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☆ Amber Heard settles defamation case against Johnny Depp
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Amber Heard has settled her defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp, she announced in an Instagram post on Monday. Heard, 36, called the decision to settle with Depp, 59, "very difficult" adding that it followed "a great deal of deliberation." The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimised when they come forward," Heard wrote. The verdict awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages; Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages but nothing in punitive damages. Heard said that settling in the case will allow her to spend her time "productively and purposefully."

☆ Amber Heard to Settle Johnny Depp Defamation Suit With $1 Million Payment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Actor Amber Heard said she decided to settle a long-running defamation dispute with actor Johnny Depp , her ex-husband, after appealing a June verdict that fell largely in his favor. Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez , attorneys representing Mr. Depp, said Ms. Heard agreed to pay Mr. Depp $1 million.

Some of Signore’s newer content takes aim at the people he said contributed to the allegations against him and their aftermath. Signore recorded the interview and released segments of it in July in a YouTube video criticizing NBC News’ coverage of the trial.) In between clips from the trial, Signore comments that he believes the testimony is true and reflects strongly on Depp’s case. Business Insider reported that the top three Super Chat earners on YouTube during the trial were creators who exclusively streamed it. “There’s no due process,” Signore said in the May video comparing himself to Depp and one of his accusers to Heard.

Actor Johnny Depp topped Google’s list of trending people in 2022. Heard was the third top trending person on Google Search this year. The Depp-Heard trial also took a prominent spot in users’ search history this year. Andrew Tate, the self-described “success coach” who has been criticized online for what many see as misogynistic advice, topped Google’s 2022 category for trending “who is …” questions. In the gaming sphere, the popular online puzzle Wordle was the top trending game worldwide and in the U.S., according to Google Search.

CNN —Lawyers for Amber Heard officially appealed her loss in a defamation case brought by Johnny Depp, arguing there were several errors in the trial, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times. The case will now go to a three-judge court of appeals panel for a decision, according the LA Times. CNN has reached out to attorneys representing Heard and Depp for comment and to obtain a copy of the appeals. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million dollars in punitive damages. Heard filed the appeal with the Court of Appeals in Virginia on November 23, according to the LA Times.

☆ A slap, a maverick and some ABBAtars: the 2022 showbiz stories
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] Will Smith (R) hits Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian SnyderLONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - From a shocking Oscars slap to a virtual ABBA taking to the stage, this year has seen a range of entertainment stories dominate headlines. He appeared in court in Britain to plead not guilty to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years. * Tom Cruise premiered his hotly anticipated sequel "Top Gun: Maverick", returning as the cocky pilot he first played in the 1986 action flick. "Maverick" remains the biggest film of 2022, grossing $1.48 billion worldwide.

☆ Danny Masterson trial hung jury gives defense team a second shot at this strategy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Danny Cevallos | Danny Cevallos Is An Msnbc Legal Analyst Who Practices In The Areas Of Personal Injury | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

A criminal defendant is presumed to be innocent. And that’s why the decision not to put Masterson or other defense witnesses on the stand made sense. Criminal defendants testify in a minefield that accusers do not. For starters, a criminal defendant might inadvertently “open the door” to harmful evidence that otherwise would be inadmissible. Because the first trial has now ended in a hung jury, the defense may rethink their original strategy.

☆ The divorce lawyer who's represented Johnny Depp, Kim K, and Angelina Jolie charges $1,000 an hour and says tough love is how she gets things done
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Laura Wasser is a divorce lawyer whose clients have included Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. "You'd go to someone's bar mitzvah and say, 'You're Dennis Wasser's daughter,' and they'd say, 'You're at that table,' according to whether my dad had represented the mom or the dad," she said. She'd majored in rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and realized quickly that what she'd loved most about those studies was vital in divorce cases, as was her age and gender. She's a spokesperson for Divorce.com, the do-it-yourself split site, as its chief of divorce evolution and has hosted several podcasts, including "All's Fair with Laura Wasser" and "Divorce Sucks! With Laura Wasser," where one guest was the Kardashian momager and matriarch Kris Jenner.

☆ Twitter employees are calling Elon Musk's plans to reinstate banned accounts 'the Big Bang'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter staff are skeptical about Elon Musk's plans to reinstate banned accounts, Platformer reported. Twitter is working to reinstate 75 with more than 1 million followers, Platformer reported. But staff at Twitter say the plans could cause them a big headache. Twitter staff are working to reinstate tens of thousands of suspended accounts, Platformer reported. This includes around 62,000 accounts with more than 10,000 followers, one of which has more than 5 million followers and 75 of which have more than 1 million followers, the outlet reported.

☆ Helena Bonham Carter voices support for JK Rowling and Johnny Depp
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Helena Bonham Carter is coming to the defense of two fellow members of the “Harry Potter” universe. Addressing the controversy around views Rowling has expressed that have been criticized by some as transphobic, Bonham Carter called the backlash “horrendous.”“I think she has been hounded,” she said. “Everybody carries their own history of trauma and forms their opinions from that trauma, and you have to respect where people come from and their pain,” Bonham Carter said. “People will jump on the bandwagon because it’s the trend and to be the poster girl for it,” Bonham Carter told the Times of Heard and the #MeToo movement. It has become quite hysterical and there’s a kind of witch hunt and a lack of understanding.”CNN has reached out to representatives for Bonham Carter, Depp and Rowling for comment.

☆ Lily-Rose Depp explains her silence on Johnny Depp’s drama
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Lily-Rose Depp is familiar with fame. “When it’s something that’s so private and so personal that all of a sudden becomes not so personal…I feel really entitled to my secret garden of thoughts,” the younger Depp told Elle. And I’m really ready to be defined for the things that I put out there.”Paradis is a star in her native France and Depp talked about how much she idolized her mom growing up. Now she’s carving her own path, having appeared in several productions like the 2019 film, “The King.”Depp said she finds celebrity “a weird thing to navigate.”“It’s different experiencing it firsthand rather than by proxy,” she said. “I guess it’s something that I’ve had to make my own way with.”“The Idol” is set to air next year on HBO, which is owned by CNN’s parent company.

☆ National feminist organizations break their silence on Amber Heard in an open letter of support
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

It was written by a group of people who identify as domestic violence survivors and supporters of Heard. Many who did speak out in support of Heard, including the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, were met with ferocious backlash from Depp’s supporters online. Others who signed the letter echoed their concerns that reaction to the trial on social media was harmful to everyday victims of domestic violence. Since the trial, there has been more public support for Heard on social media, the spokesperson for the group behind the letter said. She and other anonymous Heard supporters had been “working to combat disinformation for months” when they joined for the open letter initiative.

☆ Captain Sully and Whoopi Goldberg are among the latest celebrities announcing they quit Twitter after Elon Musk takeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Multiple celebrities say they have quit Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover. Now, some celebrities are making good on their threats to quit Twitter. Téa LeoniThe actress best known for her role in "'Madam Secretary" has also seemingly deleted her Twitter account. Gigi HadidThe fashion model took to Instagram to condemn Twitter, especially under Musk's leadership, announced she'd be deactivating her account. "I deactivated my Twitter account today.

Language allowed me to make some meaning of the situation and take control of my own mental health narratives. “I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t wanna go to the mental health hospital,” she says in the documentary. She wants to be transparent about her mental health condition in order to inspire others and help them feel less alone. Moments like this highlight how risky it still is for a celebrity to be candid about mental health. For a celebrity who once had the most followed Instagram account, the performance of an identity versus the reality of it is crucial to understanding Gomez’s mental health advocacy.

☆ Amber Heard is no longer on Twitter, days after her ex-boyfriend Elon Musk bought the platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter closed last week, prompting some celebrities to leave the platform. Heard still has her Instagram account, but hasn't posted since her defamation trial ended. Despite having a Twitter and an Instagram account, Heard had remained silent on social media ever since her courtroom showdown with ex-husband Johnny Depp earlier this year. During the trial, Heard became the subject of intense bullying and harassment online. Shortly after, Heard posted a statement on both Twitter and Instagram saying she was "disappointed" and "sad" that she had lost the case.

☆ Amber Heard's Twitter account vanishes after ex, Elon Musk, took over
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —More than a few people have said they were leaving Twitter after Elon Musk bought the company, but his former girlfriend, Amber Heard, appears to have actually split with the social media platform. She announced via her verified Facebook page on April 10, 2017, “I am now live on Twitter. You can follow my tweets here - @realamberheard.”Heard and Musk went public with their relationship that same month, reconciled after a brief split, and then reportedly broke up for good in April 2018. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband,” Heard tweeted in June. She still has accounts on Facebook and Instagram, but has not shared publicly as to why she left Twitter.

☆ Social media users are calling Rihanna out for including Johnny Depp in her coming Savage X Fenty fashion show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Daysia Tolentino | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Johnny Depp will appear in the fourth edition of Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty fashion show, NBC News has confirmed. “We will boycott the show if Johnny Depp is in it,” a Twitter user said. “Delete the Johnny Depp scene now if it ever existed,” another wrote. Representatives for Amazon Prime and Savage X Fenty did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “If Johnny Depp has any part in this, I will no longer support the brand,” a Twitter user wrote.

☆ Director Tim Burton on 'Wednesday': 'I felt it was written for me'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Alex Fraser | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LUCCA, Italy, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Filmmaker Tim Burton steps into the macabre and supernatural world of the Addams Family with new series "Wednesday". "I feel like it was written for me because...I felt like I was her as a boy in school," Burton told Reuters at the Lucca Comics and Games pop culture festival in Italy. "That feeling about family, school, technology, therapy, it just spoke to me...so it was very easy to identify with all of that. The Addams Family has been done very well in different ways. [1/4] Film director Tim Burton attends a news conference during the Lucca Comics and Games for the premiere of Netflix's new series 'Wednesday' in Lucca, Italy, October 31, 2022.

Now, social media creators and audiences are comparing Jolie to Heard, as evidenced by hundreds of comments NBC News found on Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube that questioned her allegations of abuse. This year, that battle went mainstream, catching the attention of millions of viewers online during the civil trial involving Depp and Heard. “The things we saw, the memes, the clips of the trial, they were overwhelmingly going against Amber Heard. Some of the videos characterized Jolie as a liar in titles and thumbnails, while others asked whether she is using “Amber Heard tactics” or is “the next” Heard. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was labeled “Amber Heard 2.0,” and the phrase trended on Twitter after she testified about former President Donald Trump’s alleged actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

☆ How creators are making money by going live on YouTube, TikTok, Amazon, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-13 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Career prospects for livestreaming creators extend far beyond the gaming space. And Aussie sleepfluencer Jakey Boehm earned $34,000 in one month via TikTok Live, where fans pay to thwart his rest – turning on neon lights, for example, or loud music. Brands are also embracing TikTok Live, paying three times as much for sponsored streams as compared to static posts. Insider has spoken with a handful of creators, startups, and industry insiders about the rise of livestreaming and how creators are making money by going live. How streamers are making money on YouTube:How streamers are making money on TikTok:How streamers are making money on Instagram:How streamers are making money on Twitch:How streamers are making money on Amazon Live:

☆ Porumbelul Joe, care a zburat tot drumul din SUA în Australia, la un pas să fie executat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Porumbelul Joe, care a zburat tot drumul din SUA în Australia, la un pas să fie executatUn rezident din Melbourne, Kevin Celli-Bird, l-a găsit pe porumbelul Joe. După ce bărbatul a salvat și a îngrijit pasărea, a numit-o Joe. Porumbelul Joe a fost cruțat de condamnarea la moarte. Cum au reacționat autoritățile când l-au descoperitPovestea despre lunga călătorie a păsării a făcut înconjurul presei din Australia. Singurul rezultat posibil pentru gestionarea riscului de biosecuritate este uciderea păsării”, a declarat un purtător de cuvânt al departamentului, pentru BBC.

Persons: Joe, Kevin Celli, Bird, Brad Turner, Amber Heard Organizations: Associated Press, Naționale, London Economic, Pixar, BBC Locations: SUA, Australia, Melbourne, Oregon, Australieni, China, Pacific, american

☆ Cine ar putea să-l înlocuiască pe Johnny Depp în „Fantastic Beasts 3”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-14 | by ( Sensmedia Srl | Ia Legătura Cu Autorul | ) tv8.md time to read: +2 min

Actorul danez Mads Mikkelsen se prefigurează ca înlocuitor al lui Johnny Depp în rolul tenebrosului vrăjitor Gellert Grindelwald în viitorul lungmetraj din franciza „Fantastic Beasts 3” (Animale fantastice 3), relatează ziarul spaniol La Vanguardia în ediţia online, citat de Agerpres. Tabloidul criticase totodată distribuirea starului hollywoodian în franciza cinematografică „Fantastic Beasts”. Deşi a părăsit franciza, Johnny Depp va primi integral onorariul de 10 milioane de dolari pe care urma să-l încaseze interpretând rolul lui Grindelwald. Potrivit publicaţiilor Variety şi Deadline, David Yates, regizorul viitorului film „Fantastic Beasts 3”, îl vrea pe Mikkelsen în rolul vrăjitorului Grindelwald. Deocamdată, filmările la „Fantastic Beasts 3” continuă în Marea Britanie cu Eddie Redmayne şi Jude Law în fruntea distribuţiei şi cu data de lansare pe marile ecrane prevăzută pentru vara anului 2022.

Persons: Mads, Johnny Depp, vrăjitor, Amber, Deşi, Grindelwald, Depp, Harry Potter . Mikkelsen, Hannibal, Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law Organizations: Sun, de Film Europene Locations: Vanguardia, Amber Heard, Londra, Britanie

☆ Johnny Depp se retrage din franciza „Fantastic Beasts” după ce a pierdut procesul de defăimare intentat de „The Sun”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-06 | by ( Sensmedia Srl | Ia Legătura Cu Autorul | ) tv8.md time to read: +1 min

Actorul american Johnny Depp a anunţat vineri că se retrage din franciza „Fantastic Beasts” după ce a pierdut procesul de defăimare intentat tabloidului britanic „The Sun”, care a scris despre vedetă că şi-a bătut fosta soţie, informează Reuters, citat de Agerpres. Într-o postare pe Instagram, Depp a declarat că studioul de film Warner Bros i-a cerut să renunţe la rolul vrăjitorului Gellert Grindelwald. Tabloidul criticase totodată distribuirea starului hollywoodian în franciza cinematografică „Fantastic Beasts”. Luni, Depp a pierdut procesul intentat tabloidului după ce un judecător de la Curtea Supremă din Londra a decis că acuzaţiile publicate de acesta erau „substanţial adevărate”. Pentru reportaje video și emisiuni ne găsești pe Youtube , pentru fotografii și stories vino pe Instagram , iar pe Tik Tok îți oferim o doză de amuzament

Persons: Johnny Depp, Depp, Edward Scissorhands, Edward, Dan, Luni Organizations: Reuters, Warner Bros, News Group Locations: Caraibe, Londra

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