Last week, Stormy Daniels filed a lawsuit alleging that a non-disclosure agreement she signed prior to the election about an alleged affair she had with President Donald Trump is invalid. Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, claimed that because Trump hadn’t signed his name, the NDA didn’t carry legal weight. At the …
Read More »Matt Damon Apologizes for 'Spectrum of Behavior' Sexual Misconduct Comment
Matt Damon backtracked on his controversial comments last month about there being a “spectrum of behavior” when it comes to sexual misconduct, apologizing for speaking in haste and hurting many people in the process. “I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this,” he told …
Read More »Did Falsified Drug Tests Lead to Thousands of Wrongful Convictions?
Sonja Farak is in the grip of a rubbed-raw depression that hasn’t responded to medication. It’s been like this forever, or at least since girlhood. She attempted suicide in high school and was hospitalized in college, but somehow soldiered through to graduate with high distinction from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. …
Read More »Flashback: Bette Midler Claims Geraldo Rivera Drugged, Groped Her
On Wednesday, hours after Matt Lauer was fired from NBC over allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, another longtime TV news stalwart, Geraldo Rivera, weighed in with his opinion on the ongoing deluge of accusations against powerful men in media: “News is a flirty business and it seems like current …
Read More »Louis C.K.'s Former Manager 'Profoundly Regrets' Misconduct Inaction
UPDATE: Pamela Adlon has dropped 3 Arts as her manager following Louis C.K.‘s sexual misconduct admission, reports Deadline. 3 Arts management founder Dave Becky, who representedLouis C.K. for years, has issued a public apology to two of C.K.’s victims, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. The two comedians told theNew …
Read More »Lupita Nyong'o Calls Out 'Grazia' Magazine for Photoshopping Her Hair
Lupita Nyong’o took a stance against UK-based Grazia magazine after it Photoshopped out her full hair for the cover of its November issue. The Oscar winner took to Instagram to express her disappointment at the publication’s artistic editing, calling the magazine out for trying to change her look to “fit …
Read More »Meet Ela Darling: Porn Star, Activist, Tech Pioneer
In 2013, Ela Darling tried VR and watched her world explode. Called Blue Marble, the experience sent her in to space, listening to David Bowie and watching asteroids go by. Soon there was an alert: “Oxygen – 50 percent.” She kept floating, mesmerized by the combination of “Space Oddity” and …
Read More »Jose Altuve, Giancarlo Stanton Win Prestigious Hank Aaron Award
José Altuve of the Houston Astros and Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins were named winners of Major League Baseball‘s prestigious Hank Aaron Award on Wednesday. Altuve, a shortstop and five-time All-Star led both leagues in batting, with a .346 batting average, and also led baseball in wins above replacement …
Read More »Lakers' Lonzo Ball on Hip-Hop: 'Don't Nobody Listen to Nas Anymore'
The controversy surrounding the Ball family never seems to take a break. Whether it’s the father, Lavar Ball, opening his mouth when he shouldn’t, or the youngest son, LaMelo Ball, designing a $395 shoe.There’s always something. The typically tame Lonzo Ball created a stir on the family’s new Facebook series, …
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