Author: Michael

President Donald Trump’s attempt to keep his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in Florida now rests partly on 34 alleged play-starts of a geoblocked documentary by 10 users employing virtual private networks (VPNs). The British broadcaster asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Trump’s amended complaint, arguing that unauthorized attempts to circumvent its geographic restrictions cannot give the Florida court jurisdiction over a program the BBC never distributed or licensed for viewing in the United States. Trump’s amended complaint alleges that the documentary was played 34 times in Florida. But the BBC characterized those play-starts—just 0.006% of 570,000 successful…

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Kit Harington could not be more thrilled that he is heading to Hogwarts. The “Game of Thrones” actor has been cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO’s “Harry Potter” series. The actor replaces Nicholas Hoult, who dropped out of the project due to scheduling conflicts just two weeks after his casting was announced. Now, Harington will play the TV version of the fraudulent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher originally brought to life on screen by Kenneth Branagh in 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” However, this won’t be Harington’s first time playing Lockhart. He previously…

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Lindsay Clancy’s defense team’s request for a mistrial has been denied by Judge William Sullivan after the prosecution recruited a witness who evoked her Catholic religion while testifying. Dr. Kirk Heilbrun took the stand on Monday, August 24, to discuss a conversation he had with Clancy, 36, in April after she killed her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in January 2023. Following the killings, Clancy survived an alleged suicide attempt. “That was part of her expectation was that she and her children would be together in heaven with God. She was raised as a Catholic. As…

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Empire star Serayah has called off her engagement to rapper Joey Bada$$, alleging instances of “repeated infidelity” led to the pair’s split. “There comes a point in a woman’s life when choosing herself is no longer an option, it becomes necessary,” the actress, 31, wrote via Instagram on Monday, August 24. “After much thought, I have made the difficult decision to end my engagement and relationship with the father of my child, Joey.” Serayah (real name Serayah Ranee McNeill) and Joey (real name Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott) share a son, whom they welcomed last year. “I loved deeply, believed wholeheartedly in…

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The legal battle between ABC and the Federal Communications Commission has attracted attention from media watchdogs who aim to enter the First Amendment lawsuit. On Monday, Frequency Forward and the Media Action Center, as well as several ABC stations’ viewers, filed a motion to intervene as plaintiffs in the ABC-FCC case with the goal of ensuring viewers’ First Amendment rights are represented. Together, the two groups and individuals seek to join the case that was kickstarted last week by ABC after filing a suit that claims the Trump administration has “waged a retaliatory campaign” against the network over its broadcasts. The suit also aims to…

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