Turning up the heat! Season 3 of Bridgerton has officially tapped Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan to lead the next chapter — with Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington’s love story being moved up in an interesting turn of events.
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weekly press briefing. He even went as far as displaying Tchekmedyian’s photo along with an image of her recent Times story about a claim that the sheriff was involved in covering up an incident in which a deputy reportedly kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for 3 minutes.Tchekmedyian wrote the story published Monday with the headline “Claim alleges Sheriff Villanueva directed cover-up of deputy kneeling on inmate.” The article said a whistleblower, specifically a sheriff’s commander, filed paperwork accusing Villanueva of obstructing justice.
Villanueva claimed that he only became aware of the incident several months after it occurred. Commander Allen Castellano’s claim says Villanueva watched a video of the incident five days after it happened.Tchekmedyian’s story states: “Villanueva said the deputy who kneeled on the inmate was relieved of duty in November, immediately after the sheriff learned of the incident.
The claim says Johnson wasn’t relieved of duty until Dec. 7.”The claim also stated that after viewing the video, Villanueva allegedly said to department employees, “We do not need bad media at this time,” and reportedly added that he would “handle the matter.” Villanueva is currently up for reelection.
LA Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida issued a statement in response Villanueva’s comments singling out Tchekmedyian, writing that an “attack on Alene Tchekmedyian’s First Amendment rights for doing newsworthy reporting on a video that showed a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head is outrageous.”“His attempt to criminalize news reporting goes against well-established constitutional law,” Merida’s statement continued. “We will vigorously defend Tchekmedyian’s and the Los Angeles Times’ rights in
.Turning up the heat! Season 3 of Bridgerton has officially tapped Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan to lead the next chapter — with Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington’s love story being moved up in an interesting turn of events.
Jason Momoa supposedly has a new woman in his life!
Tommy Fury shared that he won't be proposing to Molly-Mae Hague until she "stops asking him 100 times a day." The 22 year old boxer was seen in a candid video with girlfriend Molly-Mae, also 22, as they headed to Molly’s sister Zoe's engagement. Zoe didn't know the pair were on a road trip to meet her, not knowing she was getting engaged that day.
Blac Chyna has found herself in some legal trouble once again!
Camila Cabello will be taking to the stage for a cause that’s close to her heart.
Adam McKay’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” has come under scrutiny for the liberties it’s taken over portraying the NBA team.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Searchlight Pictures’ “Fire Island” doesn’t come out until June, but Matt Rogers, who plays Luke in the queer rom- com, has high hopes that it launches a big gay franchise.Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang star as friends who head to the iconic LGBTQ vacation locale ready to have the best summer of their lives. “‘Provincetown’ should be the sequel,” Rogers told me at the premiere of his Showtime show “I Love That for You.” “Let’s do ‘Palm Springs.’ Let’s do ‘Puerto Vallarta.’ This is going to be the ‘Fast & Furious for queers!”Then Rogers, who co-hosts the “Las Culturistas” podcast with Yang, cracks, “I’m the Michelle Rodriguez of the bunch, baby.” As I was the first to report, “Fire Island” will world premiere on June 2 at NewFest Pride in NYC.
A settlement has been reached between the University of Southern California and the former students, many of them gay and bisexual men, who say they were victims of sexual misconduct by a university doctor. Photo: USC.
Sunday on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tore into Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is facing an election this year amid allegations of secret deputy gangs, abuse of power and cover ups in his department — all of which Villanueva denies.
Oprah Winfrey took the coronavirus pandemic very, very seriously.
Oprah Winfrey is opening up about the amount of time that she spent inside her home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After ASAP Rocky’s arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, police searched his house and found guns that they later tested in connection to his alleged altercation.
Angelique Jackson In celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month, HBO Max is launching a special collection dedicated to AAPI stories.Starting May 1, HBO Max will spotlight its Asan American and Pacific Islander Voices Collection, with hours of curated programming including its Max Originals like “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” “Tokyo Vice,” “Take Out With Lisa Ling” and “House of Ho.” The collection also boasts hit movies including “In the Mood for Love,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Aquaman” and “Bend It Like Beckham;” as well as Warner Bros. streaming exclusive “Moonshot.” Plus, it will highlight anime and other global animation with a dedicated page that includes content from Studio Ghibli.
Rob Kardashian testified Wednesday that ex-fiancée Blac Chyna held a gun to his head on numerous occasions during their tumultuous relationship. The former "Rob & Chyna" star, 35, claimed during testimony in a defamation suit filed by Chyna, 33, against the Kardashian clan that the former exotic dancer physically abused him. He said their relationship developed so quickly, he was blindsided when he learned she was pregnant with their daughter Dream, who is now 5.
attempting to intimidate an Los Angeles Times reporter with the threat of criminal charges in retaliation for breaking a story of inmate abuse at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department, LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is walking it back.“I must clarify at no time today did I state an L.A. Times reporter was a suspect in a criminal investigation.
A defiant Sheriff Alex Villanueva today used a news conference to blast a variety of his opponents both political and perceived, including election challenger Eli Vera, county Inspector General Max Huntsman and Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian, who broke the story of the altercation involving the handcuffed inmate. Villanueva alleged today that the piece was potentially based on information stolen from the department. He listed six potential “crimes involved,” including burglary, theft and conspiracy.