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The Best Defense Attorneys in California: Champions of Justice

In the diverse and dynamic legal landscape of California, individuals facing criminal charges rely on the expertise and advocacy of defense attorneys to safeguard their rights and navigate the complexities of the legal system. With a plethora of legal professionals practicing across the state, identifying the best defense attorneys can be a challenging task. In this article, we'll explore some of the top defense attorneys in California, their notable achievements, and the qualities that set them apart in the field of criminal defense.

1. Mr. Rodriguez

With over 13 years of experience as a Senior Deputy District Attorney and 20 years of criminal defense law experience, Ambrosio E. Rodriguez understands what you are up against: “the system.” The government has unlimited resources to come after you.

As a former prosecutor, Mr. Rodriguez does not only know the system, he was the system. Mr. Rodriguez will aggressively represent you to achieve the best possible outcome. When you hire Mr. Rodriguez, you tip the scales of justice in your favor.

Contact our law office today for a free consultation. Our team handles all criminal law matters including Los Angeles domestic violence cases, drug crimes, federal crimes, homicide cases in Los Angeles, sex crimes, DUI, assault, and more. We assist clients throughout Los Angeles County. We offer virtual consultations for your convenience. Call our criminal defense law firm at (213) 204-4977 for immediate assistance.

2. Gloria Allred

A trailblazer in the legal profession, Gloria Allred is not only a fearless advocate for victims' rights but also a highly skilled defense attorney with a long history of success in California courts. With her sharp legal acumen and unwavering dedication to her clients, Allred has secured favorable outcomes in numerous high-profile cases involving sexual assault, harassment, and civil rights violations. Her tireless pursuit of justice and unwavering commitment to her clients make her one of the top defense attorneys in California.

3. Tony Serra

Renowned for his passionate advocacy and unwavering commitment to social justice causes, Tony Serra stands as a legendary figure in the field of criminal defense. With a career spanning over five decades, Serra has established himself as a formidable opponent in the courtroom, known for his fearless defense of the accused and willingness to take on challenging cases. His dedication to defending the rights of the marginalized and his relentless pursuit of justice have earned him a place among the best defense attorneys in California.

4. Mia Yamamoto

Mia Yamamoto is a trailblazing transgender defense attorney whose groundbreaking legal work has made a significant impact in California's legal landscape. With her compassionate advocacy and unwavering commitment to her clients, Yamamoto has earned widespread recognition for her tireless efforts in the pursuit of justice. Her innovative approach to defense, coupled with her deep understanding of the law and dedication to her clients' causes, has solidified her reputation as one of the top defense attorneys in California.

5. Harland Braun

With over five decades of experience, Harland Braun is a highly respected defense attorney known for his sharp legal mind and tenacious courtroom presence. Throughout his career, Braun has successfully defended clients in a wide range of criminal cases, from complex white-collar crimes to high-profile murder trials. His strategic approach to defense, coupled with his unwavering commitment to his clients' interests, has earned him a place among the best defense attorneys in California.

Qualities of the Best Defense Attorneys

While each of these defense attorneys brings their unique style and approach to the practice of law, they share several qualities that set them apart as the best in their field:

Experience: The best defense attorneys in California possess extensive experience in criminal defense law, honed through years of practice and successful case outcomes.

Expertise: These attorneys have expertise in various areas of criminal law, allowing them to provide strategic and effective representation tailored to the unique circumstances of each case.

Track Record of Success: A track record of success is a hallmark of the best defense attorneys in California, with numerous victories in high-stakes cases to their credit.

Effective Communication: These attorneys excel in effective communication, ensuring that their clients are informed and involved in every step of the legal process.

Strategic Thinking: The best defense attorneys are strategic thinkers who can anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and develop creative legal strategies to achieve their clients' goals.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the best defense attorneys in California are distinguished by their experience, expertise, track record of success, effective communication, and strategic thinking. Through their unwavering dedication to their clients and relentless pursuit of justice, these legal professionals have earned their place as champions of justice in the Golden State. Whether defending clients in high-profile cases or advocating for those facing unjust treatment, the best defense attorneys in California play a vital role in upholding the principles of justice, fairness, and due process for all.

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"I laughed and I cried." ~5 star review from Fundimental for REFLECTIONS ON THE BOULEVARD by LJ Ambrosio -- https://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Boulevard-Michael-Trilogy/dp/B0C2SQ8P8K/

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39 and 41 for the comic ask :)

39. What comic plotline gives you brain worms?

I don't get exactly the meaning of the brain worms idiom, but for I have searched it refers to an obsession about something in content media, so I will go on.

The series I'm currently following are mainly Batman related and Doctor Strange related.

It's not exactly obsesion but I'm kind of hook on the recent events of the Strange series. Previously on the event of The Death of Doctor Strange, someone killed Stephen, and among other things Clea, Wong and a Stephen from the past (who is like the Doctor Strange comics from the 60's) solve the murder and the present Stephen came back to live, but at the end it's gone, and the past version returns to his time.

Then Clea beguns to act as both Sorcerer Supreme of the Dark Dimension and the Earth, and it's cool to see Clea msnaging both responsabilities, but she also want to bring back Stephen, that more or less it could be possible because it was revealed that he's undead and vassal to Death, who keeps him as her "Sorcerer Supreme" and sends him to the Earth to chase the souls of dead are returning to Earth, an issue that also Clea has to deal with, and that leads her to confront Stephen a.k.a "The Harvestman", although she doesn't know it yet (at least at the last issue I read)

41. What's a comic that keeps on giving (you enjoy rereading)?

It's hard to choose but I would say, probably, Batman: Night Cries (1991), although it's a bit rough story, but I like the artwork with watercolors, it's a good art for the setting of the story.

It's a horror comic that deals with child abuse, in which Batman and James Gordon chase a killer that abuses children after killing their parents and Batman is at some point accused of being the killer because the shape of the killer is simmilar to Batman's outfit and it's up to one little girl, Kathy, to come forth and clear his name. It's ironic because Bruce can relate to the suffering of those children who have also lost their parents.

Honorable mention: The Emdt comics, "Tiempo al tiempo" (2016) and "Mi tiempo se agota" (2018), the comics have bonus content about Salvador and Lola's pasts.

The first one it's set between the season 2 finale and the beginning of season 3. Salvador Martí, the chief of the ministry, is shot by someone from his past (there's flasbacks of Salvador's early years on the ministry) and Amelia Folch, Julián Martínez and Alonso de Entrerríos will manage to catch the ones who almost kill Salvador and save him from another assassination attempt. Some historical characters like Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Emperor Trajan's father), Ibn Gabirol, Ambrosio Spinola, Velázquez, Benito Pérez Galdós and Adolfo Suárez appears in the comic, and most of them except the last one are ministry members.

The second one is set during season 3, but great part of the comic are flasbacks of the past of Lola Mendieta and some of her missions in wich historical characters like Emilio Herrera, Gregorio Marañón and Blas de Lezo appear.

This it's the complete artwork of the cover and the back cover together, there's a courious thing because it seems that there are two versions.

The one I got is the comic with the back cover version with the photo of Salvador and Lola when the first Lola the show introduced (the one played by Natalia Millán) joined the ministry. Well although with Lola there's a constant paradox because of the fact that Lola was recruited two times, this first one and then in season 3 when Salvador recruits young Lola (Macarena García) after the first Lola dies. Although I think probably because of his remorse towards the loss of two members of the ministry, firstly the death Julián in 3×01 Con el tiempo en los talones (but he's alive by the beginning of season 4) and then Lola in 3×02 Tiempo de espías. Later in season 3 Salvador gets the complete version of the book of doors that Lola had (like with more than 500 years of history of the ministry, no one thought of going back to the time before the fire in the synagogue to take photos of the book, like Lola probably did, or asking Abraham Levi to tell them about the missing info about the other doors?)

And the other one I dont if it's a thing of that artwork or there's another version or edition of the comic with that backcover. In this case it's a photo of a kiss. Maybe the ones who appear in the photo are Lola's parents, or it's young Lola with a former partner/lover, like Carlos, introduced in season 4, during her days as a member of the Republican Resistance.

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crisambrosio · 3 years

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infcstissumam · 4 years

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So, as some of you may know, I’ve recently gotten back onto discord with a ghost group, and, well, I’ve been dumping headcanons on there left and right. So, for posperity, I feel this calls for a Discord headcanon dump:

CHARACTER HEADCANONS

To sum up, the difference between Papa II and Papa I in one sentence. Papa I is sour, while Papa II is bitter.

To elaborate a bit on this, Papa I is sour, not by nature, but because of the role he was given. Ever since he filled the role as Papa and undid a lot of changes, Nihil had done under his reign - he was branded as a monster, an asshole, the works. For a time, he tried to fight this, but eventually, he became what they described him as. Nowadays, he's a reclusive man, withdrawn and cold, with acidic wit and a sharper tongue.

Meanwhile, Papa II is, well, I don't know how to describe him briefly. He's hurt, really hurt, he was robbed of a lot of what he was supposed to have, a childhood, adolescence, a loving family, etc. and he's become embittered because of it. Furthermore, he doesn't really let go of his pain, he holds on to it and his grudges... He's just a hot mess is what I'm saying.

A lot of Papa II's ridiculous and 'embarrassing' behaviour during infesstissumam was being driven by spite - I mean, the Ghost project was Nihil's - what greater revenge would it be to make it a complete joke, especially when you consider the Clergy gave him the shortest period possible as an 'opening act' for III.

This backfired, of course, and it helped the Ghost project immensely, casting a shadow III would never be able to overcome regardless of his efforts.

Papa I struggles a lot with his identity because of the labels thrust upon him and his sense of duty to his family and the Church

Papa I is the one who takes himself way too seriously, and this is canon. He's also super competitive.

Papa, I is one of those people that relate heavily to birds, and it's valid! He has a little, not perfect, pop-up aviary on the balcony of his papal apartment where he takes the time to rehabilitate abandoned or mistreated birds, before letting them be adopted out again.

I don't think Papa I had any kids, why? Because having a bloodline of his own would be considered a 'threat' against (Nihil) his brother's own. So, he was never allowed to. He does resent this quite a bit; not that he ever really wanted a family; it's just that he never had a choice either way.

In general, Papa I grinned and bared a lot of unfair treatment for the sake of keeping the peace between him and Nihil.

I agree that Papa II was bitter and envious over the treatment III was given (III was a spoiled, golden child, he had a loving mom, was a favourite in the Church, even as a child, etc.). Still, I don't think it's over money and fame, or so to say, that stuff is inconsequential to him. On a fundamental level, II's secret resentment of III all comes down to being treated as lesser when compared to him. Secondo would never show this to his face, however, because he loves his brother, but that bitter envy is there and always will be.

Papa II is the type to write his s/o love letters but not the kind to send them. He keeps them in a box in his office,

Ghoul's can't be killed on the mortal plane, not really. Yes, their vessels (or bodies) may be destroyed, but the Ghoul or demon itself is stored in the mask. So long as the mask is intact, that Ghoul is alive and ready to be bound to another host vessel. When a ghoul is 'killed', they are either banished back into the mask or into hell, based on where the specific damage occured. (vessel vs. mask)

There are two ways of summoning a ghoul: the first is by summoning them in spirit and binding them to their respective mask, which is then bound via a death ritual to a vessel. The other is by summoning and manifesting the Ghoul in body and spirit via a series of tedious and taxing rituals.

CHURCH HEADCANONS

The Church practises Flanderization when it comes to their ghouls. You see, there are many classifications of ghouls with differing temperaments, appearances, etc. Such as Magma, Ash and Spark. However, for the sake of convenience- or perhaps further dehumanization - the ghouls are grouped and given broad labels like Fire, Earth, Water, Air and Aether.

There's a bunch of geese and other waterfowl that make their home in a decorative pond in the Church's unholy-see. Everyone jokes that they're the real evil in the Church. --The geese cause troubles on purpose. They will chase siblings down the walkways and stand at the door, waiting for their next victim to exit. Unless you're Papa I, in which case they become full babies, much to everyone's horror and reverence

The unholy-see has one central basilica, with adjoining monasteries segregated based on gender and species (the ghouls have their own pad for safety concerns) and other facilities related to being independent of the outside world, like farming and husbandry. Recreation and tourism (they thrive on folks wanting to come to see the quirky satan Vatican)

The monasteries are named after the three Prime-mover's who birthed the Emeritus, Infinitus and Ambrosios line of cambions, although, in the present day, only the Emeritus and Ambrosios have living members. (the Infinitus line were wiped out in the Catholicism-based attacks that drove them from Italy to Sweden in the first place)

While the main basilica bears the name of the archdemon father who sired them.

All buildings present in the unholy-see, from monastary to the farm land and the like, are all connected by the mass of labyrinthian catacombs which hold all of the Church's dead.

the public or first level of the catacombs are internationally recognized because of how well the bodies are preserved, and many see it as a macabre must-have for their bucket list

I think Sister's and sibling's, in general, have the opportunity to rename themselves after they take their vows Some make titles out of it and some choose names from the doctrine or church history, for instance, Meridiana (my oc) chose her name as a tongue in cheek reference to her job.

The thing with the church catacombs is that they're dry and cold, leading to sort of mummies being formed of the corpses interred there, but well-preserved mummies given much of the ancient church architecture is untouched and old traditions for burial are continued!

For instance, the Church doesn't do coffins, when a body is put into their catacombs, it is given it's cubby, or so to speak and is wrapped with several layers of textiles and plant-based fabric, such as cotton.

There numerous notable individuals in the catacombs. Such as the last members of the Infinitus line, the mother's and non-papal serving family of the Papa's and descendants of the demon lines. As well as entirely unrelated celebrity and royal individuals who were followers of the Church and wanted their remains interred in the unholy-see's catacombs

An iconic corpse from the catacombs is:

- Adalgisa Emeritus, Nihil's grand aunt who died as a young girl (~8) from complications related to an infection from a broken bone. Who, despite being laid to rest over 450 years ago, maintains many of her features from life. Including her nose, which has shrivelled up but is still there, her eyelids + lashes, brows and her hair. And provided an excellent window to understand how the deaths of papal-family members were treated at the time.

Although the treatment of her corpse and funerary items has led to much debate in the Church, given she was displayed not as a result of her immediate family's wishes, but from Nihil and One's, who believed her remarkable condition and life should be showcased to those who wanted to learn about the papal family history.

Adalgisa was a catalyst for significant changes in the way the catacombs and dead were laid to rest in the Church.

You see, previously, they were organized by status and ranking with the Church. With the demonic families having their own lavish wing, as did upper Clergy, etc. however, after her death, her father, Cernunnos IV, couldn't palette the idea of his daughter being put away in an empty wing, waiting for her family. He couldn't stand it, and so committed to having a children's wing created so his daughter and other children wouldn't be abandoned in the cold dank waiting for the families they were stolen from, and so they could reunite in the depths, play and be merry. Just like in life

It's actually said in church texts that the Fourth was haunted by nightmares of his daughter's cries echoing in the hallowed walls. But this is 'hear-say' according to the Fourth's second prime-mover.

#. headcanon

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Not A Good Look (Edward Cullen x black OC)

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Naomi and Edward. Edward and Naomi. You couldn’t say one name without thinking of the other, it was impossible to separate the two of them. Naomi Mitchell and Edward Cullen were the most popular couple at Forks High School, and the best looking couple as well. They were goals, but they were extremely lowkey, never really flaunting their relationship except for a few kisses here and there.

Naomi thought they had a good thing going until Isabella Swan came to Forks. She didn’t think much of the chief’s daughter except for the fact that she looked skittish whenever a boy tried to talk to her, but Naomi was on the school’s welcoming committee, so she had the task of showing Isabella, or Bella as she liked to be called, around school and letting Bella sit with her friends. When Naomi left for Seattle with her mom to visit her sick dad, Edward had absolutely despised Bella, but when she came back, he was always talking to her, and everyone was talking about it. It was all her friends were talking about in the group chat. Girl, you really need to talk to Edward, because new girl beginning to be a problem. i’m surprised Jessica and them didn’t fill her in, her friend Larissa typed.

All this talk about Bella Swan was overshadowing her good news she received in Seattle. Naomi had been scouted by one of the biggest model agencies in the world, known for representing the biggest models in the fashion industry like her namesake Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Alessandra Ambrosio, Iman, and Heidi Klum. Naomi typed back, ain’t shit happening between her and Edward, he can’t stand her. now can you, meghan and brie stfu so I can tell yall what happened in seattle? Three dots popped up just as Naomi began to type. homegirl goin around sayin Edward saved her from tyler’s van.

Naomi heard all about the accident from Rosalie who was practically screeching over the phone to her with rage. okay yall i get it, now stfu so i can tell yall what happened in seattle. so me and my momma were in starbucks waiting for our order and this woman came up to us and asked if i ever thought about pursuing a career in modeling and I said, “uh kind of” then she gave me her card and said to call if I was ever serious about it. Right away the group chat was blowing up with reaction pictures and gifs. It happened over a week ago and her mom was still telling people what happened; Ms. Mitchell told anyone who listened: the checkout lady at the grocery store, the woman in Port Angeles who does their hair, even her own clients. In fact, she could hear her mom downstairs doing a client’s makeup and telling the whole story.

so are you gonna do it? Meghan asked. It seemed like a good idea, but Naomi didn’t think she could go through with it; she loved Edward and she didn’t want to leave him. A message popped up from Brie: bitch, from your lack of response i’m gonna assume that you’re too busy rn practicing your walk for nyfw cuz I know damn well you ain’t giving this shit up because of Edward, and if you are imma beat yo ass. Still Naomi didn’t reply because she knew her friend was right, and knew that Brie would keep her promise. If her mom knew that she wouldn’t take it because of a boy, she’d beat her ass too.

Every time Naomi would watch a rerun of Friends or The Hills, she’d always tell herself that she would not be like Lauren Conrad or Rachel Green who turned down Paris because of an ain’t shit man, and here she is, contemplating doing just that. i’m gonna get ready for bed. i’ll see yall on Monday. When Naomi got out her mom’s car on a gray Monday morning, everyone was staring at her, but not for the normal reason. She always rode with the Cullens, and as she made her way to one of the picnic tables, the whisperings started. “If I was Bella Swan I’d start running.” “Edward Cullen is a dead man.”

Naomi took out her math book and notebook and looked over her homework, anything to avoid the stares of her classmates. “Naomi looked pissed as hell. I would be too if my boyfriend started hanging around another girl the second I left town,” she heard a girl in her history class whisper to her friend. She tried to fight back tears and it took everything in her to not call her mom and tell her to turn around. Instead, she just texted Edward saying they need to talk. As soon as she pressed send, his car pulled into the parking lot and she shoved her books in her bag, relieved that she wouldn’t be waiting too long. Naomi felt like she got punched in the face when she saw Bella Swan getting out of the passenger side of her boyfriend’s car.

What the fuck? Now all eyes were on the three of them, Bella looking like a deer caught in the headlights as she saw Naomi coming to them, Naomi, who looked like she was about to beat Bella’s ass, and Edward who tried to put himself between the two girls; Naomi’s right hand began clenching as she marched over. “Edward can I talk to you? Now?” It began to get darker and a crack of thunder sounded, followed by rain. She didn’t care that her freshly braided her was getting wet and didn’t bother with the hood of her jacket.

“Why haven’t you answered my calls? Rosalie said you were out of town. What’s going on with you?” They were under a stairwell near the boiler room, where students hardly ever go. “I didn't think this was a conversation meant for a phone call or FaceTime.” Naomi’s heart dropped to her stomach, and she could feel the tears again. “W-what conversation? You’re not breaking up with me are you?”

“I’m sorry Naomi, but Bella and I.. we... like each other.” “Are you fucking kidding me?! You hated her the second she got here and now you like her?! I was gone for a week. And you don’t even check on me to ask how my dad is doing. You know, the one you met on two occasions and played chess with? They’re thinking about taking him off life support if you’re wondering!” Edward knew that Naomi wasn’t that close to her dad since he left her and her mother for another woman years ago and he immediately felt bad that he hadn’t thought of the girl at all. He tried fighting his attraction to Bella by being mean to her, leaving the state, but it hadn’t worked.

Edward couldn’t hide it anymore, and he knew he had to break Naomi’s heart. “Naomi, I’m so sorry, really. If there’s anything my family can do--” She held up to hand to stop him. “No you’re not, if you were you would’ve answered my calls. If you wanna be with Bella, fine. Do whatever you want, I don’t care anymore.” The bell rung and Naomi ran out the back exit of the school. She didn’t care that she would be missing school, didn’t care that her clothes and backpack with her homework were getting soaked in the downpour.

Naomi just wanted to get home and back into her warm bed and watch movies all day. She cried the whole ten minute walk home, even as she got into the hot shower and didn’t stop until she got back in the bed. She knew her mom would get a phone call about her attendance and didn't care about the trouble. Naomi just snuggled under the covers and fell asleep in her dark room, hoping it would be a bad dream.

#edward cullen #edward cullen imagines #twilight imagines #twilight fans of color

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National Enquirer, September 28

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Jeffrey Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell’s secret husband unmasked

Page 2: Royal renegades Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have turned their backs on the U.K. forever by paying back $3.1 million borrowed from British taxpayers to renovate Frogmore Cottage because Harry always felt the weight of the public loan and he’s paid it back in full as one of the last stages in divorcing himself from the royal family and the U.K. itself -- the California-based couple who recently bought a $15 million mansion in Montecito also claimed they will no longer take handout from Harry’s dad Prince Charles after signing a Netflix deal said to be worth as much as $150 million

Page 3: Slimmed-down Jessica Simpson has told chubby hubby Eric Johnson to shape up or ship out -- she’s been laser-focused on healthy dieting and exercise since giving birth to daughter Birdie Mae 18 months ago but her flabby ex-football star spouse has been piling on the pounds

Page 4: Angelina Jolie has shrunk to a skeletal 99 pounds after launching a hunger strike to force hated ex Brad Pitt to cave to her child custody demands but friends and medical experts fear the star may be killing herself in the process -- Angie’s surviving on handfuls of grains and nuts and avoiding full meals and she’s banking on Brad cratering when he sees her in such a sorry state and giving her anything she wants, sober and svelte Kelly Osbourne is on a mission to find a man

Page 5: Demi Moore is drooling over love rat Justin Hartley’s Instagram posts and she’s got it bad for the lothario -- she’s had it bad for him ever since they filmed a funny skit together on The Tonight Show last year -- Demi has not had a serious romance since her catastrophic breakup in 2013 with Ashton Kutcher but she’s coming out of her shell after swearing off dating and now she wants to have some fun and she’s zeroed in on Justin

Page 6: Katie Holmes has given up on Hollywood hunks and found romance with a Big Apple chef -- she was snapped getting hot and heavy with Emilio Vitolo Jr. and the single mom is hungry for love with a man more focused on her than stardom

Page 7: Sharon Osbourne chased Marie Osmond off The Talk -- Marie thought the show would be fun and just a bunch of girls gabbing about their lives and whatnot but she found out that was totally naive because Sharon disliked her from the start and Marie felt Sharon was jealous of her and thought she didn’t belong and there was a definite rift between them and an undercurrent of bitchiness that everyone noticed

Page 8: Big-ideas guy Chip Gaines is clashing with wife Joanna Gaines over money as he wants to expand their empire but she wants to slow things down, Hollywood Hookups -- Jay Cutler and Tomi Lahren dating, Kathie Lee Gifford’s son Cody Gifford wed Erika Brown, Lily Allen and David Harbour wed

Page 9: Scandal-scarred Kevin Spacey has been accused of trying to sexually assault two 14-year-old boys during the 1980s in an explosive new lawsuit filed in New York -- one accuser has not been named but the second accuser in the lawsuit is Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Brian Austin Green stocks up at a supermarket in L.A., Gerard Butler hopped about his motorcycle after having dinner in Malibu, Olivia Wilde at the beach in Malibu, Anne Heche stepped out in L.A.

Page 11: Martial-arts movie master Jackie Chan got his butt kicked by Chinese officials out into the streets of Beijing when they seized two side-by-side luxury apartments in Beijing where the Hong Kong-born karate king’s family lived and put them up for auction in an ownership dispute but Jackie is fighting back by filing a lawsuit to reclaim his property which he bought estimated to be worth $5 million at a massively discounted $2 million in 2007 after doing promotional work for the owners, Oscar-winning vegan Joaquin Phoenix hopes to whip up a career as TV’s next top chef -- he loves to experiment at the stove adding different spices to traditional dishes but those who have sampled his stuff have confessed he’s not that good -- despite his kitchen limitations he has no plans to ditch acting but he wants to go all in on trying to become a YouTube or Food Network personality

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- Alessandra Ambrosio played volleyball in Santa Monica (picture), new Dancing with the Stars host Tyra Banks has kicked former frontman Tom Bergeron from the ballroom blocking a final farewell appearance after 15 years on the show and now Tom’s responded by giving tyrant Tyra some lip by openly mocking her bizarre new promotional video where her kisser was enhanced to mimic the show’s mirror ball trophy, it’s bye-bye booze on The Real Housewives franchise because seeing older white privileged women getting drunk and fighting isn’t fun anymore and it’s put a lot of viewers off and Bravo execs believe it’s one reason the ratings have tanked so now there will be less booze available during tapings, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are clashing over politics among other things -- Gwen hosted an Obama fundraiser at her house in Beverly Hills while Blake is much more conservative and they’re struggling to find common ground and the weeks leading up to the election could rip these two apart

Page 13: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is ending its 14-year run because the famous family members can’t stand each other anymore

Page 14: Crime

Page 15: Broken-hearted Priscilla Presley is on the verge of an emotional breakdown and dealing with daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s past struggles with addiction and ongoing divorce with Michael Lockwood and the recent tragic suicide of her only grandson Benjamin Keough have taken a devastating toll on the 75-year-old along with the impact of the global pandemic and the country’s social unrest -- she locks herself in her room and cries uncontrollably for hours at a time and has had trouble keeping up with her daily routines -- she’s selling her Beverly Hills home and moving back to Graceland but the walls outside the estate are covered in graffiti with messages like Black Lives Matter and No Justice No Peace

Page 18: Their Marriage Failed So They Tried Again -- Pamela Anderson, Larry King, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Page 19: Melanie Griffith, Elliott Gould, Marie Osmond, Elon Musk

Page 20: Brainiac Ken Jennings the all-time winningest contestant on Jeopardy! is being groomed to replace the show’s ailing host Alex Trebek by the beloved TV legend himself

Page 22: Prized props pilfered from Hollywood sets are big business for underground dealers and can fetch up to six figures on the black market and even worse some memorabilia heists have disrupted the making of major blockbusters costing studios a pretty penny

Page 28: Cover Story -- Sex monster Jeffrey Epstein’s accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell will never be convicted due to a provision in the U.S. Constitution that forbids married couples from being forced to testify against their mates and now facing charges of sex trafficking underage girls for the pervert billionaire Maxwell has a get-out-of-jail-free card because she secretly married the pedophile before he was murdered in a federal prison last year

Page 34: Prankster Sacha Baron Cohen secretly shot a sequel to his 2006 blockbuster Borat and it’s already been screened by select industry bigwigs, Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond is blazing her daughter Alex’s path to the altar with fiance Mauricio Scott

Page 38: Health Watch

Page 42: Red Carpet -- Venice Film Festival -- Cate Blanchett -- hot, Tilda Swinton -- not, Arizona Muse -- hot, Maya Hawke -- hot, Elodie -- hot, Vanessa Kirby -- hot

Page 45: Spot the Differences -- Gerald McRaney and Aubrey Dollar and Kim Cattrall on the new drama Filthy Rich

Page 47: Odd List -- a gory piece of history has landed on the auction block -- a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair that was wrapped in an 1865 telegram stained with the dead president’s blood is expected to fetch up to $75,000

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NAME. Thalia Athanasios AGE & BIRTH DATE. 2000+ & Unknown GENDER & PRONOUNS. Female & She/Her SPECIES. Succubus OCCUPATION. Owner of Sol Gallery FACE CLAIM. Zazie Beetz

BIOGRAPHY

( tw: starvation, suicide, murder, robbery ) Once upon a time, there was a young woman from Germany named Frieda who traveled with a group of young artists. Among them were only people who did not want to survive by fighting or creating and changing goods – they wanted to bring light into people’s lives and entertain them. By creating musical compositions or acting out smaller plays, they entertained anyone who was important or rich enough to have an evening worth of looking at them. Frieda was the most loved out of the small group of travelers, because of her beauty and her enchanting singing voice. So maybe it was no surprise that she ended up having suitors left and right – though she never let anyone close enough.

Not until she met a beautiful young man in Egypt, who melted all of her defenses with one look out of his piercing blue eyes. The two strangers fell into bed together, and neither of them expected the consequences it held for their lives. Frieda ended up pregnant, and it was only then that she found out that the father of her child would be someone who was trying hard to be there for his family – but put everyone else’s needs before theirs. Petrichor Athanasios was the last person her daughter Thalia would have wanted as a father. In retrospective, he had never been much of one to begin with. The few memories of him she gathered growing up could have also been compared to those of a stranger who passed by every once in a while. Maybe she should have accepted it, maybe she should have just been happy with what she got, understand that Petrichor had more important tasks to tend to, people to save and protect. But the truth was, Thalia did not care about that. For a child growing up with only one parent, it was excruciating to miss him constantly without even really knowing who he was. It was torturous to be abandoned by him over and over again, to see him go when he barely just arrived what felt like seconds ago.

Seeing as her father wasn’t in the picture, Thalia’s entire life revolved around the group of people that had become her mother’s chosen family. The people who would play silly magic tricks on her to make her laugh on a bad day, who would sing her to sleep when her mother was out trying to earn money, who would do her hair to cheer her up on her birthdays. But no amount of love from any of them could replace the hole her father left in her chest. With every passing year, the anger in her chest grew more and more. At the end of the day, Thalia could not understand why she seemingly was so unimportant in the greater picture, why her father would not even care about her mother and her. And then, the worst thing she could have imagined happened. Shortly before she would come of age, just a few days before her birthday, her mother died.

It was quick, but not less painful to watch. The small group of artists was robbed by the small fireplace they had created in the woods on their way to their next destination. While Thalia was spared, her mother was stabbed, and bled out in her arms, as she cried for help and instead was left alone. Unfortunately for him, Petrichor had picked this peculiar timing to show back up in Thalia’s life. As a birthday gift of sorts, now that she was officially a grown up, he wanted to turn her into a phoenix. But she would have none of that. The moment she lay eyes on him, all the pent up anger, frustration, and also the added pain of losing her mother broke out of her like a storm, or a tidal wave. Thalia yelled at Petrichor, words upon words of what he had done wrong, and how maybe he could have saved her mother had he just been there to protect them. She despised him and the gift he wanted to offer her was not one that interested her in the slightest. Why would she spend a small eternity on this planet without her mother, and with the father who had been nothing but a stranger for her? To that, in the moment her mother took her last breath in her arms, Thalia had decided to never take anything from her father. So on that day, with tears in her eyes and anger in her voice, she told him that she never wanted to see him again. Then she turned her back on him, and it would be the last time she ever saw her father.

The people her mother had worked with took her along on their travels, but Thalia never had a thing for acting, and while she had a beautiful singing voice, just like her mother, she refused to sing – as it was a painful reminder of her dead mother. Eventually, they parted ways. They did not throw her out, but Thalia noticed that she was no longer as welcome as before, as she was just a burden and nothing more, and so she decided to slip away in the dark of the night, not even leaving behind a note. Thalia always was more of a painter. She ended up stealing paint and chalk, any sort of crayon, to be able to paint. It was the only thing she could do, and the only thing she was willing to do to survive. But despite the fact that she was truly blessed with skills, not many people had any use for something like a painting, and those that had the money and homes for it wouldn’t buy them from a young woman on the streets who looked like she slept under the stars.

Which Thalia did. She slept under the stars, eventually in a small tent she was able to afford. For years she moved from village to village, trying to sell or exchange her art, but it only got worse. Eventually, she was close to starving to death, close to just ceasing to exist. And that was when Helios decided to step into her life, after having listened to her prayers late at night. The God was a beautiful man who lit up the small place she slept in with her tent at the time, and who offered her what she always wanted: to be an artist admired by everyone. In exchange, her soul should be his, but he assured her it was not something she had to worry about. He was kind, which at the time seemed to be the opposite of her father, so when Helios sprinkled the information into the conversation that he was the brother of the Goddess who was responsible for her father’s absence, there was no more question that she’d accept. And Helios kept his promise. It seemed as if he had opened the eyes of everyone around her. Suddenly, people wanted to exchange the best goods for her paintings, and richer families sent people to bring her in to do paintings for them.

Thalia was no longer starving, she was well-fed, she looked healthy, and even managed to afford her own home. But that blessing did not last for long. Only three years after being blessed by Helios, Thalia’s fame as a well-known painter ended up being her demise. One evening, when she was painting in her backyard, someone broke into her home, and ended up killing her when she tried to interfere. It was a death similar to that of her mother, a sword to her stomach, then to her chest. She bled out in the grass staring at the stars, and wondering if she might see her mother again after taking her last breath.

She did not. Instead Thalia awoke in the same spot, alive, but changed. It took her a moment to remember the deal she made with Helios, and that this must be what he meant when he said that her soul should be his. At first, Thalia didn’t notice what had changed, even if she did feel different, but she simply put it off to the fact that she had survived her own death. It was not until she started being intimate with a young man who kept coming back for more paintings from her, who was absolutely enamored with her. Thalia, who had never been someone who really felt sexual attraction to many people, did it more out of believing that it would be expected of her, than out of really feeling a proper connection with him. And as he ended up taking his own life after their third night together, she realized that maybe it had been her fault. It took Thalia a bit longer than that, a few trials and errors, to find out that she was indeed the reason these people met their ends, or ended up depressed and rather soulless. Thalia only slowly came to terms with what it meant to be what she apparently was now: a succubus.

Thalia decided to leave her home town, and soon after that even Egypt, afraid of leaving too much of a noticeable trail behind. And that was how she ended up traveling through the world. She left behind a trail of paintings. The young succubus had an almost macabre fascination with dark and gloomy paintings, using a certain style that was recognizable like her handwriting. But whenever she had taken one too many souls, she ended up moving to the next place.

And during those travels, she ended up meeting someone who was exactly like her for the first time. Thalia had arrived in Europe, Greece more specifically, during 245 BC. She stumbled right into the fights between the Achaean and Aetolian leagues, but Thalia was not scared by the tumult she found herself in the middle of. For weird reasons, she had always been fascinated by death after all, and by trying to paint it and it’s gruesome brothers pain and madness. But she was also just a young woman, and tried to find the safest place for herself to be in. That was how she found herself hiding away along the lines of the Achaean league, who were allied with the Ptolemaic Kingdom. And in the ranks of said league, she met Lykaon Ambrosios. He was the one to approach her, having noticed their similarities, and at first, Thalia could not believe that she had met someone who was just like her. But Lykaon took her underneath his wing, and taught her plenty of things she did not yet know about being a succubus. He became a shoulder to lean on, someone she trusted and followed almost wherever he went. The two were seemingly glued together by the hip at times, as Thalia looked up to him in ways she had never looked up to her real father – simply because he was there, and seemed to care about her. Lykaon even taught her how to fight so she would be able to defend herself if it was necessary.

Once the Achaean war ended and the league was forced to dissolve, Lykaon was the one to make the decision that they had to get away before worse things happened, and he dragged Thalia along with him. She was grateful that he did not leave her behind or send her away, and so the two started traveling together. Thalia was always excited to see new places, but only rarely did she venture out to explore the world without Lykaon by her side. From time to time their paths would part, but never for long, and they would always reunite as quickly as possible. Only over a century later, they ended up properly parting for a longer amount of time.

It was in 1399, that Thalia then found herself in the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan had heard of her beautiful paintings, and requested she should do one of him. She discarded her home at the time to visit, and it was among his soldiers that Thalia met someone like herself again. When she met Kaan, she could not quite believe what she felt, how they immediately seemed to connect due to the fact that they had both been blessed, then cursed by a God. It had already seemed like a blessing to meet one other person like her, but this seemed too good to be true. While he was a fighter and adored bringing death to the people around him, she adored painting him, just as she adored painting death. Her collection soon held several paintings of this handsome man wielding a sword, or of two dark silhouettes in bed, one of them losing their soul to the wind. He became her best friend, if not her brother by choice, and she loved painting the scenes from the battlefield he told her about. Thalia was already known for her gruesome paintings around those who were interested in art wherever she went, but she was also excellent at doing portraits and it was how she got by most of the time. And when Kaan told her that his sister would like a portrait of her family, of course Thalia agreed to do this for him. If only she had known what this would mean for her. Thalia had never believed in love, much less in love at first sight. But the moment she lay eyes on her friend’s sister, she forgot how to breathe.

The woman was beautiful, and she had Thalia wrapped around her little finger with a simple smile. But there were two obstacles in their way: for one, Kaan’s sister was a married woman with a family. And if Thalia so much as dared to kiss her, she’d take pieces of her soul, and she couldn’t bear the thought of tainting her beautiful soul. Instead, their love blossomed quietly, secretly. With longing glances and brushing their hands against each other’s when they walked next to each other. Thalia had never before found someone who she would have given her life for over and over again, but this woman was it. They never spoke of their affection to each other, and at times, Thalia even wondered if she had imagined it. So one night, when they were alone, she gathered her bravery and spoke a monologue of what she felt for the other – simply so she would know, even if they could never be together. She did not expect an answer, and did not even properly give the other a chance for one; instead she went home feeling both lighter and heavier.

The next evening, she was delivered the news of her love’s death. Thalia never saw her again, was simply given the information through words, but that was already enough to shatter her heart. She screamed as if her own heart had been ripped from her chest. Kaan and her leaned on each other in a shared sense of agony and pain, trying to fix each other’s broken pieces after losing this person they cared so much about. They became more deathly, and more gruesome. Thalia tried to lose herself in the people she dragged to bed, but none of them did the trick. Their souls weren’t even worth it, as she kept feeling nothing when she was with them. Had it not been for Kaan, she might have willingly found a way to end her own life. Though she almost managed to do that anyway. Almost two hundred years after the woman she had loved left her life, Thalia found herself involved with a shapeshifter. It seemed fun at first, to coax the magic out of the other until there was nothing left. Soon after, the shifter who was empty of their magic was killed after leaving her home. What Thalia did not know was that the shifter had a brother who was hellbent on revenge. And that was how she ended up fleeing in the dead of the night once more, suddenly realizing that she did not want to be poisoned by his bite. She left Kaan behind, without a note once more, and fled the Ottoman Empire to go back to Europe next.

Thalia’s fascination with creating paintings full of darkness had only increased at that time, and it might have been the reason why the succubus felt herself drawn towards the biggest wars in European history. They both served as inspiration for her paintings, as well as providing the perfect scene to do what she had to do to survive – no one looked twice into a dying soldier, or a widow that was left behind and decided to take her own life. She painted plenty of scenes from the Thirty Years’ War, which might have been her favorite up until today. Next, she was attracted by the Great Northern War, which she spent hiding behind the lines of the Swedish Empire, pretending to be both a beautiful distraction for the leaders, and someone who would listen to their nightmares to put them into paint. Next she ended up in the Napoleonic Wars, and they were the first to make her feel like she was tired of war and death. Afterwards, Thalia decided to stay as far away from battle scenes as she could, and not even the World Wars were enough to lure her back in.

Thalia spent the last years in Zanzibar, where she painted mostly for herself. Every few years, she switched her location to not be remembered as a woman who did not age. And as it was time to leave Zanzibar now, she decided to follow the whispers of what was going on in Corinth Bay. The succubus had stayed away from war for so long, that the rumors she heard were enough to awaken an old longing. These whispers spoke of death and war, her favorite subjects to paint, and it felt like it was about time to reignite her muse. She arranged for someone to buy her a house and a place to build an art gallery in, and she only moved to Corinth once everything was set in place. The art gallery was named after the Roman name for the God who turned her into a succubus – maybe still a reminder to spite her father. Thalia is hoping for some good inspiration for her paintings, or simply for something exciting to happen in her life after all.

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+ imaginative, fearless, independent - self-centered, careless, irrational

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