The U.S. has removed Uganda from the list of nations eligible to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of their enactment of the “Anti-Homosexuality Act.”
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Florida prosecutors in the YNW Melly double murder retrial intend to introduce a slew of the rapper's lyrics to be introduced as evidence, the Miami Herald reports. In a court filing made on Wednesday, Broward county prosecutor Alixandra Buckelew listed 55 songs, 18 audio files, 14 YouTube videos, and four album covers the state wishes to admit as evidence for the trial, which is scheduled to begin in February. The songs include Melly's biggest hit "Murder On My Mind." Read Next: YNW Melly appears on Yung Bans’ new song “No Belt” The February trial will be the second time that Melly, born Jamell Demons, Melly will face charges in the October 2018 killing of Christopher “Juvy” Thomas Jr and Anthony “Sakchaser” Williams.
If convicted, Melly faces the death penalty. The first prosecution of the case ended in a mistrial in July 2023. Read our explainer on the case here.
The potential introduction of lyrics marks a change in strategy for the prosecution. During the first trial, prosecutor Kristine Bradley told the court that the state could make its case without them. "We’re not going to get into that because that’s artistic expression.
That’s not why we’re here today.” Bradley was recused from the case in October after Judge John Murphy granted a motion from Melly's defense team to have her removed. Raven Liberty, an attorney for Melly, expressed outrage at the prosecution's motion. “To receive something this late in the game is just part and parcel of what they’ve been doing the entire time,” she told the Herald.
Melly's team asked Judge Murphy to bar the state from introducing Melly's songs, music videos, and lyrics in a separate filing made on Thursday (December 14). The FADER has reached out for more information. If the
.The U.S. has removed Uganda from the list of nations eligible to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of their enactment of the “Anti-Homosexuality Act.”
Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse has confessed how she was left "traumatised" by her newborn baby daughter's first "poonami." The new mum, who announced the birth of her baby daughter with husband Marius Lepure on Christmas Day, revealed she was "stressed" and "screamed" when she realised her baby's poonami "came up to her neck." But Oti shared that, on the other hand, her parents were the "happiest grandparents on earth" and even complimented the "colour of her poop" as being beautiful.The new mum, 33, shared a clip of her reaction with her 702,000 followers on her Instagram Story on Thursday night. Holding her hand to her face in shock, Oti filmed her reaction to her daughter's first 'poonami'. Oti's mum could be heard happily chatting away in the background as the Dancing On Ice judge shouted: "What was that?! What just happened?" Explaining the situation to her followers, Oti wrote over the clip: "My first official poonami.
So many stars stepped out to attend the launch of Louis Vuitton‘s pop-up store on Wednesday night (January 3) in West Hollywood, Calif.
smoke-filled back rooms, targeting their political opponents – like Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, and Eric Cantor did on January 20, 2009, just hours after Barack Obama was sworn into office.“On the night of Barack Obama’s inauguration, a group of top GOP luminaries quietly gathered in a Washington steakhouse to lick their wounds and ultimately create the outline of a plan for how to deal with the incoming administration,” PBS’s “Frontline” reported a decade ago, in 2013. “After three hours of strategizing, they decided they needed to fight Obama on everything.
The trailer for Lisa Frankenstein just debuted online!
Nicki Minaj is making it known that she is never going to perform her song “Starships” again.
to US copyright law, works published between 1923 and 1978 are protected for 95 years following the date of publication. Disney has tried to prevent this from happening, over the years — in 1998, it lobbied for the Copyright Extension Act, which added 20 years, adding up to 95 years. That act would eventually be dubbed the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.” “Ever since Mickey Mouse’s first appearance in the 1928 short film ‘Steamboat Willie,’ people have associated the character with Disney’s stories, experiences, and authentic products,” a Disney spokesperson said in a statement.
A second, as-yet-untitled horror film centered on Steamboat Willie, the earliest iteration of Disney’s beloved children’s character Mickey Mouse, is in the works from director-producer Steven LaMorte and the producers of Terrifier 2, the team announced on Tuesday.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer First there was “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” Now, get ready for “Steamboat Willie” horror films. The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Monday, and indie horror producers are wasting no time in capitalizing on it. Steven LaMorte is set to direct an untitled horror-comedy based on Mickey’s cartoon debut.
A family of three has been found dead in their $5 million mansion.
Oti Mabuse has said she is "having the best time" as she adjusts to life as a first time mum, following the birth of her baby daughter with husband Marius Lepure. The ex-Strictly Come Dancing star, 33, announced the arrival of her first child on Christmas Day and has been keeping her followers updated with her motherhood journey ever since. On Saturday 30 December, Oti posted a collection of photos of her newborn daughter spending time with family over the festive period and shared hers and Marius' thoughts on the early stages of parenthood.
an annual Jan. 1 column for “Public Domain Day.” “It wasn’t just Disney that was pushing for term extension. It was a whole group of copyright holders whose works were set to go into the public domain soon, who benefited greatly from the 20 years of extra protection,” she said.
A care worker was having major surgery today after being hit by a car as she crossed a road to cactch a bus. Preeti Dhunna, 30, is in an induced coma in intensive care at Salford Royal Hospital following the crash on Cromwell Road in the city on Saturday.
UPDATED with company statement: Shari Redstone’s National Amusements, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, has confirmed it was the victim of a hack that affected more than 82,000 people.
Gender Queer, a memoir by Maia Kobabe about her coming of age as a nonbinary person, available to students at the school.The complaining individual — who is reportedly a member of the school community — provided police with two images. The first was the book’s cover, in which a person is seen staring into a pool of water, looking at a shirtless reflection that does not match their physical appearance.The second was a scene from the book in which two illustrated characters are shown engaging in oral sex.
Just hours after Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse shared the heartwarming news that she had welcomed her first child, her enthusiastic sister Motsi Mabuse, appears to have accidentally let slip the gender of her new baby. Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi took to Instagram on Christmas Day to congratulate her sister on the safe arrival of her first child as she shared a photo of herself cuddling the precious newborn in her arms while smiling for the camera with husband Timo at her side.
Donald Trump was accused of applying quid pro quo during his time at the White House, and Home Alone: Lost in New York director is now confirming that’s the way the twice-impeached president got himself a cameo in the holiday film classic.
The first look at Jake Gyllenhaal‘s upcoming movie Road House has been revealed and his body is absolutely ripped in this new clip.
Amy Winehouse‘s estate has sued the late singer’s friends for £730,000 over claims they profited from selling her personal property at an auction.Mitch Winehouse – the father of the late icon and administrator her estate – has sued both Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay – friends of Winehouse – at the High Court after they allegedly kept profits from a sale of her belongings.According to the court document, both women had allegedly sent “various items of personal property owned by Amy during her lifetime” to two auctions in 2021 and this year.It claimed that by having the items put up for sale “in their own names and on their own behalf”, they were able to convert Winehouse’s property “to their own use”.The estate is currently seeking £534,192.90 in damages from Parry while also claiming £198,041.07 from Gourlay.Mitch claimed that any money made should have gone to the Amy Winehouse Foundation which was set up in the singer’s memory following her death from alcohol poisoning in 2011.Gourlay and Parry allegedly gained a portion of £3.3million raised during a 2021 auction in Beverly Hills. A dress made by Parry reportedly fetched £200,000 at the auction.Last month, the Amy Winehouse Foundation said in a statement: “In 2021, Amy’s estate auctioned items from her life and career with 30 per cent of the proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Things are getting icky in Florida! As we’ve been following, Bridget Ziegle