Prosecutors in Chicago dropped all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett and the actor will have his record wiped clean as part of a deferred prosecution deal, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The surprise move comes just weeks after the Empire actor pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of disorderly conduct for …
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The first episode of HBO’s new documentary, The Case Against Adnan Syed, premiered this past Sunday, once again bringing the murder conviction of the Baltimore man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend back into the headlines. Syed, the subject of the popular 2014 podcast, “Serial,” is currently serving a life sentence …
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Comedian Hannah Gadsby remembers her first on-stage performance, the time she made an audience member throw up, and how she became an accidental political activist (though she has no idea what she was protesting) in our latest installment of “The First Time.” Gadsby has been a working comedian and actor …
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UPDATE: YouTube announced that they would no longer allow videos featuring Momo to be monetized — to feature ads before, after or during the clips — even if they come from respected news organizations who are reporting on the phenomenon, which is widely seen to be a hoax. **** From …
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The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump’s partial ban on transgender people serving in the military to go into effect, CNN reports. However, the Justices haven’t ruled on the merits of the case — they’ve just said that they won’t hear the case until the lower federal appeals court challenges …
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