Woman arrested over alleged blackmail plot against shamed Tory peer Michelle Mone

EXCLUSIVE: Kingdom Story Company, the production shingle behind Lionsgate‘s cash cow Jesus Revolution among other hits, has appointed Kevin Downes as CEO and Andrew Erwin as Chief Creative Officer ahead of its 2024 theatrical film slate with the studio.

Variety. The value of the deal is not yet known.“Brittney is an exceptional athlete whose hardship and resilience are nothing short of extraordinary,” Burke Magnus, the president of content at ESPN, said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: Judy Greer (White House Plumbers) and Pete Holmes (Crashing) have entered production in Winnipeg on The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, an inspirational comedy that The Chosen’s Dallas Jenkins is helming for Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company.

Baroness Michelle Mone and her businessman husband Doug Barrowman have been interviewed under caution by detectives investigating them for fraud, it can be revealed.

TikToker Bunny Hedaya who, as she outlines in a video, was tagged by other users in several clips from Rife’s Netflix special Natural Selection.In the special, Rife mocks women who believe in astrology. “I am so tired of you ladies blaming your poor decision-making skills on planets that don’t even know,” he says in the special.

died on Dec. 8 at the age of 82.Co-star Ali MacGraw released a statement on Saturday regarding his death.

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and its former CEO and president were sued today by a woman who alleges she was sexually harassed in a culture that permitted him and others to abuse, exploit and silence victims for years. Read the lawsuit here.

America Ferrera is getting candid about the relationship between her and Margot Robbie‘s characters in Barbie!

Lil Wayne is being sued by one of his former bodyguards after the rapper allegedly threatened him with an assault rifle and then punched him in the head at the musician’s Hidden Hills, Calif., residence two years ago. In legal documents obtained by The Blast, Carlos Christian accused the “Lollipop” singer of assault and inflicting emotional distress.

Kim Kardashian‘s son, Saint, is keeping her humble.

A father in California was arrested after allegedly helping his own underage daughter sell nude pictures of herself online.

Star NFL linebacker Von Miller turned himself in on Thursday afternoon to a police department in Texas after he was accused of violently assaulting a pregnant woman during a disagreement the previous day. According to media reports, the Buffalo

Seven men have been charged in relation to an alleged drugs plot to bring cocaine in the UK. Packages of Class As were discovered in August last year in a shipping container at the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk.

EXCLUSIVE: Catfish Jean (To Leslie) is set for a key recurring role in American Sports Story, Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc., Deadline has learned.

The NBA has confirmed that an investigation into Oklahoma City Thunder player Josh Giddey has been launched amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl.

Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo has been arrested over domestic violence and driving under the influence claims.According to a report by TMZ, the rock guitarist was arrested for DUI last month when his wife, Jenn, called the police to inform them that the musician had left the house while intoxicated. Following the call, the local police located DeLeo and arrested him.While he was still in police custody, Jenn reportedly called the police again and claimed that the two had gotten into a physical altercation shortly before he left the house and got into his car.

Catching up on Netflix’s GeekedWeek with some trailers we missed. Next up is “The Brothers Sun,” a new series starring Michelle Yeoh.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Russell Tovey wants you to know who David Robilliard was. He was a queer British poet and visual artist who died of AIDS in 1988 when he was just 36 years old. “I first learned about David at the ICA in London,” the “American Horror Story” star tells Variety, speaking from his London-area home.

The IDF’s ground war in Gaza to root out the Hamas perpetrators of the Oct 7 terror attack has prompted demonstrations as casualties and the death toll mounts. As tensions continue to mount, groups of benefactors have focused on not allowing Oct 7 to be dismissed. After 45 minutes of gruesome footage shot by terrorists was shown in Hollywood and New York, some survivors are being flown to Hollywood to speak. That happened Saturday at the home of producer Lawrence Bender, and more than 100 gathered to hear the experiences of several survivors. One was Ella Shani, a 14-year old survivor of the attack on her Kubbutz Be’eri. Her father and neighbors were murdered, and her 16 year old cousin was kidnapped and is being held hostage. Another is Tomer Peretz, an Israel American artist on holiday in Israel when he volunteered with the Zaka-Rapid response unit of volunteers for mass casualty disasters, and was one of the first men to witness the carnage. The third was Ariel Ein-Gal, who was on the beach asleep when the missiles started pounding the beach, and suddenly terrorists landed by boat, firing AK-47s at him and his friends. Here is Ariel’s account of his harrowing experience, written as a guest column for Deadline.

Russell Brand has reportedly been questioned by police over alleged assault allegations.Earlier this year, Brand was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse following a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches. Brand strongly denied the claims.As reported by The Times, Scotland Yard said a man in his forties who is understood to be the actor, comedian and presenter, attended a police station in south London on Thursday (November 16) where he was questioned in relation to “non-recent” alleged sexual offences.Brand was reportedly interviewed under caution from detectives in the Metropolitan Police who said that its investigation was continuing.A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “A man in his forties attended a police station in south London on Thursday, 16 November 2023.“He was interviewed under caution by detectives in relation to three non-recent sexual offences.