Monday, November 21, 2016
Lenny Dykstra — Here's Bloody Video Proof … The Cops Beat My Ass In Jail (VIDEO)
[[tmz:video id=”0_8k0e2bby”]] Here’s video of a bloody, bruised and busted up Lenny Dykstra on the night he claims cops beat him to a pulp in L.A. County jail … video Lenny claims is the smoking gun in his $15 million lawsuit. The footage was… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Monday, November 21, 2016
‘Allied’ Review: Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard Rarely Intrigue as Spies in Love
From desire in the sand-swept dunes of northern Africa to intrigue in a bombed-and-blitzed London, Robert Zemeckis’ “Allied” aims to bring back the heady grandeur of World War II espionage romances, whipping up a fair amount of movie-mad nostalgia along the way. The spy-crossed lovers of Stephen Knight’s screenplay — Canadian airman Max (Brad Pitt) and French resistance fighter Marianne (Marion Cotillard), tasked to play husband and wife on a dangerous mission — are the kinds of pretend-meets-passion roles you could easily imagine Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman making indelibly satisfying, in the vein of a “Casablanca” or “Notorious.” But a…
Monday, November 21, 2016
Tensing's Confederate Tee Shows Indifference Can Be Brutal
It “means nothing to me,” said former University of Cincinnati policeman Ray Tensing of the Confederate flag tee shirt he wore on the day he shot Samuel DuBose, an unarmed African-American man whom he’d stopped for a missing front license plate. If we take him at his word, Tensing’s donning of the shirt reflects not even a misguided Southern nostalgia, but a myopic self-absorption, one that ignores American history and chooses, instead, nonchalance. Put more simply: if the flag of a rebel slave state means “nothing” to you, then you’re not taking humanity seriously enough. And if you don’t take…
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Watch Kristen Wiig Bring Mindy Elise Grayson Back to ‘SNL’ to Be Bad At a Game Show (Video)
“Remember Mindy, do not say the secret word.” On this week’s “Saturday Night Live”, host and former cast member Kristen Wiig revived her over-dramatic starlet, Mindy Elise Grayson, for another rousing game of “Secret Word” — which the character was notoriously bad at. Now hosted by Kenan Thompson (formerly by Bill Hader) the show’s comeback brought Wiig’s Mindy back and kept to the best of her jokes, with old Hollywood flair capping it all off. You can watch the full sketch above. "Remember Mindy, do not say the secret word." #WiigOnSNL pic.twitter.com/wLiMPN9VIz — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) November 20, 2016 The…
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Mariah Carey — James, You're a 'Lying Opportunist' … Settlement Dead
The “settlement” negotiations between Mariah Carey and ex-fiance James Packer have broken down, and there are now threats of lawsuits, with Mariah accusing James of being a “lying opportunist.” TMZ broke the story … Mariah demanded $50 million from… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, November 19, 2016
‘Hamilton’ Cast Calls Out Mike Pence in the Audience After Broadway Performance (Video)
Vice president-elect Mike Pence got a special shoutout after taking in a performance of “Hamilton” on Broadway Friday night. The cast of the Tony-winning Broadway musical singled out Pence during their curtain call, and as the audience booed, Brandon Victor Dixon, the actor playing Aaron Burr, read a statement on behalf of his cast members — and many Americans. “We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir,” he said, after urging audience members to record…
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Jeff Sessions Will Be In Charge Of Enforcing The Federal Hate Crime Law He Vehemently Opposed
Questions and Controversy Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s new nominee for United States Attorney General, was one of the chief opponents of the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crime Act passed by Congress in 2009 over his vigorous objections. Significant questions are arising about his nomination and the future of hate crime enforcement during the next administration because the Act specifically mandates the Attorney General’s approval for all federal enforcement under its provisions. Senator Sessions’ nomination has drawn sharp rebukes from civil rights advocates and some politicians. “It is unimaginable that he could be entrusted to serve as the chief…
Friday, November 18, 2016
‘How to Get Away With Murder': Dear Shonda, This is Why We Have Trust Issues
(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Thursday’s episode of “HTGAWM”) Shonda Rhimes has a habit of leaving her show’s audiences shook, hyperventilating and crying with mild-to-severe cases of anxiety and Thursday night’s mid-season finale of “How to Get Away With Murder” was no different. This time, the source of our anxiety is that she killed off Wes (Alfred Enoch). You see, this wouldn’t have come as much of a surprise if Rhimes had kept her promise. When the season first started, fans were told that every week we would get closer to knowing who was under the sheet because every…
Friday, November 18, 2016
Elton John — Todger Grabbing Suit Dismissed
Elton John can stop worrying about the bloody lawsuit claiming he grabbed at his ex-security guard’s genitals on multiple occasions … the case has been dismissed. Jeffrey Wenninger sued Sir Elton in March for sexual harassment and battery for 3… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Felony Disenfranchisement: The Untold Story Of The 2016 Election
Over two million Black people could not vote in last week’s week election, according to a recent studyby The Sentencing Project. One in 13 Black Americans of voting age is disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, a rate four times greater than that of non-Black people. As staggering as those numbers are, in four states – Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia – more than one in five Black Americans have had their voting rights stripped away. In 1976, there were 1.12 million disenfranchised people in the U.S. due to felony convictions, but by 2016 that number skyrocketed to an estimated…
