Paul Rudd stars in a new Audible comedy series titled Escape From Virtual Island, out Thursday (listen for free with a 30-day free trial to Audible here). The cast also includes Jack McBrayer, Paula Pell, Amber Ruffin, Jason Sudeikis and others. Set in 2038, Rudd stars as Derek Ambrose, an …
Read More »Annabella Sciorra Testifies at Harvey Weinstein Trial: 'He Raped Me'
Annabella Sciorra testified about allegedly being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein during the disgraced producer’s trial Thursday. While Weinstein isn’t facing charges related to his encounter with the Sopranos actress, Sciorra is serving as one of the prosecution’s four “prior bad acts” witnesses that detail Weinstein’s pattern of sexual assault. …
Read More »Women Who Claim They Were Scammed Into Performing in Porn Awarded $13 Million
Following a nearly three-month civil trial, a judge has awarded $12.75 million to 22 women who claim they were tricked into shooting explicit sexual content by producers for the website GirlsDoPorn.com. On Thursday, Judge Kevin A. Enright of San Diego Superior Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, stating that …
Read More »George Zimmerman Sues Trayvon Martin's Family, Others for $100 Million
George Zimmerman has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the family of Trayvon Martin, one of their lawyers Ben Crump, several prosecutors, a book publisher and more for malicious prosecution, defamation, conspiracy, and abuse of process. Zimmerman was previously acquitted on homicide charges in 2013 for the fatal shooting of …
Read More »Why Did Facebook Take Down a Fact-Check of an Anti-Abortion Video?
Conservatives have long contended that social media giants like Facebook harbor an anti-right-wing bias. And even though there’s basically zero evidence to support that, that hasn’t stopped the social platforms from taking these concerns seriously — often, to the detriment of acting on its other stated goals, such as curbing …
Read More »Cyntoia Brown Released From Prison After Serving 15 Years of Life Sentence
On early Wednesday morning, Cyntoia Brown, who was convicted at age 16 of killing a 43-year-old Nashville man, finally walked out of prison after years of activists aggressively campaigning for her release. Brown had served 15 years of her life sentence before she was granted clemency. In 2006, Brown was …
Read More »A 17-Year-Old Girl Was Murdered. How Did Photos of Her Death Go Viral?
A 17-year-old Instagram celebrity was brutally murdered allegedly by an obsessed male friend who then posted images of the slaying on Instagram, gaming website Discord, and 4chan, prompting an outpouring of shock and horror on social media. The victim, Bianca Devins, is a 17-year-old so-called “egirl” who lived in Utica, …
Read More »Pregnant Alabama Woman Marshae Jones Will Not Be Tried for Manslaughter
UPDATE July 3rd: In a press conference, Bessemer County district attorney Lynniece Washington announced that Jones would not be prosecuted for manslaughter. “After reviewing the facts of this case and the applicable state law, I have determined that it is not in the best interest of justice to pursue prosecution …
Read More »In Advance of 'The Notebook' Musical, Nicolas Sparks Accused of Homophobia After Release of Damning Emails
Mon., June 17, 2019, 3:56 pm: This story has been updated to include comment from the creative team and producers of The Notebook. This week, the Daily Beast reported that Nicholas Sparks, author of the hugely popular romance novels The NotebookandA Walk to Remember,had tried to ban LGBT clubs and …
Read More »Blood of Missing Mother of Five Found In Trash Can Following Arrests
The blood of missing New Canaan, Connecticut, woman Jennifer Dulos has been found on various items in trash cans in Hartford, such as clothing and a sponge, the New York Timesreports. According to surveillance footage, the items appear to have been disposed by Dulos’s estranged former husband, Fotis Dulos, and …
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