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Trump Will Enter White House as First Convicted Felon: Rants, Raves, and Lies After Today’s Sentencing

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Trump Will Enter White House as First Convicted Felon: Rants, Raves, and Lies After Today’s Sentencing

Donald Trump was sentenced today in his hush money trial.

He was found guilty last year of paying adult movie star Stormy Daniels $130,000 for sex — while wife Melania was pregnant — and then covering it up. Total felonies: 34. Yesterday the Supreme Court went against him and ruled that he could be sentenced by Judge Juan Merchan even if there was no penalty.

Trump told the judge via video hook up that he’d been treated badly. “It was an injustice of justice,” he said. “I was treated very, very unfairly.”

Then he took to social media ranted, and lied about the case. (see below)

But nothing will change the facts. He’s the first US president to enter the White House with a sentence, and 34 felony convictions. It’s his main distinction among all US presidents. It will stick to him like velcro into the next century.

Judge Merchan said: “Never before has this court been presented with such a unique and remarkable set of circumstances. This has been truly an extraordinary case.” Merchan wished Trump “godspeed.”

I hope the judge writes a book soon.

Here’s what Donald had to say:

The Radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt. After spending tens of millions of dollars, wasting over 6 years of obsessive work that should have been spent on protecting New Yorkers from violent, rampant crime that is destroying the City and State, coordinating with the Biden/Harris Department of Injustice in lawless Weaponization, and bringing completely baseless, illegal, and fake charges against your 45th and 47th President, ME, I was given an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. That result alone proves that, as all Legal Scholars and Experts have said, THERE IS NO CASE, THERE WAS NEVER A CASE, and this whole Scam fully deserves to be DISMISSED. The real Jury, the American People, have spoken, by Re-Electing me with an overwhelming MANDATE in one of the most consequential Elections in History. As the American People have seen, this “case” had no crime, no damages, no proof, no facts, no Law, only a highly conflicted Judge, a star witness who is a disbarred, disgraced, serial perjurer, and criminal Election Interference. Today’s event was a despicable charade, and now that it is over, we will appeal this Hoax, which has no merit, and restore the trust of Americans in our once great System of Justice. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Grammys and Musicares Pledge $1 Million to Help Musicians In Need Because of Wildfires

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Grammys and Musicares Pledge $1 Million to Help Musicians In Need Because of Wildfires

The Recording Academy — aka the Grammys – and Musicares have pledged $1 million to assist musicians in trouble because of the LA wildfires. They started a drive called the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to Support Music Professionals fund, with a combined pledge of $1m.

There are now countless stories of musicians who’ve lost their homes including instruments, recordings, and The Recording Academy — aka the Grammys – and Musicares have pledged $1 million to assist musicians in trouble because of the LA wildfires.

“The entire GRAMMY family is shocked and deeply saddened by the situation that is unfolding in Los Angeles,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares. “The music community is being so severely impacted but we will come together as an industry to support one another. Our organizations exist to serve music people because music is a powerful force for good in the world, and we hope the broader industry will now rally to this cause.”

Musicares is always there music professionals. On February 1st, the organization will host its annual Person of the Year dinner in Los Angeles honoring the Grateful Dead. The wildfires are another reason why Musicares is so important to the community. They always need donations. 

“We expect the disaster relief efforts in Los Angeles to be extraordinary, if even just on the basis of how many music people have lost their homes in the last day. MusiCares is always committed to ensuring that music professionals are supported in times of crisis, and we ask for the larger community to donate for those in need at this dire time,” said Laura Segura, Executive Director of MusiCares. “MusiCares can help with short term emergent needs for those currently displaced, and then longer-term services as we get a handle on the full extent of how music people are impacted.” 

Support for Those in Need

  • MusiCares Assistance: For many in the music community, disasters like this can disrupt even the most basic needs. MusiCares is here to provide support. If you or someone you know in the music industry is affected by these wildfires, please reach out:
  • Disaster resources and information through LA County: For updated information about evacuations, road closures, emergency resources and free shelter through Airbnb, visit the 211LA website: Greater Los Angeles Wildires | 211LA
  • Find a Shelter: The Red Cross is operating emergency shelters throughout the greater Los Angeles area. To access a shelter, visit the Red Cross website:  https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/find-an-open-shelter.html
     
  • Uber: Residents in Los Angeles County who’ve been ordered to vacate their homes can get a credit from Uber to get to an evacuation site. The $40 will only be valid for trips to an active shelter and by using the codeWILDFIRE25.
     
  • Lyft: Lyft announced it will be offering $25 vouchers, valid for two trips, to 500 customers from now until midnight on Jan. 15. Use the code CAFIRERELIEF25 to get the promotion.

To Donate:
You can contribute to the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort To Support Music Professionals by donating here or visit MusiCares.org/FireRelief.
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Elton John Trumps Vanity Fair with Very Hot Chappell Roan Performance at this Year’s Oscar Party

Roger Friedman
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Elton John Trumps Vanity Fair with Very Hot Chappell Roan Performance at this Year’s Oscar Party

Big news.

Elton John and David Furnish have made a big score for their annual Oscar party. They’ve also trumped Vanity Fair in the fun Oscar party competition.

None other than top pop star Chappell Roan will take the stage on February 2nd in West Hollywood at the gigantic tents set up by the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Chappell Roan is about as big as you can get right now. She’s had a bunch of hits from her debut album. She’s up for several Grammy Awards on February 2nd.

The singer will play for the well-heeled donors at the private dinner n the tent, although I suspect she’ll be heard up and down San Vincente Boulevard. Maybe Sir Elton will perform a number or two with her!

Of Elton John’s many attributes, the fact that he always supports new and young artists is remarkable. I love listening to his Rocket Hour Radio Show. His enthusiasm is contagious!

The evening will be co-hosted by Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart, Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy and Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris and actor-author-chef David Burtka.

Guests usually include everyone from Smokey Robinson to Sharon Stone, and more.

Alec Baldwin Strikes Back, Sues Santa Fe County, DA’s Office, for Malicious Prosecution in “Rust” Case

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Alec Baldwin Strikes Back, Sues Santa Fe County, DA’s Office, for Malicious Prosecution in “Rust” Case

Alec Baldwin has filed suit against Santa Fe County and the District Attorney’s office for malicious prosecution in the “Rust” case.

You can read the lawsuit here.

The 73 page lawsuit begins:

“For the better part of the last three years, however, Defendants … blinded by their desire to convict Alec Baldwin for all the wrong reasons, and at any cost, for the October 2021 accidental shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Defendants’ misconduct in their pursuit of Baldwin, and the trial judge’s condemnation of them, has already drawn world-wide attention. But this action is necessary to vindicate Baldwin’s rights and deter Defendantsfrom attempting to do this to anyone else.”

Baldwin’s lawyers then enumerate how the Santa Fe DA’s office pursued him several times in the October 2021 accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

On July 31, 2024, the trial court dismissed with prejudice all charges against
Baldwin on the grounds that Defendants’ “egregious discovery violations,” “suppressed
evidence,” and “false testimony” deprived Baldwin of his constitutional right to a fair trial.

It reads:

“Because Defendants’ actions were motivated by evil motive or intent and involved
a reckless or callous indifference to Baldwin’s federally protected rights, an award of punitive damages is appropriate to the fullest extent permitted by law.”

Baldwin is demanding a jury trial. The lawsuit was filed by firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Le Blanc Law. By the time this is over, Baldwin is likely to own much of Santa Fe, if he wants it.

(Watch) Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood’s Sublime Performance of “Imagine” at Jimmy Carter Funeral

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(Watch) Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood’s Sublime Performance of “Imagine” at Jimmy Carter Funeral

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed John Lennon’s “Imagine” today at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

It was a sublime rendition, one that showed their love and respect for the former president.

In all, the funeral was exceptionally classy with the exception of Donald and Melania Trump. Donald wouldn’t stop chewing off the ear of Barack Obama, the only person who would sit next to him. George W. Bush snubbed Trump — although it would have been more helpful if he campaigned for Kamala Harris. Trump also bored holes in the back of Harris’s head when he realized she wouldn’t speak to him, either.

One day, Trump will have a funeral and none of those people will attend. I think he understands that at granular level. He’s said such horrible things about Bush, Obama, the Clintons, Harris, Biden. No one will give him the time of day.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Stops “Bibi Files” Q&A to Take Call from Daughter About LA Fires

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Stops “Bibi Files” Q&A to Take Call from Daughter About LA Fires

The Los Angeles fires had an immediate effect here in New York Tuesday night.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell was on stage in the middle of a post-screening Q&A for the documentary “The Bibi Files” when his phone rang. It was his daughter calling from Los Angeles, he said after excusing himself. He explained she was in the evacuation area of Los Angeles, and trying to discern which art to rescue from the fires raging there.

Huh? What? For almost everyone in the audience this was the first time they’d heard about the wildfires in Los Angeles. They were just starting as big news.

Meantime, the documentary had reached its own heat with the revelation that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had actually allowed the funding Hamas through Qatar. To stay in power, to avert jail for corruption, Netanyahu saw his chance to fuel chaos.

Filmmakers Alex Gibney and Alexis Bloom (who’s also married to actor Filmmaker Fisher Stevens) obtained secret footage showing Netanyahu’s duplicity. Wanting to keep his enemies closer, he would control the violence, allowing Hamas to set the fires as he contained the height of the flames.

October 7 was a direct result. “The Bibi Files” reveals much through interviews conducted by police in Netanyahu’s office with a map of the Middle East in the background. Investigated for gifts of champagne, cigars, and jewelry, the prime minister maintains he is the victim of a witch hunt.

The result is a stunning expose that no US distributor would take on, even after world rights were snapped up in most countries. Netflix, Amazon, et al all turned it down. So Gibney and Bloom went to the new Jolt streaming service. You can watch “The Bibi Files” there for $12.99, and it’s worth every penny.

As for O’Donnell, as of last night his house was safe. He said on his MSNBC show that a friend had seen his house standing. But with the wind and the capricious nature of embers, it’s still touch and go. You can start watching below at about 16:00.

Emmy Winner Jean Smart Urges Hollywood Not to Have Any More Awards Shows After Fires

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Emmy Winner Jean Smart Urges Hollywood Not to Have Any More Awards Shows After Fires

Multiple awards winner Jean Smart, star of “Hacks,” has posted an urgent notice to Instagram.

She wants the various TV networks not to broadcast awards shows this winter. Instead, she says, give the money to LA firefighters and police.

Smart is up for Critics Choice and SAG awards this winter. I guess she’s not going to either ceremony despite the fact she’s going to win. She just won a Golden Globe.

Well, the networks could make large donations to police and fire organizations, and groups like Project Angel Food, and animal rescue. No Oscars, Jean? I think they will go with a low key offering this year.

Watch Trailer for Newest Sean Diddy Combs Documentary, But Still No Sign of Publicist or “Butler”

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Watch Trailer for Newest Sean Diddy Combs Documentary, But Still No Sign of Publicist or “Butler”

An avalanche of Diddy documentaries.

Peacock has one coming on January 14th called “The Making of a Bad Boy,” which has already been previewed.

Now comes one from ID and Rolling Stone with more revelations of Seam Combs’s abuse, anger, and sexual malfeasance. It’s called “The Fall of Diddy.”

Still, no sign of the really close Combs associates Nathalie Moar and Derek Watkins aka Fonzworth Bentley. Moar was Combs’s publicist for 25 years. Bentley was his valet/butler. Both of them know where all the bodies are buried.


Fire UPDATES: Oscar Voting, Nominations Delayed, Plus Critics Choice Awards Rescheduled to January 26th

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Fire UPDATES: Oscar Voting, Nominations Delayed, Plus Critics Choice Awards Rescheduled to January 26th

The Palisades fire continues to change the Hollywood awards schedules.

Oscar voting has been extended to January 14th, two days later than originally announced. The nominees will be revealed for the first time in decades on a Sunday, January 19th.

Another change: the Critics Choice Awards will take place on January 26th, on the E! channel. The awards were supposed to be broadcast this Sunday, but that couldn’t happen. The show will hosted by Chelsea Handler. Originally the Critics Choice would have been an influence on Oscar nominations. Now, it will bear more influence on final round voting.

All of Hollywood is at a standstill now on a professional basis. The personal is all that’s important now as people try to regain their footing after losing their homes.

Cher Tells Jimmy Kimmel Part 2 of Memoir Set for November Isn’t Written Yet: “I’m a bit tardy”

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Cher Tells Jimmy Kimmel Part 2 of Memoir Set for November Isn’t Written Yet: “I’m a bit tardy”

Jimmy Kimmel did a pretty great interview with Cher last night.

She told him part 2 of her memoir, set for November release, isn’t written yet. “I’m a bit tardy,” she said.

Kimmel was incredulous since the pub date looks iffy now. She assured him she’d be ready. She said the first part wasn’t finished until the last minute.

Kimmel asked her the last time she drove a car. She replied it’s been a while, but she just bought a car. We didn’t get the make, but you know it’s something expensive and cool. Bentley convertible, sky blue, would be my choice for Cher.

Is there a last name on her driver’s license? “I don’t have a last name,” she replied. Well, she does — Cherlyn Sarkisian Bono Allman. But of course, the whole world knows her as Cher.

Nice stuff. She’s one of the last stars in the celebrity sky.

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