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| Vicky Pattison's deepfake sex tape, The Weeknd, Hard Truths, The Fall of Diddy, and The Apprentice: This week's big releases | |
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| This week, reality star Vicky Pattison is warning viewers about the dangers of deepfake sex tapes in a new documentary - by releasing her own video online. | This week, reality star Vicky Pattison is warning viewers about the dangers of deepfake sex tapes in a new documentary - by releasing her own video online. |
| But that’s not all the week has in store. | But that’s not all the week has in store. |
| A new album from The Weeknd is coming out, Hard Truths, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, hits the big screen, The Apprentice returns and there's yet another documentary coming on the allegations around Sean 'Diddy' Combs. | A new album from The Weeknd is coming out, Hard Truths, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, hits the big screen, The Apprentice returns and there's yet another documentary coming on the allegations around Sean 'Diddy' Combs. |
| Read on for this week's biggest releases... | Read on for this week's biggest releases... |
| Why Vicky Pattison created her own deepfake porn video | Why Vicky Pattison created her own deepfake porn video |
| Deepfake porn - which usually combines a real person's face with a fake, sexually explicit body - is becoming increasingly prevalent. | Deepfake porn - which usually combines a real person's face with a fake, sexually explicit body - is becoming increasingly prevalent. |
| On Tuesday, a new Channel 4 documentary, Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape, aims to explore the issue and its effect on women and girls. | On Tuesday, a new Channel 4 documentary, Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape, aims to explore the issue and its effect on women and girls. |
| In it, the 37-year-old former Geordie Shore star creates her own deepfake porn video and releases it on social media. | In it, the 37-year-old former Geordie Shore star creates her own deepfake porn video and releases it on social media. |
| The video appears to show Vicky engaging in a sex act with a man, first in a bra, and then topless. | The video appears to show Vicky engaging in a sex act with a man, first in a bra, and then topless. |
| She acknowledges to BBC News that releasing her own video might seem "counterintuitive", but says she's trying to highlight the urgency of the issue. | She acknowledges to BBC News that releasing her own video might seem "counterintuitive", but says she's trying to highlight the urgency of the issue. |
| Pattison says it took a long time to work up the nerve to hit "post" on X, because she knew it would be "the point of no return". | Pattison says it took a long time to work up the nerve to hit "post" on X, because she knew it would be "the point of no return". |
| "What struck me most was how helpless I felt once it was released - it gave me a glimpse into the powerlessness victims experience," she says. | "What struck me most was how helpless I felt once it was released - it gave me a glimpse into the powerlessness victims experience," she says. |
| "By putting myself in this position, even in a controlled and consensual way, I wanted to bring home just how vulnerable all of us are". | "By putting myself in this position, even in a controlled and consensual way, I wanted to bring home just how vulnerable all of us are". |
| Is this the end of The Weeknd? | Is this the end of The Weeknd? |
| The Weeknd was the second most listened artist in the world on Spotify last year, after Taylor Swift | The Weeknd was the second most listened artist in the world on Spotify last year, after Taylor Swift |
| Whenever I think of The Weeknd, I always think about Blinding Lights - a song forever etched into my mind by TikTok dances and the dark days of the pandemic. | Whenever I think of The Weeknd, I always think about Blinding Lights - a song forever etched into my mind by TikTok dances and the dark days of the pandemic. |
| But his new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, which is coming out on Friday, could be the last music he releases under his longtime alter ego. | But his new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, which is coming out on Friday, could be the last music he releases under his longtime alter ego. |
| Last year, he told W Magazine he wanted to "kill The Weeknd", but would still make music. | |
| Shortly afterwards, he reverted to his birth name Abel Tesfaye on his social media accounts. | Shortly afterwards, he reverted to his birth name Abel Tesfaye on his social media accounts. |
| So what will the final chapter of music by The Weeknd sound like? There's a lot to look forward to - including guest appearances from rapper Playboi Carti and Brazilian singer Anitta. | So what will the final chapter of music by The Weeknd sound like? There's a lot to look forward to - including guest appearances from rapper Playboi Carti and Brazilian singer Anitta. |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars in Hard Truths | Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars in Hard Truths |
| By Steven McIntosh, entertainment reporter | By Steven McIntosh, entertainment reporter |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman who is constantly miserable | Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman who is constantly miserable |
| Most people find January depressing. For me, it's the best month of the year. | Most people find January depressing. For me, it's the best month of the year. |
| The film awards season is well under way by this point, which means cinemas are populated by higher-quality films than the popcorn blockbusters that dominate the summer. | The film awards season is well under way by this point, which means cinemas are populated by higher-quality films than the popcorn blockbusters that dominate the summer. |
| One of the British contenders this year is Hard Truths, starring actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, which scored two Bafta nominations earlier this month. | One of the British contenders this year is Hard Truths, starring actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, which scored two Bafta nominations earlier this month. |
| It focuses on Pansy, an irritable woman who is constantly starting fights with everyone around her. Her perpetual misery can be funny to watch, but her bad mood is clearly taking a toll on her family. The word depression isn't mentioned explicitly, but it's clear Pansy is struggling. | It focuses on Pansy, an irritable woman who is constantly starting fights with everyone around her. Her perpetual misery can be funny to watch, but her bad mood is clearly taking a toll on her family. The word depression isn't mentioned explicitly, but it's clear Pansy is struggling. |
| At a screening in October, I was struck by the impact Hard Truths had on the audience. Its relatively short 95-minute runtime disguises a film with significant depth and which punches well above its weight. | At a screening in October, I was struck by the impact Hard Truths had on the audience. Its relatively short 95-minute runtime disguises a film with significant depth and which punches well above its weight. |
| Speaking to BBC News in December, Jean-Baptiste reflected: "Pansy comes from a generation where you're taught to just get on with things. It's like the pre-Oprah generation, self-help - it's before all that. You just went, 'I feel rubbish, but I've got to do the laundry.' You get up and you get on with it." | Speaking to BBC News in December, Jean-Baptiste reflected: "Pansy comes from a generation where you're taught to just get on with things. It's like the pre-Oprah generation, self-help - it's before all that. You just went, 'I feel rubbish, but I've got to do the laundry.' You get up and you get on with it." |
| Another Diddy doc | Another Diddy doc |
| Sean "Diddy" Combs is one of the most successful musicians in hip-hop | Sean "Diddy" Combs is one of the most successful musicians in hip-hop |
| It didn't take long for the documentaries on Sean "Diddy" Combs to start rolling in. | It didn't take long for the documentaries on Sean "Diddy" Combs to start rolling in. |
| The latest, The Fall of Diddy, comes out in the UK and Ireland on discovery+ on Tuesday. | The latest, The Fall of Diddy, comes out in the UK and Ireland on discovery+ on Tuesday. |
| The four-part series promises to "pull back the curtain" on the music mogul and features more than 30 interviews, including with those who accuse him of abuse. | The four-part series promises to "pull back the curtain" on the music mogul and features more than 30 interviews, including with those who accuse him of abuse. |
| Mr Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering last year. | Mr Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering last year. |
| He has also received multiple lawsuits from several men and women. | He has also received multiple lawsuits from several men and women. |
| Mr Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the accusations. His legal team has repeatedly asserted his innocence. | Mr Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the accusations. His legal team has repeatedly asserted his innocence. |
| Who's hired? The Apprentice is back | Who's hired? The Apprentice is back |
| Lord Sugar alongside his advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell | Lord Sugar alongside his advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell |
| A pizza company owner and a hair transplant consultant walk into a boardroom... | A pizza company owner and a hair transplant consultant walk into a boardroom... |
| Not the start of a bad joke, but something you can actually expect to see at the start of BBC One's The Apprentice, which returns on Thursday. | Not the start of a bad joke, but something you can actually expect to see at the start of BBC One's The Apprentice, which returns on Thursday. |
| There are 18 new candidates battling it out for the chance to win business tycoon Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment and mentorship. | There are 18 new candidates battling it out for the chance to win business tycoon Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment and mentorship. |
| Get set for weeks of tasks, firings and cringe-inducing moments. | Get set for weeks of tasks, firings and cringe-inducing moments. |
| In previous series, the two teams have been split by gender for the early tasks. But this year, the teams will be mixed gender from the beginning. | In previous series, the two teams have been split by gender for the early tasks. But this year, the teams will be mixed gender from the beginning. |
| The change was not prompted by the casting of a non-binary contestant. Instead, the BBC says it simply wants to freshen up the format. | The change was not prompted by the casting of a non-binary contestant. Instead, the BBC says it simply wants to freshen up the format. |
| But this format tweak does pre-emptively solve a potential casting issue for producers in future years. | But this format tweak does pre-emptively solve a potential casting issue for producers in future years. |