Kay Flock indicted on murder and racketeering charges

Eric Garcetti’s goal to become the next U.S. ambassador to India cleared a major Senate hurdle on Wednesday, making it likely that his confirmation will be confirmed later in the afternoon.

The Los Angeles prosecution in Harvey Weinstein's latest rape trial has decided not to retry charges against the film producer. Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson announced the decision to Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench at a hearing in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday.The judge originally dismissed the rape and sexual assault charges involving two women that left a jury deadlocked in December.

EXCLUSIVE: Dav Patel is set to headline and executive produce The Key Man, a limited series telling the story of disgraced financier Arif Naqvi. Set in the Middle East, the project hails from Miramax Television. It is part of the company’s increased international focus, signaled by the hire three years ago of former NBCUniversal International Studios executive Marc Helwig — who has deep European TV industry ties — as Miramax’s Global Head of Television.

Tara Karajica Cinephil has sold Valerie Kontakos’ documentary “Queen of the Deuce,” which charts the rise of Chelly Wilson, the queen of the porn industry in 1970s New York, to several key territories. The film premiered at Doc NYC and is now playing in the International Competition at the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival. Greece’s ERT, Canada’s Doc Channel, Switzerland’s Radio Télévision Suisse and Israel’s Channel 8 came on board at the funding stage. It has now been acquired by Spanish streamer FilmIn, Swedish broadcaster UR, and U.S. theatrical distributor Greenwich Entertainment. The film follows Wilson from pre-World War II Greece to New York, where she rose to become a major figure on the porn circuit in Times Square from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s. She is shown to be a trailblazing, taboo-breaking entrepreneur and an unconventional matriarch. It is presented as an empowering story of survival, as well as an alternative take on cultural history at a time of the rise of feminism, the sexual revolution and the emergence of the gay liberation movement.

Well, this is a long time coming… if it actually happens. Donald Trump is apparently about to face, for the first time ever, criminal charges!

hush money paid to Stormy Daniels, and the hosts of “The View” smell blood in the water. On Friday morning, the women delighted in the possibility that, of all the things Trump has done, it may be “one night with a porn star” that gets him criminally charged.“He still denies the affair and any wrongdoing. But after all the horrible things he’s done on a national and global scale, will it be one night with a porn star that puts him behind bars? Oh, the irony is so delicious,” Behar said with a grin, to kick off the Hot Topics discussion.The development in this particular investigation came on Thursday, as first reported by the New York Times.

New York Times report that Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has signaled the possibility of criminal charges against Donald Trump, “Morning Joe” expressed concern on Friday that that the former president may use the move as “political ammo” in his 2024 re-election campaign.“He’ll say, ‘Look this is a biased D.A. in a deep blue county coming to get me,” MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said.

In Cold Blood actor Robert Blake, who was tried and acquitted of the murder of his wife, has died. Robert died at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family members, according to a statement released to CNN by his niece, Noreen Austin. He was 89 years old.

on a New York City subway platform.  Who cares if it’s Ghostface or not? Is this lunatic gonna push her onto the tracks?It’s a fleeting, ripped-from-the-headlines thrill in what’s otherwise a snooze-fest that mechanically rips off what came before it. Running time: 123 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence and language throughout, and brief drug use).Not to mention that this first “Scream” movie to be set in the city is a total waste of NYC. Don’t spend any mental energy trying to figure out what street the characters are running down, what park they’re hiding out in, or what borough it is.

NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Raniere is fearing for his life while behind bars — and he’s desperate for someone to come to his rescue! As a reminder, Keith was sentenced to

Ellise Shafer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son on Thursday, marking the conclusion of a trial that has gripped the nation. According to The New York Times, a jury in Colleton County, S.C.

 examining the impact of the closure of a string of labor and delivery services across the country, , a modern maternity clinic, and Glamour gathered a group of powerful leaders for a thought-provoking lunch to discuss the importance of improved maternal and postpartum care.On March 1st, women working in healthcare, advocacy, media, sports, and business, gathered at the Freehand Hotel in New York City to discuss the urgent maternal health crisis in the United States—from , delivery and postpartum: critical issues that have too long been ignored.The event was kicked off by a panel hosted by public health expert Chelsea Clinton, in discussion with Olympian Allyson Felix, Glamour’s Executive Editor Natasha Pearlman, Oula co-founder, COO Elaine Purcell, and Oula's lead midwife Saonjie Hamilton on the panel.. Attendees included Glamour Woman of the Year Misty Copeland, Gayle King, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson, Paid Leave for All Founding Director Dawn Huckelbridge, and entrepreneur and investor Hannah Bronfman.The event kicked off with a warm welcome from Oula's Co-founder and CEO, Adrianne Nickerson, and Glamour's Americas Editorial Director, Samantha Barry.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ozy Media has closed its doors after Carlos Watson, the digital media and entertainment company’s founder and CEO, was arrested and indicted on federal fraud charges. ⁦‪”In light of its current operational and legal challenges, the Ozy board has determined that it’s in the best interests of its stakeholders to suspend operations immediately,” the company said on its Twitter account Wednesday. The company’s website, ozy.com, was unreachable as of Wednesday evening. On Feb. 23, Watson was arrested in Manhattan and charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in what the Justice Department alleged was a scheme to defraud Ozy’s investors and lenders. Watson was also charged with “aggravated identity theft” for his role in the impersonation of “multiple media company executives” in communications with Ozy’s lenders and prospective investors in furtherance of the fraud schemes, federal prosecutors said.

series of tweets Friday evening, Watson stood his ground, defending his work, vowing to fight the charges “with everything I have” and adding, “I’m not saying I haven’t made mistakes – I have. But it’s fair to ask, why I’ve been singled out?”Watson was indicted on Thursday morning on charges of conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar season used to boil down to one main thing for Condé Nast: Vanity Fair‘s party. While the famed bash is back this year, there’s also a more consequential reason for the company to feel festive: The New Yorker‘s record five nominations across all three short film categories.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Jennifer Nettles has joined the cast of “The Exorcist,” the first film in the new horror trilogy. Details of her part haven’t been revealed, but it’s described as a “primary role.” She joins a cast that includes Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Lidya Jewett and Ellen Burstyn, who is reprising her role as Chris MacNeil from the 1973 original. The new take on the possession story is being produced by Blumhouse and Morgan Creek for Universal and Peacock. The first film in the trilogy will be released theatrically on Oct. 13, 2023. Nettles is known for both her acting and her music. She most recently played Jenna Hunterson in the Broadway musical “Waitress.” Nettles also appears on HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” and had a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated Harriet Tubman biopic, “Harriet.” She is a judge on TBS’ competition series “Go-Big Show” and will host Fox’s “The Farmer Wants a Wife.”

Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson was arrested and charged with fraud by federal investigators, according to multiple news reports.

Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, they have reassessed the initial charges.They have decided to downgrade the involuntary manslaughter charges against the actor, which will significantly reduce possible prison time for him.The tragic shooting took place on October 21, 2021. The It's Complicated lead was on set holding an old-fashioned revolver for a close-up while rehearsing for the western movie, when the gun discharged, killing the cinematographer, Halyna, 42, and wounding the film's director, Joel Souza, 49. WATCH: Alec Baldwin divides fans with controversial announcementMORE: Celine Dion's $28m waterpark home she gave up for new life - see epic photosThe film's armorer who was in charge of weapons on the set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was also charged with involuntary manslaughter.In the month since the charges were announced, per The New York Times, Alec's lawyers argued that: "The Santa Fe County district attorney had incorrectly charged the actor under a version of a New Mexico firearm law that was passed months after the fatal shooting in October 2021."MORE: Blue Bloods' Donnie Wahlberg leaves wife Jenny McCarthy 'shaking' after surprise revealHad the star been convicted under that law, he would have received a minimum prison sentence of five years, as opposed to the maximum 18 months in prison he now faces.

R. Kelly has lost his plea to have a Chicago court overturn its guilty verdict on his 2022 child pornography trial, with judge Henry D.

EXCLUSIVE: Argentinian crime thriller A Singular Crime (Un Crimen Argentino), directed by Lucas Combina, has landed a series of international distribution deals on the third day of the EFM.