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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn Italian TV host was slated to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom this week to give testimony in the rape and sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein.But the host, Pascal Vicedomini, did not show up, after his attorney informed prosecutors last week that he would remain in Italy.Vicedomini is the founder of several film festivals, including the L.A. Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest, which is being held this week at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.Before his downfall in 2017, Weinstein was a regular guest at Vicedomini’s festivals, and according to court records the two were close friends.In 2013, Weinstein flew to Los Angeles to attend the L.A.
Italia festival, which was paying tribute to director Quentin Tarantino. The producer is accused of raping an Italian actress at the Mr.
C Hotel on the first night of the festival that year. According to the court records, the actress has told investigators that Vicedomini introduced her to Weinstein a year or two earlier in Rome.
She has also alleged that after the rape, Weinstein left his suit jacket in her hotel room, and she contacted Vicedomini in an attempt to return it to Weinstein.Vicedomini has told investigators he does not remember that, according to the court records.Weinstein’s trial is not expected to begin until the fall, at the earliest. But with Vicedomini residing out of the country, prosecutors sought to secure his testimony when they believed he would be in the U.S., and would be subject to the court’s subpoena jurisdiction.Vicedomini typically comes to Los Angeles for the L.A.
Italia festival, which has been held annually since 2006. Prosecutors reserved a court date of March 21 to hold his testimony, which could be
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Chicago Fire fans saw a new paramedic join Firehouse 51 in March as longtime ambulance 61 driver Sylvie Brett took a leave of absence to spend time with boyfriend Matthew Casey.Exclusive: Daniel Kyri shares importance of LGBTQ+ storytelling in Chicago Fire season 10Caitlin Carver plays Emma, who has come in to help Violet Makami on ambo - but Hanako Greensmith has now shared with HELLO! that Emma is "someone who is not necessarily what she seems on the page so there is [for Violet to be] wary of and distrusting".WATCH: Violet questions Hawkins over her awardDuring a conversation with press ahead of the return of the show on 6 April, Hanako discussed the ongoing romance between Violet and her boss Chief Evan Hawkins."Violet is driven and ambitious, but I also think she is mortified that this romance could get her somewhere she doesn't deserve," Hanako said.Exclusive: Chicago PD star Patrick John Flueger teases future for Ruzek and Burgess "She wants to feel she has worked hard and gets what she has worked for, so that's the hardest part of the relationship for her, that things are coming to her unfairly - like getting the ambo fixed."As for someone new coming in, I think it's more of a challenge [for Violet] to work with someone who is not necessarily what she seems on the page so there is a lot for her to be wary and totally distrusting of - and also to be curious over - and it complicates things because she can't go to her superior because she is dating her superior." Emma will make an appearance when the show returns"It is an interesting challenge to see all three of these people navigate that and see what choices are made," she concluded.Hanako, 25, is still relatively new to the One Chicago family, joining in season
Speaking it into existence! Chicago Fire fans aren’t the only ones ready for Jesse Spencer to return to the series, showrunner Derek Haas wants him back this season.
Jesse Spencer departed after a decade on the NBC series in October, and there are plans for his character Matt Casey to return this season for the finale.
Chicago Fire fans - it seems we may be getting the return of our beloved Captain Matthew Casey very soon.Exclusive: Chicago Fire star Alberto Rosende talks season 10, Gallo's love life and moreShowrunners Derek Haas and Andrea Newman have confirmed that although they have yet to finish writing or filming season 10, they are "penciling in" a wedding for Lieutentant's Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd - and that does mean the hopeful return of best man Casey, played by Jesse Spencer, and girlfriend Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).WATCH: Casey says goodbye to Firehouse 51"Kara is scheduled to be back for the finale and may be bringing someone with her from Oregon - maybe," teased Derek during a conversation with press ahead of the show's return on 6 April."I am not writing anything in ink, but we're penciling it in."MORE: Chicago Fire's Taylor Kinney sparks mixed reaction with new behind-the-scenes photoMORE: All we know about remainder of Chicago PD series nine following setbacks"We love Jesse Spencer and we are excited to try and get him back for the finale," added Andrea, adding that it is their "goal" for Casey to make an appearance.Jesse asked to leave the show to focus on his family after 18 years on network TV; he worked for eight years on NBC show House before helping to launch Chicago Fire in 2012.
When it comes to her kids, Kim Kardashian‘s never afraid to ditch the Balenciaga and be her laid-back, sports mom self. Bringing daughters North, 8, and Chicago, 4, along with her as she supported son Saint, 6, at his soccer game in Calabasas, Kim looked happy, relaxed, and more than at home. The 41-year-old star couldn’t hold back her gleaming smile while surrounded by her kiddos and their friends.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe latest batch of Italian TV series for the international market is a mix of genres spanning from a new Elena Ferrante adaptation made for Netflix, to two RAI reconstructions of the country’s terrorism-plagued past and Sky’s spaghetti Western “Django.”DjangoThis English-language reimagining of the world of “Django,” the cult 1966 Sergio Corbucci spaghetti Western that launched the career of Italian icon Franco Nero, is a Sky Studios and Canal Plus original. The show’s cast includes Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock and Matthias Schoenaerts.
Dame Joan Collins says modern men are "suffering from the rise of anti-maleness" in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The 88-year-old acting legend is a supporter of the campaign - originally created by activist Tarana Burke in 2006 to empower women from black communities who had endured sexual assault to speak out - which saw women all over the world share their painful experiences of sexual abuse and misconduct by men online in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal which broke in 2017 revealing the now imprisoned movie producer to be guilty of multiple sexual assaults on numerous women in Hollywood. However, Collins believes that the current climate is making decent men become wary around women because they fear being accused of perpetuating toxic masculinity.
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey are couple goals. The hot, successful, young couple made their red carpet debut last night at the Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party and continued to prove they are one of the best-looking celebrity couples in Hollywood right now.
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey may have been Instagram official for over a year now, but now they're red carpet official!The couple made a stunning pair as they hit the red carpet together for the first time on Sunday night when they attended the Oscars After-Party following the 2022 Academy Awards.
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey are hitting the red carpet together for the first time!
with Vanity Fair on Friday, insisting that the former first daughter, 23, wasn’t a beneficiary of nepotism. “She’s just, like, an amazingly talented person,” Glover cooed of Malia. “She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.”While most struggling screenwriters toil away for years trying to catch a break in Hollywood, it’s been a seemingly swift ride for Malia, who only graduated from Harvard last year.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Chinese visual effects and animation studio filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that it is the victim of two American swindlers who forged documents, impersonated the CEO, and conned investors out of $234 million.Base FX, headquartered in Beijing, states that it was duped into trusting the two men — Remington Chase and Kevin Robl — over the course of several years, in which they engaged in several financing arrangements and a joint venture in Malaysia.However, over the last year and a half, the company has discovered that the men were using the relationship as a lure for investors, who were deceived into signing over $234 million, in what they thought were loans and investments in the company and its projects. Base FX alleges that Chase and Robl forged the signature of the company’s CEO on investment documents, created fake entities and bank accounts, had someone pretend to be the CEO in calls with investors, and set up a fake office for the company in Pasadena, Calif.
New York attorney Arthur Aidala, who has represented Rudolph Giuliani, Harvey Weinstein, Roger Ailes and Alan Dershowitz, apparently has a new high-profile client: Lauren Pazienza, the Long Island woman charged with manslaughter in the shoving death of Broadway vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern.
Marilyn Miglin, the Chicago beauty mogul who rose to fame as a host of the Home Shopping Network and was thrust into the national limelight again in 1997 when her husband Lee Miglin was murdered by Gianni Versace killer Andrew Cunanan, died in Chicago Monday. She was 83.