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Prince Harry is reported to be planning a return to the UK next month after the shock double cancer news affecting the Royal Family. The Duke of Sussex is heading back to his homeland for a service celebrating ten years of the Invictus Games, and it's been reported he hopes to meet with his brother Prince William while he's here following the announcements that both his father King Charles and sister-in-law Kate Middleton are both undergoing treatment.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón with a lawsuit over dismissed pedophile charges from a 2022 arrest.Gatt, 52, is seeking $40 million in damages after he was charged with engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines” in a now-dismissed suit.In court documents filed in federal court in California on Thursday, Gatt claims the defendants “publicly branded him as a serial pedophile,” which had a negative knock-on effect on his career. “Gatt was immediately cancelled and what had previously been a burgeoning acting career was destroyed,” the lawsuit alleges. “Gatt’s agent and PR representatives dropped him immediately, he was fired from two different movies in which he had already been cast, and he was also recast in a third movie in which he had been hired to play the lead role.”The “Thor” actor also alleges Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson held “personal bias and animosity” towards him — claiming she tried to “suborn perjury” to have Gatt’s $5,000 bail revoked.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events When Michael Douglas was invited to play Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV+’s “Franklin,” he immediately took out a $100 bill. “I looked at Ben and thought, ‘I’ve got a long ways to go,’” the two-time Oscar winner tells Variety. Douglas didn’t just worry that he’d have to spend hours in the makeup chair — the series took more than 160 days to shoot.

The Only Way Is Essex stars Chloe, Charlie, Demi and Frankie Sims swapped the Sugar Hut for the glamorous streets of LA as their new reality show, House of Sims, hit Netflix earlier this month.The new series follows Chloe, her siblings and Charlie's fiancée Georgie Shults as they make the move to America and attempt to make it big in California. But with all five episodes available to stream on Netflix, fans have taken to social media with the same request - they're all asking when series two is set to arrive! The OnlyFans show just landed on the streamer, but viewers have already binged their way through the Sims family's American antics.

Chelsea Lazkani’s estranged husband has responded to her divorce filing – and dropped some bombshell allegations against her!

Four years after leaving the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's net worth has been revealed. The ex-working royals quit the Firm in 2020 and moved over to the US.

‘Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour.’Stops include Spokane, WA (June 23), Portland, OR (June 25), Eugene, OR (June 28) and Santa Rosa, CA (June 30) on Degeneres’ first tour since 2018 ahead of the release of her Netflix special “Relatable.”“More cities and dates will be coming as soon as I find more darts and a bigger map,” Degeneres quipped on Instagram.While we don’t know what she’ll joke about onstage — will she address allegations that she mistreated her talk show staff or created a toxic workplace? — we do know that the best way to find out is live.For fans that can’t wait to see what tricks Ellen has up her sleeve, tickets can be snagged for all announced shows as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, April 5, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Even though Degeneres started performing stand-up in the early ’80s, she’s only officially released three stand-up specials.Here’s how you can see them.The Beginning (2000) streaming on HBO MaxHere and Now (2003) streaming on HBO MaxRelatable (2018) streaming on NetflixIn 2023, she returned to HBO for the documentary “Saving The Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure” where she headed to Rwanda with her wife Portia De Rossi to help with a gorilla conservation project.At the height of the pandemic — July 2020 —

Fire away.Before Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States, he was the host of a little show called “The Apprentice.”The NBC business-competition show ran for 15 seasons, with the entrepreneur helming the round table from 2004 until 2017.Trump left the show in 2015 so he could focus on his presidential campaign — a race he won a year later. In author Ramin Setoodeh’s forthcoming book, “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass,” Trump reveals that he wanted his daughter Ivanka Trump to sub in for him on the show.

Glass Animals have returned with their new single ‘Creatures in Heaven’ and have announced their new album ‘I Love You So F***ing Much’.The album will be the fourth full-length record of the group’s career and the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Dreamland’. It comes out on 19 July via Polydor and you can pre-order it here.‘Creatures in Heaven’ is the first taster of the album, and speaking about its existential themes, frontman Dave Bayley has said: “It’s about a moment in time, be it a split second or a year or whatever, having the capacity to be enormously formative and life-changing. Even if it is over.

Fire Country is coming back strong!

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will kick off with Quentin Dupieux‘s “The Second Act,” a star-studded surreal French comedy headlined by Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, Variety has learned. The anticipated movie is produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and is represented in international markets by Kinology.

Ahead of King Charles' Coronation last year, there was much speculation about whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be among the 2,200 attendees at the Westminster Abbey event. For months leading up to the coronation, royal experts, sources and even Oprah Winfrey publicly debated whether we'd see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex take their seat with the rest of the royals at the momentous occasion.

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg returned to the stage with Infectious Grooves earlier this week – watch the official footage below.The musician, who was fired from Slipknot last November, shared a drum-cam video of himself behind the kit for ‘Monster Skank’ from the funk-metal supergroup’s show at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia on Monday (April 1).Formed more than 30 years ago, Infectious Grooves includes Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and his Suicidal Tendencies bandmate Mike Muir.Weinberg made his live debut with the outfit in California on March 23, which marked their first gig since 2019.During a recent interview with Metal-Roos, Muir explained how Weinberg ended up joining Infectious Grooves in January of this year (via Blabbermouth).“We wanted to get somebody that you know could carry that torch and was there,” he said. “It’s funny ’cause we were kind of saying… well, I told Robert, ‘You put a list [of drummers] together, I’ll put a list together and then we’ll kind of see who’s touring and who’s available and try to do it’.”Muir continued: “And my middle son, who’s 14, was asking, he goes, ‘If Brooks [Wackerman] can’t do it, who are you gonna get to play drums?’ And I’m, like, ‘We’re not sure. We’re putting a list together’.

Disneyland is moving into the future with its Tomorrowland attraction, Autopia, and electrifying its vehicles.

Shannen Doherty is letting go of a lot of her possessions as she continues to fight breast cancer.

Julio Iglesias Jr. is enjoying a fulfilling moment in his life. He’s successful in his ventures and happily in love with Ariadna Romeo, his girlfriend. His happiness and success are thanks in large part to the valuable lessons and support he received from his parents since he was young.

Drake mimicking shooting Travis Scott during a performance of ‘Meltdown’.In the clip, which you can view below, the former is rapping the lyrics to his collaboration with the latter at Penn State University Park before pointing his arm towards a giant backdrop of Scott’s head to the sound of fake gunshots.It comes after Scott encouraged Future and Metro Boomin to debut their Drake diss track, ‘Like That’, at Rolling Loud California days ahead of its release, earlier this month.On the track, Kendrick Lamar takes aim at Drake and J Cole, seemingly responding to the latter’s verse on ‘First Person Shooter’ from Drake’s 2023 album ‘For All The Dogs’.Drake x travis scott #meltdown #travisscottconcert #fein ♬ original sound – Deeez “Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali,” J Cole rapped on the track, with “K-Dot” referring to Lamar.A post shared by Big Boy's Neighborhood (@bigboysneighborhood)However, on ‘Like That’, Lamar seems to dismiss the idea that they’re in the same league, saying: “Motherfuck the big three, n****, it’s just big me/ N****, bum, What? I’m really like that/And your best work is a light pack.”He also went on to liken their rivalry to the ‘80s conflict between Prince and Michael Jackson.Drake has since appeared to have weighed in on his opinion on Lamar’s comments.“A lot of people asking me how I’m feeling… the way I’m feeling is the same way I want you to walk out of here feeling tonight about your fucking selves.

Smashing Pumpkins have announced a huge run of North American tour dates – see the full list of dates and cities below.Last night, Billy Corgan and co. took to social media to announce their tour, which apart from their own headline shows, will include festival appearances and shows as part of Green Day‘s The Saviors tour.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Scandal at a film festival is usually generated by provocative auteurs or loose-lipped actors stirring up drama at press conferences. Last weekend’s laid-back Sonoma International Film Festival, held in the heart of California wine country, was a different story. Numerous indie film players spotted Sundance Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez at the event, alongside his two predecessors in the role: John Cooper, who left in 2020, and Tabitha Jackson, who stepped down in 2022.

Brett Gelman admits that the online vitriol he has received for his support of Israel and Jewish people is frightening.“Am I scared? Absolutely,” he told The Post in a recent interview. “I think I’d be insane not to be scared.”Gelman, 47, added that he is “taking all the necessary precautions” he can, but he refuses to cower.“I also just think that we need to face our fear and not follow our fear in this situation,” he opined.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have asked Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to bring their kids to the UK for a visit, according to a Royal expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's relationship with the Royal Family has been tense in recent years, but Royal author Tom Quinn suggests that William and Kate are trying to mend things.

Rachel Leviss‘ publicist is speaking out — and she’s got a HOT TAKE on Scandoval!!

Kaley Cuoco, the star of The Big Bang Theory, has shared a heartwarming post on Instagram to celebrate her daughter Matilda's first birthday.The 38-year-old actress posted a video reel filled with her favourite moments from the past year with her little one. Alongside the post, which was set to the tune of Gabby Barrett's 'Growin' Up Raising You', Kaley wrote: "Matilda you are 1! Best year of our lives .. you are a gift from above and have brought the deepest perfect joy to our entire family! Dada and I love you more than we could possibly ever explain.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have reportedly asked Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to bring their children for a visit in an attempt to build bridges, according to royal expert Tom Quinn.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Barbara Rush, who won a Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in “It Came From Outer Space” and went on to appear in “Peyton Place” and many other movies and TV shows, died Sunday. Her daughter, Fox News Channel correspondent Claudia Cowan, confirmed her death to Fox News Digital.

Lego has requested that the Murrieta, California police department stop posting its yellow minifigure heads on suspects’ faces.

William Earl CalPERS, the influential California pension fund, has voted to shake up the Disney board by backing the election of activist investors Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo who have waged a months-long battle with CEO Bob Iger and the incumbent board of directors. The California Public Employees Retirement System told Reuters that the fund had cast its vote for Trian Partners’ Peltz and Rasulo as alternative directors to join the Disney board,.

Around 100 hours before the deadline for all Disney shareholders to cast their ballots in the acrid board clash between the Mouse House and activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of the country’s top pension funds just rolled its cannons onto the battlefield.

Lizzo has shared her frustration with “being dragged by everyone in my life”, insinuating that she may end up quitting music.The artist took to Instagram to say the level of hate was leading her to think that the world “doesn’t want” her in it.“I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet,” she wrote. “All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little bit better than how I found it.“But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.

Jaden Thompson Ariana Madix has been upgraded from visiting bombshell to full-on host for “Love Island USA.” The “Vanderpump Rules” star will replace former host Sarah Hyland for the upcoming Season 6, which is set to premiere this summer. The reality series follows a group of young people isolated in a beautiful destination, where they strive to remain part of a couple and potentially win $100,000. Typically set in a tropical locale, previous seasons of “Love Island: USA” included Fiji, California, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.

Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, has died at the age of 87.The actor made history by picking up the award for his role as the drill instructor Sgt. Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer And A Gentlemen.Gossett died at a rehabilitation centre in Santa Monica, California today (March 29), as reported by the Associated Press.“It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” his family said in a statement.

Tony Hawk became the first skater to ever pull off a 900-degree aerial spin.25 years later, he’s still on his board every day.“I skated yesterday and learned a new trick,” the 55-year-old icon told the New York Post on in an exclusive interview.However, rather than just walk the walk, Hawk also talks the talk now, too.Along with fellow extreme pioneer and Bones Brigade member Rodney Mullen, he’s embarking on a two-show ‘ Darkslides and Secret Tapes Tour’ where the pair will stop into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday, April 4 and Austin’s Moody Theater on Sunday, April 7.“I’ve been friends with Rodney for 40 years, and I feel like we each bring a very different perspective on our careers and our success,” Hawk explained.“He lived on a farm in Florida and grew up skating on a concrete pad. I lived in the surf culture of Southern California and started skating because my brother was a surfer but we found ourselves with kind of the same trajectory and motivations.”At both shows, the legendary duo will chat and share rarely seen videos.“We have a lot of historical footage and stuff that was documented when we were kids and stuff that we didn’t realize at the time but were milestones of our sport,” Hawk said.“You’ll see Rodney’s first kick flips, my first aerials and spins.

Charli XCX’s ‘PARTYGIRL’ set at Boiler Room in February has been released – watch the video below.Charli’s latest appearance at Boiler Room went down on February 22, and it saw her airing a number of new and unreleased tracks, as well as her latest single ‘Von Dutch’.The set took place in a warehouse in Bushwick, New York, and it featured artists including Doss and Easyfun, before Charli played a set that also included classic hits like ‘Vroom Vroom’.Watch the full set here:Other performers on the night included Julia Fox and Addison Rae. A.G.

obtained by TMZ, was allegedly an outtake from the Death Row Records founder’s podcast “Collect Call,” which he hosts from a California state prison where he’s currently serving a 28-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter.Knight kicked off the clip praying for Diddy’s “kids” before he blasted the singer, 54, for giving the “culture” of hip-hop a bad image.“I’ll tell you what, Puffy: your life is in danger cause you know the secrets, who’s involved in that little secret room you guys are participating in,” Knight, 58, allegedly said in the audio clip.He then ominously warned Diddy that “they gonna get you if they can.”Knight went on to encourage Diddy to turn himself over to authorities just as he did following a hit-and-run in 2015 that resulted in the death of Terry Carter.“I turned myself in,” Knight said.“Sometimes you got to face the music. That’s most of the time.”He took a moment to give Diddy some “real advice” if he ended up behind bars.“You gotta make a decision, when you go to prison.

Beyonce‘s team has dropped an official press release for the Cowboy Carter album featuring plenty of new quotes from the entertainer herself.