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This combination photo shows a woman wearing a kimono during an award ceremony of the ISU World Team Trophy Figure Skating competition in Fukuoka, Japan on April 13, 2019, left, and reality star Kim Kardashian West at the 2018 LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2018. West has earned some backlash from Japanese people and others on social media who object to her appropriation of the traditional Japanese kimono as part of the name of her upcoming shapewear line. West announced her Kimono Solutionwear on Instagram, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Some people on social media said the name, which West trademarked, is an inappropriate take centuries-old kimono clothing. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, left, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Kim Kardashian West faces backlash over Kimono shapewear
This combination photo shows a woman wearing a kimono during an award ceremony of the ISU World Team Trophy Figure Skating competition in Fukuoka, Japan on April 13, 2019, left, and reality star Kim Kardashian West at the 2018 LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2018. West has earned some backlash from Japanese people and others on social media who object to her appropriation of the traditional Japanese kimono as part of the name of her upcoming shapewear line. West announced her Kimono Solutionwear on Instagram, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Some people on social media said the name, which West trademarked, is an inappropriate take centuries-old kimono clothing. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, left, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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  • This combination photo shows a woman wearing a kimono during an award ceremony of the ISU World Team Trophy Figure Skating competition in Fukuoka, Japan on April 13, 2019, left, and reality star Kim Kardashian West at the 2018 LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2018. West has earned some backlash from Japanese people and others on social media who object to her appropriation of the traditional Japanese kimono as part of the name of her upcoming shapewear line. West announced her Kimono Solutionwear on Instagram, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Some people on social media said the name, which West trademarked, is an inappropriate take centuries-old kimono clothing. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, left, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - This Feb. 11, 2017 file photo shows Britney Spears at the Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. The conservatorship that runs Britney Spears’ affairs has sued a man who runs a Spears-themed blog for defamation. The lawsuit filed Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Anthony Elia, who writes the blog Absolute Britney, has spread falsehoods about the conservatorship. The suit says the blog falsely claimed that the conservatorship, which is run by Spears’ father Jamie, was manipulating her Instagram account to make her appear more troubled and in need of help than she actually is. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this June 5, 2013, file photo, Duane "Dog" Chapman, right, and Beth Chapman present the award for CMT performance of the year at the CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Chapman, the wife and co-star of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. A family spokeswoman, Mona Wood-Sword, said in a statement that Chapman died early Wednesday at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu after an almost 2-year battle with cancer. She was 51. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, File)
  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., holds a town hall on the Florida International University campus on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Miami. (Jennifer King/Miami Herald via AP)
  • Mark Heller, attorney for Cuba Gooding Jr., talks to the media outside criminal court in New York, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Gooding was arrested June 13. He has pleaded not guilty to forcible touching and sexual abuse charges. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
  • R&B singer R. Kelly arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court building for an arraignment on sex-related felonies Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)
  • FILE - In this April 14, 2009, file photo cast members celebrate after executive producer and show creator Greg Daniels, holding knife, cuts a cake celebrating the 100th episode of the television show "The Office" in Malibu, Calif. Netflix's announced that NBC's hit show "The Office" will be pulled from its lineup after 2020 and head to NBCUniversal's upcoming service. In a tweet Tuesday, June 25, Netflix said it was "sad" that NBC was taking back the show but added it will still be on Netflix for the next year and a half. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
  • A pedestrian walks past the "Four Ladies of Hollywood" gazebo on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, on Wednesday June 19, 2019. Officials say someone climbed the more than two-story tall public art piece and stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe. Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O'Farrell says a witness saw someone climb the gazebo on the Hollywood Walk Fame and sawed off the statue. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
  • FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2007 file photo, Emily Robison, left, and Martie Maguire, right, adjust Natalie Maines' hair as the Dixie Chicks perform at the new Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The award-winning group took to Instagram on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 to tease a new album. It would be their first in 13 years. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, file)
  • FILE - In this Monday, Nov, 5, 2018 file photo, Sheryl Crow performs at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 17th annual "An Enduring Vision" benefit gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. Singer Sheryl Crow says the original tapes of albums such as “Tuesday Night Music Club” and the track “All I Wanna Do” perished in a 2008 fire at Universal Music Group. Crow told the BBC Wednesday, June 26, 2019 that her master tapes and back-ups were destroyed in the blaze and that she only discovered the loss after a New York Times report revealed the extent of the damage. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
  • Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, right, and Prince William arrive on the day one of the annual Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
  • FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2017 file photo Sebastian Maniscalco arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature" in Los Angeles. The comedian, actor and best-selling author will host MTV’s 2019 Video Music Awards. Maniscalco will be joined at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 26, 2019, by some of music’s biggest stars as they celebrate the year’s iconic videos. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
  • Michael Jackson fans point to the sky as they stand outside the late pop star's final resting place at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Glendale, Calif. Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of Jackson's death. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Aerialists Nik Wallenda, top, steps over his sister Lijana as they walk on a high wire above Times Square, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason Szenes)
  • Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B arrives for a hearing at Queens County Criminal Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York. The rapper was arraigned on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club. She pleaded not guilty to attempted assault and various lesser charges. (Uli Seit/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses before speaking to reporters following the Republican Conference luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The GOP leader said his two priorities this week are to pass the National Defense Authorization Act and the border security bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo, former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against former White House aide Manigault Newman, alleging she failed to file a legally-required financial disclosure after she was fired from her post. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
  • FILE - In this April 18, 2019, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is photographed in Washington. The Mueller Report is no longer just a book or a document to read online. It is a work of theater and other art forms, and a touchstone for Trump opponents seeking to highlight the president’s alleged misconduct, including attempts to impede or halt the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
  • FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa. Cosby has filed a lengthy appeal of the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison and says the judge allowed testimony from other women accusers that wasn’t relevant. 
The 81-year-old Cosby has been serving a three- to 10-year prison term since September at a state prison near Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
  • Collector Cecilia Matteucci Lavarini poses next to a late 1960s embroidered top over a printed velvet skirt by fashion designer Emilio Pucci on display during a preview of the exhibition "Bulgari. The story, the dream" at St. Angel Castle in Rome, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The exhibition, which is on from June 26 till Nov. 3, 2019, features vintage haute couture from Matteucci Lavarini's private collection together with Bulgari jewels owned and worn by legendary actresses like, ElizabethTaylor, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Audrey Hepburn. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
  • In this June 24, 2019, photo, a billboard advertises the Democratic Presidential Debates across from the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, in Miami. Don't envy NBC News executive Rashida Jones, who is behind this week's inaugural Democratic presidential debate and will have to juggle 20 candidates, five news personalities and, it's likely, one tweeting president.. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
  • FILE - In this Saturday, June 8, 2019 file photo, Britain's Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry ride in a carriage to attend the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London. Kensington Palace says on Thursday, June 20 the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be starting their own foundation to support their charitable endeavors, formally spinning off from the entity Prince Harry and Prince William established together a decade ago. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
  • FILE - This July 7, 2009 file photo shows signatures on a poster of the late pop icon Michael Jackson at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Tuesday, June 25, 2019, marks the tenth anniversary of Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
  • This Jan. 29, 2019, image made from police body cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department purports to show Jussie Smollett, with a white rope wrapped around his neck, talking with police officers in his apartment in Chicago. Chicago police on Monday, June 24, released hundreds of files from the investigation into Smollett's claim he was attacked by two men, including releasing the video footage for the first time of the "Empire" actor wearing the thin white rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose. The footage from the Chicago police blurred out Smollett's face because, police explained, he was considered a victim at that point. (Chicago Police Department via AP)
  • "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer, center, plays in a tournament at the World Series of Poker, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  • "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer, center, plays in a tournament at the World Series of Poker, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  • This combination photo shows actors, top row from left, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Hamill, Zachary Quinto, Annette Bening and bottom row from left, John Lithgow, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline and Michael Shannon, who will participate in a live reading of passages from the Mueller report for "The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts," which will be streamed on the Law Works website. (AP Photo)
  • FILE - In this June 13, 2019, file photo, Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in criminal court in New York. Gooding's lawyer on Monday, June 24, urged a judge to dismiss the forcible touching case that landed the actor in handcuffs two weeks ago, arguing that witnesses and security video contradict a woman's allegations that he groped her at a New York City night spot. (Alex Tabak/The Daily News via AP, Pool, File)
  • FILE - In this Wednesday, June 5, 2013, file photo, Duane "Dog" Chapman, right, and Beth Chapman present the award for CMT performance of the year at the CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Beth Chapman is in a medically induced coma in the intensive care unit of Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday, June 23, 2019. Chapman was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2017 and said in November 2018 that the cancer had returned despite surgery. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019, file photo, Mickey Mouse celebrates the Super Bowl winning team, the New England Patriots, during the Super Bowl victory parade in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Months after workers who play Mickey Mouse and Goofy at Walt Disney World threatened to leave the Teamsters union because of what they called "horrible misrepresentation," General President James Hoffa has appointed two associates to take over the local union in Orlando, Fla., according to a letter from Hoffa posted Monday, June 24, to the doors of the Local 385 union hall. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
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