The list of Oscar-winning directors for short films who have gone on to major careers in the feature-length realm is shorter than you might imagine. Andrea Arnold, Martin McDonagh and Claude Berri achieved arthouse success; David Frankel made multiplex hits like “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley & Me.” But perhaps only Taylor Hackford, a winner in 1979 for an affecting little mockumentary titled “Teenage Father,” became a full-scale Hollywood brand — a name associated with a certain temperature of sleek studio gloss and versatile genre smarts.
In an industry increasingly given over to auteur reverence, Hackford has instead consistently proven the essential value of the distinguished craftsman — the kind that keeps the industry running, even if the status doesn’t earn you as many glittering prizes or prestigious festival berths. Consider the Festival Lumière’s tribute to Hackford a welcome exception. The four films selected by the festival to represent the...
In an industry increasingly given over to auteur reverence, Hackford has instead consistently proven the essential value of the distinguished craftsman — the kind that keeps the industry running, even if the status doesn’t earn you as many glittering prizes or prestigious festival berths. Consider the Festival Lumière’s tribute to Hackford a welcome exception. The four films selected by the festival to represent the...
- 10/15/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Publicly, Joe Pesci is a man of few words. When Pesci won Best Supporting Actor for “Goodfellas” at the 1991 Oscars, his acceptance speech was memorably brief. “It was my privilege. Thank you,” Pesci said.
Since stepping back from Hollywood in the late ‘90s – after a prolific period where he appeared in numerous hit films – the acclaimed performer has rarely sat down for press interviews, instead allowing his collaborators to speak on his behalf. So before the new Peacock comedy “Bupkis” premieres in May on the streaming service, it perhaps makes sense that its star, writer, and executive producer, Pete Davidson, is the one talking about how Pesci got involved.
Speaking to Jon Bernthal as part of his podcast “Real Ones,” Davidson said the famously picky Pesci simply warmed to the script, which finds the actor playing Davidson’s grandfather. “He liked the material enough to do it,” Davidson said. “We had a really great conversation.
Since stepping back from Hollywood in the late ‘90s – after a prolific period where he appeared in numerous hit films – the acclaimed performer has rarely sat down for press interviews, instead allowing his collaborators to speak on his behalf. So before the new Peacock comedy “Bupkis” premieres in May on the streaming service, it perhaps makes sense that its star, writer, and executive producer, Pete Davidson, is the one talking about how Pesci got involved.
Speaking to Jon Bernthal as part of his podcast “Real Ones,” Davidson said the famously picky Pesci simply warmed to the script, which finds the actor playing Davidson’s grandfather. “He liked the material enough to do it,” Davidson said. “We had a really great conversation.
- 4/1/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Joe Pesci has been enjoying semi-retirement for most of this century, but he triumphantly reunited with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro for “The Irishman,” which brought him an Oscar bid as Best Supporting Actor.
Pesci started his career at a very young age, appearing on the New York Stage before he even turned five. By the time he was ten years old, he was a regular on a television show called “Startime Kids.” In his teen years he lost interest in acting and instead started trying to launch a career as a musician. Despite releasing a record of his own his musical career didn’t really take off but he did play an instrumental part in the creation of the highly successful musical act Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Pesci was friends with Valli and other members of the group and he introduced them to the person that would launch their success.
Pesci started his career at a very young age, appearing on the New York Stage before he even turned five. By the time he was ten years old, he was a regular on a television show called “Startime Kids.” In his teen years he lost interest in acting and instead started trying to launch a career as a musician. Despite releasing a record of his own his musical career didn’t really take off but he did play an instrumental part in the creation of the highly successful musical act Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Pesci was friends with Valli and other members of the group and he introduced them to the person that would launch their success.
- 2/3/2023
- by Robert Pius, Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Raoul Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) has signed with Innovative Artists for representation in all areas.
Trujillo is an actor, dancer and choreographer with over 100 film, television and theater credits who recently wrapped filming his role as Conrad Carapax (Aka Carapax the Indestructible Man) in Warner Bros.’ DC Film Blue Beetle, in which he stars alongside Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén and more.
The actor also notably portrays Che ‘Taza’ Romero on FX’s crime drama series Mayans M.C., which has been renewed for a fifth season. He’s otherwise known for his performance as Zero Wolf in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto and worked as both an actor and choreographer on Terrence Malick’s The New World, opposite Colin Farrell.
Additional film credits include Cold Pursuit opposite Liam Neeson and Emmy Rossum; the Sicario sequel Day of the Soldado opposite Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin; Jean Francois Richet’s Blood Father,...
Trujillo is an actor, dancer and choreographer with over 100 film, television and theater credits who recently wrapped filming his role as Conrad Carapax (Aka Carapax the Indestructible Man) in Warner Bros.’ DC Film Blue Beetle, in which he stars alongside Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén and more.
The actor also notably portrays Che ‘Taza’ Romero on FX’s crime drama series Mayans M.C., which has been renewed for a fifth season. He’s otherwise known for his performance as Zero Wolf in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto and worked as both an actor and choreographer on Terrence Malick’s The New World, opposite Colin Farrell.
Additional film credits include Cold Pursuit opposite Liam Neeson and Emmy Rossum; the Sicario sequel Day of the Soldado opposite Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin; Jean Francois Richet’s Blood Father,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Move over Martin Scorsese, as another person has finally managed to coax Joe Pesci out of retirement: Pete Davidson.
Pesci will make a rare return to acting — and in an even rarer television appearance —in Davidson’s upcoming Peacock semi-autobiographical comedy series Bupkus.
The Oscar-winning star of Goodfellas and My Cousin Vinny is set to portray Davidson’s grandfather on the show, while another mob classic icon, The Sopranos’ Edie Falco, will play a fictionalized version of Davidson’s mom.
Long thought retired, Pesci ended a nearly decade-long sojourn from...
Pesci will make a rare return to acting — and in an even rarer television appearance —in Davidson’s upcoming Peacock semi-autobiographical comedy series Bupkus.
The Oscar-winning star of Goodfellas and My Cousin Vinny is set to portray Davidson’s grandfather on the show, while another mob classic icon, The Sopranos’ Edie Falco, will play a fictionalized version of Davidson’s mom.
Long thought retired, Pesci ended a nearly decade-long sojourn from...
- 8/25/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe (MacGruber), Mireille Enos (Hanna), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) and Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black) are the latest additions to Michelle Danner’s courtroom drama, Miranda’s Victim. They join an ensemble led by Abigail Breslin, which also includes Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia and Donald Sutherland, as previously announced.
The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.
Phillippe will play the ACLU lawyer Flynn, who successfully argues in front of the Supreme Court...
The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.
Phillippe will play the ACLU lawyer Flynn, who successfully argues in front of the Supreme Court...
- 6/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Pesci is one of the most treasured actors of the last forty years. The Oscar winner (Goodfellas) burst onto the scene with 1980's Raging Bull and continued with hits like Lethal Weapon 2, JFK, and My Cousin Vinny. Sadly, for film fans the actor went into semi-retirement almost a decade ago, with his last feature being 2010's Love Ranch. Thankfully, director extraordinaire Martin Scorsese…...
- 11/8/2019
- by Corrye Van Caeseele-Cook
- JoBlo.com
Making their careers on the streets of New York City, it’s only fitting that Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee would take part in an extensive conversation on the making of The Irishman. Taking place at the DGA theater in NYC, it’s a lively, deep dive into the making of the crime epic, which Netflix will debut in theaters this Friday. One can see all the theaters it’s coming to here and read our review from the 57th Nyff premiere here. Along with the full conversation, we’ve highlighted some key selections from the talk, which be seen below.
Martin Scorsese on how Robert De Niro helped protect his creative control since the beginning
“He was a major box office star. A great actor and a star, so we got a lot of pictures made that wouldn’t normally be made,” Scorsese said. “But the main thing is...
Martin Scorsese on how Robert De Niro helped protect his creative control since the beginning
“He was a major box office star. A great actor and a star, so we got a lot of pictures made that wouldn’t normally be made,” Scorsese said. “But the main thing is...
- 10/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The premiere of “The Irishman,” which opened the New York Film Festival on September 27, was treated with the kind of respect one accords an aging Mafia don, igniting a gushing geyser of Twitter reactions for a three hour-and-a-half hour crime saga that spans several decades.
It is clear that, at age 76, Martin Scorsese is not just at the top of his game, but has given us perhaps his career-best masterpiece. It is a cinematic event that caused Oscar-winning “Goodfellas” supporting actor Joe Pesci to come out of retirement, enticed Al Pacino to do his first Scorsese film and celebrates the director’s ninth big-screen partnership with Robert De Niro — their first since 1995’s “Casino.”
But, as Alonso Duralde notes in his review for The Wrap, Scorsese’s return to gangland “is anything but a greatest hits compilation … as a storyteller and a crafter of images, he remains as bold and provocative as ever.
It is clear that, at age 76, Martin Scorsese is not just at the top of his game, but has given us perhaps his career-best masterpiece. It is a cinematic event that caused Oscar-winning “Goodfellas” supporting actor Joe Pesci to come out of retirement, enticed Al Pacino to do his first Scorsese film and celebrates the director’s ninth big-screen partnership with Robert De Niro — their first since 1995’s “Casino.”
But, as Alonso Duralde notes in his review for The Wrap, Scorsese’s return to gangland “is anything but a greatest hits compilation … as a storyteller and a crafter of images, he remains as bold and provocative as ever.
- 9/28/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Joe Pesci will celebrate his 76th birthday on February 9, 2019. The actor started his career at a very young age, appearing on the New York Stage before he even turned five. By the time he was 10 years old, he was a regular on a television show called “Startime Kids.”
In his teen years Pesci lost interest in acting and instead started trying to launch a career as a musician. Despite releasing a record of his own his musical career didn’t really take off but he did play an instrumental part in the creation of the highly successful musical act Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Pesci was friends with Valli and other members of the group and he introduced them to the person that would launch their success.
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Pesci then teamed with another actor and tried the stand-up comedy circuit. The...
In his teen years Pesci lost interest in acting and instead started trying to launch a career as a musician. Despite releasing a record of his own his musical career didn’t really take off but he did play an instrumental part in the creation of the highly successful musical act Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Pesci was friends with Valli and other members of the group and he introduced them to the person that would launch their success.
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Pesci then teamed with another actor and tried the stand-up comedy circuit. The...
- 2/9/2019
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Joe Pesci makes a rare on-screen appearance in a new and meta Google commercial that sees the actor watching the company’s viral Home Alone ad.
In December, Google dropped the Macaulay Culkin-starring ad that updated Home Alone with a grown-up and tech-savvy Kevin McCallister. The commercial has been viewed on YouTube 39 million times… including by Pesci, who co-starred as the thief Harry Lime in the Christmas classic.
In the Super Bowl-bound ad, dubbed “Joe Pesci watches Home Alone Again,” the actor simply watches and comments on the previous ad,...
In December, Google dropped the Macaulay Culkin-starring ad that updated Home Alone with a grown-up and tech-savvy Kevin McCallister. The commercial has been viewed on YouTube 39 million times… including by Pesci, who co-starred as the thief Harry Lime in the Christmas classic.
In the Super Bowl-bound ad, dubbed “Joe Pesci watches Home Alone Again,” the actor simply watches and comments on the previous ad,...
- 2/2/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The horrific shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 dead and more than 500 wounded will not prevent the women of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch from providing comfort and relief. In the wake of Sunday night’s tragedy during the Route 91 Harvest festival, Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof vowed to keep the doors of his establishments open, and that “the working girls will be there to lend compassion and tenderness to the men and women that need it during this sorrowful time.” “The prostitutes of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Love Ranch Vegas, Alien Cathouse and my other Nevada brothels are devastated...
- 10/2/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Lamar Odom is getting extremely candid about his struggle with drug abuse in an emotional new essay for The Players' Tribune.
The 37-year-old former NBA star opens up in his own words about his near-death experience in October 2015, when he was placed in a medically induced coma after he was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada. Odom explains the struggles in his life that contributed to his cocaine addiction and the shocking way he hit rock bottom.
"My ex-wife was there in the room with me," he says about waking up from a coma. "After all the sh** I had done, I was surprised to see her. Honestly, that's when I knew that I was probably in bad shape."
Watch: Khloe Kardashian Says She 'Fake Tried' to Get Pregnant With Lamar Odom -- 'I Just Kept Pretending I Was Doing It'
Odom says that during the time leading up to his medical emergency...
The 37-year-old former NBA star opens up in his own words about his near-death experience in October 2015, when he was placed in a medically induced coma after he was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada. Odom explains the struggles in his life that contributed to his cocaine addiction and the shocking way he hit rock bottom.
"My ex-wife was there in the room with me," he says about waking up from a coma. "After all the sh** I had done, I was surprised to see her. Honestly, that's when I knew that I was probably in bad shape."
Watch: Khloe Kardashian Says She 'Fake Tried' to Get Pregnant With Lamar Odom -- 'I Just Kept Pretending I Was Doing It'
Odom says that during the time leading up to his medical emergency...
- 7/27/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” may have been his 28-year-old passion project, but it was mostly ignored by audiences, grossing only $7 million in the U.S. opposite a $40 million budget. Something tells us the same fate won’t meet the director’s next project, which carries an even bigger budget and bigger stars.
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“The Irishman” is gearing up for production this summer, and it brings Scorsese back to the genre he helped define in the modern era and reunites him with some of the actors he helped make iconic. Anticipation is sky high (and warranted, given everything we know about the movie). Here are the 9 most essential bits of information you need to know:
1. The Movie is Martin Scorsese’s First Gangster Movie in Over A Decade
Scorsese has built his career on iconic gangster movies,...
Read More: Why Martin Scorsese’s Netflix Deal Is The Future of Cinema (And That’s Ok)
“The Irishman” is gearing up for production this summer, and it brings Scorsese back to the genre he helped define in the modern era and reunites him with some of the actors he helped make iconic. Anticipation is sky high (and warranted, given everything we know about the movie). Here are the 9 most essential bits of information you need to know:
1. The Movie is Martin Scorsese’s First Gangster Movie in Over A Decade
Scorsese has built his career on iconic gangster movies,...
- 7/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Well, the Lord is said to work in mysterious ways … Former NBA star Lamar Odom, who was hospitalized after being found unconscious in his room at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada, in 2015 after booking a five-day spree at the brothel, appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” on Wednesday, denying that drugs had anything to do with the incident. God, however, might have been giving him a push, the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian said. Also Read: Lamar Odom's $75,000 Brothel Binge: How He Racked Up That Massive Bill “I think that was God just trying to talk to me,...
- 6/28/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Entering his fourth decade of filmmaking, An Officer and a Gentleman veteran helmer Taylor Hackford’s latest item received a bit more fanfare than his previous pair (2010’s Love Ranch, 2013’s Parker) this decade.
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- 5/4/2017
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
We're sure the NFL will love this ... a notorious Nevada brothel is making an indecent proposal to the Oakland Raiders ... promising half off all horizontal activities Forever ... if the team moves to Vegas. The offer comes from Dennis Hof ... owner of Nevada's infamous Love Ranch ... who says he's so stoked about the potential Raiders move to Vegas he wants to seal the deal ... by throwing in some ass. "All Raiders players and staff will receive...
- 10/31/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The one year anniversary of Lamar Odom's overdose in a Nevada brothel got really creepy for the brothel's owner, Dennis Hof -- his $2 million mansion burned to the ground. Hof's home in the Reno area is toast after a controlled burn, set by the state of Nevada, clearly got out of control and took down his 3-story palace in the woods. The timing has gotta make you think twice. It was one year ago...
- 10/15/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
If Fox Searchlight’s acquisition of Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation was the story of Sundance, then one of the biggest deals emerging from the Croisette involved Martin Scorsese’s long-in-development mob drama The Irishman, after landing a $50 million dollar deal at Stx Entertainment.
Such a huge figure comes packing huge expectations though, and it’s little wonder Scorsese’s latest creative venture has garnered buzz, given old cohorts Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci (Goodfellas/Casino/Raging Bull) had been linked with key roles alongside Al Pacino.
It’s certainly a tantalizing trio, but The Hollywood Reporter reveals Joe Pesci is unlikely to put pen to paper, having all but retired from acting since last appearing in Taylor Hackford’s Love Ranch all the way back in 2010. Plus, in those intervening years, it’s understood that Scorsese hasn’t been the only director to offer Pesci a gig.
Such a huge figure comes packing huge expectations though, and it’s little wonder Scorsese’s latest creative venture has garnered buzz, given old cohorts Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci (Goodfellas/Casino/Raging Bull) had been linked with key roles alongside Al Pacino.
It’s certainly a tantalizing trio, but The Hollywood Reporter reveals Joe Pesci is unlikely to put pen to paper, having all but retired from acting since last appearing in Taylor Hackford’s Love Ranch all the way back in 2010. Plus, in those intervening years, it’s understood that Scorsese hasn’t been the only director to offer Pesci a gig.
- 5/19/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Talk about a shocking comeback attempt ... The man who owns the Nevada brothel where Lamar Odom overdosed last year says he wants L.O. back -- offering free women and booze ... but is adamant, absolutely No Drugs This Time!! So, why would anyone think this is a good idea? We spoke with Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof who says sex and alcohol weren't Lamar's issues -- it was drugs. So as long as Lamar stays clean,...
- 5/15/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom made his first public appearance Thursday since being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel in October, showing up at the fashion show for Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York, People reported. Odom entered the event behind West before taking a seat alongside his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian — the sister of West’s wife, Kim Kardashian. Odom has spent the past few months recovering from the health crisis suffered at the Love Ranch in Nevada. The former NBA star had booked himself into the brothel for a five-day. $75,000 stay, but ended up being rushed.
- 2/12/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Khloé Kardashian is making sure her ex Lamar Odom will never visit a brothel again.
Odom, 36, was found unconscious at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada, on Oct. 13 and spent the next three months in the hospital with Kardashian, 31, by his side for much of his ongoing recovery.
The former NBA star was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, and a source told People he was planning to move to a live-in rehabilitation center.
During a Wednesday appearance on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show, Kardashian opened up about Odom's health scare – and how she...
Odom, 36, was found unconscious at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada, on Oct. 13 and spent the next three months in the hospital with Kardashian, 31, by his side for much of his ongoing recovery.
The former NBA star was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, and a source told People he was planning to move to a live-in rehabilitation center.
During a Wednesday appearance on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show, Kardashian opened up about Odom's health scare – and how she...
- 1/13/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- People.com - TV Watch
Khloé Kardashian is making sure her ex Lamar Odom will never visit a brothel again. Odom, 36, was found unconscious at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada, on Oct. 13 and spent the next three months in the hospital with Kardashian, 31, by his side for much of his ongoing recovery. The former NBA star was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, and a source told People he was planning to move to a live-in rehabilitation center. During a Wednesday appearance on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show, Kardashian opened up about Odom's health scare - and how...
- 1/13/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Khloé Kardashian is making sure her ex Lamar Odom will never visit a brothel again. Odom, 36, was found unconscious at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada, on Oct. 13 and spent the next three months in the hospital with Kardashian, 31, by his side for much of his ongoing recovery. The former NBA star was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, and a source told People he was planning to move to a live-in rehabilitation center. During a Wednesday appearance on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show, Kardashian opened up about Odom's health scare - and how...
- 1/13/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Lamar Odom's fave hookers from that Nevada brothel where he nearly died ... have cleared their good names, and they're back on the job. TMZ has learned Ryder Cherry and Monica Monroe returned to Love Ranch South earlier this week. As we reported, they'd been banished by owner Dennis Hof who suspected they were less than truthful about what went down with Lamar. But Hof says he recently conducted a "thorough investigation" and now buys...
- 12/2/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom is in desperate shape medically, but legally we're told he may get cut a break. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, the Nye County D.A. in Nevada is backing off the statements made by the Sheriff, who said there was a strong chance Lamar would be prosecuted for cocaine possession. TMZ broke the story, Lamar's blood revealed he was high on coke when he fell into unconsciousness at the Love Ranch brothel. Our sources tell us the D.
- 11/28/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Even as he continues his physical recovery after being found unconscious in a Nevada brothel last month, former NBA star Lamar Odom could find himself with new trouble on the legal front. Nye County, Nevada, district attorney Angela Bello told the Associated Press on Monday that a prosecutor is mulling filing a charge of unlawful use of cocaine, or being under the influence of a controlled substance, against Odom. Odom was found unconscious in the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada, after booking a multi-day spree with two prostitutes. Though 911 calls placed by brothel employees indicated that Odom had admitted.
- 11/17/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Khloe Kardashian did a little retail therapy on Monday, Nov. 2. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality star was spotted looking at home and holiday accessories at Williams-Sonoma. The 31-year-old was clad in all-black and sunglasses, with her recently trimmed hair in loose waves. Her shopping trip comes after she spent Halloween at estranged husband Lamar Odom’s bedside after returning to L.A. from Houston, where she visited her boyfriend, James Harden. The former Lakers player, 35, who was found unconscious at legal brothel Love Ranch South in Nevada [...]...
- 11/3/2015
- Us Weekly
The TMZ staff costumes have something for everyone this year -- Kardashians, sports stars, Bieber, 'Housewives' ... and hookers! Khloe and Lamar -- even James Harden popped up, and so did Dennis Hof and his babes(?) from the Love Ranch. Nwa and naked Justin Bieber.topped our charts -- while Kylie Jenner was missing Tyga. And in the mug shot dept ... you gotta see Kim Richards! Happy Halloween, and be sure to tune in tonight to...
- 10/30/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom aren’t getting back together anytime soon, a source tells Us Weekly. In fact, Kardashian and a more recent love, James Harden, are “trying to work on their relationship,” the insider explains. “As of now, Khloe and Lamar are not romantically together,” the insider explains of the estranged spouses, who were reunited after Odom was found unconscious at legal brothel Love Ranch South on Oct. 13. “Khloe and James are trying to stay in each other’s lives. Each day is something different, but [...]...
- 10/28/2015
- Us Weekly
Lamar Odom’s case is headed for the district attorney’s office. A spokesman for the Nye County Sheriff’s Office told TheWrap on Tuesday that the office has received the toxicology results for former NBA star Odom, who was found unconscious in the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada on Oct. 13. After the sheriff’s office has completed its investigation, it will turn the results and investigatory report over to the Nye County District Attorney, the spokesman said. Also Read: Lamar Odom Health Crisis: Hospital Workers Fired for Trying to Take Star's Picture The spokesman, who did not state the results of the toxicology test,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Lamar Odom could be staring down criminal charges soon -- his case is about to be turned over to the D.A., and the Sheriff suggests he should be prosecuted for felony drug use. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the Nye County Sheriff's Department will send Lamar's blood test to the District Attorney on Tuesday. The felony charge would be for using cocaine while at the Love Ranch South. However -- as TMZ reported --...
- 10/27/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
None of the girls who partied with Lamar Odom set him up with drugs the weekend he nearly died...according to their boss. Dennis Hof, owner of the Love Ranch Sourth, is defending his staff, insisting none of the prostitutes who work for him have a history with drugs...and they wouldn't be working at the ranch if they did. As we reported...some girls at the Ranch complained management should not have pushed a...
- 10/25/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom was set up for Od'ing at the Love Ranch brothel by being paired with a hooker who had a bad reputation for "partying" ... TMZ has learned. As we reported, when Lamar arrived at the Ranch, the girls were put in a lineup so Lamar could choose his partners. One of the hookers who was standing there told us management influenced Lamar into picking 2 girls who were known to tolerate drug use. We're told...
- 10/25/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel on Tuesday, and since then, there have been nonstop reports about his condition and the possible causes for his hospitalization. Fortunately, Lamar seems to be in a better state and was transferred to an La hospital on Monday. Below, take a look at what we actually know as the story continues to develop, and then check out four things you might not have known about the athlete. Tuesday, Oct. 13: TMZ reported that Lamar was found unconscious at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nv. Lamar had reportedly arrived at the Ranch over the weekend and "was taking an herbal substitute for Viagra." He was found unconscious in a VIP room around 3 p.m. Pdt. The manager of the brothel told TMZ he saw a "mucus-type liquid coming out of his nose and mouth." Once an ambulance arrived, Lamar...
- 10/24/2015
- by Lauren Turner
- Popsugar.com
Lamar Odom might be the swan song for prostitutes Monica Monroe and Ryder Cherry ... at least at the Love Ranch South, where they've been benched by Coach Hof. The brothel's owner Dennis Hof tells us he put Monroe and Cherry on indefinite suspension after TMZ broke the story about their statement to police ... that Odom was "snorting" something -- possibly cocaine -- in the bathroom while they partied with him. Hof says he's pissed for 2 reasons.
- 10/23/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Yeesh. Chris Rock tweeted a controversial joke about Lamar Odom's recent stay at the Love Ranch South brothel — and subsequent hospitalization — and how the crisis saved his marriage to Khloe Kardashian. On Thursday, Oct. 22, Rock, 50, shared a meme with his 3.5 million-plus followers on Twitter of a married couple bickering in their kitchen. The caption of the graphic read, "Here's to Lamar Odom on being the first guy in history to have coke and hookers save his marriage." The comedian, who was also [...]...
- 10/23/2015
- Us Weekly
Lamar Odom was possibly using cocaine and took an “unidentified pill” during his fateful stay at the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada, according to court documents obtained by The Wrap on Thursday. In an application for a search warrant to draw blood from Odom, a detective with the Nye County Sheriff’s Office told a judge that he interviewed two prostitutes and the brothel’s manager after Odom collapsed. He was informed by brothel employees that Odom had taken “an unknown substance in the form of an unidentified pill” that he pulled from an unmarked plastic bag. The detective also said that prostitutes.
- 10/22/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Lamar Odom was snorting cocaine and popping mystery pills at Love Ranch before he fell into unconsciousness ... this according to police interviews with the prostitutes at the brothel. TMZ Sports has obtained the search warrant police obtained to take blood from Odom at the Nevada hospital where he was receiving treatment. According to the detective who signed the affidavit for the warrant, he interviewed the prostitutes who were with Lamar, who told him, "He possibly...
- 10/22/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom’s health continues to improve, his aunt said on Thursday. “To our overwhelming delight, Lamar’s courageous improvement continues on the incline in Los Angeles,” JaNean Mercer told E! News. “He is beginning to gradually flourish both mentally and physically. “His use of speech has increased and he’s more cognitively responsive. His medical team has executed an aggressive therapy regimen to aid in his progress,” she continued. Odom was found unconscious Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada, and was rushed to a hospital in Pahrump before being moved to the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
- 10/22/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Typically, finding out that your husband had visited a brothel would be grounds for divorce, not grounds for calling off a divorce. But where Lamar Odom and Khloé Kardashian are concerned, apparently the normal rules don’t apply. The pending divorce between “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star Kardashian and her estranged husband — who was found unconscious at the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada last week — was put on hold Wednesday, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap. The couple’s request for dismissal of their divorce proceedings was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Odom and Kardashian were married...
- 10/22/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Back @LoveRanchVegas tomorrow???????????? @mooretj @Shauna4B @DennisHof pic.twitter.com/gXOMVckeAX — monica monroe (@monicamonroelrv) October 5, 2015 Monica Monroe, one of the two Love Ranch South brothel employees who found Lamar Odom unconscious on Tuesday, Oct. 13, claims that she saved the former NBA star’s life and had nothing to do with supplying Odom drugs, despite reports. Photos: Celebrity drug confessions “I didn't do anything wrong — I saved his life,” Monroe, told the Daily Mail on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Dennis Hof’s employee, who uses a pseudonym and whose real identity has yet to [...]...
- 10/21/2015
- Us Weekly
Lamar Odom is suddenly on the road to recovery after slipping what was feared to be a terminal coma last week. The NBA star was discovered unconscious on Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada, which he promptly turned into Odom and Gomorrah. According to 911 calls, Odom had taken cocaine before checking in, and had ingested “up to 10” herbal sexual performance enhancers during his $75,000 stay. Since then reports have speculated imminent death, which was upgraded to kidney failure and subsequent transplantation, which has since given way to breathing on his own, which will presumably end in a prognosis...
- 10/20/2015
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Dennis Hof is not paying the 2 hookers who cavorted with Lamar Odom at the Love Ranch brothel, because he now believes they may have had something to do with Lamar doing drugs at the facility. It's a sharp turn for Hof who, up until now, has insisted as far as he knew Lamar did not do drugs at the Ranch. As we reported, doctors found cocaine in Lamar's system a week ago when he was admitted to the hospital.
- 10/20/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Making his way downtown. Rob Kardashian was spotted driving Khloe Kardashian's velvet Range Rover in L.A. on Monday, Oct. 19, just hours before she and Lamar Odom made their safe return to L.A. Rob, 28, hasn't been photographed since Odom was hospitalized at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas last week. His mom, Kris Jenner, and sisters Kim, Kourtney, Kendall, and Kylie all visited Odom, 35, at one point. As previously reported, Odom was found unconscious at the Love Ranch brothel on Oct. 13. Three days later, he woke [...]...
- 10/20/2015
- Us Weekly
Khloe Kardashian might want Love Ranch brothel owner Dennis Hof to shut up about the circumstances behind her estranged husband Lamar Odom’s medical emergency at Hof’s Nevada establishment, but if she’s hoping to silence him through legal means, she’s probably out of luck. With an apparent flap opening up between Kardashian and Hof last week, TheWrap spoke to UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh to discuss her legal options, should she pursue action on that front. The answer, Volokh said, is that her chances would probably be pretty slim. “They wouldn’t have much of a case,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Lamar Odom's near-death experience has intrigued so many people, the Love Ranch brothel now has a month-long waiting list. Ranch owner Dennis Hof tells TMZ, since his staff placed the 911 call last Tuesday, business has tripled. The average number of customers pre-Lamar averaged around 20 Johns a day. Hof says in the last week, the brothel has attracted an average of 75 men a day. Hof says the real cache is the room Lamar had booked.
- 10/19/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lamar Odom — the former Los Angeles Laker and reality TV star who was rushed to the hospital last week after being found unconscious in the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada — appears to be on the mend. But all is not good news for Odom, the estranged husband of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star Khloe Kardashian. Read on for the latest updates in Odom’s health crisis. Also Read: 'The View's' Candace Cameron Bure Teases Real Reason for Lamar Odom's Recovery Odom has begun speaking again. As reported Sunday, the former basketball star’s condition continued to...
- 10/19/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
11:00 Am Pst -- We just spoke with a friend of Bunny's who says she is safe with family, and is choosing to stay off the radar.One of the hookers who partied with Lamar Odom at the Love Ranch South -- and was very emotional over how it ended -- has gone missing ... according to friends and co-workers. Bunny Lain hasn't been seen since early Saturday morning in Las Vegas. One of her friends posted an alert on Facebook,...
- 10/19/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
As Lamar Odom was unconscious at a Nevada brothel, a mystery man took his cell phone and belongings. Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof told the New York Post that a man entered the former Los Angeles Lakers player’s room and jacked his personal items. Another man who claimed to be Odom’s bodyguard later came and told Hof he had no clue who the first person was. “I don’t know if I got conned,” Hof said. “I think when this all shakes out, this a shady motherf–ker. I didn’t recognize him. Something was up.” Also Read: Lamar Odom Makes More Progress,...
- 10/19/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
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