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The special prosecutor for Alec Baldwin's fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins should be tossed out and the troubled indie Western's incarcerated armorer should be either set free or given a new trial, a New Mexico judge heard today. Why? "Lying, cheating, hiding evidence,"…

UPDATED, with quotes from prosecutors’ press conference: New York Mayor Eric Adams has been charged conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery, in what federal prosecutors say was a conspiracy to seek and accept illegal campaign contributions. A federal indictment, unsealed this morning, alleges a…

Mark Zuckerberg really doesn’t want to have answer some hard questions about Meta’s Artificial Intelligence push and goals However, a federal judge this week has told the Facebook founder that is exactly what he has to do. “Plaintiffs have made an evidentiary showing that Zuckerberg is the chief…

Josh Klinghoffer, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop and Morrissey, is set to be arraigned tomorrow in a California courthouse for a March 18 car accident that left a pedestrian dead. Klinghoffer is expected to be arraigned on a…

A week after Sean "Diddy" Combs entered a not guilty plea on sex trafficking charges and more, another lawsuit alleging severe sexual assault has been filed against the incarcerated performer/producer. "In or around the summer of 2001, Plaintiff's life was violently knocked off course when Defendants…

Venu Sports, the joint sports streaming venture backed by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery, has laid out its case to a federal appeals court, requesting permission to resume its plans to launch. The company’s brief, filed late Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit…

UPDATED, 1:25 PM: Freddie Lee Trone, 42, has been sentenced to 31 years to life for the 2022 shooting death of PnB Rock. He was convicted last month in the robbery and murder of the rapper (real name Rakim Allen) at a South Los Angeles restaurant, after sending his teenage son inside to rob the victim…

Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out in July, but the Emmy winner is still trying to make sure the whole thing is truly over. In a filing Friday in New Mexico state court, lawyers for Baldwin requested that…

The reviews are in for Ryan Murphy‘s latest true crime outing, and one critic is certainly not pleased. After Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story debuted Thursday on Netflix, Erik Menéndez called out the series’ “naive and inaccurate” depiction of his and brother Lyle’s 1989 murder of their…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Chief Legal Officer Savalle Sims, a longtime member of David Zaslav’s corporate inner circle, is leaving the media giant. The sudden news of the forthcoming departure of the company’s legal chief was unveiled by CEO Zaslav in a note to staff that was sent out in…

The Bachelorette Season 21 contestant Devin Strader has spoken out following reports about a prior arrest and restraining order related to an ex-girlfriend. In a statement on Thursday, Strader said that the situations stemmed from “a low point” in his past, arguing that the reports about it have been…

UPDATE, 2:09 PM: Sean "Diddy" Combs will be staying behind bars until his trial for sex trafficking and more, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled today. In a just short of two-hour bail appeal hearing Wednesday at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, Judge Andrew Carter rejected the proposed…