YNW Melly and YNW Bortlen charged with witness tampering

A man has been charged with murder after being extradited from Sweden over a fight in east London in 2022.

The State of Florida has added new charges to YNW Melly’s witness tampering case, NBC6 News reports. Court documents confirm that six new charges have been filed in Melly’s case, the case of YNW Bortlen — Melly’s co-defendant in a separate but connected homicide case stemming from the double murder of their friends YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser — and that of Terrence Mathis.

Alixandra Buckelew, a prosecutor who helped convict three men accused in the 2018 murder of XXXTentacion, has been assigned to YNW Melly‘s double murder trial. Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy brought Buckelew onto the case after recusing Broward County Assistant State Attorney Kristine Bradley on Friday, October 13. Bradley was removed from the case last week following a motion filed by Melly’s defense team.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was in vintage free, frank and forthright form at a masterclass in Toronto on Sunday. “I have a massive problem with authority and authority has problems with me,” was one of the many nuggets from Kashyap, whose very first film “Paanch” (2003) was banned in India and whose subsequent work has been the subject of domestic scrutiny while being celebrated both at home and globally. Kashyap’s cop noir “Kennedy,” which had its world premiere at Cannes earlier this year, is on an extended festival run.

“It felt like we were reconnecting after a long time,” To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough said today of working with Domhnall Gleeson on Alice & Jack, Channel 4 & PBS Masterpiece‘s upcoming romantic drama that premiered at Mipcom Cannes.

In a Friday, October 13 hearing, Florida Circuit Judge John Murphy recused Broward County Assistant State Attorney Kristine Bradley from the case of YNW Melly. The ruling represents a half victory for the Melly’s defense team, whose motion to recuse included not only Bradley but the entire Broward County State Attorney’s Office.

While walking the picket line Thursday outside of Netflix, SAG-AFTRA‘s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland expressed his frustration over the suspension in talks the studios called last night.

Easy Life have today (October 10) taken to social media to say that they’re having to surrender their band name following a “David and Goliath” legal battle with EasyGroup.Earlier this week, the band revealed that they were being sued by the conglomerate and claimed the company was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.Easygroup are the Cayman Islands-registered company owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou built to expand the “easy” brand from EasyJet’s airlines into the fields of hotels, supermarkets, financial services and more – licensing out the “easy” name.Now, in a new post on the website, the band have updated fans to say that despite “having explored literally every possible angle,” the band have “realised that there are no good options available” and that they have to subsequently “change our name to move forward.”In the statement, the band wrote: “Sadly, it seems that justice is only available to those who can afford it. We simply don’t have the funds to access a fair trial in the high court.

A man has been charged with murder after a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in Brixton.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua and emerging Philippines talent Rafael Manuel have teamed on “Filipinana,” a selection at the Busan International Film Festival‘s Asian Project Market this year. The film will follow 17-year-old girl Isabel, who spends her whole day teeing-up balls for golfers at a country club.

Valerie Wu editor Elsie Choi, a film and TV development veteran who has worked for such producers as Dan Lin and Bruce Willis, has joined Los Angeles-based CJ ENM America as executive VP and head of scripted TV. CJ ENM is a South Korean entertainment company that has produced content such as Oscar-winning film “Parasite” and popular Korean fantasy drama series “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.” Among the company’s recent productions are the romantic drama “Past Lives” with A24. It’s also the company behind the annual KCON Korean pop culture conference and concerts held in downtown Los Angeles in August.

YNW Melly’s star was rising fast in the fall of 2018. His mixtape I Am You — released that August by 300 Entertainment — was a successful label debut, certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, with its lead single, “Murder On My Mind,” going 6x Platinum. Ben Dandridge-Lemco profiled Melly for The FADER’s GEN F series a day before the project dropped, and production wrapped on a short documentary about his life in late October.

A man has appeared in court accused of murder after another man died in hospital following a disturbance in a Glasgow flat.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are rumoured to be reconnecting with two senior members of the Firm in an attempt to heal their ongoing feud with his relatives.

A woman has been charged with murder after a black man died from a stab wound in what police say they are treating as a “race hate crime”.

Four men have been formerly charged in connection with the death of a man after an alleged incident in Manchester city centre, Greater Manchester Police said today.

EXCLUSIVE: Carmen Jaquier and Mohamed Kordofani, a pair of fast-rising international filmmakers whose respective films Thunder and Goodbye Julia have both recently been submitted for International Feature Oscar consideration, have signed with Jewerl Ross at Silent R Management.

Broward County Judge John Murphy will consider a motion filed by YNW Melly’s attorneys to dismiss the double homicide case against him, NBC6 South Florida reports. In a hearing Wednesday (September 27), the judge said he’d give the State of Florida time to respond to a motion filed by the defense on Tuesday claiming prosecutors withheld evidence of potential police misconduct during Melly’s first trial, which was declared a mistrial in July.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Sanna Marin is going from the House of Parliament to the Soho House, as the former Prime Minister of Finland has signed with talent management firm Range Media Partners. Marin sparked global media interest in 2019 when her election to Finland’s highest office made her the youngest prime minister in history at age 34. Range will help the politician explore opportunities in media and entertainment including TV, film, audio and brand partnerships.

Paramount+ is expanding its global Korean content slate with three new series produced through its partnership with Korea’s CJ ENM.