2020: Last News

A post shared by Sandra Lee (@sandraleeonline)After getting the medical news, the 55-year-old recalled a conversation years ago in which a friend urged her to get a "complete hysterectomy.""After all of the issues I had experienced with my breast cancer surgery, the last thing I wanted to do was have another major operation- so I didn't," she said. Page Six reported that things changed for Sandra after reading about women like Amy Schumer and Angelina Jolie, both of whom have been open about their health issues."Over the last few years I have watched and admired the grace of other women who went public with their own health decision while I sat on the sidelines in awe and with a bit of fear. Brave women, like my friend's mother who sadly had lost her battle with breast cancer after it had spread to her ovaries," she said.

Tensions have been high between Jesse Williams and his ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee in the years following their divorce.

The SAG Awards marked somewhat of a return to normal to awards season as the first in-person televised ceremony of 2022, and the ratings are showing it. With big wins for Squid Game, CODA and Succession, the 2022 SAG Awards saw a rise in viewership to tally 1.8 million total viewers on TBS and TNT.

Sean Penn was among the thousands (or maybe even millions) leaving Ukraine and heading to the Polish border.The actor arrived in Kyiv last week to film a documentary for VICE about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. On Feb. 28, he posted a photo in which he dragged luggage along the side of the road as he headed toward Poland.

In a move that was expected to happen, Universal has announced that they’re halting their theatrical releases in Russia given the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Glee actor died aged 33 while boating on Lake Piru, California, with her four-year-old son. Her body was found five days later, with her death ruled an accident.In November 2020, Ryan Dorsey filed a lawsuit for wrongful death and emotional distress against the county on behalf of their son, Josey, which claimed United Water Conservation District and Parks and Recreation Management failed to warn visitors of the danger of boating in the lake.An attorney for Rivera’s estate and her son has since confirmed the parties involved have reached a settlement, which is subject to approval on March 16.In a statement provided to NME, Amjad M.

Taking a beat. Nikki Bella has been engaged to Artem Chigvintsev since November 2019, but she still isn’t ready to walk down the aisle.

Sharareh Drury administratorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Season 5 of “Outlander.” Safe to say, the fifth season of Starz’s “Outlander” was dramatic on an epic scale and ended pretty violently. With nearly two years’ time since last season’s finale aired on May 10, 2020, there is a lot to catch up on before viewers reconnect with the Fraser family. In a recent trailer for Season 6, it’s clear Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) — plus the rest of their brood — will have plenty of drama on the horizon as the Revolutionary War looms.For those who haven’t the time (or time-traveling gemstones) to rewatch the last season of “Outlander” before the Season 6 premiere on Sunday, read on for a summary of Season 5’s biggest developments.

Girl gang! Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson have two darling daughters at home.

Some justice is finally being served.

Sainsbury’s has said it will shut 200 cafes in a shake-up of its in-store dining which is set to hit around 2,000 workers.

Bartees Strange made one of the best albums of 2020 with Live Forever so it's little surprise to see him snapped up by one of the major indie labels. 4AD, currently home to Big Thief, The National, and Deerhunter among many others, have today announced that they have added Strange to their historical roster and shared a new song.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPerforming-rights organization ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,  announced record-setting financial results for 2021, notably a record-high revenue of $1.335 billion.Increases in collections from the audio streaming and audio-visual sectors pushed ASCAP’s domestic revenue to $1.011 billion in 2021, up 4.4%, an increase of $42.5 million over 2020. This was the first year that ASCAP domestic revenues from U.S.-licensed performances surpassed $1 billion.According to the announcement, since ASCAP launched its strategic growth plan in 2015, revenues have hit a 5% compound annual growth rate and ASCAP members have benefited from a 6% compound annual growth rate in overall distributions, and an 8% compound annual growth rate in domestic distributions.  ASCAP’s identification, matching and processing of trillions of musical performances drove record-setting distributions that exceeded $1 billion for the fifth year in a row and increased $41 million over the previous year, for a total of $1.254 billion available for distribution to its more than 850,000 songwriter, composer and publisher members in 2021.Total monies available for domestic distributions of licensed and administered performances amounted to $912.6 million, a 2.4% increase of $22 million over 2020. A solid domestic performance helped to offset the challenges in foreign revenues, due to the ongoing global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the announcement continues. Revenue from foreign societies in 2021 totaled $323.5 million, down 9.7% from 2020 due largely to business closures and the lack of vaccinations.

A football fan who sent racist abuse to former England defender Rio Ferdinand has been handed a 12-week suspended sentence.

Workers at Mahle are to strike for three weeks over a pay dispute.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese video streamer iQiyi cut its losses in 2021 to RMB6.2 billion ($968 million), compared to RMB7.0 billion in 2020 and said that recent cost cutting measures were quickly bearing fruit. But its latest regulatory filing also revealed that subscriber numbers continue to fall on both a quarterly and annual basis.The NASDAQ-listed company said that gross revenues for the 12-months to December 2021 were RMB30.6 billion ($4.8 billion), representing a 3% increase on 2020.

The family of Naya Rivera and her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey have come to a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit with Ventura County, California in connection with the Glee star's death in 2020.Dorsey, 38, initially filed the suit against the county in November of 2020 for their son Josey, six, about four months after Rivera died at the age of 33 on July 8, 2020 in an accidental drowning while she was out on a pontoon boat ride with Josey in Lake Piru, California.'Josey will receive just compensation for having to endure the drowning of his beloved mother at Lake Piru,' the family's lawyer Amjad M. Khan of Brown Neri Smith & Khan said in a statement, The Blast reported Monday.

A law student sobbed as he was jailed for grooming a 13-year-old boy on PlayStation and booking a hotel to meet him.

A hit and run driver who moved down a boy of 12, a vile bully who terrorised his ex in front of her screaming children and the Arena bomb plotter are among the people from Greater Manchester who have been jailed this week.

Naya Rivera‘s family has privately settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed against Ventura County, where she tragically drowned in July 2020.

The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Naya Rivera’s family has been privately settled more than a year after it was first filed.