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Sidney Favors, better known as Sidney Starr, appeared before a judge Tuesday seeking bond. via: CBS News Reality TV personality Sidney "Starr" Favors will remain in jail without bond after a Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday that she could pose a flight risk and a danger to others if released. The judge also found that Favors' large social media presence could create a risk of witness intimidation or interference in the case. Favors, 37, faces felony charges of sexual battery

Well, Rupert Grint certainly figured out how to use the invisibility cloak on his trans allyship. via: Pink News Rupert Grint is facing criticism from LGBTQ+ fans after announcing his return to the role of Ron Weasley, this time on stage in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The actor, who played Ron across all eight Harry Potter films, will reprise the role at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre for a 17-week run from 2 February, 2027. He becomes the second film star to join the stage

After sitting out the Michael Jackson biopic, the late musician’s sister Janet could be bringing her own story to the screen. via: EW After she reportedly turned down being featured in her late brother Michael Jackson’s recent biopic, Janet is apparently working on her own movie. Her nephew Jaafar Jackson, who depicted the “Thriller” artist in Michael earlier this year, explained that Janet’s decision appeared to be a practical choice. “I don’t want to speak too early, but Ja

Day by day, the Snoop Dogg biopic continues to round out its cast. via: THR Tre Hale, who appears on Netflix crime show Nemesis, will portray infamous record executive Suge Knight in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ biopic of entertainment mogul and rapper Snoop Dogg. The feature has been on a casting tear as it heads toward a mid-September production start in and around Los Angeles. Jonathan Daviss, one of the stars of Netflix series Outer Banks, is portraying Snoop Dogg, who emer

Well, we didn’t have this on our bingo card. Ryan Gosling (“Project Hail Mary”) and Warner Bros. are linking up for a new live-action “Flintstones” movie, which we assume will feature the Canadian actor as a grown-up version of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, the son of Barney and Betty Rubble from the original hit cartoon Stone Age family sitcom (a precursor to “The Simpsons“). via: THR This project is still in early development and is currently seeking a screenwriter. Although planned pl

As tributes poured in Tuesday following Dolly Parton’s death, several public figures faced backlash over their messages honoring the queen of country. Actor Ricky Schroder, who played Parton’s father in the 2015 film Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, drew criticism after bringing politics into his tribute. via: EW “I didnt [sic] agree with her advocating for Transgender & Covid Vaccine support…but Loved her anyway,” Schroder wrote Tuesday on Instagram, alongside a photo of

Raquel Lee reportedly reached a private agreement with Mark Curry years before filing her current negligence lawsuit against Disney. Gloria Allred represented Lee during the resolution. The terms and reason for the agreement have not been disclosed. Lee and Curry did not respond to inquiries, while Allred declined to comment. via: THR The former child actress Raquel Lee has sued The Walt Disney Co. for negligence, alleging an unidentified “middle-aged, male employee who was i

Wendy Williams was reportedly “blindsided” by the announcement of a new Peacock docuseries centered on her long-running daytime talk show. via: Complex On Monday (Aug. 24), Peacock announced Clap If You Care: The Wendy Williams Show, a three-part documentary series expected to premiere in 2027. However, according to Loren Lorosa, a source close to Williams told her exclusively that the former daytime host had no involvement in approving the project and was blindsided by its a

Season 16 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” has a new marquee star: The Bravo show has landed actor/anti-Scientology activist Leah Remini as a full-time cast member. Production of the season kicked off earlier this summer. via: People While Bravo has not confirmed the full cast of season 16, Variety reported that Kyle Richards, Erika “Jayne” Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Bozoma Saint John, Rachel Zoe and Sutton Stracke will all return. Jennifer Tilly will appear as a “frien

A judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees in her dispute with “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, well short of the $8 million she had sought. via: NBC News Blake Lively can recover about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees from Justin Baldoni’s production company over his defamation lawsuit against her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Lively had been seeking $8 million. U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni’s defamation and ext

Onya Nurve is facing criticism from several queens from the show after a video went viral, seemingly suggesting that she doesn’t talk to anyone from the cast and that nobody really likes her. via: Out Drag Race season 17 winner Onya Nurve has riled up her castmates after claiming that she’s not “besties” with them because her winner status means they have nothing in common. Onya got sassy about her fellow Drag Race season 17 stars on a new episode of the Minoritea Report podc

Dolly Parton’s estate has announced that the music icon died following a “brief battle with cancer.” via: People In a statement to PEOPLE on Aug. 25, reps for the country star confirmed that the “Jolene” singer’s death at 80 on Tuesday followed a “brief battle with cancer.” The type of cancer was not disclosed. “Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives

Jane Fonda and her 1A Committee formally defended actor and activist Mark Ruffalo Tuesday in a memo denouncing Paramount for labeling him “antisemitic” after he criticized the Ellison family, Oracle’s support of Israel and Paramount’s proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. via: Variety Jane Fonda has released a statement in support of Mark Ruffalo after Paramount slammed the four-time Oscar nominee as “antisemitic” for a recent post denouncing Larry Ellison

A federal judge has ruled Texas’s anti-drag law unconstitutional, just days after a different judge in a separate case upheld a ban on drag shows at a public university in the state. via: NBC News U.S. District Judge David Hittner, a Reagan appointee, said the measure, known as Texas Senate Bill 12, improperly restricted speech, violating the First Amendment of the Constitution. The ruling prevents state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for the Senate, from enforci

Tim Curry, the offbeat British actor who specialized in playing eccentrics like the seductive, cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and such fiendish villains as Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s It, died Wednesday. He was 80. via: Variety A cause of death was not immediately available, though Curry had suffered from several health issues since having a severe stroke in 2012. Though the versatile English actor, singer and voice pe

There had been some rumblings online that director Andy Muschietti has told some people that his DCU Batman movie, titled “The Brave & The Bold,” is currently placed “on hold” because of the hiccups concerning the Paramount-Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, but James Gunn, who often has a knack for showing up on social media to swat down rumors, has now weighed in on the talk of hiccups and refutes it. via: CBM It seems clear that The Brave and the Bold is not a cu

“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder has come to the defense of Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of invoking “antisemitic tropes” when criticizing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. via: THR Paramount accused Ruffalo of antisemitism after the actor drew links between Larry Ellison’s tech giant Oracle and the Israeli military. Larry Ellison is the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison and provided much of the funding that allowed David Ellison’s Skydance to merge with Paramou

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Dan Stevens is set for the title role in the “Robocop” TV series at Amazon Prime Video, according to reports. via: Deadline Stevens has been tapped to star as Alex Murphy and his cyborg alter ego in the show based from showrunner Peter Ocko and Blumhouse Atomic Monster based on the MGM movie franchise. Stevens’ casting comes a month after Amazon MGM Studios officially greenlit the series, which had been in the works for a couple of years. Stevens quickly emerged as the leadin

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died on Aug. 25. She was 80 years old. via: People Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew, Brian Seaver, revealed the news in an Aug. 25 Instagram video. “My name is Brin Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcin