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Police stand outside a press conference following the mass shooting in an Orlando, Florida nightclub. (AP photo)
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In this June 29, 2014, photo, "The Voice" Season 6 contestant Christina Grimmie performs as part of "The Voice Tour" at Cobb Energy Centre, in Atlanta. A friend of the gunman who shot Grimmie after an Orlando concert this month says his friend had developed a fixation on her within the last year. (Photo by Robb D. Cohen/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**
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In this May 10, 2016, file photo, Bryan Cranston attends the LA Premiere of "All The Way" held at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. Cranston announced on Twitter June 21, 2016, that he'll play Zordon in an upcoming "Power Rangers" film. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**
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Omar Mateen's purported ex-lover "Miguel" says it's revenge that drove the self-proclaimed Islamic terrorist to gun down 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando. (Univision)
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Lynda Carter arrives at the 41st annual Gracie Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 24, 2016. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks at the dedication of a shooting park in Clark County, Nevada, August 25, 2009. Senator Harry Reid spoke at the Clark County Shooting Park opening ceremony, Tuesday, August 25. Reid was instrumental in securing land and more than $60 million in funding for the park. Harry Reid account on YouTube.
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Senate majority leader Harry Reid accepted the NRA's endorsement in his 2004 race, and sought it in 2010. He didn't get the endorsement but their action fund did contribute $4,950 to his campaign. (Associated Press)
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Vandals blackened this church sign in Buford, Georgia. (Screenshot: WSBTV)
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, center, takes the elevator to a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. listens at left as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, following their policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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New York City skyline (Associated Press)
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Brooke Shields is an American actress, model and former child star. Initially a child model, she gained critical acclaim for her leading role in Louis Malle's controversial filmPretty Baby (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. The role garnered Shields widespread notoriety, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). Brooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Teri and Francis Alexander Shields (19412003), a businessman. Through her father's side, she has Italian, French, Irish, and English roots, along with high social position and relations to nobility. According to research by William Addams Reitwiesner published in 1995, Brooke Shields has ancestral links with a number of noble families from Italy, in particular from Genoa and Rome. These are namely (in chronological order of descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy; Grimaldi; Imperiali; Carafa; Doria; Doria-Pamphili-Landi; Chigi-Albani; and Torlonia dynasties. Her paternal grandmother was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia (Donna Marina was the daughter of an Italian nobleman and an American socialite). (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Anderson Cooper is an American journalist, author and television personality. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Devon Aoki is an American actress and fashion model. Aoki was born in 1982 in New York City, and grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese father, Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki, a former wrestler, was the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain and owned it until his death on July 10, 2008. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewelry designer and a painter of German and English heritage. She is the half-sister of DJ and record producer Steve Aoki. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
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Rashida Jones is an American actress, comic book author, film producer, singer, and screenwriter. She is known for playing Ann Perkins on NBC's comedy Parks and Recreation, Louisa Fenn on Fox's Boston Public, and Karen Filippelli on The Office. She has had film roles in I Love You, Man (2009), Our Idiot Brother (2011), The Social Network (2010), The Muppets(2011), and Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), for which she wrote the screenplay. She now plays the lead role in the TBS comedy series, Angie Tribeca. Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actress Peggy Lipton and musician and record producer Quincy Jones. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal children of film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner and film director Stephen Gyllenhaal. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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Giada De Laurentiis is an Italian-born American chef, writer, television personality, and the host of the current Food Network television program Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host, and in 2012, she was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. Giada De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti. De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's maternal grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
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Paris and Nicky Hilton are American businesswomen, socialites, television personalities, model, actress, and author. They are the great-granddaughters of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Bryce Dallas Howard is an American film actress and director. She made her acting debut as an extra in her father Ron Howard's film Parenthood (1989) and went on to have small roles in films and make stage appearances for the next several years. During this time, Howard also attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, later receiving a BFA and moving on to professional drama schools. After she came to the attention of M. Night Shyamalan, he cast her in what would be her breakout film, the psychological thriller The Village (2004) and then in the fantasy thrillerLady in the Water (2006). Her performance in As You Like It (2006), directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2006, she co-wrote and directed the short film Orchids. Howard was born in Los Angeles, California, to writer Cheryl Howard Crew and actor-director Ron Howard, on March 2, 1981. Through her father, she is a granddaughter of actors Rance Howard (born Harold Rance Beckenholdt) and Jean Speegle Howard and a niece of actor Clint Howard. Her godfather is actor Henry Winkler,[3] who co-starred on Happy Days with her father. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)