What Taylor Swift’s trademark applications can tell fans about a ‘Reputation’ rerelease

Taylor Swift’s legal team filed the final trademark registration extension for “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” and “Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)” on Thursday, leading Swifties to mark the date Aug. 16 in red underline.

They’ve checked the applications once. They’ve checked them twice, and that’s the final date by which the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer needs to prove she’s using the marks in commerce or they become abandoned — more on what that means below.

The key to trademark applications is the date the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues a notice of allowance. A notice of allowance means the office has successfully finished the examination process of a trademark intended to be used, but not being used, in commerce. The caveat is Swift’s team has up to three years to provide proof.

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Trademark registrations start with the filings. When Swift announced “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” on Feb. 11, 2021, her legal team simultaneously submitted paperwork for the remaining five rerecords: “Red (Taylor’s Version),” “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” and “Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version).” She filed the paperwork for “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” the day before.

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All the applications were “intent to use,” meaning Swift wanted to start the process to protect her rerecorded projects but she hadn’t started using the trademarks in commerce. For example, she didn’t have any branded coffee mugs, T-shirts or musical recordings, only an intent to use the marks in the future.

“Trademark registrations are like icing on a cake,” says Jason Lott, a USPTO managing attorney. “It’s an added layer of protection. You still have the cake of common law trademark rights, but now you, legally, have extra icing that’s going to help your lawyers.”

History of ‘Taylor’s Version’ trademarks

The rerecorded applications were assigned to trademark attorneys and, one-by-one, made their way through the system. The progression was easier for “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” because the album was out two months after her team filed.

Same for “Red (Taylor’s Version).” She announced it in June 2021, six months after applying, and the album came out in November. Her team submitted specimens proving use in March 2022, and the registration was completed in August 2023.

“Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” ran into a speed bump. The examining attorney temporarily suspended the application, saying the mark may have been confusingly similar to other trademarks. After back-and-forth amendments, a notice of allowance was approved on June 23, 2023, more than a month after her announcement in Nashville on the Eras Tour. The album came out on July 7, 2023, and Swift’s team provided evidence to the trademark office by December 2023.

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For “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” the application received a notice of allowance a year before Swift’s Los Angeles announcement on Aug. 16, 2023. Her team filed a six-month extension twice and submitted proof of commerce use in February 2024.

Why Aug. 16 for final two rerecords?

On Aug. 16, 2022, Swift received a notice of allowance for “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” and for “Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version).”

Her “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” application includes 10 classes of goods and services. Class 9, for example, refers to a list of goods associated with “musical sound recordings, series of musical sound recordings, audio recordings featuring music and musical entertainment, downloadable music files, etc.”

“She would need to have released those tracks,” Lott mentions.

The onus falls on Swift to provide evidence or “specimens” to the trademark office. So she might submit screenshots of a website where fans can buy her music and merch.

“So what she’s done here is applied to register her mark in many classes,” Lott says. “So she would need to prove, by the end of the notice of allowance period, that she’s using the mark and has acceptable specimens for each class.”

Trademarks vs. copyrights

An important distinction should be made between trademarks and copyrights, because they are sometimes confused for each other. A trademark protects the identity or branding of a good or services — the words, the logos on merchandise or album art — for items to be believed to be produced by an artist. A trademark would not protect the song recordings. Copyright registrations would.

Copyrights protect the music and there are two types for songs: the musical composition (lyrics, sheet music and melody) and the sound recordings (studio recordings or masters).

While artists can preemptively apply for a trademark — through an “intent to use” application — copyright registrations are filed only after creative works are produced. With copyrights, it’s not a matter of getting there first. The office will check that the submitted work meets the legal standards, and the average processing time for a copyright application is roughly two months.

“Once the copyright registration applications are approved, we publish those online as soon as we can,” says Miriam Lord, the associate register of copyrights and director of public information and education for the U.S. Copyright Office. “It is important to note that copyright registration is not mandatory for copyright protection. Copyright exists automatically in an original work of authorship once it is fixed in a tangible medium. However, registration confers substantial benefits, including allowing copyright owners to enforce their exclusive rights and creating a public record of creativity.”

Creators can submit registration requests for unpublished and published works.

What if the two remaining rerecords don’t come out by Aug. 16?

If the singer does not prove her use in commerce by then, the trademarks will be abandoned.

“No one’s really going to know except for her and her lawyers,” Lott says. “I don’t know what her business intent is. Our default is to believe a business owner when they say they have a bona fide intent.”

Swift can refile, which would start the process over again. This has happened with “A Girl Named Girl,” a book she wrote when she was 15 years old.

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Her team applied for the trademark on Dec. 3, 2015. The notice of allowance came on Jan. 3, 2017. Six extensions were approved, and the mark was abandoned. Swift’s team filed for a new registration on the expiration day, Jan. 3, 2020. The registration received a notice of allowance on Sept. 15, 2020, and was abandoned after three years. Like clockwork, her team submitted new paperwork for a new registration on the day the previous mark expired, Sept. 15, 2023. That prompted a third notice of allowance on Oct. 15, 2024, which is set to expire on Oct. 15, 2027.

“The examining attorney will probably see in the system when there’s a second round of an application,” Lott says. “They’ll look at the application and that a person or a company is attempting to get a good or service up and running. But our default is to believe people. Especially when they’re signing a declaration that what they’re submitting is true.”

Crypto-Obsessed DJ Clowned by Entire Dance Music Community For Playing Trump’s Inauguration

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Members of the electronic dance music [EDM] world have choice words for DJ and crypto bro Justin “3LAU” Blau after he played a set a Donald Trump’s second inauguration.

Soon after playing the performance, the 34-year-old prog house DJ waxed prolific in an Instagram post about how much of an “honor” it was to play for 30 minutes at Trump’s Starlight Ball.

Almost immediately, the founder of the music-as-token platform Royal was resoundingly dunked on. Chief among Blau’s haters was the similarly numerically-monikered Deadmau5, the mouse-masked industry veteran known for his scathing rebukes of more or less everything.

“Not a single person in that entire dumbfuck administration has ever known who the fuck you were… and you certainly won’t be remembered by any of em,” the Canadian-born DJ, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, wrote in response to Blau’s post. “But everyone in this business will remember that you stood behind nazis and convicted felons who would further marginalize the very people who gave you a platform.”

Zimmermann went on to reference the younger DJ’s hedge fund manager father, alluding to the generational wealth that provided him.

“What very little respect I had for you is gone,” Deadmau5 wrote. “So glad you got some drink tickets out of the deal, enjoy them, you nepo pissbaby.”

While few other artists were as verbose as the mouse-headed one, Blau clearly struck a chord.

“Wow dude,” commented Finnish “Sandstorm” legend Darude, whose real name is Toni-Ville Virtanen. “Must be proud.”

“Sad to see this representation & support in the [EDM] community,” responded drag queen DJ Hexxa, “where this is far from what we stand for.”

Over on X-formerly-Twitter, the tenor was unsurprisingly more in Blau’s favor.

“Dude [Deadmau5] is a tweaked out lockdown mouse,” tweeted a no-name DJ and alleged celebrity astrologer who calls himself the Leo King. “I opened for [3LAU a] couple times and he is an awesome human being and DJ.”

“This whole Nazi thing is way out of hand,” the virtually unknown artist continued, a likely reference to Elon Musk’s obvious Sieg Heil the same night that 3LAU played the post-inaugural “afters.”

Blau himself seemed to agree with that sentiment in his own response to the backlash.

“I believe firmly in both free speech and the acceleration of tech innovation. These principles have been integral to my identity,” the DJ wrote in an X post. “I also see crypto and blockchain technology as monumental forces essential to our future as a nation — forces that the previous administration opposed.”

“PS, I’m Jewish,” he wrote in a follow-up tweet, a relatively useless post note considering that the president’s daughter and son-in-law are also Jewish, and also haven’t spoken out about Musk’s fascist salute or any of Trump’s repeat instances of siding with Nazis.

Selena Gomez brutally trolled for crying in viral video over deportation of Mexicans by Donald Trump, netizens say ‘Her Mexican father abandoned them and she wants…’

A third user said, “Posting yourself weeping over illegal immigrant criminals being deported is a new level of absurd celebrity narcissism.”

Actress and singer Selena Gomez recently shared a video she deleted later where she cried over the deportation of Mexicans by Donald Trump amid the immigration crackdown. What followed next was social media backlash.

One wrote- “Her mom is American. Her Mexican father abandoned them. She went from living in this small Texas home to this $5M palace in LA. She’s a billionaire because of America Yet she does not consider us “her people” We are over ungrateful woke victim brain rot.”

“Does she realize the people who have been arrested and deported so far are all criminal aliens? Many of them rapists and murderers? Pretty sick to cry that they have to leave… That’s what happens when you’re an ill informed moron celebrity,” read another comment.

A third user said, “Posting yourself weeping over illegal immigrant criminals being deported is a new level of absurd celebrity narcissism.”

Last year, Selena Gomez had all the reasons to be on cloud nine as according to a report by Bloomberg_,_ she had become a billionaire at 32 with estimated net-worth of $ 1.3 billion.

The 31-year-old artiste, who is the most followed woman on the platform with 429 million followers, said staying away from social media made her “happier”.

Sinners Director Ryan Coogler Reveals the Surprising Influences Behind His First Stab at Horror – IGN

The Black Panther filmmaker deems his latest “a very genre-fluid film.”

As part of promoting the release of the newest trailer for Sinners, writer-director Ryan Coogler chatted with movie influencer Juju “Straw Hat Goofy” Green about the personal and pop cultural inspirations behind his upcoming vampire film.

Sinners – Coogler’s fifth collaboration with actor Michael B. Jordan, who plays dual roles here – follows troubled twin brothers in the 1920s who return to their Mississippi hometown to discover a great evil lurking there. While ostensibly Coogler’s first foray into supernatural horror, the Black Panther filmmaker prefers to think of Sinners as “a very genre-fluid film.”

In his chat with Green, Coogler cited an array of movies as influences on Sinners, including: the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Fargo; the films of John Carpenter (Coogler called The Thing his favorite horror movie); and Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty, which Coogler said Sinners is “actually quite close to.”

But movies weren’t Coogler’s key source of inspiration for Sinners.

“Truthfully, the biggest influences are not in cinema,” Coogler revealed, naming Stephen King’s novel Salem’s Lot as “a massive influence on the film. … Salem’s Lot is about the town. Not to give too much up [but] this movie’s about this community.”

Another key influence for the Creed and Fruitvale Station filmmaker was one particular television classic: “My favorite thing ever made is Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. And my favorite episode of that is an episode called The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank.” (That 1962 episode sees the title character come back to life at his own funeral, which prompts his rural small town neighbors to think he might be possessed.)

But perhaps the greatest influence on Sinners was Coogler’s own family.

“Each time I make something I’ve been blessed to make, it had been the most personal thing that I’ve made up to date. And this was no different,” the filmmaker said, revealing that both his late uncle and his maternal grandfather hailed from Mississippi, the location of his film’s story.

“The seed of it started with that relationship with my uncle. He would listen to blues music all the time. He would only talk about Mississippi when he was listening to that music. He had a profound effect on my life. And I got a chance to dig into my own ancestral history with this film, and it’s been extremely rewarding.”

The blues music that Coogler’s uncle loved is part of the fabric that makes up Sinners. “The film deals with American music, blues music,” Coogler revealed, citing the lore of blues music – such as the myth of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at a crossroads in the Mississippi Delta – as having a thematic connection to vampirism.

“(The vampire) is the supernatural creature that’s most associated with seduction, that’s most associated with choice. And that aspect is something that’s very present [in Sinners]. Blues music was also called the Devil’s Music,” Coogler said. “And so, the film is in conversation with all of those things.”

Coogler’s longtime collaborator Ludwig Göransson is composing the score for Sinners and also serves as executive producer on the film. Coogler noted that “in some ways it’s the perfect movie for Ludwig,” since Göransson’s father was a guitarist who the director said was obsessed with the Delta blues music of that era.

“We actually did The Blues Trail when we were researching the film and doing some early vocation scouting. And Ludwig and his dad came along,” Coogler recalled. “We went to B.B. King’s Club in Indianola, Mississippi, and played on the stage of his club. It was just heavily researched.”

Sinners opens in North American cinemas on April 18, 2025.

6 things we learned about Ryan Coogler horror ‘Sinners’

Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler reunites with longtime collaborator Michael B. Jordan for Sinners, one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year. The director’s first foray into horror, it’s also a genre film shrouded in mystery, with rumours of vampires and Mississippi blues swirling around the internet.

Interviewed in a press conference by Juju Green on Monday, the director gave more details about what to expect from his first film back on celluloid since Fruitvale Station, as well as the movies that influenced Sinners, and the connection between the supernatural and the history of blues, where deals with the Devil are said to be made.

So, we’ve summarised what we learned about Coogler’s much-anticipated new film — including what you should watch before it comes out.

Set in the 1930s Jim Crow-era South, Sinners blends history and horror with the power of the blues.

Jordan stars as twins Elijah and Elias, two men who return to their hometown and the lively music venue that provides a respite for segregated Black residents from the ever-present white threat. But there’s something supernaturally monstrous encroaching on the joint, and it could have something to do with the blues roaring from the stage.

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Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo also star, as well as Hailee Steinfeld who looks positively vampiric in the trailer. Plus, Coogler recruited longtime collaborators for the project, including cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, production designer Hannah Beachler, and costume designer Ruth E. Carter, so expect Oscar-worthy detail here.

But wait, is Sinners all about vampires as the rumours say?

There’s been talk of vampires appearing in Sinners, and Coogler confirmed it during the press conference on Monday. However, the director described the film as “genre fluid,” and insisted there was more to the film than the usual bloodsuckers-by-numbers path.

“There are vampires in the film but it’s really about a lot more than just that,” Coogler said. “It’s one of many elements, and I think we’re gonna surprise people with it.”

“When you think about the vampire as it exists, it’s got an association and a counterpart in almost every culture, but it is the supernatural creature that’s most associated with seduction, that’s most associated with choice,” he added later. “You know, in that aspect, it’s something that’s very present in, you know, blues music was often called the devil’s music.”

During the interview, Coogler unpacked the duality of blues, often torn between secular and spiritual spaces, and mentioned the stories associated with blues legends Tommy Johnson and Robert Johnson in which the musicians were said to have sold their souls to the Devil. And if you watch the new Sinners trailer, a voice over speaks of “legends of people with the gift of making music so true they can conjure spirits from the past and future.” It’s a gift that “can bring fame and fortune but it also can pierce the veil between life.”

The film’s historical setting also meant Coogler’s team enlisted consultants of Hoodoo culture, the ancestral religion and spiritual practice created by enslaved African Americans during the period, which plays a major part in the film.

Sinners is set in Mississippi, a place with personal connection to Coogler and his family, particularly his grandfather and his uncle.

“My maternal grandfather is from Mississippi and my Uncle James, who passed away while I was finishing up Creed, also from Mississippi. It was a place that I had never been. My maternal grandfather passed before I was born. We grew up in a house that he built in Oakland after he had moved to California. And I was fortunate to have a really, really close relationship with my Uncle James,” said Coogler.

“This movie, the seed of it started with that relationship with my uncle. He would listen to blues music all the time — he would only talk about Mississippi when he was listening to that music. And he had a profound effect on my life. I got a chance to kind of dig into my own ancestral history with this film, and it’s been extremely rewarding.”

The blues, a genre born in the Mississippi Delta, plays a massive part in Sinners, with the film’s music consultants’ list “a mile long” and composer Ludwig Göransson at the helm.

“Before [Göransson] was a composer he was a guitarist because his father is a guitarist and taught him,” said Coogler. “His father was obsessed with the musicians from this era, from this region. We actually did the Blues Trail when we were researching the film and doing some early location scouting. His dad came along, we went to B.B. King’s club in Indianola, Mississippi, and played on the stage.”

Sinners is Coogler’s first foray into horror himself, stemming from a lifelong love of the genre.

“It was my first time experimenting with the genre head on and I loved it, man. I got to dig into the films that I loved coming up and get to analyze why I loved them, what drew me to them and try to really lean on those influences and figure out a way, you know, how to tell my story in that space,” said Coogler.

Coogler mentioned a whole host of influences, films, TV shows, and books you should absolutely get into before seeing Sinners. This includes Coen brothers movies Inside Llewyn Davis, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Fargo, and No Country For Old Men, as well as Stephen King’s legendary vampire novel, Salem’s Lot.

“Robert Rodriguez is a big one. I think it’d be on the nose, it’d be very easy to make comparisons, but it’s actually quite close to to The Faculty, quite a bit, which is a remake of The Thing, which is one of my favorite movies, definitely my favorite horror movie,” said Coogler. “So it’s a lot of [John] Carpenter in the film as well.”

“But truthfully, the biggest influences are not in a cinema. The [Stephen King] novel, Salem’s Lot, that’s a massive influence on the film. And then there’s a real deep cut influence — my favorite thing ever made is Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, OK? My favorite episode of that is an episode called “The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank.” You know, Salem’s Lot and “The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank” are probably the biggest influences.”

Coogler dug into the actual film cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw worked with for Sinners, which will delight photography and film nerds.

“It’s my first film back on celluloid since Fruitvale. I’m a big fan of the medium, so I was excited to be back working there, and it made a lot of sense for the time period to bring it back to that kind of analog capture,” said Coogler.

“Working with Warner Brothers, they allowed us to shoot the film on large format. So it’s the first film I’ve ever done like this. It alternates between Ultra Panavision, which is a 2.76:1 aspect ratio; we also filmed quite a few scenes with 1.43:1 IMAX, 15-perf. But every shot is large format photography and it makes for a really unique look. It’s intimate. It feels old and and fresh at the same time. And this format is capturing some of our finest craftspeople in Autumn [Durald Arkapaw], Hannah [Beachler], and Ruth [E. Carter], so it’s been phenomenal to see the work shine.”

Notably, Coogler said Sinners is a movie made to be seen in cinema with a crowd, and paid tribute to the film as one meant to be commentated aloud on.

“Horror films, specifically in Black culture, we’re known for talking to the screen. This film was made to be talked to,” he said.

In the film, Jordan stars as twins Elijah and Elias, playing both characters with their unique characteristics.

“What we are dealing with in the film is a lot of archetypical characters, you know? And these are identical twins, but they also are like that concept of twins,” said Coogler, pointing out that twins in a community can often be “notorious, kind of local celebrities.”

Sinners wouldn’t be the first film to use one actor to play twins, a technique that often really bugs me as a twin myself, but at least Coogler had actual twins consulting on the film.

“It’s unique in that they are identical twins, but they are two different people. It’s not as simple as two sides of the same coin in that there’s a dynamic that exists with identical twins. It’s kind of known,” said Coogler.

“We had twin consultants on this movie — two friends of mine that are actually filmmakers as well, Logan and Noah Miller, from Northern California where I’m at — and they were able to consult and work with Mike on the mindset of sharing a womb with somebody, you know. And growing up with them and how unique of a dynamic that is — but at the same time not making it a caricature. So the differences between these two guys are slight but they are there.”

‘Deport Selena Gomez’: Singer responds to politician who called for her exile

During his first week in office, Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and tighten border security.

“I just wanted to say that I’m so sorry,” Gomez, 32, said in the now-deleted video. “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something but I can’t.”

“I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise,” she added, as she wiped away tears. In text over the video, she wrote, “I’m sorry” and added the Mexican flag emoji.

Gomez faced backlash after sharing the video with her 422 million Instagram followers. Many people, including conservative commentators, criticized Gomez for posting a video of herself crying over the mass deportations.

“Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people,” Gomez wrote on her Instagram story after deleting the crying video.

Shortly afterwards, Sam Parker, a 2018 Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Utah, posted, “Deport Selena Gomez” on X and pinned it to his profile.

In response to Parker, Gomez posted on her Instagram stories and wrote, “Oh Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat.”

Parker seemed proud to have received a response from the singer and pinned a new post to his profile. “Selena Gomez has responded to me,” he wrote, adding a crying laughing emoji.

Parker wasn’t the only person who criticized Gomez after she shared her now-deleted video on Instagram. Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan told Fox News on Monday that he has “no apologies.”

“I don’t think we’ve arrested any families. We’ve arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom line,” Homan said. “It is all for the good of this nation, and we’re gonna keep going.”

“We got a half a million children who were sex trafficked into this country, separated from their families, put in the hands of criminal cartels to be smuggled into the country. This administration can’t find over 300,000. Where’s the tears for them?” Homan added in response to Gomez’s tearful video.

Political host Tomi Lahren posted a video on X, calling Gomez “stupid and ill-informed,” adding, “This is why we don’t take our political advice from Disney child stars.”

Megyn Kelly also criticized Gomez during her podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, calling the Emilia Pérez actor “unwell” for posting the video.

“She’s unwell. Obviously, this is an unwell person,” Kelly said on Monday. “Anybody who takes their phone, works up in tears, and posts a video of themselves crying into their phone is sick. That’s a sick person.”

“Tears happen. They tend to happen privately,” she added. “If they happen publicly, I think you should quickly move on and recover. I don’t understand the person who works it and tries to squeeze out more tears to make themselves look extra sad.”

Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to X on Friday to announce that “deportation flights have begun,” attaching photos of handcuffed migrants heading to a military aircraft.

“President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences,” Leavitt added.

Gomez has previously shared her thoughts on Trump’s campaign. In October, at the Los Angeles premiere of Emilia Pérez, Gomez told Variety that she “definitely wants to stand by my people.”

She was reacting to race-related remarks made by Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico and Latinos during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in October.

Gomez has also spoken out on the issue of immigration a number of times. She produced a docuseries on the lives of undocumented immigrants, titled Living Undocumented. The series, which was released in 2019, followed eight undocumented immigrant families who volunteered to share their stores as they faced potential deportation.

Gomez also wrote an op-ed for Time magazine in 2019, titled “I Feel Afraid for My Country.” “I’m concerned about the way people are being treated in my country,” she wrote. “As a Mexican-American woman I feel a responsibility to use my platform to be a voice for people who are too afraid to speak.”

“Undocumented immigration is an issue I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am to have been born in this country thanks to my family and the grace of circumstance,” she continued. “But when I read the news headlines or see debates about immigration rage on social media, I feel afraid for those in similar situations. I feel afraid for my country.”

Gomez said that she doesn’t claim to be “an expert,” “a politician,” “a doctor,” and she doesn’t “work in the system at all.”

“I understand it’s flawed and that we need rules and regulations, but we also have to remember that our country was formed by people who came here from other countries,” Gomez added. “It’s time to listen to the people whose lives are being directly affected by immigration policies. It’s time to get to know the individuals whose complex stories have been reduced to basic headlines.”

Cassie’s makeup artist recalls Diddy’s alleged assault of singer: ‘We were always scared’

Cassie’s makeup artist recalls Diddy’s alleged assault of singer: ‘We were always scared’

Edward Segarra, USA TODAY

January 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM

An associate of Cassie Ventura, whose allegations of abuse against Sean “Diddy” Combs kicked off the hip-hop mogul’s deluge of legal woes, is sharing what she witnessed of the pair’s allegedly tumultuous relationship.

Celebrity makeup artist Mylah Morales, who worked with the “Me & U” singer, claims she came to Ventura’s rescue in the aftermath of a violent argument with Combs during the Monday premiere of ID Discovery’s “The Fall of Diddy,” a four-part docuseries that aims to illuminate the “harrowing allegations of violent behavior and illegal activity” recently leveled against Combs.

Morales said the alleged altercation took place the weekend of the 2010 Grammy Awards. While staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel with Ventura, Morales said an irate Combs burst into the room looking for Ventura, after which the couple stepped away for an argument.

The makeup artist said Ventura was visibly injured after she emerged from the dispute, noting she had “knots on her head, (a) bruised eye” and a “busted lip.” Morales said she then called a friend of hers who was a doctor to treat Ventura, adding that the women did not report the incident to the police nor go to the hospital for further treatment.

“We were scared off Puff. We were always scared of him,” Morales explained. “If we called the police, what would happen? He’s a very powerful person in the business, and he can do things that will make you go away. And many people are afraid of him till this day.”

In response to “Fall of Diddy” producers’ request for comment, Combs’ representatives said: “Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court the truth will prevail: that the accusations against Mr. Combs are pure fiction.”

Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit against Combs, which was promptly settled a day later, opened the floodgates to a series of accusations of sexual assault and physical violence, which culminated in Combs’ September 2024 arrest on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

The Grammy-winning rapper has denied all accusations against him and remains in custody at the Special Housing Unit in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. His trial is set for May 5.

Here are the biggest revelations from “The Fall of Diddy.”

Vibe magazine editor says Diddy threatened her over cover shoot

Danyel Smith, former editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine, alleges Combs threatened her in the late 1990s due to a disagreement over the rapper’s cover shoot for the hip-hop outlet.

Smith, who claims the incident happened in the fall of 1997, said Combs expressed interest in seeing the final images for his Vibe cover. After Smith repeatedly declined Combs’ request, citing company policy, the journalist said Combs told her in a phone conversation that he “would see me dead in a trunk.”

Although Combs later reportedly apologized for the remark at the demand of Smith’s attorney, Smith said she had to be escorted by fellow Vibe staffers when she delivered the proofs for Combs’ cover, after staffers alleged Combs came to the publication’s office with “two tough guys looking for me.”

Despite the alleged threat, Smith continued to interact and “be cordial” with Combs: “It’s very hard not to feel complicit. I wish that things were different.”

Howard University alum alleges domestic violence incident

An alumni of Combs’ alma mater, Howard University, alleges they witnessed Combs assault a female student on campus.

The former Howard University student, who is not identified in the docuseries, said the alleged 1988 incident took place outside their dorm after Combs was spotted angrily searching for the female student, at one point whipping the wall with his belt.

When the female student met with Combs, the Howard alumni claimed he began beating her. Despite the alumni’s verbal protests from their dorm window, Combs’ interaction with the young woman continued in the doorway of a different dorm.

“Nobody actually really came to her rescue like we probably should have,” the Howard alumni reflected. “It’s very important to tell that young woman’s story because he was never held accountable.”

Combs was presented with an honorary degree from Howard University in 2014, which was later rescinded by the college’s board of trustees in June 2024.

Howard University: College rescinds Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ degree after video of assault surfaces

Concert promoter says Diddy pursued him in ‘high-speed chase’ amid East Coast-West Coast feud

Concert promoter DeWitt Gilmore claims Combs retaliated against him during the East Coast-West Coast feud that defined hip-hop culture in the mid-’90s. (Gilmore sued Combs and his bodyguards in November for assault and battery over the alleged 1996 incident.)

In the documentary, Gilmore claims Combs targeted him after the music mogul spotted him wearing a T-shirt that read “Death Row East.” Death Row Records, a Los Angeles-based record label co-founded by Suge Knight, was famously at odds with Combs’ Bad Boy Records due to the rivalry between their respective artists, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.

“He aligned his beef with Suge Knight and Death Row and the West Coast with that T-shirt,” Gilmore said. “So, it’s like, ‘How dare you jump to the other side?’”

Gilmore also alleged Combs pursued him in a “high-speed chase” throughout Manhattan following a tense conversation in their vehicles. At one point, the concert promoter said he and his friend heard gunfire, though it was unclear where the shot came from.

“My whole future would be erased through your menace to society,” said Gilmore, seemingly addressing Combs. “My story is just a piece of the bigger puzzle of his mayhem.”

DeWitt Gilmore lawsuit: Diddy, bodyguard sued by man for 1996 physical assault outside New York City club

Shooting victim recalls 1999 club incident: ‘My life was never going to be the same’

A woman who claims Combs shot her during a 1999 nightclub altercation with fellow rapper Moses “Shyne” Barrow is reflecting on the harrowing incident.

Natania Griffin, previously identified as Natania Reuben, said that in the moments leading up to the shooting, she witnessed Combs and Harrow both reach toward their waists to grab their firearms as they were exiting Club New York. The woman, who was shot in the face, added she then saw a “muzzle flash” before feeling the pain of her facial injury.

“I was certain that I was going to be dead at that moment because I didn’t think a human could lose that much blood and still be alive,” said Griffin, later sobbing. “I just knew my life was never going to be the same again.”

Natania Griffin: Shooting victim insists Diddy pulled trigger in 1999 NYC nightclub shooting

Combs was frequenting the Manhattan club with then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez when he and his bodyguard, Anthony “Wolf” Jones, allegedly got into a dispute with Barrow. The resulting gunfight left three people injured, including Griffin. Combs, Lopez, Jones and Barrow were all briefly arrested.

The ensuing jury trial, however, found only Barrow serving prison time — nine years — for charges that included criminal possession of a weapon.

Griffin also recalled the harassment and alleged threats she experienced for speaking out on the shooting, adding she was forced to move homes after noticing “blacked out SUVs” parked in front of her residence. “I was a child of hip-hop,” Griffin said. “I didn’t deserve this. I was a victim. I wanted justice.”

Danity Kane alum D. Woods says Diddy was ‘verbally abusive’

Actress and singer D. Woods, who was a member of Combs’ girl group Danity Kane, spoke out on Combs’ legal troubles in an interview with ABC News’ Eva Pilgrim that aired Monday.

“You know, he is looked at as a hero of our community, and myself included, I looked up to him too,” Woods told Pilgrim. “I would say that this moment now is a time where I feel like my experience, my truth will really be heard and actually considered and believed.”

Woods, whose professional relationship with Combs was documented on MTV’s “Making the Band 3,” said the music mogul created a verbally abusive work environment. “He did it in different ways with all of us, you know, picking and prodding and just a way to chip and knock away, but then praise you,” she said.

Woods’ account of working with Combs will be featured in subsequent episodes of “The Fall of Diddy.”

Woods isn’t the only member of Danity Kane speaking out against Combs. In September 2024, former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard sued Combs on 21 counts of sexual assault and battery, sex trafficking, gender discrimination and copyright infringement.

Contributing: Taijuan Moorman and Marco della Cava, USA TODAY

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ‘The Fall of Diddy’: Cassie’s makeup artist recalls alleged assault

‘The White Lotus’ is returning. What we know about Season 3

The highly anticipated new season of “The White Lotus” is set to premiere in February.

“At the end of the week, you will be an entirely different person,” the trailer for Season 3 of “The White Lotus” begins.

The trailer, which debuted on Jan. 27, shows groups of guests drinking, swimming and dancing at an exclusive resort in Thailand.

But as with the previous seasons of “The White Lotus,” there are also some darker undertones — snippets show an apparent robbery, a family on the verge of losing it all and of course, a body bag.

“It’s going to be a supersized ‘White Lotus,’” White said. “It’s going to be longer, bigger, crazier. I don’t know what people will think, but I am super excited, so at least for my own barometer, that’s a good thing.”

Natasha Rothwell, who starred in Season 1 and is set to return in Season 3, echoed the hype, revealing during an interview with Vanity Fair in December 2023 that she “gasped” while reading the scripts.

“I gasped out loud a minimum of five times, and this was just me reading them,” Rothwell said. “The scripts are a testament to Mike’s skill and ability to tell the most smart and entertaining stories. I mean, everything that he does is like a lesson to me as an actor and a performer. And as a writer myself, he takes folks on a journey. Everyone needs to buckle up, because it’s going to get real!”

“The White Lotus” first premiered in July 2021 and has won multiple Golden Globes and Emmys, including one for outstanding limited series.

“What happens in Thailand, stays in Thailand,” the characters say in the trailer for Season 3. Here’s what we know so far about the next season of the award-winning series.

HBO announced that Season 3 of “The White Lotus” will premiere on Feb. 16, 2025.

Unlike the first two seasons, which had six and seven episodes each, respectively, the third season has eight episodes, meaning the finale episode is set to air on April 6, 2025.

After airing on HBO, all eight episodes will be available to stream on Max.

The show’s third season will feature both Hollywood vets and newcomers.

According to HBO, the cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal (better known by her stage name Lisa), Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood.

Additional cast members include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly and Shalini Peiris, according to HBO.

TODAY.com confirmed in April 2023 that Rothwell, who played spa manager Belinda in Season 1, will also return. Rothwell’s return as Belinda continues the anthology series’ subtle pattern of bringing back one familiar face amid an all-new cast each season.

White had told Entertainment Weekly he was open to cast members returning for Season 3 — and beyond.

“It would be easy to just be full-on anthology, but I think it’s more fun to have little threads through the show,” said White. “If the show goes on for a couple of seasons, it would be fun to have an all-star season.”

Fans of the show know that its cast changes every season — with the exception of Jennifer Coolidge, who played the wealthy and somewhat stunted Tanya McQuoid, and Jon Gries, who played Tanya’s husband, Greg Hunt, in Seasons 1 and 2.

After Tanya’s stunning demise in Season 2, it seemed unlikely Coolidge would return, though she said during Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series that she hopes creator White isn’t done with Greg’s character arc.

“My hope for (co-star) Jon (Gries) is that he’s not finished with Greg,” Coolidge said. “I hope there’s some comeuppance for evil Greg. I think he should, I don’t know, end up in a meat-grinding machine.”

In her speech after winning the Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a drama series in 2024 for her performance as Tanya, Coolidge said White called her character “definitely dead.”

And in a final reference to the show’s second season, Coolidge also thanked “all the evil gays” for her Emmy win.

Certain things about “The White Lotus” are not expected to change — starting with the format. Each season takes place in a different White Lotus luxury resort located around the world, and begins with the discovery of a dead body.

The first season was in Hawaii; the second, Sicily. And the third will be filmed in Thailand. (Though Meghann Fahy’s character, Daphne, mentioned in the Season 2 finale that she wanted to vacation in the Maldives, leading fans to speculate that the show would be set in the island nation next.)

The show’s first two seasons were shot at Four Seasons resorts in Hawaii and Italy. Season 3 was filmed in Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, per the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

The Thailand news came after White teased continental and thematic changes for the third season.

“The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex,” White said in an interview with HBO that aired right after the Season Two finale. “I think the third season would be maybe a satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality. It feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus.”

White also hinted at pivoting to a country in Asia during a red carpet interview with Deadline in October 2022.

“We just turned in our last episode to the network, so it’s hard to think about the next race,” White said. “But if we did, I think it’d be fun to maybe go to a whole different continent. We did Europe. Maybe Asia … would be fun.”

The only official information out about the plot of third season is the logline for the series, which reads, “The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.”

In addition to what White has teased about taking a “satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality” in the upcoming season, he also told Entertainment Weekly in September 2022 that he might return to his original idea he’d pitched for Season 2, which has to do with politics and power.

“I might still do it down the road maybe, if they give us a third season,” White told the outlet.

After visiting Sicily, White decided to change the plot to fit the “vibe” of the country.

“The kind of mythology of Sicily, at least from the point of view of Americans, is the archetypal sexual politics and role play that you associate with, like, opera and the mafia and Italian romance. I felt like it should be more focused on men and women and relationships and adultery and have an operatic feel to it, so I pivoted,” White said.

Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria blasted for tone deaf TLC reality show

On Monday, TLC unveiled the first trailer for Alec Baldwin and his second wife Hilaria’s reality show The Baldwins – premiering February 23 – which features their ‘wild’ household containing ‘seven children, six animals, and two parents.’

After 18 seconds of the married couple of 12 years playfully scolding their kids about not ‘peeing in the pool’ and ‘eating chocolate’ the camera cut to black and revealed the New Mexico desert landscape where the Rust shooting took place.

‘A son lost his mom in the most unthinkable tragedy,’ the 41-year-old culture vulture – whose Spanish scandal unfolded in 2020 – said somberly.

‘This is never something to forget, and we’re trying to parent through it.’

Alec is then seen wiping away tears before confessing: ‘Honestly, from the bottom of my soul, I don’t know where I’d be if I didn’t have you and these kids.’

Hilaria (born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas) added: ‘We’ve had bad moments, but we found our foundation… we’re solid and we’re here together.’

On Monday, TLC unveiled the first trailer for Alec Baldwin and his second wife Hilaria’s reality show The Baldwins – premiering February 23 – which features their ‘wild’ household containing ‘seven children, six animals, and two parents’

The 66-year-old Oscar nominee’s involuntary manslaughter trial was dismissed on July 12 after he denied ever pulling the trigger on the revolver that fired a single bullet into Rust director Joel Souza’s arm and punctured cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’s chest killing her in 2021.

Halyna tragically died, at age 42, leaving behind her husband Matt Hutchins and 12-year-old son Andros.

Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility on April 15 for involuntary manslaughter conviction for her role in the shooting.

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On January 9, Baldwin filed a civil lawsuit against the Rust case prosecutors, investigators, and commissioners for defamation and malicious prosecution and civil rights violations due to ‘intentionally mishandling evidence.’

On TLC’s official YouTube page, user @diansasmita-tx7eh commented: ‘”A son lost his mom in the most unthinkable tragedy and we’re trying to parent through it.” Somehow, they make it about themselves.’

YouTube user @sowhappy agreed: ‘Pretty shameful to use a death for show publicity…especially when he pulled the trigger. Not buying the “Whoa is me. I’m going to lament in my mansion with a manicured lawn and pool.” Cue the sad music.’

‘So he kills someone (a sacrifice, iykyk) and his American wife pretending to be Spanish,’ YouTube user @TruthBeTold0914 wrote.

‘This folks, just goes to show, if you’re high ranking enough in the celebrity world, then you can not only get away with things but also get your own show. Definitely a PR thing to make him and his breeder look good.’

On TLC’s official Instagram page, many viewers wondered where the Baldwins’ two hired nannies were in the preview.

After 18 seconds of the married couple of 12 years playfully scolding their kids about not ‘peeing in the pool’ and ‘eating chocolate’ the camera cut to black and revealed the New Mexico desert landscape where the Rust shooting took place

The 41-year-old culture vulture – whose Spanish scandal unfolded in 2020 – said somberly: ‘A son lost his mom in the most unthinkable tragedy’

Hilaria (born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas) added: ‘This is never something to forget, and we’re trying to parent through it’

Alec is then seen wiping away tears before confessing: ‘Honestly, from the bottom of my soul, I don’t know where I’d be if I didn’t have you and these kids’

She added: ‘We’ve had bad moments, but we found our foundation… we’re solid and we’re here together’

The 66-year-old Oscar nominee’s involuntary manslaughter trial was dismissed on July 12 after he denied ever pulling the trigger on the revolver that fired a single bullet into Rust director Joel Souza’s arm and punctured cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’s chest killing her in 2021

Halyna tragically died, at age 42, leaving behind her husband Matt Hutchins and 12-year-old son Andros (Hollywood Forever Cemetery grave pictured in 2022)

On January 9, Baldwin filed a civil lawsuit against the Rust case prosecutors, investigators, and commissioners for defamation and malicious prosecution and civil rights violations due to ‘intentionally mishandling evidence’

On TLC’s official YouTube page, user @diansasmita-tx7eh commented: ‘”A son lost his mom in the most unthinkable tragedy and we’re trying to parent through it.” Somehow, they make it about themselves’

YouTube user @sowhappy agreed: ‘Pretty shameful to use a death for show publicity…especially when he pulled the trigger. Not buying the “Whoa is me. I’m going to lament in my mansion with a manicured lawn and pool.” Cue the sad music’

On TLC’s official Instagram page, many viewers wondered where the Baldwins’ two hired nannies were in the preview

Instagram user @italia_vita_bella commented: ‘So faking an entire Spanish persona and gaslighting the public about it also while failing to leave out the numerous nannies in her countdown of their life and playing it off that they’re doing this on their own – just adds to the disingenuous nonsense they put out there. No thanks’

‘Why not mention how many nannies?!’ Instagram user @anyutka7 added

Instagram user @myrtlefobert wrote: ‘Two of the most obnoxious people planet. Her multiple lies and grifts and his mercurial temper and ego. What could go wrong? Also what she’s not counting (nor does she in her “book”) is the army of nannies and housekeepers that do the real work’

Instagram user @comiskeyniall joked: ‘Does it come with Spanish subtitles?’

Instagram user @italia_vita_bella commented: ‘So faking an entire Spanish persona and gaslighting the public about it also while failing to leave out the numerous nannies in her countdown of their life and playing it off that they’re doing this on their own – just adds to the disingenuous nonsense they put out there. No thanks.’

‘Why not mention how many nannies?!’ Instagram user @anyutka7 added.

Instagram user @myrtlefobert wrote: ‘Two of the most obnoxious people planet. Her multiple lies and grifts and his mercurial temper and ego. What could go wrong? Also what she’s not counting (nor does she in her “book”) is the army of nannies and housekeepers that do the real work.’

‘The show that absolutely NOBODY asked for,’ Instagram user @lpbower860 scoffed.

And Instagram user @comiskeyniall joked: ‘Does it come with Spanish subtitles?’

Also missing from The Baldwins preview was Alec’s Oregon-based eldest daughter Ireland (from his seven-year marriage to Oscar winner Kim Basinger), who welcomed her 20-month-old daughter Holland with Grammy winner RAC.

The Here’s the Thing podcaster told the AP on November 11 of the upcoming show that he ‘wasn’t very fun’ without scripted dialogue: ‘[I prefer directors to] tell me what to do.’

Baldwin and the former yoga instructor are proud parents of daughter Carmen, 11; son Rafael, 9; son Leonardo, 8; son Romeo, 6; son Eduardo, 4; daughter María, 3; and daughter Ilaria, 2.

Also missing from The Baldwins preview was Alec’s Oregon-based eldest daughter Ireland, who welcomed her 20-month-old daughter Holland with Grammy winner RAC (pictured January 14)

The Here’s the Thing podcaster told the AP on November 11 of the upcoming show that he ‘wasn’t very fun’ without scripted dialogue: ‘[I prefer directors to] tell me what to do’

Baldwin and the former yoga instructor are proud parents of daughter Carmen, 11; son Rafael, 9; son Leonardo, 8; son Romeo, 6; son Eduardo, 4; daughter María, 3; and daughter Ilaria, 2 (pictured December 31)

February 18 will mark the inseparable couple’s 14th anniversary of their first meeting while dining separately at the since-closed restaurant Pure Food and Wine in New York City (pictured December 19)

Hilaria has two books coming out this year – skincare beauty guide (co-written by Carmen) called Glowing Up coming out March 4 and motherhood guide Manual Not Included coming out May 6

Alec will next make an appearance on Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary Show, which airs February 16 on NBC

February 18 will mark the inseparable couple’s 14th anniversary of their first meeting while dining separately at the since-closed restaurant Pure Food and Wine in New York City.

Hilaria has two books coming out this year – skincare beauty guide (co-written by Carmen) called Glowing Up coming out March 4 and motherhood guide Manual Not Included coming out May 6.

And Alec will next make an appearance on Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary Show, which airs February 16 on NBC.

The three-time Emmy winner was last seen on the long-running sketch show in the December 21st episode where he donned the iconic robe reserved for The Five-Timers Club.

Dennis Quaid Becomes the ‘Happy Face’ Killer in Trailer for New Paramount+ True Crime Series

Dennis Quaid is going from playing a slimeball in The Substance to a downright monster in the new Paramount+ series, Happy Face. The first teaser trailer for the true-crime show was just released, putting the Day After Tomorrow and Reagan star into the shoes of the real-life Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson. Though the prolific murderer’s name is the source of the title, the harrowing drama is instead inspired by the story of his daughter, Melissa G. Moore, who discovered his identity when she was 15 and has since changed her name and tried to move on while keeping their relation a secret. However, the footage teases how her father finds a way to force himself back into her life despite being locked up for life without parole.

Set to a chilling version of “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” by The Miracles, the trailer opens with Moore, played by Annaleigh Ashford, reckoning with her identity as the daughter of the Happy Face Killer on-stage during a Dr. Phil-like talk show. Flashes between her childhood and pictures of her father in prison show the conflicted nature of their relationship. She’s still haunted by his violent acts in her adult life, particularly after learning about the impact he had on the families of victims, and confronting it all is the only way she can keep the trauma from affecting those around her. Things get complicated, however, when they’re forced back together amid her race against time to determine whether an innocent man is about to be given the death penalty for a crime the Happy Face Killer committed. Everything in the teaser culminates in a tense face-to-face meeting that will likely confront the years of distance, emotion, and pain between them.

Happy Face pulls heavily from Moore’s autobiography Shattered Silence co-written by M. Bridget Cook and her Happy Face podcast recounting everything related to her father. She’s also since hosted the Life After Happy Face podcast that more directly covers the people connected to the killer or his victims and how they’ve managed in the years since his actions. The real-life Jesperson is still serving his sentence in an Oregon penitentiary after murdering eight women in the 1990s, but he claims his victims number over 100. His calling card that made him a household name was his communications with the police and the media with messages including small smile drawings. The series looks to be a must-watch for true-crime fans, dramatically exploring the father and daughter’s lives and all the lives upended by the former.

Who Else Is Involved in ‘Happy Face’?

Making up the supporting cast around Quaid and Ashford are James Wolk as Moore’s concerned husband, alongside Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne, Benjamin Mackey, and David Harewood. Jennifer Cacicio, who has experience writing for Shooter, Your Honor, and last year’s Sexy Beast prequel television series, steps in as the showrunner for Happy Face and executive produces with Moore, Robert and Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Conal Byrne, Will Pearson, Michael Showalter, and Jordana Mollick. Showalter will also bring his experience from The Dropout behind the camera as he directed the first episode.

Happy Face will kick off its eight-episode season with two episodes on March 20, followed by more every week. Check out the first teaser in the player above.

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