Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard‘s teenage daughter was among 80 or so people arrested after a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University, police sources have told the New York Post. Ramona Sarsgaard, 18, was done for criminal trespassing, the sources added, on Wednesday. The Columbia college student was given a desk appearance ticket and must appear before a judge, the report states. Two university security officers were injured during the protest which saw hordes of young people storm into the Butler Library on Wednesday as students prepared to sit their final exams. Gyllenhaal, 47, made her directorial debut with The Lost Daughter in 2021. She said she used to be “judgmental” of other peoples’ parenting until she had Ramona. “I would look at someone talking on a cell phone while her baby was asleep in a stroller and think: ‘How can that mother have her cell phone out?’” she told Scholastic Parent & Child in 2020. “Then you actually have a baby and you’re like: ‘She’s sleeping; I have 10 minutes; I’ll make three phone calls,”’ she shared. The actress, whose brother is fellow Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal, said she became less judgmental overall after welcoming Ramona in 2007.

When Gabriel Horcasitas was convicted of manslaughter for killing Army veteran Christopher Pelkey, an unexpected guest appeared at his sentencing: Pelkey himself. Or rather, an AI-generated video of Pelkey, commissioned by his family, to give a victim impact statement in what may be the first of its kind in an American court. If nothing else, it was a break from precedent, considering a New York appeals court recently shut down a plaintiff who tried to use an AI avatar during arguments. In 2021, Horcasitas shot Pelkey during a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona. Four years later, Pelkey’s sister, Stacey Wales, asked her husband, who creates AI presentations for corporate events and has worked with deceased clients before, to generate an AI likeness of her brother to speak at the sentencing. On May 1, the AI likeness appeared in a four-minute video on the courtroom’s 80-inch TV, telling Horcasitas that both Pelkey and God forgive him for the 2021 killing. Afterward, Judge Todd Lang told the court he appreciated the gesture and believed Horcasitas did, too.

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A famed New York law firm’s $100-million pro bono deal with President Donald Trump is backfiring as employees jump ship in anger. The Wall Street Journal reported that lawyers are exiting Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in anger after the firm committed to providing free legal services in support of Trump. Cadwalader, NY’s oldest firm, made the deal to skate punitive damages made by Trump’s February flurry of executive orders targeting law firms that he said were “weaponizing” the legal system against him. Cadwalader was also among three other firms—A&O Shearman, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher—that claimed their independence has not been compromised despite deals with Trump, according to letters dated April 28, Reuters reported. However, Cadwalader’s exiting employees appear unconvinced. Sources told the Journal that the key partner in the firm’s litigation group is heading to a smaller firm, along with other litigators planning their outs. J.B. Howard, a former Maryland deputy attorney general and counsel at the firm, is also reportedly on the outs after protesting the firm’s Trump deal. “Departures can be tough,” a firm spokesperson told the Journal. “Some attrition is normal and expected; it is part of the typical rhythm of a successful firm.”

Kayla Tausche, a senior correspondent at CNN who recently shifted off the White House beat, is leaving the network after just two years, according to The New York Post. In a farewell letter to her colleagues, Tausche did not give reason for her departure. “I’m off to chase the next big story,” she wrote, according to Status. CNN did not immediately return the Daily Beast’s request for comment, and Tausche could not be reached. Tausche, who joined CNN from CNBC in July 2023, was a White House correspondent during Joe Biden’s presidency. However, her tenure in the White House role appears to have ended in February, based on her personal LinkedIn page. Her latest status shows her as “senior correspondent” at CNN. Her departure from the network comes as CNN has faced a crisis over its ratings, trailing behind competitors Fox News and MSNBC. It laid off hundreds of staffers in January amid slumping viewership. The network has also made a number of personnel changes to prepare for Donald Trump’s return to office, like bringing star Kaitlan Collins back to the White House as its chief correspondent. At CNBC, Tausche co-hosted the network’s business and tech show, Squawk Alley, from 2014 to 2017 before becoming a senior White House correspondent.

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The American cardinal now known as Pope Leo XIV watched the movie Conclave shortly before he went into conclave for real, according to his brother. John Prevost, the brother of the Chicago-born pontiff, told WMAQ-TV about one of the last conversations he’d had with his sibling, Robert, before he went into the secret ballot process to elect a new pope. “I said: ‘Did you watch the movie Conclave, so you know how to behave?’” Prevost told the station. “And he had just finished watching the movie Conclave!” The 2024 Oscar-winning drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a fictional dean of the College of Cardinals, the Vatican official tasked with overseeing a contentious conclave rocked by political scheming and personal scandal among those vying to be elected pope. The revelation that Pope Leo watched the film comes after Politico reported that other Catholic cardinals had turned to the Hollywood movie for guidance on what they could expect, as many of those who joined the secret session in the Sistine Chapel had been appointed by the late Pope Francis and therefore had no previous experience of a conclave.

A firing squad execution carried out in South Carolina went wrong, leaving the subject alive and in pain for nearly a minute after the marksmen missed their target, according to an autopsy. Mikal Mahdi was the second person put to death in South Carolina this year on April 11 when he was strapped to a chair with a red target placed on his heart. A hood was also placed over his head before the shooting commenced. But the state’s shooters apparently missed their target, extending his suffering for much longer than the “10-to-15 second” window that experts predicted. He was declared dead four minutes later after crying out, groaning twice, and breathing for around 80 seconds. A new autopsy report report raises questions about how many shots were fired, while adding that they mostly missed their target, hitting the pancreas, liver and lower lung, according to The Guardian. Mahdi endured a “more prolonged death process than was expected had the execution been conducted successfully according to the protocol.” He experienced “excruciating conscious pain and suffering for about 30 to 60 seconds,” said Dr Jonathan Arden, a forensic pathologist retained by Mahdi’s lawyers. Mahdi was sentenced to death in 2006 after committing a multi-state crime spree during which he killed a gas station clerk and an off-duty police officer.

The University of North Carolina has been forced to deny reports that Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, had been banned from its football facilities. Former ESPN reporter Pablo Torre claimed she was no longer welcome at UNC over concerns that her domineering nature and influence over the former Patriots coach, 72, had become a cause for concern. “Two sources at the University of North Carolina tell me a decision was made last week by the higher-ups inside the athletic department … and that decision was that Jordon Hudson is no longer allowed in the football building,” Torre said on his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out. “She is not allowed on the football field. Don’t think you’ll be hearing much from Jordon moving forward.” The University, however, quickly shut down the rumors with a statement: “While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University of Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities.” It also confirmed that “Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick’s personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University.” Hudson made headlines in April with a now-infamous CBS interview in which she interrupted Belichick so many times that producers could not edit around the interjections; the final footage showed her interrupting Belichick as well as storming off set when she was asked to be quiet.

Harry Styles was spotted among throngs of people who gathered in Saint Peter’s Square to welcome the new pope on Thursday. The One Direction alum tried to keep a low profile with shades and a cap, but eagle-eyed fans spotted him among the faithful as Pope Leo XIV made his inaugural address as the head of the Catholic church. A Turkish fan spotted the singer and shared an image of him on X. “While I was watching the Pope’s announcement in St. Peter’s Square, Harry Styles passed by me and our eyes met, I immediately photographed this memory. What a day,” she wrote. Styles, 31, said in 2010 that he was “christened but [is] not really religious.” In 2018 he opened up further. “I definitely consider myself to be more spiritual than religious,” he said in an interview with Chelsea Handler. “I’m not super tied-in to certain rules but I think it’s naïve to say nothing exists and there’s nothing above us or more powerful than us. I think that’s a little narrow-minded.”

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Retired Supreme Court Judge David Souter has died aged 85. Justice Souter, a New Hampshire-born attorney, was appointed by George H.W. Bush and spent nearly two decades as a member of the Supreme Court, serving from 1990 to 2009. Initially picked as a conservative replacement for liberal Justice William Brennan, Souter soon proved himself to be a pragmatic and non-ideological voice and voted against the Republicans on a number of key issues such as abortion and the Bush v Gore election recount in 2000. Following his retirement he was replaced by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic member of the Supreme Court and the first to be appointed by Barack Obama. Souter is said to have “died peacefully at home” and has been praised for his lifelong commitment to public service. In a statement, Chief Justice John Roberts said: “Justice David Souter served our court with great distinction for nearly twenty years. He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service.” He added: “After retiring to his beloved New Hampshire in 2009, he continued to render significant service to our branch by sitting regularly on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for more than a decade. He will be greatly missed.”

Former First Lady Michelle Obama was forced to confront her mortality when hubby Barack told her she was “up next” after her mom’s death. Obama, who started the IMO Podcast with her brother, Craig Robinson, was discussing the death of her 86-year-old mother, Marian, last May. “I guess, if anything, with mom’s loss, I think that—thank God you’re my big brother and I have a husband who’s older,“ Obama, 61, said. “Barack was saying, you know, ‘Well, you’re next up.’ And I was like, ‘I’m not really ready to be next up.’” She added, “I told him, You’re next up, and Craig is next up. I delegate that power to you.” Obama and her brother also lost their dad, who passed away in 1991 at age 55. The Becoming author, whose daughters are 26 and 23, said that, after your parents die, you assume an adult role and become the “glue” holding the family together. Obama, who said that she’s in a transitional period, has returned to therapy now that she’s an “empty nester.”