Italian Judges Reject Prosecutor’s Request to Re-Detain Paul Haggis In Sexual Assault Case

It’s been more than five years since the debut of Ryan Murphy’s other, other FX anthology project, “Feud.” After the success of “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story,” FX was hoping to get Murphy to continue his anthology hot streak with a new series that aimed its spotlight on famous Hollywood spats. The first season went on to earn a number of awards including multiple Emmys.

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Everyone needs a little pick me up for their look sometimes, Joe Jonas just isn’t afraid to admit it!

Jason Alexander is headed straight back to jail!

A Tennessee woman has been arrested following an inmate’s death — after she allegedly gave him the literal kiss of death??

Scenes from My Life,” the posthumous memoir from the star — who died of an overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin on Sept. 6, 2021 — delves into the addiction which ultimately took his life at the age of 54.During the second season of “The Wire,” which aired on HBO from 2002 to 2008, Williams was abusing drugs on days he wasn’t shooting the show in Baltimore.“I rolled like that pretty much all year, until I was completely broke,” he wrote. “When Season 2 wrapped, I felt the thud of coming back down to Earth.

When executive producer Brad Winderbaum had the idea for an animated Marvel anthology series, he knew he needed director Bryan Andrews for the job. Based on the Marvel comic series of the same name, What If…? explores how small changes at pivotal moments in the MCU could change everything. While they began with small moments in the first season, Andrews says the series, which is renewed for two more seasons, is going to get more and more wild. What If…? is nominated for three Emmys, including a Outstanding Animated Program for the fourth episode, “What if… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands?”

Keke Palmer is making all kinds of waves at the moment, not only kicking off her reign as the host of NBC's revival of Password, but also starring in the film Nope.MORE: Keke Palmer's dazzling thigh slit dress is all we can think aboutThe actress opened up in a recent interview with The Guardian about her career beginnings and the difficulties it posed.VIDEO: Keke Palmer hosts PasswordShe achieved her first major acting role at the age of 11 in 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and got her first bit of significant attention two years later in Akeelah and the Bee.While talking about Nope, Keke mentioned the similarities she felt with her character, explaining: "I really related to it.MORE: Michael Strahan pays touching tribute following GMA reunion with Keke Palmer"I think performing in general is exploitative. I think that being a child entertainer is really exploitative, because you don't even know your limits yourself.

hair into a mullet for the algorithm.In a TikTok posted on Monday, August 15, the 19-year-old debuted a blonde —short hair in the front and on the sides, but longer (in Siwa's case much longer) in the back.

Nightmare roadworks are causing misery in Alexandria but one local business is determined to spread some positivity – by decorating traffic cones in YARN.

James Tavernier has signed a new long term contract at Rangers the club have announced.

A Conservative councillor in Falkirk says he is now backing Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister because of her determination to "hold the Scottish Government to account".

Outlander actor Sam Heughan is on the hunt for more Agave, and fans believe they know the reason why.

Stirling’s rail passengers are facing yet more pain this week as strike action leaves the region’s stations in the dark.

, there’s a certain kind of swagger required. And for D’Arcy Carden, the only way to bring that to the screen was to channel George Clooney. “Playing cool and confident and sexy is really hard,” the actress, who first garnered breakout attention thanks to her Emmy-nominated turn as Janet on, tells ET.

EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners veterans Chris von Goetz and James Robins Early have teamed to launch Adventure Media, an artist-driven management and production company. Aaliyah Williams has joined the company as a founding partner, manager and producer.

Demi Lovato goes public with her new boyfriend, Jute$. The 29-year-old singer is in New York City promoting her new album on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. For the outing, Demi returned to her grunge era, wearing a leather jacket paired with a plaid skirt, platform loafers, fishnet stockings, and heavy black eyeshadow.The couple’s public debut comes days after a source close to Demi told People details about her new relationship.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of his breakout comedy Palm Springs, director Max Barbakow looks to have found his next big studio film as he has boarded the Warner Bros. comedy Disaster Wedding. Dave Holstein is currently rewriting the script with the first draft by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. Spider-Man director Jon Watts is producing along with Andrew Kortschak. Jesse Ehrman and Chrystal Lee are overseeing for the studio.

TIFF announced its Short Cuts section today comprised of 39 live-action narrative, documentary, and animated short films from directors repping 18 countries.

Netflix is bringing back classic competition series The Mole.

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Nicholson (Licorice Pizza), Elizabeth Lail (Mack & Rita), Leila George (Animal Kingdom) and Grammy winner Rick Springfield (Ricki and the Flash) have signed on for roles in Oscar and Emmy winner Patricia Arquette’s feature directorial debut, Gonzo Girl, based on the novel of the same name by Cheryl Della Pietra. The actors join an ensemble led by Camila Morrone, which also includes Willem Dafoe and Arquette, as we told you first.

EXCLUSIVE: The ensemble for Jeff Nichols next feature film is continuing to grow as sources tell Deadline Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook and Damon Herriman have joined The Bikeriders at New Regency. Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy are already on board. Nichols will direct the pic, which is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.

the Duchess of Cambridge, acting as her bridesmaid at her 2011 wedding, but the mum-of-three has another royal connection that you might not be aware of.The 38-year-old is rumoured to have dated someone who married into the royal family – Thomas Kingston, who tied the knot with the Queen's cousin Lady Gabriella Windsor in 2019.MORE: The title Kate Middleton's sister Pippa is set to inherit revealedThomas and Pippa were photographed together at Cheltenham Festival in March 2013 and going for dinner at luxe London restaurant Le Caprice the following month.They clearly remain friendly, as Thomas and Gabriella attended Pippa's wedding to James Matthews in 2017.WATCH: A decade of Pippa Middleton's style Pippa and Thomas have since been photographed enjoying a walk in each other's company.MORE: Pippa Middleton's new baby girl's sweet connection to cousin Prince GeorgeREAD: Pippa Middleton's fun family plans for August with three childrenThomas and Gabriella are an impressive couple, with Gabriella, who is 52nd in line to the British throne, completing degrees at Ivy League institution Brown University and Oxford, where she graduated with a Master of Philosophy before starting work as a journalist. Her father, Prince Michael of Kent, is the Queen's first cousin.

’s Jarrette Jones and Iyanna McNeely. On Wednesday, the pair revealed that they are divorcing.“What’s going on family,” the two wrote in a statement, posted on their respective Instagram accounts.  “After much thought, we’re saddened to share that we have separated and will begin the process of divorcing.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThere’s not enough RuPaul to go around the world. But the drag competition show he created in 2009 along with World of Wonder co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey continues to spread into new territories with his trademark spirit intact.“Drag Race Philippines” will become the latest spinoff when it launches on Aug.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA documentary about the rehab center turned cult Synanon is in production at HBO Documentary Films, Variety has learned exclusively.Spanning more than three decades until the early 1990s, Synanon originated as a Santa Monica-based storefront rehab and was celebrated both as a breakthrough treatment center and a culturally forward attempt at communal living. Led by the charismatic Chuck Dederich and his wife Betty, Synanon was a darling of the recovery community as well as the political and celebrity elite.

Thania Garcia Adele spilled a few secrets behind the lyrics of some of her biggest hits in a new video for her Elle cover story.The singer reflected on material ranging from her first album, “19” to her latest “30,” and started her “Life in Lyrics” episode by explaining how her “lyrics have probably changed a bit over time in terms of my vocabulary growing, considering that I started out when I was 19.”“But, you know, they always tell about the same thing: me,” she explained, “and seemingly, my failed relationships. Which is crazy ’cause I actually don’t feel like that, but yeah.”Adele kicks off the segment by reading a lyric from “Easy on Me,” admitting that she wrote some of the verses in the shower, and said the song made her think about how “lost I was when I left my marriage.” “A lot of my friends throughout that rainy period of my life kept saying to me that, ‘You have to go easy on yourself, don’t beat yourself up too much about your decisions,'” she continued.

fighting fury is plant-based — but it’s not as health-conscious as it sounds.Ahead of fights these days, the legendary once-heavyweight boxing champion fuels up on magic mushrooms and weed, allowing the high to tame his infamous “aggressive” rage in the ring. “I like taking mushrooms and smoking before fighting. I take psychedelics every day, mushrooms,” Tyson, 56, explained to Muscle and Health Magazine this week. The heavy-hitter’s admission to drugging up came just before he was spotted in a wheelchair, being rolled through Miami International Airport by an attendant Tuesday.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentA judge in the southern Italian city of Lecce has ruled that there are no grounds to further pursue an investigation into allegations that the Oscar-winning Canadian director Paul Haggis had sex with a young woman without her consent.The court ruled in favor of Haggis late on Friday, Italian news Agency ANSA reported on Saturday.“After viewing the evidence and hearing arguments from both sides, the District Court of Lecce, an appellate court with three judges, unanimously rejected a prosecutor’s appeal to have Haggis’ house arrest reinstated,” said Haggis’ Italian lawyer Michele Laforgia in a statement issued on Saturday. Haggis, who won two Oscars for “Crash” and is also known for writing “Million Dollar Baby,” was arrested on June 19 in Ostuni, a location in the southern region of Puglia on the heel of the Italian boot, on charges of sexual assault allegedly inflicted to a 28-year British woman over the course of two days in June.