New deadline looms in release of MLK and RFK files after Epstein fallout
Sunday marks the second deadline in an effort to release the RFK and MLK assassination files, just weeks after the fallout from the highly anticipated release of the Epstein files by the Department of Justice.
In light of President Donald Trump‘s executive order in January to declassify files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., the director of national intelligence (DNI) and other officials were expected to submit their proposed release plans for the RFK and MLK files on March 9.
DNI and the attorney general were previously given a Feb. 7 deadline to submit their release plans for the JFK files.
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The RFK and MLK release plan deadline comes just weeks after the Justice Department revealed a batch of Jeffrey Epstein files in late February. Many of the documents publicized then had already been released during the federal criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former lover and convicted accomplice.
The lack of new material prompted an outcry and criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files – and questions about what the RFK and MLK documents could hold upon their release.
Gerald Posner, author of “Case Closed,” told Fox News Digital at the time that he expects “there will be news in there, but it’s not going to be something that turns upside down our understanding of what really happened with those cases.”
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Trump’s declassification executive order came after he promised to declassify the documents upon entering his second term while on the campaign trail, saying at the time, “When I return to the White House, I will declassify and unseal all JFK assassination-related documents. It’s been 60 years, time for the American people to know the truth.”
The FBI said in a February statement that it had conducted a new records search in light of Trump’s executive order, saying at the time, “The search resulted in approximately 2400 newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file.”
“The FBI has made the appropriate notifications of the newly discovered documents and is working to transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the ongoing declassification process,” the agency continued.
Fox News Digital reached out to DNI and the FBI for additional comment.
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After the Epstein file fallout, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent FBI Director Kash Patel a fiery letter accusing federal investigators in New York of withholding thousands of pages of Epstein documents.
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“I repeatedly questioned whether this was the full set of documents responsive to my request and was repeatedly assured by the FBI that we had received the full set of documents,” Bondi wrote. “Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”
Bondi told Fox News’ Sean Hannity last week that the DOJ had received a “truckload” of Epstein files from the FBI following the Friday 8 a.m. deadline she had imposed on the agency.
DOGE blows the lid off massive number of loans granted to kids 11 and under
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced a further wave of contract terminations late Saturday, noting that they also identified thousands of cases where more than $300 million in loans were granted to children.
The announcements come as the Elon Musk-led agency continues to root out waste, fraud and corruption in the federal government.
DOGE said it identified that the Small Business Association (SBA) granted nearly 5,600 loans for $312 million to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. The loans were issued in 2020 and 2021 – while the world struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic – and it is unclear what they were used for.
“While it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, that is highly unlikely for these 5,593 loans, as they all also used an SSN with the incorrect name,” the agency wrote.
“@DOGE and @SBAgov are working together to solve this problem this week,” they added.
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When making the announcement, DOGE shared a post on X from Tuesday when it also revealed that in 2020 and 2021 the SBA issued 3,095 loans for $333 million to borrowers over 115 years old.
The borrowers were still marked as alive in the Social Security database. In one case, a 157-year-old individual received $36,000 in loans, the agency said. The loans included PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) and EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) loans.
In President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, he bashed instances where he said millions of people aged over 100 were listed on the Social Security database, with one being as old as 360 years of age.
“I know some people who are rather elderly but not quite that elderly,” Trump said. “3.47 million people from ages 120 to 129. 3.9 million people from ages 130 to 139. 3.5 million people from ages 140 to 149. And money is being paid to many of them, and we are searching right now.”
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DOGE also said they canceled one Department of Agriculture contract worth $10.3 million, which it said was “ironically” initiated for “identifying unnecessary contracts.”
The cost-saving agency said the termination was one of 162 nonessential contracts it canceled with a total ceiling value of $205 million and savings of $90 million. The agency did not specify what areas of the federal government the remaining contract terminations were made.
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Meanwhile, Musk met with a small group of House Republicans on Wednesday evening to discuss the quest to find as much as $1 trillion in government waste, people familiar with the discussion told Fox News Digital.
“The executive DOGE team is confident, they think they can get $1 trillion,” one lawmaker familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital.
“Now, we’ll see, right? And the thing is, he acknowledged that we’re going to make mistakes, but we’re going to correct them very quickly.”
Internal messages hint at key reason Trump DOJ dropped case against Dem mayor
Three weeks ago, the media was consumed by a firestorm that broke out when President Donald Trump’s acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned in protest over being ordered to end the prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams.
The acceptance of Sassoon’s indignant and public resignation was followed closely by resignations of several of her underlings in New York, as well as lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section in Washington, all of whom objected to the dismissal the case. The motion to dismiss was eventually filed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
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The media extolled the “bravery” of career prosecutors who were standing up to the “corrupt” efforts by the newly installed Trump DOJ officials to reward the wayward Democrat mayor for his opposition to Biden administration immigration policies. The dismissal of charges was also alleged to be a reward, or for his post-election commitment to cooperate with Trump administration’s efforts to reverse former President Biden’s open border policies.
The Biden Justice Department had indicted Adams last September on a somewhat questionable bribery charge involving an upgraded flight to Turkey. Because it came after he had voiced public criticism of Biden’s policies on illegal immigration, some supporters of Adams deemed it another example of the “weaponization” of Biden’s DOJ.
On March 3, the judge in the case noted during a hearing on the motion that because the two sides were aligned — DOJ and Adams both agreed on the propriety of the motion — there is no one to advocate the position taken by the disgruntled former prosecutors. Were their concerns and complaints valid and something the judge should consider in deciding what to do with the motion? To have those concerns addressed, the judge appointed an “amicus” counsel to advise the court on the legitimacy of the issues raised by those objecting to the dismissal. His choice, former DOJ Solicitor General Paul Clement, reviewed the motion and, on Friday, filed a brief with the court on the legal and factual issues presented.
As Clement was submitting his brief, newly confirmed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, along with his now principal assistant deputy, Bove, filed a memorandum under their own signatures – no other DOJ officials are listed. he point of that was to make very clear that this is the position of senior DOJ management, and the views of subordinates in the chain-of-command are not relevant or necessary.
There are two interesting and distinct takeaways from the two memos. First, the DOJ is entirely correct on the law and the near complete discretion that rests with the Executive Branch when making the decision to abandon a case even after a grand jury indictment is returned. Second, the Blanche memo makes clear that the “weaponization” arguments that were offered as the basis for the dismissal are the subject of an ongoing investigation into both the investigation of Adams and the decision to charge him. This second takeaway is revealed by the fact that the memo quotes from some communications among members of the prosecution team at SDNY. It also requests that full text of those communications be placed under seal and not be filed on the public docket. Such a request indicates an ongoing investigation into the matter is underway.
As for the first takeaway, on whether the Trump DOJ have the law on their side in moving to dismiss the case, Clement’s memo makes some strained arguments to suggest a role for the court in reviewing motions to dismiss. But he knew when he started that there is simply a torrent of case law that recognizes the nearly unchecked discretion vested in the Executive Branch to make the pending motion, combined with the realization that there is no meaningful way for a court to compel the Executive Branch to prosecute a case it is determined to not prosecute.
The DOJ memo cites dozens of cases that underscore that the final decision on deciding to dismiss a case rests almost entirely with the Executive Branch. The following are just a sampling of the quotes from different cases – sans the case names for brevity – included by DOJ in its Memorandum.
- “The government may elect to eschew or discontinue prosecutions for any of a number of reasons,” including a “change” in “Justice Department policy.”
- “[A]bsent any evidence of bad faith, this Court lacks the authority to second-guess the Government’s decision seeking dismissal, and must instead ascribe the presumption of regularity to the Government.”
- “The rationale behind this general rule is that the Executive remains the absolute judge of whether a prosecution should be initiated and the first and presumptively the best judge of whether a pending prosecution should be terminated.”
- “[T]he ‘leave of court’ authority in Rule 48(a) . . . confers no new power in the courts to scrutinize and countermand the prosecution’s exercise of its traditional authority over charging and enforcement decisions.”
- “[I]t is not the function of the judiciary to review the exercise of executive discretion whether it be that of the President himself or those to whom he has delegated certain of his powers.”
- There is a “presumption of good faith on the part of the Government in seeking dismissal of charges.” The presumption is dispositive “in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary.”
Still, the Clement memo does attempt to carve out some space for the court to weigh in on the decision.
“… Rule 48(a) provides the court with an important, but limited, role in assessing the government’s motion to discontinue an ongoing prosecution,” it states. “The Rule authorizes the court to consider how the prosecution should be discontinued — with or without prejudice — rather than empowering the court to take over the distinctly executive prosecutorial function.”
Because Adams is an elected public official, Clement does recommend that the dismissal be “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be brought again in the future. This recommendation is not anchored to any specific legal authority or case citation – Clement simply suggests that it is prudential to avoid the perception that Adams, while still mayor, might be influenced in his decision-making by the self-interest of avoiding the refiling of the indictment.
Contrary to some reporting and social media commentary, Clement does not reach a conclusion on the question of whether the case was initiated improperly – “weaponized” — or that the motives to dismiss the case are characterized by bad faith or an improper quid pro quo. What Clement does say is that the fact both allegations have been aired in public weighs in favor of dismissing the case since either – independent of the other – would be a basis for dismissing the indictment with prejudice.
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What these two memos underscore more than anything is the fundamental misunderstanding of the law by the now-resigned ex-prosecutors. The premise of their protest and later resignations was that they could not make a “good faith” argument to the court under Rule 48(a) that would justify dismissing the indictment. They did not recognize that other enforcement priorities of the new Trump administration might outweigh their self-righteous pursuit of the mayor the regard as a scoundrel.
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But more significantly, they did not understand that every decision to prosecute or not prosecute is a trade-off against competing interests that are in play. They mistakenly – and naively – believed that an initiated prosecution based on sufficient evidence must be taken to its conclusion, and that any decision to do otherwise based on competing policy considerations must be “corrupt.”
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Inside one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a woman
It is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman – or a Christian. Disease is rampant, and children as young as 4 are being forced to work in mines.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is 95% Christian, yet the faithful are being targeted by jihadists. Just last month, Islamist ADF terrorists, who want the eastern part of the country to become a Muslim Caliphate, rounded up 70 Christians and beheaded them – in a church.
Women are under threat too. According to the U.N., 895 cases of rape were reported in the last two weeks of February alone – an average of more than 60 a day.
In the east, “Sexual violence and human rights abuses remain rampant, as is the looting and destruction of civilian homes and businesses,” Patrick Eba, deputy director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection, said this week.
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Eba added that “hundreds of thousands of people (are) on the move”, fleeing the violence, with many crossing into neighboring countries.
Over 150 women inmates were raped, and many of them then burned to death, in Goma in October last year. As M23 rebels advanced on the city, prison guards at the local jail fled. Hundreds of male inmates are said to have jumped over a wall and raped the women, before escaping.
The sick are also at risk. Earlier this week, the U.N. humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) reported that armed men had raided at least two hospitals in North Kivu’s capital Goma, abducting dozens of patients.
Disease also stalks people – with three mystery “outbreaks” in the past six months in the DRC. In the latest, the World Health Organization stated late last month that 60 have died and a further 1,318 have shown symptoms of suffering from an as yet unidentified serious illness in Equateur Province.
The agency said the disease spreads through the body fast “with a median time from onset of symptoms to death of one day.” Tests for Ebola and the Marburg virus have come back negative so far.
In the Eastern Kivu provinces of the DRC, hundreds of thousands have been displaced, as rebel groups, often foreign-backed, push back government troops in a war “playing out in one of the poorest regions of earth,” analyst Frans Cronje told Fox News Digital, adding, “Thousands have been killed, disease pandemics are commonplace, (and) women live under the constant fear of rape and abuse.”
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“The conflict in the DRC is essentially about control of critical minerals”, Cronje, an advisor for the Yorktown Foundation for Freedom, continued. “Scores of rebel groups and some state actors are engaged in the conflict. The two Kivu provinces contain vast deposits of these minerals that could be used in applications from defense and AI to green energy.”
Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and editor of the Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital, “I would argue that the minerals are only partially, or even tangentially, related. The main violence plaguing Congo runs from regional political issues, like Rwanda/M23 (rebel group), to ethnic like CODECO, (an association of militia groups) to religious, like Islamic State Central Africa Province, aka ADF, (rebel group) to just general localized banditry. And some groups do control and make money from artisanal mines, but not all.”
And, for more than a decade, children in some DRC areas have faced extreme exploitation and abuse, reportedly from China, forced to mine deep underground in its quest for metals such as cobalt. An estimated 70% of the world’s cobalt is produced in the DRC, according to Michigan State University’s Global Edge Research Organization. China is said to either own, or co-own with the DRC’s government, 80% of the DRC’s cobalt mines.
This modern-day child slavery continues despite outcry. A report to a joint House and Senate Committee in November 2023 stated that the DRC “is a country that has been brutally pillaged throughout history, fueled by corrupt men’s unquenchable thirst for power, riches, land, rubber, copper, palm oil, and now cobalt, all at the expense of innocent women, men, and children.”
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“Children as young as 4 are forced to mine cobalt, “Jason Isaac told Fox News Digital last year. Isaac is the founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute.
The FDD’s Bill Roggio told Fox News Digital there are steps the Trump administration could take, “from counter-terrorism against one of IS’ most active global branches (ISCAP) to walking back a potential massive regional war, or even to improving good governance, a more stable, secure and prosperous Congo would do wonders for the global economy and regional security.”
Trump’s ‘dream house’ paints picture of what American households will look like
FIRST ON FOX: A “Dream House” decorated with President Donald Trump’s executive orders paints a picture of what American households will look like as the administration lifts regulations on appliances, a consumer advocacy group claims.
Alliance for Consumers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting consumer protection policies, created a “Trump’s Dream House” digital illustration that highlights how homes could be impacted by the president lifting restraints on household appliances.
The dream house, first shared with Fox News Digital, features an array of appliances impacted by Trump’s January executive order, titled “Unleashing American Energy,” that reversed regulations on gas stoves, plastic straws, light bulbs, washing machines and shower heads.
The house features a clothes dryer “that gets your clothes dry,” a water heater that “makes water hot,” and in the driveway a truck that “runs on gas.”
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Also in the house is food from McDonald’s, which is “served on Air Force One and at the Trump Dream House.”
“The Trump administration is giving consumers the freedom to choose the products that work best for their family,” O.H. Skinner, the executive director of Alliance for Consumers, told Fox News Digital in a statement. “These Executive Orders unleash consumer choice rather than forcing Progressive Lifestyle Choices onto consumers.”
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The new dream house mirrors an analysis by the consumer advocacy group that highlighted how former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda would increase costs for various home appliances.
“The Biden Administration thought consumers should live a life dictated by out-of-touch bureaucrats and activists,” Skinner said. “Now, the Trump Administration is set to restore consumers’ freedom to choose what they actually want — not what progressives think they should be allowed to have.”
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The Republican-controlled Congress has been teeing up legislation to help boost Trump’s mission of reversing Biden-era appliance and green energy standards.
A handful of House Democrats recently joined Republicans in passing a resolution to block a Biden-era appliance regulation banning non-condensing, natural-gas-fired water heaters.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Environmental Protection Agency for comment.
Social media star Livvy Dunne’s gymnastics career may have just ended without warning
LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne missed her senior night Friday.
The 22-year-old New Jersey native announced in an Instagram post she has an “avulsion fracture of my patella,” which cost her Friday night’s meet.
“It absolutely breaks my heart not to get the opportunity to compete in the (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) one last time,” Dunne wrote.
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Dunne has not competed since Jan. 24 against Arkansas, but she could return for NCAAs next month. A typical recovery time for the kneecap injury is at least three months, but it could also take up to half a year.
The Cleveland Clinic defines an avulsion fracture as an injury when “a small piece of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone.”
Friday marked No. 2-ranked LSU’s final home meet of the season, a 198.575-197.175 victory over No. 10 Georgia.
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The Tigers are headed to Auburn Friday before the SEC Championships March 22.
The national regionals stretch from April 2-6, while the NCAA championships, which LSU won last year, will run from April 17-19 in Fort Worth.
Dunne was eligible for a fifth year and decided to return as one of the NCAA’s top NIL earners, boasting millions of followers across social media.
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Dunne is dating LSU alum and Cy Young contender Paul Skenes, who was named MLB’s National League Rookie of the Year in 2024.
Infamous botched music festival returns — but a burn notice is already out
Concern over the highly publicized return of the fraudulent Fyre Festival is mounting after the government of the Mexican island where this year’s music event is supposed to take place issued a statement this week saying organizers have not requested permits.
Billy McFarland, creator of the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, which scammed people out of thousands of dollars, was sentenced to six years of prison time for his financial crimes, though he only ended up serving about four years from 2018 to 2022.
“I’m sure many people think I’m crazy for doing this again,” McFarland said Monday in a statement. “But I’d feel crazy not to do it again. After years of reflection and thoughtful planning, the new team and I have amazing plans for FYRE 2.”
The three-day music and arts event is scheduled to take place on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, between May 30 and June 2, but the government of Isla Mujeres doesn’t seem so sure.
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“Due to information circulating in the media regarding the ‘FYRE FESTIVAL II,’ the General Directorate of Tourism of Isla Mujeres informs that no person or company has requested permits from this office or any other Municipal Government department for said event,” the Isla Mujeres government posted in a Feb. 26 statement on its Facebook page.
Edgar Gasca, from the tourism directorate of Isla Mujeres, told The Guardian that Isla Mujeres leaders “have no knowledge of this event, nor contact with any person or company about it.”
“For us, this is an event that does not exist.”
The original 2017 Fyre Fest promised big-name music acts including Blink 182, Migos and other artists; celebrity model attendees including the Hadid sisters and Emily Ratajkowski; luxury accommodations; and fine food, with tickets ranging from $1,200 to over $100,000.
Ultimately, however, the festival failed and went viral on social media after Hulu and Netflix published documentaries about the failed beach bash, making the #fyrefraud hashtag go viral at the time.
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A photo of a meal at the fest — specifically, a shabby sandwich on white bread thrown together in a Styrofoam box — also went viral, showcasing one small part of the larger scam that was the original Fyre Fest eight years ago.
The festival reached a settlement with 277 ticket holders in 2021, when it was ordered to pay each recipient an award of $7,220.
Mark Breen, strategic director at Safe Events Global, told Fox News Digital that it is “of course possible that Fyre Festival 2 can succeed where Fyre Festival 1 failed so dismally.”
“In order for that to happen, though, Billy will have to do what he did acknowledge at the time he didn’t do, and should have done, for Fyre Festival 1 — he needs to actually involve proven experienced event and festival professionals, who have delivered events and festivals at this scale before,” Breen said. “If he does that, there’s no reason his stated vision for Fyre Festival 2 can’t actually be realized. Whether he actually does it though remains to be seen.”
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Tickets for Fyre Fest 2 range from $1,400 to more than $1 million.
The $1 million ticket includes private air travel from Miami to Cancun and private yacht travel from Cancun to Isla Mujeres. Accommodations for this ticket include the choice of either a four-stateroom yacht or four-bedroom villa with access to the festival grounds for three nights. It also grants festival access over four days to eight people.
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Fyre Fest has not officially named any music acts, but it does promise “an electrifying celebration of music, arts, cuisine, comedy, fashion, gaming, sports, and treasure hunting — all set in the stunning location of Isla Mujeres, Mexico.”
In a video posted to X on Tuesday, McFarland laid out seven different promises for the returning event, the first being, “Fyre 2 is real.”
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“Second, we have incredible partners leading the festival. They’re in charge of all the logistics, productions and operations. This includes an incredible production team in Mexico who does not F around. There is no way they would ever take on a fake festival. Three, we have accommodations. Naturally, this is a huge point of emphasis given the issues surrounding Fyre 1. Our accommodations include contracts with a number of villas, yachts and hotels,” McFarland said in the video.
He went on to explain that Fyre Fest 2 has booked “artists, athletes and performers” and promises that “restitution is being paid.”
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“Since being released 30 months ago, I’ve made 40 payments to restitution,” McFarland said. “I’ve also made it my mission to do more than legally required. Part of this is giving part of Fyre 2’s budget and profits directly to restitution.”
He added that he and his partners have been communicating with “local and state government to ensure full compliance and a successful event that benefits the local economy, shares the beauty of the Mexican Caribbean with the world and helps make right for all of the wrongs.”
Attendees can expect future updates about the festival to come directly from McFarland himself, he said.
‘Stranger Things’ star stuns fans as she reveals what her real name actually is
“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown revealed that the public has never actually known her by her real name.
During a conversation with Chris Pratt for Buzzfeed, the 21-year-old British actress surprised her “Electric State” co-star when she admitted that her middle name was not “Bobby.”
“My middle name is Bonnie,” Brown said.
“Millie Bobby Bonnie Brown?” Pratt asked.
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“No Bobby, it’s Millie Bonnie Brown,” she replied.
“I’ve never told anyone that,” Brown added. “You heard it here first!”
“The Guardians of the Galaxy” star appeared stunned as he clarified, “Your middle name is Bonnie? But you just changed it to Bobby for…”
“For s—s and giggles,” Brown said.
“For your stage name?” Pratt asked.
“Yes,” Brown responded with a laugh.
“Oh s—!” Pratt exclaimed.
Despite Brown’s playful explanation for why she changed her middle name, it is rumored to be a tribute to her father Robert Brown. Robert, along with Brown’s mother Kelly Brown, championed their daughter’s career from her childhood. At the age of 12, Brown skyrocketed to fame when she landed her breakthrough role as Eleven in Netflix’s hit science fiction series “Stranger Things.”
“My middle name is Bonnie.”
Brown and Pratt are currently on a press tour for their new Netflix movie, “Electric State,” which was directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who helmed four movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Based on Simon Stålenhag’s 2018 illustrated novel of the same name and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, “Electric State” also stars Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci.
Recently, Brown hit back at critics who have made derogatory comments about her appearance. On Tuesday, the two-time Emmy Award nominee shared an Instagram video in which she was seen reading some headlines from articles that she found offensive.
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“I started in this industry when I was 10 years old,” Brown wrote in the caption of her post. “I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me. Instead, they act like I’m supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should still look the way I did on Stranger Things Season 1. And because I don’t, I’m now a target.”
“This isn’t journalism,” she added. “This is bullying. The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices, it’s disturbing. The fact that some of these articles are written by women? Even worse.”
“Disillusioned people can’t handle seeing a girl become a woman on her terms, not theirs,” Brown added. “I refuse to apologize for growing up.”
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Meanwhile, Brown added another name to her moniker last year when she married Jon Bon Jovi’s son, Jake Bongiovi.
After announcing their engagement in April 2023, the couple tied the knot in May 2024 when Brown was 20 and Bongiovi was 22.
Bon Jovi weighed in on his son’s marriage shortly after the pair tied the knot.
“They are great, they are absolutely fantastic,” Bon Jovi told BBC’s “The One Show.” “It was a very small family wedding and the bride looked gorgeous, and Jake is happy as can be. It’s true.”
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During an interview with Vanity Fair last month, Brown addressed why she and Bongiovi decided to get married so early in their lives.
“We were pretty united going into it. We talked about our political views, what kind of family we want to build, the kind of home we want to live in, the kind of relationship we’re looking for, the kind of careers we want,” she said.
“It’s such an important decision, and we wanted to make sure we were making the right one. I knew I was. It always felt right with him.”
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