CNN — After convicting former movie producer Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, a Los Angeles jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict Tuesday on alleged aggravating circumstances that could have increased his sentence. The three counts Weinstein was convicted of — rape, foreign body sexual penetration and forced oral copulation — were […]
CNN — Drew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning senior investigative correspondent known for getting even the most temperamental interview subjects to commit to a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60 years old. A gifted storyteller, Griffin had a well-deserved reputation for holding powerful people and institutions accountable. “Drew’s […]
CNN — Former film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of three of seven charges against him, including rape, on Monday in a sexual assault trial in Los Angeles in which prosecutors said he had used his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. He faces a 24-year prison sentence, according […]
Angels CNN — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, filmmaker and wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, spoke at Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in Los Angeles on Monday, sometimes breaking down in tears as he alleged he raped her in a bedroom. hotel in 2005. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to multiple sexual assault charges, including four […]
CNN — A jury has found filmmaker Paul Haggis liable in a sexual assault case brought by a former publicist who alleged he raped her after a film premiered in 2013. The jury ordered the Oscar-winning screenwriter to pay Haleigh Breest at least $7.5 million in damages on Thursday, according to attorneys for Breest and […]
CNN — Several people who were once close to the artist formerly known as Kanye West have told CNN he has long had a fascination with Adolf Hitler — and that he wants to name an album one day after the Nazi leader. A corporate executive who worked for West, now called Ye, told CNN […]
A prosecutor in the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial told jurors on Tuesday (local time) that the accusers would give testimony eerily similar to that of aspiring young women cornered in hotel rooms by a man who was the definition of power Hollywood. Harvey Weinstein. (Source: Associated Press) “Each of these women came forward independently […]
CNN — Eight women who say they were sexually assaulted by film producer Harvey Weinstein will testify at his criminal trial in Los Angeles over the next few weeks, prosecutors said in opening statements Monday. “Each of these women came forward independently of each other, and none of them knew each other,” prosecutor Paul Thompson […]
CNN Business — Kanye West acquires Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by many conservatives. Parler’s parent company announced the deal Monday morning, saying West had taken a “revolutionary step into the free speech media space and will never have to worry about being pulled from social media again.” The acquisition comes after West, […]
CNN — A recent episode of “The Great British Bake Off” is drawing criticism from some viewers for its portrayals of Mexican culture. In the “Mexican Week” episode of the reality competition series, which airs in the UK on Tuesday and in the US on Friday, contestants are tasked with making pan dulce, tacos and […]
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