Last week in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, defense attorney Jeff Pagliuca made a show of remembering to respect an alleged victim’s request for anonymity. He had just begun discussing the first accuser, known […]
Harvey Weinstein’s Alleged ‘Sexual’ Dysfunction Argued at Hearing, But Judge Upholds Indictment
Harvey Weinstein’s alleged inability to “perform certain sexual functions” took center stage at a court hearing Tuesday when his defense lawyer tried — but failed — to get the jailed movie mogul’s Los Angeles indictment […]
‘The Most Impressive Thing Was the Way You Treated Others’: Virgil Abloh’s Colleagues Pay Tribute to a Fashion Pioneer
When we heard about Virgil Abloh’s death on Nov. 28, everything was quiet for a moment. The fashion world seemed to stop to process the loss of this titan, whose passing at 41 came after […]
Nick Cannon’s 5-Month-Old Son Has Died: ‘You Can’t Heal Until You Feel’
Nick Cannon took to The Nick Cannon Show this morning to share an emotional message regarding the death of Zen Cannon, his seventh child, who died from a brain tumor over the weekend at five […]
The 10 Best Crime Podcasts of 2021
The true crime podcast genre reached the point of parody this year, with Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building depicting obsessive listeners who bungle their way through an ill-advised amateur murder investigation. As demand for […]
Rose McGowan’s Racketeering Lawsuit Against Harvey Weinstein Dismissed
Rose McGowan’s racketeering case against Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers was fully dismissed after McGowan fired her attorneys and missed a court-ordered filing deadline. McGowan filed the RICO suit against Weinstein and his attorneys, David […]
Someone Spent $450,000 for ‘Land’ Next to Snoop Dogg’s NFT House
Want to be Snoop Dogg’s neighbor in the metaverse? It could cost you about $450,000. That’s how much one NFT collector spent on Friday, Dec. 3rd, to own a plot of virtual land in the […]
It Took 74 Days for Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers to Be Arrested. A Top ACLU Lawyer Is Decrying a ‘Cover Up’ by Local Prosecutors
With murder convictions secured for Ahmaud Arbery’s three killers, justice has been served — in part. But what about accountability for a pair of district attorneys who allegedly helped shield the killers from arrest for […]
‘She Is Posing for Me’: What a Courtroom Sketch Artist Sees in Ghislaine Maxwell
“Before we start I have a question for you,” Jane Rosenberg says when I call her up on a Sunday. “I’m doing the crossword — ‘Start of an article in journalist lingo, 4 letters, blank […]
Smoking Pot and ‘Making Out’: Jussie Smollett Details Relationship With Alleged Attacker
Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday at his trial in Chicago on charges of staging a racist, anti-gay attack and then lying to the Chicago Police Department about it. On the trial’s sixth day, […]
Dave Chappelle Returns to Netflix After Being ‘Cancelled’
Netflix has announced that Dave Chappelle will be headlining a show at the Hollywood Bowl next year as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival, an 11-day comedy fest with over 130 artists performing […]
Grimes Called it a Tool For Radical Wealth Distribution. Could People Make Real Money Off NFT Gaming?
Grimes is not a communist. The tech-consumed star, who’s well known for daydreaming about futurist utopias, said just that on Instagram last month, in a caption to a paparazzi shot of her reading Karl Marx’s […]