Russell Brand’s Alleged Inappropriate Behavior on Endemol Shows Was Tolerated as ‘Russell Being Russell’ and Not ‘Adequately Addressed,’ Banijay Report Finds

Things are set to heat up on Love Island this weekend with the arrival of the Casa Amor bombshells. Known for creating chaos among the established couples, the Casa Amor format has either the boys or the girls taken away to Casa Amor - leaving their partners behind at the main villa.This year's set of new arrivals will no doubt cause a stir, especially as one, fashion content creator Emma Milton, is another of Joey Essex's exes and, it turns out, "open to reconnecting" with the TOWIE star, even though she also is friends with Grace. Other newbies who may rock the boat include Blade Siddiqi, who works as a "butler in the buff" and financial advisor Lionel Aduwu, who has his eye on not one but three of the girls in the villa.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jeremy Renner graces the July/August cover of Men’s Health magazine, where he opened up about the overwhelming support he received from his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars following his near-death snow plow accident at the start of 2023. For instance, Falcon actor Anthony Mackie visited Renner in the hospital just days after the accident even though Renner was still on life support and could only see out of his right eye. Iron Man icon Robert Downey Jr.

Proud mum Kate Ferdinand has shared a clip of her baby daughter Shae taking her first steps.The ex-TOWIE favourite looked overjoyed as her 11 month old daughter walked towards her in the adorable video. Kate, 33, who shares Shae and son Cree, three, with husband Rio Ferdinand, 45, emotionally told her fans: "My baby is on the move." The mum-of-two could be seen in the hallway at her family home, as she held up a book and encouraged Shae to step towards her.

Playing Anastasia Steel in Fifty Shades of Grey elevated Dakota Johnson‘s star power to the next level, and she faced stiff competition to land the role.

Can you believe it’s the 20th anniversary of the release of The Notebook, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams!?

Eamonn Holmes has candidly shared his feelings about his split from Ruth Langsford, confessing at the TRIC Awards: "I'm not OK. This is not a good time at all."

UPDATE, 1:45 PM: In a split decision of sorts, an L.A. Superior Court judge has given Disney a month to articulate why they can’t hand over dozens of requested documents in the pay equity class action.

Hawaii Five-O, has died aged 56.While details surrounding his death remain unclear, his passing was confirmed by Hawaii Five-O executive producer Peter M.Lenkov.Lenkov posted a message on Instagram which read: “I am devastated. Heartbroken.

It's hotting up in the Love Island villa - particularly in Joey Essex’s bed, as the TOWIE star smooches up a storm with bombshell Grace Jackson. While the couple, who originally met on holiday and briefly dated , claim they haven’t seen each other in over a year, recently dumped islanders Munveer and Patsy aren’t so sure that’s true. Speaking exclusively to OK!'s Love Island Dumping Debrief - OK!'s weekly video series where the 2024 cash unpack the latest drama from the series - Patsy and Munveer gave their opinion on what they think about Joey and Grace’s romance.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A “9-1-1” crew member who died last month while driving home after a 14-hour work day was killed by a heart attack, and not by drowsy driving, according to an autopsy report. Rico Priem, 66, was driving home around 4:30 a.m. when his SUV drifted off the 57 freeway, hit a tree, went up an embankment, and flipped over.

Jeff Probst is a planner. For the last 24 years, he’s been designing seasons of “Survivor.” With Seasons 45 and 46 airing during this year’s Emmys window — and production on Seasons 47 and 48 getting underway in Fiji following a press campaign for the show — Probst is already thinking ahead about the highly anticipated 50 … and beyond. “When you’re in an executive producer position, you have to have a global look at the show.

Kate Aurthur administrator Two days before Season 4 of “The Boys” premiered on June 13, showrunner Eric Kripke announced on social media that the upcoming fifth season of the Prime Video series for Amazon will be its last. Kripke hedged on the question when asked about it for this interview, which took place a few weeks before his announcement; but he did state clearly that he doesn’t want “The Boys” ever to be “turning into the thing that we’re parodying” — that is, an endless stream of superhero content that has flooded pop culture for years. “It’d be a huge bummer if of all shows, this is the show that sells out,” Kripke said, “so I’m going to try.” Of course, the end of “The Boys” next season won’t mean the end of the whole universe around the show, which is based on the comics series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

Lexi Carson The cast and creatives behind “The Sopranos” reunited at Tribeca Festival Thursday night in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary. They gathered for the premiere of Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary, “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” which played to a packed audience at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Thursday night. The two-hour-and-40-minute documentary begins with “The Sopranos” opening credit sequence driving into New Jersey.

Russell Brand‘s behaviour while hosting Big Brother spin-off programmes were “not adequately addressed”, an investigation has found.The comedian and actor presented shows including Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Big Brother’s Celebrity Hijack on Channel 4 between 2004 and 2008.An investigation by production company Banijay UK has said managers were alerted to allegations that Brand asked staff to get audience members’ phone numbers, and that his behaviour made female crew members feel uncomfortable or intimidated.However, the production company said that no formal complaints were made and the concerns were “not properly escalated”.Banijay said (via BBC News): “We are extremely sorry to anyone who was impacted by this behaviour and felt unable to speak up or that their voice was not properly heard.”Banijay is one of several broadcasting organisations to have investigated whether any complaints were made about Brand’s behaviour during his employment. The company asked law firm Lewis Silkin LLP to conduct the investigation.Lewis Silkin’s head of investigations Karen Baxter concluded: “No formal complaints were made about Brand during the programmes.”“There were, however, concerns regarding Brand’s behaviour which were raised informally with senior members of staff, particularly in relation to him asking runners to obtain phone numbers of audience members and female crew members feeling uncomfortable or intimidated by his behaviour while working in Bristol in 2004/2005.

Concerns were raised about Russell Brand‘s behavior two decades ago on Big Brother‘s Big Mouth and a rumor spread about his making crew members wait outside his dressing room whilst he masturbated, according to a Banijay investigation published this morning.

Jake Paul has a new business venture – a personal care product line, W by Jake Paul!

TMZ reported on Tuesday.In the court docs, Cyrus reportedly listed the former couple’s separation date as May 22, 2024.He cited irreconcilable differences and “inappropriate marital conduct” as the reasons for the split, per TMZ. Cyrus is also reportedly asking the court for an annulment and is claiming the marriage to Firerose was obtained by fraud.According to TMZ, Cyrus will pay Firerose $5,000 per month so she can get suitable housing in Tennessee for a period of 90 days, or until the divorce is finalized.

Jennifer Lopez is “desperate” to save her relationship with Ben Affleck — mostly because she doesn’t want to go through another divorce!

Singer Sydnie Christmas was crowned as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent during the final episode on Sunday 2 June - but fans continue to accuse the final of being a 'fix'.The young singer was a favourite from the beginning after being automatically put through to the semi-finals when Amanda Holden pressed her Golden Buzzer for her. Sydnie's rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow in Sunday's final saw her steal the show and scoop up the whopping £250,000 cash prize, while also securing a slot to sing at the Royal Variety Performance later this year. "I don't know what to say," she told Declan Donnelly after it was announced.

Soft Play, formerly Slaves, have dropped ‘Everything And Nothing’ – the heartfelt latest single from their upcoming album. Check it out below.Shared today (June 4), the track follows on the previously released ‘Punk’s Dead’, ‘Mirror Muscles’ and ‘Act Violently’, and is set to feature alongside them on their upcoming fourth studio album ‘Heavy Jelly’.