Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and was the father of Spike Lee, has died aged 94.The musician died at his Brooklyn home yesterday (May 24), according to a publicist for Spike Lee, confirmed to The New York Times.
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not guilty of a 19th charge of providing false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Those statements were made in an interview concerning a 2016 trip — paid for by undercover agents posing as real estate developers — that Gillum had taken with his brother to New York, which included a boat tour and tickets to the hit Broadway show Hamilton.Gillum subsequently paid a $5,000 fine to the state ethics commission to settle allegations surrounding that New York trip and an unrelated trip to Costa Rica.Florida law requires that all gifts valued at $100 or more, and any gifts from lobbyists, be disclosed on campaign finance reports.The jury deadlocked on the remaining 18 charges, prompting Winsor to declare a mistrial and cancel a case teleconference meeting scheduled for Wednesday, reports Tallahassee ABC affiliate WTXL.According to the Tallahassee Democrat, 10 of the 12 jurors overwhelmingly favored acquitting Gillum and Lettman-Hicks.
Several jurors later anonymously alleged that the two holdouts who refused to acquit Gillum and Lettman-Hicks were overly “biased” and called the government’s case “beyond flimsy.”Although prosecutors initially signaled their intent to retry the defendants on the conspiracy and fraud charges, they later asked Winsor to dismiss the indictment, seeming to have concluded that obtaining a conviction would be difficult, particularly in light of the jury’s overwhelming predisposition to vote for acquittal.The failure to obtain convictions marks a major defeat for the government as part of its Operation Capital Currency investigation, in which undercover FBI agents posed as crooked developers as part of a two-year sting looking into whether city officials were engaged in various
.Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and was the father of Spike Lee, has died aged 94.The musician died at his Brooklyn home yesterday (May 24), according to a publicist for Spike Lee, confirmed to The New York Times.
Not over yet. The drama was front and center as the Vanderpump Rules cast reunited to discuss season 10 amid Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.
Ariana Madix dished her honest thoughts on the moment when her ex Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss said “I love you” on the Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale.
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor are enjoying a romantic day out.
Shawn Johnson and her family of four are currently on a trip in Orlando visiting Walt Disney World. A big family trip, no doubt, but the real headline here is that her husband, Andrew East, flew them all down to Florida!The 31-year-old former gymnast took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to share that she, Andrew and their two children — 3-year-old daughter, Drew, and 1-year-old son, Jett — hopped on what appeared to be a Cessna plane, with Andrew piloting.
Addie Morfoot Contributor The first of three “Vanderpump Rules” #Scandoval reunion episodes will air on May 24, but for fans who can’t wait that long for the fireworks that Bravo has promised, there’s a tailgating opportunity in the form of a documentary titled “The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump.” The 90-minute Hulu doc, which begins streaming on May 22, stems from the Los Angeles Times story, “The Man Who Played Hollywood: Inside Randall Emmett’s Crumbling Empire” written by Amy Kaufman and Meg James. The article, published in June 2022, revealed lawsuits, debts and troubling allegations regarding Emmett’s relationships with women, assistants and business partners.
Not on the best terms? Ariana Madix offered a surprising update about where she stands with Tom Sandoval‘s parents after their split.
Don’t count on Ariana Madix popping up on screen alongside Tom Sandoval or Raquel Leviss ever again.
speculate that it was “staged.”On Thursday, Madix told the New York Times that the cheating duo had a shot at redemption, but then they shot themselves in the foot with their behavior.“I think any chance that either of them separately had for [redemption] ended when they started giving trash interviews victimizing themselves,” she said, referring to Leviss’s TMZ interview and Sandoval’s Howie Mandel interview. At the end of March, Leviss told TMZ, ““I apologized to [Madix] over text, but she didn’t receive it very well.”She also sounded distressed about the fact that the public was not sympathetic towards her, and said “it’s been a lot,” referring to the fallout from her affair with Sandoval. During an April appearance on Howie Mandel’s podcast for his first interview post-Scandoval, Sandoval described his first kiss with Leviss as “magnetic.” “I felt something that I hadn’t felt in so long, like, emotionally,” he said. He described Leviss as “so awesome,” “so kind,” “smart,” “witty,” “fun,” “beautiful” and “f–king amazing.”As it turns out, Madix was not impressed by either her cheating ex-boyfriend or Leviss blabbing to the press and gushing about their infidelity.“I think had they not done or said all of those horrible things, maybe one day [they could be redeemed],” she said. “But I think the answer ultimately is no.
William Earl After months of relative silence on #Scandoval, “Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix has opened up about the cheating scandal that rocked reality television. For the uninitiated, Madix’s nearly decade-long relationship with co-star Tom Sandoval blew up in March when it was revealed he had been having a months-long affair with her best friend and their mutual co-star, Raquel Leviss. A recently taped new finale for the series’ 10th season — which addresses how the friend group reacted to learning about the affair — aired on May 17, and was followed by Madix’s first sit-down interview on the topic with Andy Cohen on his “Watch What Happens Live” show.
Ariana Madix is done covering for her ex, Tom Sandoval. After years of speculation, the 37-year-old Vanderpump Rules star confirmed that Sandoval did hook up with «Miami Girl.»In a 2015 episode of, Madix accused Sandoval of getting intimate with a woman in Miami, Florida, at the start of their relationship. On Wednesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Madix claimed that her ex and the mystery woman had sex.
The No. 1 girl in the group. Ariana Madix gave her first official interview since Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair made headlines — and revealed which aspect of the cheating scandal cut her the deepest.
Making Bravo history. The season 10 finale of Vanderpump Rules featured footage of the days after news broke about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.
Facing the music. Tom Sandoval breaks down in tears while talking to Lisa Vanderpump about his infidelity scandal in a teaser for the Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale.
Not on the best terms? Andy Cohen recalled Tom Sandoval‘s offer to come see his band, The Most Extras, perform after making waves with his bombshell interview amid his cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.
A different version of the story? Katie Maloney saw Tom Sandoval‘s bombshell interview about his split from Ariana Madix amid an affair with Raquel Leviss — and she has some questions.
Bring on the drama! The Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion trailer is here — and it already delivers as the cast break down and fight about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.
The moment we have all been waiting for. Ariana Madix did not hold back when coming face to face with Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss at the Vanderpump Rules reunion.
EXCLUSIVE: As all of the Cannes packages start to trickle through ahead of the big event on the Croisette next week, an early frontrunner in the hot package game is Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Negga starrer Night Boat to Tangier. Oscar-winning director James Marsh is directing the project, based on the novel of the same name from Kevin Barry’s New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year.
Loaded advice? Raquel Leviss weighed in on Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval’s sex life — and boosted Ariana’s self-esteem — amid her secret affair with the TomTom cofounder.