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The UCLA administration has scrapped a plan to use facial recognition technology on campus after students and outside groups protested. A report by VICE News said UCLA was planning on implementing the system before complaints surfaced. Student groups said earlier this month that a  "National Day of Action" would be…

Annabella Sciorra’s Jan. 23 testimony about being raped by Harvey Weinstein and her subsequent acceptance of a role in a movie the then-Miramax chief was producing, was examined this morning once again by jurors in Weinstein’s sexual misconduct trial. Although the jurors yesterday requested to hear a read-back of all…

UPDATED, end of day: The jury in the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct trial completed its third day of deliberations today without a verdict – but with a last-minute request to review even more testimony and evidence regarding actress Annabelle Sciorra. As the court day drew to a close, the jury asked to re-hear…

UPDATE, 12:45 PM: Potentially facing the death penalty, he ex-boyfriend accused of murdering Dr. Amie Harwick this past weekend will continue to sit in jail until at least March 4. An arraignment of Gareth Pursehouse scheduled for this morning in the criminal courts in downtown Los Angeles was pushed back to early…

UPDATE 2:43 AM PT: Investigators believe last night’s attack was racially motivated. The local interior minister said, “Our current insights give enough ground for a xenophobic motive.” The shooter was named by police as 43-year-old Tobias R. His surname was not given. The perpetrator shot himself and his 72-year-old…

Update, 12:33 pm The second day of deliberations brought more questions from the jurors in the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct trial: They asked to read all emails to, from and regarding actress Annabella Sciorra, re-hear the entire testimony of Sciorra’s friend Rosie Perez, and review all Weinstein’s…

Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick died from blunt force injuries of the head and torso after being attacked in her home Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said in a report Tuesday. The report, which classifies Harwick’s death a homicide, said the injuries occurred when she fell from…

Television’s longest-running game show, CBS’ The Price Is Right, has halted production for the week, its production company said Monday, two days after host Drew Carey’s former fiancée Amie Harwick was killed and an ex-boyfriend arrested on suspicion of murder. Harwick, 38, a well-known Hollywood family and sex…

Dr. Amie Harwick, a well-known Hollywood family and sex therapist, was killed Saturday at her home in the Hollywood Hills, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “On Saturday, February 15, 2020, around 1:16 a.m. Hollywood patrol officers responded to a radio call of a ‘woman screaming’ in the 2000 block of…

A woman who claims singer/songwriter Rick James raped her at a group home in 1979 is suing his estate. The woman, who was not identified in court papers, said  James raped her at a group home in Buffalo. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday against the James Ambrose Johnson Jr. 1999 Trust, which is run by the singer's…

Daniel Lee Martin, a reality TV host on the Sportsman Channel and a popular country music singer, committed suicide after law enforcement deputies attempted to serve multiple warrants related to charges of sexual abuse of minors, according to officials. Martin appeared on the Sportsman Channel as host of the shows Brot…

Veteran stuntwoman Cheryl Sanders was gunned down Wednesday in an incident that also took the life of her husband. Sanders, age 59, was a career stuntwoman, helping such actors as Jessica Alba, Sharon Stone, Brooke Shields, Kathleen Turner and Rene Russo in their films. She appeared in Back to the Future Part II, V.I…