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A bare-knuckle-fighting Orthodox Jewish butcher goes to hell and back, taking us with him

Prune back the shots of hard men looking balefully into the middle distance and you’re left with the shrivelled branches of an undernourished debut feature by British actor turned director David Leon. The novelty of having an Orthodox Jewish butcher – Benjamin, played by the always interesting Stephen Graham – bobbing above the poverty line, with funds secured on the bare-knuckle boxing circuit, is swept aside in favour of a conventional and often confusing crime story whose tonal barometer has just one setting: abject misery. Michael Smiley crops up as machiavellian enforcer Shannon, who sends hapless dupe Benjamin to hell and back while in the pocket of an ominous cadre of Jewish clerics.

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By the end of the Summer of Love in 1967, the Bronx was a warzone overrun by gangs and violence like a real-life scene from The Warriors. The recently released documentary Rubble Kings explains how the warring sets made peace in the Seventies and paved the way for the birth of hip-hop. The first five minutes of the film, which is now available as part of the BitTorrent Bundle below, are streaming above.

The story begins with Carlos "Karate Charlie" Suarez and "Yellow" Benji Melendez, who came together to form a...

Tom Brady brought his son Benjamin along to the New England Patriots’ Victory Parade – and even let him hold onto the Lombardi Trophy. Tom & Benjamin Brady At Patriots Parade Brady and the rest of the Patriots squad celebrated their Super Bowl Xlix win with a trip around Boston on the city’s famous duck […]

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According to a new lawsuit, Nicholas Sparks isn't content with just one type of discrimination. Saul Hillel Benjamin, former headmaster of Sparks's Epiphany School for Global Studies, alleges that the author made racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic remarks during Benjamin's time running the school. (Had he also decided to insult women, Sparks would have hit for the bigotry cycle.) Some highlights: Sparks telling Benjamin that the school's lack of black students was because they "can't do the academic work"; Sparks forcing Benjamin to publicly explain his Jewish heritage as "a vocal group of parents pilloried Mr. Benjamin"; and Sparks brushing off students' call for a "homo-caust" at the school. To make sure nobody believed the allegations, Sparks also allegedly told Benjamin's wife that the headmaster was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, without even making him a notebook of their memories together first. Sparks's lawyer calls the suit "completely ludicrous and offensive." Read...

Nicholas Sparks, the beloved author of numerous love story novels, is on the receiving end of a lawsuit from a former employee who claims Sparks is racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic.

Nicholas Sparks Sued

Saul Hillel Benjamin, the ex-headmaster of Sparks’ Epiphany School for Global Studies, is suing the author for wrongful termination, reports TMZ. According to Benjamin’s lawsuit, throughout his time at the Christian school, Sparks displayed the mindset of a racist and homophobic anti-Semite.

Benjamin, upon realizing that only 2 of the 514 students enrolled at the North Carolina school were African American, attempted to start a dialogue about having a more diverse student body. In reply to Benajmin’s inquiry, Sparks allegedly said, “Black students are too poor and can’t do the academic work.”

Sparks supposedly was also not too keen on the Lgbt student body. According to Benjamin, Sparks ignored bullying complaints made by gay students. Benjamin...

The Bündchen-Brady family spent their Christmas holiday in Boston, stepping out on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - see how other stars celebrated Christmas. On Tuesday, Tom and Gisele took Jack and Benjamin to the Boston Symphony, and on Wednesday, Vivian joined the group for an afternoon at the park. The family of five was able to be together since the head coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick, gave his players Christmas Day off. Tom and the team are back to work today though, prepping for their Sunday matchup against the Buffalo Bills. Before Tom celebrated Christmas with his family, he attended the 15th annual Best Buddies Challenge on Monday. Tom's been involved with the organization, which raises funds and awareness for people with intellectual disabilities, for over 10 years. View Slideshow ›...