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Jurors took only a half-day of deliberations today to find former FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of seven counts of fraud in a scheme that cost customers an estimated $10 billion to $14 billion. His crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed into bankruptcy last year. He now faces a March 28 sentencing…

Bradley Cooper has done many heroics in his films. But apparently that carries over to real life as well. Brookie Shields shared In her Glamour 2023 Women of the Year interview that Cooper came to her rescue when she experienced a grand mal seizure. The incident happened before a performance of her…

UPDATE, 6:05 PM: Scientology is claiming the only reason the David Miscavige-led organization has ever attacked and defamed Leah Remini is because she attacked them first – and they want the Scientology and the Aftermath host's suit against them gutted in the name of the First Amendment. "Refusing to…

Josh Androsky, listed as a senior advisor to Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez, has resigned after making antisemitic remarks on social media about Jewish comedian and actress Amy Schumer. Androsky published his appalling comments on X in an exchange referencing Schumer as well as nazi…

A detailed investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has raised questions about the indigenous persona of singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie has been feted as the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award for cowriting the song Up Where We Belong for the film An Offi…

How do you deal with a world where finger-pointing, bureaucracy, mob actions and a lack of initiative stall progress? That was the running theme of Friday’s Real Time on HBO, as a downbeat Bill Maher took on a world that was clearly vexing him greatly. The show started out with an appearance by…

Comedian Dave Chappelle used a tour stop in North Carolina on Wednesday to claim reports on what he allegedly said about the Israel-Hamas conflict last weekend in Boston were all “hearsay.” “Right now, I'm in trouble because the Jewish community is upset,” Chappelle said at his North Carolina show…

CAA is dealing with the fallout of the Maha Dakhil situation. Aaron Sorkin has left the agency and returned to WME on Tuesday following the controversial social media post about Israel by CAA’s co-head of motion pictures Dakhil. "Maha isn't an antisemite, she's just wrong. She's a great agent…

James Wan has been trying to bring Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom back to calmer waters. Wan has already addressed rumors Amber Heard’s role superhero flick was reduced, and has now responded to further noise around the production. The director told Empire that reports over reshoots didn’t capture the…

Maha Dakhil, who was Co-Head of Motion Pictures at CAA, has temporarily stepped away from day to day leadership and resigned from the agency's internal board after her controversial comments on Israel's response to the Hamas terror attacks. Dakhil represents stars including Tom Cruise and Natalie…

Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO and cofounder of annual tech conference Web Summit, has resigned after his comments on the Israel-Hamas war led Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to cancel their participation. "Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors…

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America's silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they'll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm. "In the past week, some members have requested that the Guild take a public stand on events in…