• Pal recalls wild aftermath of alleged fight between Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

    Pal recalls wild aftermath of alleged fight between Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

    Johnny Depp‘s longtime friend and neighbor recalled coming home and seeing wine running down the hallway wall outside of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s penthouse, according to a report. A witness statement of Depp’s friend of 40 years, Isaac Baruch, was read out in London’s High Court Friday at the “Edward Scissorhands” actor’s libel …
  • Johnny Depp was restrained during fight with Amber Heard, court hears

    Johnny Depp was restrained during fight with Amber Heard, court hears

    Johnny Depp had to be restrained by a nurse when “all hell broke loose” during a fight with his ex-wife Amber Heard, a court heard Friday. Private nurse Debbie Lloyd told London’s High Court that she was at the couple’s L.A. penthouse during a violent blowout in March 2015 over whether Depp was cheating on …
  • TikTok removes thousands of European coronavirus videos: report

    TikTok removes thousands of European coronavirus videos: report

    TikTok has reportedly taken down some 29,000 coronavirus videos in Europe as it works to control bogus information about the pandemic. The affected videos — about 3,000 of which contained “medical misinformation” — violated the popular app’s rules that prohibit false information that could be harmful to people’s health, CNBC reported Friday. But TikTok honcho …
  • Prominent Journalists, Outlets Distort McEnany’s School-Reopening Comments to Cast Administration as Anti-Science

    Prominent Journalists, Outlets Distort McEnany’s School-Reopening Comments to Cast Administration as Anti-Science

    A number of prominent journalists and outlets distorted Kayleigh McEnany’s remarks on Thursday about school reopenings, selectively quoting the White House press secretary to cast the administration as hostile to scientific inquiry and eager to reopen schools regardless of the health implications. The Trump administration has been pushing to open K-12 schools with in-person classes …
  • Coronavirus Concerns Lead to Scaled Down Republican National Convention in Jacksonville

    Coronavirus Concerns Lead to Scaled Down Republican National Convention in Jacksonville

    A pared-down Republican National Convention will be held in Jacksonville, Fla., next month in a number of outdoor and indoor settings in order to mitigate the spread of coronavirus and comply with Florida’s rules, according to a letter sent by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to delegates Thursday. Admittance will be restricted to regular …
  • Georgia Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor over Mask Mandate

    Georgia Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor over Mask Mandate

    Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the Atlanta City Council challenging the city’s decision to mandate masks and revert to phase one reopening guidelines. The lawsuit calls the city’s new mask requirements “void and unenforceable” and asks a judge to block Bottoms from issuing any orders …
  • Biden Spokesman Accuses Trump of ‘Openly Embracing the Causes of White Supremacists’

    Biden Spokesman Accuses Trump of ‘Openly Embracing the Causes of White Supremacists’

    Joe Biden press secretary T.J. Ducklo accused President Trump on Thursday of backing white supremacist causes, in an interview on the Fox News Rundown podcast. “If you look at the Trump campaign and what they’re doing, you know they’re only speaking to their base,” Ducklo said on the podcast. “They are alienating voters with divisive rhetoric, …
  • Trump Admin. Weighing Options for TikTok Ban

    Trump Admin. Weighing Options for TikTok Ban

    The Trump administration is exploring options for banning TikTok on American phones and other devices because of national security risks, the Financial Times reported on Thursday evening. Scrutiny of TikTok has increased sharply over suspicions that user data collected by the app can be transferred to and viewed by Chinese government officials. TikTok is owned …
  • Johnny Depp’s lawyers grilled designer about Amber Heard’s alleged affairs

    Johnny Depp’s lawyers grilled designer about Amber Heard’s alleged affairs

    Amber Heard’s interior designer said that Johnny Depp’s lawyers grilled her about the actress’ alleged affair with Elon Musk and James Franco, a UK court heard Friday. Laura Divenere appeared via video link at Depp’s libel trial against The Sun, who he’s suing for calling him a “wife-beater” in a 2018 article. Heard had secretly …
  • Live music won’t return until at least 2022, festival bigwig says

    Live music won’t return until at least 2022, festival bigwig says

    You may have spent your quarantine dreaming of attending that concert the ongoing pandemic ultimately canceled. And you may have hoped, really hoped, that the venue would reschedule the event for sometime this year. Well, according to a Lollapalooza co-founder, don’t hold your breath. Making an appearance on Bob Lefsetz’s podcast this week, Marc Geiger …