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3 min readApr 13, 2026 10:30 PM IST More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday. A large swath of the movie industry, including Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart, J.J. Abrams and Joaquin Phoenix came out forcefully against the $111 billion deal that would consolidate two legacy studios into one, arguing that it further reduce jobs and movies in an already downsized Hollywood. “The result will be fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher…

A former Army employee with a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance was arrested and charged with leaking classified national defense information to a journalist, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday in a statement.A federal grand jury today charged Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, on a charge of willful transmission of national defense information, a violation of the Espionage Act. She was arrested on Tuesday and the FBI Charlotte Field Office is investigating the case.From 2010 to 2016, Williams worked as an operational support specialist assigned to a Special Military Unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the statement…

A North Carolina woman and former U.S. Army employee is accused of giving classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it.Courtney Williams, 40, was arrested Tuesday and indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Wednesday news release.Williams worked for a Special Military Unit (SMU) from 2010 to 2016 and held a security clearance for top secret information. She lives in the Scotland County town of Wagram.Despite signing a Classified Nondisclosure Agreement, Williams logged over 10 hours of phone calls and exchanged over 180 text messages with a journalist…

article The FBI logo at the entrance to the J. Edgar Hoover Building, home to the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States, on May 28, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A former Army employee was arrested and indicted for leaking classified national defense information to a journalist.  The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina this week, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). She was indicted by a federal grand jury for transmitting classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it.  What we know: Williams worked for…

Actor and writer Michael Patrick, known for his appearance in Game of Thrones, has passed away at the age of 35 after a prolonged battle with motor neurone disease.The Irish actor died in hospice care at the Northern Ireland Hospice, his wife Naomi Sheehan confirmed in an emotional Instagram post on Wednesday, April 8. He had been diagnosed with the condition on February 1, 2023.“Last night, Mick sadly passed away in the Northern Ireland Hospice,” Sheehan wrote. “He was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease 1st February 2023. He was admitted 10 days ago and was cared for by the incredible…

The Department of Justice said in a news release that Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and indicted by a federal grand jury regarding “her alleged transmission of classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it, including a journalist.”

FBI Director Kash PatelA North Carolina woman who once held a Top Secret security clearance is facing federal charges after allegedly leaking national defense secrets to a reporter. Courtney Williams, 40, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and indicted by a federal grand jury the following day.Williams, a resident of Wagram, is accused of violating the Espionage Act. Prosecutors say that between 2022 and 2025, she maintained a secret line of communication with a journalist, engaging in over 10 hours of phone calls and exchanging more than 180 text messages.According to court documents, the journalist explicitly told Williams they…

New films by Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Spain’s Pedro Almodovar will premiere at the 79th Cannes Film Festival next month.Organizers for the South of France festival, which runs May 12-23, laid out a lineup heavy on big-name international auteurs at a news conference Thursday in Paris.Cannes’ most sought-after slots are in its competition lineup. This year, 21 films will vie for the Palme d’Or. That includes Fatherland, a Cold War drama starring Sandra Hüller by Pawlikowski (Ida, Cold War ); Sudden, the French language debut for Hamaguchi ( Drive My Car ); and Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas.Cannes is…

The upcoming Hollywood film Michael, based on the life of Michael Jackson, has been in the making for a couple of years now, as principal photography wrapped in May 2024. But, in the months after this, the film’s third act was entirely written, and now, the film does not mention any details about the child molestation accusations that Michael was subjected to for the last decade of his career. This, the production claims, was an oversight by the attorneys of the Jackson estate.What followed was one of the more expensive course corrections in recent Hollywood memory: a complete rebuild of…

No leaks of confidential security information have been confirmed, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Aug. 8, after the Washington Post reported that Chinese military hackers had infiltrated Japan’s defense networks in a devastating cyberattack. “Japan and the United States have been closely communicating with each other at various levels,” Hamada told a news conference. “I refrain from discussing details given the nature of the issue, but no leaks of confidential information held by the Defense Ministry have been confirmed.” Hamada said Japan’s capabilities to deal with cyberattacks would be revealed if he explained the attacks that the nation has suffered…