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An Italian man by the name of Francesco Galdelli and his wife Vanja Goffi were arrested in Thailand Sunday after Galdelli claimed to be George Clooney and sold clothes online, claiming it was a business opened by the actor. According to Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division, Galdelli claimed he was Clooney and he…

Apple CEO Tim Cook said during his keynote address to Stanford’s graduating class on Saturday that the technology industry, despite good intentions, has failed to take responsibility for issues arising on privacy and hate speech, creating “chaos” by its inaction. “Too many seem to think good intentions excuse away…

Producer Katherine “Katy” Textor, who collaborated with Morley Safer on nearly all of his reports over his last years on 60 Minutes, died of cancer Friday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. She was 45 and her death was reported by CBS. Textor came to CBS News in 2003 from ABC News, where she was a…

Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish is the latest celebrity to take a stand against Georgia’s new restrictive abortion policy which known as the “heartbeat” bill.  Haddish canceled an upcoming stand-up show a the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in response to the law. The Fox Theatre said that they will be offering…

Neither rain, nor snow, nor a plunge off a tall castle into a fiery grave can stop Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, aka “The Mountain” from Game of Thrones. The 6’9 inch, 441-pound actor is back from the grave and in Florida, out to defend his title as World’s Strongest Man. The finals are today. Bjornsson, a native of…

Chernobyl actor Alex Ferns claims his uncle contracted cancer from rain tainted by the nuclear disaster that’s depicted in the HBO show. In an interview with the Daily Record, Ferns claimed his uncle, Robert Stephenson, was working for the Scottish Water Board in the rain in the Killearn area of Scotland shortly after…

For anyone wondering why O.J. Simpson started a Twitter account, he took to the social media platform Saturday night to offer an explanation. In his second tweet since opening an account 24 hours earlier, Simpson said in a new video he wants to “set the record straight.” Which record? He didn’t say. “Hello Twitter…

Fox Corp. executive chairman Rupert Murdoch bought shares in the company worth $21.2 million about a week after buying a similar amount “in error” and then quickly selling it again. According to the latest in a series of SEC filings, the company disclosed on Friday that Murdoch bought 600,000 shares in Fox Corp.…

Drake made good on his promise to release new music in celebration of his hometown Toronto Raptors' first NBA title, after the team beat Oakland’s Golden State Warriors. The tracks called "Omertà" and "Money in the Grave" dropped early Saturday morning. In "Omertà," an Italian code of silence, Drake raps about LeBron…

The Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly agreed to a deal that would see the Lakers get top five player Anthony Davis to team with LeBron James. In return, the Lakers will send Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round draft picks, including this year’s No. 4 selection in next…

Former press secretary turned Celebrity Big Brother faux houseguest Anthony Scaramucci is at war with E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren. Scaramucci appeared earlier on MSNBC to talk about Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her departure as White House press secretary. Scaramucci briefly served as White House Director of…

For Simon Kinberg, the buck stops here when it comes to the failure of Dark Phoenix to live up to the commercial and critical success of previous films in the X-men franchise. "I'm here and I'm saying when a movie doesn't work, put it on me," Kinberg said on the KCRW podcast The Business. "I'm the writer/director of…