer. The deposition under oath took place Wednesday. REUTERS

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Democrats end House sit-in over gun control Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday ended a daylong sit-in at the chamber to protest the lack of action on gun-control measures. Democratic members had taken over the House on Wednesday, sitting on the floor while chanting and singing, and stayed all night to push for gun control legislation after the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, even though Republicans adjourned the House and went home for a holiday break. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, told Reuters

Authorities: Man appeared to have been “disturbed�; no others hurt.

that lawmakers would now go back to their districts to build support for legislation. Â Dramatic tactics by legislators are rare in the U.S. Capitol, and the protest underscored how sensitive the gun control issue has become after the June 12 massacre in which a U.S.-born gunman pledging allegiance to the Islamic State killed 49 people. The House Democrats were seeking votes on legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases, as well as measures to curb the sale of weapons to people on government watch lists.Â

A masked man took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police stormed the complex and shot him dead, police said. No other people were injured, a police spokesman said. The attacker, who carried a rifle or “long gun,� acted alone and appeared to have been a “disturbed man,� Hesse State Interior Minister Peter Beuth told the regional parliament. Police had not identified the man or established his motive, spokesman Bernd Hoch-

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Ways the original ‘Independence Day’ movie just screams 1996 “Independence Day� turns 20 this year and to celebrate, 20th Century Fox has made a belated sequel that isn’t being screened for American critics ahead of its release. So much has changed since then. Here are some ways the original modern super-duper-mega blockbuster makes for a surprising time capsule: MATT PRIGGE

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“Independence Day� was teased months in advance with freaky Super Bowl spots — a practice that’s now common but was new back then. By the time the movie was released — on July

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Fourth, of course — every man, woman and child felt it was their patriotic duty to spend 2½ hours watching humanity kick squiddy alien behind (wherever that was on their bodies).

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The cast of “ID4â€? was sprawling — so big that everyone had to be “aordable.â€? The heroes were played not by Arnold Schwarzenegger or John Travolta but by Bill Pullman, Je Goldblum and, er, Randy Quaid. The closest to a big name was Will Smith, who at that point was simply a rapper-turnedactor with a hit sitcom, one acclaimed supporting turn in

The ’90s were a time of relentless John Grisham books and their movie adaptations. With them came an even more relentless assault of lawyer jokes, most often ung by Jay Leno. So it doesn’t take more than a couple minutes for someone to make a joke about lawyers and how crooked they are, or whatever we hated about them.

a serious drama (“Six Degrees of Separationâ€?) and a hit (“Bad Boysâ€?) in which he shared co-lead with Martin Lawrence. With his good vibes and arsenal of trailer-friendly quips, the Fresh Prince got his John Wayne in “Stagecoachâ€? break: Within his ďŹ rst moments onscreen it was clear he was the movies’ newest, biggest thing — big enough that he isn’t even in the sequel.

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Lawyer jokes died because we’re a ďŹ ckle species and grew tired of them. Gay panic jokes are now verboten because we’re, at least in some ways, better people. It also doesn’t take long for the iers played by Smith and Harry Connick Jr. to do a bit in which the latter gets down on his knee while holding the engagement ring Smith intends to give to his stripper girlfriend (Vivica A. Fox). Would you believe a colleague sees them and gets the wrong impression? These were the jokes, people!

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The world ďŹ nds out about the alien invasion the old fashioned way: by watching television. The few characters who have cellphones are essentially lugging around massive bricks. The baddies

are taken down after someone signs into AOL. Goldblum’s techie is a genius who can do things like track people’s coordinates and upload viruses — acts that are no longer the exclusive domain of nerds.

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America does the brunt of the legwork taking out our extraterrestrial overlords — and in only three days! — but the movie is ultimately utopian. Everyone, both here and abroad, comes together for a common cause and Pullman’s prez, in

his ďŹ ery “St. Crispin’s Dayâ€?-style speech before the big ďŹ ght, even says that “Independence Dayâ€? is no longer just for America but for all countries. (Surely the Breitbarts would handle that one well if it came out today.) Even scientists and the military work

hand-in-hand, with only minimal inďŹ ghting. Maybe “Independence Dayâ€? isn’t just a ceaselessly ridiculous behemoth that hypnotized the world into loving it 20 years back. Maybe it really is a lovely fantasy of a paradise that we’ve since destroyed.

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“The Shallows” Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Blake Lively, a shark Rating: PG-13 Jean-Luc Godard said all a movie needed was a girl and a gun. “The Shallows” goes with a girl and a shark. In fact, that’s all it has. It needs nothing else. A tiny, lean, stripped-down tale of survival unleashed into a wasteland overrun with blockbuster giants, it plays David to the many Goliaths, offering a reminder that less is more in an age when more is always mistaken for more. All it does is pit Blake Lively, a surfer in a beauteous and remote Mexican alcove, against a great white that doesn’t want her to reach shore. Sometimes it’s that simple. And it’s the definition of simple. Once Lively’s Nancy has swum out far enough to become potential fish food, she has next to nothing to help her — just a buoy, a set of rocks peeking out above the surf and, as a good sick joke, a chomped-up whale carcass, upon which our bikini-d cover girl has to climb for safety. There’s another fine gross-out gag, involving an inventive use of the jewelry she wears even while catching waves. Like its hero, the move is resourceful. Every time the script

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seems to have written itself into a wall, it finds another out, making lots out of nothing at all. Director Jaume Collet-Serra is Hollywood’s last trashy genre filmmaker standing. In the likes of “Non-Stop” and “Run All Night” — both of which paired him with Liam Neeson — the director delivered the kind of whipsmart time-killer studios used to churn out at a steady clip. His star is comfortable and good-humored even when things get hairy, and ColletSerra rewards her by having his camera only ogle her minimally. This isn’t always a smart movie, but it’s smart moviemaking, knowing its limitations as well as its increasingly rarified strengths. MATT PRIGGE

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Mahershala Ali, left, and Matthew McConaughey take on the Confederacy in the Civil War drama “Free State of Jones.” MURRAY CLOSE

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Stars: Elle Fanning, Jena Malone Rating: R One shouldn’t assume models have little on their minds, and the same goes for Nicolas Winding Refn’s “The Neon Demon.” Like “Drive” and “Bronson,” this fashion world takedown is a crazy/beautiful burlesque of anguish and ultraviolence, soaked in loud colors and a louder electroscore. You could say Refn is a director of style, not ideas. But his style needs to run on ideas — big, provocative, silly ones to match his big, provocative, silly style. And so we take a Danteesque trip into the inferno of modeling — a world of interchangeable blond stick

figures complicit in their own oppression. Elle Fanning plays Jesse, a new fish who rankles the longtime pros by quickly becoming the next big thing. The models are all of them victims, but they’re also oppressors. Do they turn on the industry that treats them like priced flesh? No, they turn on each other. It’s a stretch to say “The Neon Demon” works as social commentary, but at heart it’s a funhouse mirror reflection of our tendency to prolong broken, corrupt systems by attacking players, not the game. But again, that’s ascribing too much thought to a film where one character bangs a corpse. Still, Refn has a strong foundation to mostly justify his considerable excesses and to make it deeper than even Refn may realize. MP

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Kenny Chesney can’t slow Local musicians down honor musical legacy Alison Polans, Vince Tampio, Imani Roach

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This year marks 10 years since the release of Amy Winehouse’s iconic album, “Back to Black.” It’s considered a modern musical masterpiece — from her voice to the lyrics to the production and the realness of it all. Though Winehouse passed away in 2011, fans around the world have not forgotten the impact she made on music — and tomorrow night, Philadelphia musicians will perform “Back to Black” in its entirety at World Cafe Live. Spearheaded by vocalists Allison Polans and Imani Roach and trumpet player Vince

Tampio, a rotating cast of singers will perform the songs backed by a ninepiece band — complete with hearty horn section. “It was really inspiring to see someone putting themselves out there so honestly and so completely,” says Polans of Winehouse’s authenticity. “There’s not a lot of that in music.” “Amy would have been 32 if she were alive today,” Roach adds. “We were all close to her in age [in our early 20s] when she came out. To see someone in my age group doing work that was so brave and so stylistically different was really powerful.” Tampio admits that he was a bit younger when “Back to Black” came out — in between freshman and sophomore year of college. While he didn’t listen to much current music at the time, he was going through relation-

If you go “Back to Black”: A 10th Anniversary Tribute to Amy Winehouse World Cafe Live (downstairs) Friday, June 24 7 p.m. $15-$18 Update: Event is sold out.

ship woes and connected with Winehouse’s work. “I went out and bought the album. Got the exclusive version. Thanks, Walmart!” In addition to honoring the late singer’s music, proceeds from the event will benefit the The Amy Winehouse Foundation, which educates young people about drug and alcohol abuse as well as provides support for at-risk youth.

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Swipe right on ‘The Tinder Show’ The monthly comedy night pokes fun at the popular dating app. MIKE FENN @MetroPhilly

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Local comedians Eddie Finn and Max Barth have turned today’s passive and shallow dating culture on its head with their unique comedy offering — “The Tinder Show.” As its name suggests, the show is inspired by Tinder which, if you are unaware, is an app that

allows users to connect with people in their area and decide if they are worthy of “swiping right” (I like you) or the dreaded “swiping left” (Don’t speak to me). When two users have swiped right on each other, they can then … and only then … communicate with each other, getting to know one another outside of the few photos and descriptions that appear on their respective profiles. Tonight at 8:30, Finn and Barth will bring “The Tinder Show” to the Plays and Players

Theatre in Rittenhouse Square. “There aren’t any other comedy shows in Philly specifically about online dating,” Finn and Barth said. “We frame the show around the Tinder app but it is basically a show about relationships and sex and, occasionally, ice cream. We don’t concentrate on being single, specifically, so practically everyone can relate to it. “Whether you’re single or dating or anywhere in between, you’ll have a good time. It is actually a fun show to bring a date to and if your date doesn’t laugh, you know something is fundamentally wrong with them and can promptly end things.” In 2014, the show began as part of Five Dollar Comedy Week, a week’s worth of experimental comedy shows spearheaded by area comedians Kate Banford and Aaron Nevins. When reaction to Five Dollar Comedy Week exploded within and outside of the local comedy scene, Banford and Nevins expanded it and created Good Good Comedy, which now produces shows at multiple venues in the city every month. “We’ve sold out every show, people have had sit on the stage to make room,” Finn and Barth

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said. “We have a great rapport as co-hosts of the show and our guests are the funniest comedians we know.” With Finn and Barth at the helm, the show also features three guest comedians. Ryan Shaner, Elise Thompson-Hohl and Christian Manguel will appear at June’s show; all five entertainers take turns poking fun at truly ridiculous Tinder photos, descriptions and exchanges.

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Iverson has advice for No. 1 pick Simmons The Sixers made it official by taking Ben Simmons first overall Thursday night. Brandon Ingram went No. 2. EVAN MACY @evan_macy

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Want some advice on how to be a No. 1 overall draft pick in Philadelphia? Allen Iverson knows everything one would need to know. And Thursday afternoon at the 76ers draft party, in the shadow of the Art Museum in the city that made him a star, AI had a few tips for Ben Simmons on draft night. “You better give everything you got, play every game like it’s your last, and they will love you,â€? Iverson said of succeeding in Philly in front of a rabid fan base. â€œThese are the greatest fans ever and they want you to

give maximum effort and that’s it.â€? Iverson recalled the day his name was called by then-Commissioner David Stern, and a Hall of Fame career began. “I remember being nervous,â€? The Answer recalled. â€œKnowing I wanted to be a Sixer, I knew I was going to get picked first but I was also not knowing. I’ve seen stranger things happen in my life. Once they called my name I knew how it would feel for the rest of the guys who didn’t get called yet. I felt bad for those guys because I knew they had to go through what I had to go through.â€? Iverson spouted, with love and conviction, one of his catch phrases: “Play every game like it’s your last and you’ll be fine,â€? he said. It’s a sentiment echoed by another former 76ers’ favorite, World B. Free. “This is a hard-working town,â€? Free said. “The people will love you if you come and dedicate your-

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show you’re excited about being here and I think everything will work out for him.â€? Iverson couldn’t agree more, though he understands if Simmons feels a bit intimidated. Sure, Simmons and LeBron James are close friends, but that doesn’t mean playing in the shadow of a franchise of legends doesn’t come with big shoes to fill. “I did an interview today and I was just saying, ‘Wilt Chamberlain played here, Bobby Jones, Andrew Toney, Mo Cheeks, [Julius Erving], all these great players and someone has to come in and try their best to fill those shoes when those are some big shoes to fill,â€? Iverson said. “It won’t be anything different for Ben Simmons’ approach. You have some big shoes to fill and we are all going to cheer you on and hope and pray you succeed.â€? Good advice, Simmons. If you need any more, Iverson said he’ll always take your call.

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Flyers mining for gold with 18th pick in NHL draft Philly has had some very good luck in the second half of the first round —including Claude Giroux and Simon Gagne. ERIC GOLDSTEIN @EricEsponda sports@metro.us

By the time the Flyers are on clock with the 18th pick Friday at the NHL entry draft in Buffalo, New York, all of the

projected stars will be long gone. Unlike last year when at No. 7 they took defenseman Ivan Provorov, who is their top-rated prospect and has a shot at making the team this fall, the lot of talent remaining will not have as high of a ceiling. However, it doesn’t disqualify the team from grabbing a future all-star. As their own history has proved, a handful of gems are still available in the latter half of the first round. The Flyers have struck gold with players

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Libra Don’t wait for people to come to you. Speak up and air your opinions in order to attract people who share your concerns and ideas. A passionate plea will bring good results.

Taurus Look for something or someone unique

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to occupy your time. Travel to unfamiliar destinations that will offer insight into future trends or possibilities. Romance is featured.

idea or investment will lead to financial gains, as long as you don’t let a personal confrontation get in the way.

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take on a challenge that requires precision and accuracy. Make personal changes before someone makes them for you.

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