'9-1-1' Actor Rockmond Dunbar Files Lawsuit Against Disney Over Exit from Show

Chris Willman Music Writer“The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that premiered Sunday at the South by Southwest Film Festival, has had its world rights acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, the company announced Wednesday.“I’m over the moon that this special documentary has found such a perfect home with Sony Pictures Classics,” said Carlile, who is an executive producer as well as a subject of the film, in a statement. “I don’t think there’s a more fascinating human being on the planet than Tanya Tucker.

The Kardashian sisters are all about that leather trend! Kim Kardashian, 41, and Khloe Kardashian, 37, twinned in black leather looks while heading to sister Kendall Jenner‘s 818 Tequila event at Lavo Ristorante on Wednesday, March 16. Kim channeled The Matrix with a chic leather trench, just like the one Kris Jenner wore on the cover of Variety, and her go-to black gloves and boots.

A glitch on HBO's website indicated the dates that The Batman is slated to debut on the service later next month.According to a listing that was subsequently deleted, The Batman is slated to hit HBO Max on Tuesday, April 19 and Saturday, April 23 on HBO.Insiders told Deadline that the dates are likely accurate, as WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has past said that film releases from Warner Bros. were expected to debut on HBO Max about 45 days after their debut in the theaters.

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice looked incredible in a blue jumpsuit on Wednesday night's episode of Watch What Happens Live.The skintightMarine Serre catsuit, which retails for $556, was previously worn by none other than fellow reality star Khloe Kardashian on a night out with her sisters last April.She accessorized her sexy ensemble with a $5,540 diamond choker and matching$5,515 tennis bracelet by her jewelry line Jewels by Teresa. Working it! Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice looked incredible in a blue jumpsuit on Wednesday night's episode of Watch What Happens Live.

Things in this legal matter just took an unexpected turn…

Kanye West is probably not going to be happy about this news.

Khloé Kardashian is focusing on herself amid more drama with the father of her child, Tristan Thompson.After taking to Instagram a few weeks ago to talk about her progress in the gym, the former Keeping Up With The Kardashians star posed for a new Good American campaign, proving she’s seeing new changes in her body every single day.Khloé’s clothing brand just launched a new collection of sustainable denim, telling consumers they can “look good and feel good in denim that’s responsibly made.”In the first photo posted to the official Good American Instagram page, the reality star is wearing a pair of ‘90s style baggy white jeans. On top, Kardashian put on a cropped beige tank top, baring her midriff and showing off her killer abs.

Months after the abrupt exit of The Goldbergs star Jeff Garlin, his on-screen wife Wendi McLendon-Covey is defending how the show is handling the sudden change.It was announced in December that Garlin, 59, would be leaving the show after a 'mutual agreement' with the show's producers, Sony Pictures Television.Garlin was filming the 15th episode - The Wedding - which aired on March 2, when he left the show, which lead to some awkward workaround scenes that journalist Noel Murray called out on Twitter, with McLendon-Covey, 52, coming to the show's defense. Sudden:Months after the abrupt exit of The Goldbergs star Jeff Garlin, his on-screen wife Wendi McLendon-Covey is defending how the show is handling the sudden change Awkward:Garlin was filming the 15th episode - The Wedding - which aired on March 2, when he left the show, which lead to some awkward workaround scenes that journalist Noel Murray called out on Twitter, with McLendon-Covey, 52, coming to the show's defenseMurray shared a scene from The Wedding episode on Monday, where Erica Goldberg (Hayley Orrantia) tied the knot with Geoff Schwartz (Sam Lerner).The scene showed a smiling Murray in a suit, though when it cuts away from him, his spliced-in dialogue of, 'My little peanut' is heard, and he's seen spliced into a shot at the end, standing next to Adam Goldberg (Sean Giambrone).

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas new erotic thriller Deep Water has left critics sparring ahead of its debut on Hulu on March 18.The film, which is directed by the the English thriller specialist Adrian Lyne, received praise for Affleck and de Armas' performances, which were partly filmed while the two were dating.However, several critics found the plotting to be uncharacteristically shallow compared to the filmmaker's biggest success, and some criticized it for missing the subtleties of the original novel, written by The Talent Mr. Ripley scribe Patricia Highsmith.

Kim and Khloe Kardashian set out in edgy matching black ensembles as they stepped out for lunch in West Hollywood on Wednesday.The former Keeping Up With The Kardashians stars, 41 and 37, met up with their half-sister Kendall Jenner, 26, who showed off her freshly dyed auburn hair.The trio dined at LAVO Ristorantewhile the cameras followed their every move, as they appeared to be filming for their new Hulu series The Kardashians. Out to lunch:Kim Kardashian, 41, set out in an edgy black ensembles as she stepped out for lunch in West Hollywood on Wednesday with sister Khloe, 37, and Kendall, 26Kim was ever the fashionista in a lengthy black leather coat, with matching gloves covering her hands.

Kourtney Kardashian appeared in a tiny yellow bikini on Tuesday in a post shared to the official POOSH Instagram page.The KUWTK alum, 42, showed off her fabulous figure in the two-piece while soaking up the sun in her sprawling backyard.The lifestyle brand's post came after Kourtneyopened up about her fertility treatment struggles in a teaser trailer for her family's Hulu reality series The Kardashians. Bikini babe:Kourtney Kardashian appeared in a tiny yellow bikini on Tuesday in a post shared to the official POOSH Instagram pageThe mother-of-three paired her eye-catching bikini with a green baseball cap and some large black sunglasses.

"The Walking Dead" star Norman Reedus suffered a concussion on set, according to his representative Jeffrey Chassen. The incident occurred March 11 in Georgia on set, Deadline reported. "Norman suffered a concussion on set," the actor’s spokesperson Jeffrey Chassen told the outlet.

Billie Lourd and Austen Rydell are back home after their wedding weekend!

Things are about to get just a little sweeter for employees over at The Ellen DeGeneres Show…

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Although Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz, 39, called it quits after 12 years together, the 35-year-old Vanderpump Rules star is still hopeful about finding love. A source close to the Bravolebrity spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife and explained why Katie is “looking forward to what’s next.”

Nicholas Brendon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame is giving some hot takes about his former co-star, David Boreanaz, and his subsequent spinoff show Angel. “It was weird that Angel got a spin-off. Because how does the most boring character in TV history get a spin-off?” the 50-year-old told author Evan Ross Katz for his new book Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts.

Jussie Smollett is getting released from prison.

, «I applied for religious and medical accommodations pursuant to the law and unfortunately was denied by my employer.»«My sincerely held beliefs and private medical history are very intimate and personal aspects of my life that I do not publicly discuss and have no desire to start now. I’ve been an actor in this business for 30 years, but my greatest roles are as a husband and father to our four small children.

Rockmond Dunbar, who abruptly exited his role on Fox’s hit drama series over Covid-19 vaccine mandates on the show, has sued the series’ production company 20th Television and its parent Disney claiming the studio engaged in discrimination, including mocking his religious beliefs, barring him from the set and hampering his ability to get other work.

Zack Sharf Rockmond Dunbar has filed a lawsuit against Disney and 20th Century Fox over his firing from the procedural television series “9-1-1.” Dunbar, who played Michael Grant for five seasons, is unvaccinated against COVID. The actor said he filed paperwork to the studios seeking a religious and medical exemption for the COVID vaccine.“In September 2021, [the studios] introduced a new policy mandating that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, but allowed actors like Mr. Dunbar to request an accommodation based on either medical or religious reasons,” the lawsuit reads.