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A federal prosecutor and the defense attorney for Robert Sylvester Kelly made their opening statements as his second federal trial began in Chicago on Wednesday. Kelly currently faces charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice alongside two additional defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown. “The defendant… had sex with multiple children,” Assistant United States Attorney Jason Julien told the jury today, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterCalifornia is poised to add a diversity requirement to its $330 million tax incentive for film and TV production, as lawmakers seek to use their leverage to make the industry better reflect the state’s demographics.Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a bill, SB 485, that will extend the tax credit through 2030.

R Kelly’s alleged child sex tape victim is set to testify at his latest trial. The girl is allegedly seen in multiple child pornography tapes from the late 1990s having sex with the disgraced 1990s R and B sensation. She is expected to be the prosecution’s star witness in ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ singer Kelly’s trial on allegations he made child pornography and enticed underage girls for sex.

While it awaits the 2024 arrival of Pac-12 carpetbaggers UCLA and USC, the Big Ten Conference has inked new distribution deals with CBS, Fox, NBC and Peacock. The pacts, which include current partners FS1 and Big Ten Network but drops ESPN/ABC, are the most lucrative in college sports history — valued at nearly $8 billion.

AleXa has announced the venues for her upcoming concert tour of the United States.Earlier today (August 17), events production company Studio PAV released the final list of dates and venues for the vocalist’s first headlining tour of the country. Earlier this month, AleXa herself had shared a list of dates and cities but without specifying venues.AI Troopers! Here are the confirmed venues for AleXa's First Meet & Live Tour in U.S.Click this link for Ticket Tier information and Benefits! https://t.co/Xp27I5eOUnTicket sales begin next Friday, August 26th at 2PM Venue Local Time‼#AleXa #알렉사 #AleXaUSTour #AleXainUSA pic.twitter.com/Wrh84uciLh— Studio PAV (@studio_pav) August 16, 2022AleXa is set to kick off her tour in New Jersey, before holding performances in Puerto Rico, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and California all throughout October.

With their brand-new album released August 19, Demi Lovato is currently taking their back catalogue on the Holy Fvck Tour across America.

Gabby Windey tearfully broke up with Nate Mitchell after admitting she wasn't ready to be a mother on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette on ABC.The 31-year-old nurse and former NFL cheerleader also was forced to cancel a crucial cocktail party after suitor Logan Palmer, 26, of Arizona, tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the show.Illinois native Gabby sobbed as she broke it to Nate, 33, of Illinois, that she wasn't ready to be a mother after previously revealing a longtime estrangement from her own mother. Painful split: Gabby Windey tearfully broke up with Nate Mitchell after admitting she wasn't ready to be a mother on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette on ABCGabby in a confessional before her date gushed about Nate while admitting to having reservations about motherhood.'You know, I go back and forth on if I want to be a mother, and that's something that I don't quite have figured out yet.

The Hollywood Critics Association held its 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday, that had The Daily Show With Trevor Noah star Dulcé Sloan serving as host.This year's celebration is a two-night event, with night one being dedicated to Broadcast & Cable and night two centered around Streaming Platforms.Actors Justin Hartley and wife Sofia Pernas were among the celebrities who made their way to the red carpet to strike a number of poses in front of the admiring photographers. Awards night: Sofia Pernas snuggled up next to her husband Justin Hartleyt for day one of The Hollywood Critics Association's 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on SaturdayBeing the gentleman, Hartley, 45, led his wife to the red carpet where the shared the spotlight for a few moments.The This Is Us star decided to do a little mixing and matching in the fashion department by wearing red dress pants with an off-white blazer that had hints of red in it.

A League of Their Own (★★★★☆), Amazon’s sweeping, 1940s-set dramedy created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, doesn’t rehash or reprise characters made famous in Penny Marshall’s beloved 1992 film. Dottie, Kit, Doris, and “All the Way” Mae aren’t in the lineup, and neither is Tom Hanks’ irascible Jimmy Dugan, manager of the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.Of course, there’s still no crying in baseball — the movie’s best-remembered quote does earn a reprise — and the spotlight is still on the Peaches of Rockford, Illinois.

Giving it their all! Denise Richards reflected on the end of her marriage to Charlie Sheen, revealing that they tried to make it work for their daughters.

Keke Palmer got some things off her chest! The actress opened up about her struggle with adult acne and questioned why doctors haven’t come up with a “cure.”

Horsegirl have shared a new mini concert film that captures their album release show in Chicago, Illinois – you can watch it below.Filmed at the city’s Thalia Hall venue back in June, the almost-30-minute video – titled Do You Want Horsegirl Or Do You Want the Truth? – sees the band performing in front of a hometown crowd.The gig took place shortly after Horsegirl dropped their debut studio record ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’.During the show, the group aired a cover of the Guided By Voices track ‘As We Go Up, We Go Down’ from the Ohio outfit’s 1995 album ‘Alien Lanes’. You can catch that performance at the 22:20 mark below.In a four-star review of Horsegirl’s first LP, NME wrote: “Compelling from its first note to its very last, the record presents a band who, yes, are still in their infancy, but clearly know who they are and what that sounds like.“It doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but its rushes of no wave-tinged indie-rock are fit to burst with infectious energy and intriguing experimentation that there’s no danger of it feeling old and staid.”‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ went on to appear in NME‘s best albums of 2022 so far list, as well as our run-down of the best debut albums of the year up until the summer.Horsegirl performed at Glastonbury 2022 back in June following a run of UK dates.

Kaia Gerber‘s got skills! The supermodel gave her dad, Rande Gerber, an at-home haircut, saving him from a trip to the barber.

medical professionals can legally deny service on the basis of their religious beliefs.South Carolina recently became the seventh state to permit medical professionals to decline services based on their personal religious or moral beliefs — joining the state of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Illinois, reports NBC News. According to the Movement Advancement Project, a think tank that focuses on LGBTQ-related policies, with South Carolina’s addition, one-eighth of all LGBTQ people in America now live in states allowing denial of care, and preventing lawsuits from being lodged against providers who refuse to treat patients.Such policies are often approved under the auspices of “expanding religious freedom” or protecting First Amendments rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

All about balance. Nope star Keke Palmer is figuring out the importance of self-care — and protecting herself from the hustle culture of the entertainment industry.

an accidental overdose last September at 54 — made the startling admission in a memoir written prior to his passing. The tome, “Scenes From My Life,” is set to be published later this month.In an excerpt obtained by Daily Mail, Williams recalls being invited to attend an event in Harrisburg, Virginia, by Obama — who has famously declared that “The Wire” is his favorite show. However, when he arrived at the event, Williams was so high on cocaine that he had lockjaw and was unable to speak properly.“I couldn’t even put my words together,” he writes in the memoir.

Brittney Griner made her first court appearance Tuesday since the Biden administration revealed it was prepared to engage in a prisoner swap to free Griner and another U.S. citizen in Russian custody, Paul Whelan.Griner was detained in February in a Moscow airport and later charged with drug smuggling.

Rachel Recchia cried after feeling unseen and confronted the remaining men about whether they cared about her at all on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette.The 26-year-old flight instructor was still reeling from being rejected three times during the last ceremony while also coping with feelings of inadequacy following her split from Clayton Echard, 29, on season 26 of The Bachelor.'At this point, I want to feel chosen,' Rachel tearfully said in a confessional. 'I'm not here to beg these guys to act like they want me.' Felt unseen:Rachel Recchia cried after feeling unseen and confronted the remaining men about whether they cared about her at all on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette'I don't know why I feel more insecure, more desperate on this side of being on the Bachelorette than the side of being a contestant on Clayton's season,' Rachel added.

Netflix have developed a real-life Squid Game multiplayer game that will launch in the US and UK this September.On August 1, Variety reported that the two companies have collaborated on a game inspired by the hit South Korean drama. The upcoming in-person game will allow two to six players to compete in a series of challenges featured in Squid Game, including ‘Red Light, Green Light’, ‘Glass Bridge’, and the titular ‘Squid Game’.Immersive Gamebox will use motion-sensing and touchscreen technology in digital smart rooms to recreate the experience of being in the games.

US’s first small-screen kiss between a black woman and a white man, Uhura and Captain Kirk (played by William Shatner), in 1968. When Nichols considered leaving Star Trek at the end of the first run, a chance meeting with the civil rights leader Martin Luther King at a fundraising event changed her mind. “He said I had the first non-stereotypical role, I had a role with honour, dignity and intelligence,” she recalled in a 2011 television programme.

President Biden released a statement late Sunday night on the passing of actress Nichelle Nichols. Nichols died Sunday at the age of 89.