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R. Kelly on Monday was convicted of nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking, which included acts constituting sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and violating of the Mann Act. According to CNN, the jury was made up of seven men and five women, who began deliberations on Friday. The federal trial began on August 18 in the Eastern District of New York. Kelly had pleaded not guilty to the charges. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is due to be sentenced on May 4. He now faces several decades to life in prison. According to The New York Times, prosecutors said that over the course of two decades, Kelly and his “inner circle” tried to recruit girls and young women for sexual exploitation and to produce pornography. The racketeering ch...

At its recent Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event, the streaming platform revealed an array of previews include the intro for its live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Accompanied by the show’s classic “Tank!” opening theme, the intro is inspired by original anime series. Already staying true to the costumes and set design from Shinichiro Watanabe’s 1998 anime source material, the intro is a faithful recreation that captures the rhythm of the music from original main composer Yoko Kanno. Starring John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, and Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, the live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop was initially met with mixed feelings but with the latest previews, fans of the series have begun to change their thoughts about Netflix’s take on the beloved a...

In its latest true crime announcement, Netflix reveals Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, a new documentary that follows a group of investors turned amateur detectives as they try to unravel the suspicious death of crypto tycoon Gerry Cotten, founder of Quadriga Fintech Solutions which operated QuadrigaCX, the largest crypto exchange in Canada at the time. Upon Cotten’s death due to Crohn’s disease in 2019, what was thought to be around $250 million USD worth of digital currency was rendered inaccessible. His wife Jennifer Robertson reported that the only person who knew the password for QuadrigaCX’s offline crypto accounts was Cotten. The over 100,000 clients who entrusted Cotten with their money were left empty-handed. Upon Quadriga’s bankruptcy, Ernst and Young were only able t...

Following its original announcement in June, Bandai Namco has now finally announced the premiere date for the upcoming anime portion of its Gundam Breaker Battlogue project. Due to release in October, the new series will feature six episodes that will stream on both the official Gundam YouTube channel and the Gundam.info website every Thursday. The series is produced by Sunrise with Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue veteran Masami Obari direction. Yuichiro Kitaoka and So Mayumi are writing the screenplay, while character design comes from Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters‘ Kenichi Ohnuki. While plot details remain scarce at the moment, we do know that there’ll also be an accompanying video game based on the series as well as a new Gunpla line that’ll allow builders to cus...

Ahead of its November release, Riot Games and Netflix has now finally dropped the full trailer for its upcoming League of Legends animated series Arcane. Based on the massively popular MOBA from California-based video game developer, Arcane fans into the world of Runeterra where two deeply contrasting environments collide: the extravagant city of Piltover and the dark underbelly of Zaun. Focusing on the relationship between sisters Jinx and Vi, the series explores the backstory of numerous League characters in what Riot says is a standalone series created for more than just the game’s fans. “When we set out to produce Arcane, we knew that we had something really special with the story of Jinx and Vi,” says the show’s co-creator Christian Linke. “We wanted to explor...

The upcoming Cowboy Bebop comic series from Titan Comics has now unveiled the main cover and its variants for the very first issue, which is slated for release this December. Six different covers offer fans and collectors a wide range of different art styles coming from big-name artists such as Captain Marvel‘s Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Doctor Who‘s Claudia Ianniciello, Immortal Iron Fists‘ Afu Chan, and Batwoman‘s Yishan Li. A spin-off from the upcoming Netflix live-action series, Titan Comics’ take on the franchise will see four issues focusing on a never-before-seen story revolving around Spike and the Cowboy Bebop universe. Lucifer veteran Dan Watters will write while Lamar Mathurin will be responsible for the illustrations. A trade paperback iteration of all four...

After three years together as well as having a son, X Æ A-Xii, it has been reported that Elon Musk and Grimes are going through a “Semi” separation. In a exclusive interview, Musk reveals that he and Grimes are “semi-separated,” and that they still care for each other and that they visit each other often. They still co-parent their 1-year-old son X Æ A-Xii Musk with Musk elaborating, “It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or traveling overseas and her work is primarily in LA. She’s staying with me now and Baby X is in the adjacent room.” On top of their diverging fields and 17-year age difference, the two have made it work and remain on good terms even if they are “semi-separated.” With the world watching, fans of the couple have jumped on Twitte...

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for its adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman as part of its “Tudum” global fan event. The trailer depicts Roderick Burgess (Charles Dance) conducting the ritual to summon and imprison Death, not knowing which of Death’s family he has captured. When it is revealed who he has snared, Dream (Tom Sturridge) issues the chilling warning “You’re going to need all the help you can get.” It’s the briefest of glimpses of a sprawling storyline and only reveals two characters, but given that it’s the first live action footage of a story first published as a comic book in 1988, it will no doubt be whipping hardcore fans into a frenzy. “Death has family” meet Tom Sturridge as Dream in Netflix’s THE SANDMAN #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/sLb3SDQdaG — Netflix Geeked is wat...

HBO Max has announced an upcoming documentary series focusing on DC. The three-part docuseries will take “an unprecedented look at the enduring and influential legacy of DC, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company’s origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium.” Leslie Iwerks and Mark Catalena will serve as co-directors as well as executive producers alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden, Rachael Jerahian and Jonathan Gabay. “DC has a rich legacy of over 80 years of iconic storytelling: from the introduction of the genre defining Super Hero Superman in 1938 to the amazing movies, TV shows, cartoons, games and comics which have been synonymous with superheroism fo...

The Rhode Island home that inspired the events of James Wan’s The Conjuring is on the real estate market for $1.2 million USD. Located on eight acres at 1677 Round Top Road in Burrillville, Rhode Island, the property is a farmhouse that boasts 3,000 square feet, three bedrooms and one and one-half bathrooms. In 1971, late paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren claimed that the farmhouse — owned by the Perron family at the time — was being haunted by a witch named Bathsheba Sherman, who died in the 19th century and cursed the land. “1677 Round Top Road is a property with such a fascinating background, and we are pleased to have listed this interesting home,” Ray Mott, broker and co-owner of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, said in a press release. Judy Chace, a...

Before the action kicks off two weeks from now, Sony Pictures reveals four new character posters giving fans a little extra to think about ahead of Marvel‘s Venom 2 premiere. While the blood-red Carnage/Kasady played by Woody Harrelson, Venom/Eddie Brock starring Tom Hardy, and Shriek played by Naomie Harris were revealed in the official trailer. The new character posters offer a new development. Michelle Williams‘ poster hints at a She-Venom silhouette, further validated by an Instagram caption that reads “She’s back in black” as seen below. The comic book adaptation has seen six release date changes due to uncertain circumstances, so the posters also serve as reassurance for the expecting fans. Earlier this month, the movie’s test screening yielded a strongly positive response with an em...