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Attorney Michael Avenatti.Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Disgraced celebrity lawyerMichael Avenattihas been sentenced to 14 years in prison for blocking the IRS’s attempt to collect $3 million in unpaid taxes, and stealing millions from his clients, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. In its release, the DOJ said the suspended lawyer received “168 months in federal prison forstealing millions of dollars from his clients– one of whom was a paraplegic with mental health issues – and for obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect more than $3 million in payroll taxes from an Avenatti-owned coffee business....

Photo: Will Heath/NBC/Getty Images Don’t worrySaturday Night Livefans,Michael Cheisn’t going anywhere. The comedian denied speculation that he’s ending his years-long tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series after it was reported that he joked about a potential exit during a recent stand-up performance. “I’m not leavingSNL,” Che wroteon Instagram, sharing a screengrab of an article detailing his supposed departure. “I said it at a comedy show, and some dork transcribed it & wrote an article....

Michael Fassbenderis an assassin trying to stay calm in his latest movie role. The trailer opens with Fassbender’s character prepping a weapon and destroying a cell phone. He wears a smart watch that reads his heart rate — as he prepares to fire a sniper rifle out a window, his heart rate rises above 100 beats per minute, leading the assassin to take a deep breath before firing. Netflix After that, the assassin is shown in a variety of situations throughout the movie, including more violence, destroying potential evidence and incognito airplane travel, as Fassbender narrates reminders to himself to “stick to the plan” and “fight only the battle you’re paid to fight,” among other sayings....

Michelle Obama (left) and mom Marian Robinson photographed at the Obamas’ Chicago home on Nov. 2, 2018.Photo: Miller Mobley Michelle Obamais honoring the woman who gave her “non-stop, unconditional love” this Mother’s Day in a most monumental way. “Hi everyone, I’m Michelle, also known asMarian Robinson’s daughter,” the former first lady said to kick off avideo on Friday announcing newson plans for an exhibit called “Opening the White House” in her mother’s honor at the Obama Presidential Center....

Mick Rock.Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images Mick Rock, celebrated photographer ofDavid Bowie, Andy Warhol,Queen,Madonnaand Blondie, has died. He was 72, according tomultipleoutlets. The news of Rock’s passing was shared via hisTwitterandInstagramaccounts, with a heartfelt message that announced “with the heaviest of hearts” that “our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick Rock has made the Jungian journey to the other side.” “Those who had the pleasure of existing in his orbit, know that Mick was always so much more than ‘The Man Who Shot The 70s....

Photo: Mindy Kaling/InstagramMindy Kalingis getting ready for season 2 ofThe Sex Lives of College Girls— no matter what might get in her way.On Wednesday, Kaling revealed that she’s having to write the sophomore season of the HBO Max hit from her home — more specifically, her bed! — admid the current surge of COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.Kaling shared an Instagram photo of herself tuned-in to the show’s digital writer’s room, wearing slippers while sitting in bed....

Monique Baugh.Photo: Facebook Police in Minnesota have charged a man with murder for allegedly killing a 28-year-old mother-of-two, who was shot in the face in a Minneapolis alley on New Year’s Eve. Monique Baugh, a respected realtor, was found dead — shot three times — in an alley in the Willard-Hay section of the city. Officers were dispatched to the area after a gunshot detection system alerted them to three gunshots....

Winner Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minnesota, posed with his giant pumpkin at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on October 9, 2023 in Half Moon Bay, California.Photo:Liu Guanguan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Liu Guanguan/China News Service/VCG via Getty A Minnesota man’s special pumpkin will have you saying, “Oh my gourd.” The 2,749-pound jack-o’-lantern gourd took first place in the50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Offin Half Moon Bay, California. The previous record was 2,702 pounds, set in 2021....

A California woman and her boyfriend were sentenced this week fortheir systematic torture of the woman’s 8-year-old son, which covered his body with abuse and eventually killed him five years ago, PEOPLE confirms. In a rare exhortation during their court hearing on Thursday, Judge George G. Lomeli reportedly told Isauro Aguirre and Pearl Fernandez: “I hope you think about the pain you caused this child and that it tortures you.”...

Photo: Tika Miller/Facebook A 38-year-old New Jersey mother lost her life saving her teenage daughter when their New Jersey house collapsed while they were inside on Monday morning. The Hamilton Police Division posted a statement on Facebookconfirming that both the daughter — who also has a 20-year-old sister who survived the structural collapse — are in serious, but stable condition at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Justice, they added, died as a result of the collapse....

A Canadian woman who fought off a cougar that attacked her 7-year-old son in their backyard is now speaking out. “I could hear his voice, I could hear struggling, so I ran down the stairs and ran to his voice and turned the corner, and I see this animal on my child,” Lockhart, who lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, told the outlet. Lockhart said she then attempted to pry the cougar’s jaw open to get the animal to release Zachery....

Three months before his death, Los Angeles Angels pitcherTyler Skaggsopened up with his wife about their lives, their recent wedding and their dreams of starting a family. “Tyler wants his children to be able to see him pitch,” wife Carli Skaggs toldWealth Managementin a joint April interview. The piece, published April 3, noted the couple had recently bought a house in Tyler’s hometown in California and they were growing their “rainy day fund....

Deja Taylor.Photo:Billy Schuerman/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Billy Schuerman/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher earlier this year has been sentenced to two years in prison for child neglect. Deja Taylor, 25, originally pleaded guilty in August to the state felony child neglect charge that stemmed from the Jan. 6 shooting in Newport News, Va., PEOPLEpreviously reported....