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Former O.J. prosecutor Christopher Darden has received the backing of retired Judge Lance Ito in his run for a seat on the L.A. County Superior Court, Darden’s campaign announced today.

Daily Mail reported in 2015 that while serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, he was forced to use a cane to move about.Simpson was granted parole and released in 2017.During the bombshell 1994 case involving the murders of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, the former athlete’s attorney Johnnie Cochran claimed that Simpson couldn’t have committed the murders due to the injuries he endured during his football career. The star had gone through two surgeries on his left knee in the late 1970s.Cochran, who died in March 2005 at the age of 67, asked Simpson to show the jury the multiple surgery scars on his leg. Simpson was later acquitted of all charges in the case, which was dubbed the Trial of the Century by the media.In later years, the former convict has sporadically popped up at public events.

EXCLUSIVE: Applications are now being accepted for Disney Entertainment Television’s 2024 Writing Program. Now in its 34th year, the one-year writing program helps emerging, diverse writers secure their first staff writer assignment on a Disney series, in addition to offering mentorship and advanced professional development.

John Oliver got back to talking about politics on Last Week Tonight and took a swipe at O.J. Simpson.

Danny Masterson will be kept in «administrative segregation» for his safety.TMZ on Saturday reported that the  star is being kept away from general population at the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail while he's locked up behind bars and awaiting sentencing.According to the outlet, citing law enforcement sources, «administrative segregation» is the same unit where disgraced NFL star O.J. Simpson and Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight were kept during their respective cases.Masterson, 47, on Wednesday was found guilty of two counts of forcible rape against two women who were also former members of the Church of Scientology, of which the actor is also a member.After the verdict was read, Masterson's wife, actress Bijou Phillips, let out a wail, prompting Judge Charlaine F.

Veteran reporter Tony Valdez, who covered Los Angeles for more than 30 years for the Fox 11 television station, has died at 78. His son confirmed the death and said his father had been battling end-stage kidney failure before dying at home on Friday morning.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Ron Bernstein, a veteran rights agent who has brokered adaptive deals for modern classics like “No Country for Old Men” and “Blackhawk Down,” has joined the Agency for the Performing Arts. He will serve as senior vice president of media rights, a mantle he will take up after a 23-year run at ICM Partners. Bernstein joins APA partners Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble Hill in the publishing and media rights group. APA president Jim Osbourne announced Bernstein’s hire, effective Thursday. The addition is another big score for APA as the representation business continues to shift amid consolidation. Over a long and enviable career, Bernstein has represented some of the most acclaimed novelists, authors and journalists in the marketplace and sold the rights to countless feature films, limited series and shows to major buyers.

Five-time Golden Globe winner and 16x nominee Ryan Murphy is receiving the Carol Burnett Award at the 2023 Golden Globes.

Alan Dershowitz is off the hook, legally speaking.

Liam Neeson is in talks to star in an upcoming “The Naked Gun” reboot directed by Lonely Island musician, comedian and filmmaker Akiva Schaffer, according to Deadline. The original “Naked Gun” movie was released in 1988 starring the late comedian Leslie Nielsen as the clueless Detective Frank Drebin and went on to become a worldwide success spawning two more movies.

Jeffrey Dahmer skyrocketing thanks to the hit Netflix miniseries, an enterprising hawker is cashing in on the craze by selling the serial killer’s alleged urn, along with Dahmer memorabilia.“The Milwaukee Monster’s ash vase is the rarest true crime item I will ever have on this site,” Taylor James, who runs the Vancouver, Canada-based “true crime murderabilia” bazaar Cult Collectibles, told Jam Press.His spine-tingling site sells a smorgasbord of artifacts associated with notorious alleged murderers, including the Yorkshire Ripper and the acquitted O.J. Simpson.However, Dahmer’s urn is by far the most expensive, running prospective buyers an eye-popping $250,000.Accompanying photos show a metal container and a bag that allegedly housed the ashes of the notorious man-eater, who murdered 17 men and boys — and ate some of their corpses — between 1978 and 1991 before getting apprehended.The listing says it only entertains “serious inquiries” and will not accept “trades or payment plans.”It’s yet unclear if this is Dahmer’s actual urn.

made about her sister’s murder.Tanya Brown told TMZ that the joke wasn’t only not funny, but it didn’t make sense.The 57-year-old comedian was performing in Phoenix, Ariz. on Sunday when he revealed that he was asked to host the 2023 Oscars after he was slapped by Will Smith.Rock then said that he would not go back to the Academy Awards because it would be like asking Nicole Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before she was killed.Simpson was killed in 1994 at age 35 in a brutal double homicide.

Chris Rock is getting slapped back once again.

Chris Rock told an audience in Phoenix, Arizona that he turned down the opportunity to host the 2023 Academy Awards. Rock was at the center of arguably the most famous moment in Oscars history earlier this year when Will Smith slapped him in the face for making jokes about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Chris Rock was once again asked to host the Academy Awards, following the televised and controversial slap by fellow actor Will Smith during the 2022 ceremony.The 57-year-old comedian revealed details of the offer during one of his comedy sets in Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend. He explained to the audience that going back to hosting the Oscars would be like returning to the scene of a crime.Rock even made a reference to the 1995 murder trial of O.J.

That’s a hard pass. Chris Rock said he rejected an offer to host the 2023 Oscars during a Phoenix comedy show.

Arizona Republic, the “Everybody Hates Chris” alum told the crowd that going back to the Oscars would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before she killed, in a reference to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in the case. His rejected hosting duties would’ve come a year after Will Smith, 53, walked on stage on March 27 and slapped him at the Academy Awards for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, about looking like “G.I.

Chris Rock to be emceeing the Oscars anytime soon. According to multiple eyewitness, Rock revealed during his Sunday night show in Phoenix, that he was asked to host next year's show, but refused.As many will remember, it was at the 2022 Academy Awards that Will Smith slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith before presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. «Chris Rock said he was asked to host next year's Academy Awards at his Sunday night show at Arizona Financial Theatre, and that he refused the offer,» the eyewitness shared. «He also noted that he was offered the chance to do a Super Bowl commercial that he also declined.»Eyewitnesses also told ET that Rock compared hosting the Oscars to returning to the scene of a crime, referencing the murder trial of O.J.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJeffrey Toobin, the veteran legal analyst and writer who has opined on cases and the courts for CNN since 2002, appears to have offered his last testimony at the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet.In a letter sent Friday to colleagues, Toobin revealed that he is parting ways with CNN, which has backed him in good times and bad.

Emily Longeretta Sometimes, a metaphor just works. For Sarah Paulson and her career, it’s a train comparison — something that came up multiple times during our chat about her Emmy nomination for portraying Linda Tripp in “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”“It was the most entirely unexpected thing in the world,” she says of her nom for lead actress in a limited series or anthology — the sole acting mention for the FX series. While she never expected any of her accolades, when she portrayed Marcia Clark in “The People vs.

One of entertainment’s most famous names of the ’90s — Kato Kaelin — appeared on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn to chat all things O.J. Simpson.

Saban Films has taken global rights to the John Travolta and Stephen Dorff feature, American Metal.

Kendrick Lamar has shared his surprise fifth studio LP, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The 18-track project features Sampha, Blxst, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and more.

A.D. Amorosi Kendrick Lamar’s video for his latest single, “The Heart Part 5,” is a stunning feat of deep fake technology, where the rapper’s face morphs seamlessly into those of Kobe Bryant, O.J.

Kendrick Lamar just dropped the cover art for his upcoming album, . But, that's not the only thing he dropped.

Kendrick Lamar just dropped the cover art for his upcoming album, . But, that's not the only thing he dropped.

Kendrick Lamar has shared the cover artwork for his fifth studio LP, Pitchfork reports. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is due out this Friday via Top Dawg Entertainment.

Mean Baby.Blair rose to prominence in the 1990s with a breakout role as Cecile Caldwell in 1999’s and went on to star in films including Legally Blonde and The Sweetest Thing, and as on American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson. “Selma Blair has played many roles,” reads the from the book’s publisher, Penguin Random House.

Kendrick Lamar isn’t like other rappers. Let every other artist competing for rap’s throne jockey for position via social media campaigns, mixtapes, cheap co-branding, and market-tested singles: King Kunta floats above it all like a hip-hop mystic, descending from his mountain a couple of times a decade to bless the masses with scripture.

Kendrick Lamar dropped a transformational music video for his new single, «The Heart Part 5,» off his hotly anticipated new album,, which comes out on Friday.In the video, which was released on Sunday, Kendrick Lamar performs the track solo in front of a dark red backdrop.After a few moments, as Lamar raps, the video them employs some impressive Deepfake visual trickery, as the artist's face visually morphs into a number of other public figures, beginning with O.J. Simpson.Throughout the track, Lamar morphs from Simpson to Kanye «Ye» West, then into Jussie Smollett.

Kendrick Lamar has shared a new song and music video. "The Heart Part 5" is the latest installment in a series of non-album singles that began in 2010, though there's a possibility that it could be included on Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, the new Kendrick Lamar album out on May 13.

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City, Colin Firth and the cast of HBO’s “The Staircase” celebrated its premiere at the Museum of Modern Art.Created by Antonio Campos with showrunner Maggie Cohn, “The Staircase” marks HBO’s turn at the true crime story of Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of her staircase in 2001. The story of what followed and came before — her husband Michael Peterson’s indictment and trial, unearthed secrets, treatment by prosecutors and twisting family drama — was first the subject of a 2004 documentary miniseries, then republished and given new episodes by Netflix, and now fictionalized in HBO’s limited series led by Firth and Toni Collette. “I think about Truman Capote and ‘In Cold Blood,’ which was itself a first of its kind,” Parker Posey, who plays the prosecuting attorney Freda Black in the series, told Variety at the premiere.

Robert Morse has sadly died.

Kim Kardashian had no problem roasting her famous family back in October 2021 while making her hosting debut on. The 41-year-old reality star made headlines with her ruthless monologue, which took aim at her ex, Kanye West, O.J. Simpson, and her famous sisters. In December, Kim revealed that she cut a joke about her younger sister, Khloe Kardashian, from the monologue, and in the second episode of Hulu's, she reveals the joke.While Kim is running some monologue material by comedian and pal Amy Schumer ahead of her hosting debut, she recites the one-liner, «Oh, Khloe, you have the biggest heart.

Zack Sharf John Oliver took a moment during the April 3 episode of his HBO talk show “Last Week Tonight” to shut down O.J. Simpson, who posted to social media earlier in the week a defense of Will Smith following the Oscars. Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock during the ceremony after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel were among those mocking Rudy Giuliani’s controversial “Masked Singer” appearance on late-night TV Thursday.