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Caitlyn Jenner supporting Sophia Hutchins' mother as her late longtime friend is laid to rest
Caitlyn Jenner is supporting Sophia Hutchins' mother, following her daughter's passing. The 75-year-old star was left devastated earlier this month when her longtime friend and manager passed away in a tragic all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crash, and Caitlyn is said to have become a rock of support for Sophia's mother, Amy, and has offered her a place to stay in California. According to TMZ, Amy has laid Sophia to rest at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles. Caitlyn and Amy are said to be "leaning on each other for support" following Sophia's passing. Documents obtained by the website have also found Sophia's cause of death has been deferred. Sophia, who was just 29 years old, is believed to have collided with a car while riding an ATV on a road close to Caitlyn's property in Malibu, California on July 2nd. It is said she was pronounced dead at the scene, and no one else is believed to have been injured in the accident. Caitlyn is yet to publicly comment on the tragedy, and it is not known whether was at home at the time of the accident. Earlier this month, Caitlyn was said to be "numb with shock" over Sophia's passing. A source told "Caitlyn is numb with shock. She is absolutely devastated and can't believe what's happened. Sophia was a big part of her life." Sophia took over managing Caitlyn's career in 2017 following the reality star's divorce from Kris Jenner. She appeared in her reality show I am Cait and even lived with the star at her Malibu home. Sophia explained the career move in an interview with the New York Times in 2019, insisting she just wanted to protect her friend at a vulnerable time in her life. She told the publication: "I saw nobody was managing her, and there were all these people taking massive advantage. "And I was saying: 'Caitlyn, if I don't step in here and start managing you, you're going to go broke'. "Caitlyn is a parent to me. I have said that a million times. It is a parental, familial relationship."
Geek Tyrant
6 minutes ago
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Craig Robinson Says He's Quitting Comedy to Follow His 'True Calling' but There's Something More Going On — GeekTyrant
Craig Robinson, best known for playing the laid-back, keyboard-playing warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin on The Office , made a surprising announcement on Instagram that has fans scratching their heads because he says he's done with comedy. 'Hey, everybody! Just wanted you to hear it from me: I am quitting comedy,' Robinson said in a video post. 'But not for nothing. It's been an amazing run, and y'all have been amazing and wonderful, but I'm following something bigger. So, thank you so much, I love you and stay tuned.' In the caption, he added: 'Life update: I'm officially quitting comedy to focus on my true calling. Stay tuned. I'm working on something huge.' That 'something huge' might be less of a dramatic life pivot and more of a carefully orchestrated marketing stunt. In addition to the Instagram posts, billboards have popped up across Los Angeles reading 'Craig Robinson Is Quitting Comedy,' not exactly the kind of grassroots farewell you'd expect from someone walking away from an entire career. Then there's the follow-up post, where he asked fans for small business advice: 'Turns out having a dream and building a business with your friends are two VERY different things,' Robinson wrote. 'I can't go into detail just yet, but for real though any help would be huge.' Whatever's going on, it feels like there's a punchline coming, and I'm curious to see what this is all leading up to.
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Suspect arrested in shooting death of American Idol executive Robin Kaye
22-year-old Encino local Raymond Boodarian was arrested on July 15 for the shooting and killing of American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas DeLuca. Police say Boodarian walked into their Los Angeles, California home on July 10, killing them after they returned and confronted him. Police initially responded to a burglary report at their address on the day, but left when they couldn't get inside.
The Sun
an hour ago
- The Sun
American Idol exec Robin Kaye felt ‘threatened & feared for safety – weeks before she & husband found dead in LA home
AMERICAN Idol executive Robin Kaye reportedly feared for her safety in her home - just weeks before she and her husband were found dead. Kaye and husband Thomas Deluca, both 70, had gunshot wounds in their head having being shot on Monday, according to Los Angeles cops. 4 Raymond Boodarian, 22, was arrested and faces a murder charge. It's now emerged that Kaye was concerned about her security and even spoke with a private company in the Beverly Hills area, as reported by the NBC affiliate KNBC-TV. 'She felt threatened by somebody because of somebody around their home or around their neighborhood who felt suspicious,' Kris Herzog, the owner of the Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills, said. The couple's $5 million home was at the center of a suspected burglary report on July 10, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. An attempted break-in also happened a month ago, as reported by Fox News Digital. Mauro Quintero, who was responsible for servicing the couple's pool, recalled a conversation he had with Deluca. 'Tom told me that somebody tried to break in, and the dog, he woke up and barked," he said. The incident prompted Deluca to put up extra signage on his property. Amee Faggen, a local, claimed she saw someone trying to scale the fence last week. It's not known if this incident is linked to Boodarian. Cops are still trying to work out if there is a link between Boodarian, Kaye, and Deluca. Police believe Boodarian, from Encino, scaled a fence and was able to get into the couple's home via an unlocked door. This is despite the fact that the perimeter of the home features walls that are up to eight feet high and have metal spikes on them. Guy Golan believes Boodarian was inside the house for 30 minutes before Kaye and Deluca returned. The home's sliding glass door was shattered and blood was found at the front entrance. He said the couple had been shot 'ruthlessly' several times. Her body was found in the pantry room, while Deluca's remains were found in the bathroom. Cops arrested Boodarian after identifying him through surveillance video. His motive remains unknown. The sprawling property was previously owned by the rapper Juice WRLD, before being sold to Deluca and Kaye in 2023. Bosses at American Idol have been left devastated by Kaye's death. 'Robin has been a cornerstone of the Idol family since 2009 and was truly loved and respected by all who came in contact with her,' a spokesperson said. She had worked on more than 200 episodes of American Idol, according to her IMDB. She also worked on episodes of the TV series The Singing Bee between 2007 and 2011. Kaye received an award for the Best Music Supervision in Reality Television at the Fourth Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in 2014. 4 4
Fox News
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Santa Monica business owner offering one-way flights to get homeless out of California
A Santa Monica business owner has launched a grassroots initiative to address California's growing homelessness crisis, stepping in where he says city and Los Angeles County leaders have failed to act. Roughly three weeks ago, Santa Monica property owner John Alle and fellow business owners in the southern California city hatched a plan to help reduce homelessness on their streets, through a targeted and voluntary family reunification program. Their goal is to assist individuals who have been homeless for less than a year and are actively seeking help, by reuniting them with loved ones in their hometowns — where they're more likely to get the support they need to succeed. Through the nonprofit Alle co-founded, the Santa Monica Coalition, a small group of local donors personally fund travel expenses for these trips. They've also implemented an AI-powered hotline to efficiently handle the flood of incoming requests. Since the program's launch in June, the hotline has received over 500 calls, and they've completed the reunification process for eight people so far, according to Alle. "I think it's a scalable solution that'll work over and over because there's motivation," Alle told Fox News Digital. "And this is valuable as an asset when cities and counties are desperate for fixes right now and spending way too much with no results and missing funds." Alle shared videos of two people boarding trains and planes to their homes in Pennsylvania and Wyoming this week through the program. They talked about feeling unsafe living in California and wanting to reunite with their families. Alle hopes to eventually transition the project to a nonprofit organization that is equally committed to the reunification model. He believes the simple strategy is going to have a bigger impact than "housing and other expensive, frankly, go-nowhere methods that are being tried and have been tried over the last three or four years" by the local government. "The homelessness and the crime is increasing at the same rate as the increase in funding. And that's not a good sign. It shows it's not working," he said. Alle said the program isn't intended to help everyone, but it is one step in the right direction. "There's different levels of homelessness," Alle said. "There's mentally ill people who need drastic help, institutional help, that we're not equipped to help. And there are drug addicts, alcohol addicted, that need help with special programs. Our program is focused on those that have been here for less than a year, and they're motivated. They're contacting us." Participation in the program is open to anyone who meets a few key criteria. Candidates must have identification to travel through the airport, and a family member or friend must commit to receiving them upon arrival. Alle's team personally verifies these arrangements with family beforehand to confirm their willingness and capability. Each participant must also sign a waiver agreeing that they are going along with the program of their own accord. Alle says the county and city's solutions aren't helping the situation and have made the tourist destination a hotbed for violent crime and homelessness. "Our city has been taken over by the mentally ill and addicted who desperately need help," the Santa Monica Coalition says in a flyer on their website telling people to stay away from the city. "Sadly, many of them refuse shelter and services. The City Manager and City Leaders hide behind policy adoptions and limitations as their reasoning for not taking action towards resolving the human catastrophe at hand. Meanwhile, their lack of political will makes for everyone's loss." Santa Monica residents and business owners who make up the nonprofit are calling on city leaders to take action on the city's rising crime and homelessness. "We're really trying to push our city leaders, who have been ignoring the depravity on the streets, the crime, the theft, the homelessness that's not being addressed," Alle told Fox News Digital. The coalition filed a lawsuit against the LA County Public Health Department, its director, Barbara Ferrer and the Venice Family Clinic, last year over the county's needle distribution program to the homeless. Clean needles are handed out as part of the county's "harm reduction" effort, which also includes the overdose-reversal drug Naloxone. The LA County Health Department released a statement in 2024 defending the harm-reduction efforts, saying they are "well demonstrated to reduce overdose deaths, reduce the public use of injectable drugs, reduce transmission of communicable diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis), increase access to substance use services, reduce the use of emergency medical services, and increase public safety." Gangs are also a huge problem for business owners and residents' safety, Alle says. He shared photos of his properties vandalized by MS-13 and other cartels as recently as last week. But he says city officials have turned a blind eye to the problems plaguing Santa Monica. "It's gotten out of control," Alle described the situation. "We've got cartels — MS-13 and the 18th street gang, very active in that area. We have crews every day painting up their tagging because if we don't paint it over the next day, it becomes a competition and a source of friction among the other cartels over who controls the area." The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health told Fox News Digital that a proposed judgment had been entered in favor of LA County and Ferrer last month in LA County Superior Court regarding the needle distribution lawsuit filed by Alle and the Santa Monica Coalition against county officials. The Santa Monica City Council told Fox News Digital it already has a reunification program that it started in 2006. "The city of Santa Monica has a longstanding reunification program administered by our Homelessness Prevention & Intervention (HPI) Division called Project Homecoming. Project Homecoming was launched in 2006 and has reunited over 3200 individuals who are experiencing homelessness within the city of Santa Monica with family and friends living elsewhere. Individuals are identified by our trusted and professional partners who perform outreach within the city of Santa Monica on a daily basis," a spokesperson for the city said.
