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On the basis of the new charges filed against R. Kelly this week, all of them stemming from longstanding claims of sexual misconduct or abuse, the singer could be looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison if he is found guilty, says attorney Priya Sopori, a partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger […]

Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Wednesday night at a hospital near her home in Colorado. In declining health since suffering a stroke last year, Nickerson was removed from […]

Heidi Klum is officially off the market. The supermodel, 46, and musician Tom Kaulitz, 29, secretly got married in late February, TMZ reported Thursday. Klum announced on Christmas Eve that the Tokio Hotel rocker had proposed after a little more than a year of dating. In early February, Klum told “Entertainment Tonight” that she and Kaulitz had set a wedding […]

Katherine Heigl is set to star in and executive produce the upcoming Netflix series “Firefly Lane,” which is based on the book by Kristin Hannah. Based on the New York Times Bestselling book, the 10-episode “Firefly Lane” adaptation tells the story of two inseparable best friends and their enduring, complicated bond, spanning four tumultuous decades. […]

Arizona State University is awarding its 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC. Holt has anchored NBC’s flagship Nightly News broadcast since 2015, following eight years as anchor of the newscast’s weekend edition and 12 years as co-anchor of Weekend Today. The university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass […]

Norah O’Donnell said Tuesday she wouldn’t be the new “CBS Evening News” anchor if not for the network’s recent upheaval. O’Donnell, who takes over on July 15 as the anchor of the network’s evening newscast, spoke at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC about how CBS has changed its corporate culture since the ouster of CEO […]

Some of the most powerful people in media and technology are arriving Tuesday in Sun Valley, Idaho, for Allen & Co’s secretive gathering, ready to talk deals, politics and, perhaps more than in previous years, potential regulations surrounding social media. The retreat is off the record, but here are the topics likely to dominate discussions […]

Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from Britain’s defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones. Heather Mills and her sister Fiona Mills both received a formal apology in Britain’s High Court on Monday. In a statement read outside […]

Do not expect to see much, if any, of Sarah Paulson in the new season of “American Horror Story.” Variety has learned from sources that Paulson will not appear in a significant role in the FX anthology series’ upcoming ninth season, which is titled “American Horror Story: 1984.” Paulson has appeared in all eight of the preceding seasons […]

President Trump tore into Fox News in a series of tweets Sunday, slamming the right-leaning network for “loading up with Democrats” and forgetting “the people who got them there.” “Watching @FoxNews weekend anchors is worse than watching low ratings Fake News @CNN, or Lyin’ Brian Williams…and the crew of degenerate Comcast (NBC/MSNBC) Trump haters, who […]

Martin Charnin, the Tony-winning lyricist, writer and librettist best known for creating and directing the sensational Broadway musical Annie, has died. He was 84. Charnin died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday, his daughter, Sasha, wrote on Facebook. “As loving as he was, [he] has kept all of us completely directionless. Which way do we go Daddy? […]

Actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his roles in Disney Channel’s The Descendants and Jessie, died Saturday. He was 20. In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, a rep for Boyce’s family said Sunday that he died due to an “ongoing medical condition.” “It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost […]

Lee Daniels shared an update to the saga of his canceled Fox drama “Star” on Friday — it will not be coming back for a new season, but it may return for a final goodbye in the form of a two-hour “movie of the week.” “I wanted to share some and news and good news. […]

A man suing Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault and battery abruptly dropped the suit Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The man accusing Spacey of assault, which led to the actor being charged with a felony, filed a lawsuit against the former House of Cards star last month. The reason for the dismissal was not […]

Starting July 4, MoviePass will be out of commission for the next several weeks — at least — with the struggling theater-subscription service provider saying it needs to fix technical issues and finish work on a new version of its app. There was also a hint that the money-losing MoviePass business is running low on funds. The company, in […]

Gloria Vanderbilt left almost all of her estate to her youngest son, Anderson Cooper — and nothing to her estranged middle son, Chris Stokowski, according to her will. The document, filed Monday in Manhattan surrogate court, says the recently deceased socialite fashion icon’s eldest son Leopold “Stan” Stokowski will get her Midtown pad in a co-op at 30 […]

Star Trek: Discovery was recently renewed for a third season, and it will be soon be joined by two more series in the long-running sci-fi franchise–Star Trek: Picard and the animated show Lower Decks. It has now been announced that all three shows will feature at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. CBS has confirmed an event titled “Enter […]

CAA on Monday filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Writers Guild of America, accusing the guild of violating federal law by exceeding the scope of its authority to regulate agents. The move arrives just days after WME and UTA filed similar lawsuits against the guild — and in the wake of an antitrust cease-and-desist letter from the WGA to the Association […]

Taylor Swift ripped into talent manager Scooter Braun Sunday, saying his acquisition of Big Machine Records — and, therefore, the rights to her music catalog up to 2017’s “Reputation” — left her “sad and grossed out.” “I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could […]

Henry Ian Cusick has been cast as a series regular on Season 4 of CBS series “MacGyver.” The “Lost” star is set to play Russ in a leading role opposite Lucas Till’s MacGyver. Per CBS’ character description, Russ is a handsome, quick-witted, Oxford-educated ex-Military man. A master manipulator and salesman and skilled in propaganda and […]

Steve Dunleavy, the hard-hitting, hard-drinking journalist who helped define The New York Post as a crime reporter, editor and premier columnist, died Monday at his home on Long Island. He was 81. The cause was unknown. “Steve Dunleavy was one of the greatest reporters of all time,” said Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Post. “Whether […]

A TV adaptation of “The Lincoln Lawyer” from David E. Kelley has been given a series production commitment at CBS, TheWrap has learned. Based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling series of novels, “The Lincoln Lawyer” centers on Mickey Haller, who is described as “an iconoclastic idealist, who runs his law practice out of the back of […]

For the first time in its history, Warner Bros. will have a female CEO. John Stankey, CEO of parent company WarnerMedia, has found his replacement for ousted Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara, tapping BBC executive Ann Sarnoff for the role. She will be based in Los Angeles and begin the job later this summer. The […]

Roseanne Barr and Andrew Dice Clay announced a new comedy tour Sunday called “Mr. And Mrs. America.” In preparation for the show, Clay told Fox News that the pair was inspired by the current national obsession with political discourse in addition to the alleged policing of comedians’ language. “She’s a comic because she’s wacky. I’ve known her since we […]