Month: August 2021

After Page Six reported that Broadway superstar Laura Osnes was fired from a show for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination, Osnes issued a statement defending her decision to skip the injection because “there’s so much that’s still unknown” about the shots. She also denied that she was fired, and said that she decided to quit the one-night production of “Crazy for You” after producers at the Guild Hall Theater in East Hampton told her she’d have to get vaxxed to take part. Osnes — who made her name when she won the talent search show “Grease: You’re the One That I Want!” in 2008, and has gone on to have a major Broadway career — wrote on Instagram, “I believe individuals have the right to do the research, consult a doctor, and come to their own conclusions ...

The following contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of The CW’s Superman & Lois. Superman & Lois has further supersized its cast for Season 2, with the addition of another series regular. The superhero series ended its freshman run on Tuesday night with the crash landing in Smallville of a space pod carrying Natalie Irons, John Henry’s daughter via the Lois of his own Earth. TVLine can now confirm that Tayler Buck, who plays Natalie, will be a full-time cast member for Season 2. She thus joins Sofia Hasmik, who plays Smallville Gazette journo Chrissy Beppo, as a new series regular. Buck, whose TV credits also include Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, first appeared in Superman & Lois‘ seventh episode, ...

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Johnny Depp's two-year-old defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard will not be dismissed, a Virginia judge ruled Tuesday, meaning the case is set to proceed to a trial next year.   Fairfax County Chief Judge Penney Azcarate rejected Heard's motion to dismiss the case – Heard's third such motion since Depp filed his lawsuit in March 2019 – on various grounds set out in an opinion obtained by USA TODAY. Heard tried to get the Virginia lawsuit thrown out citing the ruling of a London judge last year in a libel lawsuit Depp filed against the publisher of The Sun tabloid and subsequently lost following a contentious legal showdown in an English courtroom.  The London judge concluded that the 2018 article branding Depp a "wife beater" was not libelous and that "the great majority" of...

A former police officer, who rapper Lil Wayne has credited with saving his life after a suicide attempt at age 12, said Wayne offered to provide financial assistance for him should he ever need it – all he has to do is just ask. Robert Hoobler, whom the now-38-year-old "Lollipop" emcee calls his "Uncle Bob," told TMZ that he hasn’t taken Wayne up on the offer yet, but has been in communication with his team about potentially joining the artist's team in an administrative capacity. Hoobler said the two ran into each other in New Orleans in 2019 when Wayne was making a radio appearance.  The five-time Grammy winner rapped about Hoobler on his record, "London Roads," and recently opened up about his past mental health struggles during an interview with Emmanuel Acho for his "Uncomfortabl...