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Kelly Dodd is apologizing for her transphobic comments in a Cameo video.

Activision Blizzard faces a lawsuit after accusations from employees that they’ve faced “constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments, and advances” in the workplace, a former senior employee has written an open letter calling for industry-wide unionization.Shared via IGN, Jeff Strain’s ‘It’s Time’ letter starts with Strain saying how “the Activision Blizzard disclosures this week have left me disgusted and repulsed — but not at all surprised.”Having joined Blizzard Entertainment in 1996 as a games programmer, Strain was involved with Starcraft and Diablo.

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Sublime’s Bud Gaugh has claimed that he had a small hand in Travis Barker joining Blink-182.Barker joined the band in 1998, after they fired founding drummer Scott Raynor midway through their summer tour in support of second album ‘Dude Ranch’. According to Gaugh, he foresaw the move and put the idea in Barker’s head.Speaking in a new interview to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sublime’s self-titled debut album, Sublime drummer Gaugh shared “a little back story on Travis”, who is working on a remix version of ‘Sublime’.“We were out on this SnoCore Tour as Long Beach Dub All-Stars.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Dina Asher-Smith broke the hearts of fans across the world with a tearful interview as she confirmed her 200m withdrawal - and the end of her Olympic Games.The Brit, 25, failed to qualify for the 100m final earlier on Saturday and has now announced she will not run in the 200m either.Asher-Smith was speaking to the BBC afterwards and couldn't fight back the tears after being asked if she would be able to take part in the event.The Team GB poster girl began sobbing as she asked the interviewer to give her a moment."Obviously I'm so disappointed not to make the final because this is Tokyo 2020, it's everything I've trained for fo the past two years," she said after composing herself."But

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!An aunt was caught driving around for more than a year with the decomposing bodies of her niece and nephew in her boot, foreign media reports. Police pulled over Nicole Johnson, 33, on Wednesday, July 29, and found the dead bodies of her seven-year-old niece and five-year-old nephew.The police pulled her over for having unauthorised tags and registration on her car and found she was driving without a licence, the Baltimore Sun reported.One officer could allegedly smell the decomposing bodies as the car was about to be towed and before Johnson attempted to flee saying: "It don’t matter, I won’t be here in five days.

Ibrox Stadium for the opening league game of the new campaign. In scenes reminiscent of the game against St Mirren last season on the weekend the Light Blues clinched the league, supporters lined the streets around the stadium.

Princess Charlene has revealed the sad news that she will not be able to return home to Monoco for another few months as she continues to deal with health complications in South Africa.

The late Princess Diana is believed to have championed a low-carb and low-fat diet. In 2016, a former royal chef discussed Diana’s eating habits with the publication, after having served the family for over 15 years.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Team GB poster girl Dina Asher-Smith has failed to make the 100m final in Tokyo after a disappointing semi-final performance.The Brit has been struggling for form of late and looked slightly laboured during the heats on Friday morning.And Asher-Smith finished third in her 100m semi in Japan earlier today, leaving an anxious wait to see if her time was good enough to qualify.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the final semi, with Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji in second - while fellow Brit Daryll Neita qualified instead of Asher-Smith after finishing fourth with a time of 11 seconds flat.Asher-Smith's time of 11.05 means she unfortunately misses out.

dating app once he got sober and lost 19kg.The dad explained on the latest episode of Catfish UK that he chatted to Hannah for eight months and described her as “beautiful, kind and compassionate”.However he said he turned to Catfish hosts Oobah Butler and Julie Adenuga for help when Hannah repeatedly refused to video call and cancelled any plans to meet up.Sharing all the excuses his online girlfriend had made, Mario recalled how she said her phone’s camera was broken, and said she couldn’t meet him because she was babysitting her nephew and had recently moved back in with her parents.However, Mario was still adamant that Hannah was who she said she was because she’d given him her West London postcode.After leaving Mario’s flat, Oobah and

Pregnant Louisa Lytton has given her unborn baby a touching hand-me-down as she began packing her hospital bag.The EastEnders actress, 32, is expecting her first child with fiancé Ben Bhanvra and is fast approaching her due date. And, after heading on maternity leave, Louisa has began packing her hospital bag ready for the birth of her baby girl or boy.

Imelda Staunton’s turn as Queen Elizabeth on The Crown might just be the most convincing yet judging by the first look photo.

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As reported last month by Star Observer, Senator Chandler has long been a staunch opponent to trans inclusion in sport.

Former EastEnders star Sid Owen has admitted he's "proud to still be alive" after his wild partying days.The 49 year old actor rose to fame as he played Ricky Butcher on the BBC soap from 1998 until 2000. Sid's character Ricky returned to Albert Square in 2002, and made on and off appearances until 2012.

Scarlett Johansson sued Disney for alleged breach of contract.While Butler’s lawsuit is more traditional, Johansson is accusing Disney of breaching her contract for Black Widow by releasing the film simultaneously on its streaming service and in theatres – something she claims diluted her salary, as her bonuses were hinged on box office success. Metro.co.uk has contacted Butler’s rep for comment. 

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DaBaby has said he doesn’t know who Questlove is after the Roots‘ drummer criticised the rapper for his recent homophobic and insensitive comments at Rolling Loud Miami.Performing at the festival last week, DaBaby said to the crowd: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS… put your cellphone light up… Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cellphone light up”.The rapper has since come under fire for the remarks, with Questlove taking to Instagram to condemn DaBaby. The drummer shared an imagined “dream list” of artists he’d want to perform at a contemporary version of the 1969 Harlem festival Summer Of Soul, which he covers in a new documentary.