Month: August 2020

Prolific character actor Reni Santoni, who partnered with Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry" and Sylvester Stallone in "Cobra," and who portrayed Poppie the pizza chef in "Seinfeld," has died at 81. Santoni died in hospice Saturday after a long illness, TV writer and producer Tracy Newman said of her longtime friend.  "Reni Santoni passed away yesterday morning," Newman wrote in a Facebook tribute. "He had been sick for quite a while. Those of you who knew him know how funny he was, what a terrific actor, improviser, performer, etc. So brilliant. I loved him very much and will miss him terribly. Another great one is gone."  The New York City native Santoni starred in 1971's "Dirty Harry" as rookie detective and college sociology major Chico Martinez who gets paired up with Eastwood's "Di...

The Queen, Prince William and Kate have wished Meghan Markle a happy birthday as the Duchess of Sussex turns 39 a world away from her former royal life. Meghan and her husband Prince Harry stepped down from their senior royal duties at the end of March, following the shock announcement in January. They are living in Los Angeles, the duchess’s hometown, and planning out how to launch their non-profit organisation Archewell in the next year. Meghan may have to keep her birthday celebration plans low key, as California has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the US. To mark the occasion, the Royal Family Instagram account, which typically represents the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, shared a picture of Meghan and the Queen at a joint engagement in Chester in 2018. At the time, the vis...

Move over Taylor Swift, Fontaines D.C. is ready for the chart crown. The Irish pop-punk outfit leads the midweek U.K. sales chart with A Hero’s Death (Partisan), their sophomore album. A Hero’s Death is at No. 1 on the Official Chart Update, racking up more than half its sales in vinyl, according to the Official Charts Company. Almost certainly, A Hero’s Death will eclipse the rockers' personal best, a No. 9 peak for their 2019 debut LP Dogrel. Coming in at No. 2 on the chart blast is Southampton punk outfit Creeper with Sex, Death & the Infinite Void (Roadrunner), their second album. It’s the followup to 2017’s Eternity In Your Arms, which went no higher than No. 18 on the U.K. survey. After a lightning start, Taylor Swift’s Folklore (EMI) drops 1-3, but continues ...

Lisa Vanderpump is facing yet another class action lawsuit from a former employee of SUR.  Olivia Beverly Hanson filed the lawsuit on behalf July 31 on behalf of herself and others who worked at Vanderpump's West Hollywood, Calif. restaurant, which is featured on Vanderpump Rules. According to the documents obtained by E! News, Hanson is accusing Vanderpump and her husband, fellow restaurateur Ken Todd, of breaking multiple California labor laws.  The filing claims that for at least the past one to four years, Vanderpump and Todd failed to pay workers minimum and overtime wages, provide proper meal and rest breaks, provide accurate wage statements or provide workers with pay stubs at the end of their employment. Hanson claims she worked at SUR from Oct. 2019 to Jan. 2020. Her responsibil...

She continued, “He didn’t say one nice thing to me the entire time we were filming or just look my direction at all,” she said. “He can honestly f**k off. Like, I could care less.” As we reported, 'Vanderpump Rules' has made major headlines in the past few weeks after firing a host of cast members for alleged racist statements and actions. “Bravo and Evolution Media confirmed today that Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute, Max Boyens, and Brett Caprioni will not be returning to Vanderpump Rules," Bravo said in a statement. According to reports, Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute allegedly racially profiled another cast member, Faith Stowers, after calling the police on he for "looking like" another black woman who was wanted for theft. Story Developing...