Harvey Weinstein Hires Lawyers Who Got Bill Cosby’s Rape Conviction Overturned to Handle California Appeal

Knowing producer Bill Lawrence has plenty of benefits, including access to his address book full of connections. That’s according to composer Tom Howe, who worked with Marcus Mumford and Ben Gibbard on the themes songs for two of Lawrence’s shows, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and Shrinking, respectively.

The score for Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters features a collaboration between Tim Phillips and P.J. Harvey. Phillips recalled inventing a new instrument with Harvey so she could record most of her work ahead of her album and book tour.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent It’s 7:30 a.m. on a sunny May morning in Rome on a side street outside the studios of Italian state broadcaster Rai. A live audience standing behind metal fencing is watching a lithe group of nuns, one with a mustache, who slowly creep out from a row of white closet doors.  They start dancing, hugging and pirouetting to a ballad belted out by a young Tuscan pop singer. Then the dancers, dressed in Catholic sisters garb, begin playing basketball. Welcome to “Viva Rai 2!,” Italy’s answer to America’s morning shows. It’s a local ratings phenomenon conceived and conducted by volcanic Sicilian megastar Rosario Fiorello, who is breathing new life into Italian television at a time when doomsayers are sounding the death knell of public TV around the world.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 13 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 11 on Fox. Pentatonix is pretty easy to recognize, as perhaps the best-known a cappella group performing today. So from the start, it was pretty easy to tell it was them on “The Masked Singer” – and indeed, the five-person group was unmasked as California Roll on Thursday’s show, which also doubled as the Season 9 semifinals. For their first song, “Paparazzi,” group member Scott Hoying said they tried to avoid doing any harmonies at first, “so we could hide the iconic Pentatonix harmony sound for  at least a minute. For the first minute, I was trying to really change my voice. But it didn’t work, because every comment on every video was like, ‘I knew from the beginning it was Pentatonix and I was confirmed as soon as they all came in. We know that sound so much.’ But it honestly it was a compliment. It was very flattering to know that we can’t even hide our voice because it’s become part of what people have heard so many years.”

The Masked Singer is back!

Meghan Markle has hired a bodyguard previously employed by Kim Kardashian, it has emerged.The guard, sporting some slick shades, was spotted trailing behind her and two friends on her hike near the Duchess's spectacular abode in Montecito, California, just hours after skipping the Coronation for her father-in-law King Charles. According to The Sun, the unnamed man previously served as a bodyguard for the popular reality TV star, 42, both before and after the shocking armed robbery incident in Paris in 2016, where £7 million of jewellery was stolen at her Paris hotel.

King Charles III released a series of official coronation portraits to mark his crowning on 6 May 2023.The King thanked everyone who made the festivities a success in a note to the public and included several photos, including solo shots of him and his wife Camilla, 75, a picture of them as a pair and an official portrait with other royals.The larger portrait photo still omitted some of the royals that might have appeared in previous official portraits, however, as a part of the King’s plan for a slimmed down monarchy. King Charles III, 74, chose to omit all of the non-working members of the royal family, including his son Prince Harry, who reportedly jetted off shortly after leaving Westminster Abbey to spend time with his wife and kids back in California.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Joe Piscatella’s 2017 “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” offered a fairly exhilarating view of youth activism, as it charted one Hong Kong student’s spearheading public opposition to mainland China’s increasingly heavy-handed takeover. The can-do optimism that documentary left viewers with is on life support in the director’s follow-up, which shifts nominal focus to one of Joshua Wong’s fellow protest leaders. But mostly “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?” observes the gradual crushing of a pro-democracy movement that not long ago had promised to engage Beijing in genuine dialogue. This equally skillful if much more downbeat sequel should follow its predecessor to wide travel on the festival circuit, then broadcast and streaming exposure. 

An Oldham man stood just metres away from King Charles III as he was on his way to being crowned at the Coronation today. Proud family and friends snapped pictures of Afruz Miah when he appeared on their screens as one of the 2,000 people invited to witness the King’s Coronation inside Westminster Abbey.

not Saturday night. “Saturday Night Live” has abruptly canceled the remaining episodes of Season 48 because of the writer’s strike. The show also revealed the A-list stars who were going to host the now-yanked episodes.

The Masked Singer is back!

at the is and why his face looks so familiar? Let me help you out. That's British actor Bill Nighy, and there's a better than decent chance you've seen at least one of his movies before. Among American and British audiences at least, Bill Nighy is famous for playing the roguish aging rock star Billy Mack in , the time-traveling dad in About Time, and Anya Taylor-Joy's hypochondriac father Mr.

A dad rescued after becoming stuck in caves at an indoor adventure centre tragically died of his injuries.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What’s 420 divided by 90? While you ponder that, take in the news that, on the eve of Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday, he and Billy Strings have released their own birthday present to the world — a surprise collaboration called “California Sober,” which, as you might be able to guess from the title, celebrates weed as its own form of moderation. It’s the first song to come out under Strings’ new deal with Reprise Records, after a long run with Rounder. The music video portrays the two collaborators and band members recording their parts individually, although a framing device has Strings getting on a bus — presumably Nelson’s — that is emitting a prolific amount of smoke by the time he exits at the end. Strings, a young neo-bluegrass picker who now sells out shows across the country, is seen with a joint hanging out of his mouth as he pulls off one of the acoustic solos he’s famous for, while wearing a shirt that rhymes “doobie” with “Scooby.” Nelson is not so demonstrative in his choice of cannabis, having reportedly given up smoking for edibles and other lung-protecting variations some years back.

Pete Davidson isn’t putting up with pushy fans.

Screaming from the rooftops! Bill Hader and Ali Wong didn’t shy away from the cameras — or hide their romance — as they stepped out for a hike on Wednesday, April 19.

Stanley Tucci has had plenty of memorable roles over the years, including “Big Night,” “Road To Perdition,” “Spotlight,” and “The Hunger Games” franchise, among others. But there’s one role the actor hopes never to play again and almost tried to get out of playing it entirely.

A famous soap actor who was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year has had their case dropped, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.The representative confirmed that a well-known TV star was arrested and bailed in February this year following reports from a woman in her 20s that she had been raped while attending a house party in December.The accused actor is also in his 20s, and the incident reportedly took place in a residential property in South London.The actor was arrested on suspicion of rape and subsequently bailed until April, while police officers investigated the alleged incident, the police confirmed in February.The authorities have now confirmed that no further action will be taken in the case and it has officially been closed. Speaking to The Mirror, a spokesperson said: "In February 2023, police began an investigation after a woman in her 20s reported she was raped while at a residential address in the Southwark area on 30 December 2022.

A man who was spared a prison sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl is to appeal against his conviction.

Labrinth was joined onstage by Billie Eilish at Coachella 2023 at the weekend (April 15) to perform their new collaboration ‘Never Felt So Alone’. Check out footage and the setlist below.Taking place on the second day of the California festival, the ‘Happier Than Ever’ singer surprised fans by joining Labrinth onstage towards the end of his set to deliver the Finneas co-produced song, which previously premiered on HBO’s hit series, Euphoria.The set marked only the second time that the song has been performed live by the two – following its debut at one of Eilish’s concerts at California’s Kia Forum in December.