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An episode of 'Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj' has been removed from Netflix in

Saudi Arabia. The streaming platform removed an episode which featured a segment

criticizing the Middle Eastern country for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last

year. Minhaj angled blame on the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for

Khashoggi's murder, calling it the "biggest tragedy of the MBS era." In the same episode,

Minhaj also suggested that Silicon Valley tech companies should cut financial ties

with the country. According to Netflix, the company received a legal request from the

Saudi government to remove the episode from its platform, though the episode remains

available on YouTube and on Netflix in the U.S. A Netflix spokesperson added

in a statement:

Minhaj, who hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2017, left his gig as

a correspondent on The Daily Show to debut his Netflix show in October.

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi's sparked intense outrage across the country with many

in Hollywood taking action. In October, Ari Emanuel's Endeavor company returned a

$400 million investment it had received from the Saudi Public Investment Fund,

overseen by Crown Prince bin Salman. Additionally, public outcries against musical

acts such as the Black Eyed Peas and Jason DeRulo urged performers to cancel

planned appearances in the country.

To read more on this story, head to THR.com.

For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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Juventus' sporting director, Fabio Paratici, spoke about Gonzalo Higuain to Sky Italia, addressing the rumours linking him with a move to Chelsea

I know very well Gonzalo, he is a simple and passionate guy who lives every situation with great enthusiasm

It can happen even to the best players not to score for 4 or 5 games. . "He remains one of the best strikers in the world, he showed it in these seasons in Europe, he scored everywhere

About his future, I think he's important for AC Milan, he's a great striker and they want to keep him," he concluded

The striker was loaned out to AC Milan last summer, but has failed to fully live up to the expectations thus far, even though he ended a long goal drought last time out

Many reports suggest that the Rossoneri won't let go of Higuain, despite recent performances

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Sounds like we're going to be getting a new Cardi B album this year if the Bronx MC

has anything to say about it.

"Of course there's going to be an album in 2019!"

Cardi opened up further as part of her Instagram Live saying she hopes to drop the

LP around the same time she did 'Invasion of Privacy,' which had an April 2018 release.

She did keep it real though, admitting she wasn't all that confident she'd be able to

drop that soon given her busy schedule. Whether or not we get the followup to

Cardi's debut - it does look like we'll be getting a deluxe edition of 'Invasion of Privacy'

which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last spring.

Cardi's latest single "Money" is off to a pretty good start - It currently sits at No. 19 on

the Hot 100 and has amassed over 104 million views on YouTube between the official

video and audio.

For even more Cardi news, you can head to billboard.com and until next time -

for Billboard News, I'm Kevan Kenney.