Month: June 2021

He’s not pulling any punches. After months of backlash, Quentin Tarantino is finally addressing his controversial depiction of the late Bruce Lee in “Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood” — by telling critics to “suck” it. The “Pulp Fiction” director dropped the bombshell during an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” Tuesday. “Where I’m coming from is … I can understand his daughter having a problem with it, it’s her f–king father!” the 58-year-old auteur told Rogan. “I get that. But anybody else? Go suck a d–k.” He was responding to blowback over the film’s divisive scene, in which stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) beats up a braggadocious Bruce Lee (Mike Moh) on the set of the “Green Hornet.” Detractors had deemed the doppelganger a racist caricature w...

Britney Spears’ conservatorship team is apparently experiencing some in-house schism. On Tuesday, the pop star’s father submitted a court filing claiming his daughter’s court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, and temporary conservator of her person, Jodi Montgomery, are the people pulling the strings which the singer alleges disallowed her to freely make her own decisions regarding medical and personal care choices. James P. Spears – otherwise known as Jamie – said in the filing obtained by Fox News that Montgomery "has served continuously as the sole Conservator of the Person of Ms. Spears since September 2019 and continues to serve in that capacity." "Ms. Montgomery has been fully in charge of Ms. Spears' personal care and medical treatment in consultations with Mr. Ingham – an...

Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction, saying the comedian was "denied a fair trial." Cosby, 83, was convicted of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004 and had served three years of a three- to 10-year sentence.  In its ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said a "non-prosecution agreement" with a former district attorney prevented Cosby from facing charges. With the understanding that he would not be prosecuted, the court said Cosby gave sworn depositions in a separate civil case in which he made "incriminating statements'' without the protection of his Fifth Amendment rights. Castor's successor, District Attorney Kevin Steele, violated the terms of the agreement when he...

Adam Mosseri, Facebook Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Facebook's head of Instagram on Wednesday announced the social network plans to start showing users full-screen, recommended videos in their feeds. "We're also going to be experimenting with how do we embrace video more broadly -- full screen, immersive, entertaining, mobile-first video," Mosseri said in a video posted on Wednesday. "You'll see us do a number of things, or experiment with a number of things in this space over the coming months." Specifically, Mosseri said Instagram has plans to show users full-screen videos in their feeds. This includes videos it recommends to users, including those from accounts they do not already follow. Users will start to see Instagram's experiments with these changes ove...

The Dispatch CEO & Editor Stephen Hayes describes potential burden 'wokeness' is causing leftists: 'it certainly could be a problem' IKEA Canada has launched a series of new display products featuring sexuality- and gender-themed "Love Seats" for Pride Month, but one couch is not going over well among social media users. The couch in question, which was designed to highlight bisexuality and the bisexual flag, features a slipcover with pink and blue hands all over its structure and the message, "When you change OR to AND, nobody believes you," on its cushions. "[D]id they just turn bisexual trauma into a COUCH?" one Twitter user wrote. "I love how the transgender couch is like, for children, and the bisexual couch seems more inspired by sex trafficking victim ni...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden remains an "advocate" for survivors of sexual assault following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to throw out Bill Cosby’s conviction Wednesday. "The president has long been an advocate for fighting against violence against women," Psaki told reporters. "For ensuring that we are raising the voices and the stories of people who have been survivors of sexual assault.  "That’s something [he] has done throughout his career and will continue to do," she said, adding the White House did not have a specific comment on the court’s decision.  BILL COSBY RELEASED FROM PENNSYLVANIA PRISON AFTER SEX ASSAULT CASE THROWN OUT Cosby was freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled he did not receive a fair trial in...