Five members of Pussy Riot were sentenced in absentia on charges related to anti-war performances critical of Russia’s military actions, a representative for the group confirmed to Rolling Stone on Monday. As Mediazona — an outlet co-founded by Pussy Riot members — reports and their rep confirms, the members sentenced …
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The Trump administration’s freeze of more than $2 billion in grant funds for Harvard University over allegations of antisemitism on campus was ruled illegal by a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs’ decision moves to restore the crucial research funding and sided with Harvard’s arguments that the …
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Lil Nas X pleaded not guilty to four felony charges after he allegedly charged at Los Angeles police officers in Studio City last week. The musician (real name Montero Lamar Hill) briefly appeared in a Los Angeles court Monday, Aug. 25, where he was arraigned and entered his plea. A …
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Kristen Crowley, the former chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department ousted from her position earlier this year, filed a legal claim against the city and Mayor Karen Bass, accusing the mayor of orchestrating “a campaign of misinformation, defamation, and retaliation” and using Crowley as a “scapegoat” to shift blame …
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Orlando Bloom is off the hook. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor will not be required to testify at an upcoming trial involving the $15 million California mansion that plunged his former fiancée Katy Perry into a headline-grabbing real estate war with 85-year-old Texas millionaire Carl Westcott. At a hearing …
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Choreographer Felix “Fefe” Burgos is suing Epic Games, claiming dance moves he created for Alejandro Rauw’s “Touching the Sky” video were incorporated into Fortnite and sold to players without his permission. The emote was introduced to Fortnite earlier this year, and was even named “Touching the Sky,” like Alejandro’s song. …
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David Geffen‘s estranged husband, Donovan Michaels, is suing the billionaire music and movie mogul with claims Geffen promised to provide “lifelong” financial support to Michaels but then “cut him off” and evicted him shortly after filing for divorce in May. In his new 33-page complaint filed today and obtained by …
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Post Malone’s ex fiancée has dropped her court petition for custody over their three-year-old daughter, according to court records obtained by Rolling Stone. Post Malone (real name Austin Post) and Hee Sung “Jamie” Park, who had a child together in 2022, have been battling over custody since April. At that …
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An Ohio woman is suing Card B with claims the rapper overreacted and “forcefully” threw a microphone at her in retaliation for the “small portion” of a drink that the woman splashed onstage during a concert two years ago. The woman says the incident, which was investigated by the Las …
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Writer and activist Patrice Griffin has settled a child sexual assault civil case with former Quad Recording Studios owner Luis Gonzalez and the studio itself for undisclosed amounts, her attorney Hugo Ortega tells Rolling Stone. Gonzalez and the studio were codefendants in a lawsuit that accused Gonzalez of failing to …
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