As always kicks off the month by adding a ludicrous amount of old movies to the service. That almost goes without saying at this point.
But for me — and probably for you since you’re reading CNET — the biggest thing dropping on Hulu this month is The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the .
Here’s everything else coming to Hulu this March.
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March 1
Better Things: Season 5 Premiere
Rich Man, Poor Woman: Complete Season 1
2 Days In The Valley (1996)
8mm (1999)
A Madea Christmas (2013)
Another Earth (2011)
Baby Mama (2008)
The Banger Sisters (2002)
Beaches (1988)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Benny & Joon (1993)
The Big Scary S Word (2020)
Blue Chips (1994)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bringing Down The House (2003)
Brothers (2009)
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
Casualties Of War (1989)
Center Stage (2000)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
The Choice (2016)
Crash (2005)
Dance Flick (2009)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Deficit (2007)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Descendants (2011)
Deuces Wild (2002)
Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)
Disaster Movie (2008)
Downhill Racer (1969)
Drinking Buddies (2013)
The Edge (1997)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Feel The Noise (2007)
The Firm (1993)
Flatliners (1990)
Forever My Girl (2018)
Freedomland (2006)
Fright Night (1985)
G (2005)
Garden State (2004)
Ghoulies (1985)
The Gift (2000)
Gigli (2003)
Glory (1989)
The Golden Child (1986)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Green Zone (2010)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Guess Who (2005)
Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1957)
Hardball (2001)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Here Comes The Boom (2012)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
The Insider (1999)
Juno (2007)
Kiss The Girls (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Land Of The Dead (2005)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Lawless (2012)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Look Who’s Talking (1989)
Margin Call (2011)
The Meddler (2015)
Moby Doc (2021)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
The Omen (1976)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
People Like Us (2012)
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Predators (2010)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
Roxanne (1987)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Sahara (2005)
The Saint (1997)
Savior For Sale (2021)
Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood (2017)
Sense And Sensibility (1995)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Shine A Light (2008)
Shit & Champagne (2020)
Show Me The Picture (2019)
Single White Female (1992)
Spaced Invaders (1990)
The Square (2017)
St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
Starship Troopers (1997)
The Tailor Of Panama (2001)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Terminal (2004)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005)
To Catch A Thief (1955)
Transcendence (2014)
Trapped (2002)
Unstoppable (2010)
Vertical Limit (2000)
The Virgin Suicides (2000)
The Woman In Black (2002)
March 3
The Dropout: Three-Episode Limited Series Premiere
Keeping Up With The Kardashians: Complete Season 20
March 19
Captains Of Za’atari (2021)
I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
My Little Pony (2017)
March 22
American Song Contest: Series Premiere
March 23
Bloods: Season 2a
Summer Days, Summer Nights (2021)
Wrath Of Man (2021)
March 25
Atlanta: Season 3 Premiere
American Siege (2022)
March 26
Mass (2021)
March 28
The Oscars
Monsters And Men (2018)
March 29
The Girl From Plainville: Three-Episode Limited Series Premiere
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Extended Cut (2013)
March 30
Name That Tune: Season 2 Premiere
Killing Them Softly (2012)
March 31
First Day: Complete Season 2
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War: Complete Season 1
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Cardi B deactivated her account on Sunday after lashing out at her ‘slow dumba**’ fan base over skipping the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.
‘I’m deleting my Twitter but [oh] God I hate this f***ing dumba** fan base,’ the Bronx-born 29-year-old wrote before deleting the social media platform.
‘[You’ve] got the slow dumba**es dragging my kids all cause y’all [thought] I was going to the Grammys and I didn’t the f***? When the f*** [did] I hint I was going? Just f***ing stupid. I can’t. I [need] to protect myself.’
‘I’m deleting my Twitter!’ Cardi B deactivated her Twitter account on Sunday after lashing out at her ‘slow dumba**’ fan base over skipping the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas (pictured Sunday)
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Even if Cardi (born Belcalis Almánzar) had gone to the awards ceremony, she would have lost the best rap performance trophy to Baby Keem for his track Family Ties featuring Kendrick Lamar.
The Up hitmaker – who won a Grammy in 2019 – still has 198.1M followers remaining over her Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and SoundCloud accounts.
Cardi – who previously deactivated her Twitter in March 2021 and October 2020 – told her demanding fans she only attends awards shows if she has a new song to perform: ‘You gotta chill the f*** out.’
The Bronx-born 29-year-old wrote: ‘God I hate this f***ing dumba** fan base. [You’ve] got the slow dumba**es dragging my kids all cause y’all [thought] I was going to the Grammys and I didn’t the f***? When the f*** [did] I hint I was going? Just f***ing stupid. I can’t. I [need] to protect myself’
Champ: Even if Cardi had gone to the awards ceremony, she would have lost the best rap performance trophy to Baby Keem (pictured) for his track Family Ties featuring Kendrick Lamar
Not silenced: The Up hitmaker – who won a Grammy in 2019 – still has 198.1M followers remaining over her Instagram, xhamster TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and SoundCloud accounts
‘You gotta chill the f*** out!’ Cardi – who previously deactivated her Twitter in March 2021 and October 2020 – told her demanding fans she only attends awards shows if she has a new song to perform
The half-Dominican, half-Trinidadian star later went to RICHBICH Clinic in Midtown Manhattan to undergo a $250 ‘BrightBich’ intimate bleaching procedure and laser hair removal.
‘I’m at RICHBICH Clinic getting my pornthat treating the Cardi Tries producer-star ‘was the funniest experience of my life.’
‘One tha rare glimpse of her cooing seven-month-old son, whose name has not been released.
Cardi is also stepmother to husband Offset’s three other children – son Jordan, 12; daughter Kody, 6; and daughter Kalea, 6 – from his relationships with Justine Watson, Oriel Jamie, and Shya L’amour.
The former stripper, the 30-year-old Migos rapper, and little Kulture will all voice characters in the April 15th episode of Nickelodeon animated series Baby Shark titled ‘The Seaweed Sway.’
‘The Seaweed Sway’: The former stripper, the 30-year-old Migos rapper, and little Kulture will all voice characters in the April 15th episode of Nickelodeon animated series Baby Shark
The Sex and the City cast (sans Samantha) crashes into a brave new 2022.
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Spoiler alert: The last few paragraphs of this story contain spoilers for the finale of And Just Like That.
If one adjective describes HBO’s And Just Like That, it’s “cringey.”
In the late ’90s, the original Sex and the City was an edgy show about single women’s sexual independence. Decades later, And Just Like That not only contains minimal sex, it misses major opportunities to explore the complexities of sexuality. How is a series that once broke a mold now so… square?
In the reboot, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) resurfaces with an abridged entourage of Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), each shuffling through a midlife crisis: death of a spouse, parental alienation and erotic self-awakening. Samantha (Kim Cattrall), the character who pushed the most sexual boundaries, with a DGAF spirit and refreshing wit, left for greener pastures.
And Just Like That is a story about Gen Xers trying to navigate what feels like a foreign new world. In the first episode, Carrie gets flustered over the mere mention of public masturbation on a sex and dating podcast. Later, she awkwardly asks her long-term partner, Big, whether he… ever tickles the pickle.
Carrie and Co. also struggle to understand nonbinary characters: Rock, Charlotte’s kid, and Che Diaz, Miranda’s love interest. When Miranda reveals that she and Che had mind-blowing sex (in her words, “a finger”), Charlotte wonders if her friend is suddenly gay, bluntly concluding, “You are not progressive enough for this!”
Sex and society have a complex relationship. Mainstream television often either reflects that complex relationship or overlooks it. TV tells us what audiences desire and what is acceptable, acting as a moral and cultural barometer, according to the authors of the 2012 book .
So what does And Just Like That say about today’s sexual norms? For one, Carrie’s squeamish approach to masturbation makes her the most noncredible sex columnist ever.
“It’s a shocking sign of how much we’re just indicating conversations around sexuality versus really having them,” said sex coach , who’s developing her own drama series, , which she hopes will push the country toward new pleasure-filled dimensions.
And Just Like That can’t get it up
Representations of sex on TV have exploded since the time of I Love Lucy, when showing pregnancy on TV was considered too risqué. Janet Hardy, sex educator and co-author of the book , remembers married couples on television sleeping in separate beds. Today “a popular mainstream show like Modern Family can show a gay family lovingly and without judgment,” said Hardy, who grew up at a time when same-sex sexuality was against the law.
The Golden Girls paved the way for casual sex talk during brunch.
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In the 1980s, The Golden Girls laid the foundation for women talking openly about casual sex and gay issues — even topics like AIDS — on mainstream television. (They were in their 50s, around the same age as the characters in And Just Like That.) After Sex and the City’s last season in 2004, The L Word gave visibility to lesbian sex, and Girls invited us to view messy relationships that came with shame and vulnerability. Today, HBO’s Euphoria and Netflix’s Sex Education teach us not only about a multitude of gender identities and relationship models, but also consent, violence and disability — and the main characters are in high school.
Compared with those shows, And Just Like That feels, for younger viewers, like a remnant of a bygone age. Generation Y (millennials) and Z (zoomers) have access to almost every sexual proclivity, via social media and through internet porn. As sexual representation becomes more inclusive and fluid, some people from older generations feel alienated, according to Habie.
The estrangements in the Sex and the City reboot aren’t only about sex and gender. Race, which was barely dealt with in the original show, is inserted in a forced and tone-deaf way. Miranda can’t comfortably navigate a university classroom where there’s a Black professor with braids. And Charlotte tries to appear “woke” for a party with Black acquaintances, so she and her hubby preplan which Black artists and authors to name-drop.
These painful scenes seem at least somewhat self-aware — the Black dinner party episode is called Some of My Best Friends. When an ideal is turned on its head and painted as absurd, that makes for parody.
“I’m very much reminded of ,” said , a New York City-based HIV prevention specialist and psychotherapist. The 1995 film took the wholesome Bradys from the original 1970s sitcom and transported them into the modern world. Outside of their idyllic bubble, the popular family appears silly and naïve. Could the creators of And Just Like That succeed by inviting fans to mock their favorite characters’ outdated narrative?
Women don’t really come from Venus
When Sex and the City premiered in 1998, it had a winning formula. The main characters were well-off, white, heterosexual and cisgender New Yorkers. Sure, they talked about blowjobs over brunch, but they were also glamorous and didn’t seem to be impacted by gender inequality — in the bedroom or the boardroom. Their fantasy world was palatable to a broad array of viewers, from soccer moms to curious teenagers.
The dominant guide to relationships at the time was by relationship counselor John Gray. The piece of pop psychology sat high on bestseller lists for years (as well as on my parents’ bookshelf), describing men and women as members of “the opposite sex” — an archaic term assigning two fixed biological categories, each with innate behaviors.
Less widespread was The Ethical Slut, a groundbreaking guide to relationships outside of conventional monogamy, which appeared a year prior to Sex and the City’s debut. Talk of open marriage or polyamory was socially rejected then, but Hardy said 1997 had cracked open a few doors in mainstream depictions of sexuality — Ellen Degeneres came out of the closet publicly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer depicted a powerful heroine having vampire sex. Still, she said, “I can’t think of any television show that showed a fully sexual woman without judgment at that time.”
That’s why Sex and the City was considered cutting-edge and revered by so many, including gay and queer men, according to Jacobs. “For the first time you had this fictional depiction of people talking frankly and openly about sex in a way that promoted agency and empowerment,” he said. The series — which had gay creators and writers — came out in the shadow of the AIDS crisis, when many people deeply feared the consequences of being sexually active.
Oh, how we miss you, Samantha.
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The characters, chiefly Samantha, gave license to talk about sexual desire without shame or worry. Coinciding with the emergence of antiretroviral medications and treatment, the show rarely mentioned condom use and never dealt with HIV or AIDS. Jacobs, a great admirer of the show, appreciated how Sex and the City helped normalize conversations around pleasure. “It represented in my cohort this fantasy of freedom that we didn’t really have,” he said.
More colors of the rainbow, but no spectrum
Though Sex and the City had a large queer following, the show approached and tokenism: Carrie’s gay bestie, Stanford, is more of a decoration than an independent person with lived experiences, and is presented as mere experimentation and confusion. All these years later, And Just Like That hasn’t done much better.
Though Che plays a central role in the new series, Jacobs points out that the audience doesn’t learn about them through their own scenes or storylines. Beyond the show’s discussion of preferred pronouns, there’s only a shallow exploration of the issues facing trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming individuals. It’s more like box-checking. We never hear, for example, what it’s like for 12-year-old Rock to come out as nonbinary at school, or to face the disappointment of their heteronormative parents.
Euphoria digs deep into the gender and sexual identities of its characters.
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Habie notes that neither the original Sex and the City nor the reboot depicts the gender and sexuality spectrum, which spans a multitude of identities and orientations. And Just Like That tries to step out of its antiquated boy/girl divide by simply adding the “other” label. “Now you have your triangle — you have one more option,” Habie said. Case in point: Che’s podcast is called X, Y and Me.
Younger generations truly get the idea of spectrum in a way that some older folks don’t, according to Habie. Youth have been exposed to a flood of sexualized content, and though not all of it is sex-positive or authentic, it’s far from the buttoned-up social norms that shaped pop culture before the sexual revolution. Plus, they have access to modern, science-based books about sexuality, like Emily Nagoski’s , which recognizes the wide range of women’s tendencies and preferences.
Young people are also sharing more about their sexuality publicly, giving us a glimpse into their lives that’s made its way to popular television. , a show about teenagers dealing with drug addiction, sexual abuse and trauma, has a complexity and expansiveness other shows don’t, said Habie. The young characters are represented as unique individuals who just happen to be on journeys exploring their sexual and gender identities — they aren’t unique solely because of their sexual and gender identities.
Hardy appreciates not only because the teenage characters are empowered to make adult sexual decisions — the show also emphasizes accurate and sensitive education as the key to sexual happiness. “Sex isn’t treated as a bargaining chip or a status marker; it’s shown as a way to give and receive touch, affection and pleasure,” Hardy said in an email. And the show “does not judge anybody’s kinks or orientations.”
Sex Education has a lot of sex and a lot of education.
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The best sex of our lives
Miranda’s sexual storyline in And Just Like That is the most authentic, and the most deserving of more depth. Her relationship with Che is a catalyst for a journey of self-discovery that involves coming to terms with stasis in her marriage. At 55, Miranda realizes she’s given up a part of herself, including her own sexual agency.
The struggle to maintain desire in long-term relationships is real. It’s a topic addressed by Jacobs in his practice as well as by renowned psychotherapist . “The challenge for modern couples lies in reconciling the need for what’s safe and predictable with the wish to pursue what’s exciting, mysterious and awe-inspiring,” Perel writes in . Miranda couldn’t find passion inside her monogamous relationship, and maybe she didn’t want to.
But the show only glosses over these common challenges. As a result, instead of empathizing with Miranda’s choice to pursue her own happiness, viewers have bemoaned that her husband Steve was left in the dust — even earning the beloved character hashtag. Though the show acknowledges the existence of open marriages, the final episode follows a conventional template: a powerful sexual awakening is reduced to an affair, and the primary relationship terminates in divorce.
Che initially assumes Miranda is in an open marriage, but it’s never discussed as an option.
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Still, the finale reveals how the three main characters are open to embracing change. “The future is unwritten,” Carrie says on her podcast, as she transcends her grief to find romance as a widow. Charlotte learns to accept Rock’s determination to be unlabeled, and Miranda allows herself to be vulnerable. Personal transformation at any age is a valid story that deserves to be told.
In Habie’s view, if a show were to accurately address the sexuality of women in their 50s, it would focus on the role of psychological arousal — things like masturbation, Porno Indonesia role playing and fantasy, which become more pivotal as women age and their hormones change. “Good sex is about expansiveness, discovery and curiosity,” she said. Older women often go through a second puberty as they tap into their eroticism, leading many to the best sex of their lives.
It would be good for youth to see how sex changes as we mature, just like it’s good for their parents’ generation to learn how attitudes about gender, sexuality and relationships are evolving. Until we have more genuine stories being told, the younger generation is leading the way. Said Hardy, “I’m really looking forward to seeing the kind of world they create.”
, Khloe and their younger sister Kylie Jenner could all be asked to testify at their and her boyfriend Corey Gamble as well as Ryan Seacrest, who co-created the family’s reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians and co-executive produced the spinoff Rob & Chyna, are also on the joint witness list.
The record states that Seacrest ‘is expected to provide live testimony and will be called during Plaintiff’s case-in-chief,’ but a source told the outlet that it is unlikely the 47-year-old will be asked to speak under oath during the hearing.
Going to court: Kim Kardashian, Khloé and their younger sister Kylie Jenner could all be asked to testify at their brother Rob’s ex-fiancée Blac Chyna’s upcoming trial against their family; seen in 2020
Over the weekend, the model – who shares her daughter Dream, five, with her ex Rob – tweeted a new statement regarding her legal battle against his mom and sisters.
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Chyna has spent years insisting that Kris, Kim, Khloe and Kylie connived to help get Rob And Chyna axed. Meanwhile Rob’s attorney Marty Singer has previously argued that Chyna and Rob’s breakup is what caused the reality series to end.
The social media influencer, whose real name is Angela Renee White, also shares a son called King Cairo, nine, with the rapper Tyga.
Under oath: In court documents, obtained by People , the reality stars’ mom Kris Jenner and her boyfriend Corey Gamble as well as Ryan Seacrest, who co-created the family’s reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, are also on the joint witness list
Allegations: Chyna claimed this weekend that the Kardashians ‘hurt me financially and emotionally’ and ‘hurt my beautiful KIDS’ by allegedly getting her reality show canceled
Tyga has his own connection with the Kardashian-Jenner family, as he dated Kylie when she was a teenager and he was in his 20s.
‘I plan to re-focus my attention on my trial against Kris Jenner and her daughters Kim, Khloe and Kylie which starts in 13 days,’ Chyna declared on Twitter this Saturday.
‘When they got my #1 hit show killed back in January 2017, that not only hurt me financially and emotionally, that hurt my beautiful KIDS,’ she continued.
‘Taking them to court’: She tweeted a new statement regarding her legal battle against his mother Kris Jenner and his sisters Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner
Family matters: Chyna shares her son King Cairo, nine, with rapper Tyga and her daughter Dream, five, with former reality star Rob Kardashian
‘I’m taking them to court to stand up for my legal rights and to be an example to my kids that ‘what’s right is right, what’s wrong is wrong.’ And what they did was so wrong,’ the statement went on.
‘I am so thankful that a jury will finally listen to what really happened behind closed doors – the lies that were told and the damage that was done. At the end of the trial, I’m going to be able to proudly tell King and Dream that I did everything I could to right the wrong that was done to me.’
She concluded: ‘And that, in life, it is my hope that they will be able to stand up for themselves when it matters too. Peace and Love to you all. Angela.’
Her latest broadside comes after both Rob and Tyga struck back when she complained of not receiving child support from them.
Defendants: Kim, Kylie, Khloe and Kris are pictured together at Kardashian hot spot Nobu Malibu in 2015 before Chyna entered their family life
Chyna had moaned on Twitter that she ‘had to give up’ three of her five cars because of ‘morals, beliefs, being a single mother, no support I’m MAMA.’
Her tweet quickly appeared on , where Rob and Tyga leaped into the comments to give their side of the story.
‘I pay 37K a year for my daughter’s school,’ Rob retorted. ‘I handle every single medical expense. I pay for all her extracurricular activities. I have my daughter from Tuesday-Saturday. Why would i pay child support lol’.
Tyga asserted: ‘I pay 40k a year for my son school & he lives w me mon- sat. Why would I pay child support lol’.
‘Why would I pay child support lol’: Her latest broadside comes after both Rob and Tyga struck back when she complained of not receiving child support from them
On the question of school fees, Tyga wrote to Rob: ‘how u pay 3k less. Let me kno the plug,’ with a crying laughing emoji.
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The way they were: Rob and Chyna were together on and off through 2016, during which time they welcomed Dream and starred on their hit reality show
However Rob announced this February that he was dropping the assault and battery lawsuit against Chyna out of concern for their daughter.
Legal battle: After their explosive breakup, Chyna sued the Kardashians, alleging they hurt her career and got her successful show axed
Chyna’s attorney Lynne Ciani released a statement insisting Rob’s assault and battery claim had been ‘malicious and baseless’ and was merely a part of the Kardashian-Jenner family’s plot to have Rob And Chyna canceled.
Lynne said she and Chyna would now ‘turn their full attention’ to the ‘defamation and intentional interference with contract’ suit against Kris, Kim, Khloe and Kylie.
‘Chyna’s Jury Trial against Rob Kardashian for Revenge Gay pornGay porn will commence after the completion of her Jury Trial against Kris Jenner and her three daughters.’
Zackary Sanders, 27 (in mugshot) has been jailed for 18 years for child porn offenses
The son of a multimillionaire doctor dubbed the ‘father of telemedicine’ has been jailed for 18 years for child porn offenses.
Zackary Sanders, 27, was given the jail term by a federal judge who praised him as ‘a pretty amazing, inventive, energetic young man.
But he added: ‘What you did was wrong.’
Sanders’s father is Jay Sanders, 84, a Harvard-educated doctor who is credited with popularizing telemedicine in the 1990s when he advised the Clinton administration.
The family owned a $3.4 million, seven bedroom home n McLean, Virginia, but sold it in May last year, five months before their son was convicted at trial.
It appears to be this property where, according to court documents, 26 law enforcement agents carried out a 6am raid in February 2020 with their guns drawn.
They are said to have ‘pulled Mr.Sanders’s parents out of their home and forced Mr. Sanders at gunpoint into his mother’s office’.
Members of Sanders’s family, including his mother Risa, 64, appeared tense while in court for the sentencing of their son in Alexandria, Virginia, last week.
Sanders was jailed by judge T.S.Ellis for 12 counts relating to receiving, producing and possessing child pornography.
The trial heard that he engaged in conversations with at least six minors on messaging apps and possessed sick videos and images including one which depicted the sexual abuse of a toddler.
His father is Jay Sanders, a doctor who is credited with popularizing telemedicine in the 1990s when he advised the Clinton administration
Sanders directed minors to engage in sexually explicit acts where they harmed themselves and to film themselves doing it – and send the videos to him.Prosecutors said that Sanders possessed videos and images of underage children being ‘subjected to sadistic acts’
The family owned this $3.4m, seven bedroom in McLean, Virginia, but sold it in May last year, five months before their son was convicted at trial
Sanders directed five of the minors to engage in sexually explicit where they harmed themselves and to film themselves doing it – and send the videos to him.
Prosecutors said that Sanders possessed videos and images of underage children being ‘subjected to sadistic acts’.
Judge TS Ellis told him: ‘What you did was wrong’ but then went on to praise Sanders and said that he expected he would bounce back after he completed his jail term
Upon Sanders’s release he will have to sign on as a sex offender and will be subject to supervision for the rest of his life.
Judge Ellis told Sanders that some of the images in his possession were ‘quite awful’.
He said: download video porno ‘You’re a smart young man, you can do better.But you need to understand what you did was wrong, it was criminal and you cannot do it ever again’.
Before his conviction Sanders enjoyed a life of privilege thanks to the success of his father, who is president of Global Telemedicine Group, whose clients have included the World Health Organization and the US Department of Defense.
Jay Sanders is currently an adjunct professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who served as the telemedicine representative to the G8 group of industrialized nations during the Clinton administration.
He helped set up the first telemedicine facility in a correctional institute and in 1991 designed the telemedicine system for the state of Georgia.
It was the first statewide system of its kind and it served as the model for many others.
Jay Sanders’s son studied theater at NYU before founding a lighting and concessions business, Oasis Entertainment.
On its website the company says it offers concessions stands, lighting and DJs to ‘keep any party rocking’.
The company boasts that it is ‘proud to be certified by the FDA to operate high powered entertainment lasers’.
On his Twitter account, Sanders calls him: ‘Entrepreneur – Visionary – Designer’.
The Sanders family’s zealous representation of their son included several different lawyers who filed emergency motions to try to get him out of prison.
They sued the FBI for breaching FOIA laws after submitting a request for records from the agency related to its investigations of sex traffickers.
Sanders’s parents offered to be third party custodians of their son and his mother Risa even testified in court she would be willing to do whatever the court wanted, including removing his electronic devices and making her son wear a monitoring device.
Judge Ellis remarked that he had seen ‘seven or eight’ different law firms before him, such was the amount of money the family spent on legal representation.
At sentencing he said he had ‘no doubt his parents will continue to support him’.
Jay Sanders is currently an adjunct professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who served as the telemedicine representative to the G8 group of industrialized nations during the Clinton administration
Sanders’s mother Risa appeared tense while in court for the sentencing of their son in Alexandria, Virginia, last week. The Sanders family’s zealous representation of their son included several different lawyers who filed emergency motions to try toget him out of prison
However Judge Ellis ruled that Sanders was too broke to pay a $60,000 special assessment for now and would have to wait until he served his sentence.
Sanders’s only possession – aside from his family’s wealth – is his car, Judge Ellis said.
Judge Ellis went on to praise Sanders and said that he expected he would bounce back after he completed his jail term.
He said: ‘He is a pretty amazing, inventive, energetic young man. Enterprising would be the best word I could use.
‘Even as a child he developed a business…I have no doubt that while his conviction would be a significant burden if he wants to work for Goldman Sachs, they will not be a significant burden if he becomes an entrepreneur, which he will.
‘I think he does have earning potential in the future.’
Judge Ellis has attracted controversy for comments about defendants before, including at the trial of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager.
While jailing Manafort for 47 months for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme Judge Ellis said that the sentencing guidelines of between 19 and 24 years were ‘vindictive’ and ‘way out of whack’.
He said: ‘Go and spend a day in the jail or penitentiary of the federal government.Spend a week there. He has to spend 47 months’.
Judge Ellis added that Manafort, who previously ran a lobbying firm that worked for third world dictators, had led an ‘otherwise blameless life’.
The Sanders family and their lawyer Christopher Amolsch did not respond to messages asking for comment
OnlyFans has a new CEO as it looks towards the future.
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OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely stepped down from his role and Amrapali “Ami” Gan was named as , the subscription-based social media platform said in a release Tuesday. Prior to her promotion, Gan served as the company’s chief marketing and communications officer and was instrumental in the OnlyFans’ growth, it said.
Stokely will go on to pursue other endeavors but will remain involved with the company as an advisor during the leadership transition.
“Ami has a deep passion for OnlyFans’ business and I’m passing the baton to a friend and colleague who has the vision and drive to help the organization reach its tremendous potential,” Stokely said in the release.
“I am proud to assume this role. I look forward to continuing to work closely with our creator community to help them maximize control over, and monetize their content,” Gan said.
OnlyFans experienced massive growth during the pandemic, but received quite a bit of public scrutiny in the process. In August, due to , the company announced that it would be on its platform starting at the beginning of October. The move elicited an outpouring of backlash from users as well as the creator community, and the company quickly to ban free download porn videos.
Now, OnlyFans is looking towards the future with Gan working to “continue the company’s growth and drive its vision and commitment to empowering creators.”
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The and Spanish authorities seized mega yacht Monday owned by oligarch and friend Viktor Vekselberg – amid calls for even tighter sanctions on Russia following new discoveries of atrocities outside .
The 254-foot vessel was docked in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of ´s Balearic Islands and a playground and tax haven for the wealthy.
The seizure was a joint operation including FBI and xxx viedos Homeland Security Investigations as well as Spain’s Civil Guard carried out at the request of U.S.authorities.
The seizure was the the first in the U.S. government’s sanctions initiative to ‘seize and freeze’ giant vessels and other pricey assets of Russian elites in an effort to turn up pressure on Putin in response to the invasion.
It came hours after new horrors emerged from the suburb of Bucha outside Kyiv, Ukrainian forces who pushed back Russian invaders discovered bodies of Ukrainian citizens shot dead in the street, some with their hands tied behind their backs.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it ‘genocide,’ and there was a new push within the Biden administration for tougher sanctions.
‘I’m going to continue to add more sanctions,’ President Joe Biden said Monday as he arrived from his home in Delaware to Washington. He repeated his assessment that Putin had committed ‘war crimes,’ but stopped short of saying Russia had committed genocide.
The FBI and Spanish authorities seized a mega yacht belonging to oligarch Viktor Vekselberg on Monday, amid calls to further tighten sanctions on Russia
The U.S.is also pushing to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council – the panel charged with exposing abuses like the kind being uncovered amid Russia’s war on Ukraine. The move would require a two-thirds vote of the UN General Assembly.
A Civil Guard source said the immobilized yacht is Tango, a vessel flagged in the Cook Islands that Superyachtfan.com, a specialized website that tracks the world´s largest and most exclusive recreational boats, values at $120 million.
The Justice Department put the value lower, at $90 million, in its official release.
The yacht is among the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group, a conglomerate encompassing metals, mining, tech and other assets, according to U.S.Treasury Department documents.
All of Vekselberg´s assets in the U.S. are frozen and U.S. companies are forbidden from doing business with him and his entities.
While Vekselberg has not been sanctioned by the European Union, he is under investigation in the U.S.for possible tax fraud, money laundering and falsifying documents precisely to hide the ownership of the Tango yacht, the Civil Guard said in a statement.
According to the Superyachtfan web site, the ship has 7 cabins and can sleep up to 14 guests, with a crew of 22.There are no available interior photos – although it has four 1,730 hp diesel engines and can make 22 knots.
According to the Justice Department, a warrant for the seizure alleged ‘that the Tango was subject to forfeiture based on violation of U.S.bank fraud, money laundering, and sanction statutes. Separately, seizure warrants obtained in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia target approximately $625,000 associated with sanctioned parties held at nine U.S. financial institutions.’
Documents filed in the case allege that Vekselberg ‘used shell companies to obfuscate his interest in the Tango to avoid bank oversight into U.S.dollar transactions.’
He was sanctioned by the Treasury Department in 2018, but ‘continued to make U.S. dollar payments through U.S. banks for the support and maintenance of the Tango and its owners, including a payment for a December 2020 stay at a luxury water villa resort in the Maldives and mooring fees for the yacht.’
‘Today’s action makes clear that corrupt Russian oligarchs cannot evade sanctions to live a life of luxury as innocent Ukrainians are suffering,’ said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.Monaco. She said DOJ was delivering ‘on our commitment to hold accountable those whose criminal activity strengthens the Russian government as it continues to wage its unjust war in Ukraine. That commitment is one we are not finished honoring.’
Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of the Board of Directors of Renova Group, is friends with Russian President Vladimir Putin
A U.S.federal agent and two Civil Guards board the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday April 4, 2022. U.S. federal agents and Spain’s Civil Guard are searching the yacht owned by oligarch Viktor Vekselberg
The seized yatch ‘Tango’, which belongs to Renova Group head Viktor Vekselberg, moors in the port of Palma de Mallorca, a tax haven and playground for global elites
Vekselberg, who made his fortune in aluminum and oil, featured in the Mueller probe
She seizure follows discoveries of atrocities against civilians in Bucha, outside Kyiv
Here the Tango is seen moored in Malaga.Vekselberg bought it in 2011, according to the Justice Department
Interior photos are not available, although it can accommodate 14 guests
The move is the first time the U.S.government has seized an oligarch´s yacht since Attorney General Merrick Garland and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assembled a task force known as REPO – short for Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs – as an effort to enforce sanctions after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
Vekselberg has long had ties to the U.S.including a green card he once held and homes in New York and Connecticut. The Ukrainian-born businessman built his fortune by investing in the aluminum and oil industries in the post-Soviet era.
Vekselberg was also questioned in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.presidential election and has worked closely with his American cousin, Andrew Intrater, who heads the New York investment management firm Columbus Nova.
Vekselberg and Intrater were thrust into the spotlight in the Mueller probe after porn star Stormy Daniels released a memo that claimed $500,000 in hush money was routed through Columbus Nova to a shell company set up by Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Columbus Nova denied that Vekselberg played any role in its payments to Cohen.
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Vekselberg and Intrater met with Cohen at Trump Tower, one of several meetings between members of Trump’s inner circle and high-level Russians during the 2016 campaign and transition.
The 64-year-old mogul founded Renova Group more than three decades ago.The group holds the largest stake in United Co. Rusal, Russia´s biggest aluminum producer, among other investments.
Vekselberg was first sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018, and again in March of this year, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began. Vekselberg has also been sanctioned by authorities in the United Kingdom.
The yacht sails under Cook Islands flag and is owned by a company registered in the British Virgin Islands administered by different societies in Panama, the Civil Guard said, ‘following a complicated financial and societal web to conceal its truthful ownership.’
Agents confiscated documents and computers inside the yacht that will be analyzed to confirm he real identity of the owner, it said.
The U.S.Justice Department has also launched a sanctions enforcement task force known as KleptoCapture, which also aims to enforce financial restrictions in the U.S. imposed on Russia and its billionaires, working with the FBI, Treasury and other federal agencies. That task force will also target financial institutions and entities that have helped oligarchs move money to dodge sanctions.
The White House has said that many allied countries, including German, the U.K, France, Italy and others are involved in trying to collect and share information against Russians targeted for sanctions.In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden warned oligarch that the U.S. and European allies would ‘find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets.’
‘We are coming for your ill-begotten gains,’ he said.
Monday’s capture is not the first time Spanish authorities have been involved in the seizure of a Russian oligarch´s superyacht.Officials there said they had seized a vessel valued at over $140 million owned by the CEO of a state-owned defense conglomerate and a close Putin ally.
French authorities have also seized superyachts, including one believed to belong to Igor Sechin, a Putin ally who runs Russian oil giant Rosneft, which has been on the U.S.sanctions list since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
Italy has also seized several yachts and other assets.
Italian financial police moved quickly seizing the superyacht ‘Lena’ belonging to Gennady Timchenko, an oligarch close to Putin, in the port of San Remo; the 65-meter (215-foot) ‘Lady M’ owned by Alexei Mordashov in nearby Imperia, featuring six suites and estimated to be worth 65 million euros; as well as villas in Tuscany and Como, according to government officials.
