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Rapper Blxst Posts Video Of Break-In At His Home With His Family Present
Blxst, a rapper/producer who has worked with Kendrick Lamar and Killer Mike, has posted a surveillance video to his Instagram account showing a break-in at his home early Friday morning while his family was inside.Meta Removes "Heightened Suspension Penalties" From Donald Trump's Facebook And Instagram Accounts Blxst was out of town working on final preparations for his first album, which came out Friday. “Imagine being across the country away from my family during one of the heights of my career & waking up to my son face timing at 4am saying ‘I think bad guys are in the house’,” Blxst said on...
Former WNBA Star Claims Alleged Caitlin Clark Hate Is Just Trash Talk
Sue Bird, a 20-year WNBA star, said that the alleged hate toward Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark is just trash talk that’s misinterpreted.Caitlin Clark Sets WNBA Record In Last Game Before Month-Long Break Clark takes the floor today at the WNBA All-Star game that pits the league stars against Team USA, the women’s basketball team for the upcoming Paris Olympics. “I think the majority of WNBA players with their play, with their talk, it was just competition, not hate for a person,” Bird said. “Caitlin will go down as, whatever you want to call it, the one who made the change, this pivotal...
Santa Monica Pier And Mother’s Beach Among Most Polluted Waters In California
Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report Card, which assigns A through F grades based on bacterial pollution levels, has named the landmark Santa Monica Pier beach and Mother’s Beach in its top ten of most polluted beach waters.L.A. County Public Health Warns About Traveler With Measles Visiting Local Attractions, Including Universal Studios And Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica Pier is plagued by roosting bird droppings and urban runoff, coming in ranked third on the list. Mother’s Beach suffers from very poor water circulation leading to chronic bacterial exceedances, placing it ninth. The report assesses 700 Pacific Coast beaches from Washington...
Happy Traum Dies: Folk Music Mainstay Of Greenwich Village Scene Who Recorded With Bob Dylan Was 86
Happy Traum, a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s who recorded with Bob Dylan, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 86.Bernice Johnson Reagon Dies: Sweet Honey In The Rock Founder And Activist Was 81 His wife, Jane Traum, said he died of pancreatic cancer in a physical rehabilitation facility after undergoing surgery. He lived in Woodstock, N.Y. Traum and his brother, Artie, were revered musicians in the folk world. The brothers performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in 1969, toured the world, and released five albums. Artie Traum died of liver cancer in...
Venice International Film Festival Names Juries For Orizzonti and ‘Luigi De Laurentiis’ Awards
The 81st Venice International Film Festival has selected the members of its international juries ahead of this year’s event, including Orizzonti and the ‘Luigi De Lauentiis’ Venice Award.Sigourney Weaver To Be Handed Venice Lifetime Achievement Award This year’s Festival will run August 28 to September 7. The Orizzonti (Horizons section) jury will include: American director and screenwriter Debra Granik (Chair) Iranian writer, director and producer Ali AsgariSyrian film director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos NikouSwedish actress and director Tuva NovotnyHungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santell The Orizzonti Jury will award the following prizes, with no joint awards allowed: Orizzonti Award for Best FilmOrizzonti Award for Best DirectorSpecial Orizzonti Jury PrizeOrizzonti...
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Judge Faces Fresh Calls For Sacking Over Previous Racist Remark
Strictly Come Dancing’s bad week of PR just got a bit worse, with one of the show’s most popular judges now being investigated for a remark he made while working as a dancer on the show.'Strictly Come Dancing's Dark Heart Exposed: How Hyper Competitiveness Seeped Into A British TV Icon & Sparked An Abuse Scandal One of the UK’s most popular TV entertainment shows with versions in more than 60 territories around the world, Strictly has weathered a mushrooming number of claims from former contestants that the family-friendly, happy atmosphere on screen enjoyed by millions of viewers is not reflected in...
Adidas Removes Bella Hadid From Campaign Following Criticism From Israeli Government
Adidas has pulled images of model Bella Hadid from a big-budget campaign after criticism from Israel.Jerry Seinfeld Cuts Down Another Pro-Palestinian Heckler At Australian Show: "You're Giving Money To A Jew" The Guardian newspaper reports that the sportswear- company said it was “revising” its campaign to promote a sports shoe first launched to coincide with the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, when 11 members of the Israeli team were taken hostage and later murdered by Palestinian terrorists. Hadid, who has Palestinian roots, was previously slammed by the Israeli government for allegedly chanting the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be...
Lawyer Calls Emmy Nominations For ‘Baby Reindeer’ The “Latest Slap In The Face” For Fiona Harvey
The lawyer of the woman suing Netflix for how she is allegedly portrayed in its hit drama Baby Reindeer has called its haul of Emmy nominations “a slap in the face.”International Insider: Emmy Noms; 'Doctor Who' Dilemma; Tales From Taormina Fiona Harvey, a Scottish woman who used to know Richard Gadd, the writer and lead actor of the drama, is suing Netflix for, among other things, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and gross negligence. This week, her lawyer Richard Roth, told the UK’s Daily Mail that the recognition in the upcoming Awards was the “latest slap in the face” for...
‘Strictly Come Dancing’s Dark Heart Exposed: How Hyper Competitiveness Seeped Into A British TV Icon & Sparked An Abuse Scandal
Strictly Come Dancing enjoys a unique status on British television. The beloved BBC show has been woven into the fabric of the nation for 20 years, with a peerless record in gathering families on the sofa and delivering a sequin-embroidered burst of light and energy as nights draw in for winter. It consistently ranks among the UK’s highest-rated shows, has forged national treasures of its stars, and spawned 60 international imitations, not least ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. The other remarkable thing about Strictly is that it boasts a virtually unblemished record when it comes to scandal. Put simply, it...
Teamsters Extend Talks With AMPTP Into Next Week; Two Sides Still “Far Apart” As Contract Expiration Nears
Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien may be wanting to make friends with Donald Trump, but Local 399 top priority is to secure a new deal for their entertainment industry members, and revealed tonight they are extending talks with the studios. The Hollywood Teamsters and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will be back at the table next week in hopes of crafting a deal before the Teamsters’ current contract expires on July 31.Kamala Harris Says She Intends "To Earn And Win This Nomination" Following Joe Biden's Exit From 2024 Race Alleging the AMPTP is finally taking negotiations “seriously,” and engaging...
Ryan Reynolds Paid The ‘Deadpool’ Writers Himself To Have Them On Set For The First Film
The original Deadpool film presented its fair share of challenges for Ryan Reynolds. Not the least of which was having his co-writers on set. Final 'Deadpool and Wolverine' Trailer Reveals A Fan Favorite Character From The Past Returning And Shows Full Shot of Lady Deadpool -- In A Mask “No part of me was thinking when Deadpool was finally greenlit that this would be a success,” the actor told The New York Times. “I even let go of getting paid to do the movie just to put it back on the screen: They wouldn’t allow my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul...
Bill Maher Gets In His Last Licks Before His Summer Hiatus
This was the last Real Time before its summer hiatus, Bill Maher noted at the top of his show on Friday night. Bill Maher Moves To WME “It’s a slow news time,” he quipped. “We’ll be back on Aug. 23 to cover the campaign between Trump and….somebody.” This was the first show since last week’s Trump assassination attempt, and Maher reiterated his previously expressed sentiments that it wasn’t a subject to joke about. “You should be as angry about that (shooting) as (against) the candidate you like,” he said about the few who made rude comments about the assassination attempt. “Liberals don’t...
Half A Dozen Wildfires Ring Much Of Greater Los Angeles
Today, after a number of mostly spot fires throughout the region in recent weeks, Los Angeles finds itself partially ringed by blazes: one in La Tuna Canyon, two more in the Angeles National Forest, one in Redlands, another one to the north near Palmdale and a sixth — the largest in the state this year — continuing to burn inland from Santa Barbara.Santa Barbara ‘Lake Fire’ Acres Burned Still Growing, But Containment Rising The results have included, just in the last 24 hours, evacuations, freeway and road closures, structure-protection efforts and a search for a group of teens who may be...
David Letterman To Be “Special Guest” At Biden Fundraiser In Martha’s Vineyard With Hawaii Governor
Joe Biden is off the campaign trail this weekend because of Covid, but as calls escalate among lawmakers and donors for the incumbent to step aside POTUS is planning to get a little late night and a little Aloha.Republican Convention Viewership Rises To More Than 25 Million On Final Night Featuring Donald Trump's Speech Along with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, the president will in attendance at a July 29 in Martha’s Vineyard with David Letterman and Hawai’i governor Josh Green, Deadline has confirmed. “Please join me at an exciting event with First Lady Jill Biden on Martha’s Vineyard,” longtime political strategist...
Rapper And Singer Sean Kingston Indicted For Wire Fraud
Sean Kingston, who had a No. 1 hit in 2007 with Beautiful Girls and has collaborated with Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, was indicted in Miami federal court today along with his mother. Both were and charged with participating in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. Special Counsel Plans Indictment Against Hunter Biden By End Of This Month If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison on each of six counts. They were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud charges. The action stemmed from their alleged attempt to...
Bernice Johnson Reagon Dies: Sweet Honey In The Rock Founder And Activist Was 81
Bernice Johnson Reagon, the founder of the women’s a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 81 and died in a hospital, according to her daughter, Toshi Reagon, who did not give a cause.Cheng Pei-pei Dies: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' & 'Mulan' Co-Star Was 78 Bernice Reagon was an original member of the Freedom Singers, a vocal quartet that provided songs to inspire civil rights protesters preparing to confront the police. The Freedom Singers were associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which sent them to events across the South, as well as to...
Hip-Hop Producer Irv Gotti Sued For Sex Assault By Former Companion
Irv Gotti, who cofounded Murder Inc. Records and has delivered hits for rappers Ja-Rule and Jay-Z, is being sued by an ex-companion for alleged sexual assault and battery.Kanye West Sued By Former Employees He Allegedly Called "New Slaves" - Update In a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade on July 11, a woman identified only as Jane Doe accuses 54-year-old Gotti (born Irving Domingo Lorenzo) of sexually assaulting and abusing her on several occasions from 2020 to 2022 in Saint Martin, Miami, and Atlanta. The suit seeks a trial by jury. “After flying her to Saint Martin, Gotti coerced Plaintiff into having sex with him,” the...
SVP Development Ted Gold Departs In Fox Entertainment Layoffs
EXCLUSIVE: The 30 or so eliminated positions in yesterday’s round of layoffs at Fox Entertainment included that of SVP Development Ted Gold. Fox Entertainment Undergoes Layoffs Following Restructuring The industry veteran was among several executives brought in by Michael Thorn last year to lead scripted development and production at the network’s in-house production unit, Fox Entertainment Studios. This past March, Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade announced a restructuring of the company’s content and business operations into three groups, the Fox Television Network, Fox Entertainment Studios and sales arm Fox Entertainment Global. Thorn, who had been overseeing scripted across the network and studio,...
BET Sets Premiere For ‘Ms. Pat Settles It’ Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: BET has set the premiere for Ms. Pat Settles It Season 2for Wednesday, July 31 at 10 pm ET/PT. Paramount Global Stock Jumps On Report Of Revived BET Sale Talks In the series, comedian and actress Ms. Pat Williams assembles a jury of her closest friends, celebrity guest stars and comedians who tackle real cases where genuine relationships hang in the balance. This season, the lineup of guests includes Tamar Braxton, Ray J, Deray Davis, Karlous Miller, TS Madison, Carmen Barton, and Chris Spangle. Kourtlyn Wiggins returns this season as the bailiff. “This season’s cases are even more outrageous,” Williams tells...
Top NFL Executive Says Move To 18-Game Schedule Is “Probably Inevitable”
A key NFL executive says moving from a 17-game schedule to an 18-game schedule is “probably inevitable.” Los Angeles Chargers Training Facility 'The Bolt' Sets Opening Date Dallas Cowboys Chief Operating Officer Stephen Jones made the remark to The Athletic’s Scoop City podcast. Jones, the son of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, believes the switch will happen eventually. “I’m on the competition committee. We’ve talked about this, knowing that it’s probably inevitable,” Jones said. “I do know, at the end of the day, the players enjoy the compensation that’s coming their way, and they get, for the most part, half of every revenue...
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