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The movie has already proved controversial, with Mossack Fonseca filing a defamation suit against it on October 15, leading some viewers to wonder how the story of the film differs from the true events. What were the Panama Papers? The Panama Papers, so named because Mossack Fonseca is based in the Central American country, were 11.5 million files leaked by an anonymous source to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2016, which were then shared with investigative journalists around the world....

“Does anyone know what the purpose of all the people walking through the portal at the end means? Who were they? Why were they there?” was one Reddit user’s take on the events, and they were far from alone. “I totally don’t get the ending scene and hate that it seems like it wasn’t explained,” one wrote, while another asked, “why are people from other world coming to this fucked up world?...

Season 6 of The Masked Singer is on before the new avatar-themed singing competition Alter Ego gets underway. Sixteen acts will be competing to win the new season of The Masked Singer and follow in the footsteps of previous victors T-Pain, Wayne Brady, Kandi Burruss, LeAnn Rimes and Nick Lachey. Nick Cannon returns to host and once again Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke will sit on the panel and try to guess who are behind the masks....

The show is a reality singing competition that has fully-costumed celebrities compete for a trophy each season Each week, clue packages for each masked figure are released. Judges can guess which celebrity may be under each mask, but the contestant’s true identity is not revealed until that select contestant is sent home. Dedicated fans often start crafting in-depth theories before the show even airs, using teases posted to the show’s social media accounts....

It was a guess that judge Jenny McCarthy had stuck behind all season, and one that half of her fellow judges eventually agreed to back. McCarthy described Williams as one of her favorite contestants, and said she was sorry to see her go. Williams herself admitted that she’d done the contest as a confidence booster. She told the audience that she hadn’t worked since the previous year. Hoping that this would bring her back to the spotlight with a bang, she added that the judge’s comments had given her the nerve necessary to return to the rigors of fame....

EPHRON: It seems to some people that the cabinet decision in principle to expel Arafat has backfired by making the Palestinian leader more popular. Why were you in favor? SHALOM: My personal view is that we had to expel him two and a half years ago. I thought then, and I think everyone realizes now, that there is no chance to have peace while he is still in power. No moderate leadership can emerge while he’s still here....

What happened at the end of The Outsider? The Outsider finale pick up straight from the end of the previous episode, with Frank, controlled by El Cuco, picking off the cast with a sniper rifle. In this opening, the following characters lost their lives, following on from the death of Alec Pelley (Jeremy Bobb) in Episode 9: Seale Bolton (Max Beesley), shot in the stomachAndy Katcavage (Derek Cecil), shot as he tried to drive away for helpHoward Salomon (Bill Camp), who died after Frank exploded his van....

What happened at the end of The Politician Season 2? Major spoilers ahead… The start of The Politician Season 2, Episode 7, titled “Election Day,” follows on from the previous episodes, which saw Dede and Payton reach a dead tie once all the votes have been recounted. Rather than endure enough 10 days of campaigning, they decide to let the winner of three rounds of rock-paper-scissors take the state senate seat....

So far, ABC has not revealed whether there will be The Rookie Season 3. However, fans of the comedy series should expect some news about the show’s future soon. The series was picked up for Season 2 on May 10, 2019, which means that the show may be due for a renewal soon. The previous renewal came just under a month after the Season 1 finale aired, which could mean that fans have to wait until June for news on the show....

For a rundown of those stories and more, check out The Sporting News 7, a podcast that brings you the seven biggest sports stories in seven minutes at 7 a.m. ET every weekday. Building on the award-winning journalism of The Sporting News, you’ll get all you need to know in one handy, bite-sized podcast hosted by Demetria Obilor. The Sporting News 7 is a unique take on the day’s biggest talking points in sports, and you can find it on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts....

A chartered flight carrying 81 people — including players and staff of the Brazilian team, who were traveling for a match against Atletico Nacional in Medellin — crashed in Cerro Gordo in the municipality of La Union. MORE: When the sports world recognizes tragedy Police confirmed that 76 people had died, though that number is expected to increase, with three players among five individuals being treated at a nearby hospital....

A new study classifies NDEs as “unexplained lucid episodes involving heightened consciousness and awareness” that take place when a person is on the brink of death. The study claims to have found evidence that physiological and cognitive processes do not immediately stop after a person dies, and that like most beliefs about the afterlife, NDEs cannot be conclusively proven. A popular theory as to the cause of NDEs is a malfunction of the brain’s processes as blood circulation diminishes....

“How far is Joe Biden going to stop the American people from seeing inside the Donna CBP facility?” Cruz tweeted on Saturday, before alleging that “Biden sent a political operative from DC to block our cameras and even threatened another senator to obstruct legitimate congressional oversight.” In the video, the Texas Republican claims that a woman who works for the Biden administration was instructed to ask politicians visiting the border to not take any photos inside of immigration facilities....

Back at AWLA headquarters, Robinson and Chief of Animal Control Jennifer Toussaint assessed the animals’ condition. The recipient of the 2017 Virginia Animal Control Association’s Dr. Kent Roberts Award for Animal Control Officer of the Year, Toussaint has been with AWLA since 2012 and in her current role since 2016. She is an expert on humane urban wildlife management methods and has been published widely on the subject, according to her AWLA biography....

Though the website JoeExoticTV.com is no more, many episodes of his Joe Exotic Live TV show are available to watch online, as well as the best of his music videos. You can see this on the JoeExoticTV YouTube channel, which currently has just under 70,000 subscribers—more than a million fewer subscribers than his nemesis Carol Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue account. Among the music videos viewers can see on the YouTube account is that of “Here Kitty Kitty,” the video we briefly see in Tiger King where Exotic hired a Baskin lookalike and had her feed meat to a big cat to further his story that she had fed her husband to her tigers—claims which she denies and the documentary could find no evidence for....

Seconds later, machine-gun fire erupted. Winship’s men had spotted a group of insurgents peering out from behind a wall. One had an RPG, but as he crouched low to fire it, a Marine was quicker using his own grenade launcher, killing the insurgent instantly. With that, muzzle flashes from enemy AK-47s spouted from darkened windows and doorways up and down the street. Before the Marines could take cover, gunfire began from the south and west as well....

Disgruntled supporters and many observers had called for the veteran manager to end his long tenure, the Gunners having failed to qualify for the 2017-18 Champions League for the first time under Wenger. Business as usual for Alexis Instead, the 67-year-old Frenchman committed to a new two-year deal at Emirates Stadium, a bold move endorsed by his countryman. “I’m happy, I’m a big fan of Arsene,” former Arsenal star Petit told reporters at a France Legends v Italy Legends exhibition match....

Lopez (15-0) and Lomachenko (14-1) will face off at the MGM Grand in a lightweight unification bout. LOMACHENKO-LOPEZ: Fight date, start time, odds & full card Lopez, the IBF champion, is supremely confident, although he accepts he is the underdog against the Ukrainian, who holds the WBA and WBO belts. “I expect him to get hurt, badly, with the explosiveness I bring to the table,” Lopez told Stats Perform News....

At a news conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump defended the White House’s handling of the outbreak and praised Pence, who replaced health and human services secretary Alex Azar to head the U.S. response, saying he “has a certain talent for this.” But Ocasio-Cortez expressed outrage at the move, tweeting, “Mike Pence literally does not believe in science. It is utterly irresponsible to put him in charge of US coronavirus response as the world sits on the cusp of a pandemic....