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Tyra Banks Debuts on Project Runway as Season 22 Kicks Off with Immunity Twist
entertainment11 days ago

Tyra Banks Debuts on Project Runway as Season 22 Kicks Off with Immunity Twist

Season 22 opens with a first-episode twist: designers submit at-home looks for a chance at immunity (six win, six go home). The immune designers are Elizabeth, Jude, Bobby, Bryan, Chloe, and Andriy; Jennifer, Andrea, and Lre are sent home. Tyra Banks makes her debut on the judging panel, delivering confident but sometimes divisive feedback, changing the on-screen dynamic alongside Heidi Klum and Law Roach. Reactions to Banks's performance are mixed as the premiere sets up a new season of fashion-drama.

Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Docuseries for Defamation
entertainment1 month ago

Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Docuseries for Defamation

Tyra Banks filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Netflix, the Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model producers, and EverWonder Studio, alleging the docuseries edited hours of her interview to craft a false narrative about her knowledge of a contestant's sexual assault. She says she wasn’t allowed to review full footage or respond to claims, and seeks damages plus an injunction over using her image for the soundtrack. Netflix reportedly declined her request for full footage and fact-checking access.

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Docuseries Editing
culture1 month ago

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Docuseries Editing

Tyra Banks filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix, directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy, and EverWonder Studio over Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, arguing the docuseries edited her three-and-a-half hours of interview to create a false, defamatory narrative about the show and an on-camera moment involving contestant Shandi Sullivan. Banks says the footage was selectively edited to imply she allowed Sullivan to be assaulted, and she wasn’t given access to unedited clips before the premiere; the suit also cites breach of contract and false endorsement and seeks unspecified damages.

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over Cut Footage in Top Model Docuseries
entertainment1 month ago

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over Cut Footage in Top Model Docuseries

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation suit against Netflix, the docuseries' directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, and EverWonder Studio over Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, arguing that producers edited roughly 16 minutes of her three-and-a-half-hour interview to create a false narrative; she also cites breach of contract and false endorsement. Banks says she wasn’t given access to the doc before it aired and was denied unedited footage to correct inaccuracies. Netflix says the docuseries aimed to tell an honest story and that Banks’s perspective was considered; Banks seeks damages and a jury trial.

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over Alleged Defamatory Top Model Doc
entertainment1 month ago

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over Alleged Defamatory Top Model Doc

Tyra Banks filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Netflix, alleging that the America’s Next Top Model docuseries Reality Check edited her three-and-a-half-hour interview down to 16 minutes, stripping it of context and crafting a false narrative that she knew about or allowed a contestant’s sexual assault and exploited the trauma for ratings. Banks claims the editors used selective editing and omissions to misrepresent her, harming her personal brand and finances, and she seeks damages via a jury trial.

Tyra Banks Takes Netflix to Court Over 'Reality Check' Editing
entertainment1 month ago

Tyra Banks Takes Netflix to Court Over 'Reality Check' Editing

Supermodel Tyra Banks has filed a federal defamation suit against Netflix and production partners, alleging that Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model was edited to craft a false narrative about her. The lawsuit claims selective editing, omission of context, and manipulation of footage to imply she tolerated a contestant’s sexual assault for ratings, among other false statements, and seeks damages and a jury trial.

Tyra Banks Alleges Netflix Defamed Her in America's Next Top Model Doc
entertainment1 month ago

Tyra Banks Alleges Netflix Defamed Her in America's Next Top Model Doc

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over the documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, arguing producers used selective editing and omitted context to portray her negatively. She claims the film alleges she allowed a contestant to be sexually assaulted for ratings, misrepresented her attempts to reach Miss Jay after his 2022 stroke, and used only about 16 minutes of her three-hour interview while she was unaware of the final cut until shortly before it aired. Banks says the doc would require her to explain certain timeline details, including her years abroad in Australia. The suit aims to correct the record and protect her reputation.

Tyra Banks Files Defamation Suit Against Netflix Over ANTM Documentary
entertainment1 month ago

Tyra Banks Files Defamation Suit Against Netflix Over ANTM Documentary

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streamer of selectively editing her participation in the three-part documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model to create a false narrative that she allowed a contestant to be sexually assaulted and exploited trauma for ratings; Netflix aired only about 16 minutes of her 3.5-hour interview. Banks says the edits harmed her personal brand and business and seeks unspecified damages, while Netflix has not commented.

ANTM Exposed: Unpaid Winners, Revoked Titles, and Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Unpacked
entertainment4 months ago

ANTM Exposed: Unpaid Winners, Revoked Titles, and Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Unpacked

E! and Variety cover Dirty Rotten Scandals, which dedicates two episodes to America’s Next Top Model and other long-running TV staples, highlighting behind-the-scenes controversies: winners not paid or receiving residuals, Angelea Preston’s All Stars title being revoked, contestant harassment and coercive production practices, and critiques of Tyra Banks’s role, alongside perspectives from former contestants and critics that push a harsher view than Netflix’s Reality Check.

Dani Evans Reclaims Her ANTM Story and Finds Her Own Voice
entertainment4 months ago

Dani Evans Reclaims Her ANTM Story and Finds Her Own Voice

Dani Evans discusses Netflix’s Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, revisiting the show’s controversial pressure to alter her accent and close her dental gap, and explains how the experience shaped her career, her fashion line Monrowe, and an upcoming memoir that foregrounds her life and family over her ANTM notoriety, signaling a reclamation of her narrative and a move beyond the Top Model era.

ANTM Alums Break Silence Over Tyra Banks in Netflix Reality Check
entertainment4 months ago

ANTM Alums Break Silence Over Tyra Banks in Netflix Reality Check

Netflix’s Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model collects nine former contestants’ accounts of alleged mistreatment by producers and Tyra Banks, detailing experiences like Ebony Haith’s queer Black identity being weaponized, a makeover leaving her with bald spots, Giselle Samson’s body‑shaming remark about her “wide ass,” and Shandi Sullivan’s claim that a filmed sexual encounter was used to cast her as the villain and kept her from leaving, underscoring a pattern of exploitation and inadequate contestant protection on the show.

ANTM's Brittany Brower Says Netflix Doc Sparks Insecurities About Self-Worth
entertainment4 months ago

ANTM's Brittany Brower Says Netflix Doc Sparks Insecurities About Self-Worth

ANTM alum Brittany Brower says Netflix's Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is triggering, reviving emotions of not feeling good enough. In TikTok clips and to People, she blasts Tyra Banks for not taking accountability about how the show treated contestants, while noting there were positives too. Brower, cycle 4 finalist who now lives in Florida with her husband and two sons, recalls the controversial ethnicity-swapped photo shoot and says the experience was hard but she has moved on.