The plot thickens. The NFL Players Association has appealed the four game suspension that Tom Brady was slapped with earlier this week, the league's response to an independent report that concluded the New England Patriots quarterback "probably" knew all about his team using under-inflated footballs during the 2015 Afc Championship game. "Given the NFL's history of inconsistency and arbitrary decisions in disciplinary matters, it is only fair that a neutral arbitrator hear this appeal," the Nflpa said in a statement. Zing! "If Ted Wells [the author of the report] and the NFL believe, as their public comments stated, that the evidence in their report is 'direct'...
- 5/14/2015
- E! Online
Updated at 1 p.m. Pt, May 14: The NFL Players Association’s appeal of Tom Brady‘s four-game suspension was officially filed Thursday, reported NFL.com. “Given the NFL’s history of inconsistency and arbitrary decisions in disciplinary matters, it is only fair that a neutral arbitrator hear this appeal,” the Nflpa said in a statement. “If Ted Wells and the NFL believe, as their public comments stated, that the evidence in their report is ‘direct’ and ‘inculpatory,’ then they should be confident enough to present their case before someone who is truly independent.” Previously: The New England Patriots are...
- 5/14/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
The New England Patriots are confident in their backup Qb Jimmy Garoppolo ... but they think Tom Brady's suspension is "absolute bulls**t" ... so says one respected Pats player. The player -- who wished to remain anonymous so he could be "completely honest" -- tells us bluntly, "Ted Wells is full of sh*t. Brady wouldn't do anything that would jeopardize our franchise." He continued, "I am upset. The whole team is upset. Brady has...
- 5/12/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
At least Tom Brady didn't say the word "balls" even once. While sitting in the lukewarm seat during a Q&A session with Jim Gray at Salem State University, the New England Patriots quarterback finally addressed the cheating allegations that resurfaced yesterday with the issuance of a report by Ted Wells that concluded that the Patriots played their Afc Championship game with deflated balls—and Brady knew all about it. "I don't have really any reaction, tim, our owner commented no it yesterday. It's only been 30 hours so I haven't had much time to digest it fully but when I do I'll be sure to let you know. And everybody else!" "Are you that slow a reader?"...
- 5/8/2015
- E! Online
It is a “sad day for the league,” Tom Brady‘s agent Don Yee said on Thursday, not even 24-hours removed from the somewhat-damning Wells report on the so-called “DeflateGate” NFL scandal surrounding his marquee client. Yee had far harsher things to say in his lengthy retort, which is posted in its entirety below, courtesy of an NFL on Espn tweet. The Yee & Dubin LLC agent called the Ted Wells’ findings a “significant and terrible disappointment” early on in this morning’s statement, which was filled with fighting words. “Its omission of key facts and lines of inquiry suggest the investigators reached a conclusion first,...
- 5/7/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Tom Brady's agent is calling B.S. on the Wells Report -- claiming it paints the star Qb as a cheater ... without any real significant proof. Brady's agent Don Yee just came out swingin' ... saying the entire investigation was not only flawed, but carried out by people who have a "limited understanding of professional football." In a statement, Yee says ... "The Wells report, with all due respect, is a significant and terrible disappointment. It...
- 5/7/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Deflategate Report Shocker: Patriots Personnel Likely Deflated Footballs and Tom Brady Knew About It
It would seem that the NFL has Tom Brady by the (foot)balls. An extensive investigation into whether the New England Patriots intentionally let air out of the footballs during the Afc Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts (aka Deflategate) has revealed that not only did personnel likely break the rules, but their Super Bowl-winning quarterback knew about it. The 243-page report, authored by lead investigator Ted Wells, cites text messages between equipment staffers Jim McNally and John Jastremski and increased communication between Brady and Jastermeski after reports began swirling that the Patriots broke the rules as damning evidence. "For the reasons described in this Report, and...
- 5/6/2015
- E! Online
Tom Brady consciously cheated in the Afc Championship "Deflategate" game ... the game before the Super Bowl ... so says the guy charged with investigating the scandal. The NFL just released the results of Ted Wells' investigation into Deflategate ... which says it is "more probable than not that New England Patriots personnel participated in violations of the NFL Playing Rules and were involved in a deliberate attempt to circumvent those rules." The report also says, "We...
- 5/6/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Dame Julie Andrews is releasing more untold stories about her life.
The legendary musical icon announced on Monday that there will be a second volume to her 2008 book, Home.
In the new book, Andrews, 79, will share stories of what happened behind the scenes of her biggest films, including Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor/Victoria and more.
"My first memoir, Home, was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater," she said in a statement. "I am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of."
Watch: Julie Andrews Reveals 'The Sound of Music' Secrets 50 Years Later
She will also get personal with details about her second marriage to Blake Edwards, who passed...
The legendary musical icon announced on Monday that there will be a second volume to her 2008 book, Home.
In the new book, Andrews, 79, will share stories of what happened behind the scenes of her biggest films, including Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor/Victoria and more.
"My first memoir, Home, was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater," she said in a statement. "I am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of."
Watch: Julie Andrews Reveals 'The Sound of Music' Secrets 50 Years Later
She will also get personal with details about her second marriage to Blake Edwards, who passed...
- 3/23/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
The NFL says it has already collected video, electronic information and physical evidence -- and have hired forensic experts to see if foul play was a factor in Deflate-Gate. The league just announced it has hired Renaissance Associates -- which it describes as "an investigatory firm with sophisticated forensic expertise to assist in reviewing electronic and video information."The league has also tapped NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash and attorney Ted Wells to head...
- 1/23/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
An independent report commissioned by the Miami Dolphins and the NFL reveals that Richie Incognito did in fact bully former teammate Jonathan Martin, as well as at least one other teammate and one team employee.
After Martin abruptly left the Miami Dolphins in October, 2013, and went to check himself into a hospital for psychological treatment. After rumors about the reason behind Martin’s sudden departure from the team began heating up, Martin publicly accused Incognito of cultivating a hostile environment on the Miami Dolphins team. In November, Incognito was suspended from the Miami Dolphins and the NFL hired Ted Wells, a lawyer, in November to look into the allegations of bullying and abuse.
Report Confirms Martin's Allegations Of Bullying By Incognito
According to the 144-page report, Incognito, John Jerry and Mike Pouncey harassed Martin, a young offensive lineman who wishes to remain unnamed and a member of the training staff.
After Martin abruptly left the Miami Dolphins in October, 2013, and went to check himself into a hospital for psychological treatment. After rumors about the reason behind Martin’s sudden departure from the team began heating up, Martin publicly accused Incognito of cultivating a hostile environment on the Miami Dolphins team. In November, Incognito was suspended from the Miami Dolphins and the NFL hired Ted Wells, a lawyer, in November to look into the allegations of bullying and abuse.
Report Confirms Martin's Allegations Of Bullying By Incognito
According to the 144-page report, Incognito, John Jerry and Mike Pouncey harassed Martin, a young offensive lineman who wishes to remain unnamed and a member of the training staff.
- 2/14/2014
- Uinterview
To celebrate the 75th birthday of the great Julie Andrews, our favorite singing governness, our favorite magical nanny, our favorite gender bending toast of Paris. Something big was in order. Why, she's practically perfect in every way... so in her honor, a resurrection of a long dormant exhaustively researched 100% true* series that was once the Film Experience's most popular feature.
1935 Julia Wells is born to Mrs. Barbara Wells in Surrey, England. Mr. Wells is not the father. Scandal! This bastard child will one day become the icon of squeaky clean family entertainment. She won't always enjoy it. At her christening the good fairy Fauna grants her the gift of song
One gift, the gift of song,
Melody your whole life long!
The nightingale her troubadour,
Bringing his sweet serenade to her door.(We figure that's the only way you get a voice that lovely.)
1940 Having already recognized the fairy's generous gift,...
1935 Julia Wells is born to Mrs. Barbara Wells in Surrey, England. Mr. Wells is not the father. Scandal! This bastard child will one day become the icon of squeaky clean family entertainment. She won't always enjoy it. At her christening the good fairy Fauna grants her the gift of song
One gift, the gift of song,
Melody your whole life long!
The nightingale her troubadour,
Bringing his sweet serenade to her door.(We figure that's the only way you get a voice that lovely.)
1940 Having already recognized the fairy's generous gift,...
- 10/2/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
British actress Julie Andrews has revealed for the first time how her world was shattered when she learned she was conceived as the result of her mother's affair with a family friend.
The Sound Of Music star, 72, breaks her 58-year silence to describe the moment her mum Barbara told her the heartbreaking news in forthcoming autobiography Home: A Memoir Of My Early Years.
Andrews, then 13, was asked by Barbara to perform at a friend's house - a pal she would later find out was her biological father.
She recalls, "After I had sung, the owner of the house approached me. He was tall and fleshly handsome, and I recognised him as a man who had come round to visit the (house) once or twice in earlier years.
"That evening the man came and sat on the couch next to me. I remember feeling an electricity between us that I couldn't explain."
Moments afterwards, as Andrews and her mother were driving home, Barbara announced: "That man is your father."
She describes how her brain "slammed into defence mode" as she struggled to absorb the information that the man she called "Daddy" - Ted Wells - was not her real father.
But she refused to let the shocking news change her feelings towards Wells, who Barbara had divorced in 1939, when Andrews was just four.
She goes on, "Somehow, I was able to push it to a dark corner of my mind. It did not alter the fact that the man who had raised me was the man I loved. I would always consider him my father."
And Andrews was further confounded after learning Wells had known of his wife's infidelity all along, exclaiming: "That simply knocked me sideways."
Barbara went on to marry Canadian entertainer Ted Andrews, whose surname Andrews adopted as her own.
The Sound Of Music star, 72, breaks her 58-year silence to describe the moment her mum Barbara told her the heartbreaking news in forthcoming autobiography Home: A Memoir Of My Early Years.
Andrews, then 13, was asked by Barbara to perform at a friend's house - a pal she would later find out was her biological father.
She recalls, "After I had sung, the owner of the house approached me. He was tall and fleshly handsome, and I recognised him as a man who had come round to visit the (house) once or twice in earlier years.
"That evening the man came and sat on the couch next to me. I remember feeling an electricity between us that I couldn't explain."
Moments afterwards, as Andrews and her mother were driving home, Barbara announced: "That man is your father."
She describes how her brain "slammed into defence mode" as she struggled to absorb the information that the man she called "Daddy" - Ted Wells - was not her real father.
But she refused to let the shocking news change her feelings towards Wells, who Barbara had divorced in 1939, when Andrews was just four.
She goes on, "Somehow, I was able to push it to a dark corner of my mind. It did not alter the fact that the man who had raised me was the man I loved. I would always consider him my father."
And Andrews was further confounded after learning Wells had known of his wife's infidelity all along, exclaiming: "That simply knocked me sideways."
Barbara went on to marry Canadian entertainer Ted Andrews, whose surname Andrews adopted as her own.
- 3/9/2008
- WENN
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