Dame Judi Dench pens open letter to UK newspaper regarding ‘The Crown’

Lara Spencer reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.
2:29 | 10/20/22

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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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