Michael Jace Found Guilty of Killing His Wife

Michael Jace, an actor best known for his role on FX’s The Shield, has been found guilty of murder.

Jace was convicted of second-degree murder today for shooting his wife, April Jace, in front of the couple’s two young children in 2014, E! News has confirmed.

He will appear in front of a judge on June 10 for sentencing and faces 40 years to life in state prison.

An attorney for Jace had tried to argue in court that his client merely meant to wound his wife during a fight between the pair, which took place after April said she wanted a divorce.

Jurors deliberated for fewer than three hours over the course of two days before arriving at the verdict. 

The ruling was changed from first-degree to second-degree murder because the jury didn’t believe the crime was premeditated.

Evidence, however, proved that Jace shot April three times during their confrontation.

Jace was arrested after Los Angeles police officers responded to a 911 call.

He was placed under arrest and held in jail on $ 2 million bail, at which time a protective order was issued for him to stay 100 yards away from his and April’s two sons.

“I was just angry,” Jace told investigators, based on a transcript released Thursday. “All I intended to do was shoot her in the leg. And then I shot her in the leg and that was it.”

Jace stood out for his role on The Shield, but also had appearances in Boogie Nights, Forrest Gump and the TNT drama Southland.

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Maci Bookout Welcomes Third Child!

Maci Bookout of Teen Mom fame has given birth to her third child!

The Teen Mom OG star and her fiance, Taylor McKinney, named their baby boy – and second child together – Maverick Reed.

Maci shared the happy news via Twitter with her fans today.

“Mr. Maverick Reed has officially made his debut and completed our family,” Bookout writes. “So much love, so many blessings!”

Bookout, 24, already shares her son Bentley, 7, with ex-lover Ryan Edwards, and her daughter Jayde, who just turned one, with McKinney.

As for how they arrived at the child’s unique moniker?

“Maverick was actually one of our boy name choices when we were pregnant with Jayde before we knew it was a girl,” she revealed.

“Reed is a family name for both our families.”

The engaged couple also thought about Connor, but ultimately decided that Maverick “went better with the names Bentley and Jayde.”

Maci revealed that she found out about her pregnancy in January, just two days after McKinney proposed to her at long last.

“I was at the doctor, ironically, to get my birth control prescription refilled!” she said, joking that she had the “wrong results” and “mixed them up.”

Bookout and McKinney, who plan to tie the knot in October, previously stated that they are “absolutely” not expanding their family of five.

Absolutely in the literal sense of the word.

“There are going to be some permanent birth control decisions made,” Bookout said this winter, though it’s not clear who she means.

Congratulations to the family in any case!

Maci Bookout Welcomes Third Child!

Maci Bookout of Teen Mom fame has given birth to her third child!

The Teen Mom OG star and her fiance, Taylor McKinney, named their baby boy – and second child together – Maverick Reed.

Maci shared the happy news via Twitter with her fans today.

“Mr. Maverick Reed has officially made his debut and completed our family,” Bookout writes. “So much love, so many blessings!”

Bookout, 24, already shares her son Bentley, 7, with ex-lover Ryan Edwards, and her daughter Jayde, who just turned one, with McKinney.

As for how they arrived at the child’s unique moniker?

“Maverick was actually one of our boy name choices when we were pregnant with Jayde before we knew it was a girl,” she revealed.

“Reed is a family name for both our families.”

The engaged couple also thought about Connor, but ultimately decided that Maverick “went better with the names Bentley and Jayde.”

Maci revealed that she found out about her pregnancy in January, just two days after McKinney proposed to her at long last.

“I was at the doctor, ironically, to get my birth control prescription refilled!” she said, joking that she had the “wrong results” and “mixed them up.”

Bookout and McKinney, who plan to tie the knot in October, previously stated that they are “absolutely” not expanding their family of five.

Absolutely in the literal sense of the word.

“There are going to be some permanent birth control decisions made,” Bookout said this winter, though it’s not clear who she means.

Congratulations to the family in any case!

Harambe Mourned, Celebrated by Celebrities Everywhere

Tragedy struck on Saturday, May 28 when a 17-year old gorilla named Harambe was shot and killed by an employee at the Cincinnati Zoo.

The employee was acting out of concern that the animal would kill a four-year old boy who fell into his enclosure.

Not long after this incident went viral, regular folks on Twitter reacted in outrage over a gorilla having to be killed due to a human"s mistake, while many celebrities also chimed in with their opinions.

Here is a look at how a handful of famous people feel about the sad death of Harambe:

1. Donald Trump

I don’t think they had a choice… it’s too bad there wasn’t another way.

2. Kaley Cuoco

RIP #harambe. I’m sure I will get tons of backlash (per usual) I mean let’s be honest, I wear the wrong sweatpants and the entire world has something to say about it, but once again, another senseless horrendous animal being killed over people not using their brains.

3. Katharine McPhee

This is why I hate zoos! This is so messed up. This poor gorilla.

4. Piers Morgan

Taking their eye off the ball, but no child should ever be able to crawl into a gorilla compound.

5. Lisa Vanderpump

Oh the poor gorilla, he did nothing wrong, if you watch the video, so sad..as a mother I would’ve jumped in too.

6. Holly Robinson Peete

Last week a naked man in Chile jumped in a lion den on purpose now this boy with the gorilla…Beautiful innocent animals killed. Smh.

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