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A jury in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday found Ozy Media founder and CEO Carlos Watson guilty of securities fraud, identify fraud and other charges that carry a penalty of up to 37 years in prison.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson was found guilty Tuesday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of defrauding investors in the operation of the firm that he pitched as a next-generation media company. Watson was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy charges in New York’s Eastern District circuit after an eight-week trial. He faces up to 37 years in prison.

The best moments in Antiques Roadshow are when a member of the public brings in their treasured item to be valued and happily discovers it is worth much more than they expected.That was the case on the US version of the popular antiques series recently as a Nashville fan was very pleasantly surprised by the value of her copy of William Shakespeare’s sonnets.The woman had inherited the book from her father and was expecting a valuation of around $300 to $400. However, expert Martin Gammon surprised her by revealing that the book, which was a rare edition, was actually worth somewhere in the region of $5,000 to $6,000.The book was an 1899 Roycroft Press edition and Martin explained that it was one of only 12 printed on vellum, a paper made of cow or pig skin, which was why it was so rare.The owner explained that the book had survived the Great Depression, when her grandfather, who had been a rare book dealer, was forced to sell most of his collection, with The Sonnets of Shakespeare one of the few he kept safe.

June 27 video on his Instagram appears to show him using scissors to cut off his ankle monitor, while the caption reads, “Can’t let no P.O. determine my safety.” A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office told The Post: “If someone has an official ankle bracelet on, they’re not supposed to cut it off.”Blockstar told Adam22, the founder of the podcast “No Jumper” in a July 4 interview: “It should’ve never happened, but I ain’t sorry. If I could go back, I’ll go back.

Ryan Serhant is the star of Netflix’s new reality series Owning Manhattan and the show focuses heavily on his success in the real estate world, which might lead you to wonder about his net worth.

OnlyFans accountthat the singer created to sell pictures of her feet?Meh. He’s seen stranger things.“He thinks it’s great,” Allen, 39, said on Thursday’s episode of BBC Sounds’ “Miss Me” podcast about her steamy new subscription site, which she unveiled earlier this week.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Childish Gambino has announced his new and final album under the moniker “Bando Stone & The New World,” releasing July 19. Coinciding with the album announcement, the rapper has released its first single “Lithonia,” named after a city just east of Atlanta, where his TV show is set.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. When Busta Rhymes first came out with his enduring classic “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” in 1997, he couldn’t imagine that it would find a fanbase in a whole new generation and be remixed by countless contemporary artists in the years since.

Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke. She was 96.

Michael Appler Red carpets are hectic places. Even for seasoned actors, they can be disorienting and frustrating. At a movie premiere, no moment better epitomizes a red carpet’s chaos than the “group photo,” when hordes of publicists and studio staff wrangle, like cats, a dozen or more movie stars and gabbing producers to stand in one place and smile.

the New York Times that the two comedians had a falling out after Spade, 59, made a joke about Murphy on “Saturday Night Live” that Murphy felt was “racist.”In 1995, Spade did a sketch called “Hollywood Minute” where he showed a picture of Murphy, whose horror movie “Vampire in Brooklyn” bombed at the box office, and said: “Look, children, it’s a falling star. Make a wish.”In the NYT interview released Saturday, Murphy admitted he was taken aback by Spade’s comment at the time.“It was like: ‘Yo, it’s in-house! I’m one of the family, and you’re f–king with me like that?’ It hurt my feelings like that,” he said.“This is ‘Saturday Night Live.’ I’m the biggest thing that ever came off that show,” Murphy continued. “The show would have been off the air if I didn’t go back on the show, and now you got somebody from the cast making a crack about my career? And I know that he can’t just say that.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Eddie Murphy said he’s been the target of “cheap shots” over the years — including a “racist” joke that David Spade told on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” where Murphy had once been a cast member. Murphy, in an interview published by the New York Times, said Spade’s joke on “SNL” about his supposedly failing career came after Murphy’s 1995 horror spoof “Vampire in Brooklyn” had flopped at the box office. The hurtful joke was part of Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” sketch from December of that year on the late-night show, in which — after a photo of Murphy popped up on the screen — Spade said, “Look children, it’s a falling star.

Eddie Murphy has forgiven a cheap shot from his old home at Saturday Night Live. But he hasn’t forgotten it.

Eddie Murphy is calling out David Spade over a joke from back in 1995.

The Independent Exhibition Conference, or IND/EX, launches today and it’s at capacity with 700 attendees from art houses, indie theater chains, indie distributors, indie vendors and regional film festivals. This is the first time since Covid hit that the industry is gathering, and it’s a critical moment. The theatrical business is very different and extremely tough, especially for art houses.

Fontaines D.C. have performed the brooding title track of their upcoming album ‘Romance’ on their European festival tour – check out the footage below.The band have been playing a number of shows around the continent this month, with ‘Romance’ often serving as the opening track.

Madonna fans who sued the singer over the delayed start time of her ‘Celebration Tour’ show in New York have voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit.Plaintiffs Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez gave notice of their dismissal with prejudice, which means that their claims cannot be tried again (via Rolling Stone).In a letter filed yesterday (Wednesday June 19), Jeff Warshafsky – who was representing both Madonna and Live Nation in the case – said that the dismissal “was not the result of any settlement” between the parties.He added that Madonna and the promoter “do not agree with plaintiffs’ position that each party should bear its own fees and costs” as the dismissal notice initially stated. He pointed toward their legal expenses, including “filing two motions to dismiss” and opposing the false settlement notice that the court recently spiked.Warshafsky wrote: “Defendants believe that this action was a frivolous strike suit designed to force them to incur legal expenses.“Plaintiffs have now abandoned this lawsuit when it became clear that this approach would not result in a settlement payment and that they would need to oppose defendants’ motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint.”The plaintiffs first filed the suit against Madonna in January, after attending one of her shows at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn the previous month (December 13).

A number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day, the federal holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Rahul Kohli (The Fall of the House of Usher) has joined Prime Video‘s We Were Liars as a series regular, Deadline has learned.

The French Connection and Law And Order star star Tony Lo Bianco has died aged 87.The actor passed away on Tuesday night (June 12) at his horse farm in Poolesville, Maryland, following a long battle with prostate cancer, his representatives confirmed (via The Hollywood Reporter).“Tony passed peacefully at 9pm last night with his wife Alyse by his side,” they said in a statement.Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1936 Lo Bianco was best known for his performance in The French Connection, which won five Academy awards 1971: Best Picture, Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Best Director (William Friedkin), Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.He also starred alongside Richard Gere in Bloodbrothers (1978) and appeared alongside Clint Eastwood in City Heat (1984).Lo Bianco kickstarted his film career with the cult classic The Honeymoon Killers (1970), with plenty of big screen work soon following.Outside of film, he was a successful stage actor, director and producer, starring in many Broadway productions including Moliere’s Tartuffe. He also directed eight productions and produced 25 more.In 1975, Lo Bianco won an Obie Award for his role in an Off-Broadway production of Yanks-3, Detroit-0, Top of the Seventh.He was also nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge.Elsewhere, Lo Bianco starred as heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in Marciano (1979) and later appeared in many tough guy roles in films including City of Hope (1991), Boiling Point (1993) and The Juror (1996).Later in life, Lo Bianco appeared in a number of popular TV series, including Murder, She Wrote and Law And Order.Away from acting, Lo Bianco was also a Golden Gloves boxer.

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