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The man behind the acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper is up for parole. Daniel Lynch, a former boyfriend of Katie, 40, was convicted five years ago of arranging for Stefan Sylvestre to throw the corrosive liquid at the former model in March 2008.The attack left her blind in one eye and needing multiple surgeries. Lynch was jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years in May 2009 at London’s Wood Green Crown Court for the rape of Piper and for telling Sylvestre to throw acid on her.

Joe Biden and his presidential campaign continued to try to assuage fretful donors following the president’s dismal performance at the debate on Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has a problem with some of its top donors after last night’s debate fiasco, and they may have just made it worse.

Former President Donald Trump, in his first rally since the presidential debate on Thursday, continued to go after Joe Biden as a bit of a master political manipulator even as much of the post-event focus has been on the president’s feeble performance.

Ben Croll Harmony Korine has lined up his next two features, setting up his animated debut “The Trap” and a still-untitled mo-cap assisted comedy through his multimedia design collective EDGLRD. The Miami-based collective has also backed the feature debut of acclaimed music video director Matias Vasquez — better known as Stillz – and is eyeing a 2024 release for the feature already in post-production.

show’s creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, as they created it through their production company Fake Empire – features the iconic theme song “California.” Bilson told Variety in an interview published Wednesday that she got involved because, “Josh told me about it. I have to start by saying anything that Josh and Stephanie do, I’m always like, ‘Yeah.’ They say, ‘Jump.’ I say, ‘How high?’… When they said we’re going to bring Summer back and they were writing it, of course I’m going to do it because how fun does that sound? Tequila and Summer, come on! She’s obviously drinking her tequila because no Orange County housewife can survive without it.”When the outlet asked Bilson if summer is a “Real Housewife of Orange County,” the actress said, “I feel like she should be.” “The O.C.” aired on Fox from 2003 to 2007.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. independent film showcase, the Raindance Film Festival, has partnered with international legal firm Guernica 37 Group (G37) to develop films based on human rights cases. This collaboration aims to produce up to six documentary and fact-based features, using G37’s archive of justice and accountability cases.

Todd Gilchrist editor “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus,” director Neo Sora’s posthumous documentary about Japanese musical luminary Ryuichi Sakamoto, will premiere online as a live event on The Criterion Channel. On Sunday, June 30 at 5 p.m.

Naman Ramachandran Vertigo Releasing has acquired “Your Monster,” the debut feature from writer-director Caroline Lindy, from Bankside Films. The film blends romantic musical elements with comedy-horror and stars Melissa Barrera (“Scream,” “Abigail”), Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”), Tommy Dewey (“Casual”), Kayla Foster (“Call Jane”) and Edmund Donovan (“Civil War”). The story centers on Laura (Barrera), an actress who, after battling illness and a breakup, returns to her childhood home.

The White House again is pushing back at the New York Post over a video that the Murdoch-owned publication claimed showed President Joe Biden freezing up at the end of his blockbuster fundraiser in Los Angeles with former President Barack Obama.

LOS ANGELES — Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign, in hopes of energizing would-be supporters for a White House contest they said may rank among the most consequential in U.S. history.George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand were among those who took the stage at the 7,100-seat Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer President Joe Biden raised more than $28 million for his reelection campaign at a downtown Los Angeles fundraiser on Saturday with guests including George Clooney, Julia Roberts and former President Barack Obama. Jimmy Kimmel moderated a discussion between Biden and Obama at the Peacock Theater, which touched on abortion and the Supreme Court. Biden warned what would happen if former President Donald Trump were reelected.

Jamie Lang The seventh edition of Animation is Film (AIF), a Los Angeles-based sister event to France’s prestigious Annecy Animation Festival, will run October 18-20 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood this fall. Launched in 2017, “The Festival embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form on par with live action and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of their work to the fullest range of expression that the medium is capable of,” reads the AIF mission statement.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer and “Ghostlight” director Alex Thompson will reunite for a body swap comedy. Think “Freaky Friday” with an indie sensibility. From “Heaven Can Wait” to “Big” and “The Hot Chick,” it’s a familiar genre.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer and “Ghostlight” director Alex Thompson will reunite for a body swap comedy. Think “Freaky Friday” with an indie sensibility. From “Heaven Can Wait” to “Big” and “The Hot Chick,” it’s a familiar genre.

Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Unveiled Wednesday at Annecy, they join a new “Adventure Time” series, “Side Quests,” as greenlights at the Warner-owned companies.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Shari Redstone may have yet another offer on the table to buy National Amusements Inc., the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global — the latest twist in the months-long M&A drama swirling around the troubled media conglomerate. Erstwhile media mogul Edgar Bronfman Jr. is teaming with investment firm Bain Capital to put together an offer of up to $2.5 billion for Redstone’s National Amusements, sources confirmed.

Manchester United face a potentially busy summer in the transfer market with the summer window opening on Friday.

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola rarely stand in the way of players leaving the Etihad.