When the line between “playful sex romp” and “violent assault” is thin enough to be the subject of dispute, something’s gone terribly wrong. In an article published yesterday in the The New Yorker, multiple women accused New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of monstrous emotional manipulation and physical abuse. Most …
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Noor Zahi Salman has long claimed that she was unaware that her late husband, Omar Mateen, was plotting a shooting rampage at the gay nightclub Pulse in June 2016. That assertion will be put on trial starting Thursday. Salman, who lives in Fort Pierce, Florida, is the only person being …
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Lupita Nyong’o felt compelled to share her own traumatic encounter with Harvey Weinstein last fall after a deluge of women came forward accusing the media mogul of sexual misconduct – but first, she had to tell her own mother. “I had to talk to her about it because it was …
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Last year, a pharmaceutical company called Insys Therapeutics gave half a million dollars to the campaign to stop marijuana legalization in Arizona. The Phoenix-based company’s flagship product is a prescription opioid spray made from fentanyl, an incredibly addictive and deadly drug estimated to be 50 times stronger than heroin. Cannabis, …
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Lena Dunham has apologized so often that a new Twitter bot,@LenaDunhamApols,is rattling off satirical versions of her slip-ups – from “listing Rachel Dolezal as one of her most influential POCs while storming an Oscar acceptance speech,” to saying sorry she “modeled her Brooklyn apartment on the ‘minimalist industrial vibe’ of …
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Comedian Louis C.K. issued a statement Friday in response to a New York Times article published one day earlier, in which five women came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. “These stories are true,” the comedian confessed. The comic was contrite in his tone, admitting fully to the women’s allegations …
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UPDATE: On Thursday, the LAPD announced that it was dropping Feldman’s case, as the statute of limitations had expired on the former child actor’s report. “It’s done,” LAPD spokesperson Drake Madison told The Hollywood Reporter. ORIGINAL STORY:The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an investigation to look into Corey Feldman’s …
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UPDATE: Woody Allen has clarified his comments on Harvey Weinstein after originally stating, “”The whole Harvey Weinstein thing is very sad for everybody involved.” “When I said I felt sad for Harvey Weinstein, I thought it was clear the meaning was because he is a sad, sick man,” Allen said …
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St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson publicly disapproved of the taunting chants of “Whose streets? Our streets!” that several police officers were caught shouting at protesters Sunday night. During a press conference Tuesday, Krewson admitted, “I wish that wouldn’t have been said. That’s not appropriate for police officers to say.” She …
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