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Justin Roiland Resigns From Squanch Games Following Domestic Abuse Charges
Justin Roiland has resigned from the video game developer he co-founded, Squanch Games, as he faces felony domestic abuse charges. On Tuesday, the High on Life developer announced that Roiland had tendered his resignation as CEO on Jan. 16, four days after a NBC News revealed the creator was facing one count of domestic battery […]
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Justin Roiland Domestic Violence Charges Met With Silence From TV Partners
Now that Justin Roiland has been charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, several questions remain about the fate of his sprawling animation empire. As NBC News was the first to report Jan. 12, Roiland, the co-creator of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty and Hulu’s Solar Opposites, was charged in 2020 with one count […]
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‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland Facing Domestic Violence Charges
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites, is facing domestic violence charges in Orange County, California, based on an alleged 2020 incident. According to the May 2020 felony complaint, which The Hollywood Reporter has obtained, Roiland has been charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one count […]
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Jimmy Carr Netflix Special Holocaust Remarks Condemned by U.K. Culture Secretary, Anti-Hate Groups
Jimmy Car is facing criticism from U.K. politicians and anti-hate groups for a portion of his latest Netflix comedy special His Dark Materials, in which he discusses the Nazi genocide of Roma during the Holocaust. During the special which dropped on the streamer Dec. 25, 2021, Carr remarks on Dwarfism, sexual abuse in the Boy […]
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Joe Rogan Responds to Viral Clip Showing Him Use N-Word, Calls It “Regretful and Shameful”
Joe Rogan has responded to resurfaced clips of him repeatedly using the N-word, stating in a lengthy video posted to his Instagram account on Saturday that he hopes this can be a “teachable moment.” “I’m making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly,” […]
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Chris Daughtry and Wife Deanna Reveal Daughter Hannah Price’s Cause of Death
Chris Daughtry is sharing details about the death of his stepdaughter, Hannah Price. He and wife Deanna Daughtry released a joint statement Thursday in which they revealed that Price, 25, died as a result of suicide while under the influence of narcotics. The couple issued the statement through a representative as a way to clear […]
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Settlement Between Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew Accuser Now Public
A previously sealed $500,000 lawsuit settlement in 2009 between Jeffrey Epstein and an American woman that Prince Andrew claims protects him from an ongoing lawsuit was made public Monday. The deal between Epstein and Virginia Roberts, now known as Virginia Giuffre, contained a paragraph that said it protects anyone “who could have been included as […]
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Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted in Jeffrey Epstein Sex Abuse Case
The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and […]
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Angela Kukawski, Business Manager Whose Clients Included the Kardashians, Dies in Suspected Homicide
Angela “Angie” Kukawski, a Los Angeles-based business manager whose high-profile clients included the Kardashians, has died. Her boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of murder, according to Los Angeles police. Kukawski was 55. Kukawski was reported missing Dec. 22. Los Angeles and Simi Valley police on Dec. 23 responded to the 1500 block of Patricia Avenue […]
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Astroworld Festival Victims’ Cause of Death Released by Medical Examiner
The 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston died from compression asphyxia, officials announced Thursday. Medical examiners with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston had to wait several weeks following the Nov. 5 concert by rap superstar Travis Scott for additional […]
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#MeToo Missed Us: Female Composers Speak Out
There is the composer who offers to mentor young women and then starts a discussion about his open marriage, the Oscar winner who exposes his penis to assistants in his studio, the jingle-writing company where executives have met at strip clubs. And even when female composers manage to dodge those career minefields, there are subtler […]
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Suspect Charged With Murder of Jacqueline Avant, Wife of Music Legend Clarence Avant
The man suspected of fatally shooting Jacqueline Avant in her Beverly Hills home on Dec. 1 has been charged with murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Aariel Maynor, 29, of Los Angeles is charged with one count each of murder, attempted murder and felon with a firearm — Maynor allegedly used […]
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