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Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for 0m over ‘serial rapist’ claims

Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500m over ‘serial rapist’ claims

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Rapper Chris Brown has filed a $500m (£450m) lawsuit against Warner Bros after he was called a “serial rapist and a sexual abuser” in a new documentary. The lawsuit, which also requests a jury trial, alleges that the Investigation Discovery docuseries, Chris Brown: A History of Violence has been “detrimental” to the singer and is “full of lies”. “To put it simply, this case is about the media putting their own profits over the truth,” says the lawsuit. Brown, 35, has a series of allegations against his name, including assaulting his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in a car in 2009, attacking a nightclub photographer in 2017 and “brutally and severely beating” four men after a concert in Texas in 2024. The complaint continues: “Since the beginning of October of 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Brothers were put on notice that they were …

Dark Turn in a Thrift Store Urn: A Serial Killer’s Ashes?

Dark Turn in a Thrift Store Urn: A Serial Killer’s Ashes?

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In my years of investigating extraordinary claims of alleged paranormal activity, I’ve come across my share of hoaxes. From the Dibbuk Box (Biddle 2019) to spirits moving a table (Biddle 2022) to a dancing Cabbage Patch doll (Biddle 2021), I’ve seen people try to pass off all manner of deception to gain fame, fortune, or just a few minutes in the spotlight. Attention is a powerful motivator, and some people just can’t help themselves. While I have exposed many hoaxes, I may have also stopped one before it had a chance to take off. In summer 2021, I walked into a local thrift shop in my hometown of Philadelphia. I was “treasure hunting”—visiting stores, yard sales, and flea markets searching for strange objects and oddities. This has been, and still is, a weekend routine that I enjoy (and it’s also helped grow my vintage camera collection). I wasn’t looking for anything in particular; I was just on the lookout for anything unusual (besides me). As I walked up and down the aisles, scanning shelves packed …

Harry Hill: ‘I always thought I’d make a good serial killer’ | Film

Harry Hill: ‘I always thought I’d make a good serial killer’ | Film

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As a doctor, how often does a family member or friend ask: “I’ve got this little thing bothering me and wonder if you’d mind taking a look?” Sigma66They used to, but the further away I’ve got from it, the less they trust me. I still had my prescription pad until about 10 years ago. It used to be that you could pay to be on the register, which I did, but it wasn’t very much. I used to just prescribe antibiotics for sore throats and stuff. Then they changed the rules, the spoilsports. One comedian – who I won’t name, but he’s better known than you might think – once tried to show me his genital warts at a urinal in the Edinburgh festival. I had no expertise in that area, so I refused to examine the appendage in question. Did you ever encounter anyone who took umbrage to your treatment of them on TV Burp? HectormandarinI found myself in the company of Alan Sugar at the Baftas. He’s not famous for his sense of …

‘They’re a mystery’: inside the deadly world of serial killer truckers | Books

‘They’re a mystery’: inside the deadly world of serial killer truckers | Books

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The last photos of Regina Walters show the 14-year-old forced into a black dress and high heels, her face contorted in fear, her palms raised as if imploring mercy. Soon after she would be strangled to death and her body left to decompose in an abandoned farmhouse. Regina was murdered by Robert Ben Rhoades, known as the “Truck Stop Killer”, a long-haul trucker who built a torture chamber in the rear of his semi and over at least 15 years kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed as many as 50 suspected victims before being caught and jailed. It is tempting to dismiss Rhoades as an isolated case, a one-off sociopath. Frank Figliuzzi’s book Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers denies readers that comfort. On the contrary, it argues, he is part of a wider sociological phenomenon hiding in plain sight. Long-haul trucking is the number one profession of serial killers. “Part cowboy, part fighter pilot, and part hermit, long-haul truckers glide along the edge of a certain seam in the fabric of our society – …

Serial killer Robert Pickton dies 22 years after a gruesome discovery

Serial killer Robert Pickton dies 22 years after a gruesome discovery

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The search of the pig farm was supposed to find illegal guns. That’s what the informant had told Canadian police. But when officers raided Robert Pickton’s property in British Columbia, what they found was worse. There was women’s clothing and jewelry. An asthma inhaler prescribed to a missing woman. The blood of another. That was just the start. The pig farm soon became the largest crime scene in Canadian history. That initial search led to the arrest of the serial killer who was charged with murdering 26 women and bragged in jail that he had really killed 49. On Friday, Pickton died after another inmate assaulted him on May 19, Canadian authorities said. “We are mindful that this offender’s case has had a devastating impact on communities in British Columbia and across the country, including Indigenous peoples, victims and their families,” Correctional Service Canada said in a news release. “Our thoughts are with them.” Pickton, who pleaded not guilty to the murders, was serving a life sentence. The search began in early 2002, the start …

An alleged serial killer murdered her niece, Orange County woman says

An alleged serial killer murdered her niece, Orange County woman says

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Cassandra Calles heard a strange noise coming from her daughter’s bedroom. The 38-year-old mother had just returned to her apartment that she shared with her two teenage daughters in the La Cruz neighborhood in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City. When she opened the door to her daughter’s room, she saw a man standing over her daughter’s lifeless body. Mexican authorities believe that 17-year-old María José Calles was the last victim of what police believe is a serial killer who lived in the same apartment building and kept tokens of his victims in his home, including skulls, government IDs and other items. The man, referred to by Mexican authorities as Miguel N, also allegedly kept notebooks that detailed his cruel acts against his female victims. For years, Cassandra Calles lived in the same building with this man and exchanged few words with him as they passed each other coming in and out of the building. But on April 16, she confronted the assailant as he tried to escape the scene of María José Calles’ slaying. …

Josh Hartnett Is a Serial Killer

Josh Hartnett Is a Serial Killer

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Warner Bros. released the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan‘s newest thriller, Trap, with Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue and Saleka Shyamalan on Thursday. The upcoming film will feature Hartnett as a serial killer at a pop star’s concert. Trap follows a “father and teen daughter attending a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event,” per the logline. Warner Bros. offered a first look at the movie at this year’s CinemaCon earlier this month, and released the trailer on social media Thursday. The trailer shows Hartnett’s character with his daughter, Jody (Donoghue), at a concert for pop star Lady Raven (played by Shyamalan’s daughter and R&B singer, Saleka). When Hartnett goes to the bathroom, he finds groups of federal agents looking for a serial killer whom a concession worker refers to as “The Butcher,” named for the way he “goes around just chopping people up.” The trailer then reveals Hartnett to be the killer, who is holding a victim hostage and now must find his way out of the …

‘Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever’ trailer teases a serial killer stalking a creepy facility

‘Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever’ trailer teases a serial killer stalking a creepy facility

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A creepy medical facility, a job on nightwatch, and a serial killer who enjoys taking his victims’ scalps is the recipe for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, Ole Bornedal’s follow-up to his 1994 cult movie. The new story features some of the cast from the original Nightwatch, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau reprising his role as Martin, this time looking on as his daughter Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) takes his old job to try to come to terms with what happened to her parents. Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard also return in their original roles. How to watch: Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is streaming on Shudder from May 17. Source link

Star Awards 2024 Gala Night: All That Glitters wins Best Drama Serial, Best Director and Best Screenplay

Star Awards 2024 Gala Night: All That Glitters wins Best Drama Serial, Best Director and Best Screenplay

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Meanwhile, Best Entertainment Programme was claimed by Foodie Trio, while Best Infotainment Programme was awarded to Inside Crime Scene S2.  #JustSwipeLah, a bite-sized series that delivers current content on the latest and trendiest in entertainment and lifestyle, won Best Short-form Entertainment Programme. And to honour the creative forces behind the entertainment programmes, Goh Si Jiau was named Best Producer (Entertainment) for her work on Star Awards 2023 – Awards Ceremony, while Chua Ing Tze was crowned Best Research Writer (Entertainment) for Curious City S2. Here are the full results: Best Drama Serial: All That Glitters Best Entertainment Programme: Foodie Trio Best Infotainment Programme: Inside Crime Scene S2 Best Short-form Entertainment Programme: #JustSwipeLah Best Radio Programme: The Breakfast Quintet  Best Theme Song: Wind From The Galaxy Best Director (Drama): Wong Foong Hwee for All That Glitters Best Screenplay (Drama): ​​Ang Eng Tee for All That Glitters Best Producer (Entertainment): Goh Si Jiau for Star Awards 2023 – Awards Ceremony Best Research Writer (Entertainment): Chua Ing Tze for Curious City S2 Selected segments of the Gala Night …

Léon Marchand, the ‘serial swimmer’ sweeping the NCAA swimming finals

Léon Marchand, the ‘serial swimmer’ sweeping the NCAA swimming finals

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Léon Marchand debriefs his 400-yard individual medley heat with his coach, Bob Bowman, during the NCAA finals at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, United States, on March 29, 2024. ELISABETH PINEAU/LE MONDE Standing at the edge of the Indiana University Natatorium, coach Bob Bowman frantically gestured with both arms upward as Léon Marchand raced down the home stretch of the 500-yard freestyle heat. Bowman’s gesture could be read as: “Kick, kick, hit the gas!” In an instant, the Toulouse-born swimmer’s bald coach, renowned for his monk-like focus on swimming, indulged in a rare display of jubilation; bouncing up and down on the spot, his arms raised to the sky. Read more Subscribers only ‘Marchand Madness’ washes over NCAA swimming finals ahead of 2024 Olympics He had good reason to let loose: On the evening of Thursday, March 28, his protégé had just achieved a small feat in the small world of American university sports, amid the finals of the US’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, which took place until …