#My first image of Bit and Mia was from 2009

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I MIGHT BE COOKING SOMETHING but no promises any time soon.

This team of characters have literally been stewing in my brain inconsistently for the past 15 years, probably from when I first finished playing PMD Rescue Team Red.

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Let’s Try That Again; The 10 Best Horror Movie Remakes

The horror movie remake is a polarizing topic that drives the horror community crazy. You either love remakes, or hate them. Few horror movie re-imaginings have been able to rise above their “remake” branding. Too many fans chalking their existence up to exploiting a film or franchise’s existing fandom, being made purely for profit, being rushed, or re-envisioning iconic characters to a lesser extent.

Despite not being received with open arms, there are a select few remakes that stand above the pack – converting their audiences of naysayers into rabid fans, re-invigorating the franchise they birthed from. Here are our picks for the 10 best horror movie remakes!

  10. Friday the 13th (2009)

Against the advice of locals and police, Clay (Jared Padalecki) scours the eerie woods surrounding Crystal Lake for his missing sister. But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees lies in wait for a chance to use his razor-sharp machete on Clay and the group of college students who have come to the forest to party.

  Alright, I may get a lot of flack for putting this one on the list. But I really do love the Friday the 13th remake. It’s over the top, it’s got everything you want in a slasher, and there’s exactly 13 kills. While it doesn’t hold a torch to the original from 1980, this 2009 remake directed by Marcus Nispel ain’t half bad. There’s some really fun kills and a bit of back story about Jason.

  9. Piranha 3D (2010)

Spring break turns gory when an underground tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, carnivorous fish into Lake Victoria, a popular waterside resort. Local cop Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) must join forces with a band of unlikely strangers — though they are badly outnumbered — to destroy the ravenous creatures before everyone becomes fish food.

  Piranha 3D is the perfect summer film! The original was released in 1978 and was titled simply Piranha. In 2010 we got a 3D remake that took the thriller element from the original and added way more boobs. And humor. And blood. Piranha 3D is a cheesy gore-fest. Directed by Alexandre Aja, it has an all-star cast including Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd and Jerry O’Connell. A great flick to watch in a group while vacationing at a lake. Just make sure to maybe check there’s not another lake under that lake.. filled with ancient piranhas.

  8. Quarantine (2008)

Reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) are doing a story on night-shift firefighters for a reality-TV program. A late-night distress call takes them to a Los Angeles apartment building, where the police are investigating a report of horrific screams. The TV team and emergency workers find an old woman, who suddenly attacks with teeth bared. What’s more, Angela and company find that the building has been sealed by CDC workers. Then the attacks really begin.

  [REC] (2007) is a Spanish found footage film directed by Jaume Balagueró. The film is absolutely terrifying and exactly how found footage should be done. One year later came the American remake Quarantine, directed by John Erick Dowdle. Both films follow the exact same story, so there’s not a lot of surprises watching the American remake. Both films also set up for a bunch of sequels, some of which are really great. The American version stars Jennifer Carpenter in the lead role, who does a great job carrying the story. I won’t say much more because both of these films should be watched with no prior knowledge of the story. The first time I saw the ending was one of the few times I’ve screamed out loud while watching a horror film. I apologized profusely to my neighbors.

  7. Evil Dead (2013)

Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family’s remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

  Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead was originally released in 1981. A campy, low-budget film that became an instant cult classic. In 2013, Fede Alverez’s re-imagined the beloved story of Ash and his deadites, creating a darker, more sinister interpretation. One of the biggest changes, was opting for an incredible female lead played by Jan Levy.  The film is deliciously dark, and only embellishes the silly, zany palate of the Evil Dead Franchise.  There’s been a lot of chatter about a sequel being in the works,��but nothing concrete.

  6. Willard (2003)

Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard (Crispin Glover) befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father’s deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother (Jackie Burroughs) and his father’s old partner, Frank (R. Lee Ermey). Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.

  Willard was released in 1973 and the remake came years later to screens in 2003. It stars Crispin Glover in one of his best roles, and a crap tone of rats. Glen Morgan directed this awesome remake and fills it with everything you’d want in a terrifying situation about killer rats. Glover shines on-screen as a total weirdo and carries the film with perfection. If you weren’t scared of rats before, you will be after this flick ends.

  5. The Grudge (2004)

Matthew Williams (William Mapother), his wife, Jennifer (Clea DuVall), and mother, Emma (Grace Zabriskie), are Americans making a new life in Tokyo. Together they move into a house that has been the site of supernatural occurrences in the past, and it isn’t long before their new home begins terrorizing the Williams family as well. The house, as it turns out, is the site of a curse that lingers in a specific place and claims the lives of anyone that comes near.

  An American remake from the Japanese original Ju-On: The Grudge released in 2002. The remake, directed by Takashi Shimizu, the same person who directed the original, is terrifying. Back in the early 2000’s it was harder for North Americans to access J-horror and horror audiences were grateful for an accessible remake. Starring Sarah Michelle Geller in the lead role, she carries the story with grace. There’s so many memorable moments and jump scares. While I do recommend The Grudge, I say go crazy and watch both the original and remake one after the other. Have the pants scared off of you!

  4. The Fly (1986)

  When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly’s cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle’s girlfriend (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.

  Originally released in 1958, it was a long time before The Fly remake came around in 1986. The original movie was adapted from a short story written by George Langelaan. The remake was directed by the always impressive David Cronenberg and starred Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Both brought insane performances to this movie which makes it such a great remake. Of course, it is Cronenberg, so…you know…don’t eat while you’re watching it.

  3. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

When her husband is attacked by a zombified neighbor, Ana (Sarah Polley) manages to escape, only to realize her entire Milwaukee neighborhood has been overrun by the walking dead. After being questioned by cautious policeman Kenneth (Ving Rhames), Ana joins him and a small group that gravitates to the local shopping mall as a bastion of safety. Once they convince suspicious security guards that they are not contaminated, the group bands together to fight the undead hordes.

  The original Dawn of the Dead was a fantastic, beautiful, groundbreaking film from Romero, released in 1978. The remake came in 2004, helmed by James Gunn and Zack Snyder. What stands out about this remake is how far they veer from the source material. But it works! The film boasts a strong cast featuring Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, and Jake Weber, to name a few. There’s also some heart-breaking moments and genuine scares. Oh, and zombies. Lots of those.

  2. The Ring (2002)

It sounds like just another urban legend — a videotape filled with nightmarish images leads to a phone call foretelling the viewer’s death in exactly seven days. Newspaper reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is skeptical of the story until four teenagers all die mysteriously exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery.

  Another J-horror American remake. Ringu was first released in 1998 based on the book Ring by Koji Suzuki. In 2002, along came The Ring directed by Gore Verbinski. This was a huge deal for us teenagers in the early 2000’s and made us all terrified of our landlines. The Ring is beautifully shot and colored mystery. It’s a wonderfully done film. It stars Naomi Watts as the mother fighting to save herself and her child, played by David Dorfman.

  1. The Thing (1982)

In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

  You didn’t think I’d make this list without The Thing did you? Come on! Originally titled The Thing from Another World and released in 1951, the remake was done by John Carpenter in 1982. The Thing is probably the one film everyone will agree on. It’s perfection on-screen. Giant, snowy, cold landscapes filled with unbearable tension and fear. An outstanding performance from all involved – but Kurt Russell stands out on top. Amazing practical effects and a terrifying premise, The Thing is the penultimate remake. They actually remade this again in 2011, but let’s not talk about that..

  Those are our picks for the 10 Best Horror Movie Remakes! Are any of your favorites on this list? If not, let us know what your favorite horror remakes are in the comments below, or over in our Facebook Group!

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Aries, Taurus, Sagittarius, 8th house? (Astrology asks)

Aries: what are you passionate about?

Several things, but I guess I would say I’m most passionate about my education, trying to help my family/friends/loved ones be as happy as they can be, and music (as in listening to it and appreciating music and music history, I haven’t played in an instrument in a looooong time. Haha)

Taurus: name 3 of your favorite books.

1) Different Seasons by Stephen King. It was a book made up of four novellas (Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Breathing Method, The Body). It’s a book I try to go back and read every year or two. It was a different work for King at the time because up until that point (1982) he had only written horror stories like Carrie, Salem’s Lot, Cujo, Skeleton Crew, etc. This was really the first time he wrote just straight dramatic stories. There are still horror elements in the novellas, but nothing supernatural. There’s also a nice afterword where he writes about what it’s like to be typecast as a horror writer and how he came to accept that and he talks a bit about how he came to write these different stories. 

Fun Fact: “The Body” became the 1986 film Stand By Me. Very good. Follows the story very well. Actually, every novella except for “The Breathing Method” has been made into a movie. Definitely recommend it! 

2) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When I read it in 11th grade I really liked it, but didn’t appreciate the genius of it until we read it last semester for class. The wordplay, the story, the style of the whole thing is just a joy to read. I think Fitzgerald is able to wonderfully show the decadence and the sin of his age through his iconic and interesting characters. And while I recognize that symbols like the Green Light or the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg are played out and only brought up to high school kids that don’t know what symbolism is, or none of the characters are truly likeable, it does a fantastic job at keeping me entertained through the whole thing. And that’s what I think a good book is supposed to do. Every time I read that final line (”so we beat on boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past”) I just sit back and go, “Shit, dude. If only I could write something like that…” It’s a work of genius and I just really enjoy it. 

My favorite film version will forever be the 1974 one. Every time I have to picture Daisy Buchanan I just see the image of Mia Farrow playing her. 

3) Big Sur by Jack Kerouac. I would like to take a moment and quote a few sentences from a book that my English professor/mentor (you know the one!) wrote regarding this book.

“Big Sur is a modern morality play on the demon rum with a first-person vengeance and the ‘Nadir Ray’ turned up to ‘11’. It was Kerouac’s last roar.“

“No swan song this, but more like the prolonged bellow from an alcoholic deathbed.“

I was first exposed to Kerouac in March of this year. I read On the Road for the first time and I enjoyed it. There were scenes I enjoyed and it was interesting to see how Kerouac took the real and made it into fiction (for better or worse)… Then I read Big Sur and I couldn’t put it down. You ever watch footage of a trainwreck? You want to look away but you simply can’t. Kerouac’s goal as a writer was to be as authentically him on the page as possible, and I think Big Sur is where he pulls that off best. He’s a complete fuckin’ mess through this entire thing! But it’s so fascinating to read. You feel so bad for this guy who’s suffering so hard and it’s sad to see how much his “Beat vision” got twisted by people. Here you get a front row seat to the famous writer spiraling down the track and just getting sloshed and wasted and burned out. It’s a shame, but it makes for an interesting read. If I had to sum up the book in one word, it would be this: CHAOS. If On the Road wasn’t your cup of tea, this might suit you better. 

Fun Fact: There was a whole album that was made based off this book in 2009 by Ben Gibbard (from Death Cab for Cutie) and Jay Farrar (from Son Volt). Titled, One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur. A lot of the lyrics are just words pulled straight from the book. It’s worth a listen if you’re interested. A number of the tracks were featured in the documentary that was made on Big Sur (Same name as the album.)

Sagittarius: if you could travel to any place in the world, where would it be?

Egypt to see the Great Pyramids of Giza. I just think they’re neat and I’ve always wanted to see them. It’s also where one of my favorite Grateful Dead shows was performed in September of 1978, so I’d like to see it for that too, hahaha. 

I would also like to see Barcelona, Spain to see La Sagrada Familia. It was the giant (unfinished) cathedral of famed Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi. Often considered to be his masterpiece. Google a picture of it, it’s gorgeous. I look at that thing and just think, “Wow. A human being actually designed that and people actually built (most of) it.” 

8th house: Do you believe in reincarnation?

Sure. I mean, I don’t know what happens when we die so anything is certainly possible. I believe we all ascend to Heaven/Hell when we’re gone but if we don’t, then I imagine we are reincarnated into something else. (I apologize if that answer didn’t make much sense.)

This ended up being longer than I thought it would. I hope all of these answers were sufficient! Thank you for asking Anisa! :) 

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What do we know about Archie’s christening?

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, has been christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.

Harry and Meghan ruffled some feathers when they announced the event would be held privately and that details, such as the names of godparents, would not be released.

So what do we know about the christening and how does it compare to other ceremonies in the UK?

Numbers

Baptisms are a must for Windsor babies.

The Queen is Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England and royal infants are often welcomed into the Christian faith within weeks of being born.

George was christened when he was three months old, Charlotte was only nine weeks and Louis was 11 weeks, while Archie will be exactly two months old on 6 July.

Harry was baptised at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 21 December 1984 when he was three months and six days old.

George was the first future monarch in modern times not to be baptised at Buckingham Palace, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge choosing the intimate Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace instead in 2013.

Statistics show the number of baptisms performed by the Church of England during this period has declined from 135,000 in 2009 to just under 93,000 by 2017.

The christening gown

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Image caption Princess Charlotte on her christening day wearing the family gown

Archie was christened in the frilly cream royal christening gown, like his cousins.

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis all wore the outfit for their christenings, as did Zara and Mike Tindall’s daughters Mia and Lena.

The replica of the intricate lace and satin gown made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter has been used for royal infants for the last 11 years.

The new gown was created by the Queen’s dresser Angela Kelly and the team of dressmakers at Buckingham Palace, and features the same lengthy skirt and elaborate collars and bow as its predecessor.

The original Honiton lace and white satin robe, which was made in 1841, was last used in 2004, after which the Queen commissioned the handmade copy so the historic outfit, which had become too fragile to use, could be carefully preserved.

Unlike the royals, many parents in the UK now choose to dress up their little ones in “smart” but less formal clothing which has led to sales of traditional christening gowns going down.

The cake

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Image caption Harry and Meghan’s wedding cake – did they save a tier for the christening?

Traditionally, newlyweds would keep the top tier of their wedding cake for the christening of their first child, just like William and Kate did with their seven-tier fruit cake.

Fruit cakes, which for years were the traditional wedding cake of choice, can be stored for years, but sponge cakes should generally be eaten within two to three days.

But Harry and Meghan chose a layered lemon and elderflower sponge cake, decorated with fresh buttercream for their wedding reception.

Lily Jones, owner of London bakery Lily Vanilli, says that sponge cakes can be frozen and defrosted up to a year after the wedding.

She told the BBC: “No-one really orders fruit cake any more – I think in the last 10 years I’ve only had about three orders for it.

“But we get quite a lot of christening cake requests. Most people are more concerned with the decoration and they tend to be quite traditional – white flowers, crosses, that sort of thing. They are quite simple usually, a bit more pared back.

“All of my customers are quite modern, but there are those nods to tradition. Only a few have ordered a wedding cake with the intention of keeping a layer for the baby, but it sometimes happens – just not very often.”

Godparents

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Royal infants usually have more than the standard three godparents.

Prince Louis has six, Prince George has seven and Princess Charlotte has five.

Speculation is rife that Meghan’s best friend, the Canadian stylist Jessica Mulroney, will be chosen while Harry’s old schoolmates, brothers Thomas and Charlie van Straubenzee, could be picked.

Tennis star Serena Williams ruled herself out on Thursday after Meghan watched her play at Wimbledon, as she is playing on Saturday.

The Church of England’s advice states: “You can have as many godparents as you wish, but every child should have at least three, two of the same sex and at least one of the opposite sex to the child.”

Normally under the Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 the names of godparents are publicly listed.

However, it is understood that to protect the privacy of the godparents, who are thought to be private individuals and not public figures, their names are not being released.

Presents

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The tradition of giving a silver coin to a young child for their christening goes back centuries and it is though to have links to the Biblical story of the Three Wise Men.

People thought the coin symbolised good luck, but it also served the practical purpose of setting up a nest egg for the child, according to the Royal Mint.

Over the centuries the type of gift has evolved. During the Tudor era people gave silver spoons and in Queen Victoria’s reign people started giving silver trinkets.

Etiquette expert William Hanson told the BBC: “Traditionally the idea is to give something that lasts and is fairly ageless – something that when the child is an adult they can still use and cherish.

“Things made from silver are always popular, or cases of wine made in the year of the birth (if a vintage year, for instance) that can be enjoyed on the child’s coming of age. I suggest people avoid things that are overly infantile, like children’s books, rattles (even silver ones) or cuddly toys. These are not ‘ageless’, however well meant.

“I suspect some of Archie’s godparents (not that we are likely to know) will be American so there may be some presents that have a US provenance, which can help remind him of his transatlantic roots. But I am sure whatever he will receive will be well meant and of great quality.”

Etiquette guide Debrett’s adds: “Premium bonds or other savings accounts may be set up, or a life membership of an organisation, for example the National Trust, may be suitable.”

Prince Harry reportedly bought his youngest nephew, Prince Louis, a first edition of A.A Milne’s Winnie-The-Pooh, for his christening last year.

Harry spent around £8,000 on the book. The gift was inspired by Harry’s childhood memories, a source told The Sun.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

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My five favorite films

1) Gladiator: The magnificent Gladiator is a sprawling, enthralling Roman orgy of blood, passion, betrayal and revenge. It is monumental movie-making: visually thrilling, technically astonishing, and emotionally engaging.Rome, is outstanding (anachronistic, computer-generated "helicopter" shot of the Colosseum included). The key to Gladiator's greatness is Russell Crowe's career-best performance in the lead role.As Maximus Decimus Meridius, he is obliged to combine the courage of the world with the political sense of a devoted family; and he does so brightly, laser stare or a barely intelligible growl. He is simply mesmerizing.Maximus's troubles begin after he has conquered the rebellious tribes of Germany and learns that Caesar (Richard Harris) has chosen him as his successor. When Caesar's son, the whingeing wimp Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), finds out, he grabs power for himself with breathtaking brutality. Maximus flees but is sold into slavery, ending up as a gladiator in Rome, where he eventually confronts the snivelling architect of his misfortunes in the arena.It's an epic tale - most of it pure fiction - eloquently told. But, though the film bagged five Oscars, which was endlessly quotable script ("At my signal, unleash hell") was mystifyingly overlooked. 

2) Gomorra: Matteo Garrone has created a gruelling species of neo-neorealist Italian cinema from Roberto Saviano's bestselling book Gomorra, about the power and reach of the Neapolitan mob: the camorra. The title's bleak play on words is almost inaudible beneath the film's thundering detonation. After the final credits, it is hard to escape the fear, even the despair, that this whole area all of Naples, all of southern Italy, is suitable.The action takes place mostly in and around the tenement buildings of Scampìa in Naples; Garrone presents it as a multi-stranded epic of various characters in various stages up the food chain. The mob has been split by a turf war, called a "secession", signalled in the film's first minute by a grisly gang hit on some camorristi in a tanning salon: plump, self-admiring, nude wiseguys bathed in an eerie blue light, who are shot dead by a blank-faced crew; the killers impassively deposit their weapons in a sports bag held open for them by a female associate waiting for them in the foyer. Then, and at all other times in the film, no police officers or other authority figures take any sort of effective or preventive action, and the Roman Catholic church is utterly absent. The resulting war divides loyalties, and creates ruptures and fissions that discharge individual stories like jetsam.Marco (Marco Macor) and Piselli (Ciro Petrone) are two brash teenagers, obsessed with Brian de Palma's Scarface and with becoming local bosses themselves: a flukey success stealing cocaine at the very beginning emboldens them to draw attention to themselves with suicidally flashy behaviour. An even younger boy, perhaps 12 or 13, is Totò (Salvatore Abruzzese); he yearns to join the mob, but in the meanwhile earns a few euros picking up shopping for a local woman whose husband appears to be "away". Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) is a harassed bean-counter employed by the camorra to patrol the estate's grim walkways and dole out a grotesque sort of maundy-money to its various mendicants and pensioners: widows, the elderly, those who in general need to be kept pacified. Pasquale (Salvatore Cantalupo) is a camorra tailor presiding over vast sweatshops: engine rooms for the fashion industry. He puts himself in mortal danger by giving lucrative "lessons" to Chinese competitors, and has an epiphany of pure horror when he watches TV coverage of Scarlett Johansson at the Venice film festival wearing an outfit that seems worryingly familiar.Finally, and most nauseatingly, there is the chilling, semi-legitimate figure of Franco, played by the incomparable Toni Servillo, a businessman who offers dumping grounds for toxic waste, importing carcinogens from all over the EU by falsifying importation documents, disregarding safety procedures and working with camorra families to gain access to the land where the cancer-inducing garbage can be dumped. (He talks about a shadowy "Zio" figure who turns out to be a hatchet-faced monster who wants the troublesome Marco and Piselli dealt with.) So the cancer rate thereabouts climbs inexorably upwards, while gangsters get rich and get high and get shot in the head.It is not a mob film in the classical vein, because there is no Scarface or central boss figure with whom we are tacitly allowed to become fascinated. There are just scattered villains and victims, filmed with loose, freewheeling energy and attack. The gloomy, underlit interiors are in contrast to spectacular setpieces in broad daylight, such as an extraordinary wedding procession and most appallingly when Marco and Piselli steal some assault rifles from a camorra weapons dump and, as excited as the children they in fact are, try them out on a deserted stretch of wetland. They have first stripped to their underpants, perhaps because they thought their clothes would become stained. (With cordite? Smoke? Blood?) Their gunfire is ear-splittingly, brain-frazzlingly real, and given how commonplace guns and gunfire are in the movies, it is remarkable how rare this is. Garrone also interestingly conveys what the human face looks like when a gun is fired very close by. There are many scenes when we see the bystander's shock; the face goes into spasm, a microsecond after becoming entirely blank, like that of an animal or a corpse.And beneath all this is the corrupt business of importing waste: literally undermining the entirety of southern Italy with the reckless digging and dumping of poisonous industrial excrement, turning the nation into a gigantic public lavatory, a process facilitated by corruption, by a menacing gangster culture enforcing easy land sales, and by a cynical Italian government. The movie omits that part of Roberto Saviano's book which deals with the camorra's link with Britain. But it certainly leaves us pondering the fact that British, and all EU members, donate the money and the political respectability which serves to cover up the whole dysfunctional business. Gomorrah is a powerful example of of that thrilling current of energy which right now is lighting up Italian cinema.

3) Cinema Paradiso: If ever a movie came from the heart, it was Giuseppe Tornatore's nostalgic Cinema Paradiso (1988) now getting a rerelease to celebrate its silver jubilee. A successful but jaded film director recalls his Sicilian childhood: he was a cheeky scamp called Totò (Salvatore Cascio) helping out in the cinema booth, learning to love movie magic and becoming a friend to the old projectionist Salvatore (Philippe Noiret), in a special place whose movies were censored by the local priest, and whose interior was designed to look like a church, with an altar under the screen. Cinema Paradiso is much loved, though I have occasionally been the man in the Bateman cartoon: the reviewer who confessed to finding Cinema Paradiso a bit sugary and the kid really annoying.There's a scene in which Salvatore confesses to the appalled priest his doubts about the loaves and the fishes: journalists have looked similarly outraged when I have murmured my heretical thoughts aloud. It is perhaps down to Ennio Morricone's syrupy score with its disconcerting melodic resemblance to I've Never Been In Love Before from Guys and Dolls. There's no doubt about the brilliance of its central scene: by twisting the projector's glass screen on a fine summer's night, Salvatore reflects the movie image out into the town square, spread over a neighbouring building, for a glorious open-air performance: the sacred spirit has escaped the temple, with exciting but ultimately catastrophic results. And the final "kiss montage" scene is inspired. It's a real experience and a classic. But a sweet tooth is necessary.

4) On my skin: Director Alessio Cremonini painstakingly reconstructs the high-profile true-crime case of 31-year-old Stefano Cucchi, a former heroin addict arrested by the Italian military police for possession of drugs and beaten so sadistically he died in custody a week later, in On My Skin (Sulla mia pelle). As tensely focused as a thriller, the film is gripping from start to finish, which is surprising given the familiarity of the case in Italy. One of its main assets is rising star Alessandro Borghi, who lends searing credibility to the doomed youth with his low-class Roman accent and street wit, and he turns Cucchi’s seven-day decline into death into a heart-breaking calvary.  This case, which happened in 2009, is still in the appeals courts and more trials are upcoming. But Cremonini and his co-scripter Lisa Nur Sultan pull together the various conflicting legal threads into a single, powerful narrative leaving no doubt that the initial beating was the primary cause of death, aggravated by a criminal lack of medical treatment in a series of Roman hospitals. The Netflix release should give new wind to the prosecution, which has been actively spurred on by the victim’s sister Ilaria Cucchi, here played by Jasmine Trinca in a rather small supporting role.Though one of the most infamous cases of the decade and one that rocked public opinion, Cucchi’s is only one of 172 deaths of inmates that occurred in Italian prisons in the year 2009. The emphasis given to this figure at the end of this tense, grueling pic gives one pause.For those who don’t already know the story, the film opens with a hospital orderly on a locked ward discovering Stefano lifeless in his bed, seven days after he was arrested in his car for possession of 20 grams of hashish and a small amount of cocaine. His backstory begins a week earlier with the essentials of the boy’s life: work in his Dad’s engineering office, boxing workouts at the gym, attendance at Mass, carving up bricks of hash in the apartment his folks have bought for him.One night, while joking with a pal in his parked car, a carabiniere patrol car appears out of nowhere; the uniformed military police are soon joined by two off-duty officers in street clothes. When they find 10 packets of hash on Stefano, they run both boys in for questioning. It is the beginning of a nightmare of unrelenting tension. The key scene of the beating, however, takes place offscreen. In a remote police station in the middle of the night, Stefano is shoved into a cell with three officers. When he emerges his face is a mass of bruises, his back hurts and he can barely walk.His condition worsens with each passing day; he can't eat, drink or urinate. What is hard to comprehend is why he insists that “nothing happened” to him when questioned by other police officers; he ironically says that he fell down the stairs. The doctors don’t believe him, but they wash their hands of him and hide behind bureaucratic protocol when he refuses treatment. The scenes fly by swiftly in Chiara Vullo’s no-nonsense edit, with the ever-weaker youth being dragged from jail to hospital and back to jail and stumbling in front of a judge who barely glances at his swollen face. Only to some other inmates does he confess he was beaten by the police who arrested him.  This is clearly a career-changer for Borghi, whose roles have swung from a violent crime lord in Stefano Sollima’s Suburra to a mysterious lover in Ferzan Ozpetek’s Veiled Naples. He is barely recognizable with his shaved head that emphasizes his huge eyes and emaciated frame. Keeping Roberto De Angelis' production design simple and the sets verging on barren, Cremonini makes sure all the attention is focused on the protagonist. The only breakaways are to his upset older parents and his married sister Ilaria, honest middle-class people who live on the wrong side of town, but have struggled to see him clear of the drug trap. Unbelievably, they’re denied access to their son and brother, even after they’re told he’s been hospitalized, and the bureaucratic runaround they’re subjected to is inhuman.Matteo Cocco’s (Pericle) cinematography, clean and limited in its palette, manages to be striking without ever calling attention to itself. Not so the use of Mokadelic’s music, which subscribes to the common modern vice of raising the volume in a misguided attempt to dominate the mood and ends up sounding menacing but maudlin.

5) Life is beautiful: It may have been showered with awards (including three Oscars) and struck box-office gold around the world, but "La Vita è Bella" remains a deeply problematic contribution to the growing body of films about the Holocaust.Written and directed by Italian comedian Roberto Benigni, and photographed by master cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, it is a film of two distinct halves, inspired by Dante's observation that, "There is no bigger tragedy than to remember the happy times during the misery."We begin in late 1930s Tuscany, where the clownish Guido (a permanently grinning Benigni) arrives in the town of Arezzo. Dreaming of opening a bookshop, he finds temporary work as a waiter and begins to woo blushing schoolteacher Dora (Braschi, the director's wife) who's engaged to the local Fascist official. Punctuating this fairy tale love story are moments of Chaplinesque slapstick, including the Jewish Guido's bravura impersonation of a school inspector.The two lovers marry and have an adorable child Giosué (Cantarini), but then several years later the family are deported to a German-run concentration camp. There the father pretends to his son that the brutal conditions and screaming guards are part of an elaborate and bizarre game where points are awarded for good behaviour and first prize is a tank.Music changes with the development of the story, at the beginning it is a colorful, happy music, then it becomes melancholic, sad, but at the same time it is a bearer of hope. Looking at the film superficially it could be criticized negatively because, in some respects, it is in contrast with the story, but the real intent of Benigni is not to stage a documentary, but to bring a smile, even if paradoxically charged of worry and fear, where cruelty and evil reigned. This is one of the characteristic aspects of the film. The Tuscan director has avoided a flat film, too tied to reality, instead creating a film where the plot is comedy-drama, utopia-disenchantment. In fact, the comic scenes are the most dramatic, the most moving, in which a man, Guido, aware of his fate, strives to convince his son that life is beautiful and that its main ingredient is “L'Allegria” (happyness). Also, even when is being brought to be killed, he does not renounce to smile for the last time to his son. Guido knows he is going to meet death, yet he does not hesitate to wink at his son, as a sign of complicity for a "game" in which he had to  contrive any possible ways to survive and to emerge victorious. It was not just a game, it was "the game of life", in which we are often defeated by the evil, but in the end the goodness, innocence and the rationality win over it. The important thing is to hope, smile, love and believe.

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The June 12 primary elections in Virginia, Nevada, Maine, and South Carolina kept many of 2018’s narratives alive and well, with women scoring important wins in Democratic primaries and Trump critics facing the wrath of their Republican base and losing at the ballot box.

Democrats nominated strong candidates for House races in Virginia, where they have a chance to pick up as many as four seats in their bid to retake the chamber, and saw their preferred candidate overwhelmingly approved in the important Nevada Senate race against vulnerable GOP incumbent Dean Heller. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) lost his primary election after President Trump came out against him on election day.

Oh, and Democrats secured another special election win in Wisconsin, having successfully stopped Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to block the elections from happening at all and then coming out on top in one of the contests on Tuesday.

So without further ado, your four winners and three losers from the June 12 primaries.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. Scott Olson/Getty Images

After two Republican state lawmakers stepped down to take spots in Walker’s administration, the Wisconsin governor decided to just not call special elections as state law seemed to clearly demand. His lawyers cooked up a farcical literal reading of state law to justify the decision, but Democrats — led by former Attorney General Eric Holder — intervened, the state courts laughed off Walker’s case as absurd, and so the elections were called.

That was the first part of the liberal win, and the second part came on Tuesday, when Democrats prevailed in one of those special legislative elections. Caleb Frostman won in Senate District 1, where Trump beat Hillary Clinton by 17 points in 2016.

That followed the January special Wisconsin Senate election of Democrat Patty Schachtner, who came out on top in a district that Trump had also won by 17 points. Walker said at the time it should be a “wake-up call” for Wisconsin Republicans.

But Tuesday didn’t look much better for Scott or his party in the Badger State. Wisconsin is an important battleground in 2018, after Trump’s unexpected victory there in 2016. Walker is back on the ballot, with Democrats gunning to finally topple him, and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is seeking her first reelection.

You don’t want to speculate too confidently off special elections, but Democrats in Wisconsin have to feel good about what they’ve seen at the ballot box lately.

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If there’s one thing you don’t want to see on election day, it’s a tweet from the president of the United States endorsing your primary challenger. But that’s precisely what happened to Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) at 4:12 pm.

Mark Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA. He is MIA and nothing but trouble. He is better off in Argentina. I fully endorse Katie Arrington for Congress in SC, a state I love. She is tough on crime and will continue our fight to lower taxes. VOTE Katie!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2018

State Rep. Katie Arrington ran ads attacking Sanford as a “Washington insider” and heavily hinted at Sanford’s sordid history. He resigned from the governor’s office after coming forward about an affair he had with a woman in Argentina in 2009, all while his staff was telling reporters he was “hiking the Appalachian trail.” The saying became something of a euphemism afterward.

But Sanford came back to voters in 2012, saying he was reformed, and won a House seat in the state. Perhaps emboldened by his ability to get voters on his side, he became sharply critical of Trump — even telling him to “just shut up” about his critics during the 2016 campaign. It seems he was a little too confident, and now he’s lost outright to Arrington in Tuesday’s GOP primary.

It seems Trump, who has something of a history with alleged affairs of his own, got his revenge.

Jennifer Wexton won the Democratic primary in the Virginia 10th District. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

Virginia is quietly one of the most important states in the race for the House — at least four seats should be competitive in November — and Democrats have now nominated a woman as their candidate in every one of those important elections.

In the Virginia Second, they nominated veteran Elaine Luria to challenge Rep. Scott Taylor, In the Seventh, Abigail Spanberger got the nod and is now tasked with toppling Dave Brat, one of the most conservative members of the House. And Jennifer Wexton emerged from a crowded primary and will now face Rep. Barbara Comstock, long considered to be one of the most vulnerable House Republicans in the country, in the 10th.

And prior to primary day, in a local Democratic convention, the party picked Leslie Cockburn in the campaign to replace outgoing and scandal-plagued Republican Rep. Tom Garrett. Each of this races is pegged by election forecasters to be either a toss-up or to lean slightly toward the Republicans. These seats would absolutely be in play in a wave year, especially in a state that is consistently trending bluer all the time.

We’ve seen again and again this year that Democratic primary voters want women to be their candidates. Virginia is maybe the starkest evidence yet.

On the heels of Virginia becoming the first state to expand Medicaid under the Trump administration, Wexton won the Democratic primary in the Virginia 10th and is expected to tout her vote in the state Senate to expand the program in her general election campaign against Comstock. How far we’ve come, when Obamacare and Medicaid can be electoral advantages for Democrats.

In Maine, while we can’t be certain just yet, state Attorney General Janet Mills looks to be in a strong position to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination — she, too, ran on a strong pro-Medicaid expansion message. While Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage has blocked it for the better part of a year after voters approved a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, a Mills win in November would probably finish the job, if the courts don’t sooner.

One other bit of good news for Medicaid, even if it wasn’t on the ballot: Nebraska organizers said this week they were optimistic they would secure the signatures they need to put up expansion in a ballot referendum in November. That would make three states — in addition to Idaho and Utah, where Medicaid expansion will definitely be on the ballot — that might take a big step toward extending health coverage to poor residents this year.

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I mean, technically, Heller won his Republican primary, but only after getting embarrassed by Trump last year, then cozying up to the president, who finally urged a credible conservative challenger to drop a primary bid against Heller.

Heller might feel good about that, but the overwhelming victory for Rep. Jacky Rosen, a freshman in Congress with very little statewide name recognition, in the Democratic primary probably doesn’t bode well for what was already going to be a very tough race for Heller. They were already polling neck and neck before Rosen won her primary.

Heller, first appointed in 2011, has a lot of reasons to be worried. He is the only incumbent Republican senator up for reelection in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Even in a pretty dismal national environment, the Harry Reid-powered Nevada Democratic machine helped push Catherine Cortez Masto to a win in the 2016 Senate election.

Heller hasn’t covered himself in glory on Capitol Hill either, initially throwing in his lot with popular Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval on Obamacare repeal (refusing to support anything that the good governor didn’t support, like the first Senate bill) but then shifting gears and putting his name on a plan that would lead to millions fewer Americans having health insurance.

Now he’s officially got Rosen, in the year of the Democratic women, as a challenger. It’s probably not going to get any easier from here.

Honestly, ranked-choice voting seems like a pretty good idea — read the full explainer from Vox’s Ella Nilsen — because it actually creates more consensus than a winner-take-all election.

But we have to rate it a loser after Maine Gov. LePage bluntly stated he probably wouldn’t certify the results of his state’s primary election because he thinks ranked voting is “the most horrific thing in the world.” Now state officials are scrambling on a workaround to get the results certified without LePage. Maine is so far the first state to attempt to institute ranked-choice voting for statewide elections.

From the looks of it, the ranked system will be needed in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, where Mills leads but doesn’t have a majority among primary voters. But first, we might have to wait for a court battle to end LePage’s stunt.

Ranked-choice voting could very well win in the end. But for tonight, it’s a loss.

Republican Eric Brakey almost certainly isn’t going to beat Sen. Angus King (I-ME) in November, but he did win the GOP primary, and that was occasion enough for his previous life as a viral video star to resurface on Twitter.

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On a more serious note — but with an equally slim chance of changing the expected outcome in November — Corey Stewart won the Republican Senate nomination in Virginia, and he will challenge Sen. Tim Kaine in November. Corey Stewart, who has had to repeatedly disavowed his prior friendliness with white supremacists. Corey Stewart, who doesn’t think black people really want Confederate monuments taken down. That Corey Stewart.

This is what a former Republican lieutenant governor had to say about Stewart’s nomination.

I am extremely disappointed that a candidate like Corey Stewart could win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. This is clearly not the Republican Party I once knew, loved and proudly served. Every time I think things can’t get worse they do, and there is no end in sight.

— Bill Bolling (@lgbillbolling) June 13, 2018

Yikes.

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New York Fashion Week: A Lineup of The Most Fashionable Trademark and Copyright Claims

It’s that time of the year again when New York City becomes the most fashionable place on the planet. While I would argue that Manhattan is always fashionable, New York Fashion Week adds a bit of extra excitement, glamour and coolness to the mix.  Fashion Week kicks off this Thursday, February 9 through Thursday, February 16, and as usual, the fashion world is all abuzz over who will be the designer-to-watch.  With eight fully-packed days of runway shows and events, attendees (or more likely, their personal assistants) are furiously looking over the Fashion Week schedule to decide which shows to add to their iPhone calendars.  Interestingly, the schedule itself has actually become a hot topic this year.  Many were surprised to see that several designers were curiously “MIA” from this year’s roster, while other designers (well, actually, only one – rapper turned designer Kanye West) decided to hijack the schedule by planning a runway show on the same day and time as another designer, without first consulting with Fashion Week organizers.

With all this talk about the schedule, I couldn’t help but take a look to see which fashion brands are slated to do runway shows this year.  As an IP lawyer, the very first thing I noticed is that some of the brands arguably have similar names, like Creatures of Comfort and Creatures of the Wind, Jil Sanders and Jill Stuart, and Vivienne Hu and Vivienne Tam.  Uh oh, I think the likelihood of scheduling confusion may be slightly higher this year.  And speaking of likely confusion, I also noticed that many of the designers have had their own fair share of experience dealing with trademark infringement claims, as well as copyright claims, brought by or against them.  So, I thought it would be fun to do a rundown (by schedule) of some of the most fashionable trademark and copyright claims that previously kept some of this year’s Fashion Week designers up at night.

NYFW Day 1 – Rag & Bone

Rag & Bone is set to debut its Fall ready-to-wear collection during Fashion Week’s opening night.  Known for its trendy line of women’s apparel and footwear, the brand is named after the 19th century English “rag and bone” men who scavenged items of others to resell them.  As fate would have it, in 2009 an Oregon-based shoe company called Danner alleged that Rag & Bone was indeed a bone-grubber, for selling combat boots that not only looked strikingly similar to Danner’s boot design, but under the name “Danner Combat Boot by Rag & Bone.”  Danner brought claims in Oregon District Court for trademark infringement, arguing that consumers were likely to be confused as to the source and sponsorship of Rag & Bone’s combat boots.  Not surprisingly, Danner did not allege infringement of the boot design itself, likely due to the fact that its combat boot design is relatively common and therefore difficult to protect under trademark or patent law.  Further, copyright law does not protect utilitarian articles like shoes (except to the extent the designs on the shoes are “separable,” an issue currently pending before the Supreme Court).  The parties eventually settled their dispute.

NYFW Day 2 – Jeremy Scott

Los Angeles-based celebrity designer Jeremy Scott has outfitted everyone from Rihanna to Lady Gaga.  Scott is the creative director for Moschino and also has his own fashion label branded under his name.  Scott is set to display his Fall collection on Day 2 of Fashion Week.  In 2015, Scott and Moschino were both sued by graffiti artist Joseph Tierney (aka “Rime”) for allegedly copying Rime’s “Vandal Eyes” graffiti mural and using it as a print pattern for dresses in Moschino’s 2015 Fall/Winter collection.  One of the dresses was famously worn by pop star Katy Perry at the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala.  After losing a motion to dismiss and motion for summary judgment, Scott and Moschino eventually decided to settle the dispute for an undisclosed amount, proving that graffiti art, just like any other artistic expression, can indeed be protected by copyright.

NYFW Day 3 – Banana Republic

Banana Republic is set to premier its new Fall collection on day 3 of Fashion Week. In 2011, Jen Stark, a Miami-based visual artist, sued Banana Republic for displaying artwork in its flagship London store that was allegedly substantially similar to Stark’s copyright-protected works entitled “Circle” and “Triangle.”  Stark brought suit for copyright infringement in the District Court of Northern Illinois, despite the fact that the alleged infringement took place in London.  Stark alleged that Banana Republic had access to her works via the many galleries where she exhibited in the United States.  In essence, Stark alleged that at least some part of Banana Republic’s alleged infringing actions may have occurred in the United States.  According to the case docket, Ms. Stark withdrew her claims against Banana Republic, suggesting that that the parties may have reached a confidential settlement.

NYFW Day 4 – Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg (known by everyone in fashion as just DVF) is no stranger to Fashion Week or to advocating for increased intellectual property rights for fashion designs. DVF has aggressively pursed alleged infringers of the DVF brand for years. In 2007, DVF famously sued fast fashion retailer Forever 21 for copyright infringement, alleging that Forever 21’s $32 “Sabrina” dress displayed a pattern that was an exact replica of the copyright-protected pattern used on DVF’s $325 “Cerisier” dress.  According to the case docket, the parties eventually settled their dispute.  This case is a classic example of using copyright law to protect certain aspects of fashion designs, like original prints and patterns.

 NYFW Day 5 – Oscar de la Renta

Fashion aficionados are waiting with anticipation for the premier of Oscar de la Renta’s Fall collection during day 5 of Fashion Week.  The Fall collection will be the first designed by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, the newly appointed co-creative directors for Oscar de la Renta.  Oscar de la Renta is arguably one of the most famous fashion brands in the business, and the company takes enforcement of its trademarks seriously.  In 2008, the company sued Elizabeth Arden over the sale of fragrances bearing the Oscar de la Renta trademarks and trade dress in Wal-Mart Stores.  The fashion label accused Elizabeth Arden of selling a perfume made for distribution only as a free gift with other Oscar products. The complaint stated that selling the Oscar fragrance in Wal-Mart was “inconsistent with the image and reputation of Oscar de la Renta and its licensed fragrance products.”  In response, Elizabeth Arden argued that it purchased the fragrances in question from YSL Beauté for resale to mass retailers in the United States, and that YSL Beauté (not Oscar) was in fact the  registered owner of the trademarks through a license deal for the fragrance and beauty category. Thus, according to Elizabeth Arden, any issue that Oscar had with respect to the sale of Oscar-branded fragrances in Wal-Mart should be directed to YSL Beauté. At that time, YSL Beauté had been acquired by L’Oréal, with Elizabeth Arden acting as the new distributor.  So ensued a year of complex litigation and settlement discussions between the parties, resulting in a settlement where Oscar was able to regain control of its trademarks in the beauty and fragrance category.  The lesson learned for brand owners from this litigation is to negotiate terms in a license agreement that allow the brand owner to maintain ownership of the licensed marks and control over the channels of distribution.

NYFW Day 6 – Naeem Khan

Naeem Khan is one of my personal favorite designers showcasing Fall fashions this year during Fashion Week.  He is slated to display his latest designs on Day 6 of Fashion Week.  Kahn, who has dressed the likes of Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton, is known for intricate, ornate and colorful patterns and designs.  While Khan has recently been in the press for refusing to dress our new first lady, he also made some heads turn when he posted a message on Facebook accusing J. Crew of copying one of his dress print patterns.  It doesn’t appear that Khan took any action against J. Crew, and based on his post, maybe he decided to take J. Crew’s design as a compliment.

NYFW Day 7 – Anna Sui

Anna Sui’s brand includes clothing, footwear, beauty products, accessories and even home goods.  She is known for her edgy and colorful print designs. Many will be looking forward to Sui’s colorful Fall prints on Day 7 of Fashion Week.  Unfortunately, like DVF, Anna Sui was also embroiled in a lawsuit with Forever 21 over the alleged copying of several of her print designs.  In 2007, Sui filed a complaint against Forever 21 for copyright infringement, alleging that Forever 21 copied various floral designs from Anna Sui’s Spring 2007 Ready-To-Wear Collection.  After more than 2-years of litigation, the parties eventually settled the matter.

NYFW Day 8 – Mark Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is expected to close Fashion Week on Day 8 with a bang! The brand made news this year with the addition of Frances Bean Cobain (daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana) as the new face of Marc Jacobs’ Spring Summer 2017 campaign.  However, in 2015 Marc Jacobs also made news when the brand was sued by fashion giant Adidas. Adidas alleged that Mark Jacob’s 4-stripe design on its clothing infringed the Adidas 3-stripe design mark. According to news articles, the parties quickly settled their differences and Jacobs ceased using the 4-stripe design, showing that once again, Adidas continues to strongly enforce its famous trademark.

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