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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Did you know that Doctor Nassar is charged with 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and he is expected to take a plea deal which could get him a minimum prison sentence of 25 years?

Doctor Larry Nassar is expected to plead guilty to sexually assaulting young gymnasts?

Gabby Douglas
Did you know that Nassar is expected in court Wednesday, just a day after another gymnast came forward with accusations. Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas said she's also a victim of sexual abuse from Nassar?

Did you know that Douglas said that she posted to Instagram: 
"I didn't publicly share my experiences as well as many other things because for years we were conditioned to stay silent and honestly some things were extremely painful?"

Ally Raisman
Did you know that Douglas is the third member of the USA's gold-winning 2012 Olympic team to come forward?

Did you know that  Ally Raisman called Nassar a monster?

Did you know that Doctor Nassar is charged with 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and he is expected to take a plea deal which could get him a minimum prison sentence of 25 years? 

Did you know that In July, Nassar pleaded guilty to child pornography charges?

Did you know that Nassar was arrested last year on the child pornography charges including receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and destruction and concealment of records and tangible objects?

Did you know that Nassar agreed to plead guilty to all of those charges and as part of the plea agreement he will not be prosecuted for sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of children, as well as interstate or international travel with intent and engaging in illicit sexual conduct?

Did you know that those charges were related to an incident which is alleged to have occurred in Nassar's swimming pool with two children in the summer of 2015?
 

Did you know that Sept, 20, 2016, Nassar was in possession of computer disks and electronic files that had thousands of images of child pornography, while some of the images allegedly included a minor who was younger than 12 years old, officials said?
 
Did you know that by pleading guilty, Nassar admits he knowingly received child pornography, knew that the material was child pornography and that it had been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including a computer? 

Did you know that Nassar could face no less than 5 years and not more than 20 years in prison and he also could have to pay a $250,000 fine for each count?




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Did you know that Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys is Accused of Raping Former Pop Star Melissa Schuman?

Did you know that Melissa Schuman, a former member of the all-girl pop group Dream, has claimed in an extraordinary and detailed blog posting that the Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter raped her at his apartment in 2002?

Did you know that Schuman says she was 18 at the time and a virgin, while Carter was 22?

Did you know that the singer said she was inspired to come forward with her story after being horrified by trolls victim-shaming a fan who claimed to have been assaulted by Carter, saying, “Victim shaming is a core reason why victims don’t speak out?”


Girl Group Dream
Did you know that when Schuman meet Carter professionally he invited her back to his apartment, where she claims he took her to a locked bathroom and performed oral sex on her despite her asking him repeatedly to stop—before demanding she do the same to him?

 

Did you know that Carter was previously accused of domestic abuse by his ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton, and was arrested for battery last year following a Florida bar brawl?
Did you know that these gross accusations of sexual misconduct from victims of  Harvey Weinstein, has triggered this avalanche of women and men telling their story?

 




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Did you know that Teen Idol star David Cassidy died, he was 67?

Did you know that David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom "The Partridge Family" and sold millions of records as the musical group's lead singer, died at age 67?Did you know that Cassidy, he had been diagnosed with dementia?

Did you know that Cassidt who announced earlier this year that, was in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hospital suffering from organ failure?

Did you know that "The Partridge Family" aired from 1970-74 and was a fictional variation of the '60s performers the Cowsills, intended at first as a vehicle for Shirley Jones, the Oscar-winning actress and Cassidy's stepmother?

Did you know that Jones played Shirley Partridge, a widow with five children with whom she forms a popular act that travels on a psychedelic bus?

Did you know that the seventies was an era for singing families — the Osmonds, the Jacksons. "The Partridge Family" never cracked the top 10 in TV ratings, but the recordings under their name, mostly featuring Cassidy, Jones and session players, produced real-life musical hits and made Cassidy a real-life musical superstar?
Did you know that The Partridges' best known song, "I Think I Love You," spent three weeks on top of the Billboard chart at a time when other hit singles included James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "The Tears of a Clown?"

Did you know that The Partridges Family also reached the top 10 with "I'll Meet You Halfway" and "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted" and Cassidy had a solo hit with "Cherish?""

Did you know that in two years, David Cassidy has swept hurricane-like into the pre-pubescent lives of millions of American girls," Rolling Stone magazine noted in 1972. "Leaving: six and a half million long-playing albums and singles; 44 television programs; David Cassidy lunch boxes; David Cassidy bubble gum; David Cassidy coloring books and David Cassidy pens; not to mention several millions of teen magazines, wall stickers, love beads, posters and photo albums?"
Did you know that Cassidy's appeal faded after the show went off the air, although he continued to tour, record and act over the next 40 years, his albums including "Romance" and the awkwardly titled "Didn't You Used To Be?"

Did you know that Cassidy had a hit with "I Write the Songs" before Barry Manilow's chart-topping version and success overseas with "The Last Kiss," featuring backing vocals from Cassidy admirer George Michael?

Did you know that Cassidy made occasional stage and television appearances, including an Emmy-nominated performance on "Police Story?"

Meanwhile, "The Partridge Family" remained popular in re-runs and Cassidy, who kept his dark bangs and boyish appearance well into middle age, frequently turned up for reunions and spoke often about his early success.


Did you know that Cassidy  posed naked for Rolling Stone in 1972?

Did you know that Cassidy was married and divorced three times, battled alcoholism, was arrested for drunk driving and in 2015 filed for bankruptcy?

Did you know that Cassidy had two children, musician Beau Cassidy and actress Katie Cassidy, with whom he acknowledged having a distant relationship?

Cassidy himself was estranged from his father. Born in New York City in 1950, he was the son of actors Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward and half brother of entertainer Shaun Cassidy. David Cassidy's parents split up when he was 5 and he would long express regret about Jack Cassidy, who soon married Shirley Jones, being mostly absent from his life. David Cassidy stayed with his mother and by the early 1960s had moved to Los Angeles.




Did you know that Cassidy was kicked out of high school for truancy?
Did you know that Cassidy dreamed of becoming an actor and had made appearances on "Bonanza," ''Ironside" and other programs before producers at ABC television asked him to audition for "The Partridge Family," unaware that he could sing and intending at first to have him mime songs to someone else's voice?





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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Did you know that Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family cult that murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, died Sunday in a Bakersfield, Calif hospital, he was 83?

Charles Manson
Did you know that Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family cult that murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, died Sunday in a Bakersfield, Calif hospital, he was 83?

Did you know that Manson was incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, where he had been serving nine life sentences?

Did you know that Manson had been denied parole 12 times?

Did you know that the murders took place nearly 50 years ago, they continued to have a hold over the popular imagination. Quentin Tarantino agreed with Sony Pictures on Nov. 17 to develop his 1969-based movie project that has the events surrounding Manson as a background?

Did you know that Mason was a career criminal from an impoverished and abusive background, he was first incarcerated in 1951 and by age 32 had spent half of his life behind bars?

Did you know that Mason was an aspiring musician who first learned to play guitar in prison?


Did you know that Manson made headlines in 2015 when his fiancee at the time, Afton Elaine Burton, AKA “Star,” 53 years his junior, was reported to be planning their nuptials in order to secure a claim to his corpse, which she hoped to exploit as a commercial public display piece?

Did you know since the murder convictions, Manson has been imprisoned at San Quentin; the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Folsom, and at Corcoran, where he eventually died









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Did you know that Michigan Rep John Conyers is being accused firing a woman because she did not “succumb to [his] sexual advances?

Powerful Dem Rep. John Conyers hit by report on sexual conduct with ex-staffers

Did you know that through documents obtained several former staff members reportedly accused Conyers of requesting sexual favors, rubbing their hands sexually and rubbing their legs and backs.
Conyers, though, denied having settled any sexual harassment complaints with staffers when questioned Tuesday by The Associated Press?

Did you know that the woman who complained about her firing reportedly believed she had no other option than to remain quiet and take the settlement?

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, discusses immigration reform before a group of students, faculty and others at California State University, Sacramento, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Earlier she was shouted down by young immigrants at an event in San Francisco where she was trying to drum up support for legislation the would grant legal status to young immigrants. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Did you know that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she did not have any knowledge of the Conyers' settlement? 

Did you know that Conyers, 88, has served in the House for decades?

Did you know that Conyers was active in the civil-rights movement and helped found the Congressional Black Caucus; he’s now the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee?


Did you know that House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called the report “extremely troubling” in a statement released Tuesday. He noted he already had directed “the Committee on House Administration to conduct a full review of all policies and procedures related to workplace harassment and discrimination?”

Did you know that Pelosi pointed to new legislation put forth by Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier which the Democratic leader said would provide “much-needed transparency on these agreements” and make “other critical reforms?”

Did you know that the report said the woman who settled with Conyers ended up with a confidentiality agreement in exchange for a roughly $27,000 settlement -- which reportedly came from Conyers' office budget as opposed to a massive fund that has been used to settle hundreds of cases with federal employees?

Did you know that the revelations about Conyers’ alleged conduct are just the latest in a series of allegations shaking the halls of Capitol Hill in recent days?






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DC Comics editor is finally FIRED after three women accused him of sexual harassment years after reports were ignored

Did you know that Eddie Berganza (pictured here) has been fired as editor of DC Comics amid allegations from three women regarding sexual harassment and assault?
 
Did you know that Warner Bros and DC Entertainment announced the news that they were 'committed to eradicating harassment?'

Did you know that Berganza stuck his tongue in the mouth The firing comes in the wake of a BuzzFeed report last week that included on-the-record accounts of sticking his tongue in the mouth of one female employee and repeatedly trying to kiss another female employee?
Did you know that there have allegedly been several reports regarding Berganza’s inappropriate behavior which has been ignored for years, and he was once promoted to editor-in-chief of the company?
Joan Hilty
Did you know that fellow editor at DC Joan Hilty (above) said Berganza 'grabbed her and repeatedly tried to pull her in for a kiss' in the early 2000s





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Did you know that two weeks after allegations of sexual harassment Jeffrey Tambor, said he is leaving the show Transparent?

Did you know that Jeffrey Tambor is also fielding allegations of sexually harassing his Transparent co-workers?
Actress Trace Lysette

Did you know that Actress Trace Lysette is the second woman who has worked on the show to accuseTambor of inappropriate behavior?

Did you know Lysette described in graphic detail how Tambor pressed up against her on set and began "humping" on her body. "I felt his penis against my hip through his thin pajamas and I pushed him off me," Lysette wrote?

Van Barnes
Did you know that was the only instance of a physical encounter, but she fielded many unwanted inappropriate comments?

Did you know that Amazon is already investigating allegations from Tambor's former assistant Van Barnes?

Did you know that Tambor's maintained that his actions had been misinterpreted?

Did you know that Lysette has had a recurring role on Transparent since the show's first season in 2014?

Did you know that two weeks after allegations of sexual harassment emerged against Jeffrey Tambor, the lead actor of the acclaimed Amazon series Transparent, the actor has said he is leaving the show,

Did you know that Tambor, who has denied the allegations, is abandoning his Emmy-winning role over what he calls the hostile “politicized atmosphere” on the set?

Did you know that Tambor responded by describing Barnes a “former disgruntled assistant” and calling the accusation “baseless?”





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Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!