The man who rushed towards Drew Barrymore at an event earlier this week has been arrested.
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filed a lawsuit with the courts in California last week accusing Lizzo and her dance team captain Shirlene Quigley of inappropriate and unfair conduct. That included making false allegations of unprofessional behaviour against the dancers and then forcing them to go through a “brutal” twelve hour re-auditioning process.In a post on social media, Lizzo hit back at the allegations, which she said were “sensationalised stories … coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behaviour on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional”.In a new interview with Sky News, Williams and Rodriguez commented on Lizzo’s response.
Williams said: “Her statement is just confirming the pattern of every time somebody speaks up or advocates for themselves, like we’re doing now, we get victim-blamed, we get gaslighted. And she likes to point the finger instead of addressing the issues that are being brought up”.She added that dancers are badly treated on an “everyday basis” when they work with big name artists, confirming that – since she and her former colleagues went legal – they have been approached by other dancers who have worked with Lizzo, as well as those that are “just in the entertainment industry in general”.Those people now feel “brave enough to share their experiences”, she went on.
“Before people were just silent about it, they didn’t feel comfortable enough. They didn’t feel protected enough to call these artists out, to call these management teams out, and let them know, hey, what you’re doing is wrong”.Noting that some of the claims in their lawsuit seem outrageous or outlandish, Rodriguez said: “Unfortunately, this treatment by management, artists, you know, it’s normal in the
.The man who rushed towards Drew Barrymore at an event earlier this week has been arrested.
The man who rushed the stage at a New York City panel event featuring Drew Barrymore Monday was arrested today after being detained Thursday near the star’s home in Southampton, Long Island.
Ethan Shanfeld A crazed Drew Barrymore fan was arrested Thursday after “going door to door telling area residents that he was looking for Drew Barrymore’s residence,” Southampton Chief of Police James Kiernan confirmed to Variety. The man, identified as Chad Busto, will be brought to Southampton Town Police Headquarters for arrest processing, according to Kiernan.
Drew Barrymore was taking part in an event in New York, when she had to be rushed off stage due to an alleged stalking incident.The actress turned talk show host was onstage with actress and singer Reneé Rapp on Monday, 21 August, when a man's voice could he heard shouting her name, to which she replied: "Oh my God, yes, hi!" Approaching the stage the man identified himself as Chad Michael Busto before telling Drew: "You know who I am. I need to see you at some point while I’m in New York." In video footage of the event, security personnel can be seen stopping Chad from getting onto the stage, while Reneé puts her arm around Drew and escorts her offstage.
pic.twitter.com/8FKqaWzgU8— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 22, 2023As reported by journalist McKenzie Morrell on X, formerly known as Twitter, Barrymore later returned to finish the event, which was to promote Rapp’s debut album ‘Snow Angel’.McKenzie said they “both handled it like bosses” and “recovered quickly to continue an awesome conversation”.Barrymore has not commented on the incident. According to NBC News, New York police said no reports have been filed regarding the event.Rapp, who plays Leighton Murray in HBO series The Sex Lives Of College Girls, recently announced she was leaving the show following the third season.
engagement at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Monday evening.In a video with more than 4 million views and captured by the @vidsofceleb TikTok account, Barrymore can be seen talking with event host and “Sex Lives of College Girls” star Reneé Rapp — and then suddenly being whisked away from the stage as an alleged stalker began to approach her. “Drew Barrymore!” the man can be heard yelling out in the crowd as she is talking.“Oh my God, yes — hi,” she said into the microphone as she scanned the crowd.The man proceeded to identify himself as “Chad Michael Busto,” per Variety, yelling out, “You know who I am.
Drew Barrymore was quickly ushered offstage during a New York panel event with singer-actor Reneé Rapp when a man rushed toward the stage and loudly demanded to speak with Barrymore.
Michael Oher is getting out there and meeting fans. The former football star was seen signing copies of his recently released memoir at the Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday.Oher — who was the subject of the book, which was adapted into the Oscar-nominated 2009 film of the same name — appeared to be in good spirits at the event, where he signed copies of his memoir,, which was released on Aug.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and artists, including Salma Hayek, as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, who portrayed a desperate undocumented pregnant immigrant in “Maria Full of Grace” (2004) and Demián Bichir, who played an undocumented worker in Los Angeles in “A Better Life” (2011).
Prime Video is changing its’ mind.
Now that the world is recovering from the initial shock of the lawsuit Michael Oher filed this week against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, old words are being dug up that might shed light on the situation.
Alfredo Morelos is keeping himself fit in his bid to find a new club - and the former Rangers star joined in for a game of fives with some Colombian doctors this week.
It’s been a quite a year for movies so far, and filmgoers are hoping that the fall and holiday season theatrical releases can live up to the one-two punch of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in July. So far in 2023, horror has been strong with entries like “M3GAN” and “Talk to Me,” with fans looking forward to “Saw X” in September and “The Exorcist: Believer” in October.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are revisiting THAT sleepless night at the airport — because the internet is getting just as frustrating!
“I am going to catch up on sleep.”Joey Fink had just been crowned the winner at the annual NJB Pageant, held at the Edlavitch DCJCC on Sunday, Aug. 13.Also, he added, “I’m going to go to Vida Gym, clearly.”A three-month membership to Vida Fitness was one of his prizes, along with a $200 bar tab at Pitchers.Fink bested three other worthy contestants — Avi Alpert, Michael Greenberg, and Micah Feinstein — for the title, which is presented by NJB+ D.C., a social organization for the LGBTQ Jewish community.As Pitbull’s “Timber” shook the Edlavitch’s Trish Vradenburg Stage, family, friends, and members of the DC Queer Jewish community chatted, hugged, and held up cut-outs of the four contestants’ faces.The event was hosted by local drag sensation Vagenesis — who described their name as “if you took the first book of the Bible and threw a big vagina at it” — with characteristic wit, charisma, and a run of dazzling gowns.Stories of first love, the Jewish community, and sex puns dominated the pageant’s first round as Avi, Michael, Micah and Joey answered questions posed by Vagenesis.Doused in neon purple stage lights, Fink sang Remember That We Suffered from the TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Greenberg performed an original comedy set, Alpert’s drag persona Averia lip synced to Noa Kirel’s Unicorn, and Feinstein roused the crowd with Wonderwall by Oasis.While the votes were tallied, Vagenesis announced raffle prize winners, including bar tabs to JR.’s and the Little Gay Pub, Skip the Line passes to Trade, gift cards to Crazy Aunt Helen’s and Bite the Fruit, and a date night charcuterie board.Amid a thunderous audience drum roll, surrounded by previous winners, Fink was crowned winner and Greenberg was named runner up.
Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello played a surprise set on the picket line in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood yesterday (August 14).SAG-AFTRA – Hollywood’s largest union, which represents 160,000 actors and performers – and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are both currently on strike as they seek an increase in base pay and residuals in the age of streaming. They are also hoping to negotiate safeguards against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence in the film industry.Speaking before the performance, Morello told NME he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with striking actors and writers: “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.”The guitarist, who described himself as a “proud union man”, applauded the actors and writers for “flexing their power and showing what solidarity means.”Tom Morello singing the final verse of union bop This Land is Your Land to an energized WGA/ SAG AFTRA picket line pic.twitter.com/WO9o8HUiMd— Clara (@thatclarafied) August 14, 2023He added that the ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry are part of a wider movement of organised worker power across the country that some have dubbed ‘Hot Labor Summer’.
The Blind Side, now says that the Tuohy family didn't so much adopt him as exploit him, and using an all-too-familiar tactic for those following celebrity news: a conservatorship. In his petition to end the conservatorship, Tuohy also alleges that the Tuohy family received profits from the Academy Award-winning film, but that he did not.
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Turnstile had the honour of throwing the first pitch at the Orioles baseball game on Tuesday, August 8 in their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Orioles game against the Houston Astros was held at Oriole Park in Camden Yards. Turnstile walked out to the mound with guitarist Pat McCrory throwing the ceremonial first pitch.