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Chris Hansen made a career of ensnaring sexual predators on national television, but apparently that line of work got himself in trouble with the law this week.

According to the Associated Press, the former To Catch A Predator host turned himself in Michigan after an arrest warrant was issued for failing to appear in court to explain why he didn’t turn in video in a case of three men attempting to solicit underage girls for sex.

The story involves work Hansen is apparently did investigating a police sting operation in Michigan where three men were charged with trying to meet underage girls for sex. According to the AP, Hansen and a film crew were embedded with the investigators, and a judge associated with the case wanted to know why that video was not made available.

Chris Hansen, 61, checked in at the Shiawassee County jail in Corunna — 65 miles (104.61 kilometers) northwest of Detroit — was released and has 14 days to produce the full video, prosecutor Scott Koerner said.

According to Hansen’s lawyer, though, the warrant has been rescinded and the whole thing was a misunderstanding.

“He wasn’t intending to not appear or to be somebody that was trying to circumvent the process. It was just an unfortunate set of circumstances that resulted in a failure to appear,” he said, citing bad timing and confusion over a subpoena. Hansen, who hosts a YouTube show and a podcast, has a home in Michigan but primarily lives in New York, Perryman said.

Hansen and his team had provided an edited video, but a defendant wanted all of the footage in case there is any exculpatory information, he said.

Hansen himself seemed to echo that in an Instagram post this week, posting an image of the courthouse and claiming that “justice goes on!”

[via AP]

The 2021 NBA Finals are set. In one corner, the Milwaukee Bucks have finally, after years of coming up short, made their way through the Eastern Conference. In the other, the Phoenix Suns’ decision to go all-in by acquiring Chris Paul paid off when they finished their march through the West.

The number of fascinating subplots in this Finals — Giannis Antetokounmpo making his first Finals but going in with an injury, Paul finally getting over the hump, the Suns’ various youngsters making their ascents, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday getting Milwaukee over the finish line, etc. — will be examined in the coming days. But before that, we have an NBA champion to crown.

That someone is Torrey Craig of the Suns. You see, Craig played in 18 games for the Bucks earlier this year before getting traded to Phoenix, and as a result, the fine folks over at SB Nation noted Craig is eligible to receive a ring no matter what team ends up winning the whole thing.

This isn’t a new thing — then-Warriors big man Anderson Varejao was famously eligible to receive a ring from the Cavaliers after the 2016 Finals but declined — but it’s a fun coincidence for Craig, a very good role player whose wing defense was important in the Suns’ series against the Clippers. Having said that, we’re gonna go out on a limb and assume he’d rather win a ring than get one on a technicality from the team that moved him for cash considerations.

The Milwaukee Bucks took care of business on Saturday night despite missing their best player, taking down the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The decisive road win set the matchup for the NBA Finals, and shortly after the final buzzer, we learned when the league’s championship series would begin.

Word circulated on Saturday night that the NBA Finals would start on Tuesday, July 6, with the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns hosting Milwaukee at 9 p.m. EST. The rest of the series schedule came with that news, with all games airing on ABC.

The Finals will follow the 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the Suns hosting the first two games in Phoenix and the Bucks hosting Game 3 and 4, with the final three games (if necessary) alternating between home teams.

The biggest question remaining in the NBA’s marquee event is now the status of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks star who has missed the tail end of Milwaukee’s win in the Eastern Conference Finals with a hyperextended knee. The quick turnaround on the series gives the two-time NBA MVP just two days to rehabilitate the injury, and he was officially listed as doubtful for Saturday’s Game 6.

We’ll have to wait and see on his status, but at least we now know when to tune in to watch the drama unfold.

The Milwaukee Bucks will play for an NBA championship. Despite the fact that the team was without the services of Giannis Antetokounmpo as he’s working to bounce back from a hyperextended knee, Milwaukee walked into Atlanta and took down the Hawks in Game 6, 118-107, thanks to huge nights from their two stars who could take the floor.

Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday came up absolutely gigantic when Milwaukee needed them most. Holiday was on his game all evening, mixing a very solid offensive night with the usual pesky defense that has made him such a good player throughout his career. His 27 points were his second-most throughout this postseason run, with nine assists, nine rebounds, four steals, and two blocks.

But when it came time for someone to create breathing room between the two teams, Middleton was masterful. Middleton fed the Hawks defense a steady diet of jumpers during the third quarter, as he scored 23 of his 32 points in the period. Like Holiday, Middleton stuffed the stat sheet, pitching in seven assists, four rebounds, and three steals.

And as is usually the case, a number of veterans who have never gotten to this point before did what they could to get the team over the hump. Pat Connaughton and Jeff Teague had 13 (with eight rebounds) and 11, respectively, off the bench, while Brook Lopez scored 13, Bobby Portis had 12 and nine rebounds, and PJ Tucker had five, although his only made triple on the evening was the dagger.

For Atlanta, the surprise of the night was the emergence of Cameron Reddish. After making his postseason debut in Game 2 following a four-month injury absence, Reddish had the best game of his young professional career. He competed admirably on defense, and on the other end of the floor, the former Duke standout was lights out from deep. He scored 21 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the field and a breathtaking 6-for-7 mark from three.

A heads up play late in the game breathed some light into the Hawks’ comeback attempt, as Reddish saw Clint Capela streaking down the floor after a turnover and fed him for a dunk.

But on the whole, it just wasn’t Atlanta’s night. Unsurprisingly, Trae Young’s foot injury was a major issue, as he scored 14 points on 4-for-17 shooting with no made threes, although he pitched in nine assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic did his best, scoring 20, with Clint Capela mixing in 14 points and both John Collins and Danilo Gallinari having 13.

Now, for the first time since 1974, the Bucks are headed to the NBA Finals. A major test is ahead of them, as the Phoenix Suns are the champions of the Western Conference, and it is unclear if Antetokounmpo’s knee injury will keep him from playing on the game’s biggest stage. We’ll have to wait a few days to find out — Game 1 of the NBA Finals will take place in Phoenix, and is scheduled to tip off on Tuesday, July 6 at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.

Ice Cube‘s Friday series is a classic, but the chances of getting another film in the series is apparently in doubt due to a dispute between the multi-hyphenate and the studio behind the series.

According to a Wall Street Journal story detailing the dispute, Ice Cube apparently wants Warners to surrender the rights to the Friday series as well as All About The Benjamins and The Players Club, two other films he made with the studio.

According to letters between the parties, Warner Bros. doesn’t intend to do this, instead blaming Ice Cube for dragging his feet on a new movie with the studio.

Warner Bros. replied, calling the demand “extortionate” and saying it won’t release rights to the valuable franchise or any other Ice Cube movies, according to the correspondence.

One letter from Ice Cube’s lawyer said the studio has been excessive in its feedback notes on the scripts Ice Cube wrote for the latest “Friday” and contends Warner Bros. has been a “poor steward” for the franchise. “These guys don’t get me, and I don’t get them,” Ice Cube said in an interview.

The report indicates that Cube’s other projects, such as the Big 3 basketball league, is distracting him from the next installment in the series, titled Last Friday. Meanwhile, the rapper and actor says potential discrimination in allocating resources is part of his issues with Warners.

In one letter, Ice Cube’s representative wrote that movies he has done for the studio “are habitually underfunded in comparison with projects featuring white casts and creative teams.” The correspondence points to other Ice Cube films he says weren’t well supported; it doesn’t offer specific comparisons to projects from other filmmakers.

Warner Bros. denies it has discriminated against Ice Cube or that it gave short shrift to any of his projects. In a letter sent in May to Ice Cube’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, the studio said the complaints are “grounded in a libelous set of knowing falsehoods.”

The disagreement between the two sides seems serious, and also doesn’t seem likely to be resolved anytime soon. Which means a sequel to Friday, which came out in 1995, isn’t on the horizon anytime soon. As the report noted, an agreement to make a new Friday movie was first signed in 2012. The story details some plot details the studio objected to, and the pushback that Cube gave about the film’s direction.

It’s all certainly been a long time coming, but fans are likely to have to wait even longer before any real progress is made on on Last Friday.

[via Wall Street Journal]

Fans of the Atlanta Hawks turned on one of their own players on Saturday night … well, kind of. As is oftentimes the case in NBA arenas, the Hawks tried to pass some time in between timeouts by running little segments involving players. One appeared to have some sort of bracket element with Atlanta-based rappers, and Kevin Huerter, bless his heart, earned himself a whole lot of boos.

Huerter was asked to choose between Rich the Kid and Outkast. Now, you and I know that regardless of your thoughts on Rich the Kid, you should say Outkast every single time when asked this question, especially if you are doing this in a large venue in Atlanta.

And yet Huerter decided to give his honest answer, and thanks to a video from Taylor Rooks, we learned that the crowd at State Farm Arena showered him with boos.

The video is great because you can hear the crowd react to “RICH THE KID OR OUTKAST” by making a noise as if to say, “Oh, this one is obvious.” Huerter then zags where everyone expects him to zig, which gets the crowd all riled up. We can’t totally make out what is said on the video, but whatever it is, Huerter chuckles at it. Anyway, Kevin, if you read this during halftime, know you’re gonna need to score like 40 in a win to make up for this.

It’s been a big summer for Sam Richardson, with a new season of I Think You Should Leave on the horizon that seems sure to include the man who made Baby Of The Year shine so brightly in Season One. Then there’s a pair of movies he stars in, with The Tomorrow War on Amazon and Werewolves Within in theaters. Still, all that personal excitement doesn’t mean he can’t also be thrilled for his friends when they show up in some of his favorite projects. Which is why his reaction to Julia Louis-Dreyfus appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is extremely charming.

Richardson spoke to the New York Times about his busy summer and the injuries that mounted while training for The Tomorrow War, which included knee surgery and some work with a “super doctor” after a number of issues piled up. He’s all better now, though, but in the interview he discussed how big a Marvel fan he was with a story about him on his feet cheering for Avengers: Endgame while still recovering on crutches.

I’m a huge MCU guy. When I got my knee surgery, that night was the premiere of “Avengers: Endgame” and I was like, “Well, I’ve got to go,” so I went to the movie with crutches and on Vicodin, and I was on my feet, jumping on my bandaged, recently cut-into knee.

That story prefaced his reaction to Veep co-star Louis-Dreyfus appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an enigmatic role in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Given his excitement for anything Marvel, Richardson fittingly described his shock to suddenly see his friend on screen in a major role after working very hard to avoid spoilers and not knowing she had snagged a role.

I care about the MCU so greatly, so after avoiding spoilers and seeing Julia pop up on that screen, I was like, “This is just for me!” I truly lost my breath, I was so excited. I texted her: “Oh, Julia. I can’t believe this.” She was like, “Yeah, it was hard to keep that a secret for so long.”

Richardson also shared a funny story about a conversation he had with Marvel years ago when he expressed his admiration for the Falcon character, where he said many thought he was trying to suggest he steal Anthony Mackie’s job. He said that wasn’t the case, but considering the scuttlebutt about him potentially playing Beast from the X-Men Universe, perhaps Richardson can join his friend as a member of the MCU in due time.

[via NY Times]

The Atlanta Hawks will have the services of their star guard in a win-or-go-home Game 6 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. According to Malika Andrews and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Trae Young will return to the team in front of their hometown crowd despite the foot injury that has held him out of the last two games.

Shortly after, the Hawks made it official.

Young suffered in the third quarter of Game 3 in the series. While trying to run back on defense, Young accidentally stepped on a referee’s foot, and went down with what looked like an ankle injury. He was able to come back into the game after getting examined in the back, but he very obviously did not look like himself.

He was ultimately diagnosed with a bone bruise in his foot, and in each of the last two games, Young has been ruled out. Atlanta has managed to split Games 4 and 5, due in part to the fact that Giannis Antetokounmpo has been out with an injury of his own — the two-time league MVP hyperextended his knee in Game 4, which the Hawks won, and missed Game 5, which the Bucks won. Antetokounmpo had already been ruled out of Game 6.

Despite this being the first postseason of his NBA career, Young has been a revelation, averaging 29.8 points and 9.5 assists a night. Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals is scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m. EST on TNT.

The Czech Republic will play for a shot at Olympic glory thanks to a thrilling win over Canada on Saturday afternoon. Despite a furious comeback at the end of regulation to force overtime by the Canadians, which were eliminated from Olympic contention with the loss, a brilliant shot by Chicago Bulls guard Tomas Satoransky gave the Czechs a 103-101 win.

Satoransky’s jumper came right in the face of Oklahoma City guard Luguentz Dort, who played relentless defense but was just outclassed by the shot of Satoransky’s life.

While Canadian coach Nick Nurse drew up an out of bounds play that gave Trey Lyles a wide open jumper, the ball went halfway down before popping out. It was an unfortunate turn of events by the Canadians, as the team came back from a late deficit thanks to a 12-2 run spearheaded by Andrew Wiggins that even got things to the extra frame.

Canada found itself down 92-82 with 57 seconds left to play. Threes by Dort and RJ Barrett sandwiched a pair of made free throws by Satoransky, and in the final 17 seconds of the game, Wiggins scored six consecutive points, capped off by a triple off of a turnover forced by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.

But unfortunately for the Canadians, which entered qualifying with hopes of medaling in Tokyo, the Czechs were able to come out on top. They’ll move on to play the winner of Saturday’s game between Greece and Turkey for a spot in the Olympics, while Canada — which, it must be said, did not have the services of star guard Jamal Murray due to his ACL injury — will have to wait until 2024 for a shot at an Olympic medal.

GLOW‘s abrupt cancelation still stings for fans of the Netflix wrestling series and its stellar cast. The news that it would not see a fourth season was especially difficult given that production was already underway for the show when the coronavirus pandemic shut things down and made Netflix reevaluate its offerings.

If it’s any comfort, the show’s stars have taken the news just as hard as fans who loved the ladies wrestling program and its cast of characters. Almost immediately, thoughts of a reboot or revival made headlines. And though there’s been no traction in that sphere just yet, it’s important to know that now-former GLOW stars are still pitching concepts. Betty Gilpin included.

In an interview with IndieWire to promote her appearance in The Tomorrow War on Amazon Prime, Gilpin offered a hilarious path to actually getting more GLOW in our lives. She also, kind of, gave away what was actually in store for Debbie in the Season 4 that will never see the light of day.

“My pitch is that we do it in 20 years and we have a ‘Mare of Easttown’-esque season four, or ‘Golden Girls’-esque,” Gilpin said with a laugh. Some of season four was already shot before the show was officially shut down, and based on Gilpin’s description it set up some fascinating new directions for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. So, what happened to her Debbie Eagan?

“Can you spoil something that’s never going to come out? Will it come out?” she said. “I think that, without spoiling, Debbie continues on a career path maybe to a detriment, focuses on that, and suddenly wakes up and realizes her personal life is not what she wants it to be. Can you have it all? Probably not.”

The entire interview was just delightful, as the very funny Gilpin was self deprecating and charming as ever. At one point, she called herself “Windows 94 Jodie Comier,” which is an incredible turn of phrase. She’s also super busy, with multiple projects in the works and even a book on the way. And if you ever needed a confidence boost, well, she’s there to provide one of those as well.

“I think in every profession, you realize a lot of people are really comfortable with their mediocrity, so maybe I should try to find a way to be comfortable with mine because the world is ending,” she said. “We all have to press ‘send’ on our manifestos.”

Bless Betty Gilpin.

[via IndieWire]