James Toback Ordered to Pay $1.68 Billion After Sexual Assault Trial

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The jury decided on $280 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 billion in punitive damages. He was not in attendance. Since the original Los AngelesTimesreporting, more than 300 people have accused Toback of harassment. This will be his legacy, absolutely, plaintiff Mary Monahan shared with theTimes. And that is immensely validating. A jury heard us and a jury believed us....

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Ricky Nixon

JoJo Siwa and Mickey Rourke Are Fighting

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. JoJo Siwacan handle herself she once Army-carried Tom Sandoval up a hill so she can definitely handle Mickey Rourke. Rourke, it turns out, is very comfortable being homophobic toward Siwa. My partner is nonbinary. Rourke responded, If I stay longer than four days, you wont be gay any more. Rourke also said he was going to vote the lesbian out real quick....

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Paula Neal

Judy Greer is much more than a rom-com heroine's best friend

But her latest film is a tonal departure, to say the least. “I don’t get sent roles like this,” Greer said. And I think it makes me a better actor, too." The movie has a cult following now, but back then it had a different reception. How did that affect you at the time, so early in your career? Judy Greer:It was the first job I got in Los Angeles....

April 9, 2025 · 4 min · 712 words · Lisa Davis

Keke Palmer Pulls Podcast Interview With Jonathan Majors

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Keke Palmeris no longer airing an interview withconvicted abuser Jonathan Majorson her podcast. Related Tags:

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 30 words · Katelyn Mendez

Let’s PredictThe White LotusSeason 4

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Namely, predicting the cast and location for the next season. But producer David BernadtoldThe Bill Simmons Podcastthat Mike does not like the cold. What we do know is that White doesnt like the idea of being too basic. Thats why it was so cool to shoot in Thailand. Its hard to go backward. Like, Oh, well do it in Paris!...

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Andrea Mann

Mike White SaysThe White LotusComposer Didn’t Take Notes Very Well

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Who should face the music for thisWhite Lotusmusical feud? Show creatorMike Whiteclearly doesnt think hes to blame. It was kind of a bitch move. He wants people to know that hes edgy and dark and Im … I dont know, I watch reality TV, theSurvivoralum told Stern. He also noted that Tapia de Veer was an Emmy-winning composer by the time season three came around....

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Michelle Hall

MrBeast Calls Out Trump Tariffs

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Can Donald Trump institute a policy so controversial that even the Zynternet turns against him? Both apolitical figures and former Trump supporters are speaking out against the policies. Below, all the internet figures concerned about the global economy (and their pockets). And these are the people who normally likealgorithms! He specifically criticized them as the owner of Feastables, which sells chocolate bars....

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · David Flores

New Justin Bieber (Kind of) Dropping

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But Ive been trying to mimic him since I was a little kid. When fellow TikTokerJustin Bernardezfirst stumbled across the track, he couldnt believe it wasnt actually a young Bieber. Adding a beat under her vocals, the internet rewarded him with more than 8.5 million views. This whole experience is kind of surreal, Bernardez says....

April 9, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Kevin Fox

Shaking up Silicon Valley

She was in a rural market in Northern California. It was 2012; apps were all the rage, and she was focused on commercial trucking. “And then, of course, I was a woman, which was really the toughest part.” “You just keep looking until you find the solution,” Schifferle tells me. There’s a growing cohort of female entrepreneurs who are receiving capital fromangel investors. That’s far outpacing trends in venture capital....

April 9, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Ronnie Thomas

Sound the Lorde Alarm

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Every four years: a presidential election, a leap year, a Lorde album. What would it sound like? Left in the darkness of wondering and wandering, all we could do was wait for news. As of April 9, however, what was once far is now near: New Lorde is coming. Related Tags:

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Chris Wilson

Stranger ThingsBrings the Upside Down to Broadway

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Stranger Thingsis heading back to the US after debuting in the London West End. The spin-off prequel play,Stranger Things: The First Shadowcomes to Broadway on April 22. Does it mean were getting Demogorgon puppets on stage? Someone call the Jim Henson Creature Shop! How does the play relate to the Netflix show? Strange Things: First Shadowis a prequel play set in 1959 in the same town as the Netflix series....

April 9, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Christine Morris

Summer HouseRecap: Black Shabbat

Summer House Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Over the years, Ive developed a soft spot for Lindsay Hubbard. Can she be terrible? Is she an unfillable maw of need? Is she a monster? (Surely having an infant will disqualify her, right?) But I have never seen Lindsay perform poorly. The episode starts great with the unlikely duo of Paige and Lindsay driving out to the beach together....

April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 516 words · Joshua West

SurvivorRecap: A Drop in the Bucket

Survivor Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Honestly, I loved it. What I dont like is that the show has become repetitive. Its a tricky balance. Any good reality show should feel like a ritual, like attending church. New EraSurvivoris falling dangerously close to that path. Its the same number of tribes every season with the same number of players. The merge falls at the same place; the fire-making challenge is a lock at the final four....

April 9, 2025 · 3 min · 550 words · Kevin Martin