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Barbara Bryne, a British actress who worked in stage, television, and film during a decades-long career, died Tuesday at age 94. Her death was confirmed by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, but no cause was given.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas said she fell into a "deep, deep depression" at the beginning of her acting career after doctors botched a routine surgery on her nose, leaving it marred.  "It was a dark phase," the "Citadel" actress told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show Tuesday, adding that she lost three acting jobs over it.  She said she had gone under the knife to get a simple polyp in her nose removed but "this thing happens, and my face looks completely different, and I went into a deep, deep depression."  She wrote in her 2021 memoir "Unfinished," according to People magazine, "While shaving off the polyp, the doctor also accidentally shaved the bridge of my nose and the bridge collapsed. When it was time to remove the bandages and the condition of my nose was revealed, Mom and I were horrified.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 12 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 3 on Fox. Former Miss USA and Miss Universe Olivia Culpo was the next celebrity to be revealed on Fox’s “The Masked Singer.” Culpo was unmasked as UFO on Thursday’s show, which also doubled as the Season 9 quarterfinals. Culpo, a model and Internet star, sang Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry On Their Own” on the episode, having previously sang “Yellow” by Coldplay. “I was really nervous when I sang my first song,” Culpo said in her pre-tape package. “But I’m really excited to have made it this far. This experience has exemplified going out of my comfort zone and being more vulnerable than I ever have before. So much of my career is based on the way I look physically, so adding value through my energy or my singing, it feels like there is more that I have to offer. And I’m getting older, so I have to hold on to something. Joking!”

The BPI - the voice of independent and major record labels across the UK - has revealed the first artists to receive its prestigious BRIT Billion award.

Disabled writers face an even more challenging time amid the WGA writers strike, with a potential loss of more than $2 million in earnings, but still support the work stoppage, according to the Inevitable Foundation’s Disabled Writers Strike Impact survey.

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Looking forward to the future. Jon Gosselin is thrilled that his kids are becoming legal adults, ending his long custody battle with ex-wife Kate Gosselin.

Pinewood Group, which runs Pinewood and Shepperton Studios — home to blockbusters including “No Time to Die” and “No Time to Die” has acquired full ownership of Pinewood Toronto Studios. Based in downtown, Toronto, the facility houses 16 purpose-built sound stages, including the mega stage, one of the largest of its kind in North America, and recently added 170,000 square feet of production space. Netflix shares part of this studio space, 84, 580 square feet to be exact, with their long-term lease on four sound stages and adjacent offices. “We have worked with our partners for many years to create the City’s pre-eminent studio, and we’re now delighted to have bought it,” said Paul Golding, chair of Pinewood Group.

Sasha Velour is known to fans of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as the winner of the ninth season, along with appearances in such TV series as “Broad City” and “Bold Type” — not to mention launching her own production company, House of Velour, among other numerous achievements.

Chukwudi Iwuji was a kid growing up in Nigeria and Ethiopia, he imagined he could fly. The second youngest of five, he would spend hours on his own, meticulously reenacting scenes he’d seen on TV, playing every part himself. Virtually all of what captured his imagination were American shows and films from the 1970s and ’80s: “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Godfather” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” via broadcast reruns and bootleg VHS tapes. After he first saw “Star Wars,” he would stare intensely at a plastic cup, willing it to move. And “Superman,” of course, convinced Iwuji he could leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Though Tom Pelphrey was already a two-time Daytime Emmy-winner for his work in the daytime drama “Guiding Light” and had been working steadily on stage and screen, his move to “Ozark’s” third season took his career to a new level. He blazed onscreen as Ben Davis, the bipolar brother of Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), and seemingly shot to stardom overnight. It’s been a busy couple of years for the actor both professionally and personally — his partner Kaley Cuoco gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on March 30. And now Pelphrey is starring in “Love and Death,” HBO Max’s limited series from David E. Kelley about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery (played by Elisabeth Olsen), who killed her friend Betty Gore in 1980 after being confronted with evidence of Montgomery’s affair with Gore’s husband. (Montgomery pleaded self-defense and was acquitted of murder.) Pelphrey plays Don Crowder, a friend of Candy’s who becomes her defense attorney, despite never having tried a criminal case.

, has stepped away from acting in recent years. Her reason? She just “wasn’t very happy” with the industry, as Watson told the  in a recent interview about her new gin brand. “I think I felt a bit caged,” the 33-year-old actor said.

Bobby Madden has railed against suggestions he is a Rangers supporter as the curtain comes down on his refereeing career.

Candid conversations. Priyanka Chopra Jonas opened up about how a botched surgery sent her into a “deep depression.” 

Gran Turismo, based on the Sony PlayStation game, starring David Harbour and Orlando Bloom, has just released a trailer!

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr future is in doubt with reports claiming the Portugal legend wants to quit the club just months after joining.

Boasting 13 Top 40 singles and four Top 40 albums across a career spanning 17 years, N-Dubz are undoubtedly one of the UK music scene's most transcendent acts.

A Manchester hospital psychiatrist who grew disillusioned with his job quit to pursue a childhood dream.

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials and Enola Holmes scribe Jack Thorne, a “proud” member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, has paused work on two projects in solidarity with the WGA strikers.

Will Poulter is about to hit the big screen as Adam Warlock in the third and final instalment of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”.

Airdrieonians striker Calum Gallagher and Albion Rovers midfielder Charlie Reilly have both been nominated for the PFA player of the year in their respective divisions.