'RHOSLC's Meredith Marks on the Jen Shah Situation and Engaging in Season 2 Drama (Exclusive)

Now the criticism is coming from within. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ plan to pre-tape Best Sound and other categories on this month’s Oscarcast has hit a sour note with a Music Branch governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Yash Raj Films, a key production house and distributor in India, has named Akshaye Widhani to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Kanye West is apparently fed up with his legal counsel — and now, hours before he is set to face off with Kim Kardashian in a courtroom meeting where she is expected to be made officially single once again, Ye is opting for a new lawyer.

Farrah Abraham is checking into a rehabilitation center and treatment facility to get past recent trauma.

The stars of Squid Game are back together again to chat up the success of the Netflix series at THR Awards Chatter Podcast Chapman University Taping at Chapman University on Monday (February 28) in Orange, Calif.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lead Congress in showing solidarity for Ukraine by wearing a blue blazer, as well as a pin with both the United States and Ukraine’s flags on it. Pelosi was one of many politicians showed their support for Ukrainians during the State of the Union address on Tuesday March 1. Many sported outfits that prominently featured the colors yellow and blue from the country’s flag.

Clayton Davis As one Oscar season comes to a close, another opens (at least to speculation) with Matt Reeves’ newest take on the Batman franchise starring Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell.The director and co-writer (along with Peter Craig) delivers a dark take on the world’s greatest detective as he battles villains the Riddler, the Penguin and (sorta, but not really) Catwoman. Receiving positive reviews from critics, will this new take on the Caped Crusader land major Oscar attention —  including best picture — following in the footsteps of “Black Panther” (2017) and “Joker” (2019)?But with a limited sense of what the rest of 2022 will have to offer the cinematic landscape, there are certainly two spots well worth considering “The Batman” for recognition: cinematography and original score.

Russia and Ukraine dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union has become a full-out war with global — and commercial — reverberations. Russia’s booming film and TV industry, with its deep, government-backed coffers, lost its grip on the world stage virtually overnight amid growing fallout from Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount all paused distribution of new movies in Russia, and “SNL” opened last weekend’s show with a Ukrainian chorus in solidarity with the country under attack.

Jon Burlingame editorIt isn’t often that an Academy governor publicly criticizes the Academy itself, but that happened today when music-branch governor Laura Karpman issued a statement condemning the Academy’s plan to drop the music-score Oscar presentation from the live telecast on March 27.She was sharply critical of both the decision and the process. Her statement, issued this morning on all her social media accounts, reads: “I am shocked that the officers of the Academy denied the Board of Governors the opportunity to vote and participate in the decision to exclude the music branch in the live broadcast.“This is literally a wound in the heart of the music community,” she continued.

J. Kim Murphy Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Future are set to headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival in July. The Miami-based music festival announced the trio of performers on Tuesday evening.Ye is set to headline the first night of the festival on Friday, July 22.

Instagram followers on Monday that she was wondering what could have been when she picked up her niece from school and watched parents with their children - some of whom Laura had gone to school with herself.The Great British Bake Off star has revealed that she had tried for a baby with her husband, Matt, in the past but they had struggled to conceive. On Instagram stories, she was searingly honest about her feelings.She wrote: “I did feel a little bit sad today seeing people I went to school with picking up their kids from the same school as my niece, thinking that could have/should have been me.“But I’m trying not to dwell on it.The 32-year-old was also feeling grateful.She added: “I’m very lucky in many other ways.”The baker also wrote in a follow-up story: “Sorry, wasn’t planning on sharing that.“Guess it’s really on my mind.“I don’t really think about it any more to be honest, but some days, out of nowhere it just comes and slaps you in the face.“Like the other day, I was clearing out under the bed and found a baby grow we bought about six years [ago] from Tesco when we first started trying.“I held it to my chest and started sobbing uncontrollably.“I have no idea what to do with it now.”Laura continued: “Anyway, no use dwelling on it.“Like I said, I’m lucky in other ways and I’m grateful to have my Niece’s and Nephew’s.” (sic)In 2020, Laura told the Daily Mail that she had considered undergoing bariatric surgery as doctors had told her losing weight would help her conceive.She said: “I came close to doing it. Very close.

Love Is Blind star Abhishek 'Shake' Chatterjee defiantly defended himself after critics slammed his behavior toward his fianceeDeepti Vempati.On Tuesday, the 33-year-old veterinarian posted a video on his Instagram page and expressed his thoughts on the controversy.'I mentioned earlier that there are certainly things that I want to work on for myself or get better at but one thing I don't feel inclined to do is to pretend I'm sad or sorry about certain things — certain things that were out of my control, certain things that I can't necessarily even speak about,' Shake said. Speaking out:Love Is Blind star Abhishek 'Shake' Chatterjee defiantly defended himself after critics slammed his behavior toward his fiancee Deepti Vempati'I'm just not going to do that.

Heather Gay is probably sending back two thumbs up. That's the vibe of ET's exclusive sneak peek at Sunday's all-new episode of  in which the Beauty Lab + Laser owner meets up with estranged bestie Jen Shah (in an igloo, it appears) to hash out the hateful comments Jen has made about Heather on social media since the show started airing.

Heather Gay is getting candid about her Real Housewives of Salt Lake City co-star Jen Shah.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Meredith Marks, 49, is teasing a lot when it comes to her storyline for season 2 after spending time focusing on family and her work with the LGBTQ community during the show’s hiatus. “Life is good,” Meredith told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY during a taping of our new Pay Attention, Puh-Lease podcast. “I’m happy! I have no complaints right now. We’ll see what the rest of 2021 brings for me. I don’t know. Fingers crossed it’s all positive, right?”

By now, any Bravo super fan has seen the first moments of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 2 premiere and their jaw most certainly hit the floor as Jen Shah, 47, receives news that the feds are after her and she’s about to be arrested. Whtney Rose, 34, sat beside her co-star as cameras rolled for the call — and thought it was a major joke, despite being terrified.

Kate Aurthur editorFor “The Real Housewives,” (alleged) crime pays, and viewers will see that phenomenon play out once more on the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which has its premiere on Bravo Sunday night.As the newest entry in the “Real Housewives” multiverse, “Salt Lake City” hit the ground running in its first season last year, with its cozy, snowy scenery in wonderful contrast to its combative cast. The show is making the most of what promises to be its central plotline: cast member Jen Shah’s catastrophic legal woes.

Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah reveals that her husband Sharrieff Shah almost got divorced, months before her arrest for allegedly defrauding people of millions.Shah got very real about her 26-year marriage in a bombshell new clip from the season two premiere, telling co-star Lisa Barlow how her husband hit his'final breaking point' because of her anger issues, which were on display several times during season one.Things got so bad, Sharrieff even reached out to a divorce attorney, leaving Jen 'devastated.'Months later, the star became embroiled in more drama when she was arrested in March over accusations she was guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and money laundering following a nearly decade long, multi-million

Jen Shah is opening up about her arrest and what she's learned from the experience.The star joined BravoTV social's Donald Adler and Gizelle Bryant from in an Instagram Live on Tuesday to chat about her legal battle and the upcoming second season of. Jen's portion of the «Spilling Ice Tea» IG Live began with them asking who was there for her in her time of need. «Heather.

is back with another explosive season.Returning for its second season, fans will finally get to see castmate Jen Shah's legal battle unfold. ET's Lauren Zima sat down with stars Lisa Barlow, Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose at Heather's Beauty Lab and Laser, where the ladies broke downJen's arrest (which took place at that same location) and dished on more season 2 drama.«This is where the, like, SWAT team came.

The moment of truth. Jen Shah‘s March arrest was captured on film for season 2 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and now there’s video proof.