This week, real estate investor Cesar Piña was arrested on a federal wire fraud charge in what federal authorities are calling a “multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme” that defrauded New York and New Jersey area investors. Piña is a business associate of DJ Envy, real name Raashaun Casey, who is …
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God bless you, Paul Giamatti. There are actors who are unafraid to look foolish or petty in roles, who lean in to being unlikable onscreen when the mood (and the awards season) strikes, who might slum it by occasionally sporting an unflattering haircut or [shudder] reading glasses. And then there …
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Samantha and Justin Juray were overseeing a packed family night at their bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, when the unthinkable happened on Wednesday night. A man walked through their decorated glass doors with a high-powered rifle and started shooting. “I was there, front and center,” Samantha, 34, tells Rolling Stone. …
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Since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants against Israel, it’s become near-impossible to avoid images of the carnage and devastation that has befallen Israel and the Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza Strip. Online, it’s already difficult to sift through the barrage of misinformation, recycled footage from past conflicts, …
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About 10 years ago, Adam Weiner was onstage in a shitty NASCAR bar in Illinois, playing two sets of piano-driven rock & soul for about 30 onlookers. Weiner, who’s Jewish and fronts the band Low Cut Connie, was wearing a Star of David around his neck as he sang and …
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It’s been a busy year for Maya Jama. The British television host and radio personality took over hosting the popular reality dating series Love Island UK at the beginning of the year, following in the footsteps of Laura Whitmore. While Jama was already famous for her other roles and her …
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Before we were treated to the hosting debut of musician and actor Bad Bunny, Saturday Night Live kicked things off with a cold open on the House of Representatives’ third vote for Speaker — where the deeply unlikable Republican Representative Jim Jordan, who has some serious things to answer for …
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If you thought last week’s Season 49 premiere of Saturday Night Live was star-studded, featuring host Pete Davidson, musical performer Ice Spice, and cameos by the ubiquitous A-list couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, well, the sketch-comedy show’s second episode would not be outdone. Following a cold open with a …
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T he 911 call came in around 2:30 a.m on April 4. “Help, someone stabbed me,” said the voice on the phone. Police and paramedics rushed to the address he gave near the downtown waterfront, beneath the hulking steel beams of the Bay Bridge. By the time first responders arrived …
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Before he wrote the book Killers of the Flower Moon, author David Grann paid a visit to Oklahoma and the Osage Nation in 2012. He found himself in the local museumlooking at a big panoramic photo of the Osage tribe and some white settlers. But a panel was missing from …
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