<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin seemed to call for political violence this weekend, posting a video to TikTok that showed craft severed heads of four billionaires — including President Donald Trump.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the video, artwork depicting the decapitated heads of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Donald Trump, all with blood dripping from their necks, hangs from a wall. The clip ends with Griffin tilting her head, a smirk crossing her face as text above her reads: “That’s all.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The X account Libs of TikTok reposted the video and called for the FBI to investigate her.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Kathy Griffin apparently posted this video which appears to be decapitated heads including Trump,” wrote the person behind the account. “This should be investigated @FBI.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kathy Griffin apparently posted this video which appears to be decapitated heads including Trump</p>
<p>This should be investigated <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/IwLL5l9ta1">pic.twitter.com/IwLL5l9ta1</a></p>
<p>— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1939415591703703819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Griffin has previously come under fire for media stunts involving severed heads. In 2017, she posted a video of herself holding a mask styled to look like the decapitated head of Trump. After significant backlash, Griffin took the post down and apologized for the incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the time, Lisa Bloom, an attorney for the actress, </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/02/comedian-kathy-griffin-under-secret-service-investigation-after-trump-photo-lawyer.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that “Griffin never imagined that it could be misinterpreted as a threat of violence against Trump. That was never what she intended. She has never threatened or committed an act of violence against anyone.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Still, CNN fired Griffin from their New Year&#8217;s Eve broadcast, and Squatty Potty, a toilet stool company, dropped her as a spokesperson.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Considering the backlash she received in 2017, it is no surprise that conservatives are not happy with her latest video.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How is she still not in jail?” one X user </span><a href="https://x.com/AverageJoCrypt0/status/1939416380744573389"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Others, however, </span><a href="https://x.com/TheGasStovee/status/1939415810398621732"><span style="font-weight: 400;">defended</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> her, claiming that “freedom of expression” protects the video. Calls for political violence are not protected speech in the United States. </span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recording artist Beyoncé suffered a prop malfunction during a recent concert in Houston, which caused fans to circulate the near-disaster on social media.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incident occurred during her performance of the song “16 Candles.” During this part of the concert, the 43-year-old singer is meant to float over the crowd in a red convertible as she’s singing. But during the show over the weekend, the car tipped dramatically to one side.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,” Beyoncé could be heard saying into her mic as the music stopped. Then the car dropped slowly to the stage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If ever I fall, I know y’all would catch me,” she told the crowd once she made it safely back on the stage.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beyoncé was safely lowered after her flying car unexpectedly tilted mid-air at the Cowboy Carter tour in Houston while performing ‘16 CARRIAGES.’ <a href="https://t.co/FOgl9DIfFR">pic.twitter.com/FOgl9DIfFR</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1939168532077707629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer also posted photos of the concert later to her social media, including photos of the incident. “I love you Houston,” she wrote in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLeYqjIAO7r/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caption</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer’s Parkwood Entertainment shared a statement on the incident later on as well. “Tonight in Houston, at NRG Stadium, a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyoncé uses to circle the stadium, and see her fans up close, to tilt. She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last fall, the singer raised eyebrows during Kamala Harris’ presidential bid when she disappointed fans who expected her to perform <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-fans-are-annoyed-she-didnt-perform-at-kamalas-rally">during a rally</a>. Instead, the 32-time Grammy Award-winner spoke briefly, but didn’t put on a show, which several other artists did to support the Democratic candidate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m here as a mother, a mother who cares about the world our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided, our past or present or future,” the singer said at the time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead of being treated to a Beyoncé concert, Willie Nelson performed for the attending Harris supporters.</span></p>


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<p>Actor John Cusack abandoned all efforts at self-preservation when he declared that Iran &#8220;should get&#8221; a nuclear weapon and claimed that doing so would be &#8220;the only way&#8221; to truly keep the United States and Israel in check.</p>
<p>Cusack, who has often been critical of administrations run by both major political parties, claims first and foremost to be &#8220;anti-war&#8221; — a position he describes more as &#8220;pro-troops and pro-human&#8221; because he&#8217;d prefer to see all troops returned home and an end to the killing. Despite that position, he took to X on Friday to argue that the world&#8217;s largest state sponsor of terror should have access to the most dangerous weapon in existence — even though Iran has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/israel-nuclear-iran-threat.html">called</a> for Israel to be &#8220;wiped off the map&#8221; and frequently uses &#8220;death to America&#8221; as a rallying cry.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Iran will surely rush to get a nuclear weapon — and they should get one — it’s the only way to deter US and Israel from bombing every country in Middle East,&#8221; Cusack posted just days after the United States military executed targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.</p>
<p>The American strikes, in combination with a series of attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces against military and nuclear targets in Iran, were all aimed at the same objective: preventing a rogue Islamist state from acquiring nuclear weapons. In response to the attacks, Iran fired missiles indiscriminately at civilian populations in Israel, attempting to overwhelm the Iron Dome&#8217;s defense capabilities – and, in some cases, succeeding.</p>
<p>Cusack&#8217;s commentary over the last several years has been blatantly anti-Israel. He has repeatedly claimed that the situation in Gaza amounts to a genocide, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/john-cusack-rejects-antisemitism-accusations-as-complete-lies/">denying</a> mass rape perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, who slaughtered 1,200 Israelies and sparked the ongoing war.</p>
<p>He also referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as &#8220;a murderous gangster&#8221; — but had no such words for the terrorists who entered Israeli homes, <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/sknpqcl5a">labeling</a> Hamas as a &#8220;charity organization&#8221; in past posts on X. He made no mention of the Israelis who remain hostage in Gaza, subjected to as yet unknown tortures at the hands of their Iranian-backed captors.</p>
<p>&#8220;Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme — it’s a nation state — run [b]y a murderous gangster — not some fixed star,&#8221; he claimed.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme &#8211; it’s a nation state &#8211; run my a murderous gangster &#8211; not some fixed star.</p>
<p>— John Cusack (@johncusack) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1938807199683559544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood stars have taken a knee on the “Trump is Hitler” meme, pivoting to the men and women of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice">ICE</a> (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A gaggle of notable names have ridiculed ICE for daring to enforce the nation’s immigration laws — laws supported by a majority of U.S. voters.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The agents, to date, have mostly focused on the worst offenders. Think illegal immigrants accused of heinous crimes who managed to remain free during the Biden administration.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, they’re being targeted by President Trump’s no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan. And progressive stars are raging everywhere they can against Team Homan. Late-night TV. Social media. Interviews.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephen King played </span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7obn4tkp47wn7gqh4oe5eij/post/3lrxwo2xx322u?ref_src=embed"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the Nazi card</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> against ICE officials from the progressive Utopia known as BlueSky, including a misspell of “Gestapo.”</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo [sic].</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comedian Patton Oswalt used less incendiary rhetoric, by comparison, to light up ICE during a recent “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” appearance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oswalt called them “</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YISQeVMl7RE"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pillsbury Stormtroopers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” comparing their alleged physiques to his own lumpy form.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your knees are hurting, your hips are screaming, and your back is aching … And you’re thinking, ‘Why didn’t I just stay home and play Red Dead Redemption and eat Sun Chips instead of coming out here in the heat where everyone’s booing me and I’m realizing that I’m the biggest douchebag on the planet?’</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oswalt’s rhetoric grew uglier when it came to Trump’s border czar. The “Ratatouille” star, after hearing about death threats tied to Homan, weighed in </span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwvd55e4hsxpuxa5ikrfgqgo/post/3lshyjaky722d?ref_src=embed"><span style="font-weight: 400;">via BlueSky</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">good. i hope it gets so much worse for this rancid pile of polenta.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The far-Left hosts at “The View” couldn’t let the ICE raids go unnoticed. The ABC squad saw the chaos encircling Los Angeles earlier this month during the open borders protests and found the </span><a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/06/10/view-la-riots-were-peaceful-days-ice-brought-crisis"><span style="font-weight: 400;">source of the problem</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They pointed to the ICE agents, not the protesters burning cars and hurling bricks at law enforcement officers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-host Whoopi Goldberg says the city’s pro-illegal immigration rallies were “mostly peaceful” until ICE agents arrived on the scene. She leaned on impeccable sources for her wisdom.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">…suddenly these guys showed up and flipped everybody out. So, that&#8217;s what my family is saying.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunny Hostin chimed in, playing the “mostly peaceful” card and backing up Goldberg’s anti-ICE assessment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Credit pop superstar Lizzo with the most deranged take on the matter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She claimed “illegal” immigrants </span><a href="https://news.meaww.com/lizzo-sparks-backlash-over-no-such-thing-as-illegal-no-borders-anti-ice-rant-avoid-this-thinking"><span style="font-weight: 400;">aren’t real</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> because no one actually owns land.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">When people finally understand that these terms and ideas are tools for racism and capitalism we can truly be free. We can finally see the oppressors for who they are.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes, profanity is a celebrity’s best friend. Take Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. He </span><a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/bad-bunny-calls-out-ice-video-puerto-rico-raids-1236434813/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">blasted ICE agents</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as “motherf****rs” in a Spanish screed on Instagram, tied to a video of agents interrogating unnamed people.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Look, those motherf——s are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela,” he posted in Spanish.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not to be outdone, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert didn’t step in when one of his guests promoted extreme rhetoric from the show’s signature CBS couch. Instead, he piled on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told the far-Left host ICE agents are </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/20/stephen-colbert-parrots-dem-rep-max-frosts-claim-ice-illegal-alien-arrests-look-like-kidnapping/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“kidnapping people.”</span></a></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have ICE federal agents pulling up, terrorizing our communities, hopping out of unmarked vans, stealing and yes, kidnapping people, not giving them their day in court and yes, human trafficking them to other nations.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colbert nodded along, doubling down on the kidnapping verbiage.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop superstar and “Wicked” alum Ariana Grande </span><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fans-call-deport-ariana-grande-223000803.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF9fz-2bDSEpBRzMDd4UR-7ykCkPfQfpu70OuyRrt3j4byjEGiYJ3tGZZOMNgKx5mQICLWu2lzofdi-_5RFeduexyS7EZfd74zFjiJkwBUN-GTzEmNG613Ev4_ZAoYBEHxv4XH70AONldMD0nHVsHaRm4uZa-6iw905c5TO7gsOH"><span style="font-weight: 400;">conflated illegal immigration</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with lawfare attacks against President Trump to her 270+ million Instagram followers.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Veteran singer Shakira leaned into the fear-mongering part of the celebrity playbook, also conflating legal and illegal immigration during a BBC interview.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She described the immigrant experience as “</span><a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/shakira-immigrant-united-states-constant-fear-1236432560/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">living in constant fear</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, more than ever, we have to remain united. Now, more than ever, we have to raise our voices and make it very clear that a country can change its immigration policies, but the treatment of all people must always be humane.</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Ruffalo, one of the most outspoken stars in the Hollywood galaxy, </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mark-ruffalo-jimmy-kimmel-more-stars-protests-no-kings-1236291157/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">railed against ICE efforts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> during California’s “No Kings” June 14 protest.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">We see a president who has made himself a king and dictator, and we don’t see an opposition that’s powerful enough to stand up against the trampling of our rights and the trampling of the Constitution that’s happening every single day with executive orders, with the refusal to obey court orders, kidnapping of immigrants, people who are here legally, people who their children are being taken from them.</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Celebrity Nation decried the January 6 riot and demanded protesters pay a stiff price for battling beleaguered Capitol Police officers. Things are different now, apparently. They could have objected to ICE raids on different grounds, suggesting that hard-working illegals should find a path to citizenship, not a one-way ticket out of the U.S.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead, in the grand “Spinal Tap” tradition, they turned the incendiary rhetoric up to 11.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Worst of all, none of this is happening in a vacuum. The Department of Homeland Security says attacks on ICE agents have shot up </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/assaults-on-ice-agents-increase-500?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Assaults+on+ICE+Agents+Increase+500%25"><span style="font-weight: 400;">500% in recent weeks</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. ICE agents are routinely doxxed, forcing them to mask up to protect their loved ones.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The stars won’t stop their incendiary rhetoric, apparently, even if it gets someone hurt. Or worse.</span></p>
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<p><em>Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>.</em></p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>


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<p>Rapper Curtis James Jackson III — better known to most simply as 50 Cent — said he was ready to put up six figures if it would get Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani to leave New York City.</p>
<p>Mamdani, who pulled out a surprise win against disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in the Democratic primary, made a recent appearance on the popular radio show &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; with host Charlamagne the God. While there, he promoted his economic vision for New York City — which included raising the corporate tax rate and hitting the top one percent with additional income taxes.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’re talking about corporations that are making millions of dollars, not in revenue, but in profit,&#8221; Mamdani explained. &#8220;And the second is taxing the top 1% of New Yorkers. We’re talking about people who make a million dollars a year or more, taxing them just by a flat 2% tax increase.&#8221;</p>
<p>He even took a moment to call out the rapper directly — and 50 Cent made it clear in his response that he was not impressed.</p>
<p>&#8220;I know if 50 Cent is listening, he’s not going to be happy about this. He tends to not like this tax policy, but I want to be very clear this is about $20,000 a year,&#8221; Mamdani said.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Where did he come from 👀 whose friend is this? I’m not feeling this plan, no. I will give him $258,750 and a first class one way ticket away from NY. I’m telling Trump what he said too,&#8221; the rapper captioned video from Mamdani&#8217;s appearance on the show.</p>
<p>Trump has also made his feelings about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-labels-nycs-mamdani-a-100-communist-lunatic">Mamdani</a> abundantly clear, saying in a post to Truth Social that the Queens Assemblyman is a &#8220;100% Communist Lunatic!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line,” Trump said. “Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor. We’ve had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous. He looks TERRIBLE, his voice is grating, he’s not very smart, he’s got AOC+3, Dummies ALL, backing him, and even our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, is groveling over him. Yes, this is a big moment in the History of our Country!&#8221;</p>


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<p>The official cause of death for legendary songwriter and Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson was revealed on Thursday.</p>
<p>Wilson, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-wilson-beach-boys-founder-and-legendary-songwriter-dead-at-82">passed away</a> weeks ago at the age of 82, died of respiratory arrest, according to a death certificate obtained by entertainment website <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/26/brian-wilson-cause-of-death/">TMZ</a>. Respiratory arrest, the site explained, occurs when the heart is still beating, but the lungs cease to function, thus failing to deliver oxygen to the body.</p>
<p>Several other conditions were listed as contributing factors in the musician&#8217;s death, including sepsis, cystitis, neurodegenerative disorder, chronic kidney disease and respiratory failure, and obstructive sleep apnea.</p>
<p>Wilson was just 19 when he founded the iconic band alongside brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine — and the group made the laid-back surfing vibe into a musical movement. They solidified themselves as rock stars with 1966&#8217;s Pet Sounds album, which included standouts like &#8220;Good Vibrations&#8221; and &#8220;God Only Knows.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wilson struggled publicly with his mental health in his later years, once telling <a href="https://people.com/brian-wilson-dead-82-beach-boys-singer-co-founder-8548234">People Magazine</a>, &#8220;I’ve been through a great deal of mental anguish. I felt like a fat slob. It was very embarrassing. I used to go onstage and it was scary. Now I’m getting used to it. I feel a little more confidence in myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>He was placed under a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-beach-boys-member-brian-wilson-under-conservatorship-due-to-dementia-diagnosis">conservatorship</a> just over a year before he died — and following the death of his wife, Melinda — due to a &#8220;major neurocognitive disorder.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This decision was made to ensure that there will be no extreme changes to the household and Brian and the children living at home will be taken care of and remain in the home where they are cared for by Gloria Ramos and the wonderful team at the house who have been in place for many years helping take care of the family,&#8221; a statement from his family read. &#8220;Brian will be able to enjoy all of his family and friends and continue to work on current projects as well as participate in any activities he chooses.&#8221;</p>


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<p>&#8220;Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit&#8221; star Mariska Hargitay revealed the huge gamble she took at her auditions for the gritty police procedural — and the fact that the whole scenario unfolded directly in front of series creator Dick Wolf.</p>
<p>During an appearance on the &#8220;Call Her Daddy&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejC6m3w6PM">podcast</a> with host Alex Cooper, the 61-year-old actress confessed that she marched into her first interview and instructed Wolf to send another actress home: &#8220;This is my part.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hargitay explained that, at the time, she hadn&#8217;t really grasped just how big Wolf was in the television industry — but she knew the risk was worth it after she read the script for the first time.</p>
<p>&#8220;So I read it and I said, and I never had this experience, ‘I&#8217;ve never loved anything more. This is my show. This is the most progressive show I&#8217;ve ever seen. I love it. I need it. I have to do the show,’&#8221; she said, and with that in mind, she went for her second callback audition in front of Wolf — who had already earned a slew of nominations and one Emmy for the original &#8220;Law &amp; Order&#8221; series between 1992 and 1998.</p>
<p>&#8220;And then I had the audition and then I got a call back and on the second callback, Dick Wolf was there,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I see another girl in the waiting room and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh no, this is not happening.&#8217; So I walked in there and I said, &#8216;Listen to me.&#8217; I didn&#8217;t know that Dick Wolf was like, king of television. And I go, &#8216;I don’t know who that is out there, but let me tell you something. This is my part.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Wolf, she said, seemed more amused than anything else. &#8220;He&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, is it?&#8217; And I said, &#8216;Yeah. So you tell her to go home.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Once the audition was over, Wolf gave Hargitay his notes on her performance. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Those are good notes. Thank you.&#8217; And he&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, are they, are they good notes?'&#8221;</p>
<p>Hargitay landed the role of Olivia Benson on the long-running drama, which explores sex crimes in Manhattan — but she admitted that no one actually sent the other actress home that day, mainly because she wasn&#8217;t there to read for the same part.</p>
<p>&#8220;Then it turns out that the beautiful, talented actress that was in the waiting room was there for another part. And she was in the pilot, and she&#8217;s a fantastic actor, actress. I was like, &#8216;Get her out of here.&#8217; And of course, you know, we&#8217;re friends now for life,&#8221; Hargitay said, although she did not reveal the name of the actress in question.</p>


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'Law & Order: SVU' Star Reveals Huge Gamble She Took During Auditions

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<p>Tallulah Willis fired back after fans criticized her decision to post photos of her father, retired actor Bruce Willis, as he battles frontotemporal dementia (FTD).</p>
<p>Tallulah, the youngest of the three daughters the &#8220;Die Hard&#8221; actor shares with actress ex-wife Demi Moore, shared a series of photos via Instagram — several of which included her father — as they shared a &#8220;Sunday Funday&#8221; with family.</p>
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<p>Responding to Willis&#8217; photos — which she captioned, &#8220;Sunday funday at Grams ! Grateful&#8221; — one fan suggested that perhaps she should not share photos of her father as he continues to struggle with his health.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t think you should expose your dad to the public! He is vulnerable! And some things should be kept private! You don’t have his permission to post it!&#8221; the comment read.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hi. I hear that. As a family we use our discretion when posting. Today was a great day filled with smiles,&#8221; Tallulah responded to the comment directly. &#8220;I made the judgment call to show that to the world, because I know what he means to everyone.&#8221;</p>
<p>The majority of the comments were positive, however, and many shared personal stories of their own loved ones who had suffered from dementia or other similar conditions. Most defended Willis in her decision to celebrate and share the good moments whenever they came, saying that it was clear from the photos that he was surrounded by family and well-loved.</p>
<p>The beloved action star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-willis-reveals-diagnosis-that-is-taking-him-out-of-the-hollywood-game">left Hollywood</a> abruptly in 2022, publicly sharing a diagnosis of aphasia. Several months later, his family revealed that he&#8217; been diagnosed with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-bruce-willis-diagnosed-with-frontotemporal-dementia">frontotemporal dementia</a>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone,” the family&#8217;s statement read. &#8220;For people under 60, FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because getting the diagnosis can take years, FTD is likely much more prevalent than we know. Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead. As Bruce’s condition advances, we hope that any media attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research.&#8221;</p>


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<p>Olympic gymnast Simone Biles appears to have deleted her X account, following massive backlash for her bizarre attack on women&#8217;s rights advocate Riley Gaines and the promotion of men in female sports.</p>
<p>When you search @Simone_Biles, X users are now directed to a message that reads &#8220;This account doesn&#8217;t exist,&#8221; instead of Biles&#8217; feed.</p>
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<p>As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-defends-boys-in-girls-sports-picks-the-wrong-day-to-fight-with-riley-gaines?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Simone+Biles+Defends+Boys+In+Girls%E2%80%99+Sports%2C+Picks+The+Wrong+Day+To+Fight+With+Riley+Gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted by The Daily Wire</a>, Biles earlier this month suggested Gaines, a podcast host for Outkick, is the size of a man while attempting to boost “trans” athletes.</p>
<p>“You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race,&#8221; Biles said to Gaines, for highlighting the inequality of allowing males to participate in female sports. &#8220;Straight up sore loser.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gaines did not lose to Lia Thomas, a man who competed in women&#8217;s collegiate swimming. She tied against the male and then was pushed to the side for a photoshoot so the NCAA could apparently highlight Thomas. Gaines has since become a fierce advocate for girls and women&#8217;s spaces and sports.</p>
<p>“Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male,” Biles said to Gaines.</p>
<p>The gymnast was hit with fierce backlash over the posts and she eventually apologized. Gaines accepted the apology, writing online, “<span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">I accept Simone’s apology for the personal attacks including the ones where she body-shamed me. I know she knows what this feels like. She’s still the greatest female gymnast of all time.&#8221; </span></p>
<p>Gaines on Monday reacted to Biles&#8217; account being terminated. In a post on X, she noted that Biles had &#8220;an incredibly unpopular and morally indefensible take,&#8221; got &#8220;rightfully ridiculed for it,&#8221; issued &#8220;a groveling public apology after unrelenting backlash,&#8221; and then deleted her account &#8220;to pretend it never happened.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Sad to see such a phenom go down like this,&#8221; Gaines added.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8211; has an incredibly unpopular and morally indefensible take<br />
&#8211; gets rightfully ridiculed for it<br />
&#8211; issues a groveling public apology after unrelenting backlash<br />
&#8211; deletes account to pretend it never happened</p>
<p>Sad to see such a phenom go down like this <a href="https://t.co/AiYir3kRG5">https://t.co/AiYir3kRG5</a></p>
<p>— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1936976528522522662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lizzo is opening up about her recent weight loss, admitting that she did use a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic, but ultimately claims she dropped the weight due to major dietary changes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve tried everything,” the 37-year-old singer said during a conversation on the “Just Trish” podcast. “It’s just the science, for me, calories in vs. calories out. Ozempic works because you eat less food.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It makes you feel full. So, if you can just do that on your own and get mind-over-matter, it’s the same,” she added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Good as Hell” singer said that quitting her vegan diet in favor of eating beef and chicken helped her with weight loss.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What did it for me was — actually it was not being vegan,” Lizzo said. “Because when I was vegan, I was consuming a lot of fake meats. I was eating a lot of bread. I was eating a lot of rice, and I had to eat a lot of it to stay full. But really I was consuming like 3,000 to 5,000 calories a day.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So for me, when I actually started eating whole foods and eating, like, beef and chicken and fish, I was actually full and not expanding my stomach by putting a lot of, like, fake things in there that wasn’t actually filling me up,” she continued.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer was known to her fans as being a champion of the body positivity movement, which has led to some fans having a negative reaction to her massive weight loss. She had originally denied using Ozempic and said her noticeable body change was due to a “calorie deficit.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lizzo addressed some of the backlash in a May 2023 TikTok video.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don&#8217;t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself, exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body,&#8221; she said at the time, per </span><a href="https://people.com/inside-lizzo-weight-loss-journey-11713689"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. &#8220;My body is gonna change, everyone&#8217;s bodies change. That&#8217;s life.&#8221;</span></p>


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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs&#8217; former personal assistant testified on Friday at the hip-hop mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial that he often bought drugs for his boss and set up hotel rooms for sex parties known as &#8220;wild king nights.&#8221;</p>
<p>Prosecutors hope the testimony by Brendan Paul, who worked for Combs from late 2022 through March 2024, will help them prove their racketeering conspiracy charge against Combs.</p>
<p>Prosecutors say Combs used his businesses&#8217; resources to coerce women into ecstasy-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers.</p>
<p>Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all five criminal counts. His lawyers call the sexual activity consensual. The Bad Boy Records founder, a former billionaire who elevated hip-hop in American culture, could face life in prison if convicted.</p>
<p>Prosecutors are winding down their case after six weeks, with defense witnesses expected to testify next week.</p>
<p>Paul, testifying under immunity from prosecutors, said he bought Combs about $4,200 of marijuana and hundreds of dollars of ketamine during his employment.</p>
<p>Jurors saw a text message in which Paul asked Combs&#8217; security staff to be reimbursed for his drug purchases.</p>
<p>They also saw a February 14, 2024, text message in which Combs wrote &#8220;You get me zans,&#8221; which Paul said was a request to procure Xanax without a prescription.</p>
<p>Paul said Combs ultimately obtained Xanax elsewhere, and used cocaine and ecstasy in his presence.</p>
<p>Under cross-examination by defense lawyer Brian Steel, Paul said procuring drugs was a minor part of his job, and he thought the drugs were solely for Combs&#8217; personal use.</p>
<p>&#8220;You were not some drug mule?&#8221; Steel asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; Paul said.</p>
<p>Paul also said that before three or four &#8220;wild king nights,&#8221; he stocked hotel rooms with lubricant, baby oil, liquor, and a Gucci pouch filled with hard drugs.</p>
<p>When Combs was done, Paul said he would put on gloves and clean up to avoid being billed by hotels for damage.</p>
<p>Paul said he was charged with cocaine possession after being arrested on March 25, 2024, at Miami-Opa Locka airport in Florida while traveling to the Bahamas with Combs and other staffers.</p>
<p>He said he put the cocaine in his bag after finding it while cleaning Combs&#8217; room that day, but forgot about it and did not tell law enforcement where it came from.</p>
<p>Asked by prosecutor Christy Slavik why he kept silent, Paul said, &#8220;Loyalty.&#8221; Paul said the cocaine charge was dropped.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio)</p>


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Ex-Assistant To Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Says Job Included Buying Drugs, Setting Up Sex Parties

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rapper known as Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Antonio Cartagena, has been accused of multiple crimes, including the sexual assault of minors by his former hype man, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dixon filed a $20 million lawsuit in federal court on Thursday. Cartagena’s former employee made allegations of “coercive labor exploitation, financial fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion,” per </span><a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/fat-joe-sued-former-hypeman-t-a-dixon-1236436310/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The lawsuit comes after Cartagena sued Dixon for slander in April after he claimed his former employee posted on social media about the rapper transporting a minor across state lines for sex.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The outlet noted that the claims made in the 157-page document were so extensive that the filing included a trigger warning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dixon worked for Cartagena for 16 years as a hype man, commonly used by rap and hip hop artists to get the crowd revved up and help set the tone for performances. Dixon also reportedly contributed to some of Cartagena’s songs by assisting with lyrics and backing vocals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lawsuit asserts that Dixon was forced “into humiliating situations, including sex acts performed under duress and surveillance, accompanied by threats of abandonment in foreign countries if [he] refused compliance.” The plaintiff added that he was “coerced into more than 4,000 sexual acts to maintain his standing within the Enterprise.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dixon also accused his former employee of engaging in sexual acts with minors on multiple occasions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Per the lawsuit, Dixon said he “personally witnessed [Fat Joe] engage in sexual relations with children who were fifteen and sixteen years old.” The lawsuit listed three specific minors identified as Jane Does.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He said Jane Doe 1 was a 16-year-old New York resident who interacted with the rapper “in exchange for cash, clothing, and payment of her cell phone bill.&#8221; The lawsuit said she &#8220;would [perform] oral sex and other sexual acts” on Cartagena. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“[Fat Joe] began having sexual relations with Minor Doe 2 when she was 15 years old after a concert overseas. Defendant flew Minor Doe 2 to New York City and Miami, Florida, on multiple occasions. Due to Minor Doe 2’s body being adolescent and not fully formed, Defendant paid for her to get a Brazilian Butt Lift. Minor Doe 2 eventually left Defendant and is now married to a professional athlete,” the complaint says. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Minor Doe 3 is described as having met Cartagena when “she was 15 years old, turning 16.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Per the complaint, “Defendant was in love with Minor Doe 3. He even contemplated leaving his wife. The Defendant paid all Minor Doe 3’s bills and even took her overseas to his tour stops. He brought her to Florida and would put her up in a condo he rented a few blocks from his house with his wife.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In a recorded conversation, Minor Doe 3 and her 15-year-old cousin describe in detail to Plaintiff how ‘inappropriate’ it was for Defendant, who was in his late 30s at the time, to be fawning over children,” the lawsuit said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lawsuit describes, “a wide spectrum of sexual coercion, psychological control, forced exhibitionism, and surveillance-based humiliation, including being compelled to perform sex acts under observation, being filmed, or directed by [Fat Joe] in the presence of others — tactics designed to control Plaintiff’s body, erode his autonomy, and ensure silence.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dixon claims the recording artist “orchestrated repeated orgies involving Plaintiff, female dancers and minors. Defendant used.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“These incidents occurred under conditions that included the presence of corporate security staff, surveillance cameras, and Defendant’s management entourage, yet no intervention occurred, supporting the inference that these acts were facilitated by — and covered up by — the broader enterprise and its affiliates,” the lawsuit says. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“[Dixon] did not willingly consent to participate in these acts; instead, Plaintiff submitted solely out of fear of immediate retaliation, which Defendant repeatedly demonstrated would include financial punishment, professional sabotage, abandonment in foreign countries, or physical harm.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cartagena has hired celebrity criminal attorney Joe Tacopina, who once served on Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team, to defend him in this case. The attorney released a statement denying any wrongdoing by his client. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The lawsuit filed by Tyrone Blackburn and Terrance Dixon is a blatant act of retaliation — a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the civil suit we filed first, which exposed their coordinated scheme to extort Mr. Cartagena through lies, threats, and manufactured allegations.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The statement continues, “Law enforcement is aware of the extortionate demand at the heart of this scheme. The allegations against Mr. Cartagena are complete fabrications — lies intended to damage his reputation and force a settlement through public pressure. Mr. Cartagena will not be intimidated. We have taken legal action to expose this fraudulent campaign and hold everyone involved accountable.”</span></p>
<p>Fat Joe is a Bronx-born rapper and music executive who rose to fame in the 1990s with hits like “Lean Back” and “What&#8217;s Luv?” He has been married to his wife, Lorena, since 1995. They have one daughter together, and Cartagena has two children from previous relationships.</p>


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Fat Joe’s Ex-Hype Man Accuses Rapper Of Having Sex With Minors In $20M Lawsuit

Fat Joe's Ex-Hype Man Accuses Rapper Of Having Sex With Minors In $20M Lawsuit

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