Charles Reich, the lawyer, professor and author who provided the intellectual framework for the counterculture with his 1970 book The Greening of America, died Saturday, The New York Times reports. He was 91. A cause of death was not revealed. Reich’s nephew and only survivor, Daniel Reich, confirmed his death. …
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Cuba Gooding Jr., the Oscar-winning actor who starred in the acclaimed films Boyz N the Hood,Jerry Maguire,andSnow Dogs,turned himself in to the NYPD on Thursday after being accused of groping a woman. He was booked on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree. According to …
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and top lawmakers in the state legislature have finalized a deal to legalize recreational marijuana, setting up a potential vote by the end of the month, NJ.com reports. Murphy, who was elected governor in 2017, campaigned on legalization and promised to enact it within his …
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Given his infamously belligerent personality and predilection for public meltdowns (including one tantrum where he allegedly put out a cigarette in a plate of lox on a craft services table), it’s perhaps unsurprising that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been on less than great behavior in the months leading …
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UPDATE: Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to charges of solicitation. His attorneys have asked for a bench trial, forgoing a jury. **** Robert Kraft, the 77-year-old owner of the New England Patriots, has officially been charged with soliciting a woman in connection with prostitution, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to …
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Leslie Van Houten, who was 19 when she joined other followers of Charles Manson on a 1969 murder spree, is asking the state of California to release her on parole. Over the past five decades, the convict, now 69, has made nearly two dozen attempts to be freed from the …
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Not since the The Full Monty has there been this much anticipation building around singing strippers on a theater stage. On Thursday, the producers of Magic Mike the Musical — Channing Tatum, Steven Soderbergh, Gregory Jacobs, Nick Wechsler, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan — announced the stage show will premiere …
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Mariah Carey’s former personal assistant, Lianna Shakhnazaryan (also known as Lianna Azarian), claimed she was subjected to sexual battery and harassment during her approximately two years of employment before being wrongfully terminated by the singer in 2017. That’s according to a new lawsuit filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court …
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The rise and downfall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker is the focus of a new 20/20 special titled “Unfaithfully Yours,” and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Ted Koppel recounts an interview with the Bakkers in the aftermath of their sex and financial fraud scandals. The Bakkers’ …
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Broadway legend Carol Channing, who starred in such Golden Age hits as Hello, Dolly! and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died Tuesday at her home in California, The New York Times reports. She was 97. Channing’s publicist, B. Harlan Boll, confirmed her death, saying Channing had suffered two strokes over the past …
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