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Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said. The singer is offering a $500,000 reward.
The dog walker was shot once Wednesday night and is expected to survive his injuries, according to Los Angeles Police Capt. Jonathan Tippett, commanding officer of the department’ s elite Robber y-homicide Division. The man was walking three of Lady Gaga’s dogs at the time but one escaped. That dog has been recovered safely.
Tippett told The Associated Press that the dogs belong to pop star Lady Gaga. It’s not yet clear if the dog walker was targeted because of his celebrity client, the captain said.
Lady Gaga is offering the reward for the return of her dogs — whose names are Koji and Gustav — with no questions asked, according to her representative. An email address for tips, Kojiandgustav@gmail.com, has been set up. The singer is currently in Rome to film a movie.
Brett Ratner
After being publicly called out for getting back into business with Brett Ratner after at least six women accused him of sexual misconduct, Millennium Media has dropped the director’s planned Milli Vanilli biopic.
Millennium and Ratner’s Ratpac Entertainment said Wednesday that Millennium “will not be selling the film at (the European Film Market) or be involved in the production,” but promised that this isn’t the end of the story for the lip-syncing duo.
“Multiple competitive bids and a group of private equity investors have emerged that are fully financing the movie to begin production shortly,” the statement read.
Neither party provided any details on the other bids or where the movie will go from here.
The news comes just days after Time’s Up slammed Ratner’s second chance in Hollywood.
“Time’s Up was born out of the national reckoning on workplace sexual harassment. Our movement is a product of countless courageous acts by many survivors, including those who spoke out about what they endured at the hands of Brett Ratner,”
Tina Tchen, president and CEO of the Time’s Up Foundation, said in a statement Saturday.