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Jamie Spears Says He Wasn't the One Making Britney's Life Miserable - TMZ

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Jamie Spears has fired back at his daughter's allegations he has taken away her freedom and even her right to marry ... he says that all falls on his successor. Jamie filed legal docs claiming he has not had ANY involvement in Britney 's personal conservatorship -- meaning making personal decisions on behalf of Britney -- for nearly 2 years. Furthermore, he says he hasn't even spoken to his daughter in a long time because "he has been cut off from communicating with her." Jamie lays any blame for the restrictive rules on the current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery . He says when Britney's lawyer filed docs to appoint Montgomery, he claimed at the time Britney did not have the mental capacity to make decisions about her medical treatment and therefore it was left to the conservator of her person -- now Jodi Montgomery. Jamie says bluntly, the court never found she was unable to consent to medical treatment and the court never made suc...

Original ‘Willy Wonka’ Stars Say Timothee Chalamet “Doesn’t Have to Be as Good” as Gene Wilder - Hollywood Reporter

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Paris Themmen, the actor who played Mike Teavee in the Gene Wilder -led 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory , says Timothée Chalamet is “a talented actor,” but that the 25-year-old star doesn’t “have to be as good” as Wilder for Warner Bros.’ planned prequel Wonka . Themmen shared his thoughts during an interview with Yahoo Entertainment as part of a virtual reunion celebrating the film’s 50th anniversary. He appeared alongside Willy Wonka co-stars Peter Ostrum, Julia Dawn Cole and Michael Bollner, who played Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt and Augustus Gloop, respectively. “One nice thing for them is they don’t have to do a direct comparison because it’s a prequel rather than a remake,” Themmen said. “So he doesn’t necessarily have to be as good as Gene was, which obviously is a hugely difficult thing to do.” Related Stories The actor shared that while Chalamet might not be able to bring the same spirit to the role as Wilder, who passed away in 2016 , he is still ...

Black Widow's Official Poster Shows Off Marvel Movie's Full Cast - Screen Rant

Marvel released the official final poster for  Black Widow featuring the entire cast of the MCU's latest film. Starring Scarlett Johansson,  Black Widow will finally see Natasha Romanoff get her due with a solo feature after years of playing a supporting role. Due to Natasha's death in  Avengers: Endgame ,  Black Widow will be going back in time, exploring the events between  Captain America: Civil War  and  Avengers: Infinity War . With the Avengers disbanded and Natasha left alone, she seeks out her former chosen family to help her in confronting the demons from her past. This family includes Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, Rachel Weisz's Melina Vostokoff, and David Harbour's Alexei Shostokoff AKA Red Guardian. In addition to the core four, O.T. Fagbenle, William Hurt, and Ray Winstone will star as well. Early reviews for  Black Widow have praised the various performers, particularly Johansson and Pugh, as carrying what is a surprisingly emo...

'That's So Raven' actor Kyle Massey charged for allegedly sending explicit videos to girl - NBC News

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Actor Kyle Massey, who starred on "That's So Raven" and other Disney Channel shows, is accused of sending pornographic material to a 13-year-old girl, according to court documents seen by NBC News. Prosecutors allege the crime happened between December 2018 and January 2019 and happened over the Snapchat social media platform. Massey, 29, has been charged with one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes in King County Superior Court in Washington. The girl's mother gave police a flash drive allegedly containing material, court documents say. In some of the videos, there is a man who appears to Massey exposing himself. Others contained explicit content. The mother told police that at about the same time that her daughter was receiving the messages, Massey asked her to send her daughter from Seattle to Los Angeles to stay with him and his girlfriend, the documents said. Investigators requested data from Snapchat for the account allegedly belonging ...

"Zola" director on making a stripper and sex movie that looks and feels "consensual" - Salon

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Writer/director Janicza Bravo's audacious drama, "Zola" — based on the tweets by A'Ziah King — is a helluva story and one literal hell of a movie. The film is brilliantly shot, morphing from fantasy to reality to nightmare in under 90 minutes as Zola (Taylour Paige in a starmaking performance) recounts how she "fell out" with Stefani (Riley Keough) during a weekend trip to Tampa. The two women meet in a restaurant where Zola works, and bond over the fact that they both are pole dancers. When Stefani invites Zola to join her, her boyfriend Derrek ( Nicholas Braun of "Succession") , and X (Colman Domingo) to go make some money, Zola agrees, unaware of what she is getting herself into. Suffice it to say, things get tense and intense. Bravo magnifies all the messy drama and invites viewers to go on a wild ride with the title character. The filmmaker spoke with Salon about her kinetic new film and her worst road trip ever. You took over directorial...

Roku launches its new originals with a Demi Lovato talk show - The Verge

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The first of a dozen-plus Roku Originals to premiere on the Roku Channel will kick off July 30th with The Demi Lovato Show , a series that had originally been slated for a debut on Quibi. The show will now launch as Roku’s first “original” to land on the Roku Channel, the platform’s free and ad-supported streaming offering. While originally intended for Quibi, the show will be brand new to audiences when it arrives on the Roku Channel this week. Each episode will be 10 minutes long, feature a celebrity guest, and will cover topics as wide-ranging as UFOs, activism, mental health, gender identity, and police reform. In a statement, Lovato said that they have “never been one to shy away from speaking candidly about things.” The show had previously been announced as Pillow Talk with Demi Lovato on Quibi, though it never aired. Roku swiped much of Quibi’s library after the service finally folded and announced in April that it would rebrand the haul as Roku Originals. The company furt...

Watch Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Prom Concert Film - Pitchfork

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News Watch Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Prom Concert Film The film, featuring songs from Rodrigo’s new album, sparked controversy after Courtney Love called out its artwork By Madison Bloo m June 29, 2021 Olivia Rodrigo, photo courtesy of Geffen Records Olivia Rodrigo ’s Sour Prom concert film debuted in a livestream earlier tonight. It featured songs from her new album Sour performed in the back of a limo, on a prom dancefloor, in a darkroom, and accompanied by a marching band on a football field. Watch it all happen below. The announcement imagery for Sour Prom sparked controversy after Courtney Love called out Rodrigo for similarities to the album art of Hole ’s Live Through This . “Stealing an original idea and not asking permission is rude,” Love wrote. “There’s no way to be elegant about it.” Rodrigo released Sour in April. The breakout debut features hit singles “ Drivers License ,” “ Good 4 U ,” and more. Last month, she performed both t...