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Jack Smith is reportedly making moves to rein in Donald Trump‘s non-stop ranting on social media. Despite repeated warnings from judges and presumably his own legal team, the former president has made it a habit of attacking the justice system while currently facing four indictments. The special counsel has had enough of it.

In a new court filing in Washington D.C. where Trump is facing charges for his 2020 election interference, including the January 6 attack, Smith warned Judge Tanya Chutkan that Trump’s incessant rants “threaten to taint a jury pool.” Smith made the filing on Tuesday, and yet it not deter Trump.

Via Associated Press:

The posts continued Tuesday both before and after the latest concern flared, with Trump earlier in the day circulating a New York Post story about Chutkan on his Truth Social platform and openly mocking the idea that she could be fair in his case. Later in the evening, he issued another post in which he attacked Smith as a “deranged” prosecutor with “unchecked and insane aggression.”

According to the AP, Trump’s refusal to heed the warnings of judges and prosecutors about his social media activity is “testing the patience” of court officials. The former president is reportedly at risk of facing sanctions from Judge Chutkan who has given Trump’s team until next week to respond to the latest filing about their client’s non-stop frothy posting.

(Via Associated Press)

The famously unreliable celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi recently received a tip that Jenna Ortega and Johnny Depp were spotted on a date together. If she was 20 years old older, or he was 20 years younger, or he didn’t “reek of weed and alcohol,” maybe I could see it. But the actress — who is starring in Beetlejuice 2, directed by long-time Depp collaborator Tim Burton — quickly shut down the rumors of any potential romantic involvement with Depp.

“This is so ridiculous I can’t even laugh,” Ortega wrote in an Instagram Story, according to Vanity Fair. “I have never met or worked with Johnny Depp in my life. Please stop spreading lies and leave us alone.”

Vast age difference aside, the Ortega/Depp dating rumor is particularly awkward when one considers the role Ortega plays in Beetlejuice 2: according to reports, she’s playing the daughter of Lydia Deetz, the role so iconically played by Winona Ryder in the original film. Ryder and Depp were engaged in a high-profile romance from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, even co-starring in the Burton-directed Edward Scissorhands.

Depp also denied being involved with Ortega.

“Mr. Depp has no personal or professional relationship with Ms. Ortega whatsoever,” he said through a representative. “He has never met her or spoken to her. He is not involved in any project with her, nor does he intend to be. He is appalled by these baseless and malicious rumors that are intended to harm his reputation and career.”

I’d argue Ortega dating Depp would be more harmful to her career, but sure.

(Via Vanity Fair)

“Sophie loves staying home, wearing sweatpants, and pouring shots for Joe during his Instagram Live DJ sets.” – Team Coco’s 2020 YouTube caption for the above video.

This week, Joe Jonas, age 34, filed for divorce from Sophie Turner, age 27, and TMZ broke the story with a “source with direct knowledge” telling the outlet an alleged reason for the decision: “She likes to party, he likes to stay at home. They have very different lifestyles.”

People do tend to publicly take sides during divorces, and it often feels more amplified during celebrity splits. However, it has not gone unnoticed that, only a few years ago, Sophie appeared on Conan O’Brien’s TBS show and revealed how Covid-19 quarantine suited her “introvert” ways. She was “loving it,” as Turner told O’Brien.

“I’m an introvert, I’m a homebody. If I could stay at home all day I would, so this is great for me,” Sophie gushed at the time. “I leave my house like once a day anyway to walk my dogs and then that’s it.” She then added, “I don’t understand how people are really struggling to practice social distancing.”

Conan, in response, asked how Sophie and Joe were doing with quarantine closeness, which was a relevant question at the time because rising divorce rates began to surface as some couples locked down and discovered that they were driving each other nuts. Well, Sophie didn’t feel that way.

“Joe and I, it’s actually kind of… everything seems to be working out in my favor here.” she admitted. “Because Joe is a real social butterfly and I struggle to lock him down and just spend time with me. It’s like a prison for him, but it’s great for me.”

NBC News reporter Kat Tenbarge hasn’t forgotten this interview, as mentioned on Twitter.

Sophie and Joe have now released a joint statement that makes mention of how “[t]here are many speculative narratives as to why” they are splitting, and the couple stressed, “[T]ruly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.”

Prior to the divorce, Joe and Sophie were clearly not in quarantine solitude anymore due to their work schedules. Sophie has been filming a drama series, Joan, in England, and Joe has been on tour with his fellow Jonas Brothers. TMZ’s source previously claimed that Joe was shouldering the childcare duties: “We’re told over the last 3 months, Joe has been caring for their 2 young children ‘pretty much all of the time,’ even as his band was touring. We’re told Joe currently has both kids, as the group plays around the U.S.”

Divorce is never fun. Divorce in the public eye might be even worse.

He likes his martinis shaken, not stirred: Later this month, rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z will reportedly host a 007-themed blackjack tournament. Proceeds for the tournament will benefit Jay’s REFORM Alliance, a non-profit organization committed to probation, parole, and sentencing reform in the US by way of legislation and political lobbying.

The news was first reported by Page Six, who said that the event will take place on September 30 at Atlantic City’s Oceans Casino Resort. The event will reportedly boast a $1 million pot and entrants will have to pay a $100,000 buy-in fee to participate.

According to the publication, several A-Listers are expected to be in attendance, including Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian, DJ Khaled, James Harden, and Emily Ratajkowski.

“It was Jay’s idea to make a really small, incredibly exclusive event with the best people in the world,” said a source to the publication. “You can’t buy your way into this party.”

Kevin Hart will reportedly emcee the event and the REFORM Alliance Board is set to host.

Jay reportedly hopes to raise $20 million for REFORM, after having raised $20 million with his Shawn Carter Foundation Gala in July.

Jay is also the subject of The Book Of Hov, an exhibition showcasing Jay’s various feats in hip-hop and telling an immersive story of his New York upbringing. The exhibition is running in the Brooklyn Library until October.

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This morning (September 6), Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner released a joint statement on social media to officially announce their divorce. The news came after days of rumors of the split. For those who are unfamiliar with the previouslyvprivate couple, here’s what to know about their relationship timeline.

After following each other on Instagram, the two started speaking in 2016 and eventually decided to meet. “I thought, ‘He’s gonna be such a d*ck,’” Turner previously told Elle.

“We talked for hours, and hours, and hours,” she added. “And I was, like, not bored. It wasn’t contrived. It wasn’t small talk — it was just so easy. And soon we were, like, inseparable. I went on tour with him.”

Turner would go on to appear in the Jonas Brothers music video for “Sucker” in February 2019, alongside the wives of Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas.

In May of 2019, the two got married first in Las Vegas, complete with an Elvis impersonator and Ring Pops as rings. Still, they also opted for a standard wedding, too, hosting another in June in the south of France. Turner was 23 and Jonas was 30.

A year later, she had their first child, a daughter named Willa. They also had a second daughter in July 2022 but have kept her name out of the public eye.

Now, Jonas filed for divorce from Turner in Miami. View the joint statement below.

In August, Elon Musk declared of X (formerly Twitter), “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” adding, “It makes no sense.” That has left X/Twitter icon Dionne Warwick scratching her head, and she’s like to have a chat with Musk about what’s going on.

When asked by People about Musk’s desire to remove the ability to block X/Twitter users, Warwick responded, “I have yet to speak to that young man and I intend to because I am not quite sure what he’s doing or if he knows what he’s doing. So until that happens, I’ll reserve my answer to that question.”

Warwick also spoke about a potential chat with Musk back in December, saying, “I have to meet him. I know a lot of people have walked away from Twitter. That’s prior to knowing exactly what he’s going to do. He’s new to the game. His attitude is freedom of speech, which is mine as well. However, there’s a way to do it. That’s one of the conversations I’m going to have with him. What is your true intent? I understand your freedom of speech attitude but how are you going to contain it, so it does not get out of hand?”

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have released a joint statement, a day after the Jonas Brothers member filed for divorce from the Game of Thrones actress citing that their marriage of four years is “irretrievably broken.”

“After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,” it reads. “There are many speculative narratives as to why but, truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.”

A petition for dissolution of marriage [was] filed by Joe Jonas on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Miami Dade County, Florida. The petition states that “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.” The petition also reads that the children have been residing with Jonas in Miami and other locations throughout the country, but that “it is in the best interests of the minor children that the parties have shared parental responsibility.” It also indicates that the couple had a prenuptial agreement.

Turner and Jonas first connected after he slid into her DMs. “We had a lot of mutual friends,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in 2019, “and they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time. We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.”

You can see the Instagram statement below.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Drake and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur tour hasn’t been the music, the production, or anything performance-related like that, but the bras. A lot of brassieres have been thrown Drake’s way during the trek, and now he’s rounded them all up for a fun photo.

In the photo shared earlier today (September 6), Drake smiles with his arm spread wide. Behind him is a grid of bras, presumably all the ones that have been thrown at him on tour. Doing some quick math based on what can be seen in the photo, it appears Drake is posing with at least 600 bras.

Drake captioned the post, “Remember when we both forgot who the f*ck I was in unison…that wavelength was def a foolish one.”

On his Instagram Story, Drake also shared a video of a couple of workers unloading all the bras from the bin onto the floor, in preparation for the photo.

Some of the bras Drake has received have left him notably impressed. After seeing one, he exclaimed, “36G?! Locate this woman immediately.” In response to another bra, he said, “This is your mother’s bra that you brought to the show? Where is your mama at? You gotta send her my love. And by the way, you gotta send her my love, and you gotta tell her to get Instagram ASAP.”

Maybe all of those kids’ movies that feature personified animals getting into very human-like mischief when their owners are away are based on true events. Sure, people have put GoPros on their pets and haven’t captured any wild parties and secret conversations in a discernible language coming from their four-legged pet, but what if dogs understand more than we think and enjoy very human pleasures? Maybe some part of them is tuned into things they like that aren’t expected from human’s best friend.

A German Shepherd named Storm has certainly proven she’s been paying close attention to what humans do. In fact, she even joined the audience of a concert without her owners knowing.

In Inglewood, California, Storm decided to take her furry self on a date since clearly, her owners missed the memo on Metallica being in town. She heard the band start playing and decided to sneak away to get a better listen.

Apparently, dogs don’t need tickets or wristbands because Storm made her way into SoFi Stadium and took a seat to watch the show. People thought the poor dog was abandoned, but Metallica posted an update on their social media page explaining that Storm is just a big fan. The dog lives near the stadium and snuck out of her yard before making it to the concert.

“After a full night of taking in the show with her #MetallicaFamily, Storm was safely reunited with her actual family the next day. She had a great time listening to her favorite songs, including ‘Barx Æterna,’ ‘Master of Puppies,’ and ‘The Mailman That Never Comes,'” Metallica wrote.

The band also reminded people that they shouldn’t bring their dogs to a Metallica concert in case anyone got any ideas after seeing Storm jamming out.

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While Metallica is probably right in not bringing your dog to a heavy metal concert, it doesn’t mean you can’t make sure they appreciate your kind of music. Tell Alexa to turn the volume up to 10 and blast your favorite tunes while your dog watches you rock out on your air guitar in your living room. They’ve got to learn good music somehow. How else will they know what to play when they have their secret get togethers with the other neighborhood dogs?

In 2012, Hot Boys rapper B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for gun possession and witness tampering. In the last few days, there have been reports that the hip-hop artist has been released. It was confirmed by HipHopDX and now videos are circulating of him out and about.

One viral clip is an Instagram Live from Birdman, who falsely claimed last year that B.G. would be out “in a few weeks” in an old Instagram Live. However, now there’s visual evidence.

Last month, however, Boosie Badazz shared that B.G. would be getting out soon. “I’m talking to him every day now,” Boosie said, according to HipHopDX. “I got the email now. I got the email set up on my phone so I can email him. “[He doesn’t have] an actual release date, but he should be home in like three, four months. They already went to the [halfway] house and checked the house where he’s coming to.”

He continued, “He got a few b*tches he want. He got a few celebrity crushes he want me to slide in their DM and tell ’em. I’m like, ‘Bruh, you gon’ have me in all kinda shi*!’ ‘I want her, tell that bitch she for me.’ Bruh, this n**** here.”