Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual assault victims, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, have gotten the green light from a California appeals court on Friday to take their accusations to trial.
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three of her former tour dancers filed a shocking lawsuit accusing the “About Damn Time” singer — I found the news difficult to believe. Since breaking out big in 2019 with hits such as “Truth Hurts” and “Juice,” the four-time Grammy winner has been all about making us feel good as hell about ourselves. The flautist-turned-pop idol has been the pied piper of self-love and, in particular, body positivity — an artist with a plus-sized heart.Now, Lizzo, her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc.
and her dance captain Shirlene Quigley have been accused of fat-shaming and pressuring dancers to partake in sex shows and sexually denigrating acts. While Lizzo denied the allegations in an Instagram post on Thursday morning, it’s hard to see her making a full recovery here. First, more and more women are coming out in support of the dancers who filed suit.
Oscar-nominated director Sophia Nahlia Allison took to social media to reveal that she walked away from a Lizzo documentary in 2019 because “I was treated with such disrespect by her. I witnessed how arrogant and unkind she is.”Allison then doubled-down with a second Instagram story standing with the dancers, saying “[Lizzo] is a narcissistic bully and has built her brand off of lies,” she wrote.Lizzo’s former creative director, Quinn Whitney Wilson, also backed up the dancers’ claims. “Big shoutout to the dancers who had the courage to bring this to light,” she wrote on her Instagram story.Even worse, on Tuesday at her Boston show, Beyoncé failed to give Lizzo her usual shout-out.
Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual assault victims, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, have gotten the green light from a California appeals court on Friday to take their accusations to trial.
The BBC Breakfast star Emma Vardy has left the famous sofa as she is set to welcome her firstborn child with husband Aaron Adams. In recent weeks, Emma has taken over the hosting duties from her co-host Nina Warhurst, who was also on maternity leave following the birth of her third child.Taking to the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Emma, 42, shared why she will be absent from the show as she was showing off her growing baby bump. In a picture where she shared her exciting news, Emma can be seen sitting on top of two industrial washing machines as she noted that she did not know the gender of her soon-to-be born baby.
Lourdes Leon is celebrating her mom’s 65th birthday. The iconic singer has seemingly made a full recovery following her recent health scare, with her kids being by her side at every moment of the difficult situation.
Fans of Miley Cyrus are going to be well fed next week.
Gemma Atkinson has been thanked by Vicky Pattison after the Hits Radio host showed her support for the former Geordie Shore star's latest career move. Vicky, who shot to fame after appearing on the MTV show, took to social media with the update and said she was sharing her exciting news "through tears".
Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has said she was forced to update her fans "through tears" after receiving some exciting career news. The reality star said her new job had been "on her vision board" for years.
Tim McGraw is an OG Swiftie.
The Toronto International Film Festival will honor one of Canada’s own, Montreal native Shawn Levy, with the inaugural Norman Jewison Award, also named after another Canadian great filmmaker.
Former EastEnders hunk Charlie Winter, who portrayed malicious Hunter Owen, is now pursuing a career in music. Posting a video of him singing a new song which sounds as though it was written for an artist like Justin Bieber, he wrote: “I been tryna tell her” with a shrugging emoji. People took to the comments to praise his musical talent, with one follower even comparing him to Justin Timberlake writing: “Easy now JT”.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What, in pop music history, is anyone to compare Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to? If you’re at all flummoxed by that question, join the club, populated by scores of journalists and commentators who’ve tried and failed to find reasonable parallels. “I promise that you’ll never find another like me,” Swift sang a few years ago, and although she meant that as a sing-along, not a superstar’s statement of purpose, truer words really never were spoken On a pure business level, everyone can agree that it’s unprecedented.
The show must go on…until it can’t.
Lizzo is facing more allegations of misconduct.
Chris Noth broke his silence about being accused of sexual assault by multiple women — and discussed where his career goes from here.
Former child actor Morgan York looks so different now, years after she left Hollywood to pursue a career as an author. Morgan, who is now 30, starred in the 2003 hit family blockbuster Cheaper By the Dozen in which she played the family's mischievous ninth child, Kim Baker who pulled frequent pranks on her twin sister Jessica (Liliana Mumy). She also returned for the film’s sequel two years later which saw the family go on holiday and get up to their usual antics.
Jeremy Vine has opened up on how he will feel about the end of his BBC career.
Randy Travis is one of the biggest country stars of all time, and the country music world is ready to celebrate him and bring awareness to a health issue that dramatically changed his life. Travis, best known for hits like "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart," "Deeper Than the Holler" and "Forever and Ever, Amen," will be honored at a concert called "A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis." Ahead of the concert, which is scheduled to take place in October, the singer – with the help of his wife, Mary – spoke to Fox News Digital about his storied career.
Hollyoaks legend Guy Burnet is worlds away from his time on the Channel 4 show and has made it in Hollywood. Guy played Craig Dean in the soap from 2002 until 2008, but fans can now see him in one of the year's most talked about films - Oppenheimer.
Maggie Rogers has finally met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music career.In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ song ‘Alaska’ during a songwriting masterclass at New York University.“I have zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he said in the video, being visibly moved by the song. “I’ve never heard anyone like you before, and I’ve never heard anything that sounds like that.”The video was uploaded by a fan named Dimitri to Reddit, with Rogers then going on to sign to a major label, release two albums and headline gigs across the world.“So obviously my career started seven years ago with that video of me and Pharrell Williams at NYU blah blah blah,” she told fans in a video message posted to Instagram.
Matthew Broderick has been an actor since his early teens, but it was his role in the 1986 John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" that made him a star. In a new interview with The Guardian, Broderick opened up on the impact it had on his career. "I mean, yeah, I did have nice early success.
filed a lawsuit with the courts in California earlier this week targeting Lizzo – real name Melissa Jefferson – and her dance team captain Shirlene Quigley, as well as the Big Grrrl Big Touring company.Quigley is accused of constantly pushing her Christian beliefs in the workplace and criticising those who had premarital sex, but at the same time simulating oral sex, sharing lewd sexual fantasies and discussing one performer’s virginity.Jefferson, meanwhile, is accused of acting inappropriately at social events that her employees were strongly encouraged to attend. That included clubs where “nudity and sexuality were a focal point”.