Month: July 2020

Talk about a royal flush. Meghan Markle’s legal team is claiming that her wedding to Prince Harry brought in £1 billion in tourism revenue, far off-setting the reported £32 million cost of the affair. The Daily Mail reports that the new figures came in as part of the most recent filings in the 38-year-old Markle’s case against the Mail on Sunday. They suggest that UK taxpayers footed the vast majority — £30 million — of the shindig’s total cost, most of which went to security, with the church service, flowers and reception paid for by the Royal Family. Meanwhile, her lawyers contend that the nuptials were “not, in fact, publicly funded, but rather personally financed by HRH The Prince of Wales” (Harry’s father, Prince Charles). “Any public costs incurred for the wedding were...

Olivia de Havilland, one of the stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, is celebrating another year of life. The multiple-time Oscar winner, known for her performance as Melanie Wilkes in the 1939 film “Gone with the Wind," rang in her 104th birthday on Wednesday. De Havilland, who was born in Tokyo to British parents, has lived in Paris since 1956 and was named a dame by Great Britain in 2017. Her sister was actress Joan Fontaine, who died in 2013 at the age of 96. PIERCE BROSNAN SAYS HE HAS ‘NO REGRETS’ ABOUT BEING REPLACED AS JAMES BOND: ‘IT’S WITH YOU FOREVER’ Olivia de Havilland disagreed with her projection of herself in Ryan Murphy's FX show, 'Feud.' She filed a suit against FX networks saying her likeness was illegally used by Catherine Zeta-Jones. (AP, File) In an...

The break apparently did wonders for Cassie. She recalled catching up with friends, reading, attending protests, playing guitar, going surfing, re-evaluating her dreams and goals and ultimately, living "in the moment." "Life is short. We all have struggles to figure out," the reality TV star continued. "All we can do is the best we know in the moment so when we reflect, we don't feel regret. Always be learning, always be growing." To wrap up the lengthy caption, Cassie thanked her followers who have sent kind messages, and shared her love for everyone—"minus the trolls." As for how Colton's holding up, the 28-year-old appears to be spending a lot of time with his friends and family. And like Cassie, he also got a post-breakup tattoo. He was the first to announce the split, which came less...

The last few months have seen ESPN running original sports documentaries on many Sunday nights, from 30 for 30 series The Last Dance through other 30 for 30 installments Lance, Be Water and Long Gone Summer. After Long Gone Summer, they expanded to other documentaries that previously aired elsewhere, including Free Solo  and Foosballers (both of which premiered on a Friday) and this week’s slate of Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams, EDDIE, Finding Big Country and Born to Play.  And now, they’re expanding well beyond sports, announcing Wednesday that this Sunday will have them presenting…a concert film on the Eagles. Introduced by Chris Berman, no less. Here’s more from the release, which is frankly one of the strangest things we’ve seen on ESPN Press Room in a while: ESPN will ...

A Disney employee tasked with issuing refunds to unhappy customers is accused of misdirecting more than $100,000 into her and her friends' bank accounts. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Jennifer Alejandra Insuasti, 32, of Kissimmee, is charged with one count of grand theft of $100,000 or more. She turned herself in on Monday in Osceola County. Insuasti worked as a Guest Experience Services Coordinator at Disney. As part of her job, she would field complaints from unhappy guests and then offer them refunds, free tickets or free resort stays to resolve the issue. Investigators said Insuasti would directly issue refund money into her own bank account, or bank accounts belonging to her friends and family. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Disney handed over re...

Peter Meehan, the editor of The Los Angeles Times food section, announced Wednesday afternoon that he was stepping down. His resignation comes after a series of tweets posted on Monday by Tammie Teclemariam, a freelance food-and-drinks writer, alleging a pattern of verbal abuse and workplace harassment by Mr. Meehan. In a statement on Twitter, Mr. Meehan wrote that Ms. Teclemariam’s messages “alleged a number of things I don’t think are true, but they also compelled my staff to speak out.” He continued: “In my tunnel-vision commitment to making the best thing we could, I lost sight of people and their feelings. That is a terrible failing on my part.” He declined a request for comment. On Twitter, Ms. Teclemariam (who has contributed to Wirecutter, which is owned by The New York T...