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Stephen A. Smith Taunts Trump Over Low IQ Diss, Knicks Loss & Falling Asleep At Game: “I’d Put My IQ Up Against Yours Any Day Of The Week”

The latest dust-up between Stephen A. Smith and Donald Trump has escalated beyond if the ESPN host believes the former Apprentice host is to blame for the New York Knicks losing at home last night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “You want to talk about IQ?” a very pseudo presidential-looking Smith dared Trump […]

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L.A. Mayor Race Gets Legal: Bass Mocks Pratt’s Supporters As “AI Cartoons”; Incumbent Broke Election Laws, ‘Hills’ Vet Insists

A week before the primary that could decide who the next mayor of Los Angeles is, incumbent Karen Bass and poll-rising challenger Spencer Pratt got legal and personal today in their war of campaign words. The white gloves have been off for a while as The Hills alum tries to use the loss of his […]

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Murder Charges In James Handy’s Death Paused As Stabbing Suspect Faces Mental Competency Exam

The man suspected of stabbing Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy to death earlier this week will have to face a mental competency hearing before murder charges can be pursued. The capacities of Michael Ray Gledhill will be examined in a Hollywood court June 22, a state judge decided Friday, after the Los Angeles County District […]

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It’s Bass Vs. Pratt: Early L.A. Mayor Election Results Leaning Towards Incumbent Against ‘Hills’ Villain In The Fall

UPDATE, 7 a.m. Wednesday: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be on the ballot in November, a result that was not surprising based on recent polls, but comfort nonetheless given voter discontent in the city. The Associated Press declared that Bass would make the general election. Reality star Spencer Pratt was still in second place, […]

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Nithya Raman’s Lead Over Spencer Pratt In L.A. Mayor’s Race Grows To 22K; Karen Bass, Projected To Face Ex-Ally In Runoff, “Looks Forward To Winning”

The trend in Los Angeles’ mayoral primary race continues to lean Nithya Raman’s way as the two-term City Council member grew her lead over Spencer Pratt for a run-off against incumbent Karen Bass. There are more votes still to be counted, but it looks almost certain that Raman’s surge has swept the Donald Trump endorsed-Pratt […]

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L.A. Mayor Drama: Raman Bests Pratt In Latest Vote Count; Incumbent Bass Rival Still TBD As Feds Open Probe

(Updated with Karen Bass & Spencer Pratt statements) Donald Trump’s election conspiracy temper tantrum on NBC’s Meet The Press aside, the roller coaster drama in the Los Angeles Mayoral remains unmatched almost a week after polls closed in the City of Angels. In a true Hollywood reversal of fortune that could end up in a […]

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DGA Deal: Christopher Nolan-Led Guild Reaches Tentative Four-Year Pact With Studios

Christopher Nolan said he wasn’t interested in a five-year agreement with the studios and streamers in this year’s negotiations, but looks like the Directors Guild of America boss is willing to go with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA flow for a four-year pact. After just under a month of talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and […]

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Matthew Perry Death: ‘Friends’ Star’s Assistant Sentenced; Ken Iwamasa Injected Fatal Ketamine Shots

Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to almost three and a half years behind bars for injecting the Friends star with the three ketamine doses that killed him on October 28, 2023. Also hit with a $10,000 fine Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, Ken Iwamasa is the fifth and final […]

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Fired Scott Pelley Decries “Heartbreaking” Submission To Trump By CBS, Paramount: “Incompetence & Unprofessionalism In The New Management Have Wreaked Havoc”

“The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable,” Scott Pelley said late Tuesday just hours after being fired from CBS News after almost 40 years at the network. “The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well,” the former CBS Evening News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent added in […]

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OpenAI Is A Menace And Sam Altman Knows It, Florida AG Declares; “Danger Of Addiction … Suicide, Violence & Related Harms”

With a blistering lawsuit filed Monday, the state of Florida may succeed where Elon Musk failed in bringing OpenAI and Sam Altman to heel. “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said this morning after filing an 83-page complaint in the Sunshine State’s […]

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Colbert Finale: Joe Biden & Hillary Clinton Praise ‘Late Show’ Host’s Decade Long CBS Run; Ex-POTUS Says “America Could Always Count On A Laugh”

Donald Trump has unsurprisingly promised to chime in later on long time foe Stephen Colbert’s late night departure tonight, but two of the ex-Apprentice host’s political rivals Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton have already had their say on the Late Show finale. There aren’t many who can make people think and laugh at the same […]

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Heated $2B Requirements: MPA Livid As Canada Jacks Up Streamers’ Content Revenue Contributions

In what is shaping up to become a very heated rivalry, the Motion Picture Association didn’t quite use the word socialism today over a Canadian regulatory move, but they got damn close. The studios and streamers’ trade association did warn that “new rules” and financial contributions determined today by Canada’s Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission […]

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