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Netflix will explore murder, corruption and wrongful convictions in The Innocent Man, an upcoming docuseries based on John Grisham’s best-selling 2006 non-fiction book of the same name. The six-part project, which launches globally on December 14th, focuses on the controversy behind two killings that occurred in Ada, Oklahoma in 1982 …

It’s been seven years since Damien Echols walked out of an Arkansas prison after spending 18 years — half of his life at the time — on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now, at 43, the West Memphis Three figure (one of a trio of teenagers …

Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones will serve as producers on a big-screen adaptation of The Color Purple musical. The musical is based on the 2005 Broadway show that put the Oscar-nominated 1985 film – itself an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel by Alice Walker – to …

Halloween might as well be a national day of Kiss observance as far as the band is concerned. What better way to officiate your own party than rocking theTonight Show stage? Kiss brought all the bombastic lasers, pyrotechnics, leather-studded vets, hairy chests and ghoulish clown makeup they’re famous for and …

While his mentor Kanye West incoherently promotes an exodus of black voters from the Democratic Party, Travis Scott entered the political fray with a different approach. On Sunday, the rapper made an appearance as the special guest at a rally for Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate hopeful to unseat Senator …

Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar has overcome a lot of conflict in her life. The Round Rock, Texas, native faced sexual abuse in the military and domestic abuse at home before becoming an Air Force pilot, serving three tours in Afghanistan. When her helicopter was shot down by the Taliban in …

WASHINGTON — Julián Castro, the former San Antonio mayor and secretary of Housing and Urban Development for President Obama whose 2012 Democratic National Convention speech transformed him into a national leader overnight, is a hard man to keep track of. For months, the 44-year-old Castro has been hopscotching between Nevada, …

American voters are more likely to turn out in the upcoming midterms than they were four years ago, when voter turnout was at a record low point for the past 50 years,according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Voter enthusiasm has increased across the board, with the greatest increases …

The long, convoluted road to Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter V can be demonstrated by the contrasting trajectories of two songs on the album, “Famous” and “Demon.” “Famous” is an oldie: This sentimental rap ballad was produced by Lasanna “Ace” Harris and Shama Joseph in 2014. That year, the two beat-makers …

A review of this week’s The Deuce coming up just as soon as we measure for drapes… “Don’t forget what you are.” -CC “Seven-Fifty” opens in similar territory to last week’s “There’s An Art To This,” with a pimp visiting a local transportation hub and being revealed as less confident …