Letters to the Editor — June 11, 2021

The twists, turns and oddities of the legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett’s claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago culminated Thursday with his sentencing. It follows a trial in December that concluded with a jury convicting Smollett on five counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett was acquitted on a sixth count.

Is love blind or blurry? As Netflix’s Love Is Blind season 2 comes to a close, eager fans won’t have to wait too much longer for more pod-based dating and plenty of drama.

Benjamin Bratt dropped by the third hour of “Today” on Friday to promote his new HBO series “DMZ”, where he also shared some news about his wife, actress and model Talisa Soto.

Greta Van Fleet began the North American leg of their 2022 ‘Dreams In Gold’ tour in Michigan this week – check out the full setlist and watch fan-shot footage below.For the first of five dates in their home state, the band took to the stage at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on Thursday night (March 10) to deliver a 14-track headline performance (via Setlist.FM).The group kicked off with ‘Heat Above’, the opening track from their second album ‘The Battle at Garden’s Gate’. They also offered up live airings of the 2021 record’s cuts ‘Caravel’, ‘The Weight of Dreams’, ‘Built By Nations’, ‘Age Of Machine’ and more.Elsewhere, Greta Van Fleet dusted off ‘Watching Over’, ‘When The Curtain Falls’ and ‘Age Of Man’ from their 2018 debut, ‘Anthem Of The Peaceful Army’, as well as the following cuts from 2017’s ‘From The Fires’ double EP: ‘Safari Song’, ‘Black Smoke Rising’ and ‘Highway Tune’.You can see a selection of videos from the concert below.Greta Van Fleet played:‘Heat Above’‘Safari Song’‘Black Smoke Rising’‘Caravel’‘Age Of Machine’‘Light My Love’‘Trip The Light Fantastic’‘The Weight Of Dreams’‘Watching Over’‘Built By Nations’‘When The Curtain Falls’Encore:‘Age Of Man’‘Highway Tune’‘My Way, Soon’ Greta Van Fleet are due to resume their tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan this evening (March 12) before visiting Saginaw (13), Flint (16) and Ypsilanti (17).

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has apologised to employees for his silence over Florida’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill which was passed earlier this week.The Republican-led bill, formally known as Parental Rights in Education, bans discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade classes (aged 8-9). It argued that conversations around identity should be handled by parents, not schools.The White House has called the legislation “hateful” and something which targets “vulnerable students”.Disney has been criticised for not speaking out against the bill.

Nearly eight months after Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul, he reflected on his “heart incident” and his recovery.

Kyle Richards is sharing what fans can expect from the upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” carries a surprising sci-fi staidness for the loony directors behind “Swiss Army Man,” until a character, after ingesting a chock full of pink chapstick, magically becomes a martial arts master, decimating the security guards patrolling a drab IRS office in the process. In Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s bold and boundless, nihilist multiverse spectacle, the co-directors known as the Daniels gleefully reference “The Matrix,” “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and the works of Wong Kar-wai to give the legendary Michelle Yeoh her most demanding, and possibly most fulfilling role, yet.

BBC bosses has been forced to deny that they edited out scenes of bullying on The Apprentice after it was claimed 'explosive' rants by one contestant left others visibly upset. The corporation has been been quick to quell accusations after The Sun reported a source as saying producers made a "deliberate" choice not to show scenes where Aaron Willis berated fellow members of the cast.

To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Jemmy Chavaria managed to get his wife and child out of harm's way before being struck by an oncoming vehicle.

Russia has begged Brits not to tar all Russians as “bloodthirsty warmongers”.Arch Hades (a pseudonym she uses for security reasons), 29, fled to the UK when she was eight years old, after her father was “gunned down in an alley” in St Petersburg.Her father, who has also not been named, embraced “democracy and liberalism”, which she claims the Putin regime” despised. The poet, who has over 1million followers on Instagram, says she fears that Russians have been “sealed in a cage” with Putin and that he will “take out his wrath on them” if the war in Ukraine doesn’t go the way he wants.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today accused the UK and 'rich' neighbours of pursuing 'self-defeating nationalism' to deny African and Asian countries the right to make their own Covid-19 vaccines. "What terrible timing.

Hollywood siren Alyssa Milano has been working as an actress for three decades.But the 49-year-old Who's The Boss star was also professional singer who came out with many albums.On Thursday the brunette beauty reminded fans that when she was a young teen, she had a music career as she shared several flashback photos to when she was a teeny bopper. Young:Hollywood siren Alyssa Milano has been working as an actress for decades.

EASTENDERS star Tamzin Outhwaite has revealed how her daughters cry for their biological dad, her ex-husband Tom Ellis. The actress has since found love again with her toy boy partner Tom Child - who she gushed over for being great with her two girls. Tamzin, 51, took to Twitter to detail how she had been caring for her youngest daughter Marnie, nine, as she had been unwell.

Outsports.com, Chris chose to keep his identity anonymous “out of fear of online attacks from fans of the players or teams.”Chris was able to find 78 homophobic tweets from 40 players throughout the league — a full 32 of the players remain active, according to Outsports.com.The tweets run the gauntlet in terms of how explicitly homophobic they are. Some are as tame — and absurd — as Center for the Atlanta Hawks Clint Capela saying “no homo” after wishing a friend luck, while others feature explicitly homophobic slurs directed as insults.The majority of tweets were sent between 2009 and 2013, at a time when many of the players were still very young (some even still teenagers in high school), and attitudes around LGBTQ issues vastly different from now.But openly gay basketball player Derrick Gordon, who plays professionally in Germany, told Outsports.com that such statements shouldn’t be tolerated no matter when they were posted.“I don’t care how long ago it was, it shows the person’s character,” Gordon said.

Kanye West, 44, was out on another date with model Chaney Jones, 24. The two hit up the newly re-named Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) for the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards game on Friday, March 11. Ye and Chaney appeared to have the best seats in the house as they cheered on the Lakers court side, later leaving together as she smiled for cameras.

Dolly Parton dropped by Friday night’s edition of “The Daily Show”, joined by author James Patterson to promote their new collab, the novel Run Rose Run.

Love Island favourite Molly-Mae Hague has taken to Instagram to show off jaw-dropping hotel in a collection of “outtakes” from her incredible trip to Mexico.The blonde beauty, 22, has shared some incredible snaps to her 6.2 million followers from the luxury trip to Tulum, Mexico including the stunning hotel she is staying in. Molly-Mae revealed a glimpse of the unusual wooden hotel room which looked to be completely open overlooking a pool.The two-storey room showed the distinctive wooden panelling with a retro wicker light shade and a wicker sofa.The lower floor boasted another wicker sofa and coffee table made from a tree stump.

Prince Harry "can't win" in the court of public opinion following his fallout over security in the UK, former royal butler Grant Harrold has explained.The Duke of Sussex, 37, recently announced his decision to not return to the UK for his grandfather Prince Philip's thanksgiving service, set to take place later this month. Although the decision risks disappointing the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family, former butler and royal expert Grant has explained the Prince is in a "catch-22" situation.

Geena Davis is taking on a new role!

The Strokes were joined by some very big names for their fundraising concert in support of New York mayoral candidate Maya Wiley last night (June 12).The band took to the stage at the Irving Plaza for a show that journeyed through their back catalogue, with all proceeds from the gig going to support Wiley in her attempt to become the city’s first female mayor.