A sudden switch. One week after Tristan Thompson joined the Indiana Pacers, coach Rick Carlisle claimed that the athlete is heading to the Chicago Bulls.
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Netflix.On Thursday, a California judge upheld a $5 million defamation lawsuit filed by Soviet-era chess grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili against the streaming service for her allegedly “grossly sexist and belittling” and “false” depiction in “The Queen’s Gambit,” Variety reported.Gaprindashvili, an 80-year-old Georgia native and the game’s first female grandmaster, is referenced in the show as not having ever played a male opponent — whereas she actually faced upwards of 59 men by the show’s 1968 setting. She even played against 28 men at once.“There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men,” an announcer says in the series as Anya Taylor Joy’s character Beth Harmon squares off against Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorociński) in the finale of the gender barrier-busting show’s sole season.“Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done,” her suit against the media titan accused.
Despite an abundance of photo evidence, Netflix was reported to have used two chess experts to get Gaprindashvili’s story right and did not mean to “disparage” with the portrayal. Netflix also tried to have the lawsuit tossed by arguing “The Queen’s Gambit” is a work of fiction and is protected by the First Amendment, according to Variety.Previously, the company claimed that the grandmaster’s gripe “has no merit” and they would “vigorously defend the case.” But Netflix’s argument wasn’t enough for the courts.
US District Judge Virginia A. Phillips refused to dismiss the suit last September.“The fact that the
.A sudden switch. One week after Tristan Thompson joined the Indiana Pacers, coach Rick Carlisle claimed that the athlete is heading to the Chicago Bulls.
The Queen aided Prince Andrew's settlement of his civil sex case by making a personal donation of £2million donation to his alleged victim Virginia Giuffre’s charity, it can be revealed.
The Queen is reportedly all set to help Prince Andrew pay off his £12million settlement to accuser Virginia Giuffre.
It sounds like Prince Charles desperately wants his brother Prince Andrew to stay out of the public eye amid his sexual assault trial.
Seth Rogan totally gets why many people don’t care about Hollywood stars giving themselves a pat on the back. The actor revealed that he sympathized with people who won’t be tuning in at this year’s Oscars.The Academy Awards, known as the movie industry’s biggest night of the year, has experienced a drop in viewership over recent years. "I don’t get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves," the "Pineapple Express" star told Insider on Thursday.
Leighton Meester enjoyed a lovely day at the beach with her son, who’s a little over one years old and whose name has yet to be announced publicly. Leighton, who shares her son and a daughter, Arlo, with husband Adam Brody, had some fun in the sun with her little boy in Malibu, California, spending some time in the water to perfect her surfing skills.
Kim Kardashian has revealed that she “chose herself” and that by doing so it may have “caused divorce” from her estranged husband Kanye West, 44.The pair married in May 2014 and over the course of their relationship welcomed four children together: North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two. Seven years on from tying the knot, Kim, 41, filed for divorce from the Golddigger rapper in February 2021. Now, a year one from filing the documents Kim, who’s currently dating SNL star Pete Davidson, has opened up about how putting herself first was important to her, even if it resulted in the end of her marriage.
NEW YORK -- When the Irish dance troupe Riverdance kicks off its 25th anniversary North American tour later this year, someone special will be in its high-stepping cast: the troupe's first Black female dancer.Virginia-born Morgan Bullock, who says she's been mesmerized by the dance style since she first saw it at age 10, will be making her professional U.S. stage debut in the production.
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul have shared another new track from their forthcoming joint album – listen to ‘Ceci n’est pas un cliché’ (‘This is not a cliché’) below.The pair’s debut album as a duo, ‘Topical Dancer’, will be released on March 4, 2022 via Deewee – the label owned by Soulwax, who co-wrote and co-produced the album.Speaking of the new track, the duo said: “This song is an accumulation of all the cliché lyrics so often used in pop music. It came about when we were touring and heard a song on the radio opening with ‘I was walking down the street’ which made us strongly cringe.
Seth Meyers used to hold the most appearances behind Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update desk.
Not having it. Prince William’s response to Prince Harry’s security drama shows that the Duke of Cambridge is far from happy with the way his younger brother is “handling” his invitation to the UK.
EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired North American and other overseas territory rights to The Old Way, the Western from director Brett Donowho that stars Nicolas Cage. The distributor is targeting a theatrical and VOD release for the pic sometime during the fourth quarter of 2022.
Apple lawyers. In one email, she allegedly said she wanted to have sex with Cook and warned that her patience was “almost done.”Apple has also alleged that the woman opened fraudulent companies with highly offensive and homophobic names in which she would list Cook as a corporate officer or a director.