Year: 2017

After a hearing that decided whether he was going to be granted parole dominated television screens this summer, Orenthal James Simpson (aka: O.J. Simpson) is now officially a free man. The former professional athlete and now ex-con was released from the Lovelock Correctional Center at midnight in order to “ensure public safety and reduce the potential for incident,” the Nevada Department of Corrections stated on its Facebook page early this morning.

In a shocking twist, fans of “Blue Bloods” tuned into the season eight premiere on Friday, September 29 of the venerable CBS drama series only to learn that Amy Carlson (ex-Josie Watts Sinclair, “Another World”) had concluded her run as Linda Reagan. Carlson’s departure was revealed during a therapy session for her character’s husband, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), as he discussed losing his wife following a horrific helicopter crash while on the job.