Author: Michael

“It Was Just an Accident” director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to 61 months in prison by the Iranian Revolutionary Court on top of a previous one-year sentence, according to the reformist media outlet Emtedad. Panahi has been in Iran since the end of March after attending the Academy Awards, where “It Was Just An Accident” had been nominated for Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay. The film also won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. It is unclear when or even if Panahi would be incarcerated, as the in absentia sentence handed down by…

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More layoffs are underway at Scripps, with the company revealing Tuesday it would eliminate 431 positions while adding 100 new jobs as part of an “enterprise-wide transformation.” In a Tuesday memo to staff, Scripps president and CEO Adam Symson noted the cuts would affect “teammates who have contributed to Scripps and served our audiences in meaningful ways,” but are in service to the goal of ensuring Scripps “remains a strong media company that serves our audiences by adapting to how they consume news and information.” As a part of the company’s “transformation,” Symson revealed Scripps will create over 100 new…

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Danny Masterson made headlines in 2017 when he was first accused of sexual assault. He was found guilty on two counts of rape in 2023 and is currently serving a 30 years to life sentence. In March 2017, four women claimed that Masterson sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming that while she was dating the actor, he “repeatedly raped” her. Masterson maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty in January 2021 to three counts of rape. His first trial began in fall 2022, which ended in a mistrial. Masterson went…

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