Friday, February 15, 2019
Man Charged With Setting Fire To DC Restaurant Linked To 'Pizzagate' Hoax
The 22-year-old California man is accused of setting a curtain inside the restaurant on fire. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, February 15, 2019
Editors Guild President: Academy’s Oscars Plan ‘Has Insulted All of Us’
In an email to members Thursday night, Motion Picture Editors Guild president Alan Heim called on the film Academy to cancel its plan to exclude four awards, including Best Film Editing, from the live Oscars broadcast. “In its mandate to shorten the Academy Awards’ telecast, the Academy has insulted all of us who work ‘below the line,’” Heim wrote. “Many of our members and those of other IATSE Locals are understandably upset.” On Monday, the Academy announced that in order to shorten the Oscars broadcast, the cinematography, film editing, live-action short film and makeup and hairstyling categories will be presented during…
Thursday, February 14, 2019
21 Savage May Be Deported Because of Donald Trump
21 Savage may be deported, and not because he’s ineligible to stay in the United States … it’s because of Donald Trump. We now understand MOST of what went down with 21’s arrest and looming deportation. Here’s how it goes. Sources directly connected to… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Amazon Studios Boss Says Russo Brothers’ Franchise Will Connect Through Spies – And Their Double Lives
As the directors of both “Avengers: Infinity War” and the upcoming “Avengers: Endgame,” Joe and Anthony Russo definitely aren’t strangers to weaving together multiple storylines within a gigantic fictional universe. And based on their next large-scale project — a “groundbreaking global event multi-series” for Amazon’s Prime Video — it sounds like that’s exactly what they intend to keep doing. TheWrap spoke with Amazon Studios boss Jen Salke during the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday, hours after she revealed to reporters that the first TV series in the Russo Brothers’ upcoming franchise will be an “action-packed spy series, with a compelling emotional…
Thursday, February 14, 2019
6 California Officers Fatally Shoot Rapper At Taco Bell Drive-Thru
Willie McCoy had been asleep in his car seconds before the shooting. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen Killed By 'Friendly Fire' While Responding To Robbery
The robbery suspect turned out to be armed with a replica handgun, Commissioner James O’Neill said. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
King the Wire Fox Terrier Wins Best in Show at 2019 Westminster Dog Show
For the 15th time, a wire fox terrier is top dog at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. King, who hails from Brazil, took home the coveted Best in Show honor Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. King nabbed the prize after first being named Terrier Group Champion. Not only has King’s breed taken home the most titles of any single breed in the show’s history, but terriers overall have dominated the annual show, winning Best in Show 45 times since 1907 — out of a total of 103. Bono, a Havanese, came in second at…
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Mystikal Released from Prison After Posting $3 Million Bond in Rape Case
Mystikal’s getting a taste of freedom … after spending 18 months behind bars on rape charges, he’s finally posted a very hefty bond … TMZ has learned. Mystikal’s attorneys tell us the rapper was able to scrape together $3 million for the bond …… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Tahar Rahim in Early Talks to Star in Damien Chazelle’s ‘The Eddy’ on Netflix
French actor Tahar Rahim is in early talks to star in Damien Chazelle’s Netflix show “The Eddy,” an individual with knowledge tells TheWrap. If cast, Rahim will be the first-announced star for the eight-episode series ordered by Netflix in 2017. Set in contemporary multi-cultural Paris, “The Eddy” is a musical drama that will center around a club, its owner, the house band, and the chaotic city that surrounds them. Chazelle (“La La Land”) is serving as executive producer and will direct the first two episodes of the series. It’s being written by Jack Thorne (“A Long Way Down,” “Wonder”) and…
Monday, February 11, 2019
NBA YoungBoy Arrested in Atlanta for Marijuana, 2 Other Misdemeanors
3:35 PM PT — According to cops, YB and a female companion named Starr Thigpen were hanging out in a hotel room that “was supposed to be unoccupied.” Housekeeping entered the room, and YB allegedly told Thigpen to get them out … that’s when Thigpen… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
