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MSNOW: Federal Prosecutor Commends ABC for Defending ‘The View,’ Says ‘It Does No Good To Bend the Knee’

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Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance found ABC’s stance against the FCC a strong push back against the Trump administration.

The network filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling to the FCC on Friday following the commission’s announcement that it will be investigating “The View” for violating the organization’s “equal time” rule, a federal regulation that requires radio and TV stations to give equal time to political candidates on both sides of the aisle.

Vance told MSNOW’s Ari Melber that the petition, filed former solicitor general Paul Clement solidifies that the network is serious about fighting the government on this investigation.

“One of the lessons of Trump’s second term in office is that it does no good to prematurely bend the knee when your First Amendment rights are on the line,” Vance said.

“Bringing in a former solicitor general always signifies to the courts and to the government that you’re very serious about a case,” Vance added. “I think it’s a way of saying to the FCC we all know what you’re doing here is wrong. Don’t mess with us. We intend to come out with guns blazing.”

Melber said that it is interesting to see the network’s approach this time around after temporarily suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show for similar accusations last fall.

More recently though, the network stood behind the comedian and late night host after he explained a political joke that the president took personal offense to about Melania Trump being a “expectant widow.”

“When you’re talking about the First Amendment, there are fine line distinctions that are drawn between different types of speech,” she said. “Joking, making fun of our politicians, even in a very abrasive fashion, that’s a hard core part of the American consensus about speech that the First Amendment protects.”

She noted that Kimmel’s reputation as a comedian who roasts politicians and the manner with which he framed the joke will protect him if the investigation were ever taken to trial.

Back in February, the FCC announced it was investigating “The View” after the daytime talk show aired an episode that featured James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for the Senate in Texas. Talarico’s opponent for nomination, the Democratic U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, also appeared on the show.

“The FCC has an enforcement action underway on that,” Chairman Brendan Carr said at the time when asked about whether the commission was looking into potential violations of the “equal time” rule. “And we’re taking a look at it.”

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Lindsay Lohan, Henry Golding to Star in Netflix Movie Return to You

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For her next lead role, Lindsay Lohan is embracing nostalgia with a very important DVD.

Lohan and Henry Golding are set to star in the Netflix romantic feature Return to You. Lohan also serves as a producer for the film that Mark Waters will direct from a script by Eric Champnella.

Set in 2008, Return to You stars Lohan as a high-powered but lonely attorney who mistakenly receives a heartfelt DVD from a dying woman to her husband. Lohan’s character uses clues from the recording to attempt to track down the husband.

Lohan and Brad Krevoy serve as producers for the movie that counts Olivia Krevoy, Jimmy Townsend and Galen Fletcher as executive producers.

For Lohan, Return to You marks a reunion with Waters, her director on two hit films — 2003’s Freaky Friday and 2004’s Mean Girls — that helped propel her to Hollywood stardom. Lohan reprised her role as Freaky Friday’s Anna Coleman in 2025 sequel Freakier Friday opposite co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, but that feature had Nisha Ganatra in the director’s chair.

Waters’ recent projects include last year’s Netflix romantic comedy La Dolce Villa and the forthcoming biopic Hershey.

Lohan can soon be seen starring on the Hulu series Count My Lies, alongside Shailene Woodley and Kit Harington. Golding is set to star with Brie Larson and Lily Collins in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends.

During a recent cover story for Vogue Arabia, Lohan discussed having become more vocal throughout her career. “With age comes a different kind of confidence,” she said. “When I was younger, I wasn’t so comfortable saying how I felt about a character and being involved with the process of it. And I love that part now.”

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Dan Trachtenberg Developing New ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Pic (Exclusive)

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EXCLUSIVE: After breathing new life into the Predator franchise at 20th Century, Dan Trachtenberg and Disney have found their next property to give a fresh spin on. Sources tell Deadline the Prey director is coming on to direct an original idea inspired by the classic Disney tale Sleeping Beauty. The untitled project is in early development and is inspired by the classic fairy tale, taking the story in an entirely new direction with Trachtenberg’s distinct sensibility.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, Insiders add that this take has no connection to the Maleficent films starring Angelina Jolie. Trachtenberg and Raya McClendon came up with the story with Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf penning the script.

Trachtenberg and his long time producing partner Ben Rosenblatt will produce as will Star Wars producer Michelle Rejwan. EVP of production Jessica Virtue is overseeing the project with Creative Executive Alina Mota, reporting to Disney Live Action President Daria Cercek.

Trachtenberg and Disney have strong ties after he successfully helped relaunch the Predator franchise with his hit Prey, that was not only a massive success on Hulu but also heard strong critical prase as well landing an Emmy nomination for best TV movie. He followed that up with the Predator: Badlands as well as the animated Predator pic Predator: Killer of Killers for Hulu, which also has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes; all three of Dan’s entries hold the record for highest rated on Rotten Tomatoes in the Predator franchise.

He is currently in pre-production on a top secret pic at Paramount.

Anfanger and Schimp are the co-creators of the Comedy Central series Big Time In Hollywood, FL.

Trachtenberg is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett and Kole, Anfanger and Schimp are repped by Mosaic, CAA, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

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