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- Confirmed: Amber Heard Under Criminal Investigation in Australia
- Watch: First Trailer for Chris Pratt’s ‘Tomorrow War’ Sci-Fi Film
- If They Weren’t So PC, Comics Could Make Great Science Ed Tools
- You’re Invited to DC FanDome: The Virtual Event Returns This October
| Confirmed: Amber Heard Under Criminal Investigation in Australia Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:25 PM PDT This article has been updated to eliminate any confusion caused by a date reference in the Queensland investigation announcement from last year.
May of 2016 Amber Heard filed for divorce and alleged that Depp had physically abused her during the course of their marriage. She also got a restraining order against him and mentioned that he abused her when he was under the influence of alcohol. This happened a day after Depp allegedly violently broke bottles of champagne in their LA house and threw a phone at Amber’s face.
Heard received a total of 7 million dollars as a settlement which she reportedly donated to charity. In August 2016, the couple agreed to end their marriage and in 2017 they were formally divorced. After the divorce, Amber Heard wrote an editorial piece in the Washington Post about domestic violence and being a survivor. She also talked about how media and people don’t trust the victim in such situations. This resulted in Johnny Depp filing for a Defamation suit of 50-million dollars against his ex-wife.
In 2020, audio recordings of Depp and Heard’s conversations were also released where they both admitted to getting physical often. Johnny even alleged that Heard punched him, defecated in his bed, and had affairs with Elon Musk and James Franco. Heard denied this and alleged that Depp got physical with her very often and threatened to kill her many times. Needless to say, it’s been “messy”. Heard and Depp remain locked in a legal battle over the op-ed that the actress wrote. Depp is suing his ex-wife for $50 million because he claims that her statements ruined his career after having been asked to resign from his role as Grindelwald in the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise.
In light of the audio coming out, fans began to push for Heard's removal from the upcoming sequel, Aquaman 2. A petition – which currently has over 1.8 million signatures – was made calling on Warner to remove her from the film.
Lots of private details came out in the defamation suit, including an incident where Amber Heard could face perjury charges. Details of a 2016 Pistol and Boo incident were dredged up in her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s libel case against The Sun. Even though Depp lost his libel case, the details piqued the interest of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment after an ex-employee of Depp’s claimed in court he was forced to lie under oath about her dogs’ illegal entry into Queensland. the investigation was first announced last year.
A departmental spokesperson told news.com.au: “The department is investigating if any criminal offences under Commonwealth legislation have been committed relating to the testimony provided to the High Court in London. Because of the nature of those enquiries we are unable to provide a timeline.” The maximum sentence for perjury in Queensland is 14 years in jail. According to Depp’s former estate manager, Kevin Murphy, Heard instructed him to lie to authorities after she knowingly smuggled her dogs into Australia.
Culture critic “That Umbrella Guy” has more details here:
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| Watch: First Trailer for Chris Pratt’s ‘Tomorrow War’ Sci-Fi Film Posted: 30 Apr 2021 07:55 AM PDT Amazon has released a trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller The Tomorrow War, debuting this summer. The movie, out July 2, stars Chris Pratt as Dan Forester, a high school teacher who is recruited by a group of time travelers to fight a war in the future. As an alien species threatens life on Earth, the only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to travel to the year 2051 and help save the planet. Dan teams up with his estranged father, played by J.K. Simmons, and a brilliant scientist, played by Yvonne Strahovski, to rewrite the fate of mankind. Written by Zach Dean and directed by Chris McKay, the film's cast also includes Edwin Hodge, Sam Richardson, Betty Gilpin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jasmine Mathews and Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
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| If They Weren’t So PC, Comics Could Make Great Science Ed Tools Posted: 30 Apr 2021 06:15 AM PDT The Conversation wrote about what they see as the scientific benefits of comic storytelling. It’s an interesting subject in itself, but they make the mistake too many today do of citing modern, PC-laden mainstream publications to make their points:
And why must this new protagonist in a Wasp outfit count, but not the classic creation of Stan Lee to fill the Winsome Wasp role, Janet Van Dyne? She dabbled in science almost as much as Hank Pym did; that’s one of the reasons she could handle her costumed crimefighting career as well as her fashion career in the past stories. Though citing a villainess like Poison Ivy can be worse, because there’ve been too many villain-worship examples in this era.
I think the medium can be a great place to teach science. But the way they play up the new Wasp at the expense of the old is decidedly going a PC route that doesn’t serve the article’s main focus well, and only ends up validating Marvel’s politically correct pathways. And why does Poison Ivy count for focus in science, but not Swamp Thing, considering Len Wein’s plant creature was practically science walking on two? These cheap citations are ruining what could make for good science articles.
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| You’re Invited to DC FanDome: The Virtual Event Returns This October Posted: 30 Apr 2021 04:45 AM PDT DC FanDome is going to follow up its massive 2020 event with a virtual gathering in 2021, DC Comics announced on Wednesday.
“This October, you’re invited to DC Fandome,” a video tweeted by DC Comics announced. The first DC FanDome kicked off in August as a massive 24-hour event. At the last minute, it split into two separate days and allowed some of its programming to be more spread out while content was also given an opportunity to be created for the later event behind-the-scenes. The first event featured movie and TV announcements, DC Comics publishing content and events, and more.
Now, as the future of the DC movie world looks to find its footing, the new event will have plenty of titles to pull from on the movie front. The Suicide Squad will release before this October event but Black Adam, Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, The Flash, The Batman, and HBO Max’s Peacemaker series are among titles following it. The event will also feature plenty of comics content, as well as updates and panels for the DC TV shows which air on The CW and HBO Max.
DC FanDome will return on October 16, 2021.
via ComicBook
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