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Title Of Anticipated Rihanna Documentary Revealed
Jussie Smollett's Attempt To Have Charges Dismissed Denied By Judge
Jussie Smollett asked the Illinois high court to halt the felony court case against him, and was denied. The Empire star was charged a second time for allegedly lying about a hate crime staged against him in Chicago last year.
After failing to get the charges thrown out, Smol- lett's attorney said their ex- pectations were low so the judgment was no surprise. “Motions for supervisory or- ders are extraordinary reme- dies and not usually granted," William Quinlan, an attor- ney for Smollett, said in a statement. "We believed the
JUSSIE SMOLLETT
unique circumstances of this case warranted filing the mo- tion. We will now follow the standard appellate proce- dure.”
Rihanna fans have been waiting for the singer’s forth- coming documentary for a long time.
Last December, we heard the news that Amazon had paid a sum of $25 million to grab the rights to the highly anticipated film directed by Peter Berg. In a new piece about some of Berg’s forthcoming projects, Deadline has slipped the news that the documentary is titled Rihanna: Volume 1.This could also mean that the documen-
RIHANNA
tary could be a series. Rihanna and Peter Berg
previously worked on the 2012 film Battleship and had exclu- sive access to the singer’s day to day life for past many years. According to the description, it’s “an unfiltered look into Ri- hanna’s life, providing a glimpse into the evolution of one of the world’s most well- known pop artists.” It also mentions: “unparalleled access into the singer’s life and over 1,200 hours of footage.”
TikTok Restores Lizzo's Content After Being Blasted For Bias
50 Cent Calls On Drake And Chris Brown To Help Him Finish Pop Smoke’s Album
50 CENT
POP SMOKE
With her body positivity movement and unabashed performance style, Lizzo can be considered many things.
But last week, the recent Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, flutist, rap- per, Vodka spokesperson, Bill- board chart-topper, NAACP Image Award-receiving plus- sized beauty icon has a new title: an agent of change.
Earlier this week, the “Juice” powerhouse put TikTok on blast for removing her swim-
LIZZO
suit video.
In a video uploaded to the
popular Chinese-based social media video clip sharing app, Lizzo is seen lip-synching the words “I know” on repeat (a viral trend started by influ- encer Erin McMillen) ac- companied by the following text: “TikTok keeps taking down my videos with me in my bathing suits but allows other videos with girls in bathing suits. I wonder why.”
“I wonder why?” her cap- tion read. “Tiktok... we need to talk.”
As the hip-hop community continues to mourn the death of Pop Smoke, 50 Cent hopped on Instagram on Sunday (March 1) to an- nounce his plans to finish the rapper’s album.
“I’m on the move listening to Pop Smoke, I decided I’m gonna executive produce and finish his album for him,” he wrote on Instagram. After his announcement, 50 put Roddy Ricch on alert that his talent will be re- quired to feature on the proj- ect.
“Tell @roddyricch i’m
looking for him, i need him on Pop album,” 50 wrote on Instagram. He also called on Chris Brown and Drake for their help in completing Smoke’s debut effort.
Ricch responded to 50’s request with a handshake emoji.
Smoke was shot and killed at a Los Angeles resi- dence he was renting last month. Weeks before his senseless murder, the 20- year-old Brooklyn native re- leased his “Meet the Woo 2,” which debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
PBS has prevailed on its claim that Tavis Smiley breached a morals clause. On Wednesday, a Washington, D. C., jury returned a verdict in favor of the public broadcaster and decided that the former late-night talk show host should pay $1.486 million.
In 2017, PBS suspended Smiley upon allegations of sexual misconduct. As the #MeToo movement gained steam, PBS wished to disasso- ciate itself with a television personality accused of behav- ing inappropriately toward subordinates. The case then became a rare test of morals clauses. In the 100 years since Hollywood began inserting
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clauses into contracts that for- bid talent from doing anything
that would injure reputations, the subject of morals clauses has hardly ever been put to test before a jury.
At trial, PBS presented more than half a dozen women who spoke how they were pressured into relationships or had become the victim of un- wanted advances. Smiley in- sisted the relationships were consensual, and the jury had to consider whether the morals clauses covered the conduct al- leged.
Ultimately, PBS scored a big win, and it's a victory that may bolster morals clauses as a ve- hicle for companies to get out of contracts upon sexual mis- conduct claims.
PBS Scores $1.5 Million Win At Tavis Smiley Trial
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