Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing Former Top Producer At ABC News Of Sexual Assault

Nick Cannon is opening up about his new pediatric cancer foundation created in honor of his son, Zen, who died of brain cancer in December. «I'm a true believer in turning your pain into purpose,» Cannon told ET exclusively while at the Los Angeles stop of his Wild n Out rap battle tour. «To know how much joy that he brought our family, I just wanted to spread that light.»Cannon announced the Zen's Light Foundation alongside his son's mother, Alyssa Scott, on Friday, one day after what would have been Zen's first birthday.

Ellise Shafer The BET Awards are back for their 2022 edition, with Taraji P. Henson hosting Culture’s Biggest Night for the second year in a row. The show airs live on BET Sunday night at 8 p.m.

Bill Cosby could know very soon if a California jury has found him guilty of sexual abuse.

Paul Haggis' lawyer claimed the Oscar-winning director is "totally innocent" after reports surfaced he was arrested in the southern region of Italy on Sunday and placed under investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman. "Under Italian Law, I cannot discuss the evidence," Haggis' lawyer Priya Chaudhry told Fox News Digital.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentOscar-winning Canadian screenwriter and director Paul Haggis has been arrested in Ostuni, Southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury allegedly inflicted upon a still unidentified woman who has pressed charges.According to multiple Italian press reports and a note from the public prosecutor of the nearby city of Brindisi, Haggis is charged with forcing a young “foreign” – meaning non-Italian – woman to undergo sexual intercourse over the course of two days in Ostuni, while he was scheduled to hold several master classes at the Allora Fest, a new film event being launched by Los Angeles-based Italian journalist Silvia Bizio and Spanish art critic Sol Costales Doulton that is set to run in Ostuni from June 21 to June 26. Bizio has confirmed to Variety that Haggis is under arrest.

Priyanka Chopra has shared another rare image of her and Nick Jonas’ daughter. On Thursday, the actress celebrated her mother, Dr. Madhu Akhouri Chopra’s birthday, and she shared an adorable photo of the three generations.

lawsuit, filed Wednesday by James Wahl and Timothy Wahl in Los Angeles Superior Court, states, “On November 9, 2021, ABC officially denied Plaintiffs’ requests for religious exemptions to the Covid Vaccine Mandate. It gave no reason for its decision, except to say that the company was ‘unable to conclude that you are prevented from receiving the Covid-19 vaccine due to a sincerely-held religious belief, practice, or observance.'” The document also calls the firings “unconstitutional.”The complaint goes on to state, “ABC does not have the authority to force a medical treatment on its employees against their will.

Actor Kevin Spacey was this morning granted unconditional bail at a magistrates court hearing in Westminster, London, as the sexual assault case against him was referred to Southwark Crown Court.

the New York Times reported Wednesday. Deliberations will likely start on Thursday.Huth woman alleges that Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15 years old.

Zack Sharf The only Oscar that Samuel L. Jackson has ever won is an honorary statue, but the acting icon doesn’t mind considering he’s spent over 10 years and counting playing the Marvel Cinematic Universe stalwart Nick Fury. As Jackson told the Los Angeles Times, he’d rather make billion dollar-grossing Marvel movies than win Oscars or chase down Oscar-baiting roles.“As jaded as I wanted to be about it, you know thinking, ‘Well, I should have won an Oscar for this or should have won for that and it didn’t happen,’ once I got over it many years ago, it wasn’t a big deal for me,” Jackson said.

Jessica Barth and another incident involving an unnamed waitress from 2018 who claimed she was raped. But the Santa Barbara district attorney’s office was forced to drop the charges Tuesday after it was unable to show whether the attacks happened within the DA’s jurisdiction. The case will now be referred back to the Los Angeles district attorney’s office, though the L.A.

Following its Venice Film Festival bow and seven César Awards including for Best Film, Lost Illusions was the top weekend title at two core NYC arthouses — taking $10,850 of its estimated $13,579 three-day gross from Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center.

Jennifer Lopez's documentary,  (drops June 14 on Netflix), at the opening night of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.Edwards, who is one of more than five dozen jury members across 18 categories for the festival, admitted he hadn't seen yet because, in his words, «world premiere means world premiere,» but he did have plenty to offer ET's Rachel Smith when it came to discussing how the sequel handled his character's legacy nearly four decades after the 1986 classic premiered.For starters, the 59-year-old actor said he didn't see the world premiere of. In other words, he didn't feast his eyes on the mastery of the sound and visuals when the rest of the world did.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorA judge in New York State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against former ABC News producer Michael Corn, who was alleged to have sexually assaulted a subordinate and to have created a toxic work environment at ABC News.In August of last year, Kirstyn Crawford, a producer who worked with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, alleged that  Corn, the former top producer at “Good Morning America,” assaulted her and another staffer, Jill McClain, on different occasions over a span of multiple years. Both women reported to Corn, who also for a time supervised “World News Tonight.” Crawford also alleged she lost opportunities to advance at work after she began trying to avoid Corn.

Fans can expect a sequel — not a reboot — to the 1980s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”.

CNN's new President, Chris Licht, said that there's too much Breaking News. New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin took to his Twitter to share the "scoop. "On Thursday morning, Licht emailed staff to inform them that the notorious "BREAKING NEWS" banner is overused and is finally getting reworked.