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Kanye West’s Most Loyal Supporter, Former NFL Receiver Antonio Brown, Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million in Assault Case

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Kanye West’s Most Loyal Supporter, Former NFL Receiver Antonio Brown, Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million in Assault Case

Kanye West’s most ardent supporter — and most clueless — former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown.

According to reports, Brown — who’s no longer playing but has been with four different NFL teams — has just been ordered to pay $1.2 million in a judgement for an assault case. Brown and his trainer allegedly attacked a moving man in Broward County, Florida in 2020. A jury found Brown liable for $407,000 to cover Anton Tumanov’s past and future medical expenses and $793,000 for past and future pain and suffering. Brown never showed up for any of the court hearings. The alleged assault on Tumanov was instigated when Brown wouldn’t pay him $4,000.

The same Antonio Brown is president of Kanye West’s Donda Sports, an agency for athletes. Today both of the clients of Donda Sports — Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown — left the agency. But npt Antonio Brown – he’s issued a statement supporting West despite all the companies and people who have publicly denounced West for antisemitism. Adidas, The Gap, Universal Music are all gone, but Antonio Brown is staying! He’s standing by freedom of hate speech!

Too many hits to the head for Antonio Brown? Apparently so. Good for him. He’s willing to go down with the ship. And he shall.

LOL The People’s Choice Awards Nominations Are Here, and They are Hilarious

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LOL The People’s Choice Awards Nominations Are Here, and They are Hilarious

The People’s Choice Awards are back! This is the exact bottom of the awards barrel. This year’s nominees are completely hilarious. Look at their main category, The Drama Movie of 2022. In what bizarro alternative universe does this take place? Of all these nominees, only “Elvis” would stand a chance to be in a real awards show. The rest, I mean, oy gevalt. I’m actually shocked they didn’t include “Top Gun Maverick.”

Anyway, pay no attention to this miserable carnival. All the winners are arranged in advance and it’s shown live on NBC (wow they are desperate to fill time) and the E! channel on December 6th. I’m hopeful that “Halloween Ends” wins this category.

THE DRAMA MOVIE OF 2022
Nope
Death on the Nile
Don’t Worry Darling
Elvis
Halloween Ends
Luckiest Girl Alive
Scream
Where the Crawdads Sing

Feud Karma: Kanye West Loses a Billion Dollars Same Week Taylor Swift Sells a Million Albums, After 13 Years of War

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Feud Karma: Kanye West Loses a Billion Dollars Same Week Taylor Swift Sells a Million Albums, After 13 Years of War

In the next couple of weeks, Ryan Murphy starts shooting his second “Feud” mini series, about Truman Capote falling out with his rich lady friends after he exposed their secrets.

But Murphy’s next “Feud” series could be about Kanye West, a more evil version of Capote who’s burned all his bridges in the last week.

This week, West has lost over a billion dollars after doubling and tripling down on hate speech against Jews. His antisemitic rhetoric has cost him his livelihood for now as all the companies he’s in business with him have severed those relationships.

Ironically, this very same week, his once arch nemesis, Taylor Swift, is on top of the world. By Friday morning she will have sold over 1 million copies of her new album, “Midnights.” It’s the biggest release of 2022.

In 2009, West and Swift became mortal enemies when West jumped up on the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards and interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video. He announced that Beyonce had had the best video, and ruined Swift’s moment. The feud was launched.

Six years later, in 2015, Swift was persuaded to present West with a lifetime achievement award from MTV. She did it in good form. West responded by saying in his acceptance speech that she only did it for publicity.

The feud continued until West filmed himself making a call to Swift to her permission to rap a line about her in a new song. The line was about her owing him sex after everything they’d been through, She reacted calmly, but the subsequent fallout from the song and a from a video in which he used a wax figure of Swift, only made things worse.

And now 13 years of feuding, of causing other people pain, of creating and losing a family, has led to this ironic week. Swift is on the up, up, and up and West is pretty much destroyed. Even claiming that his bipolar condition made him say and do everything won’t fly this time. Swift, however, will be counting royalty checks and bathing in the light of a super success.

What a weird juxtaposition.

Luckily, a YouTuber has made a video history of their relationship. I’m glad I found it.

Statement from Universal Music about Kanye West: Deal Over, “No Place for Antisemitism in Our Society”

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Statement from Universal Music about Kanye West: Deal Over, “No Place for Antisemitism in Our Society”

Universal Music’s Def Jam has just sent this announcement. Their relationship with Kanye West is over.

It doesn’t matter much. West’s record sales and streaming numbers have completely bottomed out in the last week. All of last week he averaged 10,0000 “copies” a day of albums. This week, the numbers are around 100.

Here’s the statement:

“Def Jam’s relationship with Ye as a recording artists, its partnership with the GOOD Music label venture and Ye’s merchandise agreement with Bravado all ended in 2021.

“There is no place for antisemitism in our society. We are deeply committed to combating antisemitism and every other form of prejudice.”

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Adidas Drops Kanye West for Antisemitism, But Stock Doesn’t Rebound: Too Little, Too Late?

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Adidas Drops Kanye West for Antisemitism, But Stock Doesn’t Rebound: Too Little, Too Late?

Adidas may have taken too long waited too late to renounce Kanye West.

The German company’s stock price did not rebound to where it had been yesterday or, more importantly, last week after West’s antisemitic remarks were first launched.

Adidas sank to around $94 and closed at a little over $100. That’s down $3 from Monday, and off $12 from Friday.

Adidas had already been in decline because of issues with China. But on Friday the stock went off a cliff with their resistance to making a statement about West. The thinking, I’m sure, is that finally acquiescing to public sentiment would rescue the stock. But the public is too smart for that.

What will be interesting is Adidas sales going forward. Will buyers of sneakers drop the brand and turn to New Balance or my favorite, Brooks? Time will tell.

Gotham Awards Nominees Include “Tar” and All Its Actresses,”Banshees,” “The Rehearsal,” Gabrielle Union

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Gotham Awards Nominees Include “Tar” and All Its Actresses,”Banshees,” “The Rehearsal,” Gabrielle Union

The Gotham Awards nominations are out and they are an eclectic bunch. The Gothams signal the beginning of awards season. While they’re not exactly predictors of anything, they’re a celebration of film on a broad scale. They take place November 28th in New York.

Breakthrough Television under 40 Minutes
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“As We See It” (Amazon Prime Video)
“Mo” (Netflix)
“Rap Sh!t” (HBO Max)
“Somebody, Somewhere” (HBO)

Breakthrough Television over 40 Minutes
“Pachinko” (Apple+)
“Severance” (Apple+)
“Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
“This Is Going To Hurt” (AMC+)
“Yellowjackets” (Showtime)

Television Performers:
Bilal Baig (“Sort Of”)
Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”)
Janelle James (“Abbott Elementary”)
Matilda Lawler (“Station Eleven”)
Britt Lower (“Severance”)
Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”)
Sue Ann Pien (“As We See It”)
Minha Kim (“Pachinko”)
Zahn McClarnon (“Dark Winds”)
Ben Whishaw (“This Is Going To Hurt”)

Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
“The Andy Warhol Diaries”
“The Last Movie Stars”
“Mind Over Murder”
“The Rehearsal”
“We Need to Talk About Cosby”

Breakthrough Director
Owen Kline (“Funny Pages”)
Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection”)
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic (“Murina”)
Beth De Araújo (“Soft & Quiet”)
Jane Schoenbrun (“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”)

Best Screenplay
Kogonada (“After Yang”)
James Gray (“Armageddon Time”)
Lena Dunham (“Catherine Called Birdy”)
Todd Field (“Tár”)
Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”)

Breakthrough Performer
Frankie Corio (“Aftersun”)
Kali Reis (“Catch the Fair One”)
Gracija Flipovic (“Murina”)
Anna Diop (“Nanny”)
Anna Cobb (“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”)

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Mark Rylance (“Bones and All”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Raúl Castillo (“The Inspection”)
Gabrielle Union (“The Inspection”)
Nina Hoss (“Tár”)
Noémie Merlant (“Tár”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)

Oustanding Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)
Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”)
Dale Dickey (“A Love Song”)
Colin Farrell (“After Yang”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
Thandiwe Newton (“God’s Country”)
Aubrey Plaza “(Emily the Criminal)” 
Taylor Russell (“Bones and All”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”)

Best International Feature
“Athena”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Corsage”
“Decision to Leave”
“Happening”
“Saint Omer”

Best Documentary Feature
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“I Didn’t See You There”
“The Territory”
“What We Leave Behind”

Best Feature
“Aftersun”
“The Cathedral”
“Dos Estaciones”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Tár”

UPDATED With Adidas, CAA, Gap Gone, Pressure is On Universal Music Group to Drop Kanye West from Label

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UPDATED With Adidas, CAA, Gap Gone, Pressure is On Universal Music Group to Drop Kanye West from Label

UPDATED TUESDAY 2:12PM: I’m told that Kanye’s record contract expired at the end of 2021 and he is no longer signed to UMG. But a more detailed statement may be coming…

EARLIER: Now that Adidas has finally dropped Kanye West from all business partnerships, the pressure is on for his remaining deals to be severed.

West’s talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, also dropped him yesterday. Previously, The Gap and Balenciaga cut ties as well.

West’s response has been to double down on antisemitic rhetoric over the last few days. Among other things, he was cited as the influence for a banner released over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles supporting antisemitism. He may have also been tied in some way to hateful leaflets distributed all over Western Los Angeles.

Now it’s Universal Music Group’s turn. West’s music is released on their Def Jam label. Today, Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of UMG, is the focus as he must end the company’s relationship immediately with West or face similar scrutiny as the other companies.

Keep refreshing…

UPDATE Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West Finally After Waiting Too Long

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UPDATE Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West Finally After Waiting Too Long

In a press statement just now, Adidas has announced the end of its partnership with Kanye West.

The company says in a press release: “Adidas doesn’t tolerate anti-Semitism and some other type of hate speech. Your latest feedback and actions are unacceptable, hateful and harmful, and they’re an organization of variety and inclusion, mutual respect and equity.”

They added:

“After a radical overview, the corporate has determined to instantly terminate the partnership with Ye, stop manufacturing of Yeezy-branded merchandise, and stop all funds to Ye and his firms. Adidas is closing the Adidas Yeezy enterprise efficient instantly. will do.”

The move comes after international outrage that Adidas has taken too long to make this announcement. Stock price has dropped 14% or more since Friday.

The company’s World War II history has become an issue as well, with lots of people suddenly very interested in Adidas’s Nazi background.

Stay tuned for more…

Exclusive: Adidas US Marketing Manager Rips Company Over Kanye West: “Until Adidas takes a stand, I will not stand with Adidas”

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Exclusive: Adidas US Marketing Manager Rips Company Over Kanye West: “Until Adidas takes a stand, I will not stand with Adidas”

Sarah Camhi is Adidas’s US Marketing Manager headquartered in Oregon. She’s a brave woman, Tonight she’s taken her own company to task for not stepping up and severing ties, or saying anything, about Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks and hate mongering.

Camhi is very brave. She will probably be fired for publishing her statement. But she is to be applauded and commended.

Writing on LinkedIn, Camhi states the following:

“Coming off of the adidas global week of inclusion, I am feeling anything but included.

“As a member of the Jewish community, I can no longer stay silent on behalf of the brand that employs me. Not saying anything, is saying everything.

“It’s been 14 days since Kanye started spewing anti-Semitic rhetoric and adidas has remained quiet; both internally to employees as well as externally to our customers.

“We have dropped adidas athletes for using steroids and being difficult to work with but are unwilling to denounce hate speech, the perpetuation of dangerous stereotypes and blatant racism by one of our top brand partners.

“We need to do better as a brand. We need to do better for our employees and we need to do better for our communities. Until adidas takes a stand, I will not stand with adidas.”

UPDATED Kanye West Antisemitism Controversy Causes Adidas Stock to Drop by 14.5 Percent Since Last Friday, Company Announces Divorce

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UPDATED Kanye West Antisemitism Controversy Causes Adidas Stock to Drop by 14.5 Percent Since Last Friday, Company Announces Divorce

TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Adidas has announced its divorce from Kanye West this morning at 7am. Adidas stock price has dropped another 4.2% this morning as of 6:40am to $99.40.

Adidas announcement here.

MONDAY NIGHT: Adidas stock has dropped by 10.5% since last Friday.

The reason: the Germany based sports company has refused to sever ties with Kanye West after his escalation of antisemitic remarks and comments over the last couple of weeks. West has stood his ground claiming that no matter what he says, Adidas can’t fire him. His quote:

“I can say anti-Semitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me. Now what?”

Adidas‘s lawyers may agree with that. But the longer they wait to act, and do something about West, their stock is dropping like a rock. On Friday, the stock price was $115. Yesterday it was down to $103. That’s the story. The stock price was already in a steep decline. Six months ago it was up to $188. But the really steep drop came this past Friday.

What Adidas faces now is a huge public relations problem that only get worse. Across social media, the multinational corporation is being ridiculed as as a “Nazi company.” The whole history of Adidas during World II is being explored and dissected by customers who never gave it a second thought. Decades of trying to wipe their slate clean is being destroyed rapidly.

Stay tuned…

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