Geoffrey Rush: Sydney newspaper loses appeal over record defamation payout

Vanessa Bryant shared behind-the-scenes photos from her shoot for a Super Bowl LVI spot. The wife of the late Kobe Bryant posted a series of images on her Instagram on Wednesday, showing her sitting in a car parked in front of a mural dedicated to Kobe and their daughter, Gianna — who both died in a helicopter crash in 2020.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are moving forward with their wedding planning. The couple got engaged last month after more than a year together and are looking to tie the knot «sooner than later,» a source tells ET.

“Mad Max: Fury Road.”But what would the post-apocalyptic flick have been like if Michael Fassbender, Jeremy Renner, Armie Hammer or Joel Kinnaman took on the part?Writer Kyle Buchanan’s new book, “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road,” is full of tidbits about the making of the film — including an allegation that when Hammer, 35, and Hardy, 44, auditioned for the role together, things got a little … wet. An excerpt was published by Vulture on Wednesday, in which Buchanan wrote that Hardy reportedly slobbered all over the embattled “Death on the Nile” star.“Near the end of the process, Hardy emerged as a front-runner alongside Jeremy Renner and Armie Hammer.

Bob Odenkirk) into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. Season 6 follows Jimmy, Saul and Gene as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with Kim (Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.

Ashley Graham's twin baby boys. A month after giving birth to twins, the supermodel has officially introduced the two newest members of her family with husband Justin Ervin. «Malachi & Roman 

Julia Fox is not worried about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s divorce drama, revealing they are officially a couple and confessing she is not jealous about the rapper’s “residual feelings” for the famous Kardashian.And while the actress is not worried at all, Kanye has declared he has different priorities, taking to Instagram to beg God to bring his family back together.Julia was featured on Alex Cooper’s podcast ‘Call Her Daddy,’ and opened up about the media attention she is receiving and her relationship with Kanye. “Listen, I’m sure there’s still some sort of residual feelings, and it’s normal, it’s human,” she shared, adding that she also knows “that he’s with me now.”The star is confident of her romance with the singer, even explaining during the interview that she calls him “my boyfriend and he calls me his girlfriend”Julia recently responded to breakup rumors with Kanye, after she deleted photos with him on her Instagram account and unfollowed several Kardashian fan accounts.“I unfollowed the fan accounts because I was tired of seeing myself, OK?” she shared on her Instagram Stories, adding, “And I took the f–king photos down because I read the comments and everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, you clearly only posted photos where you looked good in.’”The former couple are currently in a social media back and forth, with the rapper posting photos of Kim with their children on his Instagram account with the intention of bringing their family back together, after Kim’s recent Vogue cover story where she revealed she is putting herself first, “I’m going to make myself happy.

Zoe Saldana is filming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and sharing with her legion of fans how she spends her free time in between takes.

The owners of popular Stockport tiki bar Tahiti are gutted after a burst pipe flooded all four floors of its premises, causing £75,000 worth of damage.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” has boarded “Nezouh,” from Syrian director Soudade Kaadan.The drama, set against the backdrop of the conflict in Damascus, marks Kaadan’s follow up to her 2018 feature debut, “The Day I Lost My Shadow,” which won the Lion of the Future prize at Venice. Her 2019 short “Aziza,” meanwhile, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.Co-financed by BFI, which awarded National Lottery funding, and Film4, “Nezouh” is an allegorical tale of female emancipation.The movie follows 14-year-old Zeina and her family, whose lives are shaken after a bomb rips a giant hole in the roof of their building, exposing them to the outside world.

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Glamour.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“She knew that it wouldn’t go anywhere,” Debbie Robinson said, of her daughter’s refusal to report her alleged gang rape in the military.For over a year, O’Donnell and her team chased down documents, painstakingly reviewed thousands of pages and over 15 years of military reports, and worked with survivors who said they feared retaliation if they spoke out. “These are honestly the hardest interviews I’ve ever done in my life. And I’ve interviewed presidents and world leaders.” But it was worth it, she says.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Call My Agent!” producer Mother Production and Charles Gillibert’s CG Cinéma (“Annette”) are joining forces to create TV production label Les Saisons. The outfit will kick off with the series adaptation of Leïla Slimani’s critically acclaimed novel “Le Pays des autres.”Slimani’s novel, which was published in more than 30 countries and sold 670,000 units in France, is part of a trilogy charting the tumultuous love story between a young French woman and a Moroccan soldier.

Earlier this week, Adele stunned the nation when she rocked up to the BRIT Awards in an off the shoulder velvet dress.

Manchester City have confirmed the kick off date and time for their FA Cup Fifth Round tie with Peterborough United.

Manchester United youngster Dylan Levitt was lavished with praise after scoring a stunning goal on loan at Dundee United.

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Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash — a deal funded largely from Fox’s sale of its 5% stake in Roku.

Geoffrey Rush as a result of the actor's defamation lawsuit, according to multiplereports.In April 2019, Rush was awarded damages to the tune of AU$2.9 million (approximately $2 million) after suing Sydney's over articles it ran accusing the actor of past inappropriate behavior toward a theater production co-star.The newspaper — along with publisher Nationwide News, owned by Rupert Murdoch — appealed the ruling, but its appeal was rejected Wednesday by three federal court judges, BBC reports.Lawyers for Nationwide News reportedly argued that the record sum — the most ever awarded to a single individual in a defamation lawsuit — was «manifestly excessive.» However, the judges deemed the amount «appropriate,» given the damage they believed

Peter White, Bruce Haring UPDATE: An appeals court has upheld the decision to award actor Geoffrey Rush a record amount of damages for being defamed by two publications.Rush won the largest defamation payment awarded to a single person in Australia in 2019 after a court found Sydney’s Daily Telegraph defamed the actor by accusing him of inappropriate behavior towards a former co-star. The Oscar-winning actor was awarded A$2.9M ($2M) by a local court.Rush won the defamation case and News Corp-owned publisher Nationwide News was ordered to pay at least A$850,000 – this payout is far bigger, although Rush was originally seeking A$25M in damages.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentA British court has ruled that Johnny Depp is in breach of a court order for failing to disclose texts that allegedly show him trying to get hold of drugs.The ruling by Judge Andrew Nicol Monday was made as part of the actor’s libel action against Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper, to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London next month. The case relates to an article describing Depp as a “wife beater,” referring to allegations made by his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, that he was violent toward her, a claim he denies.On Thursday, the tabloid’s legal team asked the judge to drop the case.