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News.com.au
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Erik Menendez hospitalised as lawyer calls for release
Erik Menendez has been hospitalised with kidney stones and now the famed parent killer's lawyer is calling for his client's release ahead of an August parole hearing, according to a report. 'It's a serious condition,' lawyer Mark Geragos told TMZ of Menendez's diagnosis. 'I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole lawyer and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot. 'I think that it's the only fair and equitable thing to do,' the lawyer told the outlet. Menendez is undergoing treatment for kidney stones, a relatively common urinary condition, TMZ confirmed. He and his brother, Lyle Menendez, were originally sentenced to life without parole in 1996 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. The siblings were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison and they have a parole hearing on August 21 following a months-long delay. Having already served 35 years behind bars, the two were automatically eligible to pursue parole under California's youthful offender law. At the time of the murders, Erik was just 18 years old and Lyle was 21. The brothers insisted that intruders had broken into their family's Beverly Hills home and killed their parents. They later confessed to the killings, but insisted that they'd done it to stop their father's cycle of sexual abuse. During the trial, prosecutors argued that the brothers' claims were false and purported that they were motivated by financial gain. In the years since their imprisonment, Erik and Lyle both expressed remorse even as they garnered support from more than 20 family members who have ceaselessly advocated for their release. The brothers' case was put back in the limelight after Netflix released a season about them in its hit true crime series 'Monsters' in 2024. Fans quickly rallied around the brothers, calling for their release. They have a parole hearing on Aug. 21 following a months-long delay. The Menendez brothers were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison.
Irish Times
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can't live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually'
Ozzy Osbourne was a rock star for all seasons. The former Black Sabbath frontman, who has died aged 76, helped catalyse the new genre of heavy metal in the 1970s. But if the band raised a mighty din, Ozzy's antics on and off stage were more outrageous still. He will forever be notorious for biting the head off a bat during a concert in Iowa in 1982 (he thought it was a rubber toy and required multiple rabies shots afterwards). [ Ozzy Osbourne 1948-2025: A life in pictures Opens in new window ] But away from the spotlight, he was equally committed to the cliche of the debauched rocker. He confessed to once nearly killing a man by chucking a television out a hotel window; on another drug-fuelled bender, he tried to shoot the 17 cats he kept at his home. He was found under the table, with a shotgun and knife, giggling furiously. By his own admission, he was lucky to survive Black Sabbath's glory years. But just as the band were at the forefront of a new generation of headbanging rockers, so he would push boundaries all over again in the new medium of reality TV as the star of MTV's The Osbournes, which ran in its original incarnation in 2002-2005. READ MORE Starring Ozzy, his second wife and manager Sharon, and their children Jack and Kelly (another daughter Aimee refused to have anything to do with the series) the show portrayed the former enfant terrible as a lovable, if sweary man of a certain age, who spent his days padding around his vast Beverly Hills mansion, looking for the remote control and bickering with Sharon over whose turn it was to make the tea. The Osbournes became a sensation and won Ozzy a new generation of fans for whom Black Sabbath and the dawn of heavy metal were ancient history. However, it will be for his music that he will be chiefly remembered. Formed in Birmingham in 1968, Black Sabbath were founding fathers of heavy metal. Shaped by the industrial heritage of their hometown, tracks such as Paranoid and Iron Man chugged and roared like factory engines pushed to breaking point. Ozzy Osbourne with his wife, Sharon, and children Kelly, Jack and Aimee in 1997. Photograph: Neil Munns/PA Wire Their engine room was guitarist Tommy Iommi, who lost the tips of two fingers in a production line accident at the age of 17 – a mishap that contributed to the sludgy playing style that became a signature of Black Sabbath. But if Iommi was the driving force, Ozzy was the charismatic face and voice of the band, his banshee-like shriek at once charismatic and disconcerting. Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne in 1970. Photograph: Chris Walter/WireImage Their legacy was celebrated earlier this month with a farewell concert in Birmingham's Villa Park, where a frail Ozzy joined his bandmates on stage. 'You've no idea how I feel – thank you from the bottom of my heart,' he said on stage, at the end of an evening where fans including Metallica and Guns N' Roses had paid tribute. His dark charisma was matched by a self-destructive streak as tumultuous as Sabbath's mighty riffs. Tiring of his constant drunkenness and unpredictability, his bandmates fired him in 1979 – though they would reunite in 1997 and play a farewell tour in 2016, going on stage in Dublin the same day Donald Trump was sworn in as president. Osbourne drank and off through the intervening decades – when I interviewed him in 2014, he expressed regret about his hard-living. 'Until about five years ago, I was drunk all day, every day,' he said. 'I never really considered whether it made me a hard person to live with. Can you believe that? [ 'I don't want to die in a hotel room somewhere': Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath on reconciling for their final gig Opens in new window ] 'Then one day, a friend said to me 'does your wife drink?' I say 'yeah, she enjoys the occasional glass of wine'. And he said 'well, how would you feel if she polished off a bottle of vodka before breakfast – how long would you hang around?' And I thought 'not, bloody long'. So it shows how much she loved me that she stayed all that time with me.' Ozzy Osbourne: 'I think back and recognise what a great life I've had.' Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty He also spoke with nostalgia but also a degree of horror about his days with Sabbath. 'We didn't really know what we were doing,' he said. 'It was all made up as we went along. I remember, with our first album, we recorded it on the way to the ferry. [ Bat-biter's memoir sinks its teeth into Ozzy's life Opens in new window ] 'We had a bunch of songs and our manager rang us up and said would we mind calling by the studio before we went off to tour France. So we went in and someone turned on a mic and 'bam', the album came out. We didn't stop to think about things in those days. 'The thing is, you can't live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually. I'm glad I slowed down. I think back and recognise what a great life I've had.'
South China Morning Post
19-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Disinformation and AI-generated content drive growing partisan divide in the Philippines
The flood of online disinformation – turbocharged by new technology and recycled tactics – is thriving in a digital ecosystem where engagement often outweighs accuracy, analysts warn. The Philippines' polarised political climate, combined with low digital literacy and eroding institutional trust, has created a 'perfect storm' for false narratives to flourish – particularly those generated by AI, according to Paco Pangalangan, a regional disinformation and tech policy consultant. 'Filipinos spend more time on social media than almost anyone else in the world, but digital literacy remains low, institutional trust is eroding, and platforms continue to reward engagement over accuracy,' he told This Week in Asia. One recent high-profile case involved a falsified Beverly Hills police report linking first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos to the March death of Filipino retail scion Paolo Tantoco in Los Angeles. The report, which went viral online, falsely claimed that Tantoco died from a drug overdose and that Marcos had been summoned for questioning. Liza Araneta-Marcos (right), wife of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, during his proclamation at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on May 25, 2022. Photo: AFP Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro on Tuesday dismissed the document as fabricated, saying the Philippine consulate in Los Angeles had verified with American authorities that it had been 'altered'.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Teddi Mellencamp and Erika Jayne Call Out Aaron Phypers Over Denise Richards' Divorce: ‘Come on, Man'
NEED TO KNOW Teddi Mellencamp and Erika Jayne are criticizing Aaron Phypers for asking for spousal support in his divorce from Denise Richards 'Come on, man. Don't do this,' Jayne said They also criticized him for failing to follow through on his alleged promise to legally adopt daughter Eloise, who has lived with the couple since they got married in 2018Teddi Mellencamp and Erika Jayne are sticking up for Denise Richards after Aaron Phypers' shocking divorce filing. In the Friday, July 11 episode of Mellencamp and Tamra Judge's podcast Two Ts in a Pod, Jayne had strong words for Phypers after he filed for divorce from Richards on July 7. In documents obtained by PEOPLE, the date of separation is listed as July 4, with Phypers, 52, citing "irreconcilable differences." In the episode, Mellencamp referenced Richards' feelings on divorce from a March episode of her former reality show, Denise Richards & Her Wild Things. 'She said... that she would never believe in divorce. There's no chance that divorce could ever happen. She's no divorce, no divorce, never have one," she said. Mellencamp and Jayne, who previously had disagreements with Phypers during their shared run on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, agreed that he is not their 'favorite person.' PEOPLE has reached out to Phypers for comment. 'He's asking her for spousal support,' noted Jayne, as Mellencamp claimed that he wants 'a lot' of money from Richards, 54. 'She's a working mom,' Jayne said of the actress and model, who shares daughters Sami Sheen, 21, and Lola Sheen, 20, with ex Charlie Sheen, and adopted daughter Eloise Richards, 14. 'Come on, man. Don't do this,' she said, directed at Phypers. Mellencamp also criticized Phypers for not claiming Eloise in his divorce petition, after he allegedly previously expressed his intention to legally adopt her. "I clocked that, too,' Jayne, 54, said. 'I thought he had adopted Eloise.' Mellencamp jumped in, 'They told us he did." The pair further disapproved of Phypers for claiming that he and Denise 'have no children together,' even though Eloise has lived with them since they tied the knot in September 2018. 'What a d–--wad,' Mellencamp exclaimed, theorizing, 'It's because he doesn't ever wanna have to pay [Denise] anything.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Both Jayne and Mellencamp want Phypers, who admitted in his filing that he has 'not made income since' shutting down his wellness business in 2024, to 'leave [Denise] the f--- alone.' Mellencamp added, 'And you're gross, douchelord. Sorry. Very few men do I despise as much as that guy. He's easy to despise.' New episodes of Two Ts in a Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge drop several times a week on iHeart Radio podcasts. Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jessica Alba looks relaxed after vacation in Mexico with hunky new boyfriend 11 years her junior
Jessica Alba looked relaxed after unwinding during a romantic getaway with her much younger beau. On Tuesday, the 44-year-old actress stepped out for the first time since returning from her tropical summer vacation in Mexico with her rumored boyfriend, who is 11 years her junior. This comes shortly after she sparked romance rumors after sightings with the hunky Top Gun actor Danny Ramirez in Cancun over the weekend. The Honey star — who filed for divorce from her longtime husband Cash Warren earlier this year after 16 years of marriage — appeared to be in high spirits while stepping out with two of their three kids. She was joined by their teenage daughter Honor, 17, and seven-year-old son Hayes. In addition to Honor and Hayes, Alba and her estranged husband also share their 13-year-old daughter Haven. For their casual weekday outing, Alba brought along her eldest and her youngest kids for a shopping trip in Beverly Hills. She looked effortlessly chic as she strolled through a parking lot, sporting an all-white, midriff-baring set featuring a crop top and baggy pants. She also sported a pair of chunky, white sneakers and an oversize jean jacket teamed with a small, tweed crossbody bag. She looked sun-kissed and radiant as she stepped out with minimal-to-no-makeup on her face after her sweet summer vacation. She left down her honey-highlighted, brunette tresses for their casual outing and sported a pair of retro, all-black pair of sunglasses. Just days earlier, Alba was spotted with the hunky actor Danny Ramirez, who turns 33 in September, while boarding a plane to Cancun — before returning back to LA together on Sunday. Their sighting comes two months after she was spotted 'kissing' a mystery man in London, though it remains unclear if that was Ramirez. The Marvel actress, who plays Sue Storm while Ramirez plays the new Falcon in the MCU, previously announced her split from her husband in January after nearly two decades of marriage and welcoming three children together. Ramirez previously starred in Top Gun: Maverick as Lieutenant Mickey Garcia and is currently in the midst of filming Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to drop December 18, 2026. On Monday, it was reported that Alba is not dating anyone 'seriously' and is just enjoying single life following her divorce. 'She's been getting a lot of attention since the divorce,' a source told People on Monday. 'She's flattered and definitely enjoying being single again.' The insider also added: 'She's gone on some dates, but it's nothing serious. She's focused on herself and her kids. She's not interested in a relationship right now.' The actress is 'excited to be getting back into acting and is looking forward to working with Orlando Bloom on their new project The Mark — with the source revealing that she once called him 'charming.' 'She's in a great place. She's excited to get back to filming. She's doing what she loves and keeping her circle tight,' the source told the outlet. Earlier this year, she announced her split with Warren in a note to her fans. 'I've been on a journey of self realization and transformation for years - both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,' she wrote. 'I'm proud of how we've grown in our marriage over the last 20 years and it's now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals. 'We are moving forward with love, kindness and respect for each other and will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority and we request privacy at this time.'
