If you’re looking for something good to watch this weekend, do yourself a favor and watch #TheBurial. Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett, Tommy Lee Jones, Mamoudou Athie, Alan Ruck, and Bill Camp all shine on-screen, delivering excellent performance after excellent performance pic.twitter.com/iwGCdLzA7B — Morgan Murrell (@RespectThe__GAP) October 13, 2023 Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganmurrell/the-burial-appreciation-reactions
Hasan Minhaj was doing pretty well for himself — that is, until a recent New Yorker profile came out. The piece revealed that some of the Daily Show alum’s bits go a bit beyond poetic license. His claim that his family was mailed anthrax? Turns out that didn’t happen. The backlash has been severe, and … Read more
Getty Image Last week, over three years after the alleged attack that a court deemed staged, Jussie Smollett’s wild ride seemed to come to an end. The actor and singer was sentenced to 150 days in prison for issuing a false police report a month-and-a-half after being found guilty. But a mere six days later, … Read more
The former Empire actor was convicted of staging an anti-gay and racist attack on himself late last year, and was sentenced to 150 days in jail several days ago. Nuccio Dinuzzo / Getty Images He will also serve a 30-month probation sentence and pay $120,106 in restitution and $25,000 in fines. “I am innocent, and … Read more
A lot happened this week, as it always does in our wackadoodle world. Jussie Smollett was found guilty of staging a hate crime. Multiple Trump allies refused to play ball with the committee investigating the lead-up to the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Someone set the Fox News Christmas tree ablaze. And SNL made sure to … Read more
“That verdict was a resounding message by the jury that, in fact, Mr. Smollett did exactly what we said he did,” Special prosecutor Dan Webb said in a news conference right after the verdict was handed down. Jussie remained unemotional as his verdict was read, staring straight ahead at the judge with his fingers interlaced … Read more
Getty Image Nearly three years after Jussie Smollett first (falsely) reported that he was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago, the former Empire actor’s case has finally seen a resolution. This is the case after Chicago law enforcement and prosecutors began to see holes in Smollett’s story, along with discrepancies involving evidence like … Read more
Getty Image The trial of Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of faking a hate crime in early 2019, is underway, and it’s been even more of a circus than the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. On Monday, the former Empire performer took the stand, and what he said was shocking. For one, he admitted that he … Read more
Getty Image It’s a good time for weird trials. Last month, the one for Kyle Rittenhouse went off the rails more than once. The ongoing one for Ghislaine Maxwell has had its share of shocking reveals. The trial of Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor accused of fabricating a hate crime in 2019, started recently, … Read more
Source: Getty Images Jussie Smollett The case against Jussie Smollett is wildly complicated. In January 2019, the Empire actor reported a hate crime to Chicago police that involved two men assaulting him while yelling homophobic and racial slurs. A month later, he faced felony charges for filing false police reports as two men, who are … Read more