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Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges at his Manhattan sex-crimes retrial — but squabbling jurors have failed to reach a verdict on a rape allegations.

The shocking moment followed several dramatic days of deliberations marked by infighting among jurors — including hours before the partial verdict was announced when the foreman claimed to have been threatened by another member of the panel.

We are midway through the Sean Combs trial for racketeering, conspiracy and sex trafficking. The prosecution could rest its case as early as next week, at which point the defense will take over. But the team has already previewed one aspect of its case. As the defense lawyer Teny Geragos said in her opening statement, it’s not about what the prosecution is “trying to make my client out to be.”

All anyone in the courtroom has to do is glance at the defendant to know what she means.

The Sean Combs sitting at the defendant’s table does not look anything like the Sean Combs whose behavior is on trial; the Sean Combs of most people’s memories. His hair and goatee have gone almost white, thanks to prison rules that forbid hair dye. He wears black framed reading glasses. And he is always dressed in a white collared shirt and a neutral toned crew-neck sweater: blue sweaters, gray sweaters, beige sweaters.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ recent ex-girlfriend described enduring drug-fueled sex marathons until the hip-hop titan’s arrest in September as the key witness began testimony Thursday soon after the judge threatened to expel Combs from the courtroom for “nodding vigorously” at jurors during a sharp cross-examination of another witness.

The sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs continued on Thursday with more dramatic testimony, including that of a third alleged victim.

Judge Arun Subramanian admonished the disgraced music mogul on Thursday after he noticed him ‘nodding vigorously’ at the jury, warning that he would kick him out of hid own trial if he continued the behavior.

Subramanian’s stern warning came just before a third alleged sex trafficking victim, known only as ‘Jane’, took the stand.

June 4 (UPI) — The Sean “Diddy” Combs criminal trial continued Wednesday as prosecutors continue to attempt to fully demonstrate how Combs desperately worked to conceal the crimes of which he’s accused.

The first witness of the day was a forensic video expert named Frank Piazza, who testified there were “no anomalies” in a clip of video surveillance that allegedly captured Combs and his former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura Fine involved in an altercation in 2016.

Celebrities are reportedly hiring lawyers in an attempt to get out of being called to testify during the sex trafficking trial of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, according to a report.

TMZ founder Harvey Levin recently said that his sources are reporting that the various celebs mentioned in connection with Combs are feverishly working to stay out of the rapper’s trial, Fox News reported.

Stewart’s smirk became the face of ‘smart liberalism,’ solidifying distrust in middle America and fostering a culture of ridicule and sanctimony.

Jon Stewart is back at it again, playing the role of political chiropractor, desperately trying to realign the spine of a party he helped fracture. The New Yorker recently offered Democrats a fresh 2028 campaign slogan: “Overcome the stink.”

It’s classic Stewart — sharp, crowd-pleasing, and seemingly wise. The kind of quip you’d see on a bumper sticker next to “Coexist.” And yet, the stench he’s gesturing at — the political decay, the public disillusionment, the loss of coherence on the Left — didn’t just drift in from elsewhere. It festered under his watch. And whether he’ll admit it or not, he helped create it.

When Adam Scott was working on the hit TV show Parks and Recreation in the early 2010s, the Los Angeles studio where the show was filmed was packed – “every stage was filled and working”.

These days, he told his former co-star Rob Lowe in a much-discussed recent podcast conversation, “it’s quiet over there” – in part because “it’s just too expensive to shoot here”.

“Nothing shoots in Los Angeles,” Scott said.

“Nothing!” Lowe replied.

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Hollywood star Zachary Levi is making some big plans. As Hollywood continues to flounder, Levi has his sights on a big deal in his new home in Texas.

The Shazam! star recently revealed that he is trying to bring the film industry to Austin as movie and TV production continue to flee California, according to Variety.

Sean “Diddy” Combs took drugs “every day” — including sometimes downing Obama-shaped ecstasy pills, his ex-personal assistant told jurors Tuesday.

“There were various pills, but one was in the form of a former president’s face,” Combs’ one-time personal assistant, David James, said in Manhattan federal court, of the types of ecstasy pills he saw his boss take.

“Which former president?” prosecutor Christy Slavik asked.

h/t Mauser

The world’s media descended on New York this week to churn out wall-to-wall coverage from the “trial of the century” where Sean “Diddy” Combs is in the dock for sex trafficking.

But legacy media journalists must jostle with true crime sleuths and podcasters for a coveted place inside the courthouse.

Resplendent in navy blue braces and a fedora, Sean Gunby prepares to go live to his 160,000 followers in his 1950s-esque garb.