Roman Polanski And Bill Cosby Expelled From The Film Academy – The governing board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to remove both disgraced stars. [guardian]

Bill Cosby’s Wife: ‘This Is Mob Justice, Not Real Justice’ – “Bill Cosby was labelled as guilty because the media and accusers said so… period,” Camille Cosby wrote in a statement. [rollsto] Whatever, Camille…

Facebook Engineer Fired Over Stalking Claims – Facebook has fired a security engineer accused of using his access to data to stalk women online. [bbc]

Chinese Lasers Injure US Military Pilots In Africa, Pentagon Says – Chinese personnel at the country’s first overseas military base in Djibouti have been using lasers to interfere with US military aircraft at a nearby American base, activity that has resulted in injuries to US pilots. [cnn]

Twitter Tells 330 Million Users To Change Their Passwords – Twitter has warned its 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch exposed some in plain text on its internal network. [bbc]

Richard Branson Takes First Step Into Private Equity With $600 Million Fund – The billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is to take his first foray into the world of private equity. [cnbc]

Trump Changes Story Over Michael Cohen Payment To Stormy Daniels – Ethics experts astonished after Trump acknowledges he repaid Cohen via retainer that had ‘nothing to do with the campaign’ [guardian]

Cambridge Analytica Bosses Quietly Set Up New Companies – Several directors and executives of Cambridge Analytica, the British political consultancy that announced it was shutting down on Wednesday night, have established new corporate entities in recent months. [tele]

Steinhoff Still Offers SA Companies An ‘Ethics’ Hotline – Operated By KPMG – Steinhoff, which has admitted to “irregularities” in its books and has been accused of flat-out fraud, has a functional “ethics hotline” in South Africa. [busins]

Luxury Trains, Five-Star Hotels And Bubbles – This Competition Has Your Name All Over It – We all want nice things, and things don’t come much nicer than a four-day, three-night stay at a five-star hotel with luxury at every turn. [here]

Volkswagen Ex-CEO Charged With Fraud In Diesel Emissions Scandal – The US government has charged Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive officer of Volkswagen, with fraud in the company’s diesel emissions-cheating scandal. [cnn]

Ashley Judd Sues Harvey Weinstein, Saying He Harmed Her Career – Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein on Monday, opening a new legal battlefront for the disgraced film producer by claiming that her career withered because he spread lies about her in Hollywood after she rejected his sexual requests. [nyt]

Rihanna Reveals She And Drake Aren’t Friends: ‘It Is What It Is’ – Rihanna and Drake — aka AubRih, Drihanna or whatever couple name you bestowed upon them — are officially not friends. [huff]

Kim Kardashian Is Lobbying Jared Kushner For Trump To Pardon A Great-Grandmother Serving Life In Prison – Kim Kardashian West is lobbying Jared Kushner to pardon a 62-year-old great grandmother named Alice Marie Johnson. [ind]

Rio Ferdinand Retires From Boxing Before First Fight After Being Denied Licence – The former footballer, who has been “training 4-5 times a week”, says he is hanging up his gloves with a “heavy heart”. [sky]

Helena Bonham Carter To Play Princess Margaret In The Crown – Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret in the third series of The Crown, Netflix has confirmed. [bbc]

U2 Interview: ‘What Drives Us Is To Try And Disprove The Naysayers. People Don’t Hate Us Enough’ – We may not be getting out of here,” says Bono, grinning in the hangar-like exit to an arena, whilst rain batters down and sheet lightning cracks the night sky. [tele]

Jay-Z Told To Appear In Court For Investigation Of Iconix Brand Group – Jay-Z has been told to appear in court next week in connection with a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of a brand management company he’s been involved with in partnerships. [usat]

Miley Cyrus Takes Back Apology She Made 10 Years Ago For Topless Photo – Miley Cyrus just proved it’s never too late to admit that your apology didn’t come from the heart. [mash]

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