Top WGA West Exec ‘Repeatedly Threatened to Kill Me,’ WME Partner Rick Rosen Says

Hundreds of officers throughout county paid final respects Tuesday to a West Virginia officer gunned down last week in the line of duty. Cassie Johnson of the Charleston Police Department was responding to a parking complaint when she was shot Dec.

The WGA West has issued a set of community standards to address issues of bias, discrimination, inequity, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. “These standards exist to protect all writers,” the guild’s leaders told their members today. “Inappropriate behavior around co-workers isn’t just unpleasant, it can cost jobs, trigger lawsuits, and change or end careers.”

Three men have been arrested on drug-related conspiracy charges following an investigation into the Dec. 1 shooting death of Charleston, W.Va., police Officer Cassie Johnson, authorities said Saturday, according to a report.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.CELEBRITY chef Ross Burden has died aged 45 after a battle with cancer.New Zealand-born Ross first gained TV fame reaching the final of Masterchef in 1993 before going on to appear regularly alongside Ainsley Harriott on Ready Steady Cook.In 2010 he returned to New Zealand to join the judging panel on the country’s first MasterChef series.His sister, Kirsten Hughes, is reported to have said the former model

Three more suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s shooting death of Charleston, W.Va., police Officer Cassie Johnson, authorities said Saturday, according to a report. All three new suspects are facing charges of felony conspiracy, WOWK-TV of Huntington, W.Va., reported.The individuals were at the residence where the primary suspect, Joshua Phillips, allegedly went to buy drugs.

WGA West David Young has given a blow-by-blow description of how talks with WME and CAA failed so far to produce an agreement. The goal was to allow the two agencies to become franchised by the guild and end their long-running legal battle over packaging fees and agency affiliations with corporately related production entities.

Katie Lee is not here for the haters. The chef defended her parenting skills after an Instagram troll accused her of holding her 3-month-old daughter, Iris, too much.“I’m sure you’ve been told this, but it’s not good to hold Iris so much,” the user wrote in a message shared on Lee’s Thursday, December 3, Instagram Story.

Meghan Markle hopes that detailing her “unbearable grief” of suffering from a miscarriage will help other women feel less alone in their struggle. In late November, the Duchess of Sussex revealed the painful loss she and her husband Prince Harry endured in an opinion article published by The New York Times.

MOSCOW -- Irina Antonova, a charismatic art historian who presided over one of Russia's top art museums for more than half a century, has died at 98.The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts said Antonova, its president, died in Moscow on Monday. It said Tuesday that Antonova last week tested positive for coronavirus, which exacerbated her chronic heart ailments.Antonova began working at the Pushkin museum after her graduation in 1945, and in 1961 she became its director.

Over three years after Fox News Channel retracted its story that a political conspiracy was behind the fatal shooting of Seth Rich in 2016, the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet has settled its legal battle with the DNC staffer’s family.

David Robb Labor EditorCraig Miller will receive the WGA West’s 2020 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award in recognition of his distinguished career and contributions to the animation field.

David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: A few hours after WGA West executive director David Young allegedly threatened to “kill” WME partner Rick Rosen during a heated phone conversation on August 11, Rosen fired off an email to WME attorney Courtney Braun that memorialized the phone call.Deadline has reviewed the email, which supports Rosen’s claim. “He screamed ‘I AM GOING TO KILL YOU,’” Rosen told the attorney.

David Robb Labor EditorWME partner Rick Rosen claims in court documents filed Wednesday that WGA West executive director David Young “repeatedly threatened to ‘kill’ me” during a heated phone conversation in August, as the guild and the agency were trying to work out a deal to end their ongoing legal standoff.Rosen said that he was so alarmed by the alleged threat that he called WGA West president David A. Goodman to complain about it, but didn’t get a satisfactory response.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWGA West executive director David Young is accused of threatening to “kill” WME veteran Rick Rosen during a phone call in August, according to legal filings that mark the latest twist in the litigation between the guild and Hollywood’s two largest talent agencies.The declaration by Rosen came as part of a motion WME filed asking a federal judge to intervene to force a settlement in the long standoff between WME and WGA over the guild’s new rules of engagement

Rebel Wilson is continuing to flaunt her best body ever as she’s lost over 40 pounds in 2020 and seems to have kept going. While she has been regularly seen in tight leggings and t-shirts while going on her long daily hikes, her mid-section is now so trim that she’s showing it off in crop tops. The 40-year-old actress donned a black sports bra with matching black leggings in a Nov. 17 Instagram photo, where her shrinking bare waistline was so evident.