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Netflix's former Senior manager of Risk Management is taking the streamer to court on a plethora of claims from sexual harassment to discrimination to retaliatory termination and now shuttered Covid vaccine mandates. "Combs alleges that the real reason for her termination was retaliation for her…

UPDATED, 3:28 PM: Former General Hospital actress Haley Pullos was sentenced today to five years probation, 200 hours of community service and a nine-month alcohol program in connection with a wrong-way DUI crash last year on the Ventura (134) Freeway in Pasadena that left her and another driver…

The Writers Guild of America West's annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2024, shows the impact of the 2023 strikes. Writer employment and earnings in calendar year 2023 showed writers in all fields reporting declines in employment and earnings. A total of 5,501…

UPDATE: Details of the plan were filed Friday in federal court in the Northern District of California. "College athletes will finally be able to share in the billions of dollars their compelling stories and dynamic performances have generated for their schools, conferences, and the NCAA," the filing…

UPDATED throughout with details: Justin Timberlake will be arraigned next Friday on a misdemeanor charge of driving drunk in June in this waterfront village about 100 miles from New York City, and the pop singer will appear for the hearing virtually, by a remote link while he is on tour in Europe, a judge…

Harvey Weinstein has Covid again and is back in a New York hospital as his attorneys prepare for a pretrial on sexual assault charges against the incarcerated producer. "Craig Rothfeld, Mr. Weinstein's authorized representative and prison consultant, confirms that Mr. Weinstein has been brought back…

Former Jeopardy! champ Winston Nguyen has been arrested on child porn charges, prosecutors said. Nguyen, 37, surrendered in Brooklyn today after a probe into accusations involving explicit photos and minors, authorities said. Nguyen's arrest comes a few years after he appeared twice on Jeopardy! and…

"Unless you want to go another round, one of us is going to have to leave, and I was here first," Gina Carano's former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune says in Season 1 of Disney+'s The Mandalorian. Those scripted words from the ex-MMA fighter have an added resonance today, as Disney failed to get Carano's…

A statue of the Crypt Keeper, the host of HBO's horror series Tales from the Crypt, was stolen Sunday from the Mystic Museum in Burbank. The museum is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the return of the statue. Museum officials ask anyone with information to contact the Burbank Police…

A group of 11 former employees of bankrupt Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment have filed a lawsuit charging the company and ex-CEO Bill Rouhana with “greed at shocking levels.” The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Michael Alder and Lani Levine of L.A. firm AlderLaw…

Publication of the BBC’s probe into former DJ Tim Westwood has been delayed again due to the ongoing police investigation, the corporation has revealed. The BBC ordered its own investigation almost two years ago and at that point said it was expected to take six months and would be published in full…

UPDATED, 6:06 PM: It has been a very busy day for the Biden family. As President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden dropped his lawsuit against Fox News. “Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal…