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Ever since its launch in November 2019, Apple TV+ has given its subscribers access to some of the best shows in the streaming world, and the platforms collection of shows only seems to be getting better all the time. That trend has continued throughout the early part of 2022 with shows like The Afterparty, Severance, and its latest addition, WeCrashed. The new eight-episode limited series dives into the unparalleled rise and fall of the WeWork shared office startup company, as well as its major players.

After watching the first episode of the series or going through the entire run, you might be wondering where youve seen the members of the WeCrashed cast before. And while some of the bigger stars like Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway stick out, others might surprise you with everywhere they've been over the years.

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Taking on the role of the eccentric and ambitious co-founder of WeWork Adam Neumann on the WeCrashed cast is Academy Award winner Jared Leto, who is appearing on his first TV show since breaking out as Jordan Catalano on the landmark 90s teen drama My So-Called Life. But its not like Leto hasn't been busy over the course of the past 28 years.

Throughout his career, Leto has given outstanding performances in everything from gritty drug-fueled dramas like Requiem for a Dream, dark comedies like American Psycho, and even superhero projects like Suicide Squad, where he gave a new spin on The Joker (a role he would later reprise in Zack Snyders Justice League). Leto also stole the screen in Dallas Buyers Club (he won his Oscar for his role), Blade Runner 2049, and The Little Things. Hes next set to appear in the long-awaited Morbius.

Anne Hathaway serves as the second co-lead on the WeCrashed cast with her portrayal of Rebekah Neumann, the wife of Adam Neumann and one-time chief brand and impact officer of WeWork. The Apple TV+ limited series is the latest in a recent string of shows that have featured Hathaway in major roles, the previous being the Amazon originals Solos and Modern Love.

One of the most decorated actresses of her time, Hathaway has received an Academy Award and Golden Globe (both for her heartbreaking performance in Les Misrables), a Primetime Emmy for her 2010 guest appearance on The Simpsons, and a number of other recognitions. Her most notable work includes The Princess Diaries, Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married, The Devil Wears Prada, and Brokeback Mountain.

Taking on the role of WeWork co-founder and former chief culture officer Miguel McKelvey in WeCrashed is Kyle Marvin, who has mostly worked behind the scenes serving as producer for much of his career.

Prior to his work on WeCrashed, Marvin wrote and starred in the 2019 comedy-drama The Climb, which was based on a short film of the same name he produced one year earlier. He also appeared in an episode of the drama series All Wrong, which he also wrote and directed.

America Ferrera appears on the WeCrashed cast as Elisha Kennedy, a young entrepreneur who gets wrapped up in the complicated culture and drama surrounding WeWork. No stranger to the small screen, Ferrera has made a career out of giving outstanding performances on shows like Ugly Betty (a show that made her a star and earned her multiple awards includes a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy), The Good Wife, Superstore, Independent Lens, and multiple others.

During that same time, Ferrera has appeared in more than two dozen film productions including Lords of Dogtown, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (and its sequel), the successful How to Train Your Dragon animated film franchise, and End of Watch to name only a few.

One of TVs rising stars, O.T. Fagbenle, shows up on WeCrashed as Cameron Lautner, a powerful investor who gets put into the unenviable position of trying to get WeWork, and its eccentric owner Adam Neumann, in tip-top shape ahead of the companys complicated upcoming IPO rollout, which proves to be something that is easier said than done.

Some will see Fagbenles face and immediately think of his character, the mysterious Rick Mason, in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 movie Black Widow, though others will remember him for a completely different reason. Since 2017, Fabbenle has portrayed Luke Bankole, June Osbournes (Elisabeth Moss) husband on Hulus smash hit series The Handmaids Tale, a performance that earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2021 as well other accolades. Over the years, Fagbenle has also appeared on Looking, The Five, FM, Thorne, and even Doctor Who to name just a few. Hell next appear in the Showtime drama series The First Lady, portraying former United States President Barack Obama.

Veteran of the silver screen and small screen Anthony Edwards shows up on the WeCrashed cast as Bruce, an investor at Benchmark Capital who falls under the spell of Adam Neumann and his unique philosophies on business and life in general.

Edwards, who is also appeared on the Netflix true crime limited series Inventing Anna earlier in 2022, is perhaps the most prolific member of the WeCrashed cast with credits going back over decades. Edwards appeared in some of the best '80s movies with comedies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Revenge of the Nerds, action flicks like Top Gun, and several others. His success would continue and reach new heights in the 1990s with a remarkable run as Dr. Mark Greene on the medical drama series ER, a role that earned him a Primetime Emmy and four Screen Actors Guild Awards before leaving the show in 2002.

Since then, Edwards has appeared in movies like Zodiac and shows like Designated Survivor and Law & Order: True Crime, to name just a few of his more recent credits.

Theo Stockman appears in WeCrashed as Jacob, one of the first WeWork employees to join Adam Neumann in his revolutionary venture.

Over the years, Stockman has made a career out of making one-off appearances on some of the biggest shows of the past decade-and-a-half, including 30 Rock, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Blue Bloods, as well as comedies like Inside Amy Schumer and High Maintenance. His film work includes A Good Marriage and The Boy Downstairs.

Cricket Brown shows up in WeCrashed as Chloe, a WeWork employee who joins the company during its booming period following its launch.

The majority of Browns career up to this point has been spent in short films, though she has popped up in Dukeland and The Unholy.

These are just some of the actors who appear on the eight-episode WeCrashed limited series. If you want to know what other shows will be joining the new Apple TV+ series, check out CinemaBlends 2022 TV schedule so you dont miss any of the great new and returning shows.

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The Maryland Court of Appeals will consider whether a general prohibition on judges telling prospective or sitting jurors that prosecutors need not present scientific evidence to prove a defendants guilt applies to criminal convictions reached before the high court issued its general ban about a dozen years ago.

The court this month agreed to hear Antonio McGhees argument that his first-degree murder conviction before the announced general prohibition should nevertheless be overturned because the trial judge asked prospective jurors if they could find a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt without forensic evidence placing him at the crime scene.

McGhee has also argued that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to the judges question, which was akin to one the high court deemed improper in a later case.

In response, the Maryland Attorney Generals Office urged the high court in vain to deny McGhees request for its review, saying the courts rulings do not apply retroactively. Because the rulings did not apply to McGhees trial, his counsels decision not to object to the judges question cannot be deemed ineffective assistance based on the law at that time, the state added.

The Court of Appeals consideration of McGhees appeal marks the first time it will directly confront whether its two 2011 decisions generally barring judges from telling would-be and impaneled jurors that scientific evidence is not needed to prove the states case apply retroactively.

The court ruled such a comment from a trial judge likely tilts the scales of justice in favor of the prosecution in cases in which it lacks forensic evidence.

Judges in the early 2000s often felt compelled to ask or instruct jurors on the issue of forensic evidence in the belief that they as a result of watching television crime dramas had grown to expect the state to prove its case with DNA and rule against the prosecution if it did not present forensic evidence.

This expectation of jurors has been dubbed the CSI effect in recognition of the popular show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which featured forensic investigators.

But in Stabb v. Maryland, the Court of Appeals overturned a mans sexual-assault conviction, saying the judges instruction that the jury disregard the lack of DNA evidence had unfairly undercut a key argument of the defense. And In Atkins v. Maryland, the court struck down jury instructions similar to those in McGhees case when the judge asked prospective jurors during voir dire if they could still convict someone in the absence of forensic evidence.

In his successful request for high court review, McGhee stated through counsel that Stabb and Atkins apply retroactively to his 2007 conviction because the two decisions did not create a new right but merely applied a defendants existing right to a fair trial to a set of facts: the questions and instructions a judge renders to jurors.

Atkins and Stabb did not announce a new constitutional or statutory rule; instead this Court (of Appeals) merely applied settled federal and state constitutional guarantees to a new and different factual situation, wrote Assistant Maryland Public Defender Allison P. Brasseaux. Accordingly, under well-settled retroactivity law, which states that a case that does not announce a new principle applies to all convictions, final or not, Atkins and Stabb apply to Mr. McGhees ineffective assistance of counsel claim, even though his convictions were final before those decisions issued.

In its unsuccessful request that the court deny McGhees review petition, the state said trial counsels failure to object was not ineffective in light of the pre-Atkins and Stabb case law in effect at the time of trial.

Counsel in 2007 could not have anticipated that the law would, over the course of the next decade, evolve to disapprove of a CSI-effect voir dire question, Assistant Maryland Attorney General Virginia S. Hovermill wrote. Indeed, under the law, counsel was not required to do so.

The Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in June and expected to render its decision by Aug. 31 in Antonio McGhee v. State of Maryland, No. 64, September Term 2021.

McGhee was charged in the March 17, 2007, shooting death of Keith Dreher outside a pizzeria in Prince Georges County.

Prior to McGhees trial, Prince Georges County Circuit Judge James J. Lombardi asked prospective jurors, Does any member of this panel believe that the state has got to present fingerprint evidence, DNA, blood sample evidence, ballistic evidence, any scientific evidence in order to convince you of the defendants guilt? In other words, do you think the state has a requirement to do that in all cases?

Trial counsel did not object, a failure Brasseaux said doomed McGhees defense by essentially excusing the prosecutions lack of forensic evidence in a case based largely on the testimony of one eyewitness who had identified McGhee in a photo array but later recanted his identification.

McGhee was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2008.

He moved for post-conviction relief in 2014 in light of the high courts rulings in Atkins and Stabb.

Prince Georges County Circuit Judge Beverly J. Woodard ruled for McGhee and on June 11, 2020, ordered a new trial. But the Court of Special Appeals reversed Woodards decision in an unreported opinion last November, prompting McGhee to seek review by the high court.

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected an application against Turkish authorities failure to conduct a proper investigation regarding the disappearance of Yusuf Bilge Tun, who went missing over a year ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence.

According to Turkish Journalist Sevin zarslan, the ECtHR said an investigation is being conducted by the Turkish authorities to figure out the whereabouts of the missing man.

Tundisappearedin Ankara on August 6, 2019 in broad daylight, leaving no trace behind. His father Mustafa Tun earliersaidneither the police nor the prosecutor had cooperated with the family in finding their son.

Tuns car was found in a remote area 45 days after he vanished from Ankaras GMAT shopping mall. His family immediately called the police; yet the police showed no real interest in his disappearance. The police only conducted a crime scene investigation six months after we found the car and contacted them, said Mustafa Tun. We had already removed the car from where we found it, so the investigation was really a formality.

Although the family was afraid he had been abducted, the police dismissed their fears, saying: He might have fled and left his car behind. Take a look at the CCTV footage. He will return.

Tun worked in Turkeys Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry, the government agency responsible for defense procurement, and he was summarily fired with an executive decree after a July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

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CROWN POINT Lake Criminal Court jurors viewed photos Tuesday taken at a Gary crime scene in 2019 after a 14-year-old girl was found dead in an alley, with her hands bound behind her back and a cord around her neck.

Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was found shot to death Sept. 16, 2019, in an alley near East 20th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street in Gary.

Lake County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Kiel Sopko testified during the second day of Simmons' trial he took the photos and collected evidence in the case while working as an evidence technician with his department's Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

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Tribitt was found facedown and partially covered by thick vegetation on the east side of the alley, Sopko said.

Foilage along the alley was overgrown, and miscellaneous trash was strewn around. Investigators also found tire tread marks in mud near Tribitt's body and two gloves.

Sopko and his partner collected a gold-colored Master Card and a spent 9mm shell casing found near Tribitt's body and a black shower-cap-like hat from under her shoes, he said.

Under cross-examination by defense attorney Michael A. Campbell, Sopko said a glove could retrain possible DNA evidence but he and other investigators did not believe either of the gloves seen in crime scene photos had any evidentiary value.

"Those gloves appeared to have been weathered and had been there for some time," Sopko said.

By contrast, the spent shell casing found near Tribitt's body was free from dirt and rust and did not appear to have been stepped on or depressed into the ground in any way, he said.

Sopko said he attempted to lift fingerprints from the spent casing, but found nothing.

According to charging documents, Tribitt died from a single gunshot wound to her head. She also had been sexually assaulted, but prosecutors did not charge Simmons with any sex crimes as part of the case.

Tribitt's body was found by a NIPSCO worker, who drove through the alley before calling 911. The Master Card Sopko collected bore the name of Simmons' relative, records state.

Simmons was found to be a contributor to DNA on one of the cords found with Tribitt's body, according to court documents.

Sopko told the jury he didn't initially collect the cords found around Tribitt's wrists and neck.

Staff at the Lake County Coroner's Office collected those items during an autopsy and later turned them over to Sopko to be documented as evidence in the case. They subsequently were sent to an Indiana State Police lab for DNA testing, he said.

Lake County Deputy Prosecutors Douglas Shaw and Arturo Balcazar were expected to continue presenting evidence and testimony Wednesday.

Some of the testimony might include that Simmons knew Tribitt and gave her rides and food and paid for her to get her hair and nails done. Jurors also may see videos of two statements Simmons gave to police while in custody in Chicago in 2020 on unrelated matters.

Tribitt was living in a Chicago shelter and had been reported missing by a shelter representative about two weeks before she was found dead, according to Chicago police.

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Arrest Date:March 10, 2022

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Residence:Chicago, IL

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Arrest Date:March 9, 2022

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Arrest Date:March 10, 2022

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Warrior Run High School selects four students each month to be honored as student of the month. Nathan Eugene McCormack, outstanding senior; Kelsey Morgan Shrawder, Turbotville Lions Club student of the month; Logan Joseph Stroup, Watsontown Lions Club student of the month; and Myles Eugene Corderman, Milton Rotary Club Vocational student of the month, have all been selected for the month of February.

Nathan Eugene McCormack, the son of James and Candy McCormack, participates in outdoor club, National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society and participates in the soccer and track and field athletic teams. He is also a kicker on the football team. He has acheived varsity letters in track and field, soccer and football. Nathan has also acheived All-league Honorable Mention for soccer, 6th place district medal for triple jump and several tournament wins throughout his time on the travel soccer team. He also attended a mission trip to Guatemala in 2019. He is currently employed at UPMC Muncy and likes to do pottery outside of class. He plans to attend Bucknell University and receive a Ph.D in research.

Kelsea Morgan Shrawder, the daughter of Brian and Jamie Shrawder, is a member of the National Honor Society, concert choir and is the treasurer of the drama club. She is invovled at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Turbotville and is currently employed at Walmart. In the future, she hopes to continue to utilize her theatre interests in a career with the Walt Disney Co. after attending Penn State University for recreation, park and tourism managment.

Logan Joseph Stroup, the son of Joseph and Misti Stroup, is active in student council, 4H, Criminal Justics in LYCO, and is a school announcer for morning/afternoon announcements. Outside of class he enjoys playing cornhole, fishing, hunting and hanging out with his friends. He has acheived the 4H best shotgun shooter and first place in Skills USA districts for crime scene investigation. Logan is currently employed at Miles Reynolds General Contracting. He plants to work at the Lycoming County Prerealease Center and hopes to pursue a career in law enforcement.

Myles Eugene Corderman, the son of David and Jennfier Corderman, is a member of the student council and is a morning and afternoon school announcer. He attends Buffalo Community Church in Lewisburg and is part of their cornhole league as well as their youth group. During the summers, he works in commercial roofing. Outside of school, he participates in basketball, cornhole and working on vehicles. He hope to open up his own garage and build show cars and trucks.

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