Jussie Smollett released from jail pending appeal: ‘Unconstitutional to charge someone twice,’ lawyer says

@MeidasTouch not a single day passes without TN GOP embarrassing the hell out of our state.

“The Secrets of Dumbledore” has started casting its spell.From the first film filling us in on magizoologist Newt Scamander’s (Eddie Redmayne) background to the second film showing us everything we need to know about evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald (at the time played by Johnny Depp), this third film serves as the strongest prequel yet. In muggle history, World War II is approaching, but Gellert Grindelwald (now played by Mads Mikkelsen) has a different focus, becoming President of the Confederation of Magic so that he can see his magical form of fascism through.At the beginning of the film, Dumbledore (Jude Law) asks Newt to assemble a motley crew who will are given the intimidating task of confusing Grindelwald, who now has access to visions of the future thanks to his brutal slaying of a qilin, an adorable Bambi-like deer creatures which are some of the purest animals in the wizarding world.

It’s the unthinkable dilemma no parent wants to face. Leave your wartorn country to keep one child safe, or stay together in your homeland - risking every life - to be with the child who is forced to stay and fight.This ‘Sophie’s Choice’-style nightmare became the harsh reality for one Ukrainian family. Oksana Voloshchuk, 40, is the loving mum of two children - son Denys, 19, and daughter Veronika, 15.

CLC member Sorn has returned with a new solo single titled ‘Scorpio’.The single – and its accompanying music video – was released on Friday (April 15). The video sees Sorn singing along to the track in multiple settings backed by the addictive mid-tempo electro pop beats of the song.‘Scorpio’ bears witness to the singer discovering her inner beauty and choosing herself amidst a period of confusion.

A new state study suggests the number of people in Los Angeles County who have been infected with Covid-19 during the pandemic is far greater than the number confirmed through standard testing. That’s due largely to the number of people who never developed symptoms and so never got tested, or who couldn’t access tests, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said today.

After 8 long months, Cardi B and Offset are finally ready to unveil their baby boy’s name!

Anita Bennett contributed to this report.

Thania Garcia Lizzo has announced a July 15 release date for her new album “Special” via Nice Life/Atlantic Records, along with the release of a brand new music video for single “About Damn Time.”Lizzo teased “About Damn Time” on Instagram a few days ago, calling it “the song of the summer” — a statement that rings true with the singer tapping into the colorful rhythms and melodies of disco.The news of the album’s release date was shared with a look at the album’s black-and-white cover art which features Lizzo in an armor-inspired headpiece.SPECIAL. THE ALBUM. JULY 15.

Machine Gun Kelly is ready to make his feature-length directorial debut with the help of some of his famous friends.

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines this Good Friday.

Mary J. Blige will receive the Icon Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15.This will be her 11th Billboard Music Award, including album of the year and nine trophies for female R&B/hip-hop artist of the year and female Hot 100 artist.Previous recipients of The Billboard Icon Award include Pink, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Cher.Blige has been busy this past year, releasing her 14th album “Good Morning Gorgeous,” her 2022 Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show with Dr.

Darren Criss as Bobby, a naive young meathead who wants to be like both of them. Worst mentors ever! Rockwell, shockingly, has only worked with Mamet once before on the 2001 film “Heist,” which the playwright wrote and directed.

Offstage, and sometimes on, David Mamet can be infuriating and exasperating, as anyone who has witnessed his recent nonsensical, offensive media blitz can attest, and then along comes something like American Buffalo – possibly his greatest work, all due apologies to Glengarry Glen Ross – with a cast so in sync with the playwright’s “profane poetry” that for a couple hours it’s not impossible to put aside whatever it is Mamet thinks needs saying on Fox News these days.

The trams on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot tour trams are going electric.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe set of the new Broadway production of “American Buffalo” at Circle in the Square is choked with the unwanted artifacts of recent history. The show’s two acts take place in a junk shop glutted with relics, one whose barest gestures toward organization are just begging to be undone; the place is already sliding into disorder, so why not finish the job?It’s fitting in more ways than this production may anticipate.

"Game of Thrones" actor Joseph Gatt vehemently denied allegations he engaged in "online sexually explicit communication" with a minor, calling the claims by Los Angeles Police Department detectives "horrifying." "I obviously want to address the absolutely horrifying and completely untrue allegations recently leveled against me.They are 100% categorically wrong and reckless," Gatt wrote in a statement posted to Twitter  Wednesday. "I have confirmed errors and misleading information in today’s press release. I am fully cooperating with police and LAPD to get to the bottom of this.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are so in love!

Jamie “James Bond” Dornan?

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn the Italian town of Vejano, local hunters gather to share stories rich enough to inspire movies. Over the past decade, filmmakers Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis have been dutifully documenting these sessions — some fact-based, others blurring the lines of reality — translating them to screen via films that entertain, while also testing what audiences might believe.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are currently the number one trend on both Twitter and Google amid rumors that they have split.

Gilbert Gottfried was laid to rest in Westchester, New York, on Thursday morning and his loved ones are celebrating his life. Comedian Jeffery Ross, 56, delivered the eulogy and shared details of the intimate gathering to People. "The shiva tonight will be a star-studded event, and the funeral was just absolutely perfect," he said.

Joe Manganiello is one of the guests of the last season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He appeared in an episode guest-hosted by Tiffany Haddish and tWitch, with the three playing games and talking about Bubbles, Joe and Sofia Vergara’s adorable dog.Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello celebrate their 6-year wedding anniversary apart: ‘I love and miss you’Sofía Vergara posts sweet tribute to husband Joe Manganiello on 45th his birthdaytWitch opened the conversation by discussing Joe and Sofia Vergara’s dog Bubbles, who apparently loves Joe but hates Sofia. “It’s gotten a little bit better, I think,” said Manganiello of the relationship between Bubbles and Sofia.

“It is willful blindness and it is going to kill us.”

Twitter has been going OFF all Thursday afternoon after rumors rumbled on the social media app that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky supposedly broke up!

Cardi B just gave fans a heavy dose of cuteness overload with a first-look at her and Offset‘s baby boy!

Making his debut! Cardi B and Offset gave fans a look at their son’s face for the first time since welcoming him in September 2021.

Weekend one of the 2022 Coachella Music Festival kicks off this weekend and there are so many incredible performers appearing throughout the three days.

Empire actor was sentenced to 150 days in prison last week after being found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct pertaining to a police report he filed on January 29, 2019 over a fake incident in Chicago.Following his sentencing, Smollett’s lawyers launched an appeal. The actor left Cook County jail on Wednesday (March 16) after signing a $150,000 (£114,000) personal recognisance bond, which doesn’t require him to pay any money if he appears in court for future proceedings.Smollett, who has maintained his innocence throughout the case, left jail without comment.

Jussie Smollett only consumed ice water in the six days he spent in jail before he was released on Wednesday. Smollett's attorney, Nenye Uche, confirmed this in a news conference after the former "Empire" star was released from Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois. "Ice water, that’s been his food and liquid.

Jussie Smollett to be released from Cook County Jail on bond, pending the appeal of his conviction.Last Wednesday, Smollett had been sentenced to 150 days in behind bars and immediately remanded into custody. On Thursday, Judge James B.

New York Post declared that dressing like a lesbian is fashion’s newest trend. Attached to the tweet was a recent article published by the news outlet, in which it declared that womenswear is “leaning toward the stereotypical lesbian look”. The article published by The Post referenced an essay written by queer author Jill Gutowitz for Harper’s Bazaar.

Jussie Smollett was ordered released from jail Wednesday by an appeals court that agreed with his lawyers that he should be released pending the appeal of his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack.

Succession writer Georgia Pritchett has opened up about one Roy family member who was almost written as gay.“It’s interesting how characters take on a life of their own,” Pritchett said in an interview on the Homo Sapiens podcast, describing her job as the sole writer of four episodes across three seasons.“I had sort of advocated for Greg to be gay – until last season he hadn’t really done anything with anyone.”She added that she believes that the Roy children – Kendall, Shiv, Roman and Connor – move “in a circle where I think anything goes”.“I don’t think anyone’s closeted or not gonna do what they want to do,” she continued, before adding how Kieran Culkin’s character Roman “feels a bit fluid and pan”.“I don’t think he’d hold back if he fancied doing something,” she added. “He wouldn’t hold back.” In a four-star review of Succession season three, NME wrote: “Succession can risk feeling like a drama too obviously helmed by comedy writers, with its characters sitting in a circle firing off zingers.“There is a reason it is particularly beloved in the media landscape.