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Nicole Kidman’s Daughters Make Their Red Carpet Debut at AFI Life Achievement Award Gala
Saturday’s AFI Life Achievement Award Gala marked the first ever public Kidman-Urban family outing, with the couple’s two teenage daughters making their red carpet debut. “There’s an enormous amount of luck in my life, but there’s also the most important thing — love, big, big love,” Kidman said from the stage inside the event, where […]
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Anne Hathaway on How She Overcame Being a “Chronically Stressed Young Woman” in Hollywood
Anne Hathaway is opening up about how stress impacted her earlier in her acting career and how she finally learned to manage it. During an interview on The New York Times podcast The Interview, the Oscar-winning actress shared that she has likely played “chronically stressed out young women” because she used to be “a really stressed out […]
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Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized After His Rape Conviction Was Overturned in New York
Two days after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, the former movie mogul has been hospitalized. Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a battery of tests, according to The Associated Press. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue,” Aidala […]
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Jerry Seinfeld Says He Still Thinks About Being Heckled at a Stand-Up Set 30 Years Ago: “It Was Mean”
Jerry Seinfeld revealed he still thinks about a heckler who called him out for one of his jokes during a comedy set over 30 years ago. The comedian stopped by In Depth With Graham Bensinger to promote his upcoming film, Unfrosted. During the conversation, he looked back on a heckler getting under his skin at […]
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O.J. Simpson’s Executor Reveals Cause of Death
The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate has revealed the cause of death for the late football star. Malcolm LaVergne told The Hollywood Reporter on Friday that Simpson died on April 10 after a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. Simpson first announced he had cancer in May 2023. Though he shared some health updates on social […]
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Harvey Weinstein Set to Make New York Court Appearance May 1
Harvey Weinstein will return to court on May 1. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office said Friday that Weinstein is expected to appear before Judge Curtis Farber on Wednesday, May 1 at 2:15 p.m. The court appearance will be the first for Weinstein since the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction earlier […]
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King Charles to Resume Royal Duties After Cancer Diagnosis
King Charles III is set to resume public appearances for the first time after his cancer diagnosis and current medical treatment. “His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Friday. In February, the Palace […]
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#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Says Overturned Harvey Weinstein Conviction Is “Not a Blow to the Movement”
On Thursday, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke voiced her disappointment at Harvey Weinstein’s conviction being overturned by the New York Court of Appeals at a press conference in New York City. Burke said the #MeToo movement will continue the fight to make sure survivors of sexual abuse are protected. “When we have low moments, we get […]
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Harvey Weinstein N.Y. Trial Juror Slams Conviction Reversal: “Our Justice System Failed Us”
One of the 12 jurors who heard Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 sexual assault trial and voted for his conviction, which was overturned on Thursday by New York’s Court of Appeals, has written an op-ed for U.S. News and World Report in which she calls the reversal a gut-punch that should not have happened, as the jury’s […]
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Bob Cole, the Voice of Hockey in Canada for a Half-Century, Dies at 90
TORONTO (AP) — Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half century who served as the soundtrack for some of the national sport’s biggest moments, has died. He was 90. Friend and fellow broadcaster John Shannon said Cole died Wednesday night in his hometown of St. John’s, the capital of the Canadian […]
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‘One Tree Hill’ Star Sophia Bush Confirms Relationship With Ashlyn Harris: “My Sexuality Exists on a Spectrum”
One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush confirmed her relationship with Ashlyn Harris on Thursday, self-authoring a Glamour cover story that also delved into her divorce from Grant Hughes and personal fertility journey. “I finally feel like I can breathe,” Bush wrote, adding that “I’ve always known my sexuality exists on a spectrum. Right now I […]
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How Safe Is Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction in L.A. Trial?
With an appeals court overturning Harvey Weinstein’s conviction in New York, all eyes are now looking toward the integrity of a California judge’s decisions that led to a Los Angeles jury’s verdict finding him guilty of rape. Weinstein’s fate may rest on a key distinction between the two states in cases dealing with sexual assault: […]
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Why Weinstein’s Conviction Was Overturned: The Judge’s “Egregious” Decisions
The surprise ruling by New York’s highest court to overturn Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges hinged on a series of decisions by the case’s trial judge, who was accused of making a series of “egregious” errors that biased the jury. The judge, Justice James M. Burke, was accused of allowing three […]
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Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer On Overturned Verdict: “A Great Day for America”
Arthur Aidala, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer in the appellate case, opened the first press conference after the former Hollywood mogul’s rape conviction in New York was overturned saying that his team always knew that “Harvey Weinstein did not get a fair trial.” “You can’t throw out 100 years of legal precedent because someone is unpopular,” Aidala […]
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Peabody Awards: Nominees Announced for Arts, Children, Entertainment, Interactive & Immersive Categories
On Thursday, the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors revealed the 27 nominees in the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, Interactive & Immersive categories. The programs recognized were chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from over 1,100 television, podcasts/radio and web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and multimedia entries. Judy Blume Forever, Little […]
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Harvey Weinstein Accusers React to Rape Conviction Overturned: “Profoundly Unjust”
In a stunning twist to the landmark #MeToo case, the New York state Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The highest court in New York state’s judicial system ruled on Thursday that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced Weinstein with improper rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations […]
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