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Jeffrey Epstein & Woody Allen Friendship Resurfaces, Horrifies Internet

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Is there anything like a scenic walk through a historic French neighborhood?

The walk may hit different if it involves the likes of Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen.

Photos of these two infamous men (and Allen’s controversial wife) are horrifying people all over again.

Meanwhile, it’s a reminder of the disturbing email exchange between her and Epstein. Gross!

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi in 2023.
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn attend a red carpet for the movie “Coup De Chance” at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2023. (Photo Credit: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Water will always find its own level

On March 29, 2013, a couple of the planet’s most infamous old men took a little stroll in France.

Woody Allen and his wife-who-was-the-adopted-daughter-of-his-ex Soon-Yi Previn were bundled up and wandering down the streets of Saint-Germain Des Prés.

That unsettling couple was not alone.

With them was Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous pedophile whose extensive network of contacts includes Donald Trump and other government figures from multiple nations, as well as titans of industry and more.

TMZ is taking us all on a deeply creepy walk down memory lane.

The neighborhood is historic. And the men are simply infamous.

Woody Allen was famously accused of sexually abusing Mia Farrow’s daughter, Dylan Farrow.

(This accusations surfaced when Dylan was a child, and then again in Dylan’s own words about a dozen years ago.)

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Epstein is one of the most infamous scumbags in human history. We wish that this were hyperbole.

The sheer volume of records of his correspondences with a vast network of people — some innocuous, but many not — have horrified the world.

Her opinions about teens ‘talking’ to grown men are NOT great

Three years after that walk, Soon-Yi emailed with Epstein following yet another Anthony Weiner scandal.

In 2016, Human Abedin worked on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Unfortunately, for reasons only known to Abedin, she remained married at that time to disgraced politician Weiner.

At that time, a teenage girl who has since expressed political motives messaged Weiner. She was only 15.

Weiner messaged her back undeterred. This led to an eventual FBI investigation into him — which led to an FBI announcement about an “investigation” into the Clinton campaign, however indirectly.

Some have argued that the investigation altered the course of the election, as a sort of October Surprise. If so, this simple chain of events led to the horrors that hundreds of millions of Americans now face.

Most of us understand that, no matter the girl’s motives, Weiner should never have had inappropriate conversations with a minor. Genuinely, the girl’s intentions do not matter because she was a child, and he was an adult.

Soon-Yi, however, emailed with Epstein to express how she “felt sorry” for Weiner. (It seems that she understood that Epstein would be a sympathetic ear.)

“It was disgusting what the 15-year-old did to him,” she vented in emails — emails that are now public due to the (illegally limited) Epstein Files release.

“I hate women who take advantage of guys and she is definitely one of them,” Soon-Yi complained. “She knew exactly what she was doing and how vulnerable Wiener was and she reeled him in like fish to bait.”

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi in 2016.
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn attend the premiere of “Cafe Society” hosted by Amazon & Lionsgate with The Cinema Society at Paris Theatre on July 13, 2016. (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Yikes, yikes, yikes

Soon-Yi went on to vent to Epstein that the girl was “sick” for having “done this to him.”

She went so far as to say that the girl “should be ashamed of herself.”

That’s a bizarre take. Even with sinister motives, a teenager is the “vulnerable” party — while a grown adult man is simply not. He is a human, not a fish.

Soon-Yi married Woody Allen when she was 27 and he was 62, but they first met when she was 10 years old.

We can understand how her complex personal story might give her a skewed understanding of right and wrong.

But as a grown adult, she should understand that children are off limits, and that the men who are inappropriate with them are always in the wrong.

Jeffrey Epstein & Woody Allen Friendship Resurfaces, Horrifies Internet was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Anchorage man set to plead guilty for violent threats against US Supreme Court justices

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)

An Anchorage man is set to plead guilty for making violent threats against U.S. Supreme Court justices and their families.

Panos Anastasiou, 77, was charged with 22 crimes in the U.S. District Court of Alaska in 2024. He was accused of sending 465 messages to the Supreme Court starting in March of 2023.

Federal prosecutors said the messages contained threats to kill six justices, alongside racist and homophobic rhetoric.

Then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland alleged that Anastasiou “made repeated, heinous threats to murder and torture Supreme Court Justices and their families to retaliate against them for decisions he disagreed with.”

According to court documents filed this week, Anastasiou is set to change his plea from not guilty to guilty in accordance with a plea agreement. The filing does not describe which charges he is set to plead guilty to.

Anastasiou’s federal public defender and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska did not immediately respond to a request for a copy of his written guilty plea agreement. 

Federal court filings did not identify the justices Anastasiou allegedly threatened. 

State records show Anastasiou is a registered nonpartisan voter. Since 2016, he donated around $800 to ActBlue, a fundraising service that benefits Democratic Party candidates, according to federal campaign records. 

A charge of making threats against a federal judge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. 

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Joseph Duggar & Kendra Caldwell Hunkering Down Together

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After more than a week in solitary confinement and an extradition to Florida, the latest Duggar to be accused of preying upon a little girl is back with his wife.

Joseph is out on bond and returned to Arkansas.

Though he isn’t Kendra’s first priority right now, they’re now hiding out together amidst their growing disgrace.

This reunion may be short-lived. He’s due back in court in Florida in a little over a week.

Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell on TLC.
Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell appear on TLC, before a sequence of disgraceful events. (Image Credit: TLC)

Apparently, Kendra’s willing to hide out with him

Attorney J. Sauline III tells People that Joseph and Kendra reunited just one day after Joseph was released on bond by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Sauline is representing Joseph for his charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor.

These charges stem from allegations that he molested a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 trip to Florida.

However, Sauline is not representing Joseph in the Arkansas charges for false imprisonment and child endangerment.

According to Sauline, Joseph flew back to Arkansas from Florida — with daddy dearest, Jim Bob, for company — after his release on $600,000 bond.

Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.
Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl. (Washington County Sheriff’s Office)

Kendra Caldwell has been in hiding following her own arrest for child endangerment and false imprisonment.

(She and Joseph will have separate attorneys in this case.)

Now, they’re apparently hunkering down together. At least, that’s what Joseph’s attorney is reporting.

Many spouses would not be willing to spend time around a partner who confessed twice to sexually preying upon a child.

However, the twisted ideology of the Duggar cult demands that wives devote themselves to their husbands no matter what. Kendra may feel that she has no choice.

Kendra Caldwell under arrest.
In this still from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, a handcuffed Kendra Caldwell Duggar sits and speaks to a law enforcement officer. (Image Credit: Washington County Sheriff’s Office)

Remember, she’s in trouble, too

The spouses are facing eight charges each in Arkansas, unrelated to Joseph’s Florida charges.

(To be clear, the charges are unrelated, but the automatic search of his home by law enforcement in light of his charges are what prompted these charges.)

When local authorities searched their home, they uncovered something that prompted a charge of child endangerment and false imprisonment, both in the second degree, for each of the couple’s four children.

Reportedly, they discovered bedroom doors that lock from the outside, like prison cells.

It is unclear what else investigators may have discovered. The report on the door locks comes from a source close to the Duggars, which means that a grain of salt is required.

Joseph Duggar has been extradited to Florida, where he'll be arraigned on child molestation charges.
Joseph Duggar has been extradited to Florida, where he’ll be arraigned on child molestation charges. (Bay County Sheriff’s Department)

As many longtime Duggar-watchers have observed, Joseph may have believed that it was appropriate or normal to lock up his kids.

After all, he grew up in an abusive cult that treats children as property — even more than society as a whole does.

(Obviously, none of this is an excuse.)

In fact, Jim Bob and Michelle’s response to Josh’s crimes as a teenager was to lock their children up for the night.

People who grow up in horrible conditions may repeat their parents’ unjustifiable actions, without even knowing that they are unusual or evil. That is, again, no excuse.

Kendra Caldwell Duggar poses for her mugshot in March 2026.
Following her arrest, Kendra Caldwell Duggar posed for a mugshot. (Photo Credit: Washington County Detention Center)

He’s due back in Florida on April 20

Joseph and Kendra are due in court on April 29.

Until that time, they are barred from contacting their children.

Additionally, Joseph may not contact any minors without supervision. Obviously.

He is actually due back in court in Florida even before that, on April 20.

Only time will tell whether their marriage will survive these legal troubles. It’s just about impossible to root for them, but given the extreme beliefs of the cult, divorce seems unlikely.

Joseph Duggar & Kendra Caldwell Hunkering Down Together was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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WATCH: Emily Ann Roberts Gets Emotional Sharing First ACM Nomination News with Family

On the morning of Thursday, April 9, Emily Ann Roberts received some very exciting news, she had earned her first-ever ACM Award nomination. The rising country star shared her excitement in an emotional new video capturing the moment she told her loved ones the news.

Roberts is heading into the award show vying for a win in the category of New Female Artist of the Year. As soon as she found out, she had to share the news with some very special people in her life. The new video that has surfaced on Roberts’ Instagram first shows just her and her mom celebrating the news via Facetime.

She slowly built the anticipation as she read off each of this year’s nominees including Avery Anna, MacKenzie Carpenter, Dasha, Caroline Jones, and finally, Emily Ann Roberts. An elated scream instantly erupted through the phone from her mom, matching both hers and her husband Chris Sasser’s excitement over the news. Roberts’ hand flew to her face in an attempt to cover the tears of joy filling up in her eyes.

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Photos Courtesy of Emily Ann Roberts

“I knew it, I knew it…you’re gonna win,” the voice from the phone said, promoting a big laugh out of the songstress. Her mom then told her to “start getting your speech ready.”

The “Easy Does It’ singer humbly stated that she doesn’t think she will take home the win, but she is “thankful to be nominated.”

Slowly, more loved ones began to join the facetime call, prompting more tears and more celebratory reactions.

“That’s crazy” Roberts added with tears streaming down her face as she read off the list of nominees once again.

A male voice from the phone proudly added, “There’s 10 years worth of work, sweet pea.”

The video ended on a lighter note as someone on the other end of the line asked, “Can you send me a screenshot of that.”

Emily Ann Roberts wrote in the caption that she will “remember this morning forever” before then sharing the utmost gratitude towards the ACM Awards for recognizing her this year.

“Thank you Jesus and thank you @acmawards !!! 😭🤍 I’ll see ya in Vegas in May !!!!!!”

Fans can tune into the 61st ACM Awards on Sunday, May 17, 2026 to see which country stars will take home a win in each of the categories. The show is set to stream live exclusively on Prime Video for a global audience across more than 240 countries and territories on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT from the iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Viewers watching from home can also see all the excitement unfold through the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and through the Amazon Music app.

Performers for the 2026 ACM Awards include Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, and Riley Green, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

This milestone news for Emily Ann Roberts follows the release of her newest track, “Whipped,” which she penned alongside Jeremy Spillman, Trent Willmon, and Ryan Beaver. The playful, lighthearted tune offers a hilarious nod to her husband and all that the has done for her, especially since moving into their first home together.

Additionally, the Tennessee native is set to drop another new song inspired by her love life titled “My Future.” Roberts reveals that the heartfelt story behind the song, which arrives on Friday, April 10, was actually her husband’s idea.

He thought it would be a great song idea after seeing so many comments on social media saying, ‘I think I see my future.’ I started daydreaming about it and fell in the love with the idea of a girl seeing a guy and planning their whole life together in a matter of minutes. A little crazy? Yeah maybe, but when a woman knows what she wants, she knows!”

The creativity began to flow between her and co-writers Shane Minor and Micah Wilshir and before they knew it, they had a new tune that’s “full of personality and exactly what I dreamed it would be.”

Emily Ann Roberts; My Future
Emily Ann Roberts; My Future

Fans can find Roberts serving as support for Cody Johnson and Thomas Rhett on their respective 2026 tours in addition to a few headline dates and festivals. Her time on the road with Johnson will include dates across the U.K. and Ireland.

A full list of Emily Ann Roberts’ upcoming tour dates can be found at EmilyAnnRoberts.com.

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Disoriented Natasha Lyonne Removed From Flight After Stumbling on Red Carpet at …

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Fans are expressing concern for Natasha Lyonne following news that the beloved actress was removed from a flight by concerned crew members.

News of the incident followed on the heels of a viral TikTok post featuring Lyonne.

In the clip, Natasha seems to require physical support as she awkwardly makes her way along the red carpet at the Euphoria Season 3 premiere.

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It’s important to note that we know very little about these incidents, and there are many reasons why Lyonne may have been a little unsteady on her feet.

But the actress has struggled with addiction issues in the past, and the internet is taking this as a sign that Natasha has relapsed. More on that later.

First, we’ll address the plane situation, which sounds like the sort of thing Natasha will be offering up amusing anecdotes about in her next interview.

According to Page Six, Natasha boarded a Delta flight a few hours after the premiere, still sporting the same outfit she had worn on the red carpet.

Natasha Lyonne attends the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City.
Natasha Lyonne attends the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute)

When flight attendants asked her to put away her laptop and store her tray table she didn’t respond. They eventually surmised that she was asleep.

“Ah! You scared me!” Lyonne reportedly shouted when they finally woke her up

“Ma’am, do you need medical attention?” one attendant asked.

“Ma’am, I need you to come off the plane. Do you need help with your belongings?” another remarked

“Where are we?” Lyonne was overheard asking, before being told, “We’re still in LA. The plane hasn’t gone anywhere … The plane is not going anywhere until you come off it.”

Witnesses say Lyonne shushed the gate agent who had come on board, then headed to the bathroom and emerged eating a bag of pretzels.

She then exited the plane after being informed that her luggage had already been removed.

Natasha Lyonne attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO's "Euphoria" Season 3 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 07, 2026 in Hollywood, California.
Natasha Lyonne attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO’s “Euphoria” Season 3 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 07, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

“We have a passenger, who for whatever reason, wouldn’t follow some basic commands,” the captain reportedly told the other passengers once Lyonne had been removed.

“We had a passenger who didn’t seem up to the task tonight so that’s why they were asked to be booked on another flight — I do apologize for the inconvenience, but we will get you to New York as quickly and as safely as possible.”

As for the Euphoria incident, Lyonne will be appearing on the show’s third season, and — maybe the pressure of a red carper event just got the best of her?

The 45-year-old announced back in January that she had relapsed after several years of sobriety.

“Proud to report this kid is doing a whole lot better & back on her feet,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) at the time.

“Want to thank our recovery communities and the fans who stood by and were so supportive. Aiming to keep the journey somehow private, but look forward to sharing my experience, strength and hope as makes sense.”

The comments on the TikTok video were full of judgment, but thankfully there were some supportive fans.

“Sobriety isn’t linear. I hope Natasha can get back on track for herself,” one commenter wrote.

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DNC avoids taking a stance on Israel, AIPAC

Democrats are, once again, punting on what to do about Israel.

DNC members rejected a symbolic resolution to limit the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and dark-money corporate groups in Democratic primaries — an unsurprising result that is nevertheless a blow to those within the party that have been infuriated by the pro-Israel group’s recent interventions.

They also punted on a pair of sweeping resolutions concerning conflicts in the Middle East that pushed the party to support conditioning military aid to Israel. The measures were referred to the party’s nascent Middle East Working Group, which is meeting for the fourth time this week and has been slow to coalesce around an agenda.

While the resolutions were not expected to pass, the outcomes reflect a party establishment still grappling with how to respond to the increasingly thorny politics around Israel and AIPAC — and their base’s sharp turn away from the longtime U.S. ally.

The AIPAC resolution called for the DNC to condemn “the growing influence of dark money” in Democratic elections, including from the pro-Israel group that has pumped tens of millions of dollars into recent primaries in Illinois and New Jersey.

Several members of the DNC’s resolutions committee said they voted it down because they had passed a resolution earlier in their meeting broadly condemning the influence of dark money in the midterms without calling out individual groups. Committee members similarly struck language from the catchall dark-money resolution that had singled out the glut of spending from AI- and cryptocurrency-aligned PACs.

DNC Chair Ken Martin amplified that messageon X: “We had various resolutions that focused on different industries and groups, and instead of going one-by-one, we passed a blanket repudiation,” he said. “I have made my position on this clear from day one: We must end the influence of dark money in our politics and restore power back to the people.”

Pro-Israel groups applauded the DNC for quashing the nonbinding resolution.

“The DNC made clear today that all Democrats, including millions who are AIPAC members, have the right to participate fully in the democratic process. And we plan to do just that,” AIPAC spokesperson Deryn Sousa said in a statement.

Halie Soifer, a former Kamala Harris adviser and CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, suggested that the votes show the party hasn’t shifted on Israel as much as it seems.

“There are misconceptions because there is a vocal, far-left faction of our party, but they are in no way leading here,” Soifer said. “The DNC as a whole has not shifted from where it has been … which is an organization that is inclusive of Jewish Americans and is supportive of the U.S.-Israel security relationship, as well as Israel’s future as a Jewish and Democratic state.”

But Florida Democrat Allison Minnerly, who introduced the AIPAC resolution, argued there’s “merit to calling out different PACs with intention” given their individual efforts to influence the party’s elections. She said in an interview after the vote that she was unsurprised but disappointed by the result.

DNC leadership “really does not want to continue having this conversation … but our voters, our base, does,” she said. “These are hard questions on a local and national level, but the DNC ultimately has to not just kick things down the road but address things head on because people are tired of waiting.”

A Pew Research survey released this week showed 80 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents hold unfavorable views of Israel, up from 69 percent last year and 53 percent in 2022. A NBC News poll conducted in late February and early March, meanwhile, found that 57 percent of Democrats view Israel negatively, a dramatic change from when just 35 percent held a negative view of the country after Hamas attacked it on Oct. 7, 2023.

The DNC has struggled for years with how to address the shift within its base — a challenge that has returned to the fore with Israel’s involvement in the unpopular U.S. operation in Iran. That’s being compounded by tensions over AIPAC after the historically bipartisan group intervened in a series of hotly contested primaries.

In a sign of how sensitive — and politically treacherous — both issues are for the party, one DNC member told POLITICO they had received calls about the resolutions from two potential 2028 presidential contenders.

Martin established a working group last summer to guide the party’s Middle East policy. It has yet to begin its work in earnest and has been plagued with internal dysfunction, with some members lamenting that the panel lacks heft within the broader party machine.

Some on the eight-member working group hoped by bringing the resolutions to a larger committee they could force discussion on issues around Israel. But the resolutions committee members sent the measures back to the working group — even as they raised concerns about its pace and progress.

Progressive activists and pro-Palestinian groups bristled at the DNC refusing to directly call out AIPAC and deferring action on measures that included recognizing the “State of Palestine” and pausing or conditioning military aid to Israel.

“Today’s vote once again showed that Democratic leadership is asleep at the wheel when it comes to one of the biggest existential threats to the party,” said Margaret DeReus, the head of the IMEU Policy Project, a pro-Palestinian group that had lobbied members to approve the resolutions. “Party leadership needs to wake up.”

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