House passes ‘Tiger King’ bill to outlaw private ownership of big cats

Passed by Congress on Monday night (December 21), the US$900billion stimulus package will revive unemployment benefits and launch a round of $600 stimulus payments to many Americans, among other provisions.The 5,000-page bill also includes a proposal by Republican senator Thom Tillis, introduced less than two weeks ago, that aims to increase the penalty for operating a for-profit illegal streaming service, writes the Hollywood Reporter.The bill proposes criminal penalties for operators of

The House passed a massive $2.3 trillion Covid-19 relief and government spending package that includes a series of provisions meant to be a lifeline to hard-hit sectors of the entertainment industry.

Love Is Blind, which started streaming in February. During the series, six couples got engaged without seeing each other.

“Tiger King” star Joe Exotic is pulling out all the stops to get a pardon from Donald Trump in his final days in office.

With a flurry of exiting pardons expected from Donald Trump any moment, incarcerated Tiger King star Joe Exotic has taken the Justice Department to court in the hopes of joining Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and other similar upstanding citizens in getting an 11th hour Presidential act of clemency.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSienna Miller and Diego Luna star in writer-director Tara Miele’s “Wander Darkly” as a married couple with a baby who get into a horrible car crash.The film follows both of them as they contemplate and examine their relationship, but it’s unclear if they are alive or were killed in the accident.

Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women's rights activists. The bill, which needs approval from the country’s Senate in a debate expected before the end of the year, allows for voluntary abortions to be carried out up to the 14th week of pregnancy.

The Change and Suppression (Conversion) Prohibition Bill that bans conversion practices seeking to change a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity passed the lower house of the Victorian Parliament on Thursday. Fifty five MPs voted in favour of the legislation, while the Opposition Liberal Party abstained.The Bill will now head to the Legislative Council where it will be debated when the Victorian Parliament resumes in 2021. “This bill will change lives.

Joe Exotic wants to be Kim Kardashian’s next project in her fight for prison reform. The Tiger King subject is currently serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted on 17 federal charges of animal abuse and two counts of murder for hire in 2019. However, he maintains his innocence, and wants a presidential pardon before Donald Trump’s term is up in Jan. 2021. So, he wrote Kim a letter in the hopes that she would vouch for him with the president.

If you’re wondering what people were bingeing throughout 2020, the year of the pandemic, IMDb believes they have the answer.

Tiger King, the Netflix true-crime series that brought her into the public eye earlier this year.The documentary followed zookeeper Joe Exotic and owners of big cat sanctuaries across America including Baskin, who accused Exotic of abusing and exploiting his animals.

Jeff Lowe is hoping to set the record straight. Lowe, 53, is best known for appearing in Netflix's hit docuseries "Tiger King," in which, he obtains control of a private zoo full of exotic animals after Joe "Exotic" Maldonado-Passage -- the zoo's previous owner -- was arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot.

 left a mark on 2020 — and now, it may contribute to a more lasting legacy.

 Tiger King  star  Joe Exotic  could be “very, very close” to a presidential pardon.According to ABC News, President  Donald Trump’s  team has said that a number of pardon requests are being vetted at the moment, which includes one from Joe Exotic, real name Joseph Maldano-Passage.“We are waiting on the pen to hit the paper, we think we are very, very close,” said Eric Love, an attorney for Exotic, about a potential presidential pardon.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lambasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the monthslong coronavirus relief deadlock, accusing the Democratic leader of intentionally blocking a stimulus deal in order to hurt Republicans in the 2020 election.

TMZ, Carole and her husband, Howard Baskin, said a longtime volunteer named Candy Couser stuck her hand into the tiger's enclosure in order to open the door to feed it. Just then, the tiger, named Kimba, bit down on Candy's hand and "started thrashing."Kimba only let go of Candy's arm after other staffers came running to help.