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‘Charlie Brown’ Voice Guilty in Hitman Hire Attempt

A man who voiced the lovable Charlie Brown in a series of 1960s television specials has pleaded guilty to making criminal threats after he attempted to solicit a hitman to kill a San Diego law enforcement officer.

Capsized kayaker had Charlie Brown cutout

Johnny Depp to Disney: ‘All My Characters Are Gay’

Johnny Depp has played an endlessly diverse set of characters over a decades-long acting career: a swashbuckling pirate, a murderous mob boss, a loopy chocolate-factory owner, a nefarious barber — but according to the actor himself, all of his characters have one thing in common: they’re all gay.

Buena Vista Pictures

Justin Bieber Uses Lyft to Release New Album

Justin Bieber is using the ride-sharing app Lyft to help launch his new album Purpose this week–and a few lucky users of the app could even get to share a ride with the pop star.

The Associated Press

California Crab Scare Kills Fishing Season

State wildlife officials have delayed the Dungeness crab fishing season and have completely shut down rock crab fisheries after high levels of a neurotoxin were found in crabs all along the Pacific Coast.

Dungeness Crab (Justin Sullivan / Getty)

Beyoncé Takes Heat for Ignoring Activist Calls to Support Houston Transgender Law

The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance — a proposal that would have allowed men to enter women’s bathrooms, showers, and changing areas based on gender identification — was soundly defeated by Houston voters at the ballot box last week. According to one advocate for the now-defunct proposal, pop star Beyoncé bears at least some of the blame for its failure.

Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Viggo Mortensen: Tarantino’s Critics ‘Are Condoning’ Police Brutality

Actor Viggo Mortensen criticized the boycott against Quentin Tarantino and defended the controversial comments “The Hateful Eight” director made while participated in an anti-police rally, even going so far as to accuse Tarantino’s critics of “condoning” police brutality.

Viggo-Mortensen-gunfight

Watch: Full Trailer for Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’

The first full look at Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film “The Hateful Eight” was released Thursday as the director battles controversy and threats of boycott from law enforcement unions over comments he made at an anti-police rally in New York last month.

The Weinstein Company

L.A. County Sheriff Blames Prop 47 for Crime Spike

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell says much of the blame for the rise in crime in California can be directly attributed to the passage of Proposition 47.

Crime Scene line

Adult Film: Formal Protest Filed over Condoms, ‘Porn Goggles’

Trade groups representing the adult film industry filed a formal protest on Tuesday against new regulations being considered by California health officials that would mandate the use of protective eyewear and condoms on all pornography productions filmed in the state.

Giant condom (k28bricey / Flickr / CC / Cropped)

Ballot Measure Threatens Jerry Brown’s Tunnels

A measure set for inclusion on California’s 2016 ballot could imperil a plan backed by Gov. Jerry Brown to build a pair of underground tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The Associated Press