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Harvey Weinstein Won't Testify In His Own Defense In NYC Sex Crimes Retrial; Jury Deliberations May Start Tuesday
At one point, Harvey Weinstein's lawyers worried aloud their much-ailing client wouldn't make it through his New York rape retrial alive. Now they've decided the much-accused Pulp Fiction producer will conclude the case without saying a word in his own defense. 'He wanted to testify, and we respect that instinct,' Weinstein's longtime spokesperson Juda Engelmayer told Deadline this morning after a weekend in which a final decision went back and forth, I hear. 'At this stage, doing so would subject him to scrutiny far beyond the scope of the current charges — raising issues that could unfairly damage his credibility. Our position is one of caution, not evasion.' More from Deadline Patricia Clarkson Recalls Harvey Weinstein Telling Her She'd 'Never Work Again' Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds Harvey Weinstein's Move For Mistrial Fails On Second Day Of Rape Retrial - Update This tracks as Weinstein expressed a desire before to testify in both his previous NYC trial and in a 2022 Los Angeles sex crimes case but never did. With the 73-year-old Weinstein not taking the stand in Judge Curtis Faber's state courtroom, the jury in the retrial that started on April 23 is expected to hear closing arguments from the defense and the Manhattan DA.'s office Tuesday afternoon. If all goes to plan, the defense should rest their case after less than a week by mid-morning tomorrow. That means it is very likely the jury of seven women and five men will begin their deliberations on Weinstein's East Coast fate as early as the end of the day Tuesday. Of course, while not testifying, Weinstein has been running a guerrilla PR campaign of sorts during this retrial. For instance, in a jailhouse interview with Candace Owens, who exited her post at the far-right Daily Wire last year over antisemitic posts and saw her YouTube channel suspended for a spell over the same issue, Weinstein claimed he 'did not commit these crimes.' Facing civil suits all over the nation since the 2017 New York Times exposé of decades of rapes, assaults and more, Weinstein added to Owens last month: 'I swear that before God and the people watching now and on my family. I'm wrongfully accused. But justice has to know the difference between what is immoral and what is illegal.' Leaning into the shifts in society since 2017 and the start of the #MeToo movement, defense attorney Arthur Aidala told the jury during his opening statement in late April that what occurred between his client and accusers Jessica Mann, Miriam Haley and Kaja Sokola were mutual and consensual 'friends with benefits' arrangements. Having resided at Bellevue Hospital for the past several weeks, as opposed to the dank conditions at Rikers Island, Weinstein's retrial comes from his 23-year sentence from a 2020 rape conviction, which was tossed out in 2024 over much-debated prior 'Bad Acts' testimony the judge allowed at the time. Thanks to some sharp-elbowed NYC politics delivered by the well-connected Aidala, there is a new judge in this retrial. As well there is one additional count of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, which was added to the indictment last September. Still imprisoned due to his 2022 conviction in LA on sex crimes and sentenced to 16 years, which also is under appeal, Weinstein almost certainly would spend the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty again in the Empire State. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About 'Stranger Things' Season 5 So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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King of the Hill 's Jonathan Joss Dead at 59 After Shooting
Originally appeared on E! Online Hollywood is mourning a beloved actor. Jonathan Joss, known for his role voicing John Redcorn in King of the Hill and his recurring Parks and Recreation character Ken Hotate, died June 1 following a fatal shooting in his San Antonio, Texas neighborhood, authorities confirmed to TMZ. He was 59. Joss was shot by a neighbor amid a heated argument according to the San Antonio Police Department and eyewitness reports, per TMZ. Police told the outlet that a neighbor allegedly fired several bullets from a vehicle before driving away from the scene. On June 2, Sigfredo Alvarez-Cega was arrested in connection to the crime and charged with murder. He is being held on a $200,000 bail, per TMZ. E! News has reached out to San Antonio authorities as well as reps for Joss but has not yet heard back. Joss, a graduate of McCollum High School, was born and raised in San Antonio and had remained in the city to take care of his mother, he told My San Antonio in 2011, but traveled to Los Angeles for his acting gigs. More from E! Online Vanessa Bryant Seemingly Addresses Pregnancy Speculation Katie Thurston Shares She's Losing Her Memory Amid Stage 4 Cancer Battle JoJo Siwa Confirms Relationship With Chris Hughes He initially joined King of the Hill in its second season, voicing the character John Redcorn through its final 2009 season, and had already voiced the part again as part of the series' upcoming revival, per Variety. The Texas native also had a recurring role as Wamapoke tribal elder Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation, appearing in five episodes across the series after his debut in season three. 'Ken Hotate is almost like 'The Wolf' in Pulp Fiction,' Joss joked to My San Antonio in 2014. 'You call when you need him.' He added that it was a 'dream' to share scenes with series star Amy Poehler. As he put it, 'It's like standing next to Lucille Ball.' Joss also appeared in True Grit, Friday Night Lights, The Walking Dead and more. In addition to his acting career, Joss created a line of spice rubs that paid homage to his King of the Hill character, Redcorn Rub. He sought out the opportunity out of pride for not only his character, but also his native San Antonio. 'I really want people to know that I am from the South Side,' he told My San Antonio in 2011, 'and a southside boy made good.' For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
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Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who's to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity
As his time in DC disintegrated this week, Musk intimated to the Washington Post that he was very surprised by what he saw in American government — but not as surprised as he was by everyone's reaction. "The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized," the billionaire told the newspaper. "I thought there were problems, but it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in DC, to say the least." That "uphill battle" apparently included getting people on board with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the cost-cutting agency that Musk was seemingly gifted in exchange for his help getting Donald Trump elected. While the boy-brained billionaire wasn't exactly popular before his debut in American politics, he and his agency have become downright detested in 2025. From its iffy mandate and its enormous failure to reach its savings goals to its massive professional and competence breaches, DOGE has been a major dud — and Musk's companies are bearing the brunt. But ask Musk, and he has no idea why everybody is so mad. As he told it to WaPo, the agency mysteriously became the "whipping boy for everything." "Something bad would happen anywhere," Musk said, "and we would get blamed for it even if we had nothing to do with it." Despite his attempts at a breezy reboot this week, it's clear the uber-wealthy memelord is aware that the public hates him and his politics — but the alleged "free speech absolutist" can't seem to figure out why people would want to take their righteous anger out on his company's cars. "People were burning Teslas," he lamented. "Why would you do that? That's really uncool." This isn't the first time Musk has searched around dumbfounded, like a confused John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction," looking for the reason people are taking their anger out Teslas. In March, the world's sometimes-richest man took to the social network he purchased to claim that an "investigation" had found five individuals, along with a liberal-leaning fundraising platform, were behind the widespread protests against his electric vehicle company. He didn't acknowledge, of course, the crux of those protests: that even Republicans and former fanboys consider the mass firing of civil servants toxic, and that his own poor approval ratings were bringing down Trump's. Despite his unceremonious exit from government, DOGE's work will go on in Musk's stead, and the agency will soon be "tackling projects with the highest gain for the pain, which still means a lot of good things in terms of reducing waste and fraud." Today in Washington, as in South Texas, it's business as usual as the White House prepares to send a new slew of DOGE cuts to Congress in a spending bill and SpaceX launches more than two dozen Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Life in DC has gone on after Musk has left the building — not with a bang, but with a whimper. More on Musk: You Can Suddenly Sense Elon Musk's Desperation
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Why Charlize Theron Thinks Uma Thurman Should've Won an Oscar for ‘Kill Bill'
Charlize Theron is wishing one actress took home a golden statuette for their work. Theron recently stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote her upcoming movie, The Old Guard 2, when the pair spoke about her co-star, Uma Thurman, and Theron's recollection of the actress before working with her. More from The Hollywood Reporter Charlize Theron and Team of Immortals Face New Threat in Netflix's 'The Old Guard 2' Trailer Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Blast Trump's Movie Tariffs: "Next Year, 'The White Lotus' Is Gonna Be Set at a Hampton Inn" Dexter Morgan Is Not Dead: 'Dexter: Resurrection' Sets Release Date 'We knew each other kind of offhand, but I knew her from being a massive fan, just watching her work and always wanted to do something with her,' Theron said. 'Because when I came into the action world, she was really, to me, like, the sensei. She was the OG.' Jimmy Kimmel added, 'I agree. She should have won the Academy Award for Kill Bill, right?' Theron responded, 'A hundred percent. I think men get a lot of credit for these movies.' 'What she did in that film was just so unbelievable. And to me, she's just such a badass,' the Mad Max: Fury Road actress continued. 'Since I've been in action movies, I'm like, 'Who do I want to like work with and do an action sequence with?' It's always been Uma Thurman. Always.' Theron then explained why she was nervous to work with the Pulp Fiction star. 'I was definitely intimidated by her especially when she showed up and she was given one sword and we had worked out this whole sequence and she went, 'I think I want two swords,'' the actress said. Theron won her best actress Oscar in 2004 for Monster and was nominated in 2006 for North Country and in 2020 for Bombshell. For Thurman's part, she received a nom for Pulp Fiction in 1995, but lost to Jessica Lange. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
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Quentin Tarantino's right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett's playbook
Quentin Tarantino once warned fellow Hollywood director Eli Roth, 'Don't buy a house as soon as you're successful.' A mansion in the suburbs may be the ultimate status symbol, proving that you've made it, but the Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction filmmaker thinks it'll make you an employee to your mortgage—and it was all Roth could think of, after his first hugely successful film, Hostel, hit $80 million at the box office. Whether it's a sprawling estate in the suburbs complete with a pool or a penthouse apartment overlooking Manhattan, luxurious real estate is the ultimate symbol of success. But the hefty mortgage that comes with it will leave you trapped chasing paychecks, Hollywood icon Quentin Tarantino warns. And it's the best financial advice he once gave fellow American director and collaborator, Eli Roth. 'Quentin told me, 'Don't buy a house until you can afford to completely pay for it outright,'' the Cabin Fever and Hostel filmmaker recalls to Fortune, adding that many others in the industry use their first million-dollar paycheck to get a mortgage with a $200,000 down payment. 'But you basically become an employee of your house. So every decision that you make becomes, 'Can I pay my mortgage? Can I pay my mortgage?' Not, 'Is this best for my career?'' Roth explains. 'Everyone gets trapped by living a certain lifestyle.' Tarantino has just bought a $13.8 million property in Israel. But Roth says the director told him he waited some years before splashing out on a mansion. 'He goes, 'I didn't buy a house until Jackie Brown. Everyone else thought I was going to buy one after Pulp Fiction. I waited because I didn't want to get stuck being an employee of my house—and then I didn't have to worry about it. ''Don't buy a house as soon as you're successful, hold on to your money.'' Roth took Tarantino's words of wisdom seriously and didn't become a homeowner until he was 35, after the success of Hostel: Part II. 'Hostel is a movie that cost $3.8 million. It made $80 million at the box office. It was a massive DVD sale. And all I could hear was Quentin's words in my head: 'Don't become an employee of your house.' 'So I just kept my rental, and I went back to work,' Roth tells Fortune, adding that he finally got on the property ladder in the summer of 2007. 'I'd made three successful movies, and I knew that I was going to have checks coming in, and I wouldn't have to take a job,' he recalls. 'I didn't direct again for five years.' That is, until the offer to work with Tarantino on Inglourious Basterds—where the budget was limited and Roth tried his hand at acting in the role of Sgt. Donny Donowitz. 'I went from making millions on a movie so that I could then go to Germany and be paid $65,000 but have the greatest experience of my life and create this iconic character,' Roth adds. 'And of course, acting under Tarantino is what made me a completely different director and enabled me to work with great actors, Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis … But that was only because I was careful; I waited until I had three movies done that were successful, and I bought a house that was in my budget range. 'If I was stuck as an employee of my house, I would have had to take some directing job that I wouldn't want to do, and then I would have missed the opportunity of a lifetime.' Despite his continued career success, Roth kept that home until a year ago—moving for a home with fewer stairs in the same neighborhood and price range, to accommodate life with a newborn. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is worth more than most people can fathom. However, like Tarantino and Roth, the outgoing CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, hasn't inflated his humble abode as his wealth as ballooned. The 94-year-old still resides in the Omaha house he bought for $31,500 (around $350K today) with his late wife, Susan, in 1958. And Buffett has repeatedly called the five-bedroom home, which is now worth around $1.3 million, one of his best-ever investments. Despite being worth some $168 billion, Buffett proudly calls himself 'cheap' for never having upsided his property—but he 'wouldn't trade it for anything,' owing to the memories of raising three kids there. Buffett's not the only billionaire who lives well below his means. Ever after his wealth surpassed the $100 billion milestone in 2023, Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim has maintained a simple lifestyle including no yachts and living in the same house for more than 40 years; And then there's Bill Gates, who said he will never move out of the $130 million mansion he bought for just $2 million in 1988. This story was originally featured on
