Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Tim McGraw, Chris Pratt and Selena Gomez lead stars speaking out on Texas school shooting
foxnews.comTim McGraw, Chris Pratt and Selena Gomez were just a few of the stars to speak out on the Texas school shooting, where 19 children and two teachers were killed during an attack at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
At least 17 people were also wounded by the gunman, who used an assault rifle and was killed by responding police.The shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is now the third most deadly school shooting in American history following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, where 28 people were killed in 2012, and the Virginia Tech shooting, in 2007, where 33 people died. "I cannot even fathom the pain the families in Uvalde are feeling," McGraw wrote on Twitter just hours after the incident. "To me, this isn't about political sides, personal freedoms, or beliefs.
We, as human beings, need to realize that we have a disease that needs recognition, treatment, and a cure. "I'm not intelligent enough, as most people are, to understand that we must have real, unbiased dialogue and action about what/how to work toward a solution.
Divisive rhetoric has done zero to help this problem – it's only made it worse. He added: "For one minute, let's set aside our idealistic views and concentrate on the kind of world we want our children to grow up in.This sort of tragedy has become far too common, far too acceptable.This shouldn't have been acceptable 20 years ago, 4 years ago, or one week ago.This SHOULD NOT be acceptable.This is not normal." Tim McGraw, Chris Pratt and Selena Gomez speak out on the Texas school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. (Getty Images) Chris Pratt shared a collage image of 16 of the children killed in the school shooting.
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