NYPD (NEW YORK) — Police are questioning 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as a person of interest in connection with the brazen Midtown Manhattan murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, according to authorities. Mangione, from Maryland, has been arrested by Altoona police on unrelated gun charges, according to authorities. He was on […]
MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, following nearly a week of deliberations. Penny, a former Marine and architecture student, was initially charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide. Prosecutors alleged that Penny killed Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who had previously been […]
Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sean “Jay-Z” Carter fired back in a court filing Monday after he and Sean “Diddy” Combs were accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards, according to an amended civil lawsuit filed Sunday. Carter filed a motion Monday to deny […]
Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman and Ariana Grande are among the stars reacting to their 2025 Golden Globes nominations. Washington detailed his experience filming Gladiator II — the film that earned him his 11th nomination, the most of any Black performer at the Golden Globes — after being nominated in the best performance by a […]
Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — TikTok on Monday requested the emergency pause of a law set to ban the popular social media app next month. A temporary lifting of the measure would afford the Supreme Court time to determine whether it should review the law, the company said in a court filing. The filling arrives days […]
NYPD (NEW YORK) — A man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was stopped with a fake New Jersey ID and is being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The man was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning, sources […]
MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely by the jury on Monday. The jury deliberated for more than 24 hours across five days before reaching the verdict. The courtroom broke out in a mix of cheers and jeers as soon […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is hopping back into the director’s chair. The actor will helm a new, untitled thriller film about artificial intelligence for T-Street Productions, director Rian Johnson‘s production company. Anne Hathaway is set to star in the film, Deadline reports. While no plot details have been revealed, we do know Gordon-Levitt co-wrote the script with […]
Gary Gershoff/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, in his first broadcast news interview since the election, said members of the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should be jailed. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” Trump […]
Disney/Randy Holmes The Variety Hitmakers Brunch took place Saturday, honoring the artists and industry insiders behind the top 25 songs of 2024. Among them were Doechii, who received the Hip Hop Disruptor Award, and Quavo, who was named Humanitarian of the Year. While accepting her award, Doechii traced back to her start in rap music, in which she […]
