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• 'Pitch Perfect' Star Anna Camp Files to Divorce 'PP' Husband Skylar Astin
  4:43 PM PT -- In the divorce docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Camp lists "irreconcilable difference" as the cause for the split. Anna isn't asking the court to award any sort of spousal support. "Pitch Perfect" stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin's marriage… Permalink
• Esteban Loaiza Begins 3-Year Prison Sentence In Cocaine Case
  Wasn't a Good Friday for Esteban Loaiza ... The ex-MLB star surrendered to authorities in San Diego on Friday to begin his 3-year prison sentence in his cocaine case -- and after his sentence, he's expected to be deported to Mexico.  As we… Permalink
• Brian Banks Denies Sexual Assault, Claims Evidence Proves Allegations False
  11:57 AM PT -- A rep for Banks tells TMZ Sports the allegations are simply not true -- adding, "Evidence exists that proves this false."Ex-NFL player Brian Banks -- who was famously exonerated in a previous rape case -- is facing new allegations of… Permalink
• Roman Polanski Sues The Academy to be Reinstated
  Roman Polanski says he got the raw end of the deal when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him the boot ... so he's suing the organization to get back in. The disgraced director filed new docs saying the Academy went back on its… Permalink
• MMA Fighter Joyce Vieira Punches Alleged Masturbator During Sexy Photo Shoot
  A Brazilian MMA fighter says she was forced to stop a sexy beach photoshoot this month -- when she saw some creepo rear-naked chokin' his own chicken while watching her from the bushes.  Oh, and then she proceeded to BEAT HIS ASS!!  The woman… Permalink
• Wendy Williams' Estranged Husband Kevin Hunter Scrubbed From Show's Credits
  Wendy Williams is removing all traces of her estranged husband from her show ... because Kevin Hunter's name has already been scrubbed from the credits.  There was a noticeable difference in the ending credits on Friday's episode of the 'Wendy… Permalink
• Cardi B Rejects Plea Deal in Strip Club Beatdown Case
  [[tmz:video id="1_nagt5i5g"]] Cardi B is in NO mood to make a deal with prosecutors in her strip club beatdown case -- at least not the one she was offered Friday morning in court. She was all business -- decked out in white -- as she walked through… Permalink
• Robert Kraft Masseuses Claim Cops Leaked Naked Spa Video
  The two women accused of running the Orchids of Asia Day Spa claim Florida officials have leaked the naked surveillance video of Robert Kraft ... and they want the leakers punished ASAP.  The lawyers for Hua Zhang and Lei Wang have filed new court… Permalink
• Kodak Black Blames GPS for Weapons, Drug Bust in Canada
  "In 100 feet, your destination is on the left ... JAIL!!!" Kodak Black's GPS probably didn't say those exact words but he is blaming it for getting busted at the border, because that's what made him unwittingly drive into Canada. As we told you, the… Permalink
• Bella Thorne Kicked Out Of Mod Sun's Home Post-Breakup, Cops Called
  Bella Thorne's split from Mod Sun is already getting ugly, she got booted from her ex's house after she snuck in and tried to grab some of her stuff ... and the cops got involved.  Sources close to the former couple tell TMZ ... Bella waltzed into… Permalink
• G Herbo Arrested for Battery After Argument with Baby Mama Turned Physical
  4/19 -- G Herbo was released from jail late Thursday night, and went on Instagram Live to talk about the altercation. [[tmz:video id="1_s6az4cm0"]] Rapper G Herbo is facing a battery charge after an argument with his baby mama, Ariana… Permalink
• Tyreek Hill Temporarily Lost Custody Of Child Amid Abuse Probe, Report Says
  Tyreek Hill's 3-year-old child was temporarily placed in another home during an investigation into allegations the boy was physically abused at the NFL star's home ... this according to KCTV in Kansas.  The Kansas City Chiefs WR appeared in court on… Permalink
• Travis Scott Loses Super Bowl Gig Lawsuit, Jury Awards Nearly $400k
  Travis Scott's gonna be a little lighter in the pockets ... after a jury just awarded the company suing him for skipping a Super Bowl gig. A jury decided Travis has to pay the entertainment events company PJAM $382,932.79 after it sued the rapper back in… Permalink
• Tekashi69 Sued by Danish Rapper Claiming He's Blocked from Releasing Track
  Tekashi69's got a new banger just begging to be heard, but a Danish rapper claims his label's stonewalling it and screwing him over ... so he wants a judge to step in and help him out. According to new legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Tekashi struck a… Permalink
• Victim Shot in Nipsey Hussle Murder Expected to Be Released from Jail
  [[tmz:video id="1_97x3i8mw"]] Nipsey Hussle's friend who was shot during the fatal attack is about to get sprung from jail. As we first reported ... Kerry Lathan -- a 56-year-old man who was shot in the back when Nipsey was killed outside his The… Permalink
• Kodak Black Released After Weapons and Drugs Arrest, Holding A Ton of Money
  [[tmz:video id="1_5508g6ux"]] 11:33 AM PT -- WKBW Buffalo just got video of Kodak leaving jail ... and covering his face with a big stack of cash. He kept quiet before piling into a minivan and driving off.  10:00 AM PT -- Kodak's show tonight in… Permalink
• Pauly D Says He's About to Visit Mike the Situation in Prison
  [[tmz:video id="1_kymebmsp"]] Pauly D says Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is holding up well behind bars ... and he's about to check up on the Sitch in person for a mini "Jersey Shore" reunion.  We got Pauly D heading into NBC Studios in NYC, and… Permalink
• Conor McGregor New Arrest Video from Cell Phone Incident
  [[tmz:video id="1_s772t6sr"]] TMZ Sports has obtained police body cam footage showing Conor McGregor being handcuffed and arrested at a private home by Miami Beach PD over the cell phone smashing incident.  The footage was shot on March 11 ... hours… Permalink
• Wendy Williams Estranged Husband Kevin Hunter Officially Leaves Show
  Wendy Williams no longer has to deal with her estranged husband, at least when it comes to her TV show ... TMZ has learned. As we told you Tuesday ... Kevin Hunter wasn't going to be one of the show's executive producers much longer, and the ax… Permalink
• Robert Kraft Spa Video NEEDS to Be Released, Explains D.L. Hughley
  [[tmz:video id="1_1r83lvdi"]] D.L. Hughley thinks it's IMPERATIVE for Florida officials to release the Robert Kraft naked spa video ASAP  ... to prove the people running the NFL are just a bunch of hypocrites.  "I think the NFL is… Permalink

NY Daily News©

• President Trump’s photo at Friars Club defaced with pink lipstick
  Pink isn’t his color. A photograph of President Trump inside the Manhattan Friars Club has been defaced with pink lipstick. The photo, which features Trump yukking it up with late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, sits next to the men’s bathroom door in the lower-level of the private club’s W. 55th...
• GRIDLOCK SAM: Get ready for higher subway and LIRR fares
  Sunday, April 21 - Saturday, April 27 ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED ORTHODOX HOLY THURSDAY, ORTHODOX GOOD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR PASSOVER Sorry to say that subway fares go up Sunday for most riders following the toll increase on MTA bridges and tunnels March 31. Here’s the skinny:...
• Singer Adele splits from hubby Simon Konecki 3 years after getting hitched
  “Hello” and goodbye! Grammy-winning singer Adele, whose most recent No. 1 single was the mournful ballad “Hello,” has split from entrepreneur husband Simon Konecki after three years, her reps confirmed Friday. “Adele and her partner have separated,” read a statement from spokespersons Benny Tarantini...
• Film director Roman Polanski wants reentry to film academy after expulsion
  Disgraced filmmaker Roman Polanski wants back into America’s most esteemed movie academy. Lawyers for the 85-year-old director petitioned a Los Angeles court on Friday to compel the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make him a member in good standing again after being expelled for...
• MLB honors Tim Anderson the way it honored Jackie Robinson: By telling him to shut up
  In the spring of 1947, Branch Rickey had one immutable rule for Jackie Robinson: No matter what happened to him, no matter what was said, he must not fight back. Baseball was not ready for that. Baseball was barely ready for him at all. On Monday, the entire league paid tribute to Robinson, as...
• Armed thugs murder doctor in Congo hospital amid Ebola outbreak
  African militiamen brandishing guns stormed a Democratic Republic of the Congo hospital before fatally shooting a doctor Friday amid a severe Ebola outbreak. The unidentified physician was murdered in the city of Butembo, claimed the World Health Organization. The attack is the latest in a series...
• Texas widow reportedly sets herself ablaze after cops serve warrant for stabbing husband
  Moments before a Texas widow was to be served a warrant for fatally stabbing her husband in 2018, she reportedly set herself and her house on fire. Cops arrived at the home of Janet Alexander to execute a murder warrant Friday morning when the suspect allegedly ignited herself ablaze, reported...
• Love and Hip Hop: New York star Brittney Taylor says misunderstanding led rapper Remy Ma to pop her in the eye
  A misunderstanding led rapper Remy Ma to punch Love and Hip Hop star Brittney Taylor in the eye, Taylor said Friday. Taylor and Ma—whose birth name is Remy Smith—had words Tuesday at Irving Plaza over an incident involving Ma’s stepdaughter Dejanae in Miami during spring break. Taylor told the...
• Blackstone equity firm coughs up $1 million refund to Forest Hill tenants, non-profit says
  The mammoth private equity firm that bought a rent-stabilized Queens housing complex last year has agreed to pay $1.1 million in refunds to tenants after it found they were entitled to rent reductions, the Housing Rights Initiative revealed Friday. The Blackstone Group, which acquired the 1,327-unit...
• FBI questioned two high-ranking NYPD cops over Mayor de Blasio’s favor for Bishop Findlayter: source
  A mere two months into his administration, Mayor de Blasio was calling in favors that landed him on the FBI’s radar. The feds questioned Deputy Chief Kim Royster and a Brooklyn commanding officer, Inspector Kenneth Lehr, about a phone call de Blasio made in February 2014 regarding a political ally...
• A transgender woman detained by ICE for seven months despite being granted asylum has been released
  A woman from Honduras who had been detained at a U.S. Immigration facility in New Mexico for seven months, even after being granted asylum, was released Wednesday. Nicole García Aguilar was freed from the Cibola County detention facility in New Mexico on Wednesday, a week after lawyers with the...
• A trio of Milwaukee brothers charged with years-long sexual abuse against their siblings
  A trio of Milwaukee brothers have been hit with sexual assault charges for allegedly molesting their younger siblings. They were arrested alongside their father, accused of neglect, on April 8, according to authorities. Repeated first-degree sexual assault of the same child, and first- and second-degree...
• Five high-ranking NYPD cops forced out amid bribery scandal awarded over $1 million: source
  Five scandal-scarred cops forced out of the NYPD during a federal bribery investigation have received a settlement of over $1 million from the city, a source tells the Daily News. Former Inspector Peter DeBlasio and ex-Deputy Chiefs Andrew Capul, David Colon, Eric Rodriguez and John Sprague had...
• Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump’s impeachment, becoming one of the first 2020 candidates to do so
  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday threw her support behind left-wing efforts in Congress to impeach President Trump, making her the first major Democratic 2020 candidate to do so. Warren’s announcement came one day after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report...
• Bronx man wrongly accused of shining laser at airplanes landing at LaGuardia receives $227,500
  A Bronx man charged with pointing a laser at airplanes landing at LaGuardia Airport, who was cleared when his roommate confessed to the crime, has received a $227,500 settlement from the city. Frank Egan was charged on March 9, 2015, with two counts of felony assault and four counts of reckless...
• Oregon county to pay black worker who complained about ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag $100K settlement
  A county in Oregon has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to a black employee who claimed her workplace became hostile and racially insensitive after she complained about a “Blue Lives Matter” flag that was pinned up in the office. Karimah Guion-Pledgure decided to sue Multnomah County after months...
• Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in NXIVM cult prosecution, to pay $6 million forfeiture
  Seagram’s liquor empire heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty to federal charges Friday for her part in running the sordid NXIVM sex cult, becoming the latest top-echelon member to cut a deal rather than face a jury. Bronfman, 40, spoke in an almost childlike whisper as she entered her pleas to...
• Jacob deGrom placed on 10-day IL for right elbow soreness, MRI to follow
  Mickey Callaway uttered the scariest three letters in baseball in regards to ace Jacob deGrom: M, R and I. The Mets skipper announced before Friday’s game in St. Louis that deGrom’s right elbow is “barking” after playing catch on Thursday. DeGrom will travel back with the team on Sunday, and make...
• Washington one step away from passing ‘human composting’ bill
  There’s no nail in this coffin. Washington state legislature is just one step away from legalizing human composting, the practice that would “gently convert human remains into soil” as opposed to conventional burial. The bill was approved by the House on April 9, and passed the Senate on April...
• Twenty years and countless lives later, what have we learned from the Columbine massacre?
  The images are indelible: Children pouring out of school in tears. Anguished parents waiting in a parking lot, hoping their children are among the lucky ones. Pictures of shooters, who look normal — disturbingly normal. They’re a common sight now — disturbingly common — and we’ve seen them at a...
• Trump administration moves to kick undocumented immigrants out of NYCHA
  The Trump administration wants to kick thousands of undocumented immigrants out of public housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule change this week that would ensure only citizens and legal residents have access to federally subsidized housing nationwide. The measure...
• Jury convicts social media entrepreneur who enlisted homeless cousin to hijack website domain in brutal, messy home invasion
  A college student’s attempts to buy an already-taken website domain turned into a scene out of a movie script. The case began with a new social media business that featured videos of young, drunken people acting stupid and ended with an innocent man shooting a pantyhose-wearing intruder. The startup...
• Renowned paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren, who studied ‘Amityville Horror’ house, dies at 92
  Prominent paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren, who investigated the case that inspired “The Amityville Horror,” died in her Connecticut home Thursday at 92. Warren and her husband, who died in 2006, were two of America’s best-known experts on spirits and demonology. As a trance medium, she...
• Mystery lingers around Manafort data transfer — the unanswered question at the ‘heart’ of the Mueller investigation
  Special counsel Robert Mueller wrapped up his investigation without answering one of the key questions in the entire Russia saga: Why did ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort share reams of internal polling data with a suspected Russian spy? Previous court filings have established Manafort...
• Michelle Williams and husband Phil Elverum split after less than a year of marriage
  Michelle Williams and her husband Phil Elverum have split, a source confirmed to the Daily News. The “Venom” actress and the indie rocker secretly got married last summer. "Michelle and Phil separated at the beginning of the year,” an insider told People. “It was an amicable spilt and they remain...

LA Times©

• Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca is denied new appeal and is likely headed to prison
  An appeals court will not reconsider its decision to uphold the conviction of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, all but extinguishing the chances the once-towering law enforcement figure had to avoid prison. Baca, 76, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in 2017...
• Customs officer who was part of drug trafficking ring gets 12 years in prison
  A veteran U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer and his ex-wife were both sentenced to 12 years in prison for their roles in a drug trafficking operation, federal prosecutors in Southern California announced Thursday. Manuel Porras Salas, 52, and his former wife, Sayda Powery Orellana, 50,...
• Former sheriff’s deputy will serve community service for filing false report
  A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy must complete 300 hours of community service as part of his plea agreement with prosecutors for filing a false report in 2011 after an incident at a medical marijuana dispensary resulted in two men falsely arrested. Julio Cesar Martinez, 44, pleaded...
• Man wounded in Nipsey Hussle shooting to be released from jail
  One of two other men shot next to Nipsey Hussle on March 31 outside the rapper’s clothing shop is expected to be released from detention, his attorney said Thursday. Kerry Lathan, 56, was taken to Men’s Central Jail on a parole violation last week. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman could not say...
• Slayings of two California women in the 1970s are linked to dead inmate
  DNA evidence has linked the cold-case rapes and slayings of two women on California's Central Coast to a man who died of cancer in a Washington prison nearly four decades after the killings, authorities said Wednesday. DNA taken recently from a razor that had belonged to Arthur Rudy Martinez matched...
• These parents could help expose UCLA, USC roles in college admissions scandal
  No one was looking at Bruce Isackson. Seated in a Boston courtroom recently among a dozen other parents implicated in a scheme to defraud half a dozen top universities, Isackson — a real estate investor from Northern California — was overshadowed by his more famous co-defendants. A few rows ahead...
• Essential California: An escalating war in Hollywood
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, April 18, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES The Writers Guild of America is suing the four main talent agencies over a practice the union says is harmful to the interests of its members. At...
• Pepper spray stops man who stabbed woman, stole BMW and ran down pedestrian, police say
  A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night in Lake Forest after authorities said he went on a violent, nine-minute rampage that included breaking into two homes, stabbing a woman and hitting a pedestrian with a stolen car before being pepper-sprayed by a bicyclist. The situation began about 5...
• Teen molested by Catholic school teacher gets record $8 million from L.A. archdiocese
  For more than a year, some at San Gabriel Mission High School had expressed concerns about Juan Ivan Barajas. Officials received reports about suspicious behavior between the athletic director and students at the all-girls campus from a coach and a parent, as well as in at least two anonymous letters....
• Essential California: How a Pulitzer-winning investigation came to be
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, April 16, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES It was a big day in the El Segundo newsroom of the Los Angeles Times as Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. For the last two years our colleagues,...
• Wild shootout with police in Manhattan Beach leads to attempted murder charges
  A man who authorities say was involved in a gun battle with police and injured an officer has been charged with attempted murder, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced Monday. James Louis Boyd III, 37, of Oceanside, was charged with 10 felony counts, including four each of...
• Woman scammed immigrants out of $110,000 in home-buying scheme, police say
  A 39-year-old woman accused of scamming immigrants out of more than $110,000 in a home-buying scheme that lasted more than a year was arrested last week in Fresno, police said. Maria Teresa Flores-Morales of Fresno told people who were unsure how to go about buying a home that she could help them...
• Lime scooter rider killed in Hollywood hit-and-run accident
  A 26-year-old pickup truck driver was held today on $2-million bond in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Lime scooter rider in Hollywood. Jared Walter Anderson was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department's Jail Division in the 3:50 a.m. crash at Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard, according...
• Essential California: Lakers part ways with Luke Walton
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, April 13. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend: TOP STORIES The Lakers hired Luke Walton almost three years ago with visions of him helping to resurrect the franchise, bringing Golden State Warriors-style...
• Man who was shot in Nipsey Hussle’s killing is jailed on parole violation
  One of the men who was wounded in the shooting that killed beloved South L.A. rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle has been arrested on a parole violation, according to officials and court records. Kerry Lathan, 56, has been held in Men’s Central Jail since Monday on a parole violation,...
• In plea deal, man is sentenced to 22 years in fiery street race that killed 3 people
  One moment, Alfonso Morillo III was asleep in the back seat of his friend’s Nissan on the way back from Disneyland. Two weeks later, he awoke from a coma in a hospital. Morillo, now 23, and six others were injured Feb. 27, 2016, when a man who was street racing lost control of his Dodge Challenger...
• 6 California prison guards hurt in inmate attack
  California officials say six prison guards were hurt in an attack Thursday by an inmate at a maximum-security lockup. The inmate, Douglas Compton, refused orders to leave an out-of-bounds area of a yard at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County, prison officials said. When three guards approached...
• L.A. school police officer involved in shooting in Westlake
  A Los Angeles Unified School District police officer was involved in a shooting Friday following a carjacking and vehicle collision in Westlake, officials said. The incident, which did not happen on school grounds, took place shortly before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Alvarado and West 3rd...
• Sheriff’s Department killing more misconduct investigations under Villanueva, report finds
  Officials working under Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva have been inactivating internal investigations of department personnel at a high rate, with most of the cancellations not conforming with department policies, according to a report issued Friday by the Sheriff’s Department’s chief...
• Former West Covina Mayor Mike Spence found dead in motel room
  Former West Covina Mayor Mike Spence, once a rising conservative political star who openly struggled with drug addiction, was found dead at an Inland Empire motel Thursday night, according to authorities. The 52-year-old Spence rose to political fame as an outspoken critic of government assistance...
• Santa Ana church youth leader accused of sexually assaulting two girls
  A 22-year-old church youth group leader was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls who attended the Santa Ana church where he was affiliated, police said. Jesse Francisco Hernandez Perez, 22, of Anaheim was arrested by Santa Ana police detectives Wednesday and booked into...
• Sheriff Villanueva’s reinstatement of deputies at odds with reforms, federal monitor says
  For several years, Los Angeles County’s vast jail system has been under careful monitoring by a team of court-appointed watchdogs who’ve helped implement policies to curb excessive force and retaliation against inmates. But the lead monitor, Richard Drooyan, is now saying he’s concerned that years...
• Essential California: Inglewood’s upswing leaves vulnerable residents behind
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, April 11, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES What’s happening in the Southern California city of Inglewood is in some sense emblematic of what’s happening across the nation. Rents are rising...
• L.A. takes next step toward clamping down on developer donations
  Los Angeles officials took a tentative step Wednesday toward clamping down on political donations from real estate developers, as a City Council committee pressed forward with plans to ban donations from people seeking City Hall approval for their building projects. Committee members voted to recommend...
• Man convicted in Chinatown double murder in L.A. faces life in prison
  A 39-year-old man faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him Tuesday in the murders of two men stabbed at a Chinatown social club. After deliberating for an hour and a half, the jury convicted Vinh Dao of two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances,...