The Buzz : Everything You Need To Know Today Nov 17th

Merge 104.8  |  17 November 2021

Just days after Britney Spears won her conservatorship battle, she is already mapping out her dream future – and that includes becoming a mother again. Britney has been given a new lease of life recently and she doesn’t want to waste any more time in having a baby girl. Now her 13-year conservatorship has been formally terminated, she wants to go ahead with something she thought might never happen.

 

Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter movies, says he would love to have his 3 hour version of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone released. The final version ended up being 161 minutes long, but originally, Sorcerer’s Stone was 172 minutes long. The extended version was only seen by a test audience, and even though the children loved it, the parents thought it was too long. Almost 30 minutes of footage was removed before being released at the cinema.

 

Instagram has started using a new method for users to verify their identity. According to reports they are asking users to take a short video selfie ‘to help confirm that you’re a real person’. It’s a feature that should reduce the number of fake accounts. Instagram say they promise that it doesn’t collect any biometric data and the feature will only be used for identity verification.

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