Jenna Jameson claims Marilyn Manson 'fantasized about burning me alive' amid his abuse scandal - Fox News

Jenna Jameson is the latest woman to allege dark details of her past relationship with Marilyn Manson as he's at the center of an abuse scandal.

Manson, 52, whose real name is Brian Warner, denied allegations on Monday of physical and sexual abuse made by five women he's previously dated. The claims were first made by actress Evan Rachel Wood, who was engaged to the shock rocker in 2010. Four other women have also come forward with similar claims.

Jameson's previously been outspoken about the affair she began with Manson in the late '90s during her previous marriage to porn actor Brad Armstrong. Jameson -- who now goes by her current partner Lior Bitton's last name -- called her past relationship with Manson "odd."

She alleges he once voiced his desire to burn her body alive.

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Former adult actress Jenna Jameson is spe (Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

"We didn’t go out long because I cut it off after he would nonchalantly say he fantasized about burning me alive," the adult film star-turned-fitness maven, who is 46, told the Daily Mail.

"Sexually he liked to bite," she further claimed. She called this act "disconcerting."

Bitton noted that her experiences with Manson during their relationship were all consensual, the outlet said, but she did express that he is "a lot, to say the least."

She claimed it was Manson's alleged twisted desires that led her to end the relationship.

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"Once he started speaking to me violently, I was like... goodbye Brian. Also the bruises from him biting me weren’t fun," she claimed.

A rep for Manson did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment. Speaking to Manson's reaction of their split, she claimed he "moved right on."

"I'm sure he had a lot of choices during that time. It was during his prime," she reflected.

Bitton reportedly met Manson at the premiere for the 1997 movie "Private Parts" which she starred in. She has described her past affair with Manson in her memoir, "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale."

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Manson's career has been in a tailspin since Monday following Wood's claims. He's been dropped from his record label, Loma Vista Recordings, and removed from two television shows, "American Gods" and "Creepshow."

Actress Evan Rachel Wood (right) has accused rocker Marilyn Manson (left) of 'horrifically abusing' her. He denied the accusations on Monday in a written statement on Instagram.  (John Shearer/WireImage)

"The Beautiful People" musician released a statement on Monday denying the accusations, calling Woods' claims of sexual and physical abuse against him "horrible distortions."

"Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality," he said. "My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners."

He concluded: "Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth."

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In her statement shared to Instagram, Wood said she was "brainwashed and manipulated into submission" by Manson.

"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent," she continued.

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At least four other women posted their own allegations against Manson in a show of solidarity, Vanity Fair reported. The women claimed they have endured "sexual assault, psychological abuse, and/or various forms of coercion, violence, and intimidation." 

The outlet noted Manson has denied similar allegations in the past.

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Kylie Jenner Flaunted A Lavish Birthday Party For Stormi On Instagram Despite Ignoring Multiple COVID-19 Restrictions To Celebrate - BuzzFeed News

However, all the attendees at Stormi's party sang "Happy Birthday" without masks.

However, a recent study by Quidel found that rapid tests "detected only about 32 per cent of positive cases". The Kardashians have also been accused of exploiting their privilege to access the tests which cost upwards of $150 each.

The family were criticized at the start of the pandemic for throwing parties and mixing with other households. Then, in October, Kim received huge backlash after revealing she'd hired a private island to celebrate her 40th birthday and enjoy a "brief moment of normality" with family and friends.

Days later, Kendall drew criticism after throwing her 25th birthday with over 100 people in attendance and an apparent social media ban in place in a bid to keep the whole bash a secret.

And the family were also criticized for violating guidelines to celebrate Thanksgiving together, before vacationing in Tahoe, Mexico, and Turks and Caicos.

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Dustin Diamond remembered by 'Saved By The Bell' co-star Tori Spelling - Fox News

Tori Spelling paid tribute to her late "Saved by the Bell" co-star Dustin Diamond following his death at age 44.

The actor was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell carcinoma cancer last month. His agent told Fox News that Diamond died on Monday "due to carcinoma." It didn’t take long for his regular co-stars on the hit sitcom to speak out and eulogize the late star. 

Among them was Spelling, who shared a lengthy caption about Diamond on Instagram along with a black-and-white photo of them as children on set. Spelling had a run on in 1990 as the girlfriend of Diamond’s Screech character, Violet Bickerstaff.

"My 1st onscreen love Dustin Diamond got his Angel wings today…" she began her note. 

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She continued: "Before there was David and Donna there was Screech and Violet. Dustin was my first on-screen kiss. He welcomed me with open arms onto the set of ‘Saved By the Bell.’"

The "Beverly Hills 90210" actress went on to reveal that Diamond took a special interest in making sure she was comfortable and felt welcome on the show, which she remains grateful for to this day. 

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"As one can imagine being the newbie on a hit show was overwhelming for a 14-year-old girl. He not only showed me around but made sure I was always ok. Such a young gentleman. He was kind, smart, and always making everyone laugh," she wrote. "He was a great scene partner. He was a really good guy. I’m sad after the show we never had much contact aside from occasionally running into each other at events."

Diamond’s rep told Fox News that his "brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer" spread quickly in the three weeks since it was diagnosed. 

"Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful," he explained. 

Spelling ended her note by expressing her relief that Diamond did not suffer.

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"I’m glad he’s out of pain. He’s an icon to me professionally and personally. RIP Samuel love, your Violet," she concluded.

Diamond portrayed Screech for 13 years. He also starred in several reality TV shows including Season 5 of "Celebrity Fit Club," "The Weakest Link" and "Celebrity Boxing 2."

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He made cameo appearances in films such as "Made" (2001), "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" (2003) and "American Pie Presents: The Book of Love" (2009). In December 2013, Diamond appeared on an episode of OWN’s "Where Are They Now?" and became a house member in Season 12 of "Celebrity Big Brother."

Fox News' Stephanie Nolasco and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95 - NPR

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"I've always wanted to just be an actor ... that's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles," Hal Holbrook told NPR in 2008. He is shown above in his New York apartment in February 1973. Jerry Mosey/AP

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Actor Hal Holbrook was the voice in the shadows of a parking garage in All the President's Men, and a Tony Award winner for his depiction of Mark Twain. He died at his home in Beverly Hills on Jan. 23. He was 95.

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Holbrook performed his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight for decades. He loved it, but in 2011, he told NPR's Neal Conan that it took him a long time to break out of that role. "I was behind this mask, this disguise. And I finally had to be brave enough to get out," he said. AP

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In his long-running one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, Holbrook brought the crotchety Southern humorist to life through acerbic monologues. Twain was the pen name under which Samuel Clemens created classic American characters like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Holbrook performed the show for more than six decades, playing the role of Mark Twain longer than Clemens himself did.

"There was real bite and a certain amount of savagery in that performance, but people loved it," said Holbrook's friend and film critic Richard Schickel in a 2009 NPR interview. "Hal made [Twain] lovable [through] some strange connection he had made with Twain's character."

For any other actor, this might have been a one-time stunt, but for Holbrook, it made his career. He first tried on Twain's trademark white suit right after college and continued to wear it long after he stopped needing the made-up wrinkles.

Holbrook said he never stopped finding fresh humor in the lines he had first memorized decades ago. In 2008, he told NPR that he always laughed at the Twain quote, "There are shoals and shoals of fools out there, running around outside the asylum, exhibiting some form of specialized insanity."

"Not just insanity," Holbrook said, " 'specialized insanity.' It's gorgeous!"

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Holbrook won an Emmy in 1971 for his performance in the TV show The Senator. David F. Smith/AP

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He played his other signature role only once — the off-the-record source Deep Throat in the Watergate thriller All the President's Men.

Following the money was fine advice for journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, but not something Holbrook applied to his professional career. He had cameos in dozens of TV shows, from daytime soaps to prime-time dramas, including The Sopranos and The West Wing. His characters were not the hunky romantic leads — he was more the type of actor to catch the corner of your eye on screen and never let it go.

"Character guys sometimes — and character women as well — they linger in minds longer than some more hotshot leading people do," says film critic Schickel. "They turn up on TCM playing the best parts in the movie. I think that's kind of where Hal will be ranked by theatrical and film history."

Holbrook said Twain would always be precious to him, but when he was nominated for his first Academy Award, at 82, for his role in Sean Penn's Into the Wild, he was thrilled to be acknowledged for his work outside of Twain.

He told NPR, "I've always wanted to just be an actor. ... That's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles."

In the end, it's hard to know who played the role of Mark Twain better — Samuel Clemens or Hal Holbrook.

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Marilyn Manson denies abuse allegations by ex-fiancee Evan Rachel Wood - CBS News

Marilyn Manson is denying allegations of abuse. The musician took to Instagram Monday evening to respond to claims leveled by former fiancée Evan Rachel Wood, and several other women, earlier in the day.

"Obviously my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy," Manson wrote. "But these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality."

Manson stated, "My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners."

"Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth," he added.

In a Monday morning Instagram post, Wood claimed that Manson, whom she began dating in 2007 and got engaged to in 2010, groomed and abused her during their relationship, which began when she was 19 and he was 38. 

"The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson. He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years," Wood claimed. "I was brainwashed and manipulated in submission."

Marilyn Manson attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, on February 9, 2020. DANNY MOLOSHOK / REUTERS

"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail," she continued. "I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent."

Wood also shared screenshots to her Instagram story of posts by Manson's other accusers, all of whom said they suffer from PTSD as a result of their alleged experience with the musician. Ashley Walters and Ashley Lindsay Morgan claimed they suffered sleep deprivation, while Sarah McNeilly alleged that Manson "threatened to bash my face in with a baseball bat."

Cast member Evan Rachel Wood poses at the premiere for the season 3 of the television series "Westworld" in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2020. MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS

In the wake of Wood's post, many stars took to social media to share their support and solidarity with the actress, including Rose McGowan, Selma Blair, Mara Wilson and Josh Gad.

On Monday, Manson's record label, Loma Vista Recordings, said in a statement that they would no longer work with him.

"In light of today's disturbing allegations by Evan Rachel Wood and other women naming Marilyn Manson as their abuser, Loma Vista will cease to further promote his current album, effective immediately," the statement reads. "Due to these concerning developments, we have also decided not to work with Marilyn Manson on any future projects."

ET has also learned that Shudder, the horror genre streaming platform, has pulled Manson's upcoming episode of their anthology horror series "Creepshow."

This story originally appeared in ETOnline.

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Sundance Review: Daniel Kaluuya And Lakeith Stanfield In 'Judas And The Black Messiah' - Deadline

In a new era of political division and protest, Hollywood has seemingly rediscovered the late 1960s and its uproar in the streets as a way to mirror what American society is experiencing now. On the heels of Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant The Trial of the Chicago 7, we now have another true story of the government trying to quell the rising voices of dissent, in this case with the controversial Black Panther movement in the same time period. Director Shaka King powerfully takes it on and gives it gravitas in the eye-opening Judas and the Black Messiah. Daniel Kaluuya stars as Fred Hampton, the young charismatic chairman of the Black Panthers chapter in Illinois, and Lakeith Stanfield is William O’Neal, the troubled young man who infiltrates his organization as an informant for the FBI, which is targeting the group, and particularly Hampton, as radical terrorists who are a threat to national security.

Actually, Hampton is a minor player in Trial of the Chicago 7, seen sitting behind and conferring with fellow Panther Bobby Seale, who is part of the group on trial; Hampton in fact was assassinated as that circus of a trial was going on. But here we get a full-fledged portrait, and we get to know the real Hampton as an extremely polished and effective speaker for his cause, an expert rallier to his side who knows how to whip up the followers and has smart ideas to perhaps take the Black Panthers to another level.

Signing up when he was a student in a Midwestern college he rises through the ranks fast — so fast he catches the eye of the notorious FBI head J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen), who enlists a dedicated and self-styled beacon of morality, FBI Special Agent Roy Mitchell (an excellent Jesse Plemons), to stop the Panthers and Hampton who Hoover sees as an emerging threat. Plemons finds O’Neal — accused of impersonating an FBI agent and driving a stolen car over state lines — as a perfect foil to infiltrate the Panther organization and its most progressive chapter in order to get to the heart of Hampton’s operation so they can take him out. Facing the choice of either cooperating or spending seven years in prison, O’Neal finds himself sucked into the plan, an uneasy accomplice conflicted between what he increasingly sees as Hampton’s and the Panthers’ noble causes and his own desire for the nicer life he sees in Mitchell’s world. He’s complex, torn between two paths and walking a very dangerous tightrope. He is Judas and Hampton the Black Messiah, the latter the description Hoover uses to tag the group he is trying to bring down.

Joining co-screenwriters Will Berson, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas, King skillfully lays out each side of the equation in this raw and exciting account set in 1968: the emerging force of the Black Panthers, seen as a threat to Hoover’s view of  the world, and Hampton’s belief in the power in the people to lift themselves up toward equality and justice in a society that is being ripped apart. Kaluuya again demonstrates exceptional force as an actor, particularly effective in re-creating Hampton’s speeches, so self-assured at only 21, sadly presenting a man cut down before he could go on to greatness. But it is Stanfield who really has the most challenging job here, trying to navigate both sides without imploding, a flawed man tragically deceiving himself and everyone around him. Stanfield is sensational in the role, a career best to date. Also very fine is Dominique Fishback as Hampton’s fellow revolutionary and emerging love interest, fiercely dedicated and nine months pregnant.

In the circle around Hampton are a number of other fine players including the rage-filled Jimmy Palmer (Ashton Sanders), the enthusiastic follower Jake Winters (Algee Smith), security captain Judy Harmon (Dominique Thorne) and co-founder of the Illinois Panthers Bobby Rush (Darrell Britt-Gibson). Lil Rel Howery also has his moments as Wayne, who encounters O’Neal on the nighttime streets of Chicago.

Producers are Ryan Coogler (dealing with a very different Black Panther this time), Charles D. King and Shaka King. Warner Bros releases the film in theatres and on HBO Max on February 12, following tonight’s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Check out my review above with scenes from the film. Do you plan to see Judas and the Black Messiah? Let us know what you think.

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Hal Holbrook, actor acclaimed for his portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95 - NBC News

Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious "Deep Throat" in "All the President's Men," has died at 95, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Holbrook died on Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California, the New York Times reported. It said his death was confirmed late on Monday by his assistant, Joyce Cohen.

In 2008, at age 82, Holbrook became the oldest male performer ever nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in "Into the Wild."

But it was his recreation of the revered American novelist, humorist and social critic in "Mark Twain Tonight" that brought Holbrook his greatest fame. It earned him a Tony award for his Broadway performance in 1966 and the first of his 10 Emmy nominations in 1967.

Hal Holbrook arrives to the premiere of "Planes: Fire & Rescue" at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 15, 2014.David McNew / Reuters file

Holbrook was still a young man in the mid-1950s when he crafted the role of Twain, who died in 1910 at age 75, and his first big exposure came when he took the act to the popular "The Ed Sullivan Show."

He performed it for former President Dwight Eisenhower and in an international tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department. He continued with his Twain act well into his 90s.

"Mark Twain is something precious to me. It's my side arm through life," Holbrook told NPR in 2007.

Holbrook said he took on the Twain persona after trying to find a figure to portray in a one-man play. He read a few pages of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and said he felt a connection.

He developed the act in New York City nightclubs and first took it to Broadway in 1959.

With makeup, wig, bushy white mustache, white suit and a cigar, Holbrook bore a striking resemblance to the author at age 70 as he delivered a monologue drawn from Twain's writings and speeches on subjects ranging from religion to politics to human frailties. He said he had performed the show every year since and in every state, as well as around the world.

Tall, with an air of dignified reserve, Holbrook also gave distinguished portrayals of Abraham Lincoln, winning an Emmy for lead actor in a limited series in 1976 for specials based on Carl Sandburg's biography of the president.

He also won Emmys for a television special playing Captain Lloyd Bucher in 1973's "Pueblo" and as lead actor in a dramatic series in 1970 for the series "The Bold Ones: The Senator."

Other significant roles were as "the major" in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "Incident at Vichy," as Martin Sheen's partner in "That Certain Summer," the first TV movie to give a sympathetic portrayal of homosexuality, and as "Deep Throat," the key source in the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency, in the 1976 movie "All the President's Men."

Holbrook was born in Cleveland on Feb. 17, 1925, and his mother was a vaudeville dancer. After serving in the Army in Newfoundland during World War Two, Holbrook attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where his senior honors project was on Twain.

He toured small towns as Twain, then took the show off-Broadway where it was a hit that launched his career. Holbrook made some 2,000 appearances as Twain.

His other films included "The Group" in 1966, "Wild in the Streets" in 1968, "Magnum Force" in 1973, "The Star Chamber" and "Wall Street" in 1987, "The Firm" in 1993, "That Evening Sun" in 2009 with wife Dixie Carter, and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" in 2012.

Holbrook had a recurring role with Carter, a star of the sitcom "Designing Women," ring role, who died in April 2010 at age 70.

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