Celebrity Scoop - Chauncey Billups Pleads Not Guilty

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Movies, music, and all the gossip in one place. It's
the celebrities goop on Star one oh five point seven. Well.
Former Piston an NBA legend Chauncey Billups has officially pled
not guilty in a federal courthouse yesterday, a month after
he was arrested for allegedly helping the mafia rig underground
poker games. This is that scandal that has rocked multiple

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athletes in the NBA. The now suspended head coach of
the Portland Trailblazers was arraigned on charges relating to wire
fraud and money laundering, appearing alongside thirty other defendants in
the Eastern District of New York. Bond was set at
five million dollars. Billups put up his Colorado home as collateral,
which is how he secured that bond. According to the FEDS,

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defendants including members from four of the five crime families
in New York, with lure unsuspecting wealthy targets to card
games under the guys they were completely legit, and then
used celebrities like Billups to make them appear that legit. However,
official say nothing here was legal. Organizers would use everything
from X ray tables, to special contact lenses, fixed deck shufflers,

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hidden cameras and more to rig games and ultimately steal millions. Now,
the forty seven year old has pled not guilty and
intends to attend trial, which is expected to begin in
September of next year. So I'm not really sure what
that means for his current NBA career. Got all the
details at West Michigan Star dot com. How about this Share?

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The iconic Share is reportedly in talks to work on
a Netflix series about her life and career. The seventy
nine year old would be the subject of a seven
episode show, potentially premiering sometime next year. According to The Sun,
she is in the advanced stages of talks. It would
be called Sharing Her Story. The episodes would be an

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hour long and then would be released in conjunction with
the second part of the singer's memoir. So this also
is very beneficial for Share. A source says that she's
been in talks with Netflix for months and the deal
is as good as done. She would also be talking
a lot about her romance. You know that she is
dating a guy forty years her junior right now, and

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Netflix thinks that this would be an absolute slam dunk
when it comes to audiences that want to see this. Finally,
a very different story about a potential reboot. Apparently, Scarlet
Johanson wants to be a part of the new Exorcist film.
This is wild Deadline reporting the two time Oscar winner
is set to start in the next installment of the

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horror franchise, and it's going to be something insane now.
This source says Scarlet is a brilliant actress whose captivating
performances always feel grounded and real. They could not be
happier to have her join the Exorcist film. The Exorcist Believer,
which came out in twenty twenty three, didn't do super great,

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but then the next installment did really, really well for NBC.
This film is going to tell an all news story.
It's gonna be set in the Exorcist universe, but it's
not a sequel to that twenty twenty three movie. We're
gonna see here. It's really interesting. Scarleto Janson in the
Exorcist BA Has anyone ever seen that full movie? I

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gotta tell you, I did try it one time, and
it scarred me so bad. I cannot even listen to
that tubular bell song. I've got some more details. If
that's your game, West Michigan Star dot com with all
of your scoop