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King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer.

It is not prostate cancer, but the diagnosis was made during treatment of the 75-year-old’s enlarged prostate, according to the BBC. Buckingham Palace made the announcement Monday in a statement.

The type of cancer has not been revealed, but the King began “regular treatments” Monday. King Charles “remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible,” the statement said.

The leader has paused public events and appearances for now, but he will continue to serve in the constitutional role as head of state. Other senior royals are expected to represent him at events during his treatment.

The prostate procedure that led to the diagnosis took place at a private London hospital over a week ago. The King was seen at a Sandringham church service Sunday waving to crowds.

The news comes less than a year after the King’s coronation in May 2023.

On Jan. 29, Buckingham Palace released a statement regarding The King’s hospital stay that brought about the diagnosis.

“The King was this afternoon discharged from hospital following planned medical treatment and has rescheduled forthcoming public engagements to allow for a period of private recuperation,” the statement reads. “His Majesty would like to thank the medical team and all those involved in supporting his hospital visit, and is grateful for all the kind messages he has received in recent days.” 

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Disney’s First Amendment Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis Dismissed by Judge https://www.thewrap.com/disneys-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-ron-desantis-dismissed-by-judge/ https://www.thewrap.com/disneys-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-ron-desantis-dismissed-by-judge/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:09:39 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7482622 “This is an important case with serious implications for the rule of law, and it will not end here,” a studio spokesperson says

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has scored a victory in his battle with Disney, as a federal judge has dismissed the media company’s First Amendment lawsuit filed against him last April.

The lawsuit was dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning that Disney is free to submit another lawsuit. A spokesperson for the company signaled in a statement that it will.

“This is an important case with serious implications for the rule of law, and it will not end here,” the statement read. “If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with. We are determined to press forward with our case.”

The lawsuit was filed after DeSantis threw his support behind a law to repeal the Reedy Creek Improvement Act, a Florida state law passed in 1967 that gave Disney control over the special district that covers its theme parks in Orlando. DeSantis now has the power to appoint the board members that govern the district.

DeSantis, who suspended his 2024 presidential campaign earlier this month, has waged a public war against Disney for its opposition to Florida’s parental rights bill, known by detractors as the “don’t say gay” law, which Disney spoke out against after pressure from employees and others in the entertainment industry.

In its lawsuit, Disney accused DeSantis of “constitutional mutiny” by retaliating against the company for its opposition to the law. But District Judge Allen Winsor, a Federalist Society member and Trump appointee, wrote in his dismissal ruling that “when a statute is facially constitutional, a plaintiff cannot bring a free-speech challenge by claiming that the lawmakers who passed it acted with a constitutionally impermissible purpose.”

Winsor also said that Disney failed to “allege any specific injury” to its finances caused by DeSantis’ appointed board members now controlling the theme park district.

“Because Disney seeks injunctive relief, it must allege an imminent future injury, and it has not alleged facts showing that any imminent future appointments will contribute to its harm,” the ruling said.

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

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Chita Rivera, Broadway Legend of ‘Chicago’ and ‘West Side Story,’ Dies at 91 https://www.thewrap.com/chita-rivera-dead-chicago/ https://www.thewrap.com/chita-rivera-dead-chicago/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:40:27 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7481938 The actress' decades-spanning work earned her two lead actress Tony Awards and a Kennedy Center Honor

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Chita Rivera, best known for her Broadway roles in “Chicago” and “West Side Story” to name a few, has died. She was 91.

The actress’ daughter Lisa Mordente announced the news.

“It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the beloved Broadway icon Chita Rivera. My dear friend of over 40 years was 91,” Frimark said in a statement to People on Tuesday.

The actress portrayed Anita in the Broadway musical “West Side Story,” later adapted into the 1961 film that starred Rita Moreno in the role. She later reprised the career-launching role under Seth Redetsky’s direction at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Aside from “West Side Story” and her role of Nickie in “Chicago,” Rivera’s more than 30 Broadway credits include “Guys and Dolls,” “Can-Can,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Jerry’s Girls,” “Seventh Heaven,” “Mr. Wonderful” and more.

She won Tony Awards for her lead performances in musicals “The Rink” alongside Liza Minnelli and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and she was nominated for six additional Tonys.

Rivera received her Kennedy Center Honor from President George W. Bush in 2002. Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

She is survived by her daughter Lisa.

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to the trailblazing performer, who appeared in his film adaptation of “Tick, Tick..Boom!” on Netflix, in a statement.

“The trailblazer for Puerto Rico on Broadway. Originated Anita AND Rosie AND Velma Kelly AND The Spider Woman AND so many more iconic Broadway roles because she was an absolute original,” he wrote. “When we filmed the diner scene in ttB (Tick, Tick..Boom!), she wasn’t available for the shoot dates, so I left a chair empty in the diner for those three days. The whole shoot, people kept trying to move the chair or clear space and I’d have to say no, we’re GOING to get Chita, I don’t know how but we’re going to do it. 8 months later on our reshoots, she joined us and held court all day. It remains one of the all-time joys of my life. She was magnificent. She IS magnificent, not ready for the past tense just yet. “

My heart is with everyone in Chita’s galaxy of family and friends. We’ll be blasting WSS and Bye, Bye Birdie and Chicago and SO MUCH MUSIC, because she left us so much. Gracias, Chita. Alabanza,” Miranda added.

Kristin Chenoweth mourned the loss of her Broadway predecessor on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“There was only you. Then everyone else,” the “Wicked” alumna tweeted. “I looked up to you and always will admire you as a talent and mostly as a person! A kick butt woman you were. All the rest of us just wanna be you.”

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SAG-AFTRA Calls for AI Likeness Theft to Be Outlawed After Release of Sexually Explicit Fake Taylor Swift Images https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-sag-aftra-condemns-ai-fake-explicit-images/ https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-sag-aftra-condemns-ai-fake-explicit-images/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:36:56 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7480386 The Biden administration also spoke out on Thursday

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Following the release of faked, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift created by so-called artificial intelligence software, SAG-AFTRA called for laws making the development and distribution of such content illegal.

“The sexually explicit, A.I.-generated images depicting Taylor Swift are upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning. The development and dissemination of fake images — especially those of a lewd nature — without someone’s consent must be made illegal. As a society, we have it in our power to control these technologies, but we must act now before it is too late,” the guild said in a statement Friday afternoon.

“SAG-AFTRA continues to support legislation by Congressman Joe Morelle, the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, to make sure we stop exploitation of this nature from happening again. We support Taylor, and women everywhere who are the victims of this kind of theft of their privacy and right to autonomy,” the statement concluded.

The images began appearing online this week and were widely shared on various social media platforms, including the platform formerly known as Twitter. Thanks to that site’s lax content and moderation standards under owner Elon Musk, one account was viewed more than 40 million times before it was finally suspended.

Earlier Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre commented on the matter.

“We are alarmed by the reports of circulation of images that you just laid out, false images, to be more exact, and it is alarming. So while social media companies make their own independent decisions about content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules to prevent the spread of misinformation and non-consensual, intimate imagery,” she said.

“This problem is not new, and it’s one that the Biden-Harris administration has been prioritizing since day one. We have taken this very seriously,” she added. “Again, this is alarming to us. As you know, he launched a task force to address online harassment and abuse, and he did that just this fall. The Department of Justice launched the first national 24/7 helpline for survivors of image-based sexual abuse,” Jean-Pierre continued.

Jean-Pierre agreed that legislation should be put in place to deal with the issue in addition to the action the president has taken.

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Pauly Shore Sued for Violent Assault at Comedy Store https://www.thewrap.com/pauly-shore-comedy-store-assault-lawsuit/ https://www.thewrap.com/pauly-shore-comedy-store-assault-lawsuit/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2024 01:47:58 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7480311 A father and daughter say in a lawsuit that the comedian encouraged an attack in 2022 that resulted in "severe injuries"

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A father and daughter have accused movie star and comedian Pauly Shore of assault and battery for allegedly encouraging security members to attack the father, who was visiting the Los Angeles comedy club The Comedy Store in 2022.

The plaintiffs named in the lawsuit are Sean Kehoe and his daughter Kirra Lyn Potts, who say security personnel “violently grabbed and attacked” Kehoe during an incident that took place on Nov. 30, 2022. The legal document also states Kehoe sustained “severe injuries” after the members dragged him. The alleged attacked resulted in Potts undergoing “mental and emotional distress” and “extreme mental anguish” because she witnessed her father being assaulted.

The two also claim in the lawsuit, a copy of which TheWrap obtained, that the comedian was fully aware, prior to the act, and “agreed with and encouraged” the security team to follow through with the attack. They claim that he is responsible for staff members’ actions and was therefore “negligent” in his “selection of hiring.”

Potts and Kehoe are seeking monetary compensation for loss of earnings, and want to be paid for previous medical bills and any that may occur in the future.

The damages sought are listed as being related to medical, ambulance and incidental expenses, in an amount to be established at the time of trial according to proof; economic loss, including but not limited to loss of wages and salary expectancy in an amount to be established at the time of trial according to proof; non-economic loss, in an amount to be established at the time of trial according to proof; loss or damage to tangible personal property, in an amount to be established at the time of trial according to proof; and pre-trial interest, in an amount to be established. at the time of trial according to proof.

The Comedy Store was founded in 1972 by Shore’s father, Sammy Shore, Sammy’s wife Mitzi and writer Rudy de Luca. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in the Superior Court for the state of California.

TheWrap has reached out to Shore’s representation for request for comment.

Shore made headlines earlier this month after fitness guru, Richard Simmons, shared that he didn’t give the comedian permission to play him in an upcoming biopic hours after Shore announced he’d be starring in the project.

“Hi Everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read,” Simmons wrote on Facebook on Jan. 17.

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

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Jesse Jane, Adult Film Star Who Appeared in ‘Entourage,’ Dies at 43 https://www.thewrap.com/jesse-jane-dies-at-43-overdose-entourage/ https://www.thewrap.com/jesse-jane-dies-at-43-overdose-entourage/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:20:09 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7479068 The actress and her boyfriend were found dead after an apparent drug overdose

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Adult film star Jesse Jane, who has appeared in HBO’s “Entourage” and Oxygen’s “The Bad Girls Club,” was found dead in a home in Oklahoma after an apparent drug overdose, per local police. Jane was 43.

After reportedly responding to a welfare check Jane, whose real name is Cindy Taylor, law enforcement found Jane and her boyfriend Brett Hasenmueller dead in a home in Moore, Oklahoma. Per reports, the welfare check was submitted at around 11 a.m. by Hasenmueller’s employer who was struggling to get into contact him for a few days.

No official determination of their deaths has been confirmed, though it was believed both died of a drug overdose.

Jane was born on July 16, 1989, in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2010, she became the Australian Penthouse Pet of the month for November 2010 and signed under an exclusive contact as a performer with Digital Playground from 2002 to 2014. During that time she acted in films “No Limits,” “Beat the Devil” and “Loaded.” The acclaim she received from the projects helped her launch her own line of sex toys.

Jane continued working in the adult film industry but pivoted into hosting when she became the host of Playboy TV’s “Naughty Amateur Home Videos.” She added writer to her resume when she started with “Chéri” as a sex columnist in 2007.

Aside from her work as an adult film actress, she’s also made appearances in “Starsky & Hutch” (2004) “Entourage ” and the reality series “The Bad Girls Club.”

Jane is survived by her son.

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Frank Farian, Milli Vanilli Producer and Mastermind, Dies at 82 https://www.thewrap.com/frank-farian-milli-vanilli-mastermind-dies-obit/ https://www.thewrap.com/frank-farian-milli-vanilli-mastermind-dies-obit/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:34:24 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7477608 The group's founder revealed the truth of the pop duo’s lip-synching hoax in 1989

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German music producer Frank Farian, who founded the music band Boney M as well as pop duo Milli Vanilli, has died. Farian was 82. 

His family released a statement to media, reported by BBC on Tuesday, which stated that he died at his Miami, Florida, home.

Boney M formed in 1976, and the band went on to release hit singles like “Rasputin,” “Daddy Cool” and “Rivers of Babylon.

Milli Vanilli brought together dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, who were busted for lip-synching in 1989. As founder of the group, Farian was also pulled into the scandal and buzz around it.

In 1989, Pilatus and Moran got up on stage to perform their debut hit single “Girl You Know It’s True,” in front of 80,000 people to perform at the theme park Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. Their climb to fame spiraled the moment the chorus lyric “Girl you know it’s…” started to repeat. The lyric was never completed with the word “true,” and the line went on a loop 15 times before Pilatus panicked and ran offstage.

Farian released a statement following the incident claiming the duo had given him an ultimatum. He also blamed their “cocky attitude,” which the duo countered at a press conference. “We were seduced,” Pilatus said. “We were abused and we felt very guilty.”

Arista Records dropped the duo, deleting their entire catalog. Their Grammy, which they won for Best New Artist in 1990, was eventually revoked. They wanted to give the trophy to the true singers on the album —John Davis, Brad Howell and Charles Shaw. Pilatus was found dead at the age of 33 in Frankfurt on April 2, 1998.

Farian revealed to Reuters that neither one of the pair had sung a single note on the “Girl You Know It’s True” album. The men demanded to sing on their next album, but Farian refused to move forward with his false act.

Farian also worked with Meat Loaf and Stevie Wonder, ultimately being part of 800 million records sold worldwide.

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Riley Keough and Random House to Publish Lisa Marie Presley Memoir https://www.thewrap.com/riley-keough-random-homse-publish-lisa-marie-presley-memoir/ https://www.thewrap.com/riley-keough-random-homse-publish-lisa-marie-presley-memoir/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:20:03 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7438529 The "Daisy Jones & the Six" star is "honored to help put my mother's book out for her"

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Riley Keough and Random House announced on Thursday that they will be publishing the autobiography of the late Lisa Marie Presley on Oct. 15.

Presley died unexpectedly of a small bowel obstruction on Jan 12, 2023, at the age of 54.

According to the official site for the book, Presley was working on “a raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir for years” and “recording countless hours of breathtakingly vulnerable tape.”

Her daughter Keough, the star of “Daisy Jones & the Six,” transcribed the recordings for the upcoming book, which is still untitled.

“I’m honored to help put my mother’s book out for her,” Keough wrote on Instagram. Keough will read the audiobook version, which will include “never-before-heard recollections from Lisa Marie herself.”

Random House wrote in its social media announcement: “We are honored to publish Lisa Marie Presley’s riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir, lovingly put on the page by her daughter Riley Keough. Coming October 15th.”

Graceland also shared the news to X. The book is described as a story that will “give us a unique glimpse into one of America’s beloved families and the special bond between mother and daughter.”

Presley gave her blessing to Austin Butler for his portrayal of her late father in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 movie “Elvis,” and she, Priscilla and Keough helped promote it during awards season last year. Presley had just attended the 2023 Golden Globes in support of the film before she died.

Lisa Marie Presley was the only daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley. When he died in 1977, she became a joint heir to the estate at 9 years old. She was laid to rest at Graceland, the family home in Memphis, Tennessee, where her father, grandparents and son Benjamin are also buried.

Keough, who has received numerous nominations for her role in “Daisy Jones & the Six,” is now the sole trustee of Graceland.

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Taylor Swift Associates Slam New York Times Piece Speculating on Her Sexuality https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-gay-lgbtq-queer-new-york-times-editorial/ https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-gay-lgbtq-queer-new-york-times-editorial/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:26:09 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7434976 “This article wouldn’t have been allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose sexuality has been questioned by fans," a person close to the situation told CNN

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The New York Times published an editorial this week openly speculating about Taylor Swift’s sexuality. This wasn’t the first time the topic of “is she or isn’t she” has been raised online (type “Gaylor” into Reddit and see what happens), but it’s the first time a mainstream publication has done such a prominent piece on the question.

People described as “associates” of the singer expressed frustration with the article to CNN, while not specifically denying its claims. As one person described by CNN as “close to the situation” anonymously told the outlet, “Because of her massive success, in this moment there is a Taylor-shaped hole in people’s ethics. This article wouldn’t have been allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose sexuality has been questioned by fans.”

“There seems to be no boundary some journalists won’t cross when writing about Taylor, regardless of how invasive, untrue, and inappropriate it is — all under the protective veil of an ‘opinion piece,'” the person added.

The 5,000-word piece by opinion editor Anna Marks is a deep dive into a question that many fans have asked for years: was Taylor Swift trying to come out when she released 2019’s “Lover”? The evidence presented by Marks is compelling: promotion for “Lover” featured rainbows and “pastel shades of blue, purple and pink, colors that subtly evoke the bisexual pride flag.”

Marks goes on to add that on April 26, 2019 — which happened to be Lesbian Visibility Day — Swift released the video for her single “ME!” which showcased the singer dancing at a pride parade and “turning down a man’s marriage proposal in exchange for a … pussy cat.” Months later in June, her video for “You Need to Calm Down” featured queer celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, the hosts of “Queer Eye” and Billy Porter.

That same month, Swift said in an interview with Vogue that the video was her attempt at allyship. “Rights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn’t a straight white cisgender male,” she explained. “I didn’t realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I’m not a part of.”

The trajectory of promotion for “Lover” was interrupted by news that Swift’s former manager Scooter Braun had purchased the rights to her masters, and the planned tour for the record was cancelled due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swift announced plans to rerecord all of her music, and like a lot of us, she retreated from the public — while also release two more acoustic pandemic-era albums.

In her piece, Marks allowed that her queer-eyed take on “Lover” might be “merely a mirage, born of earnest projection” and wrote that the singer has managed to “simultaneously capture two dominant cultures — traditional and cosmopolitan” with her work.

“To maintain the stranglehold she has on pop culture, Ms. Swift must continue to tell a story that those audiences expect to consume; she falls in love with a man or she gets revenge,” Marks wrote. “As a result, her confessional songs languish in a place of presumed stasis; even as their meaning has grown deeper and their craft more intricate, a substantial portion of her audience’s understanding of them remains wedded to the same old narratives.”

Marks notes her awareness that raising this question may seem inappropriate for an outlet like the Times. As she put it, “I know that discussing the potential of a star’s queerness before a formal declaration of identity feels, to some, too salacious and gossip-fueled to be worthy of discussion.

“They might point to the viciousness of the discourse around ‘queerbaiting’ (in which I have participated); to the harm caused by the tabloid press’s dalliances with outing; and, most crucially, to the real material sacrifices that queer stars make to come out, again and again, as reasons to stay silent,” Marks continued.

But still, she added, “the stories that dominate our collective imagination shape what our culture permits artists and their audiences to say and be. Every time an artist signals queerness and that transmission falls on deaf ears, that signal dies. Recognizing the possibility of queerness — while being conscious of the difference between possibility and certainty — keeps that signal alive.”

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If You Want to Play Guitar for Smashing Pumpkins, Today Is Your Greatest Day https://www.thewrap.com/smashing-pumpkins-posts-open-call-for-new-guitarist/ https://www.thewrap.com/smashing-pumpkins-posts-open-call-for-new-guitarist/#respond Sat, 06 Jan 2024 05:11:55 +0000 https://www.thewrap.com/?p=7434927 The venerable alt-rock band has an empty slot "open to anyone who might be interested"

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Do you want to play guitar for one of the biggest rock bands of the last 30 years? Today is the greatest day you’ve ever known, because on Friday, Smashing Pumpkins announced an open call for a new guitarist — and we do mean open.

“The Smashing Pumpkins are in search of an additional guitarist. The application process is open to anyone who might be interested. Applicants may submit a resume and related materials to SPGuitar@redlightmanagement.com,” the band said in a message posted on social media Friday morning.

In other news, the band has a definite article in the name. We’re as confused as you are.

The opening is due to the departure of previous guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who quit the band in October. Schroeder didn’t say precisely why he quit, but in a statement at the time he called joining the “Siamese Dream” band, “one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. The amount of incredible memories created over the last 16 years with the band are almost too numerous to quantify. Although it was a very difficult decision to make, I’ve decided to leave the band to make some space to explore a slightly different path.”

Schroeder called his bandmates Billy Corgan, James Iha and and Jimmy Chamberlain “wonderful bandmates and even better friends. I will absolutely miss sharing the stage with you. I wish the band all the success in the future. I will be watching and listening.”

Now it’s someone else’s turn to become BFFs with the “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” hitmakers. Good luck!

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