James Comey Says He Hasn’t Thought Through ‘Policy Questions’ Around Trump Reelection Since He’s Just ‘A Fiction Writer’ Now (Video)

Holly Willoughby seemed to make it clear that she has strong bonds with her This Morning co-star during Wednesday's edition of the daytime TV show. Chatting with presenter Josie Gibson on 7 June, the TV personality, 42, shared that Alison Hammond was coming 'round to my house' that evening.Talking from a countryside location as she advertised the show's competition, Josie explained that she had some friends coming to join her after the show, sharing, "I asked Alison but she was busy, and you're in the studio Holly." While Holly replied, "Alison can't come because she's round at mine tonight." The show of friendship appears to rubbish Eamonn Holmes ' recent claims that Holly is 'using' Alison and faking a friendship with the former Big Brother favourite.

one year since Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial reached a verdict, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor seems to be making a rather smooth transition when it comes to getting back to work. After his first movie, Jeanne du Barry, had a fancy premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last month, the French-language film was just acquired by a production company for North American distribution rights.  Vertical, which is a leading global independent film distribution company, announced in a Wednesday press release that it has acquired the North American rights to Jeanne Du Barry.

Sophia Scorziello editor What does it mean to be a funny girl? Actors Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Janelle James (“Abbott Elementary”), Gina Rodriguez (“Not Dead Yet”) and Kerry Washington (“UnPrisoned”) discuss being a woman in comedy at Variety TV FYC Fest’s Disney Women of Comedy panel, moderated by Variety’s Angelique Jackson. Each TV character they play — whether she’s an empress of Russia, a public school principal, a family therapist or a journalist who talks to the dead — is layered and complicated. Through comedy, these actors have found the freedom to be contradictory, to not have it all together and to be a little messy.

Justin Bieber‘s father Jeremy is being called out.

Jennifer Aydin is calling out Andy Cohen.

Doing things her way. Jessie James Decker defended her desire to get rid of her ink, while quieting “sensitive” fans.

Blake Lively is spending another day on set.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The details of gifts given to Jackson were among the reports provided by most members of the court in their annual filings, which give a partial window onto their finances. The reports were released Wednesday.

A legal victory on the horizon? Prince Harry’s trial against the Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged phone hacking is underway — and one legal expert thinks he has a good chance of winning.

Chris Licht has broken his silence following his abrupt departure as CEO and Global Chairman of CNN Wednesday morning, calling his tenure “exciting but incredibly challenging.”“This was an exciting but incredibly challenging assignment, and I learned a lot over the past 13 months,” Licht said in a statement to media. “I’ve been lucky enough to have had a successful, fulfilling career, and I look forward to my next chapter.”Licht’s statement comes hours the former CEO’s ouster was announced by Warner Bros.

Justin Theroux has no love for his former “Sex and the City” character, Jared.

Amid New York City’s air quality crisis, Jodie Comer halted her Wednesday, June 7, Broadway performance after 10 minutes on stage.

Al Pacino is sharing his thoughts about the unexpected news of his pregnancy with his girlfriend Noor Alfallah. The 83-year-old Hollywood star made headlines after it was revealed that he was expecting a baby with his 29-year-old partner, with many online users sharing their surprise.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus opened up about working with "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini on one of his final films before his death in June 2013 at the age of 51. The 62-year-old actress starred opposite the late actor in the 2013 romantic-comedy "Enough Said" in which they played a pair of divorcees who fall in love.  Louis-Dreyfus, who had never met Gandofini prior to filming the movie, recalled how he was very different from the ruthless mob boss he portrayed for six seasons in the hit HBO series.

Tom Holland will be taking a year-long break from acting after wrapping up The Crowded Room. The actor stars in the Apple TV+ series and is opening up about how difficult it was for him to play the role of Danny Sullivan.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director It turns out The Terminator is no match for James Cameron. In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new Netflix documentary “Arnold,” the actor and Cameron remembered clashing over the iconic “I’ll be back” line from 1984’s “The Terminator” (via Insider). “Sometime in the middle of the shoot, we’re doing this police station scene. The line is, ‘I’ll come back.’ It wasn’t meant to be like a big moment at all,” said Cameron, who co-wrote “The Terminator” with Gale Anne Hurd. “It was literally meant to be, on its face, ‘No problem, I’ll come back.’ For some reason, Arnold didn’t say, ‘I’ll come back.’ I said, ‘Well, just say “I’ll be back.” Keep it simple.'”

The Megyn Kelly Show” regarding the still-breaking news that Licht had been booted after a little over a year on the job – none hotter than a call for a savage spring cleaning through the ranks of CNN.Beyond just seeking a new audience, “the workforce must be changed as well,” Kelly said. “The ones who cost the network its reputation in the first place. The far-left producers deciding on CNN’s online and show content.

Lauren Alaina can thank Luke Bryan for helping her find one. The 28-year-old country singer spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner and Rachel Smith in Nashville ahead of CMA Fest and revealed how the «Knockin' Boots» crooner played a huge hand in Alaina meeting her now fiancé, Cam Arnold.It was back in November when Alaina announced, while onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, that Arnold popped the question. Fast forward to now, Alaina gushed over her future husband while sharing how exactly Bryan played a role in the two becoming a couple.«If you spend five minutes with him, you'd be like, 'I get it,'» Alaina tells ET.

“The Kardashians” may have an even longer TV lifetime left.

Niecy Nash-Betts, 53, graced the latest cover of Variety‘s Emmy Extra Edition as the face of Women of Awards Season, where she sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss her thoughts on her controversial series “Dahmer”.

actor, 37, opened up about her scars, as well as the accident where she acquired them, during an appearance on the podcast, co-hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes.Cuoco is an and competitor, so her September 2010 visit to a Los Angeles ranch should have been smooth sailing—unfortunately, it was anything but. Shortly after she saddled up and readied to ride, her horse got spooked and threw Cuoco off. She landed on the ground, directly under the horse, which attempted to jump over her but instead crushed her left leg.

resolve its love triangle in season 2? Um. It might just not. Jenna Ortega, star of the massively successful Netflix hit, just revealed that the show is leaning away from romance and toward horror when it returns.

Pulling plans to build two new platforms at Piccadilly station is a 'decade lost for the North of England', Andy Burnham has said as he pushed back against the move at a meeting of mayors, council leaders and rail chiefs today (June 7). Building platforms 15 and 16 has been seen as key to unclogging congestion on railways across the region – but the proposal was withdrawn last month.

EXCLUSIVE: A founding partner of Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo and a fixture in the Hollywood legal community for five decades, Kenneth Kleinberg built his practice lawyering the likes of Jack Nicholson, J.K. Rowling, Johnny Depp, musicians like Toby Keith and brands like Lego, among many others.

 reunion finale, particularly where Tom Sandoval is concerned.During Wednesday's episode of host Andy Cohen's SiriusXM radio show, , the Bravo EP teased an upsetting update from the Tom Tom co-owner.«There is something that Tom Sandoval says tonight on the reunion that is going to upset every woman in America,» Cohen shared.While Cohen wouldn't go into too much detail, he said the comment is going to «cut to the core» for a lot of women, and called it something «straight guys should never say about women.»He did assure, however, that Sandoval does get flack for it after saying it, adding, «People react.»Even still, it's not the «bombshell» the show has been teasing ahead of Wednesday's close to season 10's three-part reunion.Speaking to ,  boss Alex Baskin went into further detail about this new piece of information that is so big, that the cast is being told they should wait to see it before determining if they even want to return for the already renewed 11th season of the long-running reality series.Baskin also said the revelations even had the EPs' heads spinning.«There are revelations and developments that left even our heads spinning,» Baskin teased. «We wind down the day of [filming the reunion] and then a few days later, there's yet another development.

It sounds like these two contentious exes are really making progress! And while we’re surprised to hear it, we’re also encouraged by this update. Good for them!!

What’s left to be said? Andy Cohen predicts that Tom Sandoval is going to ruffle the feathers of every woman in the world during the final part of the Vanderpump Rules reunion.

The table isn’t shaking but Ego Nwodim does have a steak salad in front of her.

Justin Bieber’s dad Jeremy has been slammed for sharing a homophobic meme during Pride Month.

Jennifer Aniston is taking it easier these days.

Jennifer Aniston is 54 years old and still looks just as beautiful as when she first rose to international fame filming Friends in the ‘90s. Even when she was in her forties a decade ago, the TV and film star had no problems showing off her fit body performing a strip tease in We’re the Millers or seducing Charlie Day’s character in nothing but a lab coat and underwear in Horrible Bosses. In order to maintain in great shape, Aniston has been consistently working out, but admits the downside to doing too much cardio is experiencing burnout and how it “broke [her] body.

Update, 12:16 pm PT: The “Prima Facie” matinée performance has resumed, with an understudy taking over for Jodie Comer. “Today’s matinee of ‘Prima Facie’ was halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires,” a spokesperson for the play said in a statement. “The performance was set to start again from the top with understudy Dani Arlington going on for Ms. Comer in the role of Tessa.”   Previously: Jodie Comer is getting rave reviews for her performance in the one-woman Broadway play “Prima Facie,” but her June 7 performance was cut short due to nearly-unbreathable air in New York City.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden has started breast cancer treatment. Posting to her Instagram page, the dancer, 32, shared that she is "ready for this fight." Sharing the news, Amy shared a photo of herself in a hospital bed as she posed with her thumbs up. She penned the caption: "Step one to beating cancer! Rrrrrrready for this fight and more determined than ever to get back on the dance floor." She followed this with a number of hashtags, which included #letsdothis, #breastcancerawareness, and #checkyourchest.

Jenna Ortega met one of her childhood idols. The ‘Wednesday’ star had an insightful conversation with Elle Fanning during Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors,’ and revealed that she grew up idolizing her and Dakota Fanning’s career in the film industry.The actress explained that when she was younger she told her mom that she wanted to have a successful career, just like Dakota’s, who at that point had starred in multiple blockbuster films.

Married life has some fashionable perks! Hailey Bieber created an effortless look using husband Justin Bieber’s clothes.