Gary King, a star of Bravo’s “Below Deck Sailing Yacht,” was accused in a lawsuit Tuesday of sexually assaulting a makeup artist on the show. The woman, Samantha Suarez, alleges that she and her then-boyfriend, camera operator Grey Duddleston, were both fired for speaking up
The Federal Communications Commission has warned radio station owners that it is cracking down on what it describes as “payola” practices. In a letter sent Monday to iHeartMedia CEO Robert Pittman, FCC chairman Brendan Carr says the FCC is scrutinizing the company’s activity particularly around
Channing Tatum’s axed Gambit movie was a “screwball romantic comedy,” Lizzy Caplan recently revealed to Business Insider. Variety reported in November 2017 that Caplan had boarded Tatum’s long-in-the-works passion project as the female lead, although details were scarce at the time. Tatum tried for years
The battle between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni revolves around questions of harassment, consent, celebrity, and the rules of warfare over one’s public image. Little surprise, then, that it’s become chum for online content creators. And as bad as it’s
Roberto Orci, the writer-producer behind the late 2000s reboots of “Star Trek” and “Transformers,” died Tuesday in his Los Angeles home from kidney complications, Variety has confirmed. He was 51. Other than 2007’s “Transformers” and 2009’s “Star Trek,” Orci’s other credits include producing work on
Who wants to call the shots on “Star Wars”? No, really, because it’s kind of a thankless job. Of course, the intergalactic franchise is sacrosanct as a cultural institution, so the president of Lucasfilm — home to “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” — has one
John Lithgow confirmed in a new interview with ScreenRant that he will be playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s “Harry Potter” television series. Variety reported earlier this month that Lithgow was eyeing the role. Lithgow now follows in the footsteps of actors Richard Harris and Michael
Fumi Kitahara, a respected publicity executive who guided award-winning campaigns for studios including DreamWorks, Aardman, Laika, Netflix and Disney, died Monday of complications related to a rare blood cancer. She was 56. Among the features Kitahara helped publicize are the first three “Shrek” films, “Chicken