1st transgender judge appointed to bench in California

An unexpected reunion! Tom Hanks helped the Cleveland Guardians open their annual baseball season with a special guest.

Back on royal soil! Harry and Meghan visited the Queen during a pitstop in London on their way to the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, marking the first time the couple has reunited with the monarch since their royal exit two years ago.

Expert opinion. Kim Kardashian‘s divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, addressed her client’s high-profile divorce from Kanye West — starting with the rapper’s decision to air out his issues on social media.

Post Malone to have a lawsuit over his 2019 hit ‘Circles’ dismissed.US District Judge Otis D. Wright II declined to rule from the bench on Malone’s dismissal motion after an afternoon hearing in Los Angeles yesterday (April 11), but the federal judge made it clear he was still anticipating a trial on May 17, reports Rolling Stone.It comes after Canadian songwriter Tyler Armes previously filed a federal lawsuit in California listing Post (real name Austin Post), Post’s producer Frank Dukes, and Universal Music Group as defendants.

Jennifer Lawrence, 31, and her husband Cooke Maroney, 37, enjoyed their first romantic night out together since the birth of their baby nearly two months ago! The Hunger Games actress and Cooke looked more relaxed than ever as they walked arm-in-arm out of Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California on Wednesday, April 6.

Kourtney Kardashian, 42, gave her fans a glimpse into her Las Vegas wedding to Travis Barker, 46. The reality star posted photos from the ceremony to Instagram on Wednesday, April 6. The images show Kourtney and Travis wearing black leather jackets and kissing at a chapel in front of an Elvis Presley impersonator. The couple also rocked matching pairs of black sunglasses. They held hands throughout the romantic pictures, and Kourtney held a bouquet of roses.

In a tentative ruling issued on Monday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge said he is inclined to grant a request by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for summary judgment against producer Michael Shamberg’s lawsuit challenging the group’s interpretation of its bylaws.

“Distraught by the mass shooting last night outside the venue in Sacramento,” tweeted the official Aly & AJ account on Apr. 3, hours after six people were killed and twelve suffered “varying degrees of injuries” after an attack in California’s capital. The duo – sisters Alyson Michalka, 33, and AJ Michalka, 30, — were inside their bus that was parked outside the Crest Theatre. “All of our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives and those recovering today. We’re praying for the health care workers caring for them. We hope all our fans made it home safe,” they tweeted.

She’s ready to move on! Nearly four months after Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy called off their engagement, she has dipped her toe back into the dating pool.

Mia Goth is a mom! Shia LaBeouf’s partner has apparently given birth to her first baby.

Activision Blizzard said Tuesday a federal court will approve its $18 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a lawsuit charging sexual harassment and retaliation.

the vacancy left by retiring Judge Benjamin Davidian, reports The Press Democrat. She follows in the path of Alameda Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, who became the first openly transgender judge in the state after she was elected to her current position in 2010. Kolakowski later praised Murdyk’s appointment on Twitter.“Andi Mudryk is a great appointment and will be a wonderful judge,” Kolakowski tweeted.

Queen Elizabeth, 95, was photographed out and about in public for the first time since she had COVID-19 in February. On March 29, the Queen attended a service in honor of her late husband, Prince Philip, in London. Various members of the royal family attended the service, and Queen Elizabeth was seated in the front row. She wore a green coat and matching hat for the event.

Dave Grohl was filled with emotions he arrived back in California after the unexpected death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. The 53-year-old could be seen sobbing at Los Angeles International Airport as he embraced who is believed to be his manager John Silva on Saturday, March 26. The two men were surrounded surrounded by Dave’s other bandmates including Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee and Samantha Sidley.

Time for a Twilight baby! Ashley Greene is pregnant with her and husband Paul Khoury’s first baby.

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Amanda Bynes was released Tuesday from a court conservatorship that put her life and financial decisions in her parents' control for nearly nine years.Ventura County Superior Court Judge Roger Lund terminated the conservatorship at a hearing in a courtroom in the Southern California city of Oxnard, her attorney David A. Esquibias said.“The court determines that the conservatorship is no longer required and that grounds for establishment of a conservatorship of the person no longer exist,” Lund wrote in court documents outlining the case before he issued his decision.Bynes, now 35, shot to fame on a pair of Nickelodeon shows as a teenager, but struggles with mental health, substance abuse and the law prompted her parents to establish court control through a conservatorship in 2013.Lund said this week that Bynes had demonstrated competency to manage her own affairs, including her mental health and other medical treatment.Bynes' conservatorship played out, and came to an end, far more quietly and less contentiously than that of Britney Spears, who had a long, often bitter and public fight to free herself from a similar arrangement.Bynes' parents agreed that the conservatorship should end and no one else objected to the court's decision.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentAmanda Bynes’ conservatorship has been terminated, coming to end after nearly nine years.Bynes, who rose to fame as a child actor on Nickelodeon’s “All That” in the ’90s and then starred in a slew of hit movies in the early 2000’s, has been under a conservatorship since 2013.With the conservatorship of both her person and her estate being terminated, Bynes will now have control over her finances and is able to choose where she wants to live, how she wants to conduct her life and will have oversight over all day-to-day responsibilities.Bynes was not present at the hearing. Her attorney, David A.