Month: December 2021

Alice Sebold, the best-selling author of the memoir “Lucky” and the novel “The Lovely Bones,” apologized publicly on Tuesday to a man who was wrongly convicted of raping her in 1982 after she had identified him in court as her attacker. The apology came eight days after the conviction of the man, Anthony J. Broadwater, was vacated by a state court judge in Syracuse, N.Y., who concluded, in consultation with the local district attorney and Mr. Broadwater’s lawyers, that the case against him was deeply flawed. As a result of the conviction, Mr. Broadwater, 61, spent 16 years in prison before being released in 1998 and was forced to register as a sex offender. In a statement posted on the website Medium, Ms. Sebold, who described the rape and the ensuing trial in “Lucky,” said she regretted...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West put on a united front to appear together at late designer Virgil Abloh’s final show for Louis Vuitton in Miami. The divorcing couple, along with their daughter North West, paid tribute to the label’s former artistic director Abloh at his Spring-Summer 2022 Collection in Miami on Tuesday, marking his final presentation for the brand. Kardashian and West sat front row at Abloh’s final collection — billed as a celebration to the designer’s life and legacy — at Miami’s Marine Stadium with their eight-year-old daughter North. They put on a united front despite Kardashian’s new romance with “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson and West’s recent new public vow to reunite his family. Abloh, founder of haute-streetwear labe...

Billie Eilish is opening up about how her life and career have changed since skyrocketing to fame. Every year since 2016, the 19-year-old star has sat down with Vanity Fair for the same interview, answering the same series of questions and reacting to her previous answers. In her latest version of the discussion, the star was once again asked about whether or not she feels pressure. "I feel a lot of pressure, but I would also say that back then [in the earlier years of her career], I was more loved," said the singer. "I was pretty overall loved, I would say, to be honest. I was scared because I wanted to keep that love." BILLIE EILISH ADMITS SHE HAS A 'TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIP' WITH HER BODY Billie Eilish said that ‘a ton of people hate’ her these days. (Photo by Jeff ...

"First, I want to say that I am truly sorry to Anthony Broadwater and I deeply regret what you have been through," Sebold, the author of "The Lovely Bones," wrote in a statement posted on Medium.com. Broadwater, who has always maintained his innocence, was convicted of the rape in 1982 and spent 16 years in prison. He was denied parole at least five times because he wouldn't admit to a crime he didn't commit, according to his attorneys. He tried at least five times to get the sentence overturned, he told CNN. Last week, a New York State Supreme Court judge exonerated Broadwater and vacated his conviction and other counts related to it. The Onondaga County district attorney joined in the motion to vacate the conviction. Broadwater was convicted on two pieces of evidence -- Sebold's accou...

CHICAGO — Embattled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was caught on surveillance video doing a “dry run” one day before his alleged hate crime attack, prosecutors said at his trial in Chicago Tuesday. Prosecutors contend the footage confirms the actor faked the Jan. 29, 2019, alleged attack with Nigerian brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who are expected to be key witnesses for the prosecution in the case. Smollett’s lawyers claim the actor was really attacked — by the two brothers. Prosecutors poked a hole in that claim Tuesday, revealing a text message sent by Smollett to one of the siblings a couple of weeks after the alleged attack, the Chicago Tribune reported. “Brother…..I love you,” Smollett wrote to Abimbola Osundairo on Feb. 14, 2019. “I sta...

Yesterday, the heirs of Aldo Gucci — the former chairman of the Gucci brand fashion house, who's portrayed by Al Pacino in the just-released House of Gucci — released a scathing statement criticizing the film. View this video on YouTube MGM / Via youtube.com "Although the work claims to want to tell the 'true story' of the family, the fears raised by the trailers and interviews released so far, are confirmed: the film carries a narrative that is far from accurate," the statement read. Now director Ridley Scott has issued his own defense of the film in a new interview with Total Film. Fabio Lovino / MGM / courtes...

"Kristina, you wanna keep secrets from me? I'm the mother," Amber was heard saying to Gary's wife off-camera as the reunion went off the rails. Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley appeared to be in a good place when the most recent "Teen Mom OG" wrapped up last week. By the end of tonight's reunion episode, however, that definitely was no longer the case. All season long, Amber has been struggling to connect with her daughter Leah, who feels her mother abandoned her over men in her life and during her time behind bars. While she hoped to go to therapy with Leah, Gary was against it. Eventually, he at least agreed to go see a therapist with Amber, who filled Shirley in on his ex's borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder diagnoses. As a highlight reel of the season was...