The Rundown The stories * Bill Cosby is back in the spotlight… Kudos to the Associated Press for keeping the pressure on this story. We’ve heard or seen from a range of women – at least over 2 dozen – who’ve accused the comedian of various degrees of sexual assault. But because many of their alleged incidents took place years, or even decades ago, the statute of limitations ran out and so he has never been criminally charged. The AP went to court to get the documents from a deposition in 2005 unsealed. They contained the testimony Cosby gave in a sexual assault case brought by a woman who worked…
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Entertainment Express: San Diego Comic Con, Royal Baby, Kanye West, Pearl Jam, Jay Z, Jesse & the Rippers
* The big news coming out of San Diego Comic Con this past weekend (actually late on a Saturday night) is that the next Avengers movie will be called Age of Ultron. Oh – and of course the news that Batman and Superman will team up in the next Warner Bros movie. Christian Bale is not onboard, but Henry Cavill is. * Royal Baby Watch has gone into overdrive – as Princess Catherine has gone into labour. Boy? Girl? Some don’t care, but many are glued to this pop culture event that gives Britain a third heir in line to the throne. * After declaring the second verse in New…
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Entertainment Express: San Diego Comic Con, Nelson Mandela, Idris Elba, Emmys, Durban International Film Festival
* I’m bummed not to be in San Diego for Comic Con this year, but still keeping an eye on the news (and best costumes) coming out of the fan-fest. This year’s event has kicked off with footage shown from Divergent and Ender’s Game. Looking so forward to seeing South African born-director Gavin Hood’s (Tsotsi) latest project. * In case you missed my gazillion tweets about it, Thursday was Nelson Mandela‘s 95th Birthday. Best wishes came in from all over the world for the biggest celebrity of them all, and he was also lauded at a special meeting at the UN. * Coincidently (I think not, haha!), the trailer for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom…
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Entertainment Express: VMAs, Robert Downey Jr, Cory Monteith, 12 Years a Slave, San Diego Comic Con
* Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the pack of this year’s MTV Video Music Award nominees. The ceremony will take place next month at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn – complete with newly-designed Moonmen statues. * He’s one of the most popular actors around, and now Robert Downey Jr is also Hollywood’s highest paid actor, according to Forbes. Earning an estimated $75 million during the time of June 2012 up until June 2013, he takes over the spot from Tom Cruise, who earned the same amount last year. Good on RDJ, who was once considered “box office poison.” * Initial autopsy results into the death of Glee star…
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Comic-Con: Through the Eyes of a First-timer
The thing about going to Comic-Con is many people will tell you what to expect. They’ll tell you about the mythological long lines to get into Hall H, and that, unless you arrive 8 hours before, it’s impossible to get into. They’ll tell you about how people role play in costume – a past-time known as cosplay – and how some even take it to the extreme, talking in a Darth Vader voice to accompany their Darth Vader outfit. And they’ll tell you, you ain’t seen crazy yet, ’til you’ve seen someone stab someone else with a pen for cutting in front of them in the autograph line. …
