The horror genre —like any other — has its stock characters: the creepy child, the father-on-the-edge, the wise mystic. When done poorly, these archetypes are basically a vehicle for forgettable scream-in-the-dark fun. When done well, they’re flesh-and-blood people you worry about from film to film, hoping that someday their suffering …
Read More »Evan Rachel Wood Is the Latest Celebrity Victim of an Online Misogyny Playbook
In a February 2021 statement on Instagram, actress Evan Rachel Wood said she was done being silent. “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood said. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. …
Read More »Amber Heard Settles Johnny Depp Suit With 'No Restrictions or Gags With Respect to My Voice'
Amber Heard has reached a settlement with Johnny Depp that will keep their contentious defamation case from moving forward on appeal. Heard announced the settlement on Instagram Monday, Dec. 19, writing, “After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought …
Read More »Helena Bonham Carter Really Went to Bat for Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling
Helena Bonham Carter went all out in defending Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling in a new interview with The Times UK. She said Depp had been “completely vindicated” after his libel suit against Amber Heard, and it was a “load of bollocks” that Rowling was being criticized for her comments …
Read More »New Report Claims YouTube Is Cashing in on Misogyny, Racism, and Targeted Harassment
On YouTube, engagement is king. The platform, which thrives on its dual status as both a social media network and news space, pays creators handsomely for making videos that get large amounts of views and interactions from any given audience. To keep the worst out, the sheer influx of content …
Read More »Johnny Depp Stans Rushed to Fork Over Cash for Unsealed Court Docs. Did It Backfire?
As Amber Heard and Johnny Depp both prepare to appeal the verdict in their mudslinging defamation trial, a newly unsealed document dump reignited the frenzy over the highly publicized trial The mayhem around the six-week trial — which Depp specifically requested be televised — was nearly unprecedented, even when taking …
Read More »Missing Texts, Disney's Threats and Marilyn Manson: Five Bombshells From Unsealed Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Docs
Two months after Johnny Depp’s highly publicized trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard ended with the Pirates of the Caribbean star going on a victory lap while the actress sold off her California home, the fervor around the case is far from over. Heard has appealed the decision that saw …
Read More »Amber Heard Officially Files to Appeal Johnny Depp Trial Verdict
Amber Heard officially filed to appeal the verdict in the defamation trial brought against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, Daily Mail reports. Filed on Thursday, the appeal — which her lawyers had previously stated they planned to do — comes a little over a week after a Virginia judge …
Read More »Johnny Depp Settles Suit Claiming He Punched Crew Member, Offered $100k For Retaliation
Johnny Depp isn’t interested in testing his luck with another jury. Fresh off his victory in the televised trial that showcased his bruising defamation battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor reached a last-minute deal to avoid a civil trial in Los Angeles over claims he punched a location manager …
Read More »Amber Heard Stands By Testimony in 'Humiliating and Horrible' Johnny Depp Trial
Amber Heard described her”humiliating and horrible” defamation trial against Johnny Depp, but insisted she still stood by all of her testimony regarding her ex-husband’s alleged abuse in the first part of her interview on Today. The interview is the first Heard has given since the trail, which Depp won earlier …
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