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Blake Lively and her legal team have scored a big victory in her ongoing battle against It Ends with Us director/co-star Justin Baldoni.

Luigi Mangione has someone backing him in a big way.

It’s been six years since Leaving Neverland left an indelible impression on Michael Jackson’s legacy. The King of Pop was cleared of child abuse charges during his lifetime, but something about the Emmy-winning testimony of Wade Robson and James Safechuck stuck in the collective consciousness, despite consistent denials from Jackson’s family and those who manage his business empire.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A federal judge dismissed claims made against Fox News Channel in a lurid assault case that involved a former associate producer and a former correspondent, noting that management of the cable-news outlet had no knowledge of any conflict or relationship between the two parties until it was notified she had levied sexual harassment claims against him. Fox News had last year filed a request for summary judgement in the case, in which the former producer, Jennifer Eckhart alleged she was raped by Ed Henry, a former Fox News correspondent who was dismissed from the Fox Corp.-backed outlet in 2020 following an investigation into a complaint about “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace.” Eckhart’s lawsuit was filed in U.S.

Jay-Z’s accuser is heard on tape saying that her previous sexual assault allegations against the rapper were false, according to Jay-Z's lawyer. The accuser, Jane Doe, previously said Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs sexually assaulted her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards when she was 13 years old.The lawsuit has since been dropped. In a taped conversation, Jay-Z’s sexual assault accuser claimed her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, pressured her into suing the rapper.

YouTube star Yung Filly has reportedly pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault.He has been on bail since last October, following accusations of three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and four counts of sexual penetration without consent.The alleged assault of a woman in her 20s took place in a Perth hotel room on September 28, following the rapper’s performance at the Bar 120 nightclub on September 27.Now, according to various reports by BBC, The Independent and Sky News, new court documents have shown that the rapper – real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos – pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of strangulation and four counts of sexual penetration without consent.He is set to appear before the state’s higher district court on June 13.The rapper and YouTuber was born in Cali, Colombia, and moved to the UK as a child with his family.

Ellise Shafer “Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed is planning on making a third installment to document the forthcoming trial of Michael Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck against the late pop star’s companies. Reed is already following up his bombshell 2019 docuseries — in which Robson and Safechuck alleged that Jackson sexually abused them as children — with a sequel, “Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson,” premiering March 18 on Channel 4 in the U.K. and on YouTube in the U.S.

California’s governor revealed tonight the fate of the Menendez brothers will take a pivotal turn in the next 90 days towards possible freedom.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Episode 3 of “Daredevil: Born Again,” now streaming on Disney+. After killing off Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) in the first 10 minutes of the premiere last week, “Daredevil: Born Again” has again upped the body count. Episode 3 followed the high-profile trial of Hector Ayala (played by the late Kamar de los Reyes), a.k.a. the vigilante White Tiger, who was accused of killing an NYPD officer the show’s second episode.

with “criminal abortion” for providing her minor daughter with pills to end her pregnancy pled not guilty in her first court appearance on Tuesday.The criminal prosecution of 39-year-old Ashley Lights marks a new escalation in the state's fight to end access following the fall of Roe v. Wade, and is likely to be a watershed moment for reproductive rights in the US.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer George Clinton has filed a $100 million copyright lawsuit against former business partner Armen Boladian and his Bridgeport Music company, alleging that Boladian fraudulently obtained copyrights to approximately 90 percent of his catalog. In the suit, filed today in Florida District Court and reviewed by Variety, Clinton claims that Boladian and Bridgeport, as well as Westbound Records, Nine Records, Southfield Music and Eastbound Records, unlawfully continue to profit off of his music.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The deal that would merge Skydance Media and Paramount Global is not over the finish line — and now lawyers for David Ellison’s Skydance are trying to fend off efforts by a group of investors to force Paramount to evaluate a higher $13.5 billion takeover offer. As first reported by Variety, in January an investor consortium calling itself Project Rise Partners submitted a letter to Paramount’s board with an offer it said was superior to the $8 billion bid from Skydance and RedBird Capital Partners (and backed by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, father of David Ellison).

Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan’s cause of death was a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin.Best known for his work on the soap as Sol Patrick, as well as reality TV shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Danan died on January 15 aged 46.An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned today (March 11) at Avon Coroner’s Court, with senior coroner Maria Voisin setting a provisional date of May 28 for the full inquest hearing, according to a report by the BBC. During the session, Coroner’s officer Alexis Camp told the hearing: “The circumstances are that Mr Danan was found unresponsive at his home address”.“Emergency services attended and confirmed he had sadly died.

ITV has severed ties with Martin Fustes, a writer on long-running soap opera Emmerdale, after he admitted to charges of attacking his girlfriend.

Kyle Clifford gained notoriety as the vile 'crossbow killer' for his gruesome assault on the Hunt family.The harrowing crime saw him violently take the lives of 61 year old Carol Hunt and her daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, in their Bushey, Hertfordshire home last July. His ex-girlfriend Louise's tragic decision to end their 18-month relationship led to a deadly outcome - a rampage of "extreme violence".

Hollyoaks and reality TV star Paul Danan died from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, a coroner has heard.The actor, 46, played bad boy Sol Patrick from 1997 to 2001 on the Channel 4 soap and was later known for his reality TV appearances, including on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island. An inquest into Danan’s death was opened and adjourned before Maria Voisin, senior coroner for Avon, at Avon Coroner’s Court on Tuesday morning. Coroner’s officer Alexis Camp told the hearing that Danan was pronounced dead at his home in Brislington, Bristol, at 5.20pm on January 15.

Ellise Shafer Paul Danan, the British actor and reality star known for “Hollyoaks,” died after taking a mixture of drugs including heroin and cocaine. According to the BBC, during an inquest hearing on Tuesday at Avon Coroner’s Court, it was revealed the provisional cause of death for Danan — who died on Jan. 15 at the age of 46 — was the combined toxicity of heroin, methadone, coedine, pregabalin, cocaine and zopiclone.

Emily Osment and Jack Anthony‘s divorce is one step closer to being finalized.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving “Moana,” clearing the company of an infringement suit brought by a screenwriter. The plaintiff, Buck Woodall, filed suit in 2020, alleging that “Moana” was based on his work entitled “Bucky the Wave Warrior.” After a two-week trial in federal court in Los Angeles, the eight-member jury found unanimously that Disney did not have access to the 2011 screenplay or earlier treatments. The jury deliberated for less than three hours.

Skydance’s legal team is fighting back against efforts to derail its pending $8 billion merger with Paramount Global, accusing a rogue rival bidder of trying to “hijack” the regulatory review process.