Activision Blizzard to Pay Nearly $55 Million to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Pay Discrimination Against Women

Piers Morgan has paid a touching tribute to 'brilliantly clever' Derek Draper, the husband of his former co-star Kate Garraway. Piers, who used to host Good Morning Britain with Kate before he quit in 2021, always had kind words for his former colleague during Derek's tough health battle. Derek was hospitalised many times after catching Covid in 2020 and spent 13 months in hospital.

Thursday's Loose Women saw the panellists discuss how weight has impacted their careers, with Coleen Nolan sharing that she would recieve different job offers depending on her size at the time. Opening up about this she said: "There was a time when I lost loads and loads of weight when I did Dancing on Ice and I was much much slimmer and went down to a size 10. "And all of a sudden I was getting a lot more work, especially in primetime television, it wasn't just daytime.

An independent investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) into changes made to the State Pension age is expected to conclude early this year. The Ombudsman recently confirmed any recommendations it makes to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), following the publication of its final report into ‘injustice caused by the maladministration’ of changes to the State Pension age, will be applied to “everyone who has been similarly affected” by the failings it identifies.

Brenda Edwards has revealed she was told not to touch fellow co-star Janet Street-Porter when she first joined Loose Women. Brenda, who became a fan favourite after joining the panel in 2019, admitted to being starstruck when meeting will.i.am and Janet Street-Porter. "That was absolutely amazing." she said about her encounter with will.i.am.

Kaye Adams, who turned 61 this week, doesn’t really do New Year resolutions, but she might make an exception in 2024. “Firstly, I’m going to have fun and secondly, I’m reimagining my sixties – I’m thinking of making that my next book,” she tells us. “It really gets to me that I can’t think of a single sports or fitness brand with women of 50+ featured in its advertising, never mind 60 and beyond.They’re missing a massive market.

Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has been living it up, showing off her timeless figure in a skimpy white bikini. After leaving the popular ITV daytime show, the 63 year old TV star has been enjoying life at a French villa, celebrating her 15th wedding anniversary with her younger hubby, Mark Cassidy, who's 41. Carol shared snaps of her sun-kissed body in a tiny white bikini and showed off her toned legs in a stylish shirt dress on Instagram.

Denise Welch was praised by fans when she shared that she spent Christmas with her ex-husband, Tim Healy. The Loose Women star showed a fun video where Tim was playing table football, while Denise's husband Lincoln Townley was looking on and chuckling.

Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha, just like a lot of us, has been well and truly feeling the festive spirit for quite some time. However, it’s an extra-special day in her household, as one of her daughters also marks their birthday on Christmas Day. In a recent interview with Closer, Nadia opened up about the extensive traditions that form part of the celebrations in her household.

Loose Women star Linda Robson has shared that she's shaking up her Christmas plans this year, following the end of her marriage, as she'll be spending the festive day at her eldest daughter's house instead of her own. During a chat on Loose Women with Kaye Adams, Jane Moore and Judi Love about whether to use phones on Christmas Day, Linda revealed her plans for the big day. She said: "At my house there won't be any phones, well its not actually my house this year it's Lauren's house, but normally in my house it's no phones.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Aylo, parent company of Pornhub and other sex sites, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors to settle a charge it profited from deals with porn producers who were involved in sex trafficking. Under the settlement announced Thursday, Canada-based Aylo agreed to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling $1.845 million to the U.S.

Thousands of older women could be due backdated State Pension underpayments worth an average of £5,931 before the end of this month. Some 12.6 million people are in receipt of the State Pension and while the majority of payments are correct, some people - mostly women - have received less than they should from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Loose Women stars were left shocked over Kaye Adams' X-rated joke about Denise Welch on the latest instalment of the hit ITV daytime show.The episode on Thursday, 21 December, saw Kaye Adams, Katie Piper, Denise Welch and Jane Moore, on the panel, with Loose Women's Josie Gibson joining them.The ladies were clearly in the festive spirit as they laughed and joked - with Kaye making a particularly raunchy quip.They were discussing their preparedness for Christmas, as Katie, 40, said she ordered her online festive food shop in May of this year. As the rest of the women praised Katie, she revealed: "My mum bought me a hostess trolley for my birthday", as Denise, 65, joked: "Now you're talking!" Kaye, 60, then cheekily said: "Denise likes a hostess trolley, she likes to be bent over backwards over it!" Denise's mouth dropped open in shock at the comment, with the panel and audience dissolving into raucous laughter.

Stacey Solomon was noticeably absent from Loose Women’s Christmas party - fuelling speculation that she is ready to quit the ITV show. The 34 year old mum of five appeared on the popular daytime show earlier this week - telling viewers she had "one more day" of work before the festive period. Her co-stars then headed out on their Christmas bash but, according to images of the party shared on social media, Stacey was not among them.

Loose Women's Christmas party ended in chaos when Judi Love's handbag caught fire at the table, Jane Moore has revealed.The ITV daytime show's cast celebrated together on Wednesday night, and in Thursday's show they gave viewers a taste of what had happened the night before at their festive do. Host Kaye Adams told fans that there had been "a lot of concealer" involved in getting the panel ready for the episode as they had been partying the night before.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is to leave his role next week.Kotick became CEO of Activision in 1991 after purchasing a 25 per cent share in the near-bankrupt company the previous year. Over the next 32 years, he headed up the company as it grew to become one of the biggest and most influential pillars in the world of video games, acquiring a number of other studios on the way.However, it was claimed Kotick knew about cases of sexual misconduct happening within the company and kept it secret, even after state regulators started investigating the company in 2018.

Olivia Attwood was forced to miss out on the Loose Women Christmas party after injuring her eye. The panellist of the hit ITV daytime chat show, took to Instagram on Wednesday, 20 December to provide her 2.1M followers an update on what had happened. Olivia, 32 looked fed up as she took a selfie while in the back of a taxi with her left eye completely bandaged up.

Bobby Kotick, the longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard, is stepping down Dec. 29 following the company’s drawn-out $69 billion sale to Microsoft that closed in October. The exec — who oversaw some of the industry’s most popular games from Pitfall to Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga — had said previously he would stay on through the end of 2023.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Bobby Kotick is officially leaving Activision Blizzard on Dec. 29, after more than three decades as CEO of the gaming giant, following Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover of the company.

Loose Women's Andrea McLean has revealed that she only keeps in touch with two of her former co-stars from the ITV show. The telly presenter, who left the series in 2020 after a 13-year stint, admitted that while she doesn't watch the show due to her busy schedule, she does miss the 'daily interaction with everybody' on the team.

Fresh off a landmark legal defeat last week, Google has now agreed to settle a separate suit by a coalition state attorneys general – co-led by New York AG Letitia James — accusing the tech giant of monopolistic conduct in its app store that increases costs for consumer and developers.