Ex-Wigan Warriors and England rugby league international to stand trial accused of rape

BreAnna Bell Warner Bros. TV has acquired the book rights to Jesse Q. Sutanto’s novel, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers,” the studio announced on Monday. Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, which is currently under an overall deal with WBTV, is attached to produce alongside Harpo Films. The novel follows Vera Wong, a lonely widow living in San Francisco’s Chinatown who wakes up one morning to find a dead body on the floor of her struggling tea shop. “No one is more curious than a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, so Vera decides to start her own investigation,” reads the description. The book was published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and HQ, a division of HarperCollins UK.

In 2013, the body of a college student was found floating in the Seekonk River. The man was later identified as Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University undergraduate who had recently been misidentified as one of the Boston Marathon Bombers by users on Reddit.

Pete Davidson’s stalker will not be taking the stand anytime soon.

Kelly Ripa is learning from the younger generation. On Tuesday, the  host spoke with ET at 's 2023 Power of Women event in New York City, and shared what she most admires about her and Mark Consuelos' 21-year-old daughter, Lola Consuelos. «I am the most impressed with her ability to really speak about what she needs when she needs it,» Ripa tells ET. «She unapologetically does that.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent “Support is what all women in every industry could always use more of — and will seldom ask for,” Kelly Ripa said, as she took the stage at Variety‘s Power of Women: New York event on Tuesday afternoon. “Offer support to someone who needs it. Encourage others to do the same. Sometimes just being asked is enough.” Ripa’s advice was part of her stirring speech at Variety‘s annual luncheon where she was one of five Power of Women honorees, along with Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Rosie Perez, Natasha Lyonne and Judy Blume. “Don’t ever be afraid to advocate for yourself. Don’t ever be afraid to advocate for others,” Ripa continued. “Knowing that a person or group of people have your back can be the most powerful thing in the world.”

Scots Love Island star Paige Turley has completed London's half marathon after a gruelling few months of training for the event.

Reba McEntire's Hollywood Bowl performance on Saturday, with co-stars Steve Howey, Melissa Peterman, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Christopher Rich and longtime director Will Mackenzie sharing a night out in support of their longtime pal. Peterman shared a series of photos and videos from their sweet gettogether, complete with a giant cardboard cutout of the singer's face and big smiles all around from the group. Howey, Peterman and Garcia Swisher even posed arm-in-arm with the «Fancy» singer for a backstage photo, but Howey told ET that McEntire shut down his idea for an on-stage reunion. «She shot me down,» he said on the red carpet of Sunday'sCMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

The oft-rumored ‘Reba’ reboot has yet another clue

Lisa Barlow is crunching down on trollish accusations that she supports Donald Trump.

Reba McEntire can't get enough of her love, Rex Linn! On Wednesday's episode of, the country music singer opens up about her relationship with the actor.When asked about finding love, McEntire gushes as she tells their story. «Well, Rex Linn, my boyfriend,» she says to the sound of applause from the audience and Hudson. «Isn't he handsome? He's a handsome rascal.» McEntire recalls, «We met in 1991, we were both in the movie with Kenny Rogers,.

the drag alter-ego Lily Savage, passed away last night (March 28). The actor, presenter and campaigner was being honoured by various politicians in today’s PMQs.

Kelly Ripa didn’t have it easy in those early days of Live!

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab was heard mispronouncing Paul O’Grady’s name in the House of Commons as he paid tribute to the late TV presenter who has died at the age of 67.

The Government faced calls to apologise to rape victims for their 'failures' to bring attackers to justice. Angela Rayner accused Justice Secretary Dominic Raab of allowing rapists to 'roam the streets'.

Premier League action returns this weekend after a short break, and it couldn’t have served up a more enticing tie for us to sink our teeth back into. Liverpool make the trip up the East Lancs Road to take on Manchester City at the Etihad, in a game that could go a long way in defining how the rest of the season unfolds for both teams.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent When Ryan Seacrest announced he’d be leaving “Live! With Kelly and Ryan,” at least three people were very concerned: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ children. Ripa and Consuelos’ two adult sons and daughter have grown up in front of America. They’ve also grown up with Seacrest, who Ripa jokes is known as “Uncle Cool” in their household. Seacrest and Ripa have shared six years together as co-hosts on their top-rated show, but they’re relationship started long before that. The duo are such close friends that Seacrest has attended graduation ceremonies for the Ripa-Consuelos kids, and he regularly texts Consuelos for advice on everything from fashion to investing. In fact, Seacrest says he would have never considered moving across the country for “Live!” had it not been for Ripa.

recently departed Andrea Reeb with a new special prosecutor. At a virtual hearing on Monday, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies argued that a new special prosecutor was necessary as her office was suffering from staffing shortages despite receiving $360,000 from the New Mexico state legislature earmarked specifically for forensic investigation and outside counsel related to the “Rust” case, in which Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Membranes frontman and journalist John Robb has spoken to NME about his new book detailing the origins and rise of goth.The monolithic book has taken 10 years to write and looks at artists including Bauhaus, Nick Cave and The Cure and their place in building one of music’s most important scenes.“I’ve read a lot of books about the post-punk period and goth is always just dismissively kicked away,” Robb told NME. “It’s always really annoyed me that people have been quite sniffy about bands like Bauhaus or Killing Joke, despite them being some of the best art rock bands this country has produced. They were often looked down upon, all because they had a dark side and dressed up a bit.”Robb said that he hopes his book will do for goth what Jon Savage’s book, England’s Dreaming, did for punk in getting people to take it more seriously.

Looking at potentially months before a trial even starts in Alec Baldwin’s criminal case over the October 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor is now accusing prosecutors of violating his “constitutional rights.”

Alec Baldwin's legal team withdrew a motion to have a special prosecutor in the "Rust" case disqualified after Andrea Reeb willingly removed herself, but it used the opportunity to call out the prosecution for "improper" behavior. Despite withdrawing the motion, Baldwin did not waive his right to bring up the issue of disqualification in the future, according to documents filed with the court March 21. According to the filing, Reeb sent an email June 9, 2022, to the district attorney saying she wanted it to be known she was working on Baldwin's case as it "might help [her] in [her] campaign." Baldwin's lawyer, Luke Nikas, called the move by state Rep.