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a lawsuit over a nude scene in “Romeo and Juliet,” finding the 1968 film is protected under the First Amendment.Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting — both 72 and the titular stars of the Franco Zeffirelli flick — claimed they were coerced into performing nude in the film’s bedroom scene while minors.They accused Paramount Pictures of sexual exploitation and distribution of nude imagery of children in their December suit, which sought more than $500 million in alleged damages.Judge Alison Mackenzie granted Paramount’s motion to strike the lawsuit Thursday.Mackenzie rejected Hussey and Whiting’s argument that the nude scene could be considered “child pornography.” The judge also found the pair did not comply with a 2020 California law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits.According to court documents obtained by The Post, Mackenzie wrote there was no evidence the film included “sufficiently sexually suggestive as a matter of law to be held to be conclusively illegal.” Paramount requested to dismiss the suit under the state’s anti-SLAPP statute, which allows defendants to move to strike supposedly meritless complaints that could undermine free speech.Solomon Gresen, an attorney for Hussey and Whiting, said he plans to appeal the decision.“I was angry,” Gresen told The Post on Friday. “I think that the anti-female bias in this country is real, and it’s something that I have dedicated my career to trying to right the wrongs.”He added: “It’s abusive to take images of naked children.

recent episode of the “Allison Interviews” podcast, Brooklyn Sudano recalled details of her mother’s battle with lung cancer, which took the singer’s life in 2012.“My mother was extremely strong as a person. I think her decision not to share [her diagnosis] with the world was that she was a woman of faith, and she really believed that God was going to heal her,” the “My Wife and Kids” star, 42, told host Allison Kugel.Summer, who Sudano described as “one of the strongest people” she knew, maintained positivity and surrounded herself with people who shared the same energy.“When you’re in the public eye, you end up carrying a lot of people’s emotions for them,” Sudano continued of her “trooper” mom.

according to Variety, which reported on the deal in October 2020. The agreement was meant to draw on Cullors’ experience as a leader of the movement which started in the courtyard of her Los Angeles home in 2013, according to a statement from the studio at the time.The value of the deal was not disclosed at the time, Variety reported.A spokeswoman for Warner Bros, now part of Warner Bros.

living in a nightmare.  “[Natalia] threatened to stab my sons, drag their bodies outside and bury them under the deck,” Michael Barnett alleges in Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” out Monday. “She tried to poison and kill my wife!” he says. “She’s a sociopath.”In the six-part series, Michael details the terror he, Kristine and their biological sons, Jacob, Wesley and Ethan, claim they endured at the hands of Natalia, who was born with a rare form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. “What they’d hoped would be a very happy home life turned into a true-life horror story,” legal analyst Beth Karas, a featured contributor in the doc, told The Post.But was Natalia the perpetrator — or the victim? On April 26, 2010, after retrieving Natalia from the Adoption by Shepherd Care agency in Hollywood, Florida, the Barnetts allegedly made a shocking discovery while bathing their new daughter. “Natalia had full pubic hair,” says Michael. The disturbing find prompted them to believe she was an adult masquerading as a child — despite paperwork showing her date of birth as September 4, 2003. Later, the couple claimed to have discovered she’d been menstruating.“We don’t know who she is.

irreplaceable.Beyoncé remembered the late Tina Turner during a “Renaissance” world tour stop Friday in the Paris area.The 41-year-old “Crazy in Love” singer told her fans: “I just want to take a second and honor Tina Turner. If you’re a fan of mine, you’re a fan of Tina Turner.”She continued: “I wouldn’t be on this stage without Tina Turner, so I want you guys to just scream, so she can feel your love.”“I feel so blessed that I was allowed to witness her brilliance,” Beyoncé concluded.

linked to Taylor Swift, 33, following her April split from Joe Alwyn. With that spotlight comes increased scrutiny, and an old podcast episode has surfaced in which the British musician has made controversial remarks that have sparked backlash. The podcast, released in February, was an episode of “The Adam Friedland Show.” It’s since been deleted from Apple and Spotify, but The Post obtained a copy via YouTube. Swift has not made any comment about it, even though many of her fans have expressed outrage and slammed her rumored relationship with Healy, saying things like “I’m about to vomit.” She’s also seemingly responded to it, in the form of a collaboration with Ice Spice, who was discussed in an unflattering way on the podcast. The Post reached out to reps for Swift and The 1975 for comment.So, what exactly did he say on this controversial podcast episode? Here’s a breakdown.While he was a guest on this podcast episode, Healy laughed as the hosts, Friedland and Nick Mullen, made fun of rapper Ice Spice, 23, using derogatory terms about her body and ethnicity.

lengthy Twitter thread, which has been viewed more than 650,000 times. “So I watched the raw footage of a 1996 Mike Wallace interview with Tina Turner.”The ex-network employee continued: “Wallace interviewed her at her estate in Nice, and it starts in the usual way with B-roll of them walking the grounds. Then they’re sitting across from each other in her sitting room, and right out of the gate — immediately — he’s leering, telling her how *sexy* she is.”“As they talk, Wallace has a confident smirk on his face and goes on about her performances, how *sexual* they are, why are they so sexual, how sexual is she, and so on … Turner looks at the camera, mimes ‘cut’; and the footage ends abruptly,” Molson claimed.

chancellor of the exchequer can also force the Duke of York, 63, to vacate the premises.This position in the Parliament is the chief finance minister and is responsible for setting volumes of taxation and public spending across the country.The current chancellor is Jeremy Hunt.“The lease is in the duke’s name, so no one can take that away from him,” the friend told the Times recently.“It has never been suggested that it could be taken away from him,” the pal continued. “It’s a long lease with 80 to 90 years left on it.”They continued: “That’s not a matter for the king.

who was arrested for filming himself breaking into people’s homes among other sick stunts, was booked again today for violating a court order.Photos and videos showing the 18-year-old hellion being taken into custody in London are currently blowing up on Twitter.“On Friday, 26 May, officers arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of breach of a criminal behavior order,” Metropolitan Police told the Daily Mail. “He has been taken into custody.

took to Instagram on Friday to announce that, after several postponements, she has decided to officially cancel her world tour. “It is with tremendous disappointment that we have to announce today the cancellation of the Courage World Tour,” a post to her Instagram read. “I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again.

died Wednesday at the age of 83.Mourners were seen leaving flowers and lighting candles at the gates of the Grammy winner’s estate, located on Lake Zurich in the tranquil town of Küsnacht. Turner first moved into the home, known as Villa Algonquin, with her longtime love, Erwin Bach, in 1998. Due to strict Swiss laws prohibiting foreign homeownership, Turner and Bach rented the property until the singer became a citizen of the country in 2013.

unexpected appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday and while some people feared she overshadowed the monarch, 74, he’s actually OK with it.“Whilst it is Charles’ head that wears the Crown, it is [Prince] William, Catherine and their children that will steal the limelight,” royal expert Robert Jobson wrote in an article for the Daily Mail.He went on: “They are bound to. And it is right.”“This time, it will be with Charles’s blessing – for he knows for monarchy to survive it must be relevant to the younger generation,” the “Our King” author revealed.Royal sources were reportedly “alarmed” that Charles’ visit to the garden show was hindered by Middleton’s stopover.

she wrote in the heartbreaking post.Authorities said that the body of the 44-year-old was discovered bound and stuffed inside a wooden chest, which had been encased in concrete and buried 6 feet beneath the backyard of a house in the Campo Grande neighborhood, G1 reported.“He had his arms tied behind his head and buried in a trunk that is very similar to the ones in his own house,” the family’s lawyer Jairo Magalhães said in a statement, per R7 News.The attorney said that the corpse, which was identified using fingerprints, had a “line” on the neck, indicating that he was strangled. Police footage showed the trunk getting exhumed from the ground — a task that reportedly took nine people to accomplish, the Daily Mail reported.While the probe is ongoing, police are currently investigating a man who had rented the property.

Dr. Robert Levine, in 1983, where her former “TMTMS” co-star Betty White steals the show.