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Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten years in prison following convictions for one rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court in London. The judge addressed Brand directly, noting that those around him had long treated his behavior as untouchable. The case has renewed serious conversation about how celebrity status shields powerful figures from accountability.
Shifting to entertainment, Millie Bobby Brown is moving quickly beyond her Stranger Things chapter. The actress has signed on to star in and produce a Netflix comedy called Non-Refundable, opposite Jack Innanen, the breakout name from FX's Adults. It signals a deliberate pivot toward lighter, producer-level work as she builds out her post-franchise identity.
And in a story that will resonate deeply with metal fans, Mayhem vocalist Attila Csihar believes he holds the final recordings of the late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison. The two were bandmates in Sinsaenum, the blackened death metal project Jordison founded in two thousand sixteen. If confirmed, those recordings could offer one last, rare document of an enormously influential musician.
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