US film director Steven Spielberg said on Thursday that he disagreed with actress Catherine Deneuve's claim that the sexual assault scandal in Hollywood has now turned into a "witch hunt" against men in the industry.

Speaking in London while promoting his film "The Post," which concerns a cover-up in the 1970s White House, Spielberg also made comment on the current US administration - and even compared US President Donald Trump to his scandal-hit predecessor, Richard Nixon.

"News sources are being called fake, or fake news, as a new kind of hashtag that's out there these days, and I've found that 'Oh my God,' when I read the script, I said: 'Wow Nixon did the same thing but without a Twitter account."

The 71-year-old added he thought the Trump administration was trying to create a "chaos of confusion," and called that "dangerous" and "subversive."

Regarding the string of sexual assault allegations in Hollywood, Spielberg called it an "epic event" that wouldn't go away quickly and will eventually bring about positive change in the industry - although he warned that more allegations would probably arise in the short-term.

His thoughts diverged markedly from those of Deneuve and other French actors and filmmakers, who signed an open letter in the newspaper Le Monde earlier this week, claiming that the search for perpetrators had gone too far.

"I'm sorry, I don't see it as a witch hunt right now. I see it as an imperative," Spielberg said.

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2. Tilt down from cinema to red carpet outside film's Premiere on London's Leicester Square

3. Spielberg talking to reporters

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4 . SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, US film director: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND INTERCUT WITH NEXT SHOT++

(on similarities between "The Post" and modern US politics)

"It reminded me of things that are happening right now in terms of the media being broadsided by this administration (in Washington) and being labelled if they're not pleased with the coverage. News sources are being called fake, or fake news, as a new kind of hashtag that's out there these days, and I've found that 'Oh my God,' when I read the script, I said: 'Wow (former US President Richard) Nixon did the same thing (as current President Donald Trump) but without a Twitter account."

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5. Various of newspapers on red carpet

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6. US President Donald Trump waving to reporters on White House Lawn

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, US film director:

"I think this administration is very cleverly creating a kind of chaos of confusion, for the purpose of being able to define, from their own point of view, what's true and what isn't. And that's dangerous, because that is very subversive."

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8. Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, posing for photographers at National Board of Review Gala

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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, US film director: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT ++

(Regarding revelations of sexual abuse and misconduct in the entertainment industry)

"What has happened in the last three or four months is an epic event. This is not just another little blip on the news cycle. This is something that's not going to be yesterday's news in 24 hours from now. This is a watershed moment and extolling the virtues of women coming forward through tremendous personal sacrifice using tremendous amounts of courage to speak about what happened to them - yesterday or 40 years ago, it doesn't matter. This is something that I think is going to change everything for the better."

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10. Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, posing for photographers at National Board of Review Gala

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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, US film director: ++SOUNDBITE INTERCUT WITH NEXT SHOT++

(Responding to question asking whether enough people have owned up and taken responsibility for what they've done, or is there more to come?)

"There's always more to come. There is always more to come, you know, but the other thing we have to think about is this: Hollywood and celebrity gets a lot of recognition. You can't just think of this as a Hollywood problem. This is a national problem, and probably a global problem."

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Beverley Hills, US - 7 January 2018

12. Actresses Reese Witherspoon, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd at Golden Globes wearing black to show support for the Time's Up movement, which launched on New Year's Day to fight sexual harassment

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13. French actress Catherine Deneuve and French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquiere posing for photographers

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, US film director:

(Responding to question asking for a comment on Deneuve, calling the phenomenon a witch hunt)

"I don't see it as a witch hunt yet. I don't, I'm sorry, I don't see it as a witch hunt right now. I see it as an imperative."

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FILE: Paris, France - 5 July 2017

15. Deneuve sitting front row at Jean Paul Gaultier show

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1. Various of Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International, arriving at London's Southwark Crown Court, with her husband Charlie Brooks

2. Rebekah and Charlie Brooks leaving court, walking through media throng and getting into car

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STORYLINE

Rebekah Brooks, once one of the most powerful people in the British media, on Wednesday formally denied charges of phone hacking, bribing public officials and trying to thwart a police investigation into tabloid wrongdoing.

The former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International arrived at court with her husband Charlie Brooks, who along with six others, is accused of trying to pervert the course of justice by concealing documents, computers and other material from the police.

Brooks is accused of five counts of intercepting voicemail messages, conspiracy to commit misconduct involving public officials and obstructing a police investigation by withholding evidence.

She answered "not guilty" in a firm voice to all five charges during a hearing at London's Southwark Crown Court.

Charlie Brooks and former News of the World royal reporter Clive Goodman, also entered pleas of "not guilty" and also face criminal trials.

Brooks is a key figure in the phone-hacking scandal that has rattled Britain's press, police and political establishments.

The scandal erupted in 2011, after it was revealed that journalists at News International's now-shuttered News of the World tabloid routinely hacked into the voicemail messages of celebrities, members of the royal household and other people in the public eye, including crime victims and a murdered 13-year-old girl.

It led Murdoch to close down the News of The World and spawned large police investigations into phone hacking, computer hacking and the bribery of officials for information.

Allegations of wrongdoing have since spread to other papers outside the Murdoch empire, and scores of journalists, police officials, and executives have been arrested or dismissed from their jobs.

Wednesday's pre-trial hearings saw more than a dozen defendants, close to 30 lawyers and a large press contingent crammed into a London courtroom.

Several former News of the World staff, including ex-chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, former news editor James Weatherup and former managing editor Stuart Kuttner, also denied intercepting voice mails.

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Paris, France - 28 May 2013

1. Exterior Louvre museum, pan to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall walking, zoom in

2. Wide of interior Louvre, Camilla and entourage

3. Camilla walking up to statue of Venus de Milo

4. Close up of Venus de Milo

5. Another statue, pan to Camilla talking to Louvre staff

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6. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, walking on railway platform

7. Camilla on railway platform with media, UPSOUND (English) "My first solo and probably my last."

8. Various of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on train

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9. Princess Diana receiving flowers from children

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10. Various of Charles and Camilla announcing their engagement

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11. Various of Charles and Camilla stamps

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12. Various of Charles and Camilla tea towels

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13. Various of Prince Charles and Camilla after their wedding

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Palmer, Royal Correspondent, The Express newspaper :

"If we ran a story of her in the paper and had a picture of her in we would get ten or fifteen letters from readers the next day or the day after saying if you put that woman's face in your paper again we're never buying your paper again and I have been buying it all my life. We just don't get those letters - or very rarely get those letters now. I think people are much more accepting of her."

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15. Various of Camilla arriving at French charity

16. Camilla addressing group in French

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17. Princes William and Harry and Duchess of Cambridge on tour of Warner Brothers studios

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18. Camilla with Prince Charles at state opening of parliament

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19. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Alastair Bruce OBE, Royal Commentator (employed by Sky News) :

"The monarchy is constantly changing. And we are aware since the Diamond Jubilee the Queen has put an emphasis on her heir, and her heir's heir. Now her heir is the Prince of Wales and his consort is the Duchess of Cornwall so inevitably it's important that the two of them are very much centre stage."

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20. Various of Camilla at garden party

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21. Camilla arriving to meet Help the Heroes soldiers

22. Various of Camilla watching equestrian display

22. Camilla at market

LEAD IN

The Duchess of Cornwall has been visiting Paris - her first solo trip as a member of the British royal family.

It marks a rise in her public profile and a gain in her popularity.

STORYLINE

The Duchess of Cornwall visiting the Louvre in Paris as part of her inaugural solo overseas trip.

She has a team of people looking after her but is none the less the sole representative of the British royal family at this event.

The two-day tour began with the 65-year-old wife of Prince Charles boarding a Eurostar train in London.

It has been a long journey for the Duchess of Cornwall from the woman described as the "third person" in the marriage of Charles and Diana, to becoming the wife of the Prince of Wales - the subject of commemorative stamps and tea towels.

In between there has been the carefully managed rehabilitation of the woman who will perhaps one day be called queen.

The strategy has let the public make their own minds up.

The Duchess, who studied in Paris in the 1960s, speaks to guests in confident French at a charity on the outskirts of the city.

Later she is guest at a garden party at the British Embassy.

In a move many would have deemed unimaginable a few years ago, Camilla is mixing with the Parisian elite at a reception in front of the cameras, once territory reserved for Charles' first wife Diana, Princess of Wales.

Newspaper Royal Correspondent for the Daily Express, Richard Palmer, says public acceptance of Camilla in Britain has been a long time coming.

"If we ran a story of her in the paper and had a picture of her in we would get ten or fifteen letters from readers the next day or the day after saying if you put that woman's face in your paper again we're never buying your paper again and I have been buying it all my life. We just don't get those letters - or very rarely get those letters now. I think people are much more accepting of her."

This trip to Paris represents more than just a significant step for the Duchess of Cornwall, it also reinforces the idea that as the queen begins to ease up at the of 87 there are others waiting in the wings, ready to take up the slack.

William, Kate and Harry already have the magic touch and the public on their side.

But Camilla is still earning her public approval.

This year she attended the state opening of parliament - another first.

Some call it training on the job.

Royal Commentator, Professor Alastair Bruce, says it's a further indication that moves are afoot to prepare the Duchess for duties alongside the future King.

"The monarchy is constantly changing. And we are aware since the Diamond Jubilee the Queen has put an emphasis on her heir, and her heir's heir. Not her heir is the Prince of Wales and his consort is the Duchess of Cornwall so inevitably it's important that the two of them are very much centre stage."

The Duchess of Cornwall has now returned to the UK after her tour.

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Vikings owner Zygi Wilf says the team "made a mistake" by bringing back Adrian Peterson following his indictment on a felony child-abuse charge in Texas.

The Vikings had benched Peterson for last Sunday's loss to New England. But the next day, the team said they would bring him back to play and sponsors reacted swiftly.

The Vikings had at least one major sponsorship suspended. Several NFL advertisers, including Anheuser-Busch, expressed concern about the league's recent off-the-field problems. The governor said it was embarrassing.

Early Wednesday, the team said Peterson would be barred from all activities. Co-owner Mark Wilf said the decision was "absolutely not" related to sponsor concerns.

Peterson was indicted after using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son earlier this year. He has said he didn't intend to the child.

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota - September 17, 2014

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Zygi Wilf, Owner/Chairman of Minnesota Vikings:

"We have decided that the appropriate course of action for the organization and for Adrian is to put him on the exempt list until the legal proceedings are complete. We made a mistake and we needed to get this right."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Wilf, Owner/President of Minnesota Vikings:

"We support Adrian in terms of on the personal level, that he has to get his personal life in order and get things right. We as an organization, as a franchise, that was our intent here, was to make sure this is right, and as was said before, I want to reiterate, we take very seriously these type of things especially when we are talking about children."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Spielman, Executive Vice President/General Manager of Minnesota Vikings:

"We felt and Adrian felt that it was best in his, and I won't speak for Adrian, but he felt it would be best to step away, to take care of his legal and personal matters and I believe he said in his statement as well, that he wants us and our coaches and our players to be able to focus on football as he takes care of these personal matters."

Director Steven Spielberg said on Thursday (11 JAN. 2018) that he disagreed with actress Catherine Deneuve's claim that the sexual assault scandal in Hollywood has now turned into a "witch hunt" against men in the industry.

Speaking in London while promoting his film "The Post," which concerns a cover-up in the 1970s White House, Spielberg also made comment on the current U.S. administration - and even compared U.S. President Donald Trump to his scandal-hit predecessor, Richard Nixon.

"News sources are being called fake, or fake news, as a new kind of hashtag that's out there these days, and I've found that 'Oh my God,' when I read the script, I said: 'Wow Nixon did the same thing but without a Twitter account."

The 71-year-old added he thought the Trump administration was trying to create a "chaos of confusion," and called that "dangerous" and "subversive."

Regarding the string of sexual assault allegations in Hollywood, Spielberg called it an "epic event" that wouldn't go away quickly and will eventually bring about positive change in the industry - although he warned that more allegations would probably arise in the short-term.

His thoughts diverged markedly from those of Deneuve and other French actors and filmmakers, who signed an open letter in the newspaper Le Monde earlier this week, claiming that the search for perpetrators had gone too far.

"I'm sorry, I don't see it as a witch hunt right now. I see it as an imperative," Spielberg said.

It opens wide in the U.S. on Jan. 12.

All upcoming release dates:

Australia 11 January 2018

Greece 11 January 2018

Bulgaria 12 January 2018

Canada 12 January 2018

Turkey 12 January 2018

USA 12 January 2018

Singapore 18 January 2018

Slovakia 18 January 2018

Spain 19 January 2018

UK 19 January 2018

Ireland 19 January 2018

France 24 January 2018

Portugal 25 January 2018

Estonia 26 January 2018

Lithuania 26 January 2018

Sweden 26 January 2018

Argentina 1 February 2018

Brazil 1 February 2018

Hong Kong 1 February 2018

Italy 1 February 2018

Netherlands 1 February 2018

Finland 2 February 2018

Mexico 2 February 2018

Norway 16 February 2018

Poland 16 February 2018

Philippines 21 February 2018

Czech Republic 22 February 2018

Germany 22 February 2018

Hungary 22 February 2018

Russia 22 February 2018

Taiwan 9 March 2018

Japan 30 March 2018

Denmark 5 April 2018

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1. Wide shot for a sign for the film 'The Post'

2. Tilt down from cinema to red carpet outside film's Premiere on London's Leicester Square

3. Steven Spielberg talking to reporters

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4 . SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, Director: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND INTERCUT WITH NEXT SHOT++

(on similarities between "The Post" and modern US politics)

"It reminded me of things that are happening right now in terms of the media being broadsided by this administration (in Washington) and being labelled if they're not pleased with the coverage. News sources are being called fake, or fake news, as a new kind of hashtag that's out there these days, and I've found that 'Oh my God,' when I read the script, I said: 'Wow (former US President Richard) Nixon did the same thing (as current President Donald Trump) but without a Twitter account."

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London, 10 January 2018

5. Various of newspapers on red carpet

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6. US President Donald Trump waving to reporters on White House Lawn

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, Director:

"I think this administration is very cleverly creating a kind of chaos of confusion, for the purpose of being able to define, from their own point of view, what's true and what isn't. And that's dangerous, because that is very subversive."

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New York, 9 January 2018

8. Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, posing for photographers at National Board of Review Gala

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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, Director: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT ++

(Regarding revelations of sexual abuse and misconduct in the entertainment industry)

"What has happened in the last three or four months is an epic event. This is not just another little blip on the news cycle. This is something that's not going to be yesterday's news in 24 hours from now. This is a watershed moment and extolling the virtues of women coming forward through tremendous personal sacrifice using tremendous amounts of courage to speak about what happened to them - yesterday or 40 years ago, it doesn't matter. This is something that I think is going to change everything for the better."

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10. Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, posing for photographers at National Board of Review Gala

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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, Director: ++SOUNDBITE INTERCUT WITH NEXT SHOT++

(Responding to question asking whether enough people have owned up and taken responsibility for what they've done, or is there more to come?)

"There's always more to come. There is always more to come, you know, but the other thing we have to think about is this: Hollywood and celebrity gets a lot of recognition. You can't just think of this as a Hollywood problem. This is a national problem, and probably a global problem."

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Beverly Hills, Calif., 7 January 2018

12. Actresses Reese Witherspoon, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd at Golden Globes wearing black to show support for the Time's Up movement, which launched on New Year's Day to fight sexual harassment

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13. French actress Catherine Deneuve and French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquiere posing for photographers

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Spielberg, Director:

(Responding to question asking for a comment on Deneuve, calling the phenomenon a witch hunt)

"I don't see it as a witch hunt yet. I don't, I'm sorry, I don't see it as a witch hunt right now. I see it as an imperative."

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FILE: Paris, 5 July 2017

15. Deneuve sitting front row at Jean Paul Gaultier show

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16. Trailer clip- "The Post"

Two powerful British political insiders met starkly different fates on Tuesday as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was convicted of conspiracy to hack phones, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted, after a months long trial centreing on illegal activity at the heart of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire.

A jury at London's Old Bailey unanimously found Coulson, the former spin doctor of British Prime Minister David Cameron, guilty of conspiring to intercept communications by eavesdropping on mobile phone voicemails.

Brooks was acquitted of that charge and of counts of conspiring to bribe officials and obstruct police.

The nearly eight-month trial - one of the longest and most expensive in British legal history - was triggered by revelations that for years the News of the World used illegal eavesdropping to get stories, listening in on the voicemails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims.

The scandal led Murdoch to shut down the 168-year-old tabloid and spurred criminal investigations in which dozens of journalists and officials have been arrested.

The jury also found former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner not guilty of phone hacking.

Kuttner gave a brief statement outside court on Tuesday, thanking the dedication of his legal team.

Brooks and Coulson, both 46, were accused of conspiring, along with Kuttner, to hack phones between 2000 and 2006.

She edited the News of the World from 2000 to 2003 with Coulson as her deputy - and, the trial revealed, her on-off lover.

Coulson then took over as editor, before becoming Prime Minister David Cameron's communications chief.

All the defendants denied wrongdoing.

Prosecutors argued that senior editors must have known that hacking was taking place at the News of the World - but only Coulson was convicted by the jury.

Media commentator and former tabloid editor, Paul Connew, said he believes those involved took "needless and stupid risks".

Dozens of journalists and officials have been arrested, and several former News of the World reporters and editors have pleaded guilty to hacking.

Murdoch's News Corp. has paid millions in compensation to hacking victims.

Abi Titmuss, actress and former glamour model, knew she was being hacked and said it made her feel "violated".

Tuesday's verdict puts pressure on Cameron, who employed Coulson after two News of the World employees were convicted of phone hacking in 2007.

Coulson quit Downing St. in 2011 when police re-opened their hacking investigation.

Cameron on Tuesday apologised for hiring Coulson.

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1. Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson arriving at the Old Bailey, walking past photographers

FILE

2. Various of Rebekah Brooks in the News of the World newsroom

FILE

3. Various of journalist and author Charlie Rae

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie Rae, journalist and author:

"She (Brooks) was a very young naive girl who came into the office, clearly had ambition, clearly was intelligent and had said 'I want to be a journalist.' Now my job if you like in that case is,"well, I'll point you in the direction", you can't do this sort of thing for her so you know, I liked her, right at the start, she was quite fun."

FILE

5. Lance Price, Former Director of Communications for former Prime Minister Tony Blair, walking out of building

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Price, Former Director of Communications for former Prime Minister Tony Blair

"Rebekah Brooks has always been one of the very best networkers in that world of politics and media where the two combine. She has always kept close to prime ministers of whatever party they were. I worked for a Labour prime minister, she was in and out of Downing Street all the time and she was good enough at her job to have the same sort of relationship with David Cameron when he became a Conservative prime minister."

London - 24 June, 2014

7. Former News of the World editor and former chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, arriving at the Old Bailey accompanied by her husband Charlie Brooks

London - 24 June, 2014

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stuart Kuttner, News of the World Managing Editor:

"It's clear to me at this point that this is not the moment to make long statements or to go into detail but what i do want to say is the diligence, the dedication and perhaps above all the passion of my lawyers over the past three years has been extraordinary, most remarkable and it is to them that I owe a huge and enduring thanks for the result, the unanimous verdict of the jury today."

London - 24 June, 2014

9. Rebekah and Charlie Brooks leaving courthouse, getting into taxi, driving away

FILE

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Connew, media commentator and former tabloid editor:

"There was an air of desperation, there was a lot of pressure there or so it would appear - I mean there is always pressure in newspapers but perhaps at the News of the World the pressure went beyond boiling point and in the end various people were taking needless and stupid risks."

FILE

11. Various of actress and former glamour model Abi Titmuss reading newspaper

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Abi Titmuss , actress and former glamour model:

"It made me feel extremely vulnerable, paranoid, confused, scared and violated actually because of everything I had left, my contact through my phone with my friends and family was the last private thing that I had."

FILE

13. Various of News of the World headquarters being demolished as part of building renovation

14. Newspaper being used to wrap up battered fish and chips

Vikings owner Zygi Wilf says the team "made a mistake" by bringing back Adrian Peterson following his indictment on a felony child-abuse charge in Texas.

The Vikings had benched Peterson for last Sunday's loss to New England. But the next day, the team said they would bring him back to play and sponsors reacted swiftly.

The Vikings had at least one major sponsorship suspended. Several NFL advertisers, including Anheuser-Busch, expressed concern about the league's recent off-the-field problems. The governor said it was embarrassing.

Early Wednesday, the team said Peterson would be barred from all activities. Co-owner Mark Wilf said the decision was "absolutely not" related to sponsor concerns.

Peterson was indicted after using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son earlier this year. He has said he didn't intend to the child.

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota - September 17, 2014

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Zygi Wilf, Owner/Chairman of Minnesota Vikings:

"We have decided that the appropriate course of action for the organization and for Adrian is to put him on the exempt list until the legal proceedings are complete. We made a mistake and we needed to get this right."

++ONE SECOND OF BLACK++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Wilf, Owner/President of Minnesota Vikings:

"We support Adrian in terms of on the personal level, that he has to get his personal life in order and get things right. We as an organization, as a franchise, that was our intent here, was to make sure this is right, and as was said before, I want to reiterate, we take very seriously these type of things especially when we are talking about children."

++ONE SECOND OF BLACK++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Spielman, Executive Vice President/General Manager of Minnesota Vikings:

"We felt and Adrian felt that it was best in his, and I won't speak for Adrian, but he felt it would be best to step away, to take care of his legal and personal matters and I believe he said in his statement as well, that he wants us and our coaches and our players to be able to focus on football as he takes care of these personal matters."

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Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall are set to start one of the biggest divorce cases in show business history, from which Hall hopes to net around 30 (m) million U-S dollars, a fraction of Jagger's 240 (m) million dollar fortune.

Jagger and Hall have been romantically, if not financially, linked for over twenty years, but when Jagger was cited as the alleged father of the Brazilian model Luciana Giminez Morad, Hall filed for divorce.

But rumours abound that the couple are on the verge of a reconciliation.

Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall will start the preliminary proceedings of their divorce case on Friday.

Despite constant rumours that Hall is considering a reconciliation, the case is set to proceed with the organisation of the format of the case.

The judge will not be ruling on the validity of the marriage at this time but "will merely make directions as to the future progress of the case"

Neither Jagger nor Hall are expected to be in court.

Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall have reportedly flown to France together with their children, just 48 hours before they are due to start this multi-(m) million pound divorce battle.

In what may be a last-ditch attempt to save their marriage, the couple are holidaying in the Loire Valley.

Hall filed for divorce last year over Jagger's adultery with a Brazilian model who later gave birth to a child.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"She kept forgiving him, she kept thinking there wouldn't be any more Brazilian models crawling out of the woodwork, claiming to have had affairs or be impregnated by her husband and she kept believing that he would change, but now she has finally accepted that he isn't going to and now she will try and take him for every penny that she can"

SUPERCAPTION: James O'Brien, Showbiz editor of the Daily Express

Jagger, 55, and Hall, 43, have been together for 21 years and have four children, but they didn't marry until 1990.

Jagger claims the wedding ceremony, which took place in Indonesia, was not legally valid.

But legal experts have said that even if the marriage was illegal, the longevity of their relationship is still grounds for a significant monetary settlement.

Hall is hoping to get an estimated 30 (m) million U-S dollars from Jagger's estimated 240 (m) million U-S dollar fortune in the divorce settlement.

The Texan supermodel has hired the same legal firm that won Princess Diana 17 (m) million U-S dollars in her divorce from Prince Charles.

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"It will be very expensive to continue the proceedings, there is more than enough money to go around and so they really ought to settle it soon"

SUPERCAPTION: Stuart Lockyear, show business lawyer

Jagger and Hall have recently been seen together in London exchanging kisses and being friendly at both the Shepherd's Bush Empire, Rolling Stones concerts at Wembley, as well as at the premiere for Rogue Trader on June 21st.

The court where the hearing is set to proceed is close to where Jagger divorced his first wife, Bianca 20 years ago.

Mick Jagger first met Jerry Hall over twenty years ago, when he famously stole the Texan beauty from the arms of Bryan Ferry, singer with Roxy Music.

The couple became a regular fixture on the celebrity circuit; Hall's modelling assignments taking her all over

the globe, rivalling Jagger's seemingly endless career with the Rolling Stones.

Jagger has long been renowned for his philandering.

He went public with his relationship with model Carla Bruni in 1992, when they were spotted together in Thailand a day after Hall gave birth to daughter, Georgia.

Hall gave Jagger an ultimatum never to see Bruni again, but in 1995, she discovered a fax from Bruni inviting Jagger to meet her in Las Vegas, after which there was a brief separation.

Jagger has been linked to various women over the years, including an alleged relationship with the actress, Uma Thurman.

However, it seems that the relationship with and consequent pregnancy of Brazilian model, Luciana Giminez Morad, was the final straw in their 21 year relationship.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"Mick Jagger is the eternal adolescent, that's the root of his popularity and also the root of most of his problems, it's as simple as that and he will never change"

SUPERCAPTION: James O'Brien, Showbiz editor of the Daily Express

It was announced today that The Stones have just become the number one touring act in America, making 40 million in ticket sales, news which is sure to please Jerry Hall's lawyers.

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1. Rolling Stones performing on stage

FILE - May 1999

2. Jerry Hall

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3. Jerry Hall on catwalk with daughter

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4. Luciana Giminez Morad, Brazilian model

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5. Various of headlines

London, recent

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) James O'Brien, showbiz editor of the Daily Express

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7. Jagger and Hall on holiday in Turkey

London, recent

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lockyear, show business lawyer

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9. Rolling Stones performing on stage, intercut with file of Luciana Giminez Morad, Carla Bruni and Uma Thurman

London - recent

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) James O'Brien, Showbiz editor of the Daily Express

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11.Rolling Stones performing on stage,

Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC's reboot of "Celebrity Apprentice," but he's kept a business connection to the reality show.

President-elect Trump has an executive producer credit on "The New Celebrity Apprentice," said Clare Anne Darragh, a spokesman for "Apprentice" creator Mark Burnett. She declined further comment on Trump's participation in the show that taped last February.

Trump's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The series debuts Jan. 2 with Arnold Schwarzenegger replacing Trump as host. Schwarzenegger is an executive producer on the new show, as Trump was on the original.

Trump's continued stake in a TV series is yet another unusual aspect of the election of a businessman and reality star to the presidency. Questions have been raised on how his extensive holdings may intersect with his actions as president.

Trump has tweeted that he will disclose plans on Dec. 15 to "take me completely out of business operations" without detailing what that means. He previously said that he plans to hand over management of his business to three of his adult children.

That falls short of what some government ethics experts are pushing him for, which is that he sell his assets and put the money in a "blind trust" overseen by an independent manager not related to him.

POOL

Des Moines, Iowa - December 8, 2016

1. Trump walking on stage

AP TELEVISION

New York - December 9, 2016

2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Bauder, television writer, Associated Press:

"Well it was revealed that he's still associated with the show as an executive producer, and has been for a while. Executive producer roles are very amorphous in Hollywood. It can be in anywhere from somebody who runs the entire show backstage to somebody who just negotiates it as part of a deal to have their name up as executive producer and have a financial stake. It's unclear exactly what Trump's involvement is and he's taken obviously an active interest in the show, but in terms of what time he's going to spend with it as president nobody knows at this point."

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FILE: New York - October 16, 2007

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3. Various of Trump at Celebrity Apprentice event

AP TELEVISION

New York - December 9, 2016

4. SOUNDBITE (English) David Bauder, television writer, Associated Press:

"People can wonder if NBC News which is owned by a company which also owns Celebrity Apprentice and has him with a financial stake, are they pulling punches with some their coverage with Donald Trump because they don't want to get him upset. It's something that can be in the back of people's minds and a lot of these conflicts, that's what these things are, what is in people's minds, what do they think when they see things happening there. It's the clean kind of relationship you would like to have between a president and a news division."

POOL

FILE: Cleveland, Ohio - July 18, 2016

5. Trump arriving on stage at Republican National Convention

AP TELEVISION

New York - December 9, 2016

6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Bauder, television writer, Associated Press:

"The show has basically been a partnership from the beginning between Mark Burnett, as a producer, and Donald Trump. We don't know exactly how much involvement Trump has. It's Mark Burnett's baby, he's the television guy who's produced shows like "Survivor" and "The Voice" and is quite a very important person in Hollywood. So he is the main person behind this show.

AP TELEVISION

Columbus, Ohio - December 9, 2016

7. Trump leaving Ohio State University visit

AP TELEVISION

New York - December 9, 2016

8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Bauder, television writer, Associated Press:

"It's uncharted territory in many ways, and these things are going to keep coming up. You know he tweets out his criticism of Saturday Night Live, or other shows, things are going to happen on a fairly constant basis. He watches TV a lot. He takes a keen interest in this sort of thing and he's never been shy about letting his opinions be known so I imagine this sort of thing is going to be a constant throughout his presidency."

POOL

Des Moines, Iowa - December 8, 2016

9. Trump speaking at rally

HEADLINE: Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch paper hacked me in 2007

CAPTION: Actor Hugh Grant says phone hacking is the only way the Mail on Sunday tabloid could have obtained the story alleging that his romance with Jemima Khan was on the rocks because of his conversations with a "plummy voiced" woman. (Nov. 21)

[SOT/:HUGH GRANT/ACTOR, PHONE HACKING VICTIM]

STORYLINE:

LONDON (AP) _ Actor Hugh Grant said Monday that he believes his phone was hacked by Britain's Mail on Sunday tabloid _ the first time he has implicated a newspaper not owned by Rupert Murdoch in the wrongdoing.

Grant, star of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and other movies, told an inquiry into media ethics that a 2007 story about his romantic life could only have been obtained through eavesdropping on his voice mails.

He said he could not think of any other way the newspaper could have obtained the story alleging that his romance with Jemima Khan was on the rocks because of his conversations with a "plummy voiced" woman the paper identified as a film studio executive.

Grant said there was no such woman, but he did receive voice messages from the assistant of a producer friend.

"She would leave charming, joking messages ... and she had a voice that can only be described as plummy," he said.

Grant sued the newspaper for libel and won.

Challenged as to whether he was speculating about the source of the story, Grant acknowledged that he didn't have any hard proof.

"Speculation? O.K. But ... I'd love to hear what the Daily Mail or the Sunday Mail's explanation of what that source was if it wasn't phone hacking."

Prime Minister David Cameron set up the inquiry into media ethics in the wake of a still-evolving scandal over phone hacking in Britain. Murdoch shut down the discredited News of the World tabloid in July after evidence emerged that it had routinely eavesdropped on the voice mails of public figures, celebrities and even crime victims in its search for scoops.

Grant is one of a string of high-profile witnesses, including actress Sienna Miller and author J.K. Rowling, who will testify about how they were followed, photographed, entrapped and harassed by tabloid journalists.

The first witnesses Monday were the parents of murdered teenager Milly Dowler, whose mobile phone voice mails were hacked after she disappeared in 2002.

APTN STORY NUMBER: 715647

SHOTLIST:-

AP Entertainment

New York, March 15 2005

1. Tilt down exteriors Waldorf Astoria

2. Exteriors Waldorf Astoria

3. Push in Entertainment Industry Foundation logo

4. Wide shot Katie Couric posing to photographers

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Katie Couric, NBC News Anchor:

"We really want to increase awareness and also raise money for badly needed scientific research cause this is a disease people are uncomfortable to talk about and as a result, research dollars have not been forthcoming enough. So we have a multi-pronged goal here tonight to increase awareness to raise money for research and to basically have everyone have a good time and celebrate the life of my husband."

6. Mid shot cameraman

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Katie Couric, NBC News Anchor:

" I think it's very therapeutic for me and very gratifying. It is certainly the most important thing I've ever done professionally. We are seeing real results. Colonoscopy is up twenty percent and behind that statistic are countless lives saved. And you know you can't get better results than that, so I feel very proud of the work the NCCRA has done."

8. Wide shot Jimmy Fallon, actor ('Saturday Night Live', 'Fever Pitch')

9.SOUNDBITE: (English) Jimmy Fallon:

" I am going to get on stage and destroy the sound of 'Endless Love' by Lion Richie and Diana Ross, but I am going to reunited with my pal Tina Fey who I did 'Weekend Updated' at 'Saturday Night Live.'

10. Medium shot photographers

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jimmy Fallon:

" I am going to embarrass in front of enough great people... I would do it for you but, please man, I have an ego! I am embarrassed enough doing it in front of Chaka Can and Elvis Costello..."

12. Wide shot Elm (Seas)

13. Elm singing on camera

14. Wide shot John Legend

15. SOUNDBITE (English) John Legend:

" We have the ability to bring a lot of people in the room and make people want to donate money because they want to be entertained and it hypes the event...so it's easy for us. We just need to show up and do what we do normally and it creates a lot of money for great causes. So I've been fortunate enough to do a few charity concerts this year and hopefully I'll do some more because as I say it's easy for me to show up and do it and it helps a lot of people."

16. Mid shot photographer

17. John Legend performing a song on camera

18. Wide shot Elvis Costello

19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Elvis Costello:

" All these sort of benefit shows are for different reasons and you can kind of foul yourself into thinking a problem is solved. So we all have go to remember the next day what it is that you were here to do. I mean it's great to have a party and people like yourself have a task in a job and into spreading the word about what's intended here and also hopefully we can enjoy ourselves. It's a better way to do it. You know, raise some money and people short of talk about something that they might keep in the shade a little bit."

20. Wide shot James Taylor

21. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Taylor

"It's really all about Katie tonight, Katie is the shining sort of beacon. It's her example and short of her commitment and her short of passion about this issue has really drown everybody together tonight, to what I think it can be an effective evening and a very effective campaign to raise awareness about colorectal cancers."

22. Wide shot Mary J. Blige

23. SOUNDBITE: (English)Mary J. Blige:

" For a cause like this it is a miracle for us to come out because we're saving lives, we're raising awareness, we're making an African-American community...like there's a lot of people that don't know that they can prevent colon cancer. It can be anyone. It can be your mother, your father, God forbid, it can be you. So all the superstars that come out to raise money for this kind of think is a miracle, is a blessing."

24. Wide shot Smokey Robinson

25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Smokey Robinson

" My purpose to be here is because it's such a worthy cause, you know, to combat colon cancer, to raise funds to do that is a very important thing. And then they're doing Motown tonight man, so this is where I should be, and I love Katie, and Katie called and said Smokey I want you to be there, so here I am."

26. Wide shot Katie Couric

Concert VNR

27. Various concert including: Chaka Khan, Robert De Niro, Sting, Elvis Costello, Kevin Bacon, Muppets and Tony Bennett

NEWS WOMAN RECRUITS CELEBRITY FRIENDS TO COMBATS CANCER

The famed NBC news anchor Katie Couric and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) were joined by a glittering lineup of stars from the film, television and music for 'Hollywood Meets Motown' in New York on Wednesday night (15Mar06).

The fundraising gala and concert benefited EIF's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) and the Jay Monaha Centre for Gastrointestinal Health of New York Presbyterian Hospital, named in honour of Couric's late husband, who died from colon cancer in 1998, aged 42.

Couric has since been an advocate of colon cancer research and early diagnosis "It's very therapeutic for me and very gratifying. It is certainly the most important thing I've ever done professionally." Couric told AP Entertainment. "We are seeing real results. Colonoscopy is up twenty percent and behind that statistic are countless lives saved. And you know you can't get better results than that."

This year's benefit was aimed specifically at raising awareness among African-American males.

The star studded group donating their time included Robert De Niro, Chaka Khan, Smokey Robinson, Sting, Kevin Bacon and Elvis Costello.

"All these sort of benefit shows are for different reasons and you can kind of foul yourself into thinking a problem is solved." Costello told AP Entertainment. "We all gotta to remember the next day what it is that you were here to do"

Grammy winner John Legend who was also on hand to support Couric's mission talked about why celebrities attend fundraising events: "We have the ability to bring a lot of people in the room and make people want to donate money because they want to be entertained and it's kinda hypes the event...so it's easy for us. We just need to show up and do what we do normally and it creates a lot of money for great causes."

Mary J Blige also performed on Wednesday night and described the star power of celebrities: "A cause like this it is a miracle for us to come out because we're saving lives, we're raising awareness." she explained. "There's a lot of people that don't know that they can prevent colon cancer. It can be anyone; It can be your mother, your father, God forbid, it can be you. So all the superstars that come out to raise money for this kind of think is a miracle, is a blessing."

The fundraising is taking place during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month and is part of a series of activities planned to urge Americans to know the facts about colon cancer prevention and the latest available treatments.

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the U.S., causing more than 55,000 deaths a year, though it is also one of the most preventable, with a higher than 90% cure rate with early detection.

WORLD PEOPLE

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UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL

1958 (exact date and location not available)

1. Various Elvis Presley starting army service

UPSOUND: (English) Voice Over

"Involuntarily retired the gyrating guitarist's departure from the public eye left his blue jeans fans all shook up so we hear, but Elvis doesn't seem to mind at all. "

UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL

Las Vegas, United States - May 1, 1967

2. Slate : Las Vegas

3. Various Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Ann Beaulieu

UPSOUND: (English) Voice Over

"Elvis Presley weds Priscilla Ann Beaulieu, and one of America's richest teenage singing idols promises to love, honour and obey. Why did the pelvis desert bachelorhood ? Said he ...'its about time'.

AP IMAGES

4. Elvis Presley is shown performing in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977, three months before his death.

UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL

London, United Kingdom 31 December 1941

5. Slate : London

6. Wide shot Winston Churchill walking through crowded streets

7. Wide shot crowds waving

8. Close up damaged building

9. Wide shot men waving their hats

10. Various of cheering people

11. Mid shot Churchill signing autograph

12. Mid shot Churchill driving off in car

VOICEOVER (English) no name given:

"Prime minister Winston Churchill goes out to see for himself whether there is any unrest among the long suffering English people.

He finds that they are far from downhearted despite the continual bombings they have undergone. It's the most welcome vote of confidence he has ever received, right from the heart of the people."

AP TELEVISION

London, United Kingdom - 30 January 1965

13. Various of Churchill's funeral

14. Prince Philip, Charles and Queen get out of car at steps at St. Paul's Cathedral

15. Cutaway crowd

16. French President Charles de Gaulle out of car, greeted and up steps

17. Wide of funeral procession, pushes into coffin

AP IMAGES

London, United Kingdom - Nov. 8, 1953

18. Sir Winston Churchill on the eve of his 79th birthday

AP IMAGES

(no location given, 1976)

19. Bob Marley

AP IMAGES

Paris, France, 3 July 1980

20. Mid shot Bob Marley performing

21. Wide shot Bob Marley performing

AP IMAGES

Paris, France, 4 July 1989

22. Black and white still Bob Marley performing with guitar

23. Black and white still Bob Marley with arm raised

AP TELEVISION

Paarl, South Africa - 11 February 1990

24. Nelson Mandela raises clenched fist as he walks with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela from prison compound

AP IMAGES

Johannesburg - Dec. 7, 2005

25. Former South African President, Nelson Mandela

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New Orleans, United States - April 27, 2014

26. Eric Clapton performs at the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

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AP TELEVISION

Vatican City, March 27, 2005

27. Pope John Paul II blesses crowd and is wheeled back into room

AP TELEVISION

Vatican - 2 April 2005

28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Papal spokesman:

"The Holy Father John Paul II died this evening at 9:37 pm (1937GMT) in his private apartment. "

29. Wide pan of Saint Peter's square, zoom in on bells tolling in Saint Peter's basilica

AP Television News

Vatican City - 3 March 2005

30. Pope lying in state, Swiss guard in background

31. Tilt down from ornate mantelpiece to pope with Swiss guards standing at either side

AP IMAGES

32. Pope John Paul II is seen in an official portrait, 1978.

AP TELEVISION (MUTE)

Monaco - April 18, 1975

33. Various of the funeral cortege of Josephine Baker arriving at church followed by mourners on foot

34. Wide of the coffin being carried in

AP IMAGES

Paris, France - December 1932

35. Dancer and singer Josephine Baker poses wearing a top hat, white tie and tails in this publicity photo

AP IMAGES

FILE: Location unknown - 1928, exact date unknown

36. Still of portrait of T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, dressed in bedouin Arab clothing

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London - 11 June 2014

37. Angelina Jolie and William Hague arrive at summit location

38. Jolie and Hague stand for photographers

AP IMAGES

Sydney, Australia- Nov. 17, 2014

39. Angelina Jolie, director of "Unbroken", poses for photos at World Premiere of her film

AP TELEVISION

London, 7 July 2009

40. Photocall J.K. Rowling and husband

AP IMAGES

Edinburgh, Scotland - July 15, 2005

41. British author J.K. Rowling holds a copy of her book 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

AP TELEVISION

Paris, France - February 18, 1965

42. Wide of exterior of cinema where Goldfinger premier will take place

43. Close up pan of poster

44. Various of Aston Martin gliding through Paris streets at night

45. Close up Sean Connery driving and smiling, shot through windscreen, zoom out

46. Mid of Connery inside theatre, taking jacket off

AP IMAGES

New York, Untied States - April 5, 2010

47. Actor Sean Connery attends the 8th annual Dressed To Kilt charity fashion show

UK POOL

London - June 3, 2012

48. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on Royal Barge

49. Top shot of flotilla of boats on Thames

50. Mid of Queen

51. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with Prince Harry on Royal Barge

52. Pull out of Royal Barge

AP IMAGES

London, United Kingdom - June 2, 1953

53. Queen Elizabeth II poses in her coronation attire in the throne room of Buckingham Palace

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AP TELEVISION

Dates and locations not available - 1975 (MUTE)

54. Close up General Franco pulls out to show Prince Juan Carlos, later King

55. General Franco in coffin

56. Coffin carried through church

57. King Juan Carlos I being sworn in

AP IMAGES

Logrono, Spain - Nov. 2, 1938

58. General Franco makes a salute on a visit to Logrono, Nationalist Spain

Universal Newsreel

1951

no date or location available

59. Frank Sinatra appears in public with his bride, the glamorous Ava Gardner. The occasion is the premiere of Sinatra's movie "Meet Danny Wilson".

AP IMAGES

60. Entertainer Frank Sinatra is shown in this 1970 photograph

LEADIN:

Elvis Presley would have turned 80 in 2015, and Frank Sinatra 100.

The King of Rock and Roll and ' Ol' Blue Eyes' are just two of the famous names from the world of celebrity, royalty and politics who are set to be remembered throughout next year.

STORYLINE :

Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 80th birthday on January 8, 2015.

The self styled 'king of rock-'n'-roll' was born on Jan. 8th, 1935, in Tupelo, Miss.

The popular teen idol won hearts around the world and helped create youth culture in the fifties.

Despite his promising musical career, the young Presley was called up for military service with the US army, joining in 1958.

In 1967 he married Priscilla Ann Beaulieu, exchanging vows in the Aladdin Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.

After one of the most successful recording careers in history, the rock n'roll icon died at the young age of 42 on Aug. 16, 1977 at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn..

A giant of British politics, Winston Churchill, will be remembered in 2015.

His leadership was influential in both World Wars of the twentieth century.

On the 3rd of September 1939, Britain, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, followed by France, South Africa and Canada.

One year later, in 1940, Winston Churchill became prime minister.

Extremely popular and famous for his inspiring speeches, Churchill became the driving force that would keep the British people hopeful for victory.

He died fifty years ago on Jan 24, 1965.

During Churchill's tenure, a boy was born in Jamaica who would inspire a legion of devoted fans.

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945. His reggae songs and lyrics, promoting social justice, made him an icon around the world.

The Wailers were founded by Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh - all of whom famously espoused smoking the "holy herb", or cannabis.

Marley's legend lives on today - in 2014 a U.S. private equity firm announced it had joined his family in hopes of building what it touts as the "world's first global cannabis brand."

Seattle-based Privateer Holdings said it had reached a licensing deal with Marley's heirs to offer marijuana strains, including ones famed in Jamaica, where regulations permit by late 2015. It also plans to sell weed-infused lotions, creams and various accessories.

A quarter of a century ago, on February 11 1990, Nelson Mandela was freed from prison.

Mandela, who died in December 2013, became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century, after he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa.

In the 1950s, Mandela sought universal rights through peaceful means but was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 for leading a campaign of sabotage against the government.

Thousands died, or were tortured or imprisoned in the decades-long struggle against apartheid, which deprived the black majority of the vote, the right to choose where to live and travel, and other basic freedoms.

So when inmate No. 46664 went free after 27 years, walking hand-in-hand with his wife Winnie out of a prison on the South African mainland, people worldwide rejoiced.

Mandela raised his right fist in triumph, and in his autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," he would write: "As I finally walked through those gates ... I felt - even at the age of seventy-one - that my life was beginning anew."

The musician, Eric Clapton, will celebrate his 70th birthday in 2015.

Clapton, who was born on March 30, 1945, has enjoyed a successful music career since the sixties.

In 2007 he wrote a memoir in which he recalled trading heroin addiction for alcoholism, suffering disastrous love affairs, contemplating suicide while armed with a bottle of vodka, a gram of blow and a shotgun.

Ten years ago on April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died.

The popular pontiff from Poland was loved by millions of Catholics around the world.

Pope John Paul II is rightly credited with having helped bring down communism, of inspiring a new generation of Catholics with a globe-trotting papacy and of explaining church teaching on a range of hot-button issues as Christianity entered its third millennium.

But the sexual abuse scandal that festered under his watch remains a stain on his legacy.

On April 12, 1975, France mourned the death of dancer Josephine Baker.

Born June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, she was the independent oldest child of a domestic and a musician, influenced by the cultural milieu of her neighbourhood and city, the family's poverty, and a race riot in nearby East St. Louis, Ill.

Baker ran off from St. Louis with an all-black travelling road show, the Dixie Steppers, at the age of 13 and was a sensation in Paris before she turned 20. She spent most of her life in France, obtaining French citizenship.

Another icon of the 20th century T.E. Lawrence died eighty years ago on May 19, 1935.

Better known as Lawrence of Arabia, the British soldier and cartographer fought alongside Arabs against the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the First World War.

He led an army across a hostile desert in Saudi Arabia in May 1917 and launched a surprise attack on the Red Sea port of Aqaba, capturing the town and marking a decisive moment in the Arab uprising.

T.E. Lawrence died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident.

A modern icon, actress, director and campaigner Angelina Jolie will celebrate her fortieth birthday on June 4 2015.

In 2014 Jolie, a UN special envoy, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague launched an international protocol to help governments across the world clamp down on rape in war zones at a conference they jointly hosted to call for the end of sexual violence in conflict.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling will celebrate her 50th Birthday on July 31, 2015.

The Harry Potter series has sold more than 450 million copies around the world.

Rowling has also published a novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy," and written detective thriller "The Cuckoo's Calling" under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

In 2013 film studio Warner Bros. announced that Rowling will write the screenplay for a movie based on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," her textbook to the magical universe she created in the boy wizard's stories.

The story will focus on the book's fictitious author, Newt Scamander, and is anticipated to be the first in a series.

The filming of the latest Bond movie currently is underway in London, but in 1965 there was great excitement ahead of the Paris premiere of Goldfinger, starring Sean Connery.

The handsome actor posed for the cameras before entering the cinema.

Connery, a relatively unknown Scottish actor and former bodybuilder, was cast as Bond against the wishes of studio United Artists, which wanted an established star such as Cary Grant for the role.

Connery quit acrimoniously after six films. There was a long-running legal battle with screenwriter Kevin McClory over rights to the "Thunderball" script.

The result was the unofficial Bond film "Never Say Never Again," which saw 52-year-old Connery return after a decade away from the role.

Connery is now looking forward to celebrating his 85th birthday on August 25, 2015.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth is set to become the longest ever reigning monarch in British history on September 9, 2015.

Queen Elizabeth II will enter the history books when she overtakes her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on September 9, 2015.

Queen Elizabeth will be 89 years by that date.

The Queen was already on the British throne for over two decades by the time the Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco died in November 1975, replaced by his prot�g� Prince Juan Carlos.

Franco led a military uprising against Spain's elected Republican government in 1936, starting the civil war his fascist forces eventually would win.

Franco's regime ended when he died Nov. 20, 1975, after nearly 40 years in power. He was 82.

King Juan Carlos came to power, two days after the death of Franco. He endeared himself to many by putting down an attempted military coup in 1981 when he was a young and largely untested head of state.

As Spain's new democracy matured and the country transformed itself from an economic laggard into Europe's fourth-largest economy, the king played a largely figurehead role.

He was a stabilising force in a nation with restive, independence-minded regions like Catalonia and the northern Basque region. He abdicated in 2014 and was replaced by his son Felipe.

A star was born nearly one hundred years ago on December 12 1915.

Frank Sinatra, often known as 'ol blue eyes', became a legend of both stage and screen.

Francis Albert Sinatra was born Dec. 12, 1915, in a working-class neighbourhood of Hoboken, N.J.

His songs were classics and crossovers: "Night and Day," "Young at Heart," "One for My Baby," "How About You?" "Day by Day," and "Come Fly With Me." With daughter Nancy he recorded "Somethin' Stupid," a No. 1 smash during the rock era. In the '90s he teamed with modern pop stars on the "Duets" albums.

His movie credits included musicals - "Anchors Aweigh," "On the Town," "Guys and Dolls," "The Tender Trap," "High Society," "Pal Joey" - and grittier fare, such as "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Man With the Golden Arm," and his comeback picture in 1953, "From Here to Eternity," for which he won the Academy Award as supporting actor.

By the time he wed Miss Gardner in 1951 the singer, who had earned some $ 1 million a year, had been cut loose by his agents. His tempestuous marriage to Miss Gardner ended in 1953.

His salvation came in the form of a movie: "From Here to Eternity," in which he portrayed Pvt. Angelo Maggio. He won the Oscar, was back on top of the charts by the end of 1954, and, by 1957, ABC guaranteed him $ 7 million on a three-year contract.

He was again breaking box-office records by the end of the 1950s and was head of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford.

Sinatra organised John F. Kennedy's inaugural gala, but was frozen out of the Kennedy circle because of his reputed mob connections. The Rat Pack era would flame out after President Kennedy's assassination.

In 1963, Sinatra's 19-year-old son Frank Jr., was abducted by two armed men from a motel in Stateline, Nev. Sinatra had his son freed within two days after paying $ 240,000 in ransom.

A 1966 marriage to Mia Farrow ended two years later. In 1971, he gave his "farewell concert." But he didn't stay away long.

He was married for the last time in 1976, to Barbara Marx, former wife of Zeppo Marx, and would develop strong links with the Reagan White House.

He received the Kennedy Centre honour in 1983 and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Reagan in 1985.

Sinatra died on May 15, 1998, aged 82.

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JORDAN OSCAR

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Amman, Jordan – 7 January 2016

1. Various of Bassel Ghandour, Producer of the film 'Theeb' watching a promo for the film

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bassel Ghandour, Producer:

"We'll start with the first surprise, the first surprise was really getting into the Venice Film Festival, that we really didn't expect. You know, it's the oldest film festival in the world, and it's one of the most prestigious, so just getting in there was a surprise. The other one would be, the other beautiful moment that I'd like to, that I look back at, is the first screening of the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival when we had the actors with us, and we had a big part of the production team, and the camera team, and everyone was there. The audience really received the film well and we had a standing ovation of over ten minutes. Obviously, we were watching the film nervous but it is also like watching the film for the first time for us, because it's such a new setting. It was the first time the actors saw the film so for them that was, you know, that was something magical. It was even their first time in a cinema, they'd never been in a cinema before, so to be in a cinema for the first time and watch themselves on a big screen, you know that's really something."

Handout courtesy of Bassel Chandour

3. Scene from the film 'Theeb'

AP Television

Amman, Jordan – 7 January 2016

4. SOUNDBITE: (English), Bassel Ghandour, Producer:

"And the second big surprise was the Oscar shortlist announcement which came to me at three in the morning when Naji our director called me and woke me up, and I'm like 'why you are waking me up at 3 a.m.?' and he's like 'you know we made the shortlist' so that was, you know, celebrations. And we're anxiously waiting for the nominations now but we are very proud of what we have achieved so far, the entire film crew is proud of this thing, proud of the film."

Handout courtesy of Bassel Chandour

5. Scene from the film 'Theeb'

AP Television

Al-Shakriyeh, Jordan - 9, January 2016

6. Various of Jacir Eid al-Hwietat, Bedouin amateur actor who played Theeb, and Hussein Salameh al-Sweilhiyeen, who played Theeb's brother Hussein, walking in the location where they filmed Theeb

7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jacir Eid al-Hwietat, Bedouin amateur actor who played Theeb:

"I'm now a celebrity among my friends. I wished to be a police officer when I grow up, but after the film Theeb I wish to take part in acting, if I get the chance, in other movies."

8. Mid of al-Hwietat and and al-Sweilhiyeen sitting on ground talking

9. Wide of landscape, mountains of Wadi Rum

10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Salameh al-Sweilhiyeen, Bedouin amateur actor who played Theeb's brother Hussein:

"I was astonished and I was very happy because the film represented us as Bedouins and can reach this level of success, and raise the bar of the Arab and Jordanian cinema industry. I'm very happy, and I hope that this film will win the Oscar, and will spread widely, because this film has shown the real life of Bedouins, it has shown the life and traditions of Bedouins. I'm very happy because this has become a global film, and that people worldwide are interested in watching this film."

AP Television

Amman, Jordan - 7 January 2016

11. Various of George David, general manager of the Royal Film Commission, talking at his office

12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) George David, general manager of the Royal Film Commission:

"At the beginning of 2000, the film industry in Jordan evolved. Before the year 2000 we didn't see any Jordanian movie reach international levels, we didn't expect any Jordanian film to compete for the Oscar. We are very proud of this progress, and we are sure that this progress will continue. The Film Commission is following up with the new technology in filmmaking and we try to give filmmakers the means and information that will help them to achieve success in this field."

Handout courtesy of Bassel Chandour

13. Scene from the film 'Theeb'

LEADIN:

A drama set among Bedouin tribesman is the first Jordanian film to be in contention for an Oscar.

'Theeb' (Wolf) is short-listed in the Best Foreign Language Film category and uses amateur Bedouin actors in its cast.

STORYLINE:

These are exciting times for producer Bassel Ghandour.

His film 'Theeb' has been short-listed for one of the movie industry's most prestigious honours - an Oscar.

The coming-of-age drama set among Bedouin tribesmen is a contender for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

It tops an already wild ride for cast and crew, climaxing in the 2014 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

"It's the oldest film festival in the world, and it is one of the most prestigious, so just getting in there was a surprise," says Ghandour.

"The audience really received the film well and we had a standing ovation of over ten minutes."

"It was the first time the actors saw the film so for them that was something magical. It was even their first time in a cinema, they'd never been in a cinema before, so to be in a cinema for the first time and watch themselves on a big screen, you know that is really something," he adds.

"Theeb" (Wolf), set in 1916, tells the story of a playful 11-year-old Bedouin boy of the same name.

He gets caught up in his tribe's alliance with the British against Ottoman rulers during the era's Arab Revolt.

Billed as a "Bedouin Western" and an authentic portrayal of Bedouin culture, it's one of nine movies short-listed in its category.

The final five will be announced on Thursday.

But even making the short-list is a dream come true for Ghandour.

"Naji our director called me and woke me up, and I'm like 'why you are waking me up at 3 a.m.?' and he's like 'you know we made the short-list' so that was, you know, celebrations," he says.

"And we're anxiously waiting for the nominations now but we are very proud of what we have achieved so far, the entire film crew is proud of this thing," he continues.

The amateur cast are from a Bedouin clan that lives in in al-Shakriyeh, a small village in Wadi Rum.

The area's striking rock formations make a stunning backdrop for the drama, which was filmed over five weeks.

The young actors have now resumed their normal lives.

But appearing in this film has been a life-changing experience for the 15-year-old who played the title role.

"I'm now a celebrity among my friends. I wished to be a police officer when I grow up, but after the film Theeb I wish to take part in acting if I get the chance in other movies," says Jacir Eid al-Hwietat.

His cousin Hussein Salameh al-Sweilhiyeen starred alongside him as his brother.

The film's success has come as a welcome surprise.

"I was astonished and I was very happy because the film represented us as Bedouins and can reach this level of success, and raise the bar of the Arab and Jordanian cinema industry," he says.

"I hope that this film will win the Oscar, and will spread widely, because this film has shown the real life of Bedouins," al-Sweilhiyeen adds.

Theeb is the first potential Oscar contender produced by Jordan's nascent film industry.

Amin Mataqla's 'Captain Abu Raed' was put forward in 2008 but never made the short-list.

The industry is helped by the Royal Film Commission which has provided training and promotion for domestic filmmakers and their productions.

"Before the year 2000 we didn't see any Jordanian movie reach international levels, we didn't expect any Jordanian film to compete for the Oscar," says George David, general manager of the Royal Film Commission.

"We are very proud of this progress and we are sure that this progress will continue. The Film Commission is following up with the new technology in filmmaking and we try to give filmmakers the means and information that will help them to achieve success in this field," he continues.

If Theeb secures the nomination, its Bedouin actors have already decided what to wear for Hollywood's red carpet event: black robes, the Bedouin version of formal attire, instead of the beige ones for every day.

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HEADLINE: Falcons owner breaks silence on Vick situation

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CAPTION: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Tuesday that facts, and not emotions, are needed in pursuing a course of action following quarterback Michael Vick's indictment on dogfighting charges. (July 24)

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New York - 7 March 2018

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"In light of the amount of misinformation that's out there, some of which has been disseminated by Mr. Cohen and others, she (Stormy Daniels) believes it's important that the public learn the truth about what happened."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"Your lawsuit - her lawsuit states that she had an intimate relationship with the president. But let's not bother to be delicate. Did she have a sexual relationship with the president?"

UPSOUND (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"Yes."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"The point of this 'hush agreement,' as you call it, is the president and his lawyer were attempting to buy her silence. Is that the allegation here, is that what you're claiming?"

UPSOUND (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"Exactly."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"And he did in fact - or someone - gave $130,000 dollars to Stormy Daniels, right, the president's lawyer?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"Well, ultimately, we don't know that it's going to show that it came from the president's lawyer, but she did receive $130,000 dollars that was facilitated or routed to her by Mr. Cohen."

SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"Michael Cohen has acknowledged publicly that he facilitated a payment of $130,000 dollars from his own personal funds, in accordance with this agreement."

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"We think it's highly questionable as to whether it came from his personal funds."

UPSOUND (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"You think the president knew about it?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"There's no question the president knew about it at the time. The idea that an attorney would go off on his own, without his client's knowledge and engage in this type of negotiation and enter into this type of agreement, quite honestly, I think is ludicrous."

UPSOUND (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"You make that inference but you don't know, or can you prove that the president knew about this payment?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"We certainly haven't disclosed all the facts and evidence that we're aware of in connection with this, as it relates to the filing of the complaint, and there's many other additional facts and evidence that we have and we think that's going to come to light."

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"...the entity through which the $130,000 dollars gets transferred, somebody signs that - Michael Cohen, on behalf of that entity, and now there's this blank space - Dennison - that's supposed to be the president's signature, according to you. And because it's not there, you say it's unenforceable, that now she's free to talk?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"That's correct. There were three parties to the agreement: my client, Mr. Trump and E.C. (Essential Consultants, LLC). Two of the three signed. Mr. Trump did not sign. We believe that that was so that he could later claim deniability. And therefore, from a legal perspective, we believe she's free to talk."

SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"Here's the problem. She accepted $130,000 dollars - does she have to return it? I mean, there's - she received payment -she got what she contracted for, did she not?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"No, absolutely not, because that agreement - it's not just about the $130,000 dollars - there's other obligations of Mr. Trump pursuant to that agreement, there's release obligations and other things and it's our positions that those - that the entire agreement is null and void, because he did not sign it. Now, she may ultimately return the money."

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"She's looking to disclose the truth about what happened."

SOUNDBITE (English) Savannah Guthrie, TODAY show anchor:

"Would you say she won't accept money to tell her story publicly if she prevails in your lawsuit?"

SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' Attorney:

"I'm not going to make that representation. I don't think she's ultimately determined what she's going to do. But at this point, in light of the amount of misinformation that Mr. Cohen has put out there to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and others, I think it's time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who's telling the truth."

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STORYLINE:

A porn star who has said she had sex with Donald Trump filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement and "set the record straight," her lawyer said Wednesday.

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday. She alleges that the agreement she signed days before the 2016 presidential election, which prevented her from discussing the alleged sexual encounters, is "null and void and of no consequence" because Trump didn't personally sign it.

Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said on morning news shows Wednesday that she wants "to set the record straight." He said on NBC there was "no question" Trump knew about the agreement, though he did not offer any proof.

Avenatti said Daniels wasn't looking to profit from her story. But he told CBS: "I don't know whether she's going to ultimately seek payment or not.

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