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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has greenlit “Justice for the People with Judge Milian,” a new daily one-hour court series that will debut in fall 2023 on broadcast television stations nationwide.The first Hispanic arbitrator to preside over an English-language American court series, Judge Marilyn Milian completed her 22nd season of “The People’s Court” prior to its cancellation — making her the longest-presiding judge of the iconic courtroom series. Milian replaced Jerry Sheindlin as judge of “The People’s Court” in 2001.

"Saturday Night Live" announced the cast of season 48, introducing four new cast members. The late-night sketch comedy show took a hit at the end of last season amid dwindling ratings, when cast members Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari announced their decision to leave, as well as Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney, who have been on the show for quite a while.

Rae Stremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi will not now face a battery charge that was filed against him earlier this year.Jxmmi was arrested on a battery charge in Miami in January after allegedly assaulting his partner following an argument.As reported on NBC6 at the time, Miami police arrested the rapper – real name Aaquil Brown – at an apartment on January 25 and charged him with one count of battery.Now, the charge, which was filed in Miami-Dade County, has been dropped (via Pitchfork).According to TMZ, prosecutors were unable to proceed with the case after Jxmmi’s girlfriend recanted her testimony. The case was closed yesterday (February 22), online court records show.Brown’s partner took to social media to deny that she was assaulted at the time.“Dade County y’all are wrong for this.

Misdemeanor battery charges against Aquil Brown (Slim Jxmmi) were dropped after his girlfriend — the mother of his young son — recanted testimony alleging that the Rae Sremmurd rapper had assaulted her. The case was closed on Tuesday, TMZ reports and court documents reviewed by The FADER confirm. Brown was arrested in late January when police were called to a domestic disturbance at his Miami home.

Rae Sremmurd‘s Slim Jxmmi was arrested on a battery charge in Miami earlier this week, after allegedly assaulting his partner following an argument.As NBC6 reports, Miami police arrested the rapper – real name Aaquil Brown – at an apartment early Tuesday morning (January 25) and charged him with one count of battery.According to an arrest report, an argument broke out between Brown and the alleged victim, named Kiara, who said she had been in a partnership with the rapper since November of 2018. Brown allegedly went out to a bar and returned smelling of alcohol.

A fire that swept through a trio of barns at a Florida chicken farm Thursday has left 250,000 chickens dead, reports say.  The blaze erupted at Cal-Maine Foods in Dade City overnight – and its cause was not immediately clear.   Firefighters that responded to the scene were hampered by the explosion of propane tanks on site, the Tampa Bay Times reports.   Each barn that was burned by the fire contained around 80,000 chickens, the newspaper added.  Officials told WFLA that 250,000 chickens were

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNetflix will offer a free trial of its full service to everyone in a country for one weekend, starting in India and going to other global territories.The streaming giant revealed the plan during its third-quarter earnings interview, which followed the release of results that undershot subscriber and earnings estimates.Chief Product Officer Greg Peters said the giveaway “could be a great way to expose a lot of people” to the service.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorJust as Twitter traffic was set to surge on a night of dueling presidential town hall events, the social media platform stopped working for many users.“Something is technically wrong,” a message on the company’s corporate website said.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorThe XFL, a twice-unsuccessful professional football alternative to the NFL fronted by WWE chief Vince McMahon, has been sold to Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson and RedBird Capital Partners for $15 million.The new owners were selected as the winning bidder for the assets controlled by Alpha Entertainment, the parent company of the XFL. The transaction is subject to bankruptcy court approval at a hearing this Friday.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFunimation, a leading provider of anime content, plans to expand its streaming service to Brazil and Mexico this fall, offering select subtitled and dubbed anime series in Spanish and Portuguese.The company, an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, already operates globally, with nine offices in six countries.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorGreat Point Capital Management, the UK-based, media-focused investment fund run by Robert Halmi and Fehmi Zeko, plans to build a $50 million-plus film and television studio complex in Buffalo, NY.The firm earlier this year signed a deal with Rich Holdings to buy a site where two 20,000-square-foot stages and another 70,000 square feet of office and support space will be built.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut have doubled the number of states whose residents will be asked to go into quarantine when they travel to the Tri-State Area due to rising COVID-19 concerns.California has joined the list of 16 states, as have Georgia and Tennessee. Residents of 16 states will now have to go into 14 days of quarantine if they choose to travel to the New York area.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorTokyo Disneyland has become the last of Disney’s theme parks to announce plans to reopen, but the expected return of visitors to all company sites by mid-July comes amid a rise in COVID-19 infections, especially in Florida.Officials at Tokyo Disneyland said Monday the park will reopen on July 1, joining the company’s venues in Shanghai and Hong Kong as the first to emerge from months-long pandemic-related shutdowns.

By Dade Hayes

By Dade Hayes