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Author: Alex Wilson

  • Billy McFarland, Fyre Festival Founder, Connives With Ja Rule To Defraud Investors

    Billy McFarland, Fyre Festival Founder, Connives With Ja Rule To Defraud Investors

    Billy McFarland, the Fyre Festival founder was on Friday arrested by federal agents over charges of wire fraud. Some four months back, he connived with his team, and according to some trusted sources his business partner Ja Rule was a part of the deal.

    A large number of people had booked their places in the event. They looked forward to an ultra-luxurious music festival. They had been promised that it would take place on a private island in the Bahamas. Some of the most exciting things they hoped to find were gourmet catering and supermodels doing what they do best! The tickets went as far way up to $250,000.All persons that had made the bookings were treated to some rude shock when their dreams turned out to be a disorganized failure.

    According to some trusted sources, the expected day finally arrived and ticket holders moved to the secluded island. That was on late April and it was so frustrating when all they had to meet was a construction site with half-built tents with inadequate water and the feral dogs.

    The acting Manhattan U.S. attorney, Joon Kim while speaking to a number of top news reporters said that McFarland had made great promises to the ticket holders, to only disappoint them at the end with what the attorney termed a disaster.

    A number of the Federal prosecutors have lately opened up in relation to the matter, with most of them firm believers that he gave investors fake documents The motive was to get them to invest more than a million dollars in his company and the festival, whereas at the back of his mind he knew it was a scheme to steal from them.

    According to Huffingtonpost, the Wire fraud charges are usually associated with up to 20 years in jail. However, The New York Times has outlined that McFarland might be serving a shorter sentence after all.

    The event co-founder, Ja Rule may also be facing charges considering that he connived with McFarland and the two went ahead to promote the festival citing that it was going to be a transformational music experience in paradise.

  • Rick and Morty Season 3 to Finally Return in July

    Rick and Morty Season 3 to Finally Return in July

    Co-creators of cartoon series Rick and Morty, Roiland and Dan Harmon have announced that the series would return Sunday, July 30. The creators in a live stream on live-stream Thursday night announced the release date of the highly acclaimed TV series.

     Roiland was quoted as saying “Yeah, we did it, we pulled it off. We pulled it off. We f—in’ did it. Guys, right on time! Right on time!” The news of the release date of the hit TV series which is to air on Adult Swim could come as a sign of relief to fans who have been anticipating the release of the third instalment for quite some time.

    According to the creators, the new season whose thriller was released alongside the release date would feature the cast in their characteristic mannerism that they have been known to possess throughout the show. The producers also told fans to expect the introduction of Pickle Rick in Mad Max: Fury like plot. They also made assertions as to the release of the fourth seasons but fans would hope this doesn’t take as long as the third.

    Season 2 of the hit series wrapped up in 2015 which means the latest season is coming 2 years after the release of the last one. Harmon had a few days earlier gone on a twitter rant voicing his discontent about the delay in the release. In a series of revealing twist the producer explained that the third instalment is dragging because it took too long to write and because producers wanted to do a better job than season 1 and 2. He also dispelled rumours that the delay in the release was occasioned by a feud between him and Roiland.

    In the live stream announcing the release hosted by Brandon Johnson, who voices Mr Goldenford in the series questions of the feud were put to the creators. This drew sarcastic comments from both producers. The however cleared the air by reinforcing the fact that they have had a peaceful union.

    Fans of the show would hope that the time has ensured that this season is the best one yet.

  • ‘Despicable Me 3’ Critics, Reviews and Highlights

    ‘Despicable Me 3’ Critics, Reviews and Highlights

    The third instalment of the” Despicable Me” franchise open to missed reactions from fans and critics alike as it has been described as some as a “parent trap”. The sequel which was written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio centres on reformed super villain Gru, who along with his wife Lucy and his army of minions as they attempt incredible acts that has world changing/wrecking potential.

    “Despicable me 3” features the star act Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) in a new adventure as he, his wife and three children goes on a journey to meet his long lost twin brother Dru (also voiced by Carell). The movie involves a lot of high-tech weapons and a destructive giant robot with lasers and also simulates heavy action and explosion. However, the movie has been criticized for being the same as the previously produced version.

    Film critic Justin Chang, writing for the LA times was tough on the movie’s lack of invention. He asserted that the movie was a “parent trap” which is a term used to describe a movie that is good for the sole purpose of giving parents peace of mind while their kids watch. That is, it is only interesting enough to get the attention of kids and is not good enough to thrill them. Chang also explained that the movie plot missed the mark by focusing on discovery of Gru’s twin brother and explains that this angle does not help to give life to the story.

    Another critic, Leah Greenblatt who writes for Entertainment Weekly described the movie as a “giddy but scattershot sequel”. The critic explained that the plot lacked cohesion and struggles to recreate the intense action and thrills achieved with the first movie. She also emphasised  that the story Side-lined the Gru kids and did not point enough spotlight on them.

    The movie which previous edition has grossed $2.7 billion worldwide did not do too badly in the box office this time around. Though figures have not been mind-blowing they have however been beyond producers expectation. The movie is expected to land between $90 million-$100 million range this weekend figures which are better than the producers projection of $85 million for the week.

  • Jimmy Fallon Beats Stephen Colbert to Top Spot in TV Shows Rating

    Jimmy Fallon Beats Stephen Colbert to Top Spot in TV Shows Rating

    NBC’s Jimmy Fallon has for the first time since the election victory of Donald Trump topped his competitor CBS’s Stephen Colbert in the latest viewers ranking released by The Nielsen company. The rating company data shows that Fallon bagged an amazing 2.66 million for his show “Tonight with Jimmy Fallon” last week while Colbert came in at a close 2.62 million. This result, though a victory is not so guns blazing as the difference in the gap is not so alarming.

    Stephen Colbert who has been leading the pools since the January inauguration as president with his anti-trump jokes was dethroned for the first time. However, there had been reports that the dethronement was helped by the fact that Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” had not aired a new episode in the past week and was only reruns. CBS believed that they would have won in the pools if the show had aired original show in the past week.

    NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, who had maintain supremacy before the election of Trump was helped by a comparatively strong prime-time schedule championed by the company. NBCs reality hit TV series “America’s Got Talent” which is a talent show for talented people around America won the entire week prime time programming. Also in the leading role is another NBC program “World of Dance” which is a companion series. Generally, NBC was supreme all through the week averaging 4.6 million viewers the entire week which is a step better than second place CBS who averaged 4.3 million in the same week.

    The top 10 TV shows for the week are : “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.74 million; “World of Dance,” NBC, 7.61 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.45 million; “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 7.43 million; “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 7.25 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 6.53 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.35 million; “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.91 million; “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.85 million; “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.51 million.

    Whether or not Jimmy Fallon can maintain his recent heroics on the rating board is hard to tell his competitor even in a week where he aired an old program came in at a close second. Time would tell who eventually reigns supreme.

  • Is Bill Cosby’s Way Of Treating Women An Example For Any Young Man To Emulate?

    Is Bill Cosby’s Way Of Treating Women An Example For Any Young Man To Emulate?

    The top comedian Bill Cosby was not convicted after a trial that got the judges deadlocked. It would at the same time be wrong to say that he was acquitted. However, one thing that is very clear is that quite a large number of his supporters seem to be celebrating since they see it as a victory. Following the declaration of a mistrial on June 17, a number of top prosecutors in Montgomery County, Penn according to sources made a vow to see to it that it did not end at the mistrial. They vowed to do all within their means to see to it that the old actor faced consequences for his actions.

    According to Latimes.com , the charges that had been facing the top comedian in the law court were those of sexually assaulting Constand. The court proceedings had witnessed lawyers from both sides engage in a wild battle of exchanges.

    Some people take the strong stand that the comedian was indeed guilty of the accusations, moer so considering that a numer of otrher woman showed up all alleging that he had assaulted them some years back.

    Andrew Wyatt, who happens to be Cosby’s spokesman, shocked many by his statement. He did not seem to indicate any form of humility and instead defended the actor saying that recently a lot of old men were finding themselves caught up in such a mess and that it needed to stop.

    He said that Cosby’ case should serve as an example for all those out there that are focused on tarnishing the names of dignified people like Bill Cosby. That has not been taken well by a lot of people who think that the spokesperson wasn’t being realistic and sensitive. Wyatt said that it was high time the comedian got back to work and that everyone needed to understand that.

    In a statement to top journalists he said, “This is bigger than Bill Cosby. This issue can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today. They need to know what they are facing when they are hanging out and partying, when they are doing certain things they shouldn’t be doing. And it also affects, you know, married men.”

  • Heated Up Debates Emanate In Relation To Who Posted Video Of Cosby Courtroom

    Heated Up Debates Emanate In Relation To Who Posted Video Of Cosby Courtroom

    On Friday, the Pennsylvania court officials outlined that they had launched an investigation that was to look into a video that surfaced on YouTube. The video as a matter of fact looked like it had been recorded from inside a courtroom when the different court officials were winding up in making their closing arguments in regards to Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial.

    The nearly two-hour film according to some top reliable sources was featuring an audio of Brian J. McMonagle, Cosby’s lawyer pitching to the jury. To this point, it has not yet been revealed who exactly produced it. However, the recording has been termed by a number of top lawyers as a major violation of Pennsylvania law prohibiting transmission, video recording in state courts and photography.

    The spokesman for the state court system, Jim Koval, while addressing a press conference recently gave a confirmation in regards to the investigation though he declined to give the much anticipated elaboration.

    According to Triblive.com, the video attained about 140 views before finally being taken off the social sharing site and that was on Thursday. The other thing was that it comprised of numerous photos that had been taken inside an annex courtroom with a screen where Cosby’s trial was broadcast live to persons that did not get seats in the courtroom. This room was filled with a lot of top journalist that had been credentialed to cover the trial.

    Several times throughout the renowned actor’s two-week trial, the adminstrators of the court are said to have yanked journalists, celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents several Cosby accusers as well as members of the public from court for what they described as the violation of the decorum order. The administrators claimed that they had been using cellphones in the courtroom which was unacceptable as per the court’s regulations.

    After five days of carrying out deliberations, the jury of seven men and five women had not reached a common ground in relation to the case. It ended in a mistrial last Saturday though some Montgomery County prosecutors have sworn to retry Bill Cosby.

  • John Oliver To Face Defamation Charges After Being Sued By Robert E. Murray

    John Oliver To Face Defamation Charges After Being Sued By Robert E. Murray

    “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver is in trouble after using his show to lambaste one of the country’s enormous coal mining providers. He even moved forward mock its chief executive. Oliver did not seem worried by his comments and he further asserted that it was indeed something that needed to be done.

    In a 24-minute segment on the downfall of the coal industry and the eventual intervention of Donald Trump to bring it back, Oliver was seen to rail against the mining giant Murray Energy Corporation as well its chief executive Robert E. Murray. According to cleveland.com, the company’s chief executive has been caught in numerous instances trying to lay blame of the former president Barrack Obama’s administration.

    In fact, he was quite vocal affirming that it was a making of the “evil agenda” by President Barrack Obama. It is a statement that has been met with mixed reactions among most of the people living in the United States of America, with many terming the official as someone who is just giving excuse to cover up for own his failure.

    While proceeding with his popular show, Oliver said, “I’m going to need to be careful here because when we contacted Murray Energy for this piece, they sent us a letter instructing us to ‘cease and desist from any effort to defame, harass, or otherwise injure Mr. Murray or Murray Energy. They added that failure to comply would result in immediate litigation.”

    The renowned host went ahead to tore at the 77-year-old coal magnate. He termed him a “geriatric Dr. Evil,” who was not performing his duties appropriately. He used to mistreat his employees. Asides from that, he did much to weaken the coal safety regulations through litigation which is not something a good leader should have done. According to him, Murray was “on the same side as black lung.”

    On Wednesday, Murray decided to sue Oliver on defamation claims. The lawsuit was filed in West Virginia circuit court. The top official says the show host had indicated clear intentions to assassinate his character and reputation.

  • The Casual Donald Trump Joke By Johnny Depp Of The Pirates Of The Caribbean Fame Lands Him In Great Trouble

    The Casual Donald Trump Joke By Johnny Depp Of The Pirates Of The Caribbean Fame Lands Him In Great Trouble

    The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has found himself in great trouble. In fact, some of his fans have lately been joking about it saying that he is actually in more hot water than, well, an actual pirate in the Caribbean.

    This pretty decent Donald Trump impersonator Johnny Depp was introducing his 2004 film The Libertine at the Glastonbury Festival in England when he suddenly posed the question, “Can we bring Trump here?”According to some reliable sources, the crowd answered with a resounding “no.”

    Depp proceeded to assert that Trump needed “help.”It was pretty clear that the 54-year-old actor was not about to slow his anti-Trump roll any time soon. In fact he went ahead to say provide a rather cringeworthy sound bite: “This is going to be in the press, and it will be horrible. But I like that you’re all a part of it. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”

    It goes without saying that the actor was indeed referring to the 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth who according to Theguardian.com used to be an actor as well. After his “joke” about assassinating the leader of the free world, the actor made numerous efforts to do damage control. He is reportedly outlined to have added that he wasn’t an actor but someone who lied for a living.

    As would have been expected, the crowd laughed wildly at the actor’s jokes. To the least of the celebrity’s knowledge, the Secret Service on its part wasn’t finding the assassination joke very laughable.

    The fact that recently the House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot at the practice for a Congressional baseball game has raised the heat. It was a matter that deeply upset a lot of people. Making the kind of remark the actor made was not going to be taken as easily as he could have expected.

  • Daniel Day-Lewis Shocks Many After Revealing His Plan To Retire

    Daniel Day-Lewis Shocks Many After Revealing His Plan To Retire

    Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor that was lucky to win the Oscars three times according to sources, has expressed his desire to retire from his acting career that span about four decades. As a matter of fact, he is widely renowned as one of the preeminent actors of his generation.

    The 60-year-old star over the years has acted in a wide range of roles. He has played presidents, gang leaders and writers. According to Variety.com, the top actor has one final film awaiting release. It happens to be an untitled drama set in the world of high fashion.

    By December 25, 2017 it might be hitting theatres .It will reunite him with Paul Thomas Anderson, the director behind the production of “There Will Be Blood” which made Day-Lewis the best actor in the 2007 Oscars. Day-Lewis recently made a statement indicating that he was going to do all within his means to help promote the movie.

    His enormous fan-base has been asking a lot of questions .They need to know the exact reason behind the actor choosing to what to them is an early retirement. Leslee Dart, who happens to be the spokeswoman of the celebrity while faced by a number of top journalists said: “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor. He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject. ”

    The celebrated actor happens to be the only performer to have clinched the best actor Oscars. He has received a lot of praise for his shape-shifting acting versatility which is not an easy thing for a lot of actors. He will go down the records as one of the few actors that would go to extreme lengths to play out his roles. In numerous circumstances he could remain in character off-screen.

    Throughout his acting career he has been in great demand. However, it is important to point out that he was also known to be rather selective and he would take long in between projects.

  • WWE Money In The Bank: Naomi’s Views On Carmella winning The Title

    WWE Money In The Bank: Naomi’s Views On Carmella winning The Title

    WWE’s women champion Naomi expressed her views on fellow female wrestler, Carmella taking the crown from her.

    Naomi currently holds the Smackdown’s women championship title which she defended successfully against Lana in the WWE Money In The Bank battle. She was interviewed by Dasha Fuentes in which she was asked whether she was surprised about Lana’s efforts during the fight. Naomi’s response was that she had never wrestled Lana before the Sunday night fight. She however stated that she always prepares for any outcome since anything can happen. She also explained that she has been quite careful about Carmella ever since she won the title. Naomi added that she constantly has a target on her back.

    Maybe James Ellsworth should be getting the match against her because he won MITB for Carmella,” Naomi joked.

    Naomi ended the interview by saying that she was ready to fight Ellsworth or Carmella because she was determined to keep her title. Meanwhile, it seems the Smackdown officials, mainly the General Manager Daniel Bryan and Smackdown Commissioner Shane McMahon were not pleased with how the women’s MITB. Bryan is expected to talk about what happened in the match once he returns to Smackdown on Tuesday. Some of the women in the MIBT also took to Twitter to express their views about what happened.

    Meanwhile, Baron Corbin’s victory at the MITB was quite something.  However, nothing about the win was considered easy or predictable for him. He has received numerous beat downs since the Battle Royal that he won in WrestleMania 32. During a recent interview, he stated that winning MITB was special moment for him and that he was determined to leave a mark since the first day he set his foot in Battle Royal.

    It is not clear whether he will become a WWE champion, though he did point out that most of those who have gotten their hands on the MIBT briefcase have become WWE champions. He stated that he had no doubts that he will eventually become a champion.