LA strippers petition to be represented by Actors’ Equity union

Tyrese Gibson is looking to get a new judge in his divorce case with his ex, Samantha Lee Gibson.Following a heated exchange during two courtroom hearings in late August — in which Tyrese was ordered to pay $10,690 per month in child support for the former couple's 3-year-old daughter, Soraya — the actor filed a petition in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia, seeking the recusal of Judge Kevin M. Farmer.According to the court docs filed on Tuesday, which were obtained by ET, Tyrese lays out a multitude of reasons he believes Judge Farmer was biased against him during the hearings.In the motion for recusal, Tyrese's attorneys allege that, at a pre-trial hearing in his chambers, Judge Farmer «stated that he already has reviewed the financial evidence in the case» and that $10,690 was «an appropriate amount» for the actor to pay.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade spent the Labor Day weekend with their youngest daughter, Kaavia, for an adorable mini vacation. The couple took to Instagram to share several beachside photos, showing the trio on their balcony and also relaxing in the sand. In one photo, the 3-year-old is sandwiched between her parents as they beam at the camera, and in a selfie taken by Wade, she sits on her mom's lap in a beach chair as they pose with their hands in the air.«Our favorite place in the world, is wherever we’re together,» Union captioned the sweet gallery of photos.A post shared by Gabrielle Union-Wade (@gabunion)But the fun comes with a price! Most of California has been under an excessive heat warning and, according to Union, some of the Wades are handling it better than others.The 49-year-old shared a video starring her and Kaavia lounging in their swimsuits as they pull faces into the camera. «This heatwave is taking us THROUGH it! All the emotions,» the actress captioned the footage. «Take a guess whose[sic] has more meltdowns.

Selome Hailu The process behind “Seduce & Scheme” was heavy on the scheming. “We snuck in the writers room and the studio when they were having the sessions for the soundtrack. We wasn’t even supposed to be in there!” says KaMillion, who plays Mia in the Issa Rae-created comedy series “Rap Sh!t” on HBO Max. The series follows Mia and Shawna (Aida Osman), friends from high school who reunite years down the line and form a rap duo that quickly skyrockets to notoriety — at least on the internet. To create the original songs that Shawna and Mia perform, as well as the soundtrack that pays major homage to the show’s Miami setting, Rae’s music company Raedio held “camps” where different rappers and songwriters came together to collaborate.

EXCLUSIVE: Anne Hathaway praised James Gray for not being a “kid-glove” director. The filmmaker directed the Oscar-winning star in his autobiographical film Armageddon Time, which is receiving its North American premiere Friday at the Telluride Film Festival.

Idris Elba doesn’t want to be pigeonholed has just a Brit.

Idris Elba is speaking out.

Zack Sharf The upcoming Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance Somebody” stars BAFTA-winning actor Naomi Ackie as the legendary singer, which means the debate over Black British actors taking roles away from American actors is bound to resurface. The debate surged in 2017 after Samuel L. Jackson called out Daniel Kaluuya’s casting in “Get Out,” for which the actor earned an Oscar nomination. “I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really feels that,” Jackson said. In a new interview on “The Shop” (via The Root), Idris Elba railed against the claim that Black British actors are takes roles away from American actors. Naomi Ackie’s role in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” served as a launching pad for the discussion. Talk show host Maverick Carter asked Elba about Ackie’s casting, noting that Black American women might criticize a Black British actor playing an American icon.

Anne Heche's eldest son filed court docs in Los Angeles asking to be made the administrator of his late mom's estate, docs obtained by ET show.The docs list Anne's annual gross income, personal property and value of property as unknown, and note that the late actress did not have a will. In addition to control of his mom's estate, 20-year-old Homer, whom Anne shared with Coley Laffoon, is requesting to be made guardian ad litem over his 13-year-old brother, Atlas. Because Atlas, whom Anne shared with James Tupper, is a minor, Homer is asking that the court waive the bond. A hearing is scheduled for Oct.

Brea Baker has been tapped as Chief Equity Officer at social impact firm and creative house Inspire Justice.

EJ Panaligan editor Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, according to the Associated Press. The Central Clinical Hospital in Russia provided a statement to Russian news organizations that Gorbachev died after suffering from an undisclosed, long-term illness. Gorbachev served as the leader of the Soviet Union during its demise in 1991. He resigned on Christmas of that year after spending the last few months in office watching different republics declare independence. His initiatives and reforms led to the end of the Cold War but resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

SAG-AFTRA‘s national board voted overwhelmingly today to approve a new agreement with the AMPTP that will sharply limit exclusivity terms in actors’ personal service agreements that hold series regulars off the market and unable to work for unreasonably long periods of time. The vote was 95.5% in favor, 4.5% opposed, and does not require membership ratification as this was a mid-term modification of the guild’s existing film and TV contract.

Since March, strippers at Star Garden have protested against their employers over various issues including wage theft and a failure by the bar’s security to protect them from unruly patrons. This week, a majority of the bar’s 30 performers, with the assistance of the advocacy group Strippers United, filed to hold a unionization vote with the National Labor Relations Board.

Unionizing campaigns sweeping workplaces across the country now include a strip club in North Hollywood. On Thursday, a majority of 30 dancers employed at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar filed a petition with the NLRB to hold an election to be represented at the bargaining table by Actors’ Equity Association.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterSAG-AFTRA announced on Monday evening that it has reached a tentative agreement with the major studios on actor exclusivity periods, an issue that has become a top priority for the union in recent years.The issue affects actors on TV series, who can find themselves barred from working on other projects for many months or even years between TV seasons. The union has said that the issue has grown acute in the streaming era, with seasons getting shorter and with longer delays between seasons.The union backed a bill, AB 437, in the California legislature, which aims to eliminate exclusivity periods from actors’ contracts.

pre-Oscar’d Ariana DeBose) and borrowing liberally from the Great American Musical heyday of shows like “The Music Man,” “Carousel” and “The Sound of Music” among a great many others, “Schmigadoon!” proved popular enough for fans to demand a second season, which just wrapped and will be entitled “Schmicago!” Showrunner Cinco Paul talks about what we can expect from that, why he needed to see this through in a more solo manner, and why the charm song about food was the best way to get Emmy’s attention.Congrats on your Emmy nomination [in the music and lyrics category]! Was “Corn Puddin’” your idea to put in for consideration? Because you could have essentially filled the category with only songs from this series.Oh, thank you! Well, that was something we talked about sort of strategically, and I think it’s so you don’t split votes or whatever. “With All of Your Heart” was another one I was really fond of.

Decision To Leave has been selected to represent South Korea in the Best International Feature Film category for the upcoming Oscars.Deadline reported that the Korean Film Council announced its pick yesterday (August 11), sharing it took into consideration “workmanship and directing ability, the possibility of box office success in the North American market, and the promotion ability of overseas distributors”. As a result, the council agreed that Decision To Leave was “the most appropriate choice, and we expect the work to be well-received”.Starring South Korean actor Park Hae-il (The King’s Letters) and Chinese star Tang Wei (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Decision To Leave is a slow-burn mystery romance about a police detective who gets dispatched to a scene of a man’s death.

between Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde continues, now that a judge has dismissed the actor’s petition to travel with his kids to New York City, moving with them from Los Angeles, where they currently reside with their mom.Legal documents obtained by Page Six reveal that a judge denied the petition and sided with Wilde, as it was previously reported that Sudeikis had agreed to send 8-year-old Otis and 5-year-old Daisy to school in Los Angeles, after calling off their engagement in 2020.“For better or worse, I am a New Yorker,” Jason stated in the legal documents from October 2021, declaring that he wants to bring his kids to his home in New York City. “Recently, however, Jason decided that he wanted to go to New York for the next year while he is not working, and wanted the children to be with him there during this time off,” Olivia previously wrote.

Olivia Wilde is walking out victorious after Jason Sudeikis took her to court over the custody of their children.