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‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Reboot Set Ahead of Show’s 25th Anniversary
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Published 12.13.24 4:21PM EST 
The cast of "Malcolm In The Middle" give a thumbs up sign at the 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shubert Theater November 4, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. (L-R) Actors Christopher Masterson, Frankie Muniz, Erik Per Sullivan (front center), Bryan Cranston and Justin Berfield.
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The iconic sitcom Malcolm in the Middle will hit screens for the first time in 18 years, with a limited run of four episodes set to premiere on Disney+. Frankie Muniz, who will reprise his role as Malcolm, announced the reboot Friday, along with Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek, who play his parents. The original creator of the show will also return as a writer. The new series follows Malcolm returning home with his daughter for his parents’ 40th wedding anniversary, according to Deadline. Christopher Kennedy Masterson, who played the eldest brother Francis, and Justin Berfield, who played the middle child Reese, are likely to be asked to reprise their roles. Though it’s unlikely that Erik Per Sullivan, who plays the youngest brother Dewey, will make an appearance. He quit acting in 2010 and has not appeared at any reunions. Malcolm in the Middle first premiered on Fox in 2000 and ran for seven seasons. Its success as a family comedy is credited with paving the way for other single-camera sitcoms.

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Aaron Rodgers Reveals the Issue He Has With His Family

STUNTED EMOTIONALLY
Published 12.13.24 2:09PM EST 
Aaron Rodgers #8 of the New York Jets reacts on sideline during the fourth quarter of the game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on December 08, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers is finally opening up about his strained relationship with his family. In his new documentary, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, Rodgers explained that he has “stunted emotional intelligence” because of the lack of open emotion in his home growing up. “I think I saw my dad cry when my grandfather passed. And that might have been it,” Rodgers shared. “There wasn’t space for emotion.” Rodgers’ brother, Jordan, first opened up about the family’s rift during his time on The Bachelorette in 2016. During a hometown date with his now-wife JoJo Fletcher, the family explained that while they “miss” Rodgers, they no longer have a relationship with him. In a 2017 profile with The New York Times, Rodgers’ father, Ed, confirmed that he hadn’t spoken to his son in three years. “Fame can change things,” he said. At the time, Rodgers said he didn’t want to talk about his family publicly. In the doc, Rodgers spoke about his family while participating in an ayahuasca ceremony. The quarterback said the psychedelic drug allows users to “model a new way of thinking about masculinity, or what it means to be a man.”

Read it at People

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Updated 11.18.24 2:00PM EST 
Published 11.17.24 12:00AM EST 
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Paris Hilton’s Ex-Fiancé Arrested After Fighting Cops in Attempted Carjacking
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Updated 12.13.24 1:29PM EST 
Published 12.13.24 1:28PM EST 
Chris Zylka arrives at the premiere of "Buddy Games" at the 2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival on February 10, 2019 in Mammoth, California.
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Released bodycam footage shows Paris Hilton’s ex-fiancé, Chris Zylka, in a chaotic brawl with police after a failed carjacking. Police in a Cleveland suburb first responded to reports of a shirtless, barefoot man walking in traffic in freezing temperatures on Dec. 4, local outlet WKBN first reported. Zylka was found in the middle of an intersection, where he allegedly tried to break into a woman’s car. He pointed a cell phone at the cops and began foaming at the mouth, leading officers to believe he was under the influence of drugs, according to the police report. Footage shows Zylka struggling with police officers and resisting arrest even after being tasered in the leg twice. He was then put in an ambulance by paramedics. The actor is now facing felony charges of assault and attempt to commit an offense, as well as misdemeanor disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and aggravated menacing. Hilton and Zylka started dating in 2017 after being friends for years. He proposed in early 2018 during a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado, but they called off their engagement in November that same year.

Read it at New York Post

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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Refuses to Apologize After Domestic Violence Arrest
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Published 12.13.24 12:05PM EST 
Television personality James Kennedy attends DIRECTV's Christmas At Kathy's 2024 at a private residence on December 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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Vanderpump Rules alum James Kennedy is refusing to apologize for his domestic violence arrest. “We are in the process of conducting our own investigation into the allegations levied by the Burbank Police Department against James,” Kennedy’s attorneys said in a statement to the Daily Mail. “We understand that there were no injuries and we are hoping that, after careful review, the city’s attorneys will decide not to file formal charges.” Police were called to Kennedy’s home on Tuesday because of an argument between Kennedy and a woman. That night, Kennedy attended Kathy Hilton’s Christmas party with girlfriend Ally Lewber, though it’s unknown if she is the victim. Police told People that after an investigation, they arrested the reality star for misdemeanor domestic violence. He later posted $20,000 bail. A source at the Christmas party told People that Kennedy was acting “super aggressive.” “He was acting so erratic, running back and forth to the bar and body-checking people along the way,” the source alleged. “He appeared inebriated. Spent the evening mostly alone but when he did speak to people, he appeared irritated and rude.”

Read it at Daily Mail

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Whether You’re Looking for Low or High-Dose Cannabis Treats, Kind Oasis Has You Covered
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Published 11.08.24 5:55PM EST 
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‘Botched’ Doc: Brandi Glanville to Blame for Swollen Face
UNDER MY SKIN
Updated 12.13.24 11:33AM EST 
Published 12.13.24 10:00AM EST 
Brandi Glanville says doctors have blamed a parasite for her swollen face.
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A doctor has rubbished Brandi Glanville’s scary medical theory about her “deflated” face, saying he’s concerned about an infection that started via an injection. The 52-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum claims doctors told her that it may have been caused by “a parasite that jumps around my face.” But Dr. Terry Dubrow, from Botched, has said he’s “concerned about an infectious process”. He told TMZ: “It’s an infectious process or a foreign body reaction to something she’s had injected.” A foreign body reaction is the response of biological tissue to any foreign material in the tissue, despite it often being inert and nontoxic, according to ScienceDirect.com Dubrow added: “Brandi needs a diagnosis... she has to figure out if there’s a microorganism in there. It’s not gonna be a parasite, it’s not gonna be something she ate... it’s going to be something that got into her bloodstream though, and seeded some foreign body.” Dubrow thinks Glanville either has a micro bacterium, a type of bacteria, or a fungus, a type of organism.

Read it at TMZ

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Buckingham Palace Maid Busted in Drunken Brawl After Staff Christmas Party
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Updated 12.13.24 5:25AM EST 
Published 12.13.24 5:05AM EST 
A Buckingham Palace maid was arrested after an alleged drunken brawl following a staff Christmas party.
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A Buckingham Palace maid was arrested this week after she allegedly went “crazy” following a staff Christmas party which saw glasses and punches thrown in a London bar. A report in The Sun said as many as 50 royal servants gathered for an after-party following drinks at the palace Tuesday when the maid, 24, took a swing at a bar manager, threw glasses, and was ultimately arrested for common assault, criminal damage, and being drunk and disorderly. She was released after 24 hours with a fine. “The group walked in and this one girl just got hysterical,” a source told The Sun. “She started smashing glasses and abusing our staff members, so we had to call the police. I’ve never seen one person get that crazy during a night out. She was on another level.” A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “We are aware of an incident outside the workplace involving a number of Household staff who had previously attended an early evening reception at the Palace. While this was an informal social gathering, not an official palace Christmas party, the facts will be fully investigated, with a robust disciplinary process followed in relation to individual staff and appropriate action taken.”

Read it at The Sun

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Melania Joining Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meet With Assassinated Leader’s Widow
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Updated 12.13.24 4:42AM EST 
Published 12.13.24 4:41AM EST 
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Is Melania Trump finally back in action? The incoming first lady is joining Donald Trump on Sunday for a private dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to reports. Her husband, who was assassinated at a political rally in 2022, reportedly won over Trump during his first term with the proven combination of golf and flattery. Trump and Akie Abe have stayed close, with the president-elect regularly calling her to check in, a source told CNN. Melania Trump is scheduled to attend Sunday’s dinner, her latest public appearance after being largely absent on the campaign trail earlier this year. She also accompanied her husband to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday for Trump’s ringing of the opening bell. Melania has always been a somewhat reluctant first lady, and it’s still not clear how much time she plans to spend in Washington after Trump takes office in January. She did, however, tell Fox & Friends last week that at least she knows what to expect this time around.

Read it at CNN

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Woman Who Accused Duke Lax Players of Rape Admits She Lied
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Updated 12.13.24 3:35AM EST 
Published 12.12.24 11:44PM EST 
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Crystal Mangum, the woman who accused three college lacrosse players of rape in 2006, admitted she made the story up nearly two decades later. Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty I

The woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006 has admitted she fabricated the entire story—18 years after her case captivated the nation before quickly falling apart. Crystal Mangum, the woman at the center of the scandal who is serving a prison sentence for the murder of her boyfriend years later, confessed to lying about the assaults in a new podcast interview. “I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t and that was wrong, and I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me, and made up a story that wasn’t true because I wanted validation from people and not from God,” Mangum told the podcast Let’s Talk with Kat. Mangum, who was working as an exotic dancer who performed at a lacrosse team party in March 2006, called the three lacrosse players she previously accused her “brothers,” and asked for their forgiveness. “I hurt my brothers, and I hope that they can forgive me, and I want them to know that I love them and they didn’t deserve it. I hope they can forgive me.” The charges against the three lacrosse players were dropped by then-North Carolina Attorney General (and current Governor) Roy Cooper in 2007. The Durham County prosecutor who charged the Duke students was eventually disbarred and convicted of contempt of court for giving the defense incomplete DNA test results that would have excluded the lacrosse players, local station WRAL reported at the time.

Read it at Duke Chronicle

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This Vibrator Claims to Help Boost Prostate Health
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Updated 11.07.24 5:03PM EST 
Published 11.07.24 4:51PM EST 
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Apparently, boosting prostate health can actually be pleasurable—at least, that’s what premium sexual wellness brand MysteryVibe says. The Molto, an ultra-slim and bendable prostate vibrator designed by a doctor, is engineered to be the same size and width as a doctor’s finger and to mimic similar motions to that performed during an exam, allowing for not only intense prostate (the prostate is often hailed as the male ‘G-spot’) and anal stimulation but also a release of prostatic fluids. According to the brand, some studies have found that excess prostatic fluid can lead to inflammation and pressure, so not only is this a sex toy, but it’s also possibly an investment in your prostate health. Think of it almost like a lymphatic massage for your prostate—except one that can give you intense orgasms, too.

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WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich Publishes First Story Since Russian Prison Release
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Published 12.12.24 11:33PM EST 
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.
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In his first story since being wrongly imprisoned in Russia for a year-and-a-half, the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich describes previously unreported details about the organization responsible for it, as well as his initial detainment and his release this past August. Gershkovich and his co-authors write how the Department of Counterintelligence Operations, known as DKRO, arrests Americans in Russia for use as “trade bait” for Russian prisoners in Western countries. “DKRO is the Kremlin’s most elite security force. It wields the power to compel hundreds of thousands of personnel across Russia into surveilling, intimidating, or arresting foreigners and the Russians it suspects of working with them,” the report states. Of his arrest in March 2023 on false charges of being a CIA agent, Gershkovich writes, “...The chief investigator on my case explained that I had been arrested and charged as a CIA agent because DKRO had said that’s what I was. ‘That’s enough for me,' the investigator said.” The reporter and his colleagues were also able to identify the official who leads DKRO, and who was on board the plane with Gershkovich, American Paul Whelan, and other prisoners before the swap: Lt. Gen. Dmitry Minaev, who “has a hands-on role in selecting which Americans to arrest, and which Russians to trade them for.”

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

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12 Unreleased Michael Jackson Tracks Discovered in Abandoned Storage Unit
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Updated 12.13.24 3:38AM EST 
Published 12.12.24 10:19PM EST 
Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1986.
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Twelve unreleased Michael Jackson tracks were discovered by a former California Highway Patrol officer recently in an abandoned storage unit. Gregg Musgrove, 56, was contacted by an associate about a storage unit he bought in the Van Nuys neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. The unit belonged to music producer and singer Byran Loren at one point, though his current whereabouts are unknown, according to Musgrove. In the unit, Musgrove found 12 unreleased tracks from the King of Pop that he seemingly worked on between 1989 and 1991, before the release of Dangerous. “I’ve gone to all the fan sites. Some of [the songs] are rumored to exist, some of them have been leaked a little bit,” Musgrove told The Hollywood Reporter. “A couple aren’t even out there in the world.” Among the unreleased tracks, is a song titled “Truth Youth” which is seemingly a rap duet between Jackson and LL Cool J. “I’m listening to this stuff, and I would get goosebumps because nobody’s ever heard this stuff before,” Musgrove continued. After the Jackson Estate declined to purchase the tapes for unknown reasons, Musgrove explained that they still own the copyright, meaning they likely will never be released publicly.

Read it at The Hollywood Reporter

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