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Taxi Driver, has been accused of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant.It was alleged in civil court documents seen by The Independent that the unnamed 26-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and harassed over the course of several years, and was fired after refusing to acquiesce to the American Gigolo director’s advances.It was also claimed that in February, he had reneged on a settlement that was intended to keep the allegations confidential, per an affidavit filed by Jane Doe on Thursday night (April 3) in the New York State Supreme Court.Schrader’s attorney, Philip Kessler, told the publication on Friday that he had only just received the filing and was still reviewing its contents.“I can tell you that this looks to me to be a desperate, frivolous, and opportunistic claim,” Kessler said. “The underlying intentions of the plaintiff here contain many very material inaccuracies, and are obviously designed to paint Mr.

Eva Longoria says she’d be the first person to sign up for a reboot of Desperate Housewives, the TV show that made her a household name.

The King and Queen are set to head to Italy in the coming months to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with a trip to Rome. And while the couple are no doubt looking forward to the trip, there's one thing that the Queen may be apprehensive about.

Walter Salles has revealed he is eager to work again with The Motorcycle Diaries star Gael Bernal García, and that an opportunity nearly arose ahead of his making Oscar-winning drama I’m Still Here.

Mobland premiered with a big splash on Paramount+!

Donald Trump has announced he is going to allow TikTok an extra 75 days to comply with US demands or face a complete ban.A law was passed in April 2024 by former President Biden that mandates ByteDance, the Chinese owners of the social media giant, to sell TikTok, citing national security concerns about foreign control of sensitive data.An original deadline was set for January 19, on the eve of Trump’s second inauguration, but the new president then opted to sign an extension of 75 days, pushing the cutoff to April 5.Now, Trump has announced a further 75 days have been added to the deadline, allowing TikTok’s 170million American users to retain access to the app until the middle of June.In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress. The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days.”Trump linked his stance with the Chinese firm to his recent imposition of tariffs to countries around the world.

Three stars of the Yellowstone prequel 1923 appearing at Deadline Contenders Television on Saturday stayed mum on the details of the two-hour finale that airs Sunday and could well mark the end of the hit series. But actor Brandon Sklenar, who plays Spencer Dutton, promised that viewers will finish Season 2 in tears, saying, “It’s funny how much you’re gonna cry.”

For the creative team behind Hulu’s Good American Family, exploring the murky and notorious true-life tale of Natalia Grace was not to decide which of the conflicting narratives it wanted to embrace – was Grace an adoptive child with dwarfism or an adult with nefarious intentions posing as a juvenile? – but rather to approach the story with an eye toward commenting on truth, bias and the space between.

Kylie Minogue by to ever headline Madison Square Garden.After all, on her last US tour — way back in 2011 — the Aussie diva “only” played Hammerstein Ballroom, which is not even as big as Radio City Music Hall.But while heading into her mid-’50s — an age at which most veteran pop stars are on the inevitable decline — the singer reached the unlikeliest of career peaks with “Padam Padam,” which won Minogue a new generation of fans in the US. Expanding her loyal base in the gay community, the song of summer 2023 song even won Minogue her second Grammy — a show of respect for the bubblegum girl whose biggest hit had been her cover of Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion” released way back in 1988.And 37 years after she began her music career, “Padam Padam” finally brought her all the way to Madison Square Garden on Friday night for the first of two shows on her Tension Tour at the Big Apple’s big daddy of arenas.“This is New York City!” a giddy Minogue exclaimed to rapturous applause that led into “Kylie” chants.

EXCLUSIVE: “There were many things that we knew would happen, many things – I’m not going to say I told you so,” Kamala Harris declared this week in her strongest swipe at Donald Trump since leaving office.

J. Kim Murphy After more than a decade in development, “A Minecraft Movie” has dug deep and struck box office diamonds. Warner Bros.

Jonelle Matthews vanished just five days before Christmas 1984 in an American mystery that lasted nearly four decades.The schoolgirl disappeared on the evening of 20 December after being dropped off at her house by her school friend Deanna and Deanna’s dad Russell Ross. Police in small town Greeley, Colorado, feared she had been abducted but were unable to find a lead. 130 days after she went missing, the case prompted prompted President Ronald Reagan to make Jonelle one of the first missing children to be featured on milk cartons in his campaign to find lost children and bring them home.

Neil Young and Joan Baez are set to join Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for an anti-oligarchy event later this month.Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have been holding ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rallies in predominantly Republican cities across the US, and have recruited Young and Baez for an upcoming stop in Los Angeles.The senator and congressperson will be joined at LA’s Grand Park by line-up of musicians including Maggie Rogers, Indigo de Souza, Jeff Rosenstock, the Red Pears and Raise Gospel Choir on April 12.As detailed on his website, Sanders will be hitting the road to have “real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country”. Admission to the event is free, and you can sign up here.A post shared by Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders)Much like Sanders, Young has been a vocal critic of billionaire President Donald Trump in recent years, calling him “the worst president in the history [of] our great country”.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader is the subject of a lawsuit by a former personal assistant, who alleges that he sexually assaulted and harassed her during her time of employment, reports The Independent newspaper. 

FKA Twigs has told fans she is “devasted” after visa issues have forced her to cancel her remaining North American tour dates.Late last month, FKA Twigs took to social media to inform fans that a handful of upcoming shows in the United States and Canada were being scrapped due to visa issues.“I was informed that production did not fill out the correct paperwork in a timely manner for us to have our visas to come to the USA and perform,” the singer explained. “So that means by no choice of my own I will have to pull out of my New York, Chicago, and Toronto shows.”Now, the ‘Childlike Things‘ artist has revealed that “ongoing visa issues” mean the remainder of this month’s dates, including festival sets at Coachella and Axe Ceremonia, will be cancelled.Apologising to fans on X/Twitter, she wrote: “It pains me to say this because i am so excited to bring you a creation that i have poured my soul into and i believe is amongst my strongest work and i know this news impacts so many of you that have already made plans and spent money in order to see these shows.im devastated to share the news that due to ongoing visa issues i am not able to see through any of my scheduled tour dates for the remainder of april across north america, including ceremonia and coachella.

NEW YORK — Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.The former assistant, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the filmmaker and his production company on Thursday. She is seeking a judge’s order to enforce the agreement after Schrader said he couldn’t go through with it.

TikTok has seemingly been salvaged once again.

FKA Twigs has been forced to pull out of all of her upcoming tour dates in North America this month.

Robert Irwin has been going viral this week for his new Bonds underwear campaign!

Although the future of same-sex marriage feels unclear in the U.S., wedding bells are ringing at the theaters this spring.

OK Go announced they’re hitting the road for their ‘Adjacent Possible Tour’ that will take them to ballrooms, theaters all over North America from April through June.Smack dab in the middle of the run, the aughts indie rockers are slated to drop into Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday, May 28.“We’re hitting the road OH-SO SOON” the innovative band shared via Instagram.“Pumped to see you in the so-called Adjacent Possible this spring-slash-summer. We plan to have a reeeaaally good time out there.”While on the road, Damian Kulash and co.