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Jussie Smollett arrives with his family at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Dec. 8, 2021. | Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty UPDATED: 4:00 p.m. ET, Nov. 21, 2024 Originally published: June 24, 2019 “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett‘s conviction for staging a hate crime hoax against himself has been overturned, bringing his self-induced yearslong legal saga to an unexpected end. Smollett was found guilty nearly three years ago after […]

TV personality Dr. Oz is Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, leaving social media users horrified. On Tuesday (November 19), President-Elect Donald Trump announced that he was selecting Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former celebrity heart surgeon who became a television personality before getting into politics. The move garnered a slew of responses from social media onlookers who were appalled at the choice, which aligns […]

Hennessy, the world’s largest producer of cognac, now finds itself in the middle of a trade dispute that sparked a strike among the brand’s workers in France. Earlier this week, Hennessy factory staff organized a mass walkout strike to protest a proposed move to shift the bottling of the brandy from France to China. By way of a New York Times report, Hennessy unveiled plans of bottling its prized product […]

Source: Steven Ferdman / Getty Actor/singer Jussie Smollett can finally put his legal troubles behind him as the Illinois Supreme Court decided to reverse his 2021 conviction for staging a hate crime. As reported by WGN-TV, the former Empire star took his case to the IL Supreme Court in September in a last-ditch effort to have his conviction overturned. His previous attempt was denied by the Appellate Court of Illinois in December of […]