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Jul152020 by adminNo Comments

Amber Heard didn’t want Johnny Depp to know about James Franco romantic scene, court hears

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Amber Heard asked her former assistant to conceal the fact she was filming a romantic scene with James Franco from her then partner Johnny Depp as an "insurance policy", the High Court has heard.Kate James, who was Heard's personal assistant for three years, said the actress asked her not to let Depp or his team know she was doing the scene with her co-star in 2015 thriller The Adderall Diaries. Ms James appeared as a witness on day seven of Depp's libel action against the publishers of The Sun, following two estate managers who gave evidence earlier on Wednesday. Here are some of the other key moments from day seven in court: ...

Jun302020 by adminNo Comments

Peep Show blackface scene removed from Netflix – but not Channel 4

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A Peep Show scene featuring blackface has been removed from Netflix.However, the episode, which first aired in 2004, remains unedited on Channel 4's streaming service All 4. Channel 4 told Sky News: "We do not believe that erasing our creative history is a quick fix for the issues affecting our society today."The moment appears in the season two episode Dance Class, during a bedroom scene featuring Jez and his girlfriend Nancy, played by Robert Webb and Rachel Blanchard respectively. Image: The blackface scene will remain in place on All4. Pic: Channel 4 In the scene, Jez says: "It just feels almost wrong. Are you sure this isn't racist?" ...

Jun302020 by adminNo Comments

Peep Show blackface scene removed from Netflix but remains on C4

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A Peep Show scene in which Robert Webb's character Jez wears blackface make-up has been removed from Netflix.But the scene from series two of the hit sitcom can still be seen on Channel 4's streaming service All 4.Channel 4 said it didn't think "erasing our creative history is a quick fix for the issues affecting our society".In the scene, which also features Jez's girlfriend Nancy (Rachel Blanchard), Jez says: "It just feels almost wrong. Are you sure this isn't racist?"Nancy replies: "We're breaking a taboo, of course it feels wrong. We've got boundaries to smash, Jeremy."The series originally ran from 2003 to 2015. A spokesperson for the channel said the programmes in its streaming archive span more than 30 years, and it is re...

Dec112019 by adminNo Comments

World’s oldest figurative cave painting depicts ancient hunting scene

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Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Artistic expression is a vital part of the human story, and it's a story that began at least 44,000 years ago. The discovery of an ancient cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed the origins of figurative cave painting back further than ever before. The painting was first discovered by Hamrullah, an Indonesian spelunker and archaeologist, while working on a government survey in 2017. After noticing a hole in the ceiling at a cement plant where the survey was being conducted, Hamrullah clambered up a wall, through the opening and shimmied up a tunnel to discover a cave decorated in ancient pigments. The painting discovered by Hamrullah -- and since surveyed by an international team of archaeologists -- is described this week in a new paper published ...

Dec102019 by adminNo Comments

New Zealand volcano: Rescuer tells of ‘Chernobyl’-like scene

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Media playback is unsupported on your device A paramedic who flew to New Zealand's White Island to rescue tourists after Monday's volcanic eruption has said the scene was like something out of "the Chernobyl mini-series"."Everything was blanketed in ash," Russell Clark told TVNZ.Dozens of tourists were on the island at the time. Six have been confirmed dead. Eight others are feared to have died and about 30 have serious burns.New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern praised the crews of four rescue helicopters."Those pilots made an incredibly brave decision under extraordinarily dangerous circumstances in an attempt to get people out," she told reporters on Tuesday."To those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your unfathomable grief and in...