In Whose Name? review – Kanye’s descent makes for grimly compelling watch

More than 3,000 hours of footage filmed since 2018 by a teenager gets turned into a strange, revealing and unsettling look at a fallen star “What was Kanye West thinking?” has remained a prevailing question since the Grammy award-winning rapper-producer pulled the rip cord on his spectacular descent into rightwing nihilism more than a decade ago. In Whose Name?, a cinéma vérité take on the tortured musical genius (who goes by just Ye now), offers fans and long-term observers a new artifact to pore over in search of answers – and reason to be disappointed all over again. That’s not a knock on the 104-minute opus, an outcropping of more than 3,000 hours of footage – some of it never before seen, some of it a reverse perspective on the viral stunts and rants that have marked Ye’s dramatic nosedive. Director Nico Ballesteros – who started filming in 2018, at age 18, with nothing to recommend him (his stint as a second assistant director on a Jesus Is King concert video came later) – had...

NeNe Leakes Decided Not To Pursue Her Case For Discrimination Against Andy Cohen, Bravo, And NBC

NeNe Leakes has, at least temporarily, abandoned her lawsuit alleging discrimination towards Andy Cohen, Bravo, NBC Universal, the network's parent company, and the production company True Entertainment. The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" veteran, 54, petitioned on Friday to drop the lawsuit "without prejudice," which means she has the right to revive it at a later date, according to legal papers acquired by Page Six. Leakes' representatives refused Page Six's request for comment on a potential plan of action. According to the records, the parties to the lawsuit have decided not to "sue recovery of costs or attorneys' fees" in the interim. The case's resolution typically involves two months after a Page Six article in June said that Leakes had been in talks with Bravo, 54-year-old Cohen, and NBC Universal about settling their dispute without going to trial. In the past, the defendants have claimed that a clause in one of their contracts stipulated that any disagreements between them would be "subject to arbitration" in New York. Georgia is the location of the recently dismissed lawsuit. Leakes "disagreed" at the time with the idea of arbitration, according to the motion, but both parties were "in the midst of addressing this issue in an attempt to avoid the time and expense of a request to compel arbitration" through their respective counsel, it was noted. Leakes has persisted in implying on social media that she sticks by her assertions ever since. In the midst of the continuing lawsuit, she attacked "abusers" and people who "desire power over their victims" in July. "What they did to me can be seen by everyone! The former "Fashion Police" co-host responded to fans at the time by tweeting, "Nobody is stupid! Additionally, she asserted, "This treatment has been ongoing for yearsss!" Then, just two weeks ago, it seemed like Leakes was aiming at Cohen. She said on Twitter that "he prevented me from working because I was a threat to his career." Yet he continued to mistreat me for years.

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