Facebook Bans QAnon Pro-Trump Conspiracy Group With Nearly 200,000 Members

Gladiator heartthrob was moved when he read about 23-year-old Harry Pritchard, a student from Yorkshire who started a GoFundMe to help him raise the £13,799 he needs after winning a place at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.The actor said he had once been in a similar situation and could not pay for drama school, telling fans “it took the wind out of my sails at the time”.To help Pritchard realise his dream of becoming an actor, Crowe shared his appeal on Twitter and

Harry Pritchard received an offer to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), but feared he would struggle to cover living expenses along with the course fee of £13,799.After being told he must pay a deposit of £2,760 by Thursday, the 23-year-old from Harrogate created a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise the necessary cash.But having spotted the appeal, Gladiator star and avid Leeds United fan Crowe shared the fundraiser with his 2.7 million followers on Twitter, tagging

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWe at Variety try to shine a light on good deeds, and although we can’t say we condone Beggars Group CEO Paul Redding’s ambitious goal of swimming the English Channel in an effort to raise £200,000 for coronavirus relief and Black Lives Matter, we do applaud his intentions (and optimistically assume that he knows what he’s doing!).Redding aims to raise £200,000 for two music charities, the PRS Foundation (in the U.K.) and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (U.S.).

There’s a hush-hush Russiagate documentary on the horizon from a director who hails from Hollywood royalty. But this one makes the case for President Trump.

will have to self-isolate for 14 days. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the news that France was to be added to the quarantine list late on Thursday night due to rising coronavirus cases.

Edinburgh. The group protest against Covid-19 safety measures and two members are said to have berated the teens, aged 14 and 15, and telling them wearing face masks was "akin to wearing a swastika".

here.Also Read: Can Microsoft Pull Off Buying TikTok on a Deadline - and Is the App Worth It?CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said multiple times in the last few years he leans towards allowing most speech on Facebook. But during his testimony before Congress in late July, Zuckerberg said the company is looking to be more proactive in taking down posts that violate its hate speech policies.“Our goal is to identify [hate speech] before anyone even sees it on the platform,” Zuckerberg said.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles County director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Monday that there were 19 new deaths reported in the region from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena to 4,996 since the outbreak began in March.The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Ferrer says they have not received and have not processed.Still, the latest county coronavirus numbers released today

Naman Ramachandran A producer on Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Endless Poetry” is fighting to reclaim a $200,000 loan repayment as part of an ongoing legal dispute with the cult filmmaker’s Satori Films banner.A Paris tribunal has directed Satori Films to pay Amir Abbas Nokhasteh, an executive producer on “Endless Poetry,” almost $200,000 in repayment of a loan from the producer that was used to make the 2016 film.A March 2020 court order from the Judicial Tribunal of Paris, seen by Variety, required

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported on Thursday that the region had hit a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. That leaves L.A.

FactCheck.org, one of the fact-checking partners used by the social media platform, found that a television ad from the PAC that also ran on Facebook was false. The ad targets presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who will be facing off against Trump in the November election.According to FactCheck, the ad falsely claims that Biden “promised his party an African American Vice President.

coronavirus in the UK according to the latest figures.

Dumped butane cylinder could have killed refuse staff Horsecross had previously said it was having to cut 120 roles out of a workforce of 168 due to the global pandemic.The body, which runs Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall, has since faced criticism from some workers for its handling of the situation.But the latest news will bring some respite to the crisis-hit organisation, which also saw a mass resignation from its board at the end of last year after an external audit on the raised

The Federalist is a right wing, anti-LGBTQ website whose leaders can be seen on Fox News and the Sunday talk shows.People for years have been wondering who funds it. Up until now no one knew.The site’s co-founder Ben Domenech resigned after just three days from The Washington Post over previous plagiarism allegations.

coronavirus cases to 302,301. The death toll includes deaths in hospitals, care homes and the wider community.