'AVATAR' BOMBSHELL: James Cameron sued for ripping off likeness of indigenous actress



A series of movies based on sympathizing with indigenous cultures is allegedly set on the backdrop of hypocritical practices, a new lawsuit is claiming.

James Cameron's billion-dollar "Avatar" franchise has clear messages surrounding protecting native peoples and their environments, but according to a recent legal filing, he has actually been taking advantage of an aboriginal woman over the course of the 16-year lifespan of the films.

'A hugely lucrative film franchise that presented itself as sympathetic to Indigenous struggles.'

Actress Q'orianka Kilcher said that when she played Pocahontas across from Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in 2005's "The New World," director Cameron was so enthralled by her "beauty" that he used her likeness.

Kilcher, who has a native Peruvian background, was allegedly the inspiration for Neytiri, the female lead played by Zoe Saldana.

Face off

As NBC News reported, Kilcher said she had no idea her face was being used until she saw Cameron at an event in 2010 after the first "Avatar" movie was released. She said Cameron invited her to his office and gave her the gift of a sketch drawn and signed by him.

The gift allegedly included a note that said: "Your beauty was my early inspiration for Neytiri. Too bad you were shooting another movie. Next time."

Kilcher was just 14 years old when she played Pocahontas.

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Scan scam?

According to Variety, the legal complaint filed in California said Kilcher's likeness was later replicated in production sketches, sculpted into 3D models, and laser-scanned into digital models to be distributed to visual effects companies. The lawsuit further alleged that Kilcher's likeness was used not only in movies but in posters and promotions across the world.

An interview with Cameron from 2024 was also noted in the filing, in which the director stood in front of the "Avatar" sketch and specifically identified Kilcher.

"The source for this was a photograph that was in the L.A. Times as part of the promotion for 'The New World.' It's a young actress named Q'orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in 'The New World,'" Cameron explained. "So this is actually her lower face. She had a very interesting face, and I wound up meeting her years later, and I gave her a signed print of this."

Don't look back

After this, Cameron specifically told the interviewer that Kilcher was not the true inspiration for Neytiri and that Zoe Saldana — an American from New Jersey with a Dominican and Puerto Rican background — was actually who the character looked like.

"Not that she was the inspiration for the character," Cameron said about Kilcher. "But I just wanted to show how a specific person's look could come through in the character, and that was important, because then the second we cast Zoe, we started, you know, Neytiri suddenly looked like Zoe. So, you know, the question is how did we get to that point."

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'Silently exploiting'

Lawyers for Kilcher said, however, that "what Cameron did was not inspiration; it was extraction."

"[Cameron] took the unique biometric facial features of a 14-year-old indigenous girl, ran them through an industrial production process, and generated billions of dollars in profit without ever once asking her permission. That is not filmmaking. That is theft," said Arnold P. Peter of Peter Law Group.

The lawsuit added, "The result was a hugely lucrative film franchise that presented itself as sympathetic to Indigenous struggles, all while silently exploiting a real Indigenous youth behind the scenes."

Neither Disney nor Lightstorm Entertainment, both of which were named in the lawsuit, responded to Align's request for comment.

Representatives for Cameron did not respond to requests from outlets like NBC News or People, either.

The "Avatar" trilogy has grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. Two more movies are planned for 2029 and 2031.

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HBO's 'Euphoria' pushes child exploitation as art — and America's sickest critics agree



When HBO debuted "Euphoria" in 2019, it was hyped as the ne plus ultra of the ever-popular “the shocking and terrible things kids these days are up to” genre.

Accurate or not, viewers responded. By the time season two of "Euphoria" ended three years ago, it was HBO's second-most-watched show since 2004, right behind "Game of Thrones."

Hey there, kids! Here are all the worst things you can do. We’ve made a list. And then we built a TV show around it!

And last month, the trailer for season three — which debuts in April — got 100 million views in two days.

I had been wondering what all the fuss is about. In my day, we had "Less Than Zero," "Kids," and "River’s Edge." Teenagers in those movies gave each other AIDS, prostituted themselves for drugs, shoplifted, and even murdered out of boredom.

Did "Euphoria" really try to out-extreme that?

Even if it did, I suspected that "Euphoria" might be the last gasp of the "terrible teens trauma" genre," as real-life teenagers are apparently moving in the opposite direction.

Gen Z is taking drugs less, is having sex less, and is generally less licentious than previous generations. It appears that the classic forms of teenage defiance and debauchery have become so routine and overdone that the kids have rebelled against the rebellion.

Into the void

With this in mind, I began the first season of "Euphoria." I can’t say I was impressed. "Euphoria" was not good. But it was shocking.

What I thought was going to be a glimpse into the lives of contemporary teenagers was instead a pornographic recovery story in which the main character — a teenage trans substance abuser — never manages to get clean and sober.

But that’s not the notable part. The notable part is the porn.

Take the early scene where a 50-ish pervert dad matches with the trans teen on a dating app and meets him in a dark, filthy hotel room. The teen shows up, the adult says creepy things to him, and then ... well, you get to see it all in graphic detail, from multiple angles.

Is that a glimpse into the lives of contemporary teens? Or is it an assault on the senses, a forced introduction — for me, anyway — into a disturbingly specific genre of smut?

The whole show is like that. Scene after scene of activities, characters, and conversations you really, really, really don’t want to see.

I kept waiting for the appearance of a single semi-sympathetic character in the show. Someone I cared about even a tiny bit. There were no such characters.

Another thing I really didn’t want to see: an overweight, not-so-bright 16-year-old girl, setting up a pay website where she can take half-naked videos of her butt in order to extract money from creepy old men.

One of her first customers is a pathetic fat guy who wants to be humiliated. She mocks him as he squeals like a pig. Nothing is left to the imagination, as if the show wants to debase the viewer as well.

Gen Z to the rescue

This, I assume, is why current teenagers are rebelling against the ritualized degeneracy of our times.

Because this idea that it’s fun and exciting to be a prostitute/drug addict/rapist/psychopath has been crammed down their throats by the creepy, perverted "entertainment" industry for as long as they’ve been alive. And they’re sick of it. And I don’t blame them.

"Euphoria" was one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever seen. Ultimately, it is just an episodic catalogue of every soul-destroying activity a teenager might indulge in.

Hey there, kids! Here are all the worst things you can do. We’ve made a list. And then we built a TV show around it!

That list would include: OnlyFans. Sexual abuse. Psychopaths beating people half to death. Drug dealers. Extortion. All manner of rape. Psych ward imprisonment. Guys with face tattoos force-feeding fentanyl to teenage girls from the edge of their knives.

The show did give me new sympathy for today's young women, subjected as they are to certain crude digital courtship rituals. Never before have I been induced to look at so many male members, in all their depressing variety.

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All things considered

But enough about my opinions of "Euphoria." What did that bastion of propriety and moral certitude National Public Radio think? Let’s start with the headline of an article from 2022: “HBO's 'Euphoria' is more than a parent's worst nightmare. It's a creative triumph.”

I would be curious in what way it is "a creative triumph." It’s badly written. None of the characters seems remotely human. It uses all the cinematic techniques of a bad horror film.

NPR continues: “Creator/executive producer Sam Levinson has built a storytelling style that transcends the titillation of its surface-level story, finding new ways to stitch together the tales of characters seemingly trapped in a web of tragedies and missteps.”

The storytelling is perfunctory. The characters are paper-thin. And as usual, the most evil people on earth are white male high school athletes.

More from NPR: “That daring, creative vision only deepens now, as the show's long-delayed second season takes flight on HBO."

The only thing that deepens when you watch "Euphoria" is your gag reflex.

And finally:

That "Euphoria" somehow manages to make you keep caring about often-unlikeable folks on such brutal and dark journeys, is a testament to the uniquely creative voice distilled in each episode. It is thrilling, daring, disquieting and compelling — a triumph at a time when truly unique storytelling remains unsettlingly rare.

Wait, wait, don’t tell me

It's amazing that we’ve reached a point in our society where NPR is promoting and advocating for what once would have been universally understood as the sexual exploitation of minors.

That’s really what "Euphoria" is. It even tells on itself during a scene in which a 10-year-old boy sneaks into his father’s office and watches a video from his father’s porn collection.

We get a shot from behind the boy, so that we're effectively invited to watch the video with him.

In this way, we get to participate in the destruction of the child’s innocence. Which, I guess, is the whole point of this show.

NPR’s praise and support for this television show are utterly damning. Thank God NPR has been defunded. Now put them all in jail for being part of this wicked demoralization project. "Euphoria" is an assault on our senses, our morals, and the innocence of our children.

A look at the next Biden insiders to testify to Congress about 'historic scandal'



Congressional investigators looking into Biden's cognitive decline while in office, its cover-up, and its alleged exploitation behind the scenes are set to continue peeling the onion later this month.

The House Oversight Committee grilled former Biden White House Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden last week, gleaning some insights into what was going on behind closed doors toward the end of the Biden presidency. Tanden also confirmed that she was "responsible for handling the flow of documents to and from the president," and she was "authorized to direct that autopen signatures be affixed to certain categories of documents."

The committee will next hear from Ron Klain on July 24; Steve Ricchetti on July 30; Mike Donilon on July 31; Bruce Reed on Aug. 5; and Anita Dunn on Aug. 7, an Oversight aide told Politico.

Ron Klain is among the "gatekeepers" identified by Ed Martin, Department of Justice pardon attorney and director of the DOJ's Weaponization Working Group, who were apparently "dominant characters in the White House."

'He had been isolated from domestic politics by a WH team unplugged from hill Dems.'

Klain was a senior adviser to Biden's 2020 presidential campaign who subsequently served as the former president's White House chief of staff from 2021 to 2023.

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Klain, who lobbied to place Tanden in the White House as a senior adviser and whose own adviser repeatedly hosted Alexander Soros at the White House, was identified early on by the Daily Beast as Biden's bridge to the hardcore leftist wing of the Democratic Party.

"Progressives are a big part of our party and making sure their voices are heard here at the White House is a big part of my job," he told the Daily Beast.

Klain returned to the fold last year to help Biden prepare for his disastrous June 27, 2024, debate with President Donald Trump. He told Politico earlier this year that when he returned, he found Biden had been "out of it because he had been [sidelined]."

"He had been isolated from domestic politics by a WH team unplugged from hill Dems," said Klain.

Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) appears particularly interested in Klain's recognition of Biden's decrepitude, noting in a June 4 letter to the former White House chief of staff, "According to an interview, you cut short the debate prep 'due to the president’s fatigue and lack of familiarity with the subject matter' and said that the former president 'didn’t really understand what his argument was on inflation.' The scope of your responsibilities — both official and otherwise — and personal interactions within the Oval Office cannot go without investigation."

Steve Ricchetti was another name Ed Martin volunteered when discussing his investigation into the questionable autopen pardons issued in the final days of the Biden White House.

'She has this perch where she spans the overall strategic plan for (Biden) and for the White House.'

Ricchetti was a counselor to Biden who previously served as chairman of his 2020 presidential campaign. Citing a 2024 Wall Street Journal report, Comer noted that extra to serving as one of Biden's closest advisers, Ricchetti was "part of a group of insiders who implemented a strategy to minimize 'the president's age-related struggles.'"

Mike Donilon, an adviser to Biden since the 1980s who served as chief strategist of the former president's 2020 and 2024 campaigns, was also among the grand Biden-decrepitude strategists named in the Wall Street Journal's report.

Donilon appears to be on Comer's radar partly because of his newfound "willingness to speak about the former president's cognition" but also because of the scope of his "responsibilities — both official and otherwise — and personal interactions within the Oval Office."

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Lindy Li, a former DNC fundraiser and National Finance Committee member, recently told Fox News Digital that Donilon, whom Vanity Fair claimed was with Biden "more than almost anyone," was one of the former president's "puppet masters."

Li suggested that in addition to Donilon, the shadow presidency consisted of Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Anthony Bernal, and Anita Dunn.

Anita Dunn, both on Martin's list of "gatekeepers" and in the Journal report, long served as an adviser to Biden, first from January until August 2021, then again from May 2022 until August 2024.

Numerous White House alumni and then-current staff, along with lawmakers and administration officials, told CNN in June 2023 that Dunn, the apparent genius inside Biden's circle who embraced the "Dark Brandon" meme — a mutated spin-off of the "Let's Go Brandon" meme, itself a euphemism for the phrase often chanted at sporting events during the Biden presidency, "F**k Joe Biden" — had "a hand in nearly all aspects of [Biden's] political life."

"She has this perch where she spans the overall strategic plan for (Biden) and for the White House, and also communicates outward with the political apparatus of the (Democratic National Committee) and the campaign and tries to keep the entire Joe Biden enterprise swimming in the same direction," a then-White House aide told CNN.

Bruce Reed, though omitted from both Martin's list of "gatekeepers" and the Journal's list of insiders, as well as Donilon and Ricchetti were sometimes referred to in the White House as "the poobahs," "the grey hairs," and "the triumvirate," reported Axios.

Whereas Donilon and Ricchetti were particularly engaged in politics, Axios indicated that Reed was "nearly always by Biden's side of the road" and focused on policy.

Comer suggested that it was worth hearing from Reed, granted he was one of "five White House staffers who were 'effectively family' to the former president."

'I can't stress to you how much power he had at the White House.'

Anthony Bernal — the senior adviser to former first lady Jill Biden and characterized as one of the most influential people in the White House and a key member of Biden's so-called politburo in Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson's new book, "Original Sin" — was scheduled to appear for a voluntary transcribed interview on June 26. However, he refused to appear after learning that President Donald Trump was taking a page out of his predecessor's book and waiving executive privilege for the Oversight Committee's investigation.

Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg ruffled some feathers when it was revealed he told an undercover Project Veritas reporter that Bernal "had an enormous amount of power" behind the scenes in the White House.

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Deterrian Jones, a former staffer in the Biden administration's Office of Digital Strategy, echoed this understanding, claiming Bernal was a "shadowy, 'Wizard of Oz'-type figure" who "wielded an enormous amount of power."

"I can't stress to you how much power he had at the White House," added Jones.

Comer subpoenaed Bernal last week, compelling his testimony for a deposition on July 16.

As was the case with Tanden, President Donald Trump has deprived members of this cadre of Biden insiders of the shield of executive privilege, thus requiring them to provide lawmakers with "unrestricted testimony."

'The cover-up of President Biden’s obvious mental decline is a historic scandal.'

Comer also sent letters to former Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, former Biden White House spokesman Ian Sams, and the Biden White House's last chief of staff, Jeff Zients, on Friday, requesting they turn up for interviews.

Comer hinted at some of his suspicions in the letters. For instance, he told Jean-Pierre:

You served as the White House press secretary for President Biden during the last two years of his administration and were a trusted inner-circle confidante as you were promoted to senior adviser to the president in October 2024. You were not only near the president daily, but you were "alongside the ranks of the president’s top confidantes like senior advisers Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, and Bruce Reed."

"The cover-up of President Biden’s obvious mental decline is a historic scandal. The American people deserve to know when this decline began, how far it progressed, and who was making critical decisions on his behalf," Comer said at the outset of the investigation. "Key executive actions signed by autopen, such as sweeping pardons for the Biden Crime Family, must be examined considering President Biden’s diminished capacity. "

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Supreme Court: Kids deserve protection from porn, period



The Supreme Court last week delivered not just a legal decision but a resounding moral affirmation: Children deserve protection from online pornography.

For decades, I’ve been told that “free speech” includes the right to exploit. I’ve watched Big Porn hide behind the First Amendment like a shield, as if this billion-dollar industry, built on addiction, abuse, and shattered innocence, was a sacred American institution. But on Friday, in upholding Texas’ pornography age-verification law, the court drew a line in the sand.

For children, exposure to pornographic material isn’t a neutral event. It reshapes the brain. It numbs empathy. It seeds confusion, fear, and addiction.

And I say: Thank God.

As the brother of a child survivor of sexual exploitation, I know firsthand the consequences of a culture that normalizes sexual harm. I know what it’s like when an industry like porn sees children as commodities. I’ve seen too many young people stumble into the world of violent, degrading content with nothing more than a click. No gatekeepers. No warnings. No protection.

That ended last week.

Texas’ age-verification law was never about silencing speech. It was about defending the voiceless and restoring the most basic responsibility we have as a society: to guard our children from harm.

That’s why my team at Jaco Booyens Ministries joined this case as a friend of the court. Our team submitted a brief to the Supreme Court that shared the lived experiences of survivors, the neurological science on childhood trauma, and the irrefutable consequences of exposure to online pornography.

As our brief stated in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton: “There is no liberty in trauma. There is no freedom in addiction. When minors are exposed to pornography, they are not exercising constitutional rights, they are being wounded by the unchecked rights of others.”

Still, the porn industry screamed “censorship.” Companies sued, claiming this was a violation of their “rights.” But what about our children’s right not to be harmed? What about the parents fighting to keep predators out of their homes?

The court acknowledged what every honest parent already knows: Access to this kind of content isn’t harmless. It isn’t “education.” It is psychological, emotional, and spiritual violence. During oral arguments, Justice Amy Coney Barrett captured the heart of the issue when she asked, “Why should it be so easy for a 12-year-old to access this kind of material online, when we all know it can be incredibly damaging?”

That wasn’t a rhetorical flourish; it was a recognition of truth.

For children, exposure to pornographic material isn’t a neutral event. It reshapes the brain. It numbs empathy. It seeds confusion, fear, and addiction. I can no longer pretend this is just about speech. This is about harm. Real harm. And the court, at long last, chose to see it.

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I can’t change what happened to my sister. But I can fight to make sure it doesn’t happen to someone else. I can help protect the next generation. I can work to make it harder for exploitation to find its way into our living rooms, our schools, our smartphones. I can help make justice more than just a word. I can help make it action.

To the justices who stood with us: Thank you. You did not bow to corporate pressure. You honored the Constitution as a document of liberty, not license. You remembered that freedom must be rooted in truth, and the truth is that unrestricted pornography destroys lives.

This victory isn’t just for Texas; it’s a win for every child in America. It sends a clear message to every state in this nation: You have the power to protect your children. You can draw the line. You don’t have to wait for permission. And beyond our borders, this ruling sends a powerful global signal: I still believe — and I know many others do too — that children are worth protecting, that their innocence is not up for sale, and their safety is not negotiable.

Let this ruling be a turning point — for our families, for our faith, for our future.

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First Diversity is a staffing agency in Springfield, Ohio, and it has drawn criticism from U.S. citizens and Haitians who are now living in the city of taking advantage of the new arrivals to the area at the expense of its clients.

Asra Nomani explained in Jewish Journal that whistleblowers who used to work at First Diversity say they were forced to accept false documents to keep illegal immigrants in the company’s database, that workers' wages were not reflective of the hours they worked, and that identity theft was rife in their environment.

'They treat people as paid slavery. ... They are in hell while living on earth.'

The complaints and accusations have reached the Ohio Attorney General's office. Not only is First Diversity under investigation for the previously mentioned problems, but investigators are also looking into allegations of human trafficking facilitated by the company. Even First Diversity employees were not spared, Nomani reported.

"Some of the whistleblowers cried, recounting their experiences working at First Diversity. Workers spoke of paychecks that never arrived, long hours with no overtime and promises of stability that quickly turned to dust. Some, like the 24-year-old woman and her mother, had their Social Security numbers allegedly stolen, while others found their I-9 forms and drug test results faked to keep them in the system," Nomani wrote.

In 2021, a small group of Haitians stormed into First Diversity's office to demand an explanation to what they say were manipulated wages that didn't match the hours they worked, calling the company "thieves."

The head of First Diversity, George Ten, denied the allegations to Nomani.

“We are a successful business that connects people with jobs. We improve the lives of Haitian migrant workers, which is why they keep working with us," Ten said in an email.

First Diversity's shift toward Haitian workers started in 2019, but business apparently boomed when the Biden-Harris administration expanded the number of Haitians who could qualify for Temporary Protected Status. The company said using local U.S. citizens for jobs in the area was a "nightmare" as the turnover rate was high and their performance was lower compared with Haitians.

The complaints of Haitians being exploited for their labor go as far back as 2019. Jean André, a Haitian-American pastor, described to Nomani horrendous conditions in which he saw Haitians living when he picked them up for church.

"It is really a shame to see how they treat people as paid slavery. This is what I call it. They are in hell while living on earth,” Jean said. “You get my word? So that means they are suffering terribly. And the bad thing about it, when you are suffering terribly, you cannot do anything about it. ... When you are suffering, you don’t see how you can take yourself out of the situation, and you have to live it."

While on the ground in Springfield, Blaze News met with many individuals, most of whom mentioned without prompting the problems associated with First Diversity.

"They're indentured servants," local Mark Sanders said about the Haitian migrants. "They are actually oversold to the temp agency. So indentured servitude was something that was made illegal decades and decades and decades ago, here it's back again."

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