Transcript for Dame Judi Dench pens open letter to UK newspaper regarding ‘The Crown’
>>> YOU'RE GETTING ALL WARMED UP
FOR "POP NEWS."
>> WITH GOOD REASON, A LOT TO
TALK ABOUT, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY.
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ONE
OF BRITAIN'S MOST BELOVED
ACTORS, DAME JUDI DENCH GOING
HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR SHOWING SAYING "THE
CROWN" SHOULD AD A DISCLAIMER
SAYING IT'S NOT BIOGRAPHICAL AND
FICTIONALIZED DRAMA.
DENCH PENNING AN OPEN LETTER TO
"THE TIMES" WRITING THE SERIES
SEEMS WILLING TO BLUR THE LINES
BETWEEN HISTORICAL ACCURACY AND
CRUDE SENSATIONALISM.
IT COMES DAYS AFTER FORMER PRIME
MINISTER JOHN MAJOR DENIED AN
APPARENT STORY LINE IN THE NEW
SEASON THAT IT EVER HAPPENED
DEPICTING PRINCE CHARLES
APPROACHING THE FORMER PM HOPING
TO GET HIM ON BOARD TO REMOVE
HIS MOTHER FROM THE THRONE.
MAJOR CALLING IT A BARREL LOAD
OF MALICIOUS NONSENSE.
NETFLIX HAS REFUSED ALL REQUESTS
TO ADD A DISCLAIMER SAYING WE
HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE OUR
MEMBERS UNDERSTAND IT'S A WORK
OF FICTION BROADLY BASED ON
HISTORICAL EVENTS, SEASON 5
BEGINS STREAMING WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 9th.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD
TO IT AND A LOT TO LOOK AT, I AM
TOO.
>>> HEY, IN MUSIC NEWS, IT'S
TIME FOR THE COUNTDOWN TO
"MIDNIGHTS" AND WE ARE JUST
HOURS AWAY FROM THE BIG RELEASE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER WE TOLD YOU HOW SHE WAS
SHARING LINES FROM HER SONGS ON
SPOTIFY BILLBOARDS HERE IN TIMES
SQUARE AND IN LONDON AND NOW HER
WORDS ARE POPPING UP IN HER
HOMETOWN OF NASHVILLE, IN BRAZIL
AND EVEN MEXICO CITY.
ONE READING, JUST LIKE
CLOCKWORK, THE DOMINOS CASCADED
IN A LINE.
TAYLOR SAYS THE SONGS ARE BASED
ON STORIES OF 13 SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT HER
LIFE AND HER BOYFRIEND, JOE ALL
WIN HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF
THE CREDITED SONGWRITERS ALONG
WITH ZOE KRAVITZ.
"MIDNIGHTS" RELEASED TONIGHT AT
THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT.
>>> FINALLY, GUY, DRAKE IS
SHARING A HUMBLING REMINDER OF
HOW HARDEST'S WORKED FOR HIS
SUCCESS.
SHOWING THIS INVOICE ON
INSTAGRAM IF YOU CAN READ THAT,
IT SAYS HE WAS PAID JUST $100 TO
OPEN FOR ICE CUBE BACK IN 2006.
TODAY DRAKE IS WORTH $250
MILLION.
MORAL OF THE STORY, DRAKE TELLS
FANS, THIS IS FOR ANYBODY
GETTING $100 A SHOW RIGHT NOW,
KEEP GOING.
>> WOW.
>> PRETTY GREAT.
>> PRETTY GREAT.
AND THAT'S "POP NEWS."
>> $100.
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