Jessie J pens a heartfelt apology to Nicki Minaj over Bang Bang drama

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKeri Russell has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming Netflix series “The Diplomat.”The series was ordered at the streamer in January. In the series, in the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat (Russell) lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.Debora Cahn created the series and also serves as executive producer and showrunner.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDespite rumors flying that Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool appears in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the actor say it’s not happening.“I’m really not in the movie,” Reynolds told me on Tuesday night at the London West Hollywood before a special screening of his upcoming Netflix sci-fi action movie “The Adam Project.”When I suggested he could be lying, Reynolds insisted, “I’m promising, I’m not in the movie.”Fans have been speculating after some noticed what they believe is an image of Deadpool in a new poster for the upcoming “Doctor Strange” sequel.As for the third “Deadpool,” Reynolds would only say, “It’s coming along.”In “The Adam Project,” Reynolds stars as Adam, a fighter pilot in 2050 who befriends his 12-year-old self when he travels back in time to 2022. Newcomer Walker Scobell makes his big screen debut as the young Adam.

filed a lawsuit attempting to block the release of records related to the investigation into Bob Saget's death, Lara took to Instagram to post about her continuing grief. Bob was found dead on Jan.

Mariah Carey certainly was not alone on Valentine's Day. On Tuesday, the GRAMMY-winning singer took to social media with a photo of herself and boyfriend Bryan Tanaka. If there was any question about who Carey spent Valentine's Day with, the music maven made it crystal clear when she captioned the photo, «Valentine’s marathon continues.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefAs of this writing, the Motion Picture Academy has yet to officially announce its policy regarding COVID protocols for next month’s Oscar ceremony.Nonetheless, many in the Hollywood community are going on the assumption that The Hollywood Reporter’s Feb. 9 scoop that no proof of vaccination will be required for the March 27 awards show at the Dolby Theatre is already set in stone.

Clayton Davis Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” defied expectations last week when it nabbed Oscar nominations for best picture, director, adapted screenplay and international feature. The Japanese movie, released domestically by venerable art-house distributor Janus Films, surpassed titles with more robust campaigns, including Amazon’s “Being the Ricardos” and Netflix’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!”Even Hamaguchi was surprised by the noms.“I could have never imagined that I would be a realistic contender,” he tells Variety, speaking through Stacy Lee, a Japanese interpreter.

explosive debut season, has been renewed for season 2 by HBO Max. The news comes ahead of the season 1 finale, which debuts on Thursday. The series created by James Gunn and starring John Cena will see the duo reuniting once again after first working together on.

HBO and HBO Max has officially renewed 6 fan favorite TV shows in 2022 so far!

A man was tragically killed in Australia in an apparent shark attack.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime WME agent-turned-manager Brian DePersia has signed his first three clients under his new Cognition banner: Mahershala Ali, Caitriona Balfe and Tobias Menzies.

Gemma Collins is set to make a welcome return to our screens on Wednesday 16 February, with her new Channel 4 documentary, Gemma Collins: Self Harm and Me. Former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma, 41, will open up about her 20-year battle with self-harm in the show, including how it has impacted her and her loved ones, as well as her way of coping with her struggles.

Game Of Thrones and Fast & Furious actor pointed to the quality and diversity of roles being offered in US film and TV productions, and noted that many British actors are surprised to be offered relatively smaller roles back home.Speaking on Munroe Bergdof’s The Way We Are podcast, Emmanuel said: “We lose so much Black and brown talent to the States because the British industry just doesn’t hold space in a meaningful, significant way. It’s frustrating.“All cultures and ethnicities were being seen for parts in the US and not just ‘the best friend’ or ‘the receptionist’ bit parts – it was lead roles and significant characters.”She continued: “Even now some British Black people I know in the industry who are British-born who have gone to the US where they’ve been playing lead in shows, they come back to the UK and the parts they are being asked to audition for, you’re just like ‘wait, I’ve just led a show for a major network’.

Pearl Jam‘s Stone Gossard has tried to defuse the recent war of words between his bandmate Eddie Vedder and Mötley Crüe‘s Nikki Sixx.Gossard said that he was a fan of Mötley Crüe’s music, despite Vedder’s recent comments, and that he had purchased the band’s 1981 debut album ‘Too Fast For Love’ when it was still available only on the indie label Leathür Records.“Jeff [Ament, Pearl Jam bassist] and Mike [McCready, guitarist] and I loved hard rock, like, went through it all. I bought the first Mötley Crüe on Leathür Records,” Gossard told the Fan First podcast. “I thought it was, at the time, it was punk-like.

UPDATE: HBO Max has officially announced Season 2 of “Peacemaker,” so it is now confirmed. The original post follows… As “Peacemaker” wraps up its first season on HBO Max, it seems like only a matter of time before we get official word about Season 2.

Jessie J, 33, is apologizing after her recent comment that her “Bang Bang” collaborator Nicki Minaj, 38, “asked” to join the hit song (which also featured Ariana Grande, 28). “I respect you publicly being yourself @nickiminaj…From the moment I met you to now I have shown you nothing but love and gratitude for how f***ing blessed I was to have you and @arianagrande who btw wrote Bang Bang with the insanely talented Max Martin which I found out today,” she said via Instagram on Aug. 6, also apologizing to Ariana.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterJessie J has issued a heartfelt apology to Nicki Minaj after a public disagreement following drama surrounding their hit track Bang Bang, which also featured Ariana Grande.Nicki Minaj set the record straight during the week, when she took to Twitter to clarify that she "did not ask to take part" in the 2014 hit song Bang Bang.

Jessie J has apologised to Nicki Minaj after she incorrectly recalled how the rapper came to be a part of her 2014 song ‘Bang Bang’.In a recent interview, Jessie was asked to talk in-depth about five songs from her discography. One of the tracks she chose was the Max Martin-produced UK Number One – which also features Ariana Grande.“Max Martin wrote ‘Bang Bang’, and Ariana had been played it, I’d been played it, and we both loved it.

Jessie J.’s song, ‘Bang Bang’ was a smash hit seven years ago when it hit the charts. Now, it seems like there is some unfinished business with the song as new claims came out that  Nicki Minaj asked to be on the song, which the rapper is denying.A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj)In a new Glamour magazine interview about her new single, the 33-year-old singer told a behind-the-scenes scoop about how the song came about.

Is Jessie J rewriting history? That’s what Nicki Minaj seems to think!

Nicki Minaj doesn’t agree with some comments Jessie J recently made about their hit song “Bang Bang”.

Nicki Minaj took to Twitter on Thursday to refute the claims Jessie J had made about her asking to get on the their 2014 hit Bang Bang, with Ariana Grande, after Jessie J said Minaj 'wanted to' be on the track after hearing a preview of it.Minaj, 38, wrote: 'Babe @JessieJ, I didn't hear the song & ask 2 get on it. The label asked me 2 get on it & paid me.