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LeVar Burton Sued for Using His Reading Rainbow Catchphrase on His Podcast

Reading Rainbow taught a generation of kids that they could (a) go twice as high as a butterfly, (b) go anywhere, and (c) be anything.

Unfortunately, if you chose to be “LeVar Burton using his classic Reading Rainbow catchphrase,” the place you will go might be court.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, WNED-TV Buffalo, New York, is suing the children’s show host in part over his continued use of the tagline “But you don’t have to take my word for it” on his podcast LeVar Burton Reads.

The suit is the most recent legal move in a years-long dispute between Burton and the broadcaster that originated the series.

Burton’s company RRKidz had previously obtained a licensing agreement from WNED, which subsequently claimed the former host breached their deal by allegedly attempting to, among other things, produce a Reading Rainbow revival for Netflix without WNED’s involvement.

The suit alleges “copyright infringement, conversion, cybersquatting, violations of the Lanham Act, breach of contract and interference with customer relations,” and seeks profits from LeVar Burton Reads, which Burton did describe on the podcast itself as “a Reading Rainbow for adults.”

In perhaps the most ironic twist of all, the answer to Burton’s dilemma is, unfortunately, in a book, albeit an extremely large legal one that no child should be expected to read. »

Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day

Authored by news.vice.com

Twice a day since the beginning of the Trump administration, a special folder is prepared for the president.

One White House official said the only feedback the White House communications shop, which prepares the folder, has ever gotten in all these months is: “It needs to be more fucking positive.”

The process of assembling the folder begins at the Republican National Committee’s “war room,” which has expanded from 4 to 10 people since the GOP won the White House. »

Glen Campbell Dead at 81

Authored by tmz.com

Glen Campbell 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Singer Dead at 81.

Campbell was also an actor and TV host who starred in the variety show, "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS from 1969-1972. »

Trump Vows ‘Fire and Fury’ If North Korea Keeps Threatening U.S.

Authored by bloomberg.com

North Korea has routinely used bombastic rhetoric to threaten the U.S., including military bases in Japan, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.

South Korea said on Wednesday it’s closely monitoring for additional provocations from North Korea, and would continue to push for peace on the peninsula.

Instead we have to learn to live with North Korea as a nuclear power.”. »

Study Finds That Men Who Attack Women Online Are, Literally, Losers

Authored by time.com

A new study purports to show what we all could have guessed: Men who attack women online are actual losers .

According to the study, which was recently published in the journal PLOS One , men who were worse players than their peers tended to hurl more nastiness at female gamers.

On the other hand, men who knew their way around the console were nicer to male and female players. »