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• Records for second transaction for Cohen also indicate no political fundraising connection
• Trump trial transcripts available online
• Third prosecution witness called: Gary Farro
• Catherine C. Genthner, dietician who started her own diabetes practice, dies
• Anthony “A.J.” Johnson’s Cause Of Death Revealed; ‘Friday’, ‘House Party’ Actor Was 55 – Update

And even though its plot and characters are larger than life, much of the film is inspired by the shared background of its creators. "Me and Cube grew up around the same neighborhood, so we knew a lot of the same people," he said. "We started thinking about people we knew, what was going on, stuff that happened in our lives growing up, and just laughing and clowning about a bunch of different scenarios. Every hood has a Deebo or a Felisha." After Friday, Witherspoon starred in a number of films such as the franchise's two sequels, Little Nicky (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Soul Plane (2004), and many more.

Records for second transaction for Cohen also indicate no political fundraising connection

Ice House Museum explores the world of The Dog People - Beaumont Enterprise

Ice House Museum explores the world of The Dog People.

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After Pecker's testimony concluded, the prosecution called former Donald Trump executive assistant Rhona Graff to the stand. Graff said she believed she created contact information entries for Trump for alleged paramours and hush money recipients Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels. Most recently Parker has had a recurring role in the TV series Family Time. She also appeared in a handful of episodes of HBO’s True Blood.

Trump trial transcripts available online

The movie is autobiographical in a sense, but this project isn’t based on anyone in particular. You’ll find Craig’s house on 1418 W 126th Street, and you’ll probably recognize Smokey’s house and Mrs. Parker’s house when driving around the neighborhood because they’re right around the corner. We don’t know if you can go inside the house, but you can step on the front porch, sit there, and have fun. You’ll know when you’re close to the house because it looks exactly as it did in the movie.

Third prosecution witness called: Gary Farro

He also appeared on the small screen in a number of roles, including voicework on animated series such as The Boondocks (reuniting him with Friday costar Regina King), Black Dynamite, and Bojack Horseman. Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove started his cross-examination for today by asking David Pecker about Hope Hicks' presence at an August, 2015 meeting at Trump Tower. Hicks was the Trump campaign's communications director for the 2016 election, and also held high-level roles in Trump's White House. Pecker previously testified that he, Michael Cohen, and Trump agreed to a scheme at the Trump Tower meeting to catch and kill stories that could hurt the 2016 Trump campaign.

Then again, the different things that happen in that movie, like Smokey having trouble with his supplier, are real (Smokey’s character is loosely based on DJ Pooh). The director chose that location because it was the neighborhood he grew up in. Most of the movie, including the scenes on the iconic Friday house, takes place on 126th Street. The director chose that location because he grew up in the area.

Pecker also confirmed this was the only time he coordinated with a campaign, and that he ran more attack articles against Trump's opponents when their polling numbers rose. There's one in every crowd, and Kevin Bacon was the future big star to emerge from Friday the 13th (though his character Jack was brutally dispatched in the movie). He was not entirely unknown, having already made his film debut in Animal House, but he still definitely considered himself a struggling actor at the time. He is set to appear in several films that are slated to come out in 2015, including Beyond the Game, Popcorn Ceiling and The Body Sculptor.

"I think we did it at least three times. When the director came back a week later and told me we had to do it again, I was so upset." Johnson, appeared in several small TV roles prior to his breakthrough as the character E.Z.E. in the 1990 Kid ‘n Play comedy House Party (the actor was credited in House Party as Anthony Johnson; the film also featured actress A.J. Johnson). In his most notable movie role, Johnson played the crack-addicted thief Ezal in the 1995 Chris Tucker-Ice Cube comedy Friday. Every house you see in the film is real too, but the only one that’s open to the public is Craig’s house, and its homeowners have set the front porch so you can feel like you’re in the movie when you visit. It's an important issue for the defense because, in order for Trump to be convicted on the felony charges, prosecutors have to prove Trump not only falsified business records, but also that he did so to commit or conceal another crime.

Fourteen of those Democrats voted on Saturday in favor of aid to Israel, while 12 Democrats who voted to allow the package on the floor on Friday then cast votes against the funding itself. While all Democrats voted in favor of aid to Ukraine and all but Ms. Tlaib supported funding to Taiwan, 37 left-leaning Democrats defected to vote against the Israel aid bill. They said before the vote that they opposed unfettered aid to Israel that could be used in its offensive in Gaza. The opposition to the Israel aid represented a minority of Democrats, but reflected the deep resistance to unconditional aid and the divisions in the party on Gaza.

PHOTOS: Fire crews extinguish Springfield house fire Friday - WHIO

PHOTOS: Fire crews extinguish Springfield house fire Friday.

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Clark joins the Fever after a sensational career at Iowa where she led the Hawkeyes to two consecutive national championship appearances. She will hope to carry that momentum into her WNBA career and help the Fever see the postseason for the first time since 2016. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft received a standing ovation as she played the role of revving up the crowd ahead of the Indiana Pacers first home playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Some legal experts believe Trump could face jail or prison time if convicted on all 34 counts, while others believe he would likely only receive probation.

Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass is now asking Pecker questions again. In 2016, he was a senior managing director at First Republic Bank, he said. The prosecution then began examining its third witness, Gary Farro, the banker for former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, before the trial concluded for the day. Cohen who allegedly orchestrated the payments to McDougal and Daniels.

Paula Jai Parker made her film debut in Friday playing Joi, Ice Cube's abusive girlfriend. Though she was convincing on screen as the kind of character audiences love to hate, on set, she was the kind of actor everyone loves. That's largely because she took control of many aspects of her character.

Other reporters have also seen him appear sleepy in the courtroom. “Emil is an expert in white collar and CIPA-related litigation and his trial skills are among the best in the business,” Blanche said in a statement provided to Politico. American Media Inc. (AMI) is the parent company of the tabloid National Enquirer.

One year later, he starred in Friday as the aptly-named Smokey, a more cheerful (and stoned) counterpoint to Ice Cube's sour character, which opened countless more doors for him in Hollywood. O'Shea Jackson Sr., a.k.a. Ice Cube, has been making music since the tender age of 16, and he was already well-known as the lead rapper of N.W.A. when he decided to try his hand at acting. He made a splashy cinematic debut in Boyz n the Hood (1991), a lauded film named after a song he penned in 1987.

Nevertheless, the homeowners allow people to sit on the front porch to recreate the iconic scene from the movie and take pictures. Friday is an American-stoner movie released in 1995 starring Ice Cube (Craig Jones) and Chris Tucker (Smokey). The film centers around the two unemployed best friends needing to pay a local drug dealer by Friday night. If she were at the trial, she would likely be spared some embarrassing testimony.

Bartram, who died in 2007, called it a career right after Friday the 13th, and focused on raising five kids with her husband Greg. Sean S. Cunningham produced his pal Wes Craven's 1972 terrorsploitation fest The Last House on the Left, which remains notorious for its graphic, low-budget depictions of truly horrible things. He pivoted to directing a couple of kid-friendly films, and while spit-balling titles for a soccer movie he was making (eventually Manny's Orphans), "Friday the 13th" popped into his head. It seems as if everyone—including Keith Olbermann—has been saying this in the past year. Her latest on-screen work was in the 2008 TV movie Customer Service Sucks.