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2nd UPDATE, 12:25 PM: A Virginia jury in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation suit against Amber Heard was empaneled this afternoon after a rather brisk selection process. Eleven members were selected for the trial, expected to last six weeks. Seven members ultimately will deliberate, with four members selected at…

Editor’s note: An error was made in the initial publication of this post. We apologize. Amber Heard is the one seeking LAPD records, not Johnny Depp. Months after first going after the Los Angeles Police Department in her legal battle with Johnny Depp, Amber Heard has doubled down on the cops. In a subpoena approved…

A little over three months before the trial in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard is set to finally start, the pink-slipped Fantastic Beasts actor wants Elon Musk and the American Civil Liberties Union to be pulled into the case. As Depp awaits a hearing in the UK next month on his hopes…

The multi-national legal battles between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have just become a lot less charitable. As the once married Rum Diary co-stars' inch towards a May 3 trial start in Depp's $50 million defamation suit against Heard, claims have now reemerged over whether the Aquaman star actually donated her $7 milli…

An online petition urging studio personnel to remove Amber Heard from the upcoming Aquaman sequel has received more than 1.5 million signatures. Created by Jeanne Larson, the petition crossed the signature milestone after Deadline reported that Mads Mikkelsen will replace Johnny Depp in the latest Fantastic Beasts…

Following a stinging loss in the UK courts over allegations of being a “wife beater,” Johnny Depp has been cut loose by Warner Bros from its Fantastic Beasts franchise. His character Grindelwald will be recast. The threequel is also being pushed from its original November 12, 2021 release date to summer 2022. “Johnny…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Berger, President and Managing Director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland and Spain and President of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development, has decided to step down from his posts after working for the company for more than 30 years. The well-liked and respected veteran will depart Warners in December…

After months of slipping out of having to actually sit down for the $50 million defamation lawsuit that he launched against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp may have run out of moves. "Plaintiff John C. Depp, II shall …appear for three successive days in counsel for Defendant's offices in Virginia …or at such other place in…

Amber Heard really isn't buying Johnny Depp's line that he is too busy making Fantastic Beasts 3 to show up for the start of the $50 million defamation trial that he instigated. "Plaintiff should not be permitted to delay the trial and continue causing this damage simply because there is a scheduled movie shoot…

In a 3,600-word long essay posted to her website this morning, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sought to clarify and expound upon the statements she made about the trans community on Saturday over Twitter, which caused an uproar in recent days drawing rebukes from GLAAD and Wizarding World actors Daniel Radcliffe and…

Eddie Redmayne, the star of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spinoff franchise Fantastic Beasts, has spoken out against the Wizarding World architect after anti-trans comments she made on Twitter over the weekend. “Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to…

The BBC, Warner Bros, and the UK’s Natural History Museum are partnering on an hour-long documentary that will explore the connections between JK Rowling’s mythical Fantastic Beasts creatures and real animals that have roamed Earth. Narrated by Stephen Fry and made by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, Fantastic Beasts…