Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge The Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him. Prosecutors on Friday requested…
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DRAG BAN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A federal judge ruled on Friday that a Tennessee law banning drag shows in public or in places where children could view them is unconstitutional, finding that it violates freedom of speech protections. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker said in his ruling that the law, which Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed in March, is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” The…

VICE preparing to file for bankruptcy
Vice to file for bankruptcy if it can’t find a buyer as it becomes the latest new media company to collapse with dwindling revenue and interest Vice, founded in 1994 in Montreal as a free magazine: by 2017 it was valued at $5.7 billion, with 3,000 employees The company had a cable network, more than…

Gisele Breaks Silence…
“It’s Not So Black and White”: Gisele Bündchen, Self-Professed “Witch of Love,” Talks About It All The supermodel is super ready for her next act, as she enjoys the pura vida in Costa Rica. (Heads up, casting directors—she has superhero ambitions!) BY MICHELLE RUIZ PHOTOGRAPHY BY LACHLAN BAILEY STYLED BY GEORGE CORTINA MARCH 22, 2023 Gisele Bündchen, photographed in Florida…

Box Office: ‘Jackass Forever’ Catapults to No. 1 as ‘Moonfall’ Craters
After living through nearly two years of a pandemic that won’t end, Americans, as it turns out, were in desperate need of a laugh. That may explain why Paramount’s go-for-broke action comedy “Jackass Forever” triumphed at the domestic box office while Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic “Moonfall” turned into an epic disaster. “Jackass Forever,” the fourth…

ZUCKER OUT AT CNN RELATIONSHIP WITH COLLEAGUE ‘I WAS WRONG’
CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns over consensual relationship with key lieutenant CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, the influential news executive who reshaped the iconic network, announced Wednesday morning that he has resigned from his position effective immediately. Zucker’s stunning announcement came less than two months after he fired prime time anchor Chris Cuomo for improperly…

Bring a Trailer sold $829M in cars in 2021, walloping auction houses
A record-breaking $1.9 million Porsche sale isn’t the only big news from Bring a Trailer these days. In 2021 the online car auction site sold $828.7 million worth of cars, a 108% gain over the $398 million it sold in 2020 — and a full quarter-billion dollars ahead of its closest live-auction-house competitor. The news soundly beats the…

Virgil Abloh Dies of Cancer at 41
PARIS – Virgil Abloh, the founder of luxury streetwear brand Off-White and artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, has died from cancer at the age of 41. One of the most influential designers of his generation, Abloh had been privately battling the disease for several years, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said in a statement on Sunday. The designer died in…

Tom Ford: Cancel culture inhibits fashion
Tom Ford says cancel culture “inhibits design”. The 60-year-old fashion muse – behind the iconic eponymous label – says the fact “everything is now considered appropriation” is limiting fashion. Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, Ford said: “Cancel culture inhibits design because rather than feeling free, the tendency is to start locked into a set of…

Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. He Now Says The Movie Business Is Dead
Barry Diller made his name in the film industry as the chairman and CEO of two Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and what was then 20th Century Fox. Now, he is declaring the industry dead. “The movie business is over,” Diller said in an exclusive interview with NPR on the sidelines of the Allen & Company…