A California man accused of posing as an actor from the 'Twilight' movie franchise to lure young girls pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal child pornography charges. David LaVera, 33, appeared in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. The bogus actor entered not guilty pleas to both counts against him. LaVera allegedly pretended to be Kiowa Gordon, 24, who played minor character Embry in three Twilight films. Back in court: David LaVera, 33, pictured here with one of the alleged victims, Raven Adams, appeared in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography


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Raven Adams met the actor at her school on May 28 where he was brought by a parents of a student.


(CNN) -- Way back in the winter of 1982, I was a fifth grader at Lakeview Elementary -- and I was not happy. Because it was late in the year, and because I lived in a town, Mahopac, New York, with about six-and-a-half Jews, I was required by law to participate in the school's annual holiday concert. It was, for a boy who always felt resentful over having to spend December 25 inside Ming's Chinese Restaurant, the worst of the worst of the worst. Of the 11 songs we were told to sing, 10 were Christmas carols. Of those 10, seven or eight evoked either Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.

It took me several years to grasp my father's thinking but, with 41 Decembers now under my belt, I agree 100% with his take: There's no better time to be
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Jews than December.


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Ryan O'Neal told a jury on Monday that he is the rightful owner of an Andy Warhol celebrity portrait that hangs over his bed. It is of the woman he considers the love of his life, "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett. Fawcett, who died of cancer in 2009, bequeathed her art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin; the university is accusing O'Neal of stealing away with its Warhol. "The painting is mine," testified the 72-year-old actor, who rose to fame as the impossibly handsome star of the 1960s television soap opera "Peyton Place" and the 1970 film "Love Story."

Like so many of the facts in this case, the impetus for
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Farrah Fawcett's turn as a model for Warhol is in dispute.