Mickey Rourke must leave LA home after default eviction ruling

Mickey Rourke must leave LA home after default eviction ruling Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY Thu, March 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC 2 Mickey Rourke is facing eviction. The "Wrestler" actor, 73, defaulted on his California eviction case, with a Los Angeles County clerk ruling that the actor must move out of his home due to unpaid rent, according to a March 9 filing obtained by USA TODAY. People magazine was first to report the news. Mickey Rourke poses before the Billionaire fall/winter 19/20 collection by Philipp Plein during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11, 2019, in New York City.

Mickey Rourke must leave LA home after default eviction ruling

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Mickey Rourke is facing eviction.

The "Wrestler" actor, 73, defaulted on his California eviction case, with a Los Angeles County clerk ruling that the actor must move out of his home due to unpaid rent, according to a March 9 filing obtained by USA TODAY. People magazine was first to report the news.

Mickey Rourke poses before the Billionaire fall/winter 19/20 collection by Philipp Plein during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11, 2019, in New York City.

A default judgment is made when either party in a case fails to take action, either by not responding to a summons or by failing to appear in court. USA TODAY has reached out to Rourke's reps for comment.

A complaint filed in California in December accused the "Iron Man 2" star of owing $59,100 in unpaid rent at his Los Angeles residence, racked up over the course of the year. He was told to pay the rent he owes or move out within three days, the complaint said.

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Now, the judgment has canceled his rental agreement and forfeited his lease, while awarding possession of the property to his landlord, Eric T. Goldie, according to the March filing. The clerk's default judgment was for possession only, not past-due rent, damages or other costs.

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News of Rourke's eviction case was brought to light after a GoFundMe fundraiser surfaced in January. The now-removed page sought to raise $100,000 for the former wrestler, whom the fundraiser said "is facing a very real and urgent situation." But the actor went on to explain he wasn't aware of the fundraiser, calling it "humiliating."

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The online fundraiser, which was reportedly organized by Rourke's friend and manager Liya-Joelle Jones, claimed it had been created with "Mickey's full permission to help cover immediate housing-related expenses and prevent" his eviction. The actor went on to say he was working to get fans their money back.

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Pussycat Dolls drop new song, announce global reunion tour

Pussycat Dolls drop new song, announce global reunion tour Anna Kaufman, USA TODAYThu, March 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM UTC 1 The Pussycat Dolls perform onstage at the Ford Live! Event in aid of The National Breast Cancer Foundation at the Queensbridge Hotel on Oct. 16, 2008, in Melbourne, Australia. It's a Pussycat Dolls revival. The girl group best known for hits like "Buttons," "When I Grow Up," and "Don't Cha," announced Thursday, March 12, that they would get the band back together − literally − for a global tour. Entitled PDC Forever, the tour will span 53 dates and crisscross Europe, the U.K.

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The Pussycat Dolls perform onstage at the Ford Live! Event in aid of The National Breast Cancer Foundation at the Queensbridge Hotel on Oct. 16, 2008, in Melbourne, Australia.

It's a Pussycat Dolls revival.

The girl group best known for hits like "Buttons," "When I Grow Up," and "Don't Cha," announced Thursday, March 12, that they would get the band back together − literally − for a global tour. Entitled PDC Forever, the tour will span 53 dates and crisscross Europe, the U.K. and North America.

The announcement coincides with the 20th anniversary of the group's debut album, "PCD," and comes along with the release of a brand new single. The track, "Club Song," is out now and channels the girls-only, raucous pop sound that first made the group famous. It's the band's first new recording since 2019's "React."

The Pussycat Dolls are reuniting for a global tour.

The tour, which kicks off in June, will bring together original members Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, and Ashley Roberts. The Pussycat Dolls were originally comprised of six singers, including Scherzinger, Roberts, Wyatt, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton.

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PCD Forever will also include a headlining performance at West Hollywood Pride's OUTLOUD Music Festival and treat fans to special guests Lil' Kim and Mya at several tour stops. In conjunction with the tour, several of the group's iconic albums, "PCD" and "Doll Domination," will be reissued on May 8.

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The veteran British glam rockers will be asking Las Vegas, "Do you wanna get rocked?" at their new dozen-concert residency at Caesars Palace. Singer Joe Elliott told USA TODAY the band wants to keep some "mystique" about show plans but, "Vegas will have a new concept."Dates: Feb. 3 - Feb. 28 (Las Vegas). More here.

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An artist presale will begin Wednesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. local time − users must sign up at https://livemu.sc/pussycatdolls by Monday, March 16, at 11 p.m. ET.

Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday, March 20, at 10 a.m. local time at livenation.com.

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Police officers say Jan. 6 plaque is hidden from the public's view

Police officers say Jan. 6 plaque is hidden from the public&x27;s view Megan LebowitzThu, March 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC 33 A tour group walks by a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the Capitol against rioting Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. (Allison Robbert / AP) (Allison Robbert) Two police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are seeking to continue their lawsuit over a plaque commemorating their and other officers' actions that day after it was installed last week "in an area blocked to the public," their court filing said.

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A tour group walks by a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the Capitol against rioting Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. (Allison Robbert / AP) (Allison Robbert)

Two police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are seeking to continue their lawsuit over a plaque commemorating their and other officers' actions that day after it was installed last week "in an area blocked to the public," their court filing said.

Tuesday's court filing argues that the "decision to install the plaque in a part of the Capitol hidden from the public fails to comply with the text law."

Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges sued the Architect of the Capitol last year over the delay in implementing a 2022 law requiring the installation of a plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol against rioting supporters of President Donald Trump. The Architect of the Capitol agency is tasked with preserving the Capitol building and grounds.

In Tuesday's court filing, the lawyer for the officers argued that the recent installation violated the text and the spirit of the law, pointing to the legislation's purpose to "honor" the officers.

"Honor is a social — that is, public — recognition," their lawyer, Brendan Ballou, wrote. "Hidden from all visitors, the current location is no different than the basement the plaque was kept in for years."

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Ballou also pointed out that the law required the plaque to be permanently displayed on the "western front" of the building's exterior.

NBC News has reached out to the Architect of the Capitol and the Justice Department for comment.

Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, and U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., in Oct. 2022. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images file) (Drew Angerer)

House Speaker Mike Johnson's office had argued that the law was "not implementable," pointing to language in the law that said the names of officers should be on the plaque, while the plaque that was created instead listed law enforcement agencies. Johnson, R-La., had sought to aid Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, leading a group of House Republicans in a U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting Texas' lawsuit contesting the results in four swing states that then-President-elect Joe Biden won.

In January, the Senate unanimously voted to hang the plaque to honor the law enforcement officers. The resolution required it to be "prominently" displayed "in a publicly accessible location in the Senate wing of the United States Capitol."

On Saturday, staff from the Architect of the Capitol's office installed a plaque, which read, "On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021."

"Their heroism will never be forgotten," it continued.

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Starmer's pick of Epstein 'pal' as top British envoy haunts prime minister

Starmer&x27;s pick of Epstein &x27;pal&x27; as top British envoy haunts prime minister BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Thu, March 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC 0 1 / 0Britain Epstein MandelsonBritain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) () LONDON (AP) — News that Prime Minister Keir Starmer ignored warnings of senior advisers and appointed Jeffrey Epstein's pal Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the U.S. was bad for the embattled leader.

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LONDON (AP) — News that Prime Minister Keir Starmer ignored warnings of senior advisers and appointed Jeffrey Epstein's pal Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the U.S. was bad for the embattled leader. It seems unlikely to improve.

Starmer continues to weather the fallout from Mandelson's appointment — and later sacking — but the nearly 150 pages of documents released by his government Wednesday were just a small fraction of the thousands of pages still to come.

"It's hard to believe that later releases are going to persuade anybody to see the PM's decision in a better light," said Tim Bale, politics professor at Queen Mary University of London. "It's damning stuff and, if the country weren't preoccupied with rather more important Middle Eastern matters at the moment, it might even have hastened Starmer's departure."

Starmer picked an ambassador tainted by scandal

Documents confirmed what was already known: Starmer chose the savvy veteran politician despite a reputation tainted by previous scandals and ties to Epstein.

The due diligence checklist released from Mandelson's vetting highlighted in bold letters the red flags Starmer ignored, spelling out where his relationship with Epstein could expose the government to "reputational risk."

It also spelled out unrelated reputational issues over Mandelson's work in a previous Labour government — when he twice had to resign over financial matters — and his work at Global Counsel, a lobbying firm he co-founded.

In one document, Starmer was warned that making a political appointment to the post was riskier than choosing a veteran diplomat, as is more common in Britain.

"If anything goes wrong, you could be more exposed as the individual is more connected to you personally," then-Cabinet Secretary Simon Case advised.

Starmer fired Mandelson in September after documents showed he maintained contact with Epstein — whom he once called his "best pal" — after the financier's 2008 conviction for sexual offenses involving a minor.

Starmer says Mandelson misled him about the depth and extent of his friendship with the convicted sex offender. He said he regrets ever giving him the ambassador's job.

"It was me that made a mistake, and it's me that makes the apology to the victims of Epstein, and I do that," Starmer said Thursday.

Documents released so far have not provided evidence to back up Starmer's claim he was misled, in part because police investigating Mandelson requested that correspondence between the prime minister and Mandelson be withheld to protect the integrity of the probe.

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Mandelson was briefly arrested last month on allegations he passed sensitive government information to Epstein a decade and a half ago. He has denied wrongdoing and hasn't been charged. He does not face allegations of sexual misconduct.

Defense lawyer Marcus Johnstone, who is not connected to Mandelson, said civil servants, government lawyers and the police had probably fought a "small war" behind closed doors before deciding what documents to release. He said that fight will continue as batches of thousands of pages of documents are released in the weeks and months ahead.

"We need to remember that the files we are seeing today are only the thin end of the wedge on Mandelson," Johnstone said. "But we should be under no illusions that what we are currently seeing is anything like the full picture."

A question of judgment

Despite firing Mandelson in September, Starmer faced new questions about his judgment when a huge trove of files published by the U.S. Department of Justice in January provided more details about Mandelson's ties with Epstein. Opponents and even some members of the governing Labour Party called for the prime minister's resignation.

Starmer survived the immediate danger, but his position remains fragile, even though he never met Epstein and is not implicated in his crimes.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on Thursday accused Starmer of lying to Parliament about the appointment and suggested Labour members of Parliament reconsider his leadership.

"It is very clear that he told lie after lie after lie about the appointment of Peter Mandelson," Badenoch said. "He wanted to make this all about Peter Mandelson. This is about his judgments."

The prime minister's spokesperson Tom Wells said Thursday that proper rules were followed in scrutinizing Mandelson, but the vetting process needs to be improved.

Crisis is overshadowed by the Iran war

Starmer has often appeared more sure-footed on the international stage than at home and that could provide the political cover he needs at this time.

He responded cautiously to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran — not joining in the airstrikes, which he hinted broke international law, and initially refusing to let American warplanes use British bases.

After Iran struck back by firing missiles and drones at neighboring countries, Starmer said U.S. planes could use U.K. bases to strike Iran's missile program, but not other targets.

Starmer's reticence angered Trump, who complained last week that Starmer was "not Winston Churchill." But polls suggest his reaction to the war aligns broadly with public sentiment, which is wary of deeper involvement in the conflict.

"The whole affair, while certainly doing nothing to help him, seems — rightly or wrongly — pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme of things," Bale said about the Mandelson documents.

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In Tehran, hope for change turns to panic: 'They are turning the country into ruins'

In Tehran, hope for change turns to panic: &x27;They are turning the country into ruins&x27; Babak Dehghanpisheh Thu, March 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM UTC 3 A woman sits on a pile of rubble outside a residential building in Tehran on Thursday. (Vahid Salemi / AP) (Vahid Salemi) Hoda was so furious over Iran's violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country's security forces to be attacked as payback. Then the bombs began to batter areas near her Tehran home. "I was always against these people and thought it would be limited and finished fast," she said of the U.S.

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A woman sits on a pile of rubble outside a residential building in Tehran on Thursday. (Vahid Salemi / AP) (Vahid Salemi)

Hoda was so furious over Iran's violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country's security forces to be attacked as payback. Then the bombs began to batter areas near her Tehran home.

"I was always against these people and thought it would be limited and finished fast," she said of the U.S. and Israeli attacks. "I regret that and take it back. They are turning the country into ruins."

Hoda, 40, like others interviewed for this article, asked that only her first name be used out of fear of arrest or harassment from security forces.

Debris litters the floor inside the Golestan Palace in Tehran on March 3, after it was damaged by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images) (Majid Saeedi)

Since the war started, the U.S. and Israeli military have targeted multiple locations across the country, but it is in Tehran, a bustling, densely packed metropolis of some 10 million people, where the strikes have been felt the most. As of Thursday, more than 1,200 people had been killed by Israeli and American strikes, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

In addition to substantial damage to historical cultural sites in Tehran, like the ornate Golestan Palace, the targeting of oil facilities has added a surreal element to life in the capital, residents say, with thick smoke in the air and black rain coming down that has left a slimy residue on cars. Many people stay off the streets, where being stuck in two to three-hour traffic jams to cross the city was the norm before the war started.

Hoda lives with her 45-year-old brother, Hadi, and their elderly parents in a house in central Tehran. In recent days, the toxic fires from the bombings have left a weird smell and a greasy film on the windows, she said.

She is now worried about the long-term economic impact of the war. Her business — importing carpet-weaving machines — has been hit hard in the past year, she said, and even getting money for daily expenses has become a chore. Banks keep limited hours and ATMs have a daily withdrawal limit of 500,000 tomans, or roughly $3. Many people now just use debit cards where they can. Prices on basic goods have ramped up about 10% since the war started, residents say.

In the case of Hadi, who also asked to withhold his last name out of safety concerns, his tourism company folded after the war last summer, the protests and the persistent internet cuts in the past year. His 13-year-old daughter and his ex-wife have moved to the Caspian Sea coast in northern Iran, where many Tehran residents have fled in the last weeks, either to family homes or short-term rental properties. Hadi said he paid for his daughter to attend a private school but is now questioning his choice since she has not been able to attend for more than 100 days in this school year.

Hoda and her brother spend much of their day watching satellite news channels or checking news on the internet through a VPN for which they pay 3.8 million tomans, or approximately $23, per month.

Hoda said she has watched on satellite TV channels as members of the Iranian diaspora talk about the possibility of former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi leading the country, but says they are out of touch with the realities on the ground.

"They don't have a sense of what it feels like when a jet is on top of your house and you think you are dead every day," she said.

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Not far away, Kianoosh, 46, said he was terrified and struggling to process the momentous change that could be coming to Iran after years of living under a strict theocracy. Several sports complexes and other areas near him in central Tehran were hit.

"We hear nonstop explosions," he said. "How long can this go on?"

Kianoosh, a documentary filmmaker, moved in with his parents after the war started to keep them safe. While there have been some power cuts, there is no sign yet of the massive blackouts and water shortages that plagued Tehran last year, he said. For him, daily life is an odd rhythm of boredom — he recently watched the film "Interstellar" to pass the time, he said — punctuated by explosions.

But Kianoosh frequently finds himself thinking about the millions of Iranians, an entire generation, that have been denied the chance to live an ordinary life. As much as he is concerned about the bombs, he said he also worries that both sides will declare victory and walk away, leaving the country in an uncertain limbo.

Fresh produce on sale at a bazaar in Tehran on March 10. (Fatemeh Bahrami/ / Anadolu via Getty Images) (Fatemeh Bahrami/)

The projects he used to work on, like a documentary about rare Asiatic cheetahs in Iran, no longer seem possible with the chaos of two wars in less than a year and massive nationwide protests.

Kianoosh now lives off his savings and wonders how an economy that was already teetering will recover from the war. "Normal life has slipped away," he said.

Concerns about the economy also loom large on Amin, a 42-year-old café owner, even though his business is booming for now.

The start of the war coincided with Ramadan, a time when many Iranians, religious or not, use the monthlong observance as an excuse to meet with family and friends after sunset.

Amin's café has turned into a hangout spot where people come to discuss the war and smoke qalyoon water pipes. Authorities have not been harassing him about men and women mixing in the café, which stays open until around 2 a.m.

During the day, Amin and his wife walk in a nearby park and fret about the country and the economy.

"We're not rich," he said. "If this drags on, we will have issues."

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