Vine Star Curtis Lepore On Trial for Allegedly Raping Vine Star GF

Vine Star Curtis Lepore On Trial for Allegedly Raping Vine Star GF Vine megastar Curtis Lepore was in court Tuesday ... facing charges of raping Vine star girlfriend Jessi Smiles while she was sleeping, TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us ... Lepore was arrested in October -- and released on $100,000 bail -- but it flew under the radar.  During Tuesday's hearing he pled not guilty. Here's the back story.  We're...

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Winner of black rhino hunting auction: My $350,000 will help save the species

Winner of black rhino hunting auction: My $350,000 will help save the species Corey Knowlton is on edge sitting inside a Las Vegas hotel room, surrounded by a private security detail, explaining why he spent $350,000 for the chance to hunt a black rhinoceros in the southern African nation of Namibia. "If I sound emotional, it's because I have people threatening my kids," Knowlton told CNN. "It's because I have people threatening to kill me right now [that] I'm having to talk to the FBI and have private security to keep my children from being...

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Teen killed after shooting several people, including 2 ATF agents, police say

Teen killed after shooting several people, including 2 ATF agents, police say STORY HIGHLIGHTS All the victims shot by the 19-year-old are expected to survive Two ATF agents were in the area and helped search for the suspect They both were shot A teen was shot and killed Thursday night in Oklahoma after shooting several people, including two ATF agents, police said. All the victims shot by the 19-year-old are expected to survive,...

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5 things we learned from Oscar nominations

5 things we learned from Oscar nominations The nominations for the Academy Awards were presented Thursday morning, and as always there were trends and surprises. Here are a few things we learned: 1. Make way for older women. It's not for nothing that one of best jokes from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the Golden Globes referred to the lack of meaty roles for actresses of a certain age: "Meryl Streep (is) so brilliant in 'August: Osage...

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'Gilligan's Island' Professor, actor Russell Johnson, dead at 89

'Gilligan's Island' Professor, actor Russell Johnson, dead at 89 Actor Russell Johnson, best known as Professor in the 1960s TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Thursday, his agent said. Johnson was 89. Johnson played the iconic role of Professor Roy Hinkley, whose scientific schemes to get the castaways rescued were always foiled by Gilligan's bumbling. He died at his home in Washington, where he lived with his wife, Connie. She and...

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Colby fire above Glendora burns homes, spews smoke over L.A. Basin

Colby fire above Glendora burns homes, spews smoke over L.A. Basin The fast-moving blaze is probably the harbinger of a rare winter fire season sparked by the driest conditions on record. A fast-moving wildfire in the hills above Glendora burned at least 1,700 acres of withered brush and five homes Thursday, and sent a smoky pall over much of the Los Angeles Basin — the likely harbinger of a rare winter fire season sparked by the...

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Kate Gosselin's twins go silent on 'Today'

Kate Gosselin's twins go silent on 'Today' Kate Gosselin appeared on "Today" with daughters Cara (left) and Mady on Thursday. Despite Kate Gosselin's command to her twin daughters to just "spit it out," neither Cara nor Mady Gosselin were interested in speaking much on the "Today" show Thursday. The 13-year-old twins, who became famous as kids on the TLC reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8," appeared on the morning show along with their...

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TONYA AND NANCY SAGA WAS JUST BIZARRE

TONYA AND NANCY SAGA WAS JUST BIZARRE It was a melodrama that started in Detroit with the kneecapping of Olympic gold-medal front-runner Nancy Kerrigan, moved like a cyclone to Portland, Ore., where her chief rival, Tonya Harding, lived, then skipped across the Atlantic Ocean and followed them to the sleepy village of Hamar, Norway, where the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games figure skating competition was being held. It remains a maelstrom...

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Aaliyah: Fans Tweet ‘RIP,’ Wish Aaliyah Happy Birthday on 35th Birthday

Aaliyah: Fans Tweet ‘RIP,’ Wish Aaliyah Happy Birthday on 35th Birthday Aaliyah at 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' at the NBC Studios in Burbank, Ca. 7/25/01. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Aaliyah, the R&B singer who died in 2001, had her birthday on Jan. 16. She would have been 35. At the age of 22, Aaliyah–born Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Brooklyn–and eight others were killed in a plane crash over the Bahamas after she...

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'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' Dominate 2014 Oscar Nominations

'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' Dominate 2014 Oscar Nominations "American Hustle" and "Gravity" stole the show this morning as both blockbuster films were nominated for 10 Oscars with "12 Years a Slave" right behind at nine nominations. The surprise of the day came from "Nebraska," a film that nabbed six Oscar nods. "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Captain Phillips" also got six. The stars dominated the individual nominations as expected with...

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