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On Tuesday, actor Zachary Horwitz (known professionally as Zach Avery) was arrested on charges of wire fraud, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The FBI and SEC allege that Horwitz ran a Ponzi scheme through his company, 1inMM, which defrauded investors of $227 million.
Allegedly, Horwitz told investors that his company invested in film rights, subsequently reselling these rights to distributors like Netflix and HBO. He is said to have sold people on his scheme by showing them fake licensing
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Renee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix, who won the top acting awards at last year’s Oscars, returned for the 2021 Academy Awards to bestow the awards on this year’s winners.
Anthony Hopkins has won the best actor Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Hopkins, 83, won for his performance as an elderly man with dementia in The Father, directed by French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller, who also wrote the acclaimed stage play on which the film is based.
Joaquin Phoenix is all about sustainable fashion at the 2021 Academy Awards. The 46-year-old Oscar-winning actor presented the last award of the night, Best Actor, and appeared to rock a familiar look.Phoenix didn't walk the red carpet at the Union Station celebration in Los Angeles, instead opting to make his appearance at the end of the telecast.
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Hopkins has won his first Oscar since he took one home for playing Hannibal Lecter.Despite his pedigree, Hopkins was a surprise winner.The late Chadwick Boseman was expected to win the award, which in a very rare move from the academy was the last to be handed out this year instead of best picture.It was also an anti-climax on a show where Hopkins wasn’t present to accept the trophy.
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has been arrested.A rep for the Los Angeles Police Department confirms to ET that the star was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday, but he has not been booked yet. According to multiple reports, Ortiz-Magro was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. In a statement to ET, Ortiz-Magro's attorneys, Scott E.
EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s The Rookie has added Jason Canela to its upcoming season three in a recurring role.
Walter Olkewicz, the familiar character actor who played the bartender and croupier Jacques Renault on the original Twin Peaks and an oil refinery worker on Grace Under Fire, has died. He was 72.
Walter Olkewicz, an actor who starred in the original "Twin Peaks" series in the '90s, has died. He was 72.
OK, you know those movies you see in Redbox or on Amazon Prime that you’ve never heard of. Yet they star actors you know, like Bruce Willis or Nicolas Cage? Well, there’s a layer below that, of movies that never even make it to the position of being quickly swiped past.
Actor Zachary Horwitz has been arrested in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The news was announced by the U.S.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming will take a production role on selected film titles emerging from Stars Collective, the talent incubator program backed by China- and Los Angeles-based financier Starlight Media.Huang, who has credits including “The Message” and “American Dreams in China,” will lead Stars Collective’s talent discovery efforts in China, be a mentor to the selected filmmakers and take a formal producer role on selected, individual projects the