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The Memoir Is A Yawner, Disney Says

via The insider reaction: The Blast · The original quotes: Page Six · The original interview: WSJ

Bob Chapek's memoir "Behind the Castle Walls" hits bookstores Tuesday, claiming Bob Iger "didn't want to let go of the ball" when Chapek took the top job, according to The Blast. One Disney insider called the book "a bit of a yawner" and said "the Chapek thing…

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Lohan's Rom-Com Is Set In 2008

via The exclusive announcement: Deadline · Rival coverage of the cast: Hollywood Reporter · The studio's own press: Netflix Tudum · The Mean Girls reunion angle: EW

Netflix announced today that Lindsay Lohan will star in and produce a new romance feature, "Return to You," starring Henry Golding, according to Deadline. The film, directed by Mark Waters, the man behind Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, is set in 2008 and follow…

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Polymarket Paid Creators To Win On A Fake Site

via The class action complaint: Class Action.org · The WSJ findings and the fake site: Ars Technica · The NACA consumer suit: Legal 500 · The $1.9M in fake bets: Decrypt

A proposed class action in D.C. federal court alleges Polymarket paid social media creators to film themselves winning big on counterfeit copies of its own platform, with the staged videos drawing over 140 million views. According to Class Action.org, the bets…

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A Mummified Man Is The New Public Figure

via The photos and the trespass cite: NY Post · The photo gallery: TMZ · The July lamppost wrap: NY Post · Her own words: sabinetautou.com

Artist Sabine Tautou strapped a stripped, plastic-wrapped man to the Hollywood Sign on Friday morning for a 25-minute performance titled "Public Figure, 2026," before police cited her for trespassing. According to the NY Post, Tautou bills herself as a "notori…

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The Star Endorsed The Machine

via The coverage: Variety · The cover story: Esquire · Rival coverage: The Independent · The first wave of outrage: The News

According to Variety, Brad Pitt told a new Esquire cover story that AI, "if used as a tool," is going to be the thing that helps $40 million to $90 million mid-budget films get made. He called it "gonna be a very interesting experiment" and said he "heard an A…

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She Cried, Then Itemized The Damage

via The new piece: NY Post · Baldwin's original takedown: Unraveling Substack · Rival coverage: USA Today · Second rival: TV Insider

According to NY Post, Brooke Baldwin says she cried in private after Megyn Kelly falsely claimed on her show that she had slept with four men in a month, and that defending herself cost her "tens of thousands of dollars." The feud started in July, when Kelly d…

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Betr Says HBO Does Not Own These Actors

via The cease-and-desist exclusive: Variety · The ad itself: Variety · The creator's takedown: Variety · Rival coverage: Yahoo / In Touch

According to Variety, HBO sent Jake Paul's gambling app a cease-and-desist over a three-minute commercial reuniting Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier, in which Piven makes his way through a mansion party to pitch a movie to Grenier on a yacht. Betr declined to t…

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The Tax The Rich Dress Can't Pay Its Gala Tab

via The exclusive: NY Post · Rival coverage: Fox News · The gala photos and the Meghan angle: Daily Mail · The 2021 tax warrants: NY Post

According to NY Post, Aurora James, the designer of AOC's 2021 "Tax The Rich" Met Gala dress, has been sued for $1,082,965.28 over unpaid bills from her February charity gala at Paramount Studios. Her event producer, The Gathery, ran the party three years stra…

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