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    Predator and Prey: Assault, harassment, and other aggressions in the entertainment industry

    in Everything Else TV

    About the ACLU donation, from that same article;
     

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    The pledge agreement calls for Heard to donate the money over the course of 10 years, starting in August 2016. But she hasn't made a payment since December 2018, ACLU Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Terence Dougherty said in recorded video testimony.

    When the ACLU reached out to Heard about another installment of her gift in 2019, Dougherty added, "we learned that she was having financial difficulties."

    She's having financial difficulties being he keeps dragging her to court.

    - In 2019, the ACLU reached out to her to find out when the next payment would be. Dougherty says “we learned that she was having financial difficulties”. He also says that she was ahead of her payment schedule, until Depp began his litigation that year.

    - Dougherty says there has been no indication from Amber that she does not still intend to gift the full $3.5 million.

     

     

    Honestly, I think the Kate James story was completely overblown by the media.

    From the UK court documents, Kate James gave a 2nd witness statement which was in direct response to a specific paragraph in one of Amber's witness statements:

    Amber's statement:

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    Another time, later in 2013 I remember distinctly sitting on a pink couch in my office
    and we talked about the violence I had suffered and she sweetly consoled me. I
    remember it clearly because I used the word ‘victim’ and she got upset and left. It was quite jarring and when we spoke maybe a few days later, when she was dropping
    something off at my apartment, she said “the right word is ‘survivor’, not ‘victim’”. I was so new to even talking about this and acknowledging it was happening, I hadn’t thought about the language I was using.


    Kate's statement:

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    In 2013, Ms Heard became aware of what happened to me as I had talked about it with a friend of hers at her apartment. Ms Heard then summoned me to her office where we sat on her couch and she questioned me about it, she was curious to see how I coped with it on a daily basis and she suggested I buy a gun. I was shocked at that suggestion as I would consider having a gun in my home with a small child around. I responded that I chose not to see myself as a "rape survivor" and not a "rape victim", and that is how I found my own way to cope.

    I discovered that Ms Heard had in fact stolen my sexual violence conversation with her and twisted it into her own story to benefit herself. This of course caused me extreme distress and outrage that she would dare to attempt to use the most harrowing experience of my life as her own narrative.”

     

    From what I'm reading Kate James never actually said that Amber used the actual story of Kate's assault as her own, just that Amber used that conversation they had about it in her own witness statement. And because she didn't like Amber, she didn't want her own to story to be used as part of Amber's.
     

    From the trial transcript:

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    MR. SHERBORNE: Ms. James, just very briefly, can you explain why you took exception to what Ms. Heard had said in her fifth witness statement?

    KATE. Because Ms. Heard referred to a conversation we had about me being violently raped at a certain point in Brazil and she used that as her own story.

    Q. Ms. James, just a bit slower, otherwise the judge cannot take a note.

    A. Sorry. She referred directly to a violent rape that occurred to me 26 years ago, and she twisted it into her own story and she used it for her own use.

    Q: This is the last question I am going to ask you about this. In paragraph 7 of your witness statement, just summarising, you say this: "As I perused the documents, much to my utter shock and dismay, I discovered that Ms. Heard had stolen my sexual violence conversation with her and twisted it into her own story to benefit herself."

    A. Correct. 

    Any statements Amber made about her own sexual assault were kept confidential, so there was no way Kate could've known what she'd said to the court.

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    Q. I am just going to ask you a question. Just say yes or no, please, to the next question. Have you seen any confidential statements that Ms. Heard has made in these proceedings?

    KATE. No, sir.

     

    So from what I can read,
    - Kate didn't like that Amber used the conversation about being a 'victim' or 'survivor' in Amber's own statements to make Amber seem like a victim. She thinks Amber's lying and in Kate's words "I am a sexual violence survivor and it is very, very serious to take that stance if you are not one, and I am one."
    - Amber's witness statements were the 'documents she perused' and was why Kate herself made a second statement.
     - There was no way Kate could've known what Amber had said confidentially to the court.
    - The media articles talking about it used the Kate's statements from the trial and nothing else/no other details.

    (I'm sorry if this seems like incoherent rambling, but it's now 1am, and I have spent far too long on this post)

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    Glee - General Discussion

    in Glee

    I hated Rachel so I was happy when they shoved her off to New York and it made it easier to fast forward through her scenes as I didn't really care about any of the other NY characters apart from Santana

    Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult - General Discussion

    in Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult

    · Edited by Hybridcookie

    On ‎11‎/‎9‎/‎2020 at 4:34 PM, Fleegull said:

    Nicki Clyne's inability to be off Insta got Keith caught. That's going to make me laugh for years. Eat real meals kids, starvation makes you stupid.

    No wonder Nicki's out there dancing for Keith and coddling up to anyone who will give her some air time, she's partially responsible for getting him arrested.

    I didn't realise that Nicki was as high up as she was, and I didn't realise she was a first line master either. I knew about her being in Mexico, marrying Allison for a green card and her dancing outside the prison, but she seems to have escaped a lot of the scrutiny and legal troubles.

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    In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

    in Everything Else TV

    7 hours ago, dalek said:

    Author Rachel Caine has died.  I'm a big fan of her Weather Warden urban fantasy series and her Great Library series, although I think the Morganville Vampires may be her best known series.

    https://preview.mailerlite.com/x6r7e1?fbclid=IwAR1cpcg33zMI6P4Uv95TJvMNE2G50xmXjMfq9hOhdcfQFCx3qO_jiGhY9GA

    I was just coming to post this. So sad. I really liked her books and she seemed super sweet, and there's so many lovely stories about her, especially from other authors.

    "Help! What song is this?"

    in Music

    · Edited by Hybridcookie

    This is a really random one (and at the wrong time of year), I've got a song stuck in my head that we sung in a UK Nativity Play about 20+ years ago, and I'm trying to find it to actually listen to the thing, but google isn't turning up anything with the (heavily paraphrased) lyrics I can think of:

    "Get out, move on, and leave us alone
    We don't need no scruffy neighbours moving in next door
    Take all your […] and your […] instead
    Go ahead get out of here there's no place here for you"

    Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm not sure if it's from a specific play or a normal song just used in it (we had Doctor Who in Nativity once, and I'm pretty sure we used 'Close Every Door' from Joseph so anything could happen).

    I feel like I've found it once before a long time ago on Google but I can't find it now, so maybe I'm completely mis-remembering the lyrics.

     

    Aha, I found it. It's 'Get Out! Move On!' from 'The Late Wise Men' nativity. I was fairly close with the lyrics too, they were just a little mixed up

    Community - General Discussion

    in Community

    Been rewatching from the beginning and I forgot how much I love Britta and Troy. I always wanted them together from the 1st season, but I completely forgot they actually did become an actual couple - it's such a shame they never did anything with them. They were so cute together and I loved when she called herself the worst and he told her that she's the best

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    Party of One: Unpopular TV Opinions

    in Everything Else TV

    2 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

    Zhaan [touches Aeryn's wrist sympathetically, exhales] - He is Crichton. 

    The show fairly pointed out when wormholes were involved, John got a little crazy, then he had a chip in his head where he was terrorized by Scorpius to the point where he essentially killed Aeryn, so being annoying isn't OOC. 

     

    Ugh Scorpius, another annoying character with far too much screentime.

    It's funny, because I always forget he exists till I'm reminded, I feel like I block him out. I rewatched it for the first time last year and I completely forgot about him till he appeared and it all came flooding back.

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    Party of One: Unpopular TV Opinions

    in Everything Else TV

    So I just finished Teen Wolf and here's a couple of Teen Wolf opinions:
     

    I don't like Stiles - I think he's an annoying little shit, and I hated that even though he was gone for a half a season it was still all about him.

    Allison and Liam (and Derek but that's not unpopular) were my favourite characters, and I liked the 'puppy pack' from the last couple of seasons. I also liked Malia and I liked her and Scott together

    I didn't like Lydia for the first couple of seasons, but she grew on me, but the writers never knew what to do with her.
     

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    Rocketman (2019)

    in Movies

    2 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

    I remember thinking to myself that Elton looked pretty sexy in the Fosse orgy moment. A shaved hairline, an extra 15 pounds, and Elton John drag aren't going to hide Taron's naturally nice arms, chest and shoulders. Just saying. LOL.

    I was also really digging Bernie Tauin's late 70's look at the overdose party.

    On another note, it was nice to see Charlie Rowe working. He seemed to be taking a break after Red Band Society ended and I was hoping to see him again. He didn't get much to do here but I'm hoping he'll get more gigs.

    I recognised Charlie in the film, but I could not place him at all until I saw his name in the credits. It was definitely the hair. I loved him in Red Band Society

    Rocketman (2019)

    in Movies

    9 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:

    "Damn, I wore some really nice suits."

    Hee, I said to my friend afterwards. "Never trust a guy who wears a full suit to a hippie party"

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    Rocketman (2019)

    in Movies

    On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 8:14 PM, Hybridcookie said:

    He's not bad, he just sounded very auto-tuned, especially compared to Taron - and I say with this affection because I love him

    So I watched it again and he wasn't as bad as I originally thought, and I've had Honky Cat stuck in my head all day.

    I hope Taron and Richard play a couple in something else in the future because I thought they had great chemistry.

    Rocketman (2019)

    in Movies

    2 hours ago, Bruinsfan said:

    On a scale of Christine Baranski to Pierce Brosnan, how bad is he?

    He's not bad, he just sounded very auto-tuned, especially compared to Taron - and I say with this affection because I love him

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    Rocketman (2019)

    in Movies

    · Edited by Hybridcookie

    I saw it tonight and I loved it. Taron was so good.

    I was really excited for Richard Madden and he was great.... apart from his singing     

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