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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sued by Miami police for allegedly depicting them as ‘dirty’ in Netflix film

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sued by Miami police for allegedly depicting them as ‘dirty’ in Netflix film

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are being sued through their production company, Artists Equity, over their latest Netflix crime thriller, The Rip, which Miami police allege falsely depicts them as “dirty.” Released in January, the movie, starring Damon and Affleck, opens with a disclaimer that it is “inspired by true events.” Writer and director Joe Carnahan has previously discussed that it was based on the 2016 Miami Lakes narcotics raid, during which the Miami-Dade Police Department — now known as the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department — seized more than $24 million in laundered cash, marking the largest money forfeiture in Miami-Dade history. In a new lawsuit, multiple officers involved in the original 2016 bust have claimed that the film has caused “unfair reputational harm,” according to local outlet 7 News Miami. Speaking to the outlet, Jonathan Santana, the lead detective of the …

Huw Edwards issues critical statement on 5 TV drama depicting downfall

Huw Edwards issues critical statement on 5 TV drama depicting downfall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Huw Edwards has issued a statement on an upcoming 5 drama chronicling his journey from respected BBC newsreader to convicted sex offender. Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards is a one-off feature-length programme produced by Wonderhood Studios, in collaboration with The Sun journalists who broke the story and the family of the young man at the centre of their initial story. In a front page reading ‘Top BBC Star in Sex Pics Probe‘, the tabloid exposed that Edwards had paid a young person for sexual images, having been in contact with them since they were 17 years old. 5’s drama tells the story from the perspective of that individual, who remains anonymous to this day. The drama refers to them by the false name of ‘Ryan’ (portrayed by Under Salt Marsh’s Osian Morgan). Edwards criticised Wonderhood in a statement provided to MailOnline, claiming that the production company “made no attempt to check with me the truth of any aspect of their narrative before going ahead with the production”. He continued: “They belatedly asked for a …

Huw Edwards Scolds Film Depicting Child Sex Abuse Images Scandal

Huw Edwards Scolds Film Depicting Child Sex Abuse Images Scandal

Published by Daniella Wilson

Disgraced BBC News anchor Huw Edwards, who in 2024 was convicted of accessing child sex abuse images, has issued a furious statement over a new film depicting the scandal. Wuthering Heights star Martin Clunes portrays Edwards in 5’s Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards. It chronicles the “true story” of the ex-broadcaster’s grooming of a 17-year-old boy (named Ryan in drama, played by Osian Morgan) in the lead-up to his criminal conviction. The producers behind the film, airing in the U.K. on Tuesday, March 24, said at a London screening last week that they pored over reports, police files, and related paperwork, as well as speaking extensively with the victim, their family, and journalists at The Sun who first broke the news of Edwards’ grooming. A note at the end of the program — made to show the public “how grooming works and the insidiousness of grooming,” according to a 5 producer — states that the former BBC presenter declined to comment on the events depicted. On Monday, in a statement to the Daily Mail, Edwards condemned the producers …

Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards: First look at Channel 5 drama depicting BBC scandal

Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards: First look at Channel 5 drama depicting BBC scandal

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The first look at Martin Clunes as disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards in a game-changing new TV drama for Channel 5 has been unveiled. Doc Martin and Wuthering Heights actor Clunes stars in the two-part series, titled Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, which will explore how British television’s most recognisable figures became embroiled in a major scandal at the public broadcaster by blending scripted scenes with real-life interviews. Edwards’s career ended abruptly in July 2024, when he pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children. The new show will look into the former newsreader’s “double life”, incorporating conversations with those who initially reported the story. Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards in new Channel 5 drama (Matt Towers/5 Broadcasting Limited/Paramount/Wonderhood Studios) Ben Frow, chief content officer at Channel 5, called it “a first for the channel”. He continued: “This is an …

Trump won’t apologise despite backlash over video depicting Obamas as apes | Social Media

Trump won’t apologise despite backlash over video depicting Obamas as apes | Social Media

Published by Sam Flores

NewsFeed US President Donald Trump has refused to apologise for a now-deleted video that depicted Michelle and Barack Obama as apes on his social media account, prompting outrage. The racist snippet was published as part of a screen-recorded video about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Published On 8 Feb 20268 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link

Bill Maher slams Trump ‘hypocrites’ for ‘lame’ excuses about racist clip depicting Obamas as apes

Bill Maher slams Trump ‘hypocrites’ for ‘lame’ excuses about racist clip depicting Obamas as apes

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Bill Maher ripped into the Trump administration on Real Time Friday for their “lame” defense of a racist post shared on the president’s Truth Social account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The video showed the former president and first lady’s faces superimposed onto apes in a jungle, swaying side to side and smiling as the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background. Trump has since refused to apologize for sharing the video, which was later deleted, claiming he only watched part of it and blaming his staff. “Trump did a Roseanne,” Maher said Friday, referencing comedian Roseanne Barr, whose infamous tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett led to the cancellation of her sitcom Roseanne in 2018. “The defense, I thought, from the administration, was rather lame. They said, ‘He did not mean to hit share. He meant to hit like,’” …

Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys, leaving White House scrambling

Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys, leaving White House scrambling

Published by Sam Flores

Former US president Barack Obama speaks at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in November 2024. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP To humiliate and demean are two verbs Donald Trump favors. Just before midnight on Thursday, February 5, the US president’s Truth Social account shared footage depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as laughing monkeys – imagery with an unmistakably racist connotation. The clip came from a video that had been circulating on social media several months earlier, portraying major figures in American politics, mostly Democrats, as jungle animals. In the end, all bow to the lion king: Trump, of course. By early morning, US media outlets had erupted. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt initially responded with a familiar approach: attack. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public,” she said. But over the following hours, many Republican lawmakers publicly condemned the footage on X. Representative Mike Turner of Ohio described it as “offensive, heart breaking, and unacceptable,” while calling on Trump to apologize. “Blatantly racist and …

Trump removes video depicting Obamas as monkeys after clip sparks outrage

Trump removes video depicting Obamas as monkeys after clip sparks outrage

Published by Sam Flores

The video was just one of over 60 posts Trump made on Truth Social over a three hour period, with further posts related to a Trump Accounts Super Bowl ad, video clips relating to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, calls to add his face to Mount Rushmore, and a screenshot of an X post claiming Democrats were “anti-Christ, anti-family, anti-Black and anti-life”. Source link

Early Christian fresco depicting Jesus as the Good Shepherd discovered in Turkey

Early Christian fresco depicting Jesus as the Good Shepherd discovered in Turkey

Published by Sam Flores

A fresco depicting Jesus as the Good Shepherd on the wall of a third-century tomb in the Hisardere necropolis, in Iznik, Turkey, December 12, 2025. KHALIL HAMRA/AP The dust had barely settled in Iznik, Turkey, where Pope Leo XIV had chosen to travel at the end of November for his first apostolic journey, when new winds began to blow. Accompanied by a cohort of journalists, the Roman pontiff had come to this small, peaceful town, once called Nicaea, before the ruins of a basilica discovered in 2014. One thousand and seven hundred years earlier, the Roman emperor Constantine had gathered bishops there in a council to define the Nicene Creed: the foundations of belief for Christianity, which had emerged less than three centuries before. It was the year 325, a turbulent time and region. The Roman Empire was in crisis and Byzantium, located two days’ walk away, was not yet a capital, but was already a remarkable crossroads of peoples and civilizations between Asia and Europe. You have 90.94% of this article left to read. …