The Economist Faces Backlash Including Lawsuit From Iraqi Actress for Article That Body Shamed Arab Women

Is it time for Shereé Whitfield to give up on her fashion dreams?!

Marta Balaga Venice Film Festival’s Final Cut, dedicated to films in post-production from African and Arab countries, wrapped its anniversary 10th edition on Sept. 5. As fest director Alberto Barbera welcomed the audience to “the final stage of the Final Cut,” La Biennale di Venezia Prize – and cash award of € 5,000 – went to “Inshallah a Boy,” directed by Amjad Al Rasheed. Jurors Claire Diao, Rasha Salti and Gaetano Maiorino praised it for “brilliant direction and performances, tackling a really dramatic social issue and for honoring the resilience of women in a conservative context.” The film, a co-production between Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is overseen by Rula Nasser for The Imaginarium Films.

Prince Charles has been criticized after guest editing Britain’s leading Black newspaper, The Voice.

More interesting news for "Yellowstone" fans.  Actress Q'orianka Kilcher will be returning to season five of the Paramount+ show, resuming her role as Angela Blue Thunder, according to Deadline. Viewers haven't seen Kilcher since season three.

A Gemma Collins superfan, a woman who took her cat to prom and "Compost Carole" are among the quirky Great British Bake Off 2022 contestants this year.The full line-up has been revealed ahead of the new series of the Channel 4 Show, which starts on Tuesday 13 September at 8pm, when a new batch of diverse amateur bakers enter the tent. As usual, they will need to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith to be crowned the champion, while hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding are also back for series 13. So who are the contestants this year? Meet then below...

Lenny Henry has been open about his weight loss transformation over the years after debuting his slimmed down look on TV.

It’s her time! Lizzo took home the impactful Video for Good award during the 2022 MTV Music Video Awards — and is letting everyone know she’s at the top of her game.

Oleksandr Usyk will be hoping to maintain his unbeaten career record to date as he prepares to take on Anthony Joshua in a rematch this Saturday in Saudi Arabia.

“Big Brother 24” Daniel Durston was asked about his and his fellow housemates’ treatment of Taylor Hale in a new interview with Us Weekly.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kathy Hilton is under fire for “confusing” (but not really) for the fictional character Precious, portrayed in the movie of the same name by Gabourey Sidibe, during an episode of ! But she's not the only one who is getting called out.During the episode, host thought it would be a great idea to play a game of “Will Kathy Know Them?” with his controversial guest. According to , this is likely in reference to the reality star's history of confusing her cast mates for one another.

One of the biggest stories in Hollywood this year has been the erratic and controversial behavior of actor Ezra Miller. And now, after Miller was arrested for the third time this year on Monday, this time for felony burglary, it’s clear that Warner Bros.

Iraqi star Enas Taleb is taking legal action against British media outlet The Economist over a picture of her that was used to illustrate an article about obesity. Titled, “Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,” the Economist story was published online on July 28 and featured an image of Taleb at the Babylon International Festival.

Controversial moments from the 2000s-era reality show staple — involving Banks, 48, and former judge Janice Dickinson, 67, and their treatment of modeling participants — have resurfaced on Twitter.A segment from the third season has reappeared and shows New York contestant Kelle Jacob — who is black — being criticized in a “horrendous” fashion because of her darker complexion. “The way they treated Kelle was horrendous. I thought she was so beautiful and her complexion was amazing.

Melanie Lynskey's memories from the set of aren't all fond ones. While working on the film, which was released 22 years ago this week, Lynskey says she was body shamed. «All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.

told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a [size] four."Melanie, who was 23 years old when she filmed the iconic movie, said one of the crew members was particularly harsh on her and other actresses."There were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, 'Nobody told me there would be girls like you,'" she said.

Melanie Lynskey joined her fellow "Yellowjackets" co-stars for a new interview where the actress discussed the body shaming she experienced early in her career while filming "Coyote Ugly."  Lynskey played Gloria in the 2000 comedy about a songwriter Violet Sanford (played by Piper Perabo) who gets a job at an NYC bar run by women.  Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci were the others participating in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter where Lynskey discussed her experience filming "Coyote Ugly."  When describing the beginning of her career playing the "best friend from Jersey" in "Ugly Coyote" she told the outlet. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four."  Lynskey continued and said "that were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, ‘Nobody told me there would be girls like you.’ Really intense feedback about my physicality, my body, people doing my makeup and being like, ‘I’m just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff." "Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey opened up about the body shaming she faced while filming "Coyote Ugly."  ( David Livingston/Getty Images) Lynskey said that while she was working on the film, the feedback was constantly "you're not beautiful." She talked about the difficulty of hearing the things she did when she was in her early twenties.