Month: May 2021

Plus-sized model Tess Holliday's anorexia nervosa diagnosis has kindled disbelief and fat phobia that experts say contributes to a grave misunderstanding of disordered eating. "I’m anorexic & in recovery. I’m not ashamed to say it out loud anymore," Holliday tweeted on May 1. "I’m the result of a culture that celebrates thinness & equates that to worth, but I get to write my own narrative now. I’m finally able to care for a body that I’ve punished my entire life & I am finally free." Many of Holliday's 92k Twitter followers thanked her for opening up. "It's so important that people know that anyone of any shape or size can have anorexia," one tweeted. Another wrote, "The narrative around [eating disorders] needs to be widened to include people of all sizes." But many would not...

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes information that is revealed during the May 6 episode of Grey’s Anatomy. EXCLUSIVE: A beloved doctor is checking out of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams is departing the hit ABC medical drama after 12 seasons. His character Jackson Avery’s pending exit from the series is revealed in tonight’s episode, “Look Up Child.” Williams’ last episode, titled “Tradition,” will air May 20. “Jesse Williams is an extraordinary artist and activist. Watching his evolution these past 11 years both on screen and off has been a true gift,” Grey’s Anatomy executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff said in a statement to Deadline. “Jesse brings so much heart, such depth of care, and so much intelligence to his work. We will miss ...

Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Some big shake-ups in the world of late-night comedy—and, even more specifically, the world of late-night comedian Lilly Singh—today, as Deadline reports that Singh’s NBC series A Little Late has now been canceled at the network. It’s not all doom and gloom, though: Singh is reportedly already on her way to a potential network/streamer hop, as it’s also being reported that she and Kenya Barris are narrowing in on a deal for a new show at Netflix. A Little Late operated for two seasons at NBC, filling the 1:30 a.m. timeslot that was occupied once upon a time by Carson Daly. NBC is now apparently abandoning that spot on its schedule for good, though, on the logic that, as it turns out, not many people are watching TV at 1:30 in the morning. Singh wa...

Coldplay have shared their new single titled “Higher Power.” Max Martin produced the track, which the band are premiering via an extraterrestrial transmission (complete with dancing alien holograms) from the International Space Station. The band will also link up virtually with French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the ISS. Check it out below. The band teased the song last week, calling the renowned producer “a true wonder of the universe.” The group began work on the track early last year. After releasing the double LP Everyday Life in 2019, the band said they would no longer tour due to concerns over the environmental impact of doing so. More recently, singer Chris Martin joined Burna Boy on “Monsters You Made” from last year’s Twice as Tall.

Jimmy Rich, who was Robert Downey Jr.’s longtime personal assistant, died in a car crash Wednesday night. He was 52 and his death was announced by Downey on his Instagram page. Rich had been working with Downey since 2003, joining him on the set of 2003’s The Singing Detective. They would go on to work together 22 more times, including on all of Downey’s Marvel films, according to Rich’s IMDb page. “This is not news,” Downey wrote on his Instagram page today. “This is a terrible and shocking tragedy. Jimmy Rich was in a fatal car accident at approx. 8pm yesterday. He was a brother, my right hand man, an uncle to our kids and beloved by all who experienced his singular character and wit.. our thoughts go to his relatives, friends, co-workers, and all the fans who knew him as the...

Josh Duggar is set to be released on bail on May 6 but Arkansas Magistrate Judge Christy Comstock said she can’t in good conscience send him back home and thus the reality star will be living with folks who are "close friends" with Josh and Anna Duggar. Duggar, 33, will be placed with third-party custodian Maria and Lacount Reber – a familiar family who are close enough with Duggar and his wife Anna and have also known the family for about six or eight years through their church. The family says they have a self-contained space on their property where Duggar can live while he awaits his looming trial. Duggar’s father, Jim Bob Duggar, called the family friends and asked that they be third-party custodians for Duggar, according to the Rebers who were called as defense witnesses during Du...