Fox Business Host Charles Payne Accused Of Sexual Assault Fox Business Host Charles Payne is under fire today as a former Fox contributor is accusing him of sexual assault . 37-year-old Scottie Nell Hughes claims that she was coerced into a two-year extramarital affair with Payne, prompted by a sexual assault he committed inside her hotel room in July 2013. Scottie, who is also married, says the 56-year-old host frequently held the prospect of getting her fired from Fox News over her head to get his way with her. She has accused him of sexual harassment in the past, but a new lawsuit filing on Monday is the first mention of a sexual assault. According to Daily Mail , Hughes claims that the two began working together as contributors on Hannity, but it wasn’t long before Payne sought ways to get closer to her. Payne offered to mentor Hughes in the months afterward, and around July 9, Payne began pressuring her to give him her hotel room number over several hours. She relented and agreed to a private conversation with him that night, the suit claims, but when he came to her room he began to sexually assault her, saying ‘You know you want this.’ ‘You’ve been teasing me since that first time on set, wearing those short dresses over those long legs with your big boobs hanging out,’ he allegedly said. Despite Hughes repeatedly telling Payne ‘no,’ he continued and she stopped fighting back, fearing ‘irreparable physical harm,’ the suit claims. ‘After he raped her, Payne disturbingly announced on his way out, “This changes things.”‘ the suit says. In the years following the incident, Hughes says Payne repeatedly pressured her into an ongoing sexual affair, telling her that she needed a man at Fox News to “got to bat” for her at the network — especially if she wanted to get promoted to a full-time contributor position and get paid for her appearances, rather than commenting for free as she had been doing for years. SMH. We are not ones to victim blame over here by ANY means. But something seems off about being blackmailed into an affair, all to keep what is essentially a volunteer position…doesn’t it? But given how it goes down at that Network …it may not be all that far fetched. WENN/Getty
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Wait…what? Missing Georgia Boy Found Captive Behind A False Wall In His Father’s Home This is a really bizarre story . Via Sun-Sentinel : A 14-year-old boy missing from his mother for almost four years was found hidden behind a fake wall of his father’s Georgia home Saturday, police told the Los Angeles Times. His father is among five people arrested in connection with the case, police said. Clayton County police discovered the boy behind the wall after his mother, who lives in Florida, received a text message from her son saying he was being held captive, Sgt. K.T. Hughes, spokesman for Clayton County police, told the Times. “The boy was reunited with his mother a short time ago,” Hughes said Saturday. Clayton County is an Atlanta suburb. The boy was never reported as missing to the Clayton County police, Hughes said. It is unclear if a missing persons report was filed elsewhere. Those arrested include two adults; Gregory Jean, the boy’s father; and Samantha Joy Davis. Three juveniles, whose names were not released, were also taken into custody. Police said they were trying to determine the ages of those arrested, as well as their relationships to each other. All five have been charged with false imprisonment, obstruction and cruelty toward a child, Hughes said. The investigation is ongoing, police said. Thankfully he was found safe after all that time , but no word on WHY the boy was being hidden from his mother all that time. Again, this one is just strange. KTLA
Game developer Crytek has hired director Albert Hughes to bring its Crysis gaming franchise to the big screen. Half of the Hughes brothers team behind Menace II Society and T he Book of Eli , Albert is directing The 7 Wonders Of Crysis 3 , an online series set in a reforested future New York 2047. Behold the teaser: Production companies often have trouble converting video game properties to film, which is why Crytek isn’t bothering — with the production companies. Using no actors or movie cameras, Hughes is directing the game engine itself, rendering his cinematic vision with the same software players will use to shoot each other in the face. And here are four reasons to look forward to it. 1. The Greatest Graphics The Crysis series has always been famous for its stunning visuals. While other games worry about the mass-market, Crytek’s approach is “Bring us your most powerful and expensive computers and we will make them cry gorgeously detailed tears with realistic fluid dynamics.” Its CryEngine is the heart of the entire company, rendering massive, fantastically detailed worlds. In fact, Crytek’s first game, Far Cry, began as a technology demo which impressed people so hard it was developed into a full game. The engine has been constantly updated every since. The latest iteration, CryEngine 3, eats supercomputers and spits out state-of-the-art graphics cards. 2. A True Video-Game Movie It was only a matter of time until someone saw video games and asked “Wait a minute, why do we even still need people?” The answer is lots of reasons. But when most of the people in your film are extras designed to catch the heroes’ bullets, those reasons become less important. The technology for vactors — “virtual actors” — simply isn’t ready yet. But computers have been better than reality at special effects for years. Live-action movies already use computers for all the difficult bits. So when you’re setting the entire movie inside a computer, the whole world’s a stage: a special-effects stage loaded with pyrotechnics. And when you consider that Crysis 3 is about a nanosuit-enhanced soldier battling corrupt security forces, like the guy above, whose name is “Psycho,” and aliens, which do you think will be a bigger part of that story: facial expressions or explosions? Big-name videogames have become more like movies every year. Where once the player was a roving character exploring a maze of hallways, now they’re a single cog in a vast cinematic machine. Carefully guided from set piece to set piece by invisible walls and an omnipresent director, distributing cutscenes between every 10 explosions. Setting the game to “play” itself by hiring a director to say what happens instead of a gamer is just the logical next step in that evolution. 3. The Product Is The Advertisement Calling The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3 a fusion of video games and cinematics would be incomplete. It’s really a combination of video games, cinematics, and advertising. And that’s no bad thing. Sure, it’s blatantly designed to show off the proprietary Crytek graphics, but video games, movies, and adverts are the three fields most based on showing off amazing visuals and compelling stories that completely capture our attention. The resulting cinematic chimera has great promise. After all, Guy Ritchie has already directed an ad for Black Ops II . When the guy behind the Sherlock Holmes franchise is directing the star of that franchise in a video-game commercial, anyone who doubts they’re just as big as movies simply hasn’t been paying attention. Besides, any product is meant to be its own advertisement. Here that advice is literally true. Games As Art (And New Ideas) Hybridization always creates new ideas. And the only people still arguing about whether video games are art were eligible to retire before we started playing them. Even the most violent shooter can be stuffed with artistic flourish and deeper meanings. Bioshock was a beautiful steampunk fantasy which turned a generation onto Atlas Shrugged . The “soldier shoots other soldiers, also aliens” might not sound like a vehicle for quite as much content, but it’s beautiful. Crysis has always been about binaries, and not just in the 1s and 0s that make it happen. Every aspect of the games has a duality. You fight armed human soldiers, then inexplicable aliens. You’re outfitted with state-of-the-art technology but find yourself enmeshed in nature. You’re encased in a nanotechnological miracle of body-enhancing armor and you find yourself wielding a bow and arrow. And it looks awesome. And it looks awesome. The series started on Dec 12. You can watch the first episode right now on the Crysis YouTube channel . (Be sure to choose max HD quality for the full effect.) Luke McKinney loves the real world, but only because it has movies and video games in it. He responds to every tweet . Follow Luke McKinney on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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Damn, this spot is nice and all, but $22.5K monthly??? Via Realtor.com: Up for rent in Beverly Hills, California is a mid-century modern home that is rumored to have once been one of the many properties of American business magnate Howard Hughes. According to the listing agent, the 3,900-square-foot property located in affluent Trousdale Estates enclave, is “said to have been owned” by the legendary mogul and aviation enthusiast, and can be had as a rental for $22,500-a-month. It is entirely conceivable that the aforementioned property was owned by Hughes at some point or another, especially when one considers the fact that the mercurial mogul accumulated a massive real estate portfolio in his years, spending roughly $300 million on properties in Las Vegas, Nevada alone. Either way, the four-bedroom, five-bath offering is a pretty swell mid-century pad, what with its rows of glass walls, posh sunken living room, obligatory wet bar, brick and marble-lined fireplaces and an upper-deck lounge area with views of the city and Franklin Canyon Park. Offered fully furnished, the property features such amenities as a small workout room, steam showers, pool table, outdoor kitchen, pool and spa. The Hughes rental has also been retrofitted as a ‘smart home’, with heating, air, audio and video all controlled from the touch of an iPad. Oh, wow iPad action…nice!!!
