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Instagram video for IMDb to promote her show “Hacks,” Smart, 72, revealed that her ancestor was part of the Salem Witch trials. “I found out that my eight times great grandmother on my maternal side was convicted of witchcraft in Salem in 1692,” Smart shared.

didn’t steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster “The Batman” from a writer who created a story about the Caped Crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday.US District Judge Paul Engelmayer also said the writer Christopher Wozniak infringed copyrights belonging to DC Comics, which employed him as a freelance artist in 1990 when he wrote “The Ultimate Riddle,” later retitled “The Blind Man’s Hat.”“We respectfully disagree with the court’s decision and are considering our next steps,” Wozniak’s lawyer, Terry Parker, said in an email.Wozniak claimed he was “stunned” to learn that “The Batman” was a near copy of “The Ultimate Riddle,” with the Riddler terrorizing a Gotham City beset by crime and controlled by a corrupt banking cartel.But in a 45-page decision, Engelmayer said Wozniak intentionally and without consent lifted material from DC Comics’ works to create his story, which “liberally exploits –indeed, is rife with” Batman characters and plot elements.“The story’s use of the Batman character and the surrounding protected elements is an act of clear and blatant copyright infringement,” the judge wrote.Engelmayer also said key similarities between the works — serial killers who are loners bent on destroying society, villains who taunt pursuers with “clues and riddles,” and moments of “clarity or epiphany” that propel villains to crime — were too commonplace to support Wozniak’s copyright claim.For the latter, the judge in a footnote cited movies including “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” where Anakin Skywalker succumbs to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader.Engelmayer also rejected Wozniak’s “wholly speculative” claim for how Warner Bros might have gotten

woman in her is now Xila.Britney Spears, 42, posted a long-winded summary of her recent beach vacation to Instagram on Wednesday in which she bizarrely claimed she’s having trouble understanding her native language — something that happened when she changed her name on social media. “Since I changed my name to XILA I actually am having a hard time understanding English,” she wrote right after the boat remark.

previously called Steve Martin “horrid” and “incredibly unfunny,” she defended J.K. Rowling for her controversial remarks about transgender people, and she alleged that Arnold Schwarzenegger was “quite rude” and “deliberately farted” in her face. Jason Isaacs, 60, who starred as Lucius Malfoy in the “Potter” franchise, opened up about the young cast in an interview with The Post in February.

filed by Bigi, formerly known as Blanket, show that the 93-year-old matriarch is trying to tap into funds from Michael’s estate to challenge a $600 million music catalog deal.Katherine’s side argues that the estate should cover her $500,000 legal fees, while Bigi disagrees.“… it seems clear to [Katherine] that the Executors are holding all of the assets in the Estate in order to keep control over them, and to avoid the more liberal distribution requirements of the Trust,” says a new complaint filed by Katherine’s attorney, according to People.But close family sources say this is not really about Bigi, now 22, trying to deny his grandmother anything.Rather, it’s about trying to wean the extended family off Michael’s legacy.“Bigi isn’t going against his grandmother. Bigi is really trying to protect his grandmother in the same manner that Michael did, which is to protect her from the Jacksons!” a longtime family associate told The Post.“It’s the same s–t,” the associate said, alleging that some relatives get money from the trust via soft-hearted Katherine.

sexual battery lawsuit brought upon him by his former assistant, Asta Jonasson.The 56-year-old “Fast and the Furious” actor filed legal documents this week asking that the case be thrown out and that Jonasson pay his legal fees, according to docs obtained by People magazine. The papers reportedly claim that Diesel “denies, generally and specifically, each and every allegation of Plaintiff’s Complaint and further denies that Plaintiff is entitled to any relief whatsoever as against Defendant and that Plaintiff has been damaged as alleged, or in any other sum or sums, or at all.”The Post has contacted Diesel’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, for comment.

Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement in a new interview.The Princess of Wales, 42, delivered the shocking news on Friday that she was diagnosed with the disease and was undergoing preventive chemotherapy. The British actor — who played a young Prince (now King) Charles in Seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix drama — got candid about his feelings regarding Middleton’s health.At the Sydney premiere of his upcoming tennis flick, “Challengers,” the 33-year-old told the outlet 9honey Celebrity: “I really missed all the Kate stuff that everyone was talking online about.”Since Middleton’s abdominal surgery in January, she has mostly stayed under the radar, with many conspiracies swirling over her whereabouts.

The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday that Wepper died at a hospice facility in Munich on Monday after a long illness that followed the life-threatening sepsis he suffered last year.

Whole Lot of Love.”Singer Duffy made her first public statement in nearly four years with an Instagram video posted Tuesday.“One day you’re going to see it, that happiness was always about the discovery,” the voiceover in the video says. “The hope, the listening to your heart and following it wherever it chose to go. Happiness was always about being kinder to yourself.”“One day you will understand that happiness was always about learning how to live with yourself, that your happiness was never in the hands of others,” it continues.

telling Vibe magazine in 2003 that their relationship, “Was the first time I was with someone who wasn’t faithful. I was in this relationship with Puff where I was totally crying, crazy and going nuts, it really took my whole life in a tailspin.”Lopez has since reunited with and married her other old flame, Ben Affleck.But, in her 2024 documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” she spoke about past abusive relationships — and fans have speculated that she was referring to Combs.

Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis for the first time.The monarch, 76, was out and about during a visit to the Shrewsbury FarmersMarket in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.She gushed over the sweet messages of love that her stepdaughter-in-law has received since announcing her health news on Friday. Middleton, 42, released a video statement on social media on March 22, revealing that she was undergoing preventive chemotherapy following medical tests that found the disease.“I know that Catherine is thrilled by all the kind wishes and support,” Camilla told the crowd who came out to see her during the royal engagement.

remained tight-lipped about her cancer diagnosis before revealing her condition on Friday, according to a new report. “She held it together,” an insider said of her clip to People on Wednesday.

Prince Andrew’s trainwreck of a BBC Newsnight interview in 2019 with journalist Emily Maitlis has been immortalized in an upcoming Netflix flick titled “Scoop.”The drama will drop on the streamer April 5 with star Rufus Sewell as the disgraced Duke of York, 64, and Gillian Anderson as Maitlis.Sewell, 56, sat down with Good Morning Britain on Wednesday where he confessed that the role of the royal stressed him out.While “The Holiday” actor was initially excited for the part, he had regrets once he accepted.“I felt I could get behind it then afterwards, when I got the part, I was like ‘gosh what I have done?’ I’m not a natural mimic,” he explained.Sewell “obsessively watched the interview” alongside the rest of the world when it first premiered five years prior.“I was kind of transfixed for various reasons. Like most people I had my own judgements,” he said.“One of the reasons why I was so hesitant to take it was because I didn’t want to be seen as jumping on some bandwagon,” he said.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who was reportedly “formerly offered” the role of the iconic martini-sipping secret agent earlier this month, his seal of approval.And Brosnan, who helmed the iconic 007 role from 1995 until 2002, said he “would definitely tip my hat to the fellow” to take over the reins.“I think the man has the chops and the talent and the charisma to play Bond, very much so,” Brosnan told RTÉ Radio 1. Brosnan worked with the “Bullet Train” actor, 33, on the 2009 movie “The Greatest,” for which he also served as a producer.The film saw Brosnan and Susan Sarandon star as a married couple grieving the death of their son, played by Taylor-Johnson.Reflecting on the project, Brosnan said the “Kick-Ass” actor was “the greatest in it.”“It’s a lovely movie with Aaron and Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon and myself,” he said of the “Tenet” star.The “November Man” actor also offered some sound advice for Taylor-Johnson following the rumored 007 casting.“Be bold.