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Cassidy Hutchinson is not done airing out the sordid, amusing, sometimes confounding things she witnessed while working under Donald Trump . The former White House aide, whose book Enough is leading American sales, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live and spent much of her time explaining, of all things, the former president’s apparent inability to eat lunch like a normal person. Hutchinson’s testimony during last year’s January 6 hearings instantly went viral and, as Jimmy Kimmel put it on Wednesday night, “cast serious doubt on the highly professional, by-the-book reputation of the Trump administration.” Among other damning accusations, Hutchinson recalled a time when Trump threw his lunch against the wall in a fit of rage. But apparently, that’s not even the half of it; even Trump’s ketchup allegedly has to pass muster. “He does have a very potent fear of being poisoned,” Hutchinson told Kimmel. “… so he uses and prefers the small Heinz glass ketchup bottles because he likes to h...

Renee Bach was 19 when she felt God calling her to move to Uganda, where in 2009 she founded a Christian mission to serve hungry children. Home-schooled in a Baptist family, she had always been taught that when God calls, you follow. But by 2015, after more than 100 Ugandan children had died there under her care, a chorus of other calls had begun to sound amid a swirl of questions about why and who was responsible — calls for answers, calls for justice. Those questions are a central focus of the three-part HBO documentary series “Savior Complex,” directed by Jackie Jesko, which premiered last week. As related in the series, Bach, who moved to Uganda from Virginia with a high school diploma and zero medical training, originally set up the nonprofit charity Serving His Children as a feeding program providing simple meals to malnourished kids. The problems started when the charity began taking in severely ill children who could not find care at overcrowded hospitals, evolving ultim...

Ever since Taylor Swift started showing up at NFL games amid her rumored romance with Travis Kelce , a new wave of toxic hate has bubbled up. From football fans loudly booing Swift mid-game to angry viewers claiming her mere presence is “destroying” the game , many NFL devotees have not been welcoming to the superstar’s new interest in the sport. And the grossest reaction of all came from a Barstool Sports podcast, in which a group of men made sexist remarks about Swift. After the clip went viral, Rachel Zegler pointed out just how disgusting and misogynistic these stances on Swift are. After Swift attended the Kansas City Chiefs’ Oct. 1 game against the New York Jets, the hosts of the Barstool Sports podcast Pardon My Take vented about how they think “Taylor Swift is using the NFL to make her star bigger.” In one portion of the podcast, the hosts say they’ll only believe Swift and Kelce’s relationship is real if they release a sex tape. “If Taylor Swift is going to be taking o...

As two of the masterminds behind Eastbound and Down , Vice Principals , and The Righteous Gemstones , Danny McBride and David Gordon Green are responsible for some of modern television’s most outrageously uninhibited and amusing comedies. Regrettably, their attempts to revitalize classic horror franchises—first with their recent trio of Halloween reboot-sequels , and now with The Exorcist: Believer , the initial installment of a planned trilogy—leave much to be desired. Rehashing with the aid of original series stars, their scary-movie ventures play like creatively unnecessary and uninspired IP extensions, and that goes double for their latest, which brings back Ellen Burstyn for a tale of possessed kids and tormented adults that, for all the wrong reasons, proves hellish. As with his Halloween efforts, director Green’s The Exorcist: Believer (in theaters Oct. 6) is a direct follow-up to the franchise’s maiden entry; all pre-existing sequels have been erased from its fictional ...

Several months ago, as a federal judge worked through a docket of smuggling cases in the bustling border city of Laredo, Texas, three people were escorted into the courtroom. Because they were undocumented immigrants, the judge explained, they would be sent to jail. But they were not being charged with a crime. Instead, they would be compelled to testify against the people accused of helping them enter the United States. The hearing took less than five minutes. The immigrants never spoke, not to ask questions or explain why they had made the illegal journey across the Rio Grande. They were then taken to jail, where they joined a long list of people — nearly 104,000 since 2003 — detained as so-called material witnesses in federal criminal proceedings. While the law allowing the detention of witnesses in criminal cases dates back to George Washington’s presidency, its modern use has been most prevalent along the Mexican border as successive administrations have prioritized the pros...

Lara Trump’s new single, a cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” has been censored on a Times Square billboard — with the billboard company refusing to print her name on the cover art to promote the song. A photo of the cover art for the single showed up in Times Square Friday, without any text — neither her name, nor the name of the song. “[Producer LJ Fino] called me and told me this, and I was like, ‘Hell no, I’m not okay with just Lara. My name is Lara Trump and I’m proud of that,’” Trump, who is married to Donald Trump’s son Eric, told Breitbart News of the incident. “The billboard just went live with just the picture, not even the title of the song.” Producer at First Class Records, LJ Fino, told Breitbart News the action represents “a clear attempt to stifle and limit the expression of free speech, the bedrock of music,” adding that TSX Entertainment’s political bias is “digging their own grave.” “I am deeply concerned about the decision by TSX Entertainment to exclud...

Management and marketing powerhouse Wasserman has clinched its acquisition of UK-based CSM Sport & Entertainment, expanding its services and geographic footprint. The deal for CSM, led by Matt Vandrau, was unveiled in July. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The move further broadens Wasserman’s reach in pro-sports as well as music and entertainment, expanding tailored services it can offer through a network of relationships with brands, properties and talent across 27 countries and 62 cities worldwide, said today’s announcement, calling the two companies “a natural fit.” This is also acquisition no. 12 for the Wasserman over the past two years, the company said. Last month, it acquired entertainment management and production company Brillstein Entertainment Partners . In a seminal deal in 2021, it Wasserman acquired Paradigm’s live music division, launching Wasserman Music, at a time when Covid had grounded touring revenues — which have since seen a dramatic resurgence. ...