More than 40 people, including Oscar-nominated actor Felicity Huffman and Fuller House star Lori Loughlin, have been charged with fraud for their alleged involvement in a massive college admissions scheme, per court documents that were unsealed on Tuesday. Huffman has been arrested, Deadline Hollywood confirmed. Despite reports that Loughlin was …
Read More »El Chapo Trial: Defense Zeroes in on $100 Million Presidential Bribe
Joaquín “Al Chapo” Guzmán paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, at the beginning of Peña Nieto’s term, in a bid by Guzmán to buy the protection of the then-incoming president, according to a witness who once worked closely with El Chapo. The accusations, which …
Read More »Pedophile Confesses to Killing JonBenet Ramsey in Letters to Friend
A longtime suspect in the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, has allegedly confessed to “accidentally” killing the six-year-old in a series of letters sent to a former high school classmate, according to the Daily Mail. Gary Oliva, 54, is a convicted pedophile currently serving a 10-year sentence …
Read More »Chaz Bono Visits 'The Cher Show' on Broadway
The Cher Show is packed with so much of her that it takes three talented actresses to portray the 72-year-old legend. The Broadway musical also depicts many characters from Cher’s life — Phil Spector, Greg Allman, Robert Altman, Rob “The Bagel Boy” Camilletti and her motherGeorgia Holt (played with hilarity …
Read More »With HIV/AIDS Research Threatened, NIH Looks For Stem-Cell Alternatives
On Monday, the National Institutes of Health announced they intend to invest up to $20 million in the next two years to fund studies to develop alternatives to human fetal tissue, after the Trump administration threatened to pull funding from projects that rely on it for research — including the …
Read More »Sandy Hook Shooter: New Documents Detail Adam Lanza's 'Scorn for Humanity'
Just ahead of the six-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, newly released personal documents offer disturbing insights into the troubled mindset of 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza. Following a successful lawsuit, the Hartford Courant obtained more than 1,000 pages of documents from the …
Read More »'El Chapo' Rival Hector Beltrán Leyva Dies in Prison
While Joaquín“El Chapo” Guzmán stands trial in Brooklyn, one of the Mexican drug lord’s key rivals in the drug trade has died while behind bars. Héctor Beltrán “El H” Leyva, one of four brothers to helm the Beltran Leyva cartel, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at a Mexican …
Read More »Hear '2 Dope Queens' Interview Michelle Obama in Final Podcast Episode
Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson announced the end of their beloved podcast 2 Dope Queens. The final episode features an intimate conversation with Michelle Obama. “We couldn’t have dreamed up a better, more meaningful, finale,” the pair wrote in a letter posted on WNYC about the end of their podcast …
Read More »Penske Media Corporation Acquires Top Art Publications
Penske Media Corporation, Rolling Stone‘s parent company, has acquired two of the leading art world publications, ARTnews and Art in America as part of an overall acquisition of Art Media Holdings, LLC. The sale also includes The Magazine Antiques and Modern Magazine. “For more than a century ARTnews and Art …
Read More »Craig Zadan, Prolific Stage, TV and Film Producer, Dead at 69
Craig Zadan, the prolific producer of musicals who, along with his producing partnerNeil Meron, had success with big-screen versions ofChicagoandHairsprayas well as the Oscars telecast,died of complications following shoulder replacement surgery,Robert Greenblatt, chairman NBC entertainment, confirmed in a statement. Zadan was 69. “It is with profound sadness that I am …
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