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NBC News reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for an unprovoked attack on another man who was dressed as one of the short yellow characters from the “Minions” film. Police said Nihart knocked over and kicked Jamie Roehm on Daytona Beach’s boardwalk. Roehm was dressed as one of the “Minions” characters – who are …

Tampa’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man thought he was being smart when he stole opioids from the medicine cabinet of a home where he was staying. However, Peter Hans Emery, 56, quickly learned he didn’t steal opioids at all. Instead, the laxatives he took sent him running to the bathroom. The Smoking Gun reports Emery was caught on video …

Newsweek reports: A Florida man caused an evacuation at a Taco Bell in Ocala this weekend after telling cops he drove there with a hand grenade he found while magnet fishing. In social media updates yesterday, officials from the Ocala Police Department advised citizens to avoid the area after it was verified that the device was an “authentic WWII hand …

Billboard Magazine reports: Michael Jackson’s estate sharply denounced Leaving Neverland Friday night (Jan. 25), calling it “the kind of tabloid character assassination Michael Jackson endured in life, and now in death.” A statement released by Jackson’s estate calls the men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, “two perjurers”— a reference to sworn statements the men gave when Jackson was alive that …

NPR reports: Get drunk on the local police department’s dime? Sound unbelievable? One Pennsylvania police department is giving three lucky volunteers the chance to help train officers in field sobriety tests, by drinking a lot. Don’t bother applying, though. The Kutztown Borough Police Department posted the Facebook request on Wednesday and was flooded with eager volunteers. On Thursday, the department …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida woman is behind bars after deputies said she threatened an employee and danced naked outside a Pensacola Waffle House. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, an employee told Freedom Ryder Zobrist, 38, of Pensacola, to leave the restaurant Monday because she had been causing trouble. Zobrist fled but returned later, saying she wanted …

Playbill reports: The King of Pop is ready for his Broadway bow, but first, he’s heading to the Windy City. The previously reported Michael Jackson musical, now titled Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, will make its world premiere at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre beginning performances October 29. The musical is slated to open on Broadway in 2020. Christopher …

More gay television history from our pal Matt Baume: The Quantum Leap episode takes place in 1964, at a military academy where a secret gang has been beating up gay men, and it touches on issues about coming out; whether gay people really affect military effectiveness; how the gay community relied on underground newspapers to connect in the 1960s; and …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man’s failed attempt to rob a convenience store last week was an effort to prove to this mother that he is “independent” and can take care of himself, police say. According to Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Alexander Campbell was arrested after attempted to rob a Circle K. After the clerk refused to surrender money …

Billboard Magazine reports: Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of Northridge, Calif.’s 6.7 magnitude earthquake. However, the day also marked a different seismic event for artist Thelma Houston. That’s because the onetime Motown singer was presented with a new Grammy Award to replace her original 1978 statuette that was broken during the 1994 Northridge quake. Thursday night’s presentation — in recognition …

Playbill reports: Who needs bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens when you have breakfast at Tiffany’s and bottles of bubbles? Following her breakup anthem “thank u, next,” Ariana Grande has released her newest single, titled “7 rings.” The track, a celebration of opulence and extravagance as self-care, lifts heavily from The Sound of Music‘s “My Favorite Things.” Grande has …

Newsweek reports: An elderly Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly following a driver towards his home and shooting at him in a bout of road rage, police said. Christino Aquino, 85, was detained on Wednesday evening after allegedly tailing a motorist in Marion Oaks, according to a Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) release. The suspect was captured on …

Clash Magazine reports: Although a stellar live attraction, it’s actually been 12 years since Chaka Khan has released a new full length. All that started to change last year, though, when the disco queen shared brand new material as part of Record Store Day release ‘Like Sugar’. Plans were afoot, with new album ‘Hello Happiness’ set to land later this …

Playbill reports: To celebrate the upcoming Fox TV broadcast of Jonathan Larson’s Tony-winning Rent, Fox has released a new music video of Rent‘s second act opener, “Seasons of Love,” featuring a virtual sing-a-long choir created from fan submissions. Fox’s live production, which is slated to star Jordan Fisher, Vanessa Hudgens, Brandon Victor Dixon, and RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Valentina, among …

The Palm Beach Post reports: A Florida man who drove his blue Ferrari into the water off a Palm Beach dock last month told police that Jesus told him to do it, according to a report released Monday. “Jesus made me the smartest man on Earth,” the man told police, the report says, “and it’s so hard to have this …

CBS News Miami reports: A Florida man is in jail charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he threatened to kill his neighbor “with kindness,” because the word “kindness” was written on the machete he used to stab his victims, said investigators. Bryan Stewart, of Milton Florida, allegedly cut a man with a machete moments after he was …

The Wichita Falls Times reports: Wichita Falls police received a rather unique call Friday morning involving a woman drinking wine in a Walmart parking lot. Employees requested officers to ban a woman from the local Walmart store after she reportedly had been drinking wine from a Pringles can for several hours while riding on an electric cart. The woman was …

Theater Mania reports: MGM has set Jennifer Hudson (The Color Purple, Dreamgirls, the upcoming Cats film) to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic directed by Tony Award-nominated stage director Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed) and written by Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise). Respect will chronicle the life of the “Queen of Soul,” from singing as a child in the church where her …

CBS News Miami reports: A Florida man was arrested Thursday night after more than 40 grams of cocaine were found in his possession during a traffic stop near in the Florida Keys, but not before he decided to eat part of the arresting officer’s patrol car seat. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Melvin Stubbs, 37 of Homestead, was …

Tampa’s Fox affiliate reports: A Florida woman in Sarasota County is facing multiple charges after deputies say she spread fecal matter around a park where the principal of the school where she is a substitute teacher was supposed to hold a birthday party for her daughter. Deputies say Heather Carpenter, a substitute teacher at Phillippi shores Elementary School, was seen …