Manson

Shirley Manson has seen it all, and then some. Over her 20-plus years as a songwriter and performer – under her own name, as part of Angelfish and Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, and with legendary alt-rock band Garbage – the Scottish musician has sold millions of records, performed with Iggy Pop and Gwen Stefani, starred as a Terminator (in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and campaigned extensively for Aids foundations, cancer charities and the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief fund.Garbage’s Stupid Girl –…

A 19-month sexual abuse investigation into Marilyn Manson by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been sent to Dist. Atty. George Gascón for a decision on whether to file criminal charges against the singer.The Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau, which handles sexual and physical abuse investigations, submitted its extensive investigation into the performer, whose real name is Brian Warner, on Monday for filing consideration. A search warrant was served at his home in November. “The incidents…

There’s another defamation case currently playing out. Following the verdict in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, interest in celebrity lawsuits still seems to be at a high. For those keeping tabs, another defamation suit has been filed by Marilyn Manson after his ex Evan Rachel Wood accused the singer of abuse years after speaking out in front of a judiciary committee as a victim of abuse. Online social media users seem to be trending toward following the happenings of this new suit, particularly after a 6,000 page…

Ride, OJ, ride!Image: Universal PicturesA year has passed since Jordan Peele first let the world know the ominous title of his next movie; ever since, we’ve all been wondering what the heck Nope was going to be about. Each trailer pulled back the curtain a little bit, but when the film finally opened this past weekend, all was revealed. And it was a lot.Written and directed by Peele, Nope is about a brother and sister (Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) whose family owns a legendary horse ranch. When something mysterious…

Marvel fans think Christian Bale’s villainous Gorr the God Butcher in the new Thor: Love and Thunder trailer looks a lot like singer Marilyn Manson.The trailer for the new Chris Hemsworth film was released during Monday’s (23 May) NBA playoff game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.The 2-minute clip starts out with Thor’s rock friend Korg, played by Taika Waititi, as he tells a group of children the story of the film. As the trailer progresses, it offers a first look at Gorr the God Butcher, a villain played by…

Johnny Depp’s attorney has claimed that video taken by Marilyn Manson “demolished” Amber Heard’s allegations that she was abused by her ex-husband.Testimony from Adam Waldman, who has worked on and off on Mr Depp’s legal team since October 2016, was played in court on Thursday during the former couple’s high-stakes defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia.Mr Waldman, who is at the centre of Ms Heard’s counterclaim after he called her abuse allegations “fake” and “a hoax”, gave video testimony back in February after being…

Johnny Depp’s former long-time friend Bruce Witkin testified on Thursday (19 May) that Marilyn Manson isn’t to blame for the Pirates actor’s drug use.While on the stand, Depp – who was briefly married to Witkin’s sister-in-law Lori Anne Allison – claimed he once gave Manson a pill to stop him from talking so much.Depp’s admission was part of his testimony in the $50m defamation lawsuit he filed against ex-wife Amber Heard. The actor claims Heard’s 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, implying he abused her, has adversely…

Born in Edinburgh, Shirley Manson, 55, was in the bands Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Angelfish before she relocated to the United States to become lead singer of Garbage. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1995 and went multi-platinum, and in 1999 they recorded the theme tune for the Bond film The World Is Not Enough. Last year, they released their seventh album, No Gods No Masters. Manson is also an actor and hosts The Jump podcast. She lives in Los Angeles with her second husband, the sound engineer Billy…