Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Despite Errors Found in Audit and a Pending Investigation, Oklahoma Reelects Incumbent Sheriff
In March of this year, an Oklahoma County judge was “appalled” to learn that inmates at the Oklahoma County jail were expected to pay not only their costs of incarceration, but they are also being overcharged to accommodate indirect costs of incarceration–footing the bill for things like sentencing programs, court clerk and juvenile justice salaries, and payroll of the Oklahoma County public defender’s office–something that outraged Oklahoma County Public Defender Bob Ravitz, who neither knew of the situation nor wanted inmate fees to pay his staff’s salaries. I wrote about this previously in my article regarding “The Economics of Incarceration.”…
Monday, November 14, 2016
Lindsay Lohan — Roped Into Vegas Hotel Battery Case
Lindsay Lohan got dragged into a brutal mess allegedly involving 2 Russians and a major ass whooping in one of the most outlandish Las Vegas tales we’ve ever heard. A 24-year-old man told Vegas Metro cops … 2 men came into his room at the… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Monday, November 14, 2016
‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Voltage Pictures Bought by Chinese Firm for $350 Million (Report)
Chinese copper manufacturing company Anhui Xinke New Materials has acquired Voltage Pictures owner Midnight Investments for roughly $350 million, Reuters reported Sunday. Nicholas Chartier’s 11-year-old Voltage has produced more than 150 feature films, including the Oscar winners “The Hurt Locker” and “Dallas Buyers Club.” Anhui Xinke, which is best known for its work in copper processing and electric wires and cables, recently launched a new subsidiary to acquire media assets — the latest Chinese outfit to set its sights (and considerable bank account) on Hollywood. Also Read: Alibaba Executive Warns Donald Trump America Is 'in Trouble' Without Chinese Investors The…
Monday, November 14, 2016
FBI: Hate Crime Went Up 6.8 Percent In 2015; Anti-Muslim Incidents Surge To Second Highest Ever
Criminal hate crime incidents reported to police increased 6.8 percent in the United States in 2015, according to official FBI data released today. There were 5,850 incidents in 2015, compared to 5479 reported in 2014, the widely anticipated report showed. Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Surges 67 Percent In a period of heightened anti-Islamic prejudice, increased Salafist Jihadist terror attacks, and political vitriol, hate crimes against Muslims surged 67 percent from 154 in 2014 to 257 in 2015, the second highest number on record since national reporting commenced in 1992. In 2001, the year of the 9/11 attacks anti-Muslim hate crime peaked…
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Governors Awards Bring Celebrating, Schmoozing – and an Oscar for Jackie Chan
There were no political speeches, no calls to arms and no mentions of Donald Trump at the Academy’s Governors Awards on Saturday night. But the events of the last week still had an impact in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, beginning with the opening remarks from Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “Tonight is an opportunity to remind us what we love about movies,” she said. ” … How in uncertain times, they can connect us, change us and unify us.” As usual, the Governors Awards unified a chunk of Hollywood by doing two disparate things: Honoring the…
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Prince Estate to Jay Z — NO Deal For His Recordings … Issues With Tidal Deal Too
Jay Z better be ready for some purple pain — Prince’s estate wants nothing to do with his offer to snatch up any of the late singer’s music catalog. Sources involved in the deal tell TMZ the estate fired off a letter to Jay’s team last month, saying it… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Taylor Swift — The 'Sexual Assault' Photo I Wanted to Keep Secret (PHOTO)
This is the photo Taylor Swift felt was too hot for the public to handle … the one she claimed would encourage “scandalous” and “prurient” behavior … the one that’s at the center of her sexual assault lawsuit against a former DJ. Taylor has… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Bill Maher Says New American Motto Is ‘Go F— Yourself’ (Video)
Bill Maher has a message for Donald Trump from those who did not vote for him: “We are still here.” And, “we” are not going anywhere. Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” was its first since Trump won the election, and the outspoken liberal host had plenty to say about the divide it has created. What it has brought out in Americans is something he not only doesn’t like, he also doesn’t recognize. “We’ve always had our disagreements here but now half the country literally wants nothing to do with the other half,” Maher said. “Our motto is no longer…
Friday, November 11, 2016
'Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane — Murderer to Be Revealed on Live TV (PHOTOS)
The man who viciously murdered Bob Crane, the star of the iconic TV show “Hogan’s Heroes,” may be exposed on TV after a 38 year unsolved mystery. Crane was bludgeoned to death with a camera tripod in his Scottsdale apartment back in 1978. He and his good… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Friday, November 11, 2016
‘Rules Don’t Apply’ AFI Review: Warren Beatty Makes Great Pieces That Don’t Quite Fit Together
Billionaire Howard Hughes managed to make the Hughes H-4 Hercules (more commonly known as the “Spruce Goose”) take flight, albeit for just a brief moment, despite its gargantuan size and wooden construction. One has to wonder if this aviation legend could have held “Rules Don’t Apply” aloft. While writer-director Warren Beatty’s movie about Hughes is crafted of the finest materials, it too remains mostly earthbound, defying gravity only in fits and starts. But in the same way that the Spruce Goose remains a record-holder (it’s got the largest wingspan of any plane in history) and a tourist attraction, “Rules Don’t…
