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A second former Strictly Come Dancing star has been arrested for rape in the space of just two months. The news, first revealed by The Sun, comes with the hit BBC entertainment show continuing to remain in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The arrest is understood to relate to last…

A former showrunner on one of AMC’s biggest zombie apocalypse shows is accusing the cable channel of ripping him off for tens of millions in profits. Hold on …If you feel you’ve heard this before, you have. However, this time it’s not Frank Darabont or Glenn Mazzara making the pricey…

Despite a Los Angeles judge dismissing the final claims in a two-year-old sexual battery and retaliation lawsuit against Vin Diesel filed by a former assistant to the Fast & Furious star, this may not be the finish line in the matter. “The Court did not decide anything about the truth of Ms…

Sean “Diddy” Combs could be spending a lot longer behind bars depending on what a newly launched West Coast probe unearths on the much-accused former mini-mogul. As the Bureau of Prisons this week extended the Bad Boy Records founder’s time in the clink, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…

Danny Masterson wants his 2023 sexual assault convictions, and 30-year prison sentence overturned because of an allegedly lousy defense lawyer, a biased judge, and the smearing of Scientology practices and policies by prosecutors. In fact, a new trial seeking habeas corpus petition filed today wi…

The BBC is “determined” to fight the Donald Trump multi-billion dollar legal threat and “protect our licence fee payers,” according to chair Samir Shah. In a just-sent internal note, seen by Deadline, Shah said: “I want to be very clear with you – our position has not changed. There is no basis…

The man who grabbed Ariana Grande on the red carpet for Wicked: For Good‘s Asia premiere has been sentenced to nine days in jail. Multiple reports say Australian citizen Johnson Wen was found guilty of being a public nuisance by a Singapore court. The incident happened last Thursday,…

France's Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) has filed an emergency injunction against TikTok in the Paris Judicial Court over the unauthorized use of its members’ work on the platform. The Paris-based rights and royalties management body which represents some 58,000 cinema, TV and…

As some of his peers embrace generative artificial intelligence with their own likeness, Morgan Freeman is putting his imitators on notice. The Oscar winner recently brushed off “the idea of retirement” as he shared his reaction to AI recreations of his voice and likeness online, revealing that…

The man charged with the handgun murder of American Idol’s veteran music supervisor and her spouse will not face justice for the crimes, for now. Raymond Boodarian is “not presently competent to stand trial,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said Thursday at a hearing in…

Sony's It Ends With Us adapted Colleen Hoover's powerful story about domestic violence and a resilient woman, but drama between stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni behind the scenes and afterwards has lingered beyond the film's release in theaters. Arriving to the big screen last August and later…

Looking at the polls and the 2026 midterms, Donald Trump and his pliable Department of Justice today jumped into the effort to block Gavin Newsom’s widely passed Proposition 50 redistricting plan and save the House of Representatives for the GOP. And there is a lot of dog whistling, if you know…