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Johnny Depp is back in the news this week over newly resurfaced allegations that he indulged in out-of-control behavior on a 2001 movie set and was verbally abusive towards a woman. Depp has denied the allegations, which come from actor Lola Glaudini and go back to when she did a scene with him in his drug-crime drama, “Blow.” Glaudini has said that Depp had a meltdown on her first day on the set after he perceived that she tried to break his focus during a dramatic monologue. She said he hurled expletives at her, called…

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When taking the stand Monday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Rust ammunition supplier Seth Kenney stated that he did not provide the production crew with live rounds for their 2021 shoot. The owner of PDQ Arm and Prop said that nine days before fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, he had supplied Gutierrez and prop master Sarah Zachry with a single box of dummy rounds for a Colt .45 revolver on Oct. 12, 2021. Kenney testified that he rattled each of the dummies…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAmazon has been taken to court for allegedly using Artificial Intelligence (AI)  to “replicate the voices” of the actors in the 2024 remake of Road House.R. Lance Hill, the original screenwriter of the 1989 action film, sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and its parent company, Amazon Studios, claiming copyright infringement.The new Doug Lyman-directed film follows an ex-UFC…

Academic researchers are complaining that X has repeatedly refused them access to its API, limiting their ability to conduct studies on the platform.Researchers who study social media platforms, such as X (formerly Twitter), have found it more difficult to conduct their work since Musk bought the platform in October 2022 for $44 billion. In March 2023, the company removed what had previously been free access to Twitter’s API, or application programming interface, which provides data to researchers studying social media…

The Welsh singer Charlotte Church has denied being antisemitic after taking part in a concert that featured the controversial pro-Palestinian chant From the River to the Sea.Church was singing at the concert, which took place at the Bedwas Workmen’s Hall near Caerphilly, to raise money for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, an aid organisation that supports children in Gaza.The singer led a choir of about 100 people in a rendition of From the River to the Sea, a song that references the land between the Jordan River,…

Happy Monday! Uber Technologies will be laser-focussed on its mobility business in India and consolidate its market share, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told ET in an exclusive interview. More on this in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Explained: The boardroom battle at Byju’s■ Accenture’s revenue bet on GenAI■ India’s first text-to-image generator Exclusive | While Ola taps new roads, our focus still ride-hailing: Uber CEO Dara KhosrowshahiIn an exclusive interview with ET, during a four-day trip to India,…

Sean Combs has filed his formal denial of claims he “gang raped” a 17-year-old girl at his Manhattan recording studio in 2003. In new court paperwork submitted Tuesday, Combs refuted accusations that he, his longtime lieutenant Harve Pierre and a third unidentified man trafficked the teen across state lines, plied her with “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol” and took turns raping her in a bathroom of his Daddy’s House Recording Studio. “(Combs) never participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently aware of…

Russell Brand claims he doesn’t “recognize” the actress suing him for sex assault in New York and that there’s no way he drunkenly accosted her on the set of the film Arthur because he was already years into his decades-long sobriety during production.   In paperwork filed Monday as his answer to the woman’s Nov. 6 complaint, Brand says the “entire lawsuit” is premised on the “false claim” that he was visibly intoxicated when he allegedly exposed himself and assaulted the plaintiff while filming the remake of the…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksSportsNHLMusicHockeyPublished Feb 06, 2024  •  Last updated 3 hours ago  •  2 minute read Singer Tate McRae performs during NHL all-star weekend. Getty ImagesArticle contentColumbus Blue Jackets centre Cole Sillinger is playing defence after an Instagram post claimed that he had cheated on ex-girlfriend Tate McRae.With pop star McRae shining in the spotlight at NHL all-star weekend, Instagram account ‘blind_ref_logic’ took the opportunity to throw some shade at Sillinger, who still is finding his…