Brief of the Week: Roseanne Canceled, Harvey Weinstein Indicted, Kim K Meets Trump and Celeb Couples News
By the LifeMinute Team
June 1, 2018
Roseanne Canceled
ABC made the decision to cancel the sitcom just hours after the star and co-creator, posted a tweet about Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who was a senior adviser to Barack Obama throughout his presidency. Barr took to twitter again to apologize.
Harvey Weinstein Indicted
The 66-year-old, movie producer was indicted by a New York City grand jury on Wednesday on charges of rape in the first and third degrees and first-degree criminal sexual act.
According to his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, Weinstein will plead not guilty at his arraignment to the two offences; alleged attacks on two unnamed women, one in 2013 and another in 2004. Some of is A-list accusers have not remained anonymous such as Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie whose claims vary from inappropriate sexual advances to rape. As for the charges, if convicted, the once Hollywood bigshot could face up to 25 years behind bars.
Kim Kardashian Meets with President Trump
Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore, but first he met with another Kim. Reality star mogul, Kim Kardashian joined Donald J. Trump, at the White House Wednesday to discuss prison reform, in particular, the case of Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense.
Celeb Couple News
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are reportedly dating after multiple sightings of the pair over Memorial Day weekend. Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber celebrated 20 years of marriage on Wednesday. Comedian Pete Davidson and singer Ariana Grande, both 24, go public with their relationship by each making it Instagram official.
A month after calling off their wedding and ending their relationship, WWE stars Nikki Bella and John Cena are "working on their relationship" as stated by a rep for the Total Bellas star. Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are reportedly dating after multiple sightings of the pair over Memorial Day weekend surfaced.