by tyler | Jan 16, 2024 | CNN, us
Rex Heuermann has now been charged with killing four women whose bodies were discovered bound with belts or tape and wrapped in burlap along a stretch of Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010.
A married father accused by authorities of leading a double life, Heuermann had faced three counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Melissa Barthelemy in 2009, and Megan Waterman and Amber Costello the following year, according to the Suffolk County district attorney. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
The 60-year-old New York architect also has been charged in the disappearance and killing of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, whose remains were found near the same spot, prosecutors said Tuesday. He had been identified as a prime suspect in the killing since his arrest in July.
Heuermann pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to the superseding indictment charging him with murder in the second degree in the death of Brainard-Barnes.
Heuermann “has maintained his innocence from day one,” his defense attorney said after he was charged in the fourth killing.
“He said, ‘I’m not guilty of these charges,’” defense attorney Michael Brown said. “He’s looking forward to fight these charges and we’re doing that. We’re going to continue to prepare.”
Heuermann was first identified as a potential suspect in early 2022, shortly after a multi-agency task force was formed to examine cold cases involving nearly a dozen sets of human remains found along Long Island’s South Shore between 2010 and 2011, including the “Gilgo Four.”
“The grand jury investigation of the so-called Gilgo Four is over. It has been concluded,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Tuesday, noting that the same panel will continue looking into other murder cases.
Here’s what we know about the deaths of those four women:
Brainard-Barnes was 25 years old and believed to be a sex worker when she was last seen on July 9, 2007. She had called a friend in Connecticut, where she lived, and said she had an “out call,” according to Suffolk County police.
The young woman was reported missing by a friend to the Norwich Police Department in Connecticut on July 14. Her remains were found on December 13, 2010, on the north side of Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach.
She is believed to be the first Gilgo Four victim.
Authorities identified Heuermann as a suspect in early 2022 using cell phone data, witness descriptions and other information, and obtained a sample of his DNA from leftover crust in a pizza box he threw out.
Investigators found the DNA of Heuermann’s wife on a leather belt that was used to restrain Brainard-Barnes, according to an indictment.
She had been restrained by three leather belts, one of which was used to tie her feet and ankle legs together, the indictment states.
Heuermann’s wife and her two children were in Atlantic City at the time of the killing of Brainard-Barnes, according to a bail application.
Tierney described victim Brainard-Barnes as an “intellectual” and “artistic.”
“She was a devoted sister, a devoted mother, a devoted daughter, and she’s sorely missed by those that loved her,” Tierney said.
Brainard-Barnes’s family called the latest indictment “an important chapter in the long pursuit of justice.”
“It has been 16 years since the last time I saw my sister, 16 years since I heard her voice, because 16 years ago, she was silenced,” Melissa Cann said after Tuesday’s court proceeding.
Cann, 39, described her sister as a loving mother, sister and friend.
“Maureen would never get the chance to show the world how talented she was,” her sister said, choking up. “My family will never get the chance to know who Maureen would be today because her life was tragically taken.”
Nicolette Brainard-Barnes was only 7 years old when her mother was killed. She said the loss changed the trajectory of her life.
“While the loss of my mom has been extremely painful for me, the indictment by the grand jury has brought hope for justice for my mom and my family,” said Nicolette Brainard-Barnes, now 24.
Cann told CNN in 2011 that she desperately tried to solve the mystery of her sibling’s disappearance, scouring her emails and phone records, and staying in touch with families of the other victims.
Cann said her sister worked a seasonal telemarketing job and turned to escort services in desperation when left unemployed and facing eviction.
Barthelemy was 24 years old when she was last seen on July 12, 2009, in the basement apartment where she lived in the Bronx, according to the Suffolk County police website on the Gilgo killings.
On the night she was last seen, Barthelemy, a sex worker, told a friend she was meeting a man and would be back in the morning, according to the police website.
Barthelemy’s mother reported her missing on July 18. Records for her cellphone showed activity in Manhattan as well as Freeport, Massapequa and Lindenhurst on Long Island.
In July and August 2009, according to a bail application for Heuermann, Barthelemy’s phone was used by a man to make taunting calls to the victim’s family.
Steve Cohen, who was an attorney for Barthelemy’s mother at the time, told CNN the caller said he killed her daughter.
“Do you think you’ll ever see her again?” the unidentified male caller asked Barthelemy’s sister on August 26, 2009, according to Cohen. “You won’t. I killed her,” he said and hung up.
In another phone call, just days after Barthelemy disappeared, Cohen said the unidentified male caller referred to the victim as a “whore” in a short conversation with her then-15-year-old sister.
In one call, the man described in graphic detail to the victim’s sister what he had done sexually to Barthelemy, according to Cohen.
Barthelemy’s remains were the first set of female remains found in bushes along an isolated strip of waterfront property. At the time, authorities were searching for another missing woman, Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old from Jersey City, New Jersey, who hadn’t been seen since May 2010.
“I still don’t sleep through the night thinking about all of it,” Lynn Barthelemy, the victim’s mother, told CNN in 2011.
She said she jotted down everything she learned about the case in a notebook and spoke regularly with families of other victims.
Investigators believe Barthelemy was the second of the women to be killed.
Waterman was 22 years old when she was last seen on June 6, 2010.
A resident of Maine, Waterman was last seen by her family boarding a Concord Trailways bus heading from Maine to New York, according to Suffolk County police.
She was a sex worker, police said. At 1:30 a.m. on June 6, she left the Holiday Inn Express on Long Island to meet a client, according to police.
Waterman was reported missing in Maine on June 8. Family members said it was unusual for her not to check on the daughter Waterman had left in their care.
Her body was found on December 13, 2010, near Gilgo Beach.
Waterman’s family at one time used funding from a nonprofit human rights organization to hire a team of private investigators to help search for her.
Dottie Laster, a member of that team, told CNN in 2011 Waterman sounded starstruck when she called her mother to boast that her clients included doctors, lawyers and law enforcement officers.
Costello was 27 years old and living on Long Island when she was last seen. She struggled with a heroin addiction and worked as an escort to help support her habit, according to Suffolk County police.
She was was last seen leaving her home on September 2, 2010, to meet a client. Her remains were found on December 13, 2010, near Gilgo Beach. She is believed to be the fourth victim.
Witnesses told investigators that the client she met the day she went missing had been at her home previously. They described the man as “a large, white male, approximately 6’4” to 6’6” in height” with “big oval style” glasses. A witness also said the man resembled an “ogre.” Heuermann’s bail application noted the description from these witnesses in 2010 matched Heuermann.
Costello’s sister, Kim Overstreet, told CNN in 2011 that she took out an ad hoping to catch the killer. The ad implored other women who work as escorts to call Overstreet. She wanted them to tell her if they ever encountered a client who was threatening or just didn’t feel right.
“What happened to Amber eats at me every day,” Overstreet said at the time. “Finding out who did this consumes me. I stay up all night doing research and trying to re-trace her last steps.”
Witnesses also said the man drove a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche – a key clue that prosecutors said helped lead them to Heuermann.
This story has been updated with additional information.
by tyler | Jan 15, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at what you need to know about the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is a stockpile of crude owned by the US government.
It provides a back-up supply of crude oil if the commercial oil supply is disrupted.
The crude oil is stored in underground salt caverns in a government complex along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Salt formations are the cheapest, most environmentally safe way to store crude oil.
The current storage capacity is 714 million barrels.
The average price paid for the oil in the SPR is $29.70 a barrel.
December 22, 1975 – President Gerald Ford establishes the SPR when he signs into law the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The law is created in response to the oil embargo of 1973-1974 and the severe effect it had on the US economy. It mandates that the United States maintain a stockpile of one million barrels of petroleum, which is the largest emergency supply in the world.
July 21, 1977 – The first oil, from Saudi Arabia, is delivered to the SPR.
January 16, 1991 – President George H.W. Bush orders the first emergency drawdown of the SPR.
September 2000 – President Bill Clinton releases 30 million barrels of oil in the SPR, to increase home heating oil supplies and lower gasoline prices which had risen to more than $2 a gallon in some areas.
November 13, 2001 – President George W. Bush orders the SPR to be filled to its maximum capacity of 700 million barrels.
September 1, 2005 – Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announces that six million barrels of crude oil will be released/loaned to ExxonMobil Corp. from the SPR. The Department of Energy also confirms that Valero Energy Corp. will receive 1.5 million barrels of crude from the SPR for use at its refineries. This is in response to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina.
April 25, 2006 – Bush announces that he has decided to temporarily halt deposits to the SPR, freeing more oil for consumer needs and seeking to relieve prices at the pump.
May 19, 2008 – Bush signs a bill halting deliveries to the SPR for six months. It is hoped that the measure will bring down the record high price of gasoline in the United States.
September 12, 2008 – Bush announces that oil from the SPR will be released to help Louisiana recover from Hurricane Gustav.
June 23, 2011 – The Department of Energy announces that it will release 30 million barrels of oil from the SPR to alleviate Libyan supply disruptions.
August 2012 – The Department of Energy announces that it will loan one million barrels of oil to Marathon Petroleum to address the short term impact Hurricane Isaac had on the company’s refining capacity.
November 2, 2015 – With the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, congress authorizes the sale of 58 million barrels of SPR oil over the course of eight years beginning in 2018 for deficit reduction. The law also calls for the sale of 40-50 million barrels of SPR oil between 2017 and 2020 for modernization purposes.
December 4, 2015 – The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act becomes law, authorizing the sale of 66 million barrels of SPR oil between 2023 and 2025 to replenish the Highway Trust Fund.
January 9, 2017 – The Department of Energy issues a notice of sale of eight million barrels of sweet crude oil from the SPR.
November 23, 2021 – President Joe Biden announces that the Department of Energy will release 50 million barrels of oil from the SPR – calling it the largest release from the reserve in US history. The release will be in coordination with several other countries, including China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom. Officials believe the coordinated effort could potentially have more of an effect on lowering gas prices.
March 1, 2022 – The US and its allies agree to a release of 60 million barrels from their reserves, half of which will come from the SPR, to dampen the effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on gas prices.
March 31, 2022 – Biden announces a historic release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the SPR in an attempt to reduce gas prices while also putting an onus on oil companies to increase supply. The White House says the release will amount to 180 million barrels of oil and will act as a “bridge” as US and global oil production ramps back up after the pandemic.
October 19, 2022 – Biden announces the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December as he looks to lower gas prices ahead of the midterm elections. He also reveals the administration’s plan to purchase oil to refill the emergency reserve, which is now at its lowest level in nearly 40 years, when prices fall to $70 a barrel.
December 16, 2022 – The Biden administration announces plans for the Energy Department to repurchase up to 3 million barrels of crude oil for the SPR, to be delivered in February. Senior administration officials concede it will take months or even years to replenish the SPR, whose stockpiles are at the lowest level in 38 years.
December 19, 2023 – The Department of Energy announces the US has purchased 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, for delivery in February 2024, to replenish the SPR.
by tyler | Jan 15, 2024 | CNN, us
January 15 is Martin Luther King Day. But any day is a great time to do good for the community. Dr. King’s holiday celebrates the civil rights leader’s life by encouraging public service. Here are a few creative ways people of all ages can help the world around them in honor of Dr. King.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) is once again offering up lessons plans for grades K-12 as part of their global “Teach-In.” The lesson plans include resources and activities exploring the work, teachings and philosophies of Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King. The King Center’s theme for this year’s holiday is “Cultivating a Beloved Community Mindset to Transform Unjust Systems.”
Kelisha B. Graves, the King Center’s Chief Research, Education, and Programs Officer, says the lessons will help “translate the overarching theme into concrete examples and demonstrations that students can absorb.”
“One of the things that Mrs. King used to always talk about was being your best self and that’s the essence of all of the learning content that we produce through the King Center, helping to encourage students to be their best selves,” Graves told CNN.
The lesson plans include English and language arts activities, character building objectives and even ways to help students identify and interrupt injustices. Graves says that last year over 700,000 students in 22 countries accessed the lessons plans and they are hoping to continue to spread Dr. King’s and Mrs. King’s philosophies across the globe.
MLK Day is a national day of service; “a day on, not a day off.” Tim Adkins, of Hands On Atlanta, hopes for an uptick of in-person volunteers compared to the last few Covid-affected years.
“This year’s days of service really allows for people to get back and do what they’ve done for years and that is to go on site and actually be able to do something physically with their hands.”
Hands On Atlanta is partnering with the King Center and many others on a number of volunteer community projects, but there will be ways to get involved in almost every major city. AmeriCorps has a searchable database of MLK Day volunteer opportunities available around the country. Simply put in your zip code and click on the “MLK Day” box to find the projects available in your area.
If you’re looking for something to do from your home, help rewrite history. The Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress are both looking for volunteers to digitally transcribe historical documents. The projects range from African American history and women’s suffrage to the personal letters and journals of historical figures. The digital transcriptions will help make the documents more widely available to the public and more accessible by people with vision impairments.
If volunteering is not an option this year, consider donating to organizations working year-round to support the social justice Dr. King dedicated his life to.
The Equal Justice Initiative works to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality. The organization provides legal representation and promotes criminal justice reform. It is also heavily involved in public education about racial injustice in America. In 2018, EJI opened the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. The Museum and the Memorial will both be open on Monday and offering free admission.
The National Urban League has been fighting for African Americans and others for more than 100 years. The organization advances civil rights and economic empowerment by providing education, job training and community development.
If time is an issue, much like digitally transcribing historical documents, there are plenty of altruistic apps and websites available that allow anyone to volunteer and help others any time they can. “On-demand volunteering” apps and websites are available to help those with vision impairments, those who need help with language translation or those looking for career or mentoring advice.
Tim Adkins from Hands on Atlanta believes volunteering is a way you can better your community and yourself at the same time.
“I’m a pretty strong believer that volunteering is a potential solution to a lot of mental health issues that have sprawled over the last couple of years,” Adkins said. “I don’t really think it matters what you do as long as you get out there and the intention is, for lack of better phrase, to go do something good.”
by tyler | Jan 15, 2024 | CNN, us
For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for a possible serial killer.
Authorities announced a major breakthrough in the case when they charged New York architect Rex Heuermann, 59, with murder in connection to the killings of three of the four women who became known as the “Gilgo Four.”
Heuermann was taken into custody in July. He has been indicted on one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in each of the three killings –those of Melissa Barthelemy in 2009, and Megan Waterman and Amber Costello in 2010, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney.
He told his attorney he is not the killer.
Heuermann is also expected to face a fourth murder charge, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN Sunday.
The source did not specify which victim he is expected to be charged in connection with, but authorities have said Heuermann is the prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance and death of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
CNN has reached out to Heuermann’s attorney, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department for comment.
Once Heuermann was identified as a suspect in early 2022, authorities said, they watched him and his family – getting DNA samples from items in their trash as they built a case.
Heuermann was remanded without bail following his arrest and entered a not guilty plea through his attorney. He is expected in court Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.
Here is a timeline of the Gilgo Beach killings, how the investigation unfolded and what ultimately led to Heuermann’s arrest.
2010: Authorities find first remains in Gilgo Beach murders
Police discovered the first set of female remains in bushes along an isolated strip of waterfront property on Gilgo Beach while searching for another missing woman: Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old from Jersey City, New Jersey who hadn’t been seen since May 2010.
The remains of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, were the first to be discovered in the case during the search on December 11, 2010, according to Suffolk County officials. Two days later, investigators discovered the remains of three additional victims – Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello and Megan Waterman – strewn across a half-mile stretch on Gilgo Beach.
The four women, who were wrapped in camouflaged burlap, worked as escorts who advertised on Craigslist and were last seen between July 2007 and September 2010, officials said.
After Barthelemy’s disappearance, authorities say her family received multiple taunting calls. In one of the calls, the suspect “admitted killing and sexually assaulting Ms. Barthelemy,” according to a bail application filed by the Suffolk County district attorney after Heuermann’s arrest.
Those calls, authorities say, would later help unravel the case.
2011: More remains found, including a toddler and her mother
Police said in January 2011 calls from Barthelemy’s cell phone had been traced to midtown Manhattan, with the two last calls made from around Madison Square Garden and Times Square. The caller hung up too quickly for authorities to pinpoint the exact locations of the calls, police said.
On March 29, 2011, the partial skeletal remains of another woman were found several miles east of where the bodies of the “Gilgo Four” were discovered.
The woman was first known as Jane Doe #5 before investigators identified her as Jessica Taylor, another escort whose partial remains were previously discovered in Manorville in 2003, police said.
The following month, on April 4, 2011, three more sets of remains were found on a stretch of Ocean Parkway in Suffolk County near the beach. They included a female toddler, an unidentified Asian male and a woman initially referred to as Jane Doe #6, investigators said.
One week later, two additional sets of human remains were found in Nassau County, about 40 miles east of New York City, one of which was identified as the mother of the toddler through DNA analysis. The mother’s partial remains were first discovered in 1997, officials said.
The other set of remains “genetically matched” with remains found in 1996 on Fire Island, “significantly expanding the timeline and geographic reach” of the investigation, officials said.
In mid-April of the same year, Steve Cohen, an attorney for Barthelemy’s mother, said a man using the victim’s cell phone made taunting calls and claimed he killed Barthelemy, CNN reported.
“Do you think you’ll ever see her again?,” the unidentified male caller asked Barthelemy’s sister on August 26, 2009, according to Cohen.
“You won’t. I killed her,” he added and hung up. The phone call ended after less than a minute, CNN reported at the time.
Another phone call was placed in July 2009 just days after Barthelemy disappeared. It was the first of seven calls he made from Barthelemy’s cell phone. Cohen said in the phone call, the unidentified male caller referred to Barthelemy as a “whore” in a short conversation with her then-15-year-old sister, Cohen told CNN at the time.
In the final call, the man described in graphic detail to the victim’s sister what he had done sexually to Barthelemy, Cohen said.
In December 2011, Gilbert’s body was found in the wooded marshes of Suffolk County’s Oak Beach. The beach is about 9 miles from where the 10 other sets of human remains were found.
Authorities later said they believed Gilbert’s death may have been accidental and not related to the Gilgo Beach slayings.
2020: Police release photos of a key clue and ID a victim
In January 2020, Suffolk County police released photos of what it said could be a significant piece of evidence: a black leather belt embossed with the letters “WH” or “HM.” The department also launched a website to collect new tips in the investigation.
“We believe the belt was handled by the suspect and did not belong to any of the victims,” former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart told reporters at the time.
On May 28, 2020, New York’s Suffolk County Police Department identified “Jane Doe #6” as Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old Philadelphia mother who went missing two decades earlier.
The FBI helped identify Mack’s remains using advanced forensic DNA technology, officials said.
Using samples from her remains, Suffolk County investigators were able to find Mack’s biological relatives through genetic genealogy, which ultimately led to her adoptive family and son, Hart said to reporters at the time.
In February 2022, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison formed a multiagency task force to investigate the Gilgo Beach killings.
The task force included the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Police and the FBI.
On March 14, 2022, Heuermann was first mentioned as a possible suspect in the Gilgo Beach murder case after a New York state investigator identified him in a database, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney.
Investigators then started surveilling him and his family and took pieces of garbage to obtain DNA samples – even discarded pizza crust.
As they closed in on Heuermann, investigators used cell tower records from thousands of possible individuals down to hundreds and then to a handful of people. Next, authorities focused on residents who also matched a physical description provided by a witness who had seen the suspected killer.
Authorities zeroed in on anyone with a connection to a green pickup truck a witness had seen the suspect driving, according to two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case. Later, authorities learned Heuermann drove a green pickup truck registered to his brother, CNN reported.
Heuermann matched a witness’s physical description, lived close to the Long Island cell site and worked near the New York City cell sites where other calls were captured.
Personal cell phone and credit card billing records revealed numerous instances where Heuermann was in the general locations as burner phones, which authorities say he had with him at the killings. He used the phones to call the three victims and also used “Brainard-Barnes and Barthelemy’s cellphones when they were used to check voicemail and make taunting phone calls after the women disappeared,” Suffolk County prosecutors allege.
Authorities said a search of Heuermann’s computer revealed he had scoured the internet at least 200 times for details about the status of the investigation, Tierney said. Heuermann was also compulsively searching for photos of the victims and their relatives, and he was trying to track down relatives, the district attorney said.
In late 2022, detectives recovered a cup believed to have been discarded by Heuermann, but they could not get a good DNA sample from it, a law enforcement source close to the investigation told CNN.
In January 2023, investigators got a complete sample of Heuermann’s DNA from leftover crust in a pizza box he threw in the trash, a law enforcement source close to the investigation told CNN.
During the initial examination of one of the victims’ skeletal remains and materials discovered in the grave, the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory recovered a male hair from the “bottom of the burlap” the killer used to wrap her body, according to prosecutors. Analysis of the DNA found on the victim and the pizza thrown out by Heuermann showed the samples matched.
Additionally, hair believed to be from Heuermann’s wife was found on or near three of the murder victims, prosecutors allege in the bail application, citing DNA testing. The DNA came from 11 bottles inside a garbage can outside the Heuermann home, the court document says.
On July 13, 2023, a suspect connected to some of the Gilgo Beach murders was taken into custody in New York City, marking the first arrest in the case, according to Harrison. He was transported back to Suffolk County Police headquarters in the hamlet of Yaphank on Long Island, the police commissioner said.
A day later, authorities identified the suspect as Heuermann, a registered architect who has owned the New York City-based architecture and consulting firm, RH Consultants & Associates, since 1994, according to his company’s website.
The case against Heuermann came together over two years with the restart of the investigation, in which investigators used “the power of the grand jury,” including more than 300 subpoenas and search warrants, to collect evidence and tie Heuermann conclusively to the murders, Tierney said during a news conference.
by tyler | Jan 15, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of media mogul Barry Diller.
Birth date: February 2, 1942
Birth place: San Francisco, California
Birth name: Barry Charles Diller
Father: Michael Diller, real estate developer
Mother: Reva (Addison) Diller
Marriage: Diane von Furstenberg (2001-present)
Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles
Dropped out of UCLA after less than a year.
Credited with popularizing made-for-television movies.
Owner of the sailing yacht Eos, one of the world’s largest private sailing yachts.
Married fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg in 2001, 26 years after they first met.
Diller has stated that he considers von Furstenberg’s children, Alexander and Tatiana, as his own.
Is on the board of directors of The Coca Cola Company.
1961-1966 – Works at the William Morris Agency. Diller starts in the mailroom and works his way up to agent.
1966-1974 – Works at ABC, eventually becoming the vice president of prime time television. During this time, Diller creates ABC’s “Movie of the Week.”
1974-1984 – Chairman and chief executive of Paramount Pictures Corporation.
1984-1992 – Chairman and chief executive of Fox, Inc.
1986 – Launches the Fox television network.
1992-1994 – Chief executive officer of the QVC network.
1995-2010 – Chairman and chief executive officer of InterActiveCorp (IAC), formerly Silver King Communications.
2005-present – Chairman and senior executive of Expedia, Inc.
2010-present – Chairman and senior executive of IAC.
November 2014 – Diller and the Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation announce plans to build a park on stilts above the water on the Hudson River in New York City’s Chelsea Pier neighborhood.
June 15, 2015 – A New York civic organization files court documents to prevent further construction on Diller’s planned park. The civic organization raises concerns about the environmental impact the project would have on the city’s waterfront.
October 25, 2017 – Diller announces his intention to move forward with his plan to build a park on the Hudson River. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo helped Diller reach an agreement with environmental groups that opposed the project.
August 14, 2018 – Tinder co-founders and other former and current executives file a lawsuit against Diller’s Match Group and parent company, IAC. The suit, filed in New York, alleges that executives with Match and IAC intentionally undervalued Tinder to deny them of billions of dollars.
August 20, 2020 – MGM Resorts announces that Diller has joined the company’s board of directors, days after Diller’s IAC bought a nearly $1 billion stake in the Las Vegas-based global casino and hotel giant.
May 21, 2021 – Little Island, a park funded by Diller and the Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation, opens to the public.
May 19, 2022 – Diller receives a limited casino license from The Nevada Gaming Commission.
by tyler | Jan 11, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the Golden Globe Awards, which are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
January 7, 2024 – The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented live on CBS.
January 10, 2023 – The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented live on NBC.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a group representing journalists from 62 countries, presents the awards.
The awards are presented in the fields of both television and motion pictures.
The motion picture awards were first presented in 1944.
Awards for television were first presented in 1955.
The Golden Globes were not regularly broadcast on TV until the early 1980s.
Meryl Streep is the actor with the most nominations – 34. She has eight wins for acting, also a record.
January 7, 2008 – The HFPA announces the cancellation of the traditional Golden Globes ceremony due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike. The winners are announced during an hour-long press conference on January 13.
January 7, 2018 – At the 75th Annual Golden Globes a number of actresses and actors attend the event dressed in black to support the Time’s Up movement. The movement, launched at the start of the year by women and men from the entertainment industry, aims to combat sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond.
December 11, 2018 – The HFPA announces a new award named the Carol Burnett Award. The award will be given annually to someone who “has made outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen,” according to a statement from the HFPA.
May 10, 2021 – NBC announces it will not air the show next year after controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s lack of diversity and ethical questions related to financial benefits given to some members.
September 20, 2022 – The HFPA, dick clark productions and NBC announce the Golden Globes will return to television on January 10, 2023.
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Poor Things”
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Oppenheimer”
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Best Television Series – Drama
“Succession”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“The Bear”
Complete list of winners
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“The Fabelmans”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett, “TAR”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Best TV series – Drama
“House of the Dragon”
Best TV series – Musical or Comedy
“Abbott Elementary”
Complete list of winners
