Librarian forced to work shift at Carstairs hospital amid staffing crisis

Disney+ subscribers may have noticed that James Cameron’s Avatar has gone missing from the streaming platform. The highest-grossing movie of all time was quietly removed ahead of the theatrical re-release of the 2009 sci-fi film set for September 23.

Vanessa Bryant's lawyer, during closing arguments on Tuesday, implored the jury in the Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit against Los Angeles County to award her and a co-plaintiff millions of dollars in damages for emotional distress.The lawsuit claims that emergency personnel — sheriff's deputies and fire personnel — snapped and shared graphic photos taken from the helicopter crash site that killed the NBA legend, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Craig Lavoie addressed the nine-member jury Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and said Vanessa and family friend Christopher Chester — a co-plaintiff who lost his wife and daughter in the crash — will have to live in fear that one day those photos will surface in public or online and cause irreparable harm.«Either the photos will surface and their worst fears will have been realized or they will live in fear that day will come,» Lavoie said via Bloomberg.Vanessa's attorney also evoked what would have been Kobe's 44th birthday and asked the jury for «justice and accountability on his behalf.»According to the news outlet, Chester's attorney, Jerome Jackson, proposed that the jury award each plaintiff $2.5 million for their suffering over the last two years, and as much as $1 million a year for the rest of their lives. Going by those numbers, Jackson said Chester, 48, should get $30 million and Vanessa, 40, should get $40 million in future damages.Attorneys representing Los Angeles County will offer rebuttals on Wednesday on what will be the 11th day of the trial. According to multiple reports, a sheriff's deputy admitted to sharing the gruesome photos with another sheriff's deputy while they played.

Elton John has surprised diners at Cannes restaurant La Guérite by playing a segment of his forthcoming collaborative single with Britney Spears, ‘Hold Me Closer’.John’s Instagram page livestreamed the singer heading to a DJ booth at the restaurant, greeting the DJs and then getting them to play the single. John announced the song over a wireless microphone, and proceeded to sing his parts over it.Watch the full livestream below:A post shared by Elton John (@eltonjohn)As the song’s title suggests, ‘Hold Me Closer’ includes an interpolation of the chorus from John’s 1971 hit ‘Tiny Dancer’.

Sophia Nomvete, Nazanin Boniadi and Morfydd Clark hit the red carpet for the latest premiere for their new series, The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, held at Lincoln Center on Tuesday night (August 23) in New York City.

Dan Harmon gave his most concrete answers to date when asked by Newsweek about the long-aborning Community movie.

Kanye West will not face prosecution for allegedly punching a fan during an altercation in Los Angeles earlier this year. The 45-year-old rapper will not be charged with battery over the incident that occurred in January, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital in a statement on Tuesday. "Regarding the incident involving Kanye West that took place Jan.

Serena Williams is "​evolving away from tennis," retired tennis legend John McEnroe is weighing in on the superstar's indelible legacy.The outspoken athlete recently chatted with ET's Kevin Frazier, while promoting his forthcoming Showtime documentary, and he reflected on Williams' retirement and final US Open.«I hope it goes well for her, but it doesn’t matter ultimately [because] she's an icon,» McEnroe said. «She's like Muhammad Ali, in a way, and Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King, Tom Brady. I mean, she's up with the all-time athletes, whether she wins a match or she wins the tournament.»«I mean, she's won so much, [and] she seems to be in a great place and that’s what matters,» he added. «Hopefully she'll be able to sort of inspire more kids to play the sport of tennis in the future.»McEnroe's praise comes nearly five years after the tennis star found himself in hot water over remarks he made about Williams that many critics felt were sexist.

said in a video announcement posted to social media on Tuesday.“The Office” actor B.J., Novak, Marvel star Simu Liu, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, “The Talk” host and “Criminal Minds” star Aisha Tyler, comedian and “I Love My Dad” actor Patton Oswalt and the WNBA’s Candace Parker round out the cast. Celebrities will play for the chance to score money for a charity of their choice.“Let’s hope they’ve been reading more than screenplays,” Bialik quipped.

Vanessa Bryant's lawyer, during closing arguments on Tuesday, implored the jury in the Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit against Los Angeles County to award her and a co-plaintiff $75 million in damages for emotional distress.The lawsuit claims that emergency personnel — sheriff's deputies and fire personnel — snapped and shared graphic photos taken from the helicopter crash site that killed the NBA legend, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Craig Lavoie addressed the nine-member jury Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and said Vanessa and family friend Christopher Chester — a co-plaintiff who lost his wife and daughter in the crash — will have to live in fear that one day those photos will surface in public or online and cause irreparable harm.«Either the photos will surface and their worst fears will have been realized or they will live in fear that day will come,» Lavoie said via Bloomberg.Vanessa's attorney also evoked what would have been Kobe's 44th birthday and asked the jury for «justice and accountability on his behalf.»According to the news outlet, Chester's attorney, Jerome Jackson, proposed that the jury award each plaintiff $2.5 million for their suffering over the last two years, and as much as $1 million a year for the rest of their lives. Going by those numbers, Jackson said Chester, 48, should get $30 million and Vanessa, 40, should get $40 million in future damages.Attorneys representing Los Angeles County will offer rebuttals on Wednesday on what will be the 11th day of the trial.

Zawe Ashton looks stunning in a pretty yellow dress at a special screening of Mr. Malcolm’s List held at Little House Mayfair on Monday night (August 22) in London, England.

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will now feature gender-neutral film and television acting categories ahead of its 2023 show. In addition to the new terms, and "in response to rising costs of production," the nonprofit also raised its budget cap by nearly $8 million to $30 million, the organization said Tuesday.

EJ Panaligan editor Sophie Allison, better known as Soccer Mommy in the music world, has always been fascinated with mixing beauty and ugliness in her songwriting. On Aug. 22, Allison sat down with Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles for an extensive conversation about how this method plays into her latest studio album, “Sometimes, Forever,” before playing a stripped-back guitar set of songs from the record. “Mixing things like love and all of these romantic feelings with harsher ideas, I think that’s come out in both my lyrics and the way that the production has gone,” Allison said during the conversation. “When I was 17 recording stuff in my bedroom, I don’t think it was going that way, but as I started doing albums, I got to play with that more.”

Ben Savage is following a well-worn path blazed by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger by throwing his hat into the political arena.

Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall hit the red carpet for the premiere of their new movie, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. held at Regal LA Live on Monday (August 22) in Los Angeles.

Molly Ephraim is opening up about her experience filming A League of Their Own.

Kate Moss is the latest celeb to launch her own lifestyle brand, following in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow and Kourtney Kardashian, who have found success with Goop and Poosh, respectively.

Jolissa Fuentes of Selma, California vanished on August 7 after a party — only one day after Kiely Rodni disappeared — and the similarities in their cases are eye-opening.

Chelsea Clinton is sticking by Kim Kardashian. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Clinton shared that she has cut out Kardashian’s estranged husband Kanye West’s music from her running playlist. "I've had to let go of Kanye, because it's just, I can't.

Angelina Jolie and her youngest daughter were guests at “Dear Evan Hansen,” in Philadelphia. The show’s official social media account shared a behind the scenes photo of Angelina and her daughter Vivienne, posing alongside the cast of the show.Angelina Jolie wears all white as she goes shopping with her son Knox in Los AngelesAngelina Jolie hires two of her kids to work in new film ‘Without Blood’A post shared by Dear Evan Hansen (@dearevanhansen)The post was shared via Instagram and features two photos.

EXCLUSIVE: About 70 people, or 14% of the programming operation overseen by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys, were laid off last week as part of cost-cutting across Warner Bros. Discovery. At the time, only the departures of the heads of departments that were worst hit — all of them on the HBO Max side — were made public, including Jennifer O’Connell EVP, Non-Fiction & Live-Action Family Originals. Now names of other executives who are leaving as part of the restructuring and staff reductions are starting to trickle out.

Bon Iver have announced an Australian leg for their current world tour, making up for a cancelled run of dates from last year.The Justin Vernon-fronted act were initially scheduled to tour Australia in June of 2020; however, that run was pushed back by nine months when the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold. The tour was then due to start in March 2021 – with Gordi and Stella Donnelly confirmed as support acts – but it was ultimately cancelled in November 2020 with the band “look[ing] forward to safer days ahead”.Today (August 24), six Australian dates have been confirmed for the first quarter of 2023.

Anne Heche was cremated and her ashes were placed in a mausoleum at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery nearly two weeks after she was declared brain-dead at a Los Angeles-area hospital from injuries suffered in a fiery car crash on Aug. 5. She was 53 years old.

Kanye West is going to walk away from his assault investigation with no consequences.

How awful. All of our hearts are breaking right now for the family of Kiely Rodni. The 16-year-old, who went missing after a party in the woods in Placer County, California two weeks ago was finally found over the weekend. Sadly a dive team found her submerged in her vehicle in the Prosser Reservoir. The body has since been confirmed by autopsy to be her.

Doing an interview with someone as totally transparent as reality TV star Carly Lawrence is a PLEASURE! Perez was so pleasantly surprised and found our chat truly enjoyable! You need to CLICK HERE to listen right now at PerezPodcast.com

There is sooooo much to do at Area 15 – including really yummy food, like The Beast by Chef Todd English! And yummy booze too!!! Las Vegas is life!!!!!!

Scheana Shay and Brock Davies are married!

A staffing crisis at high security state hospital Carstairs in Lanarkshire meant a librarian was forced to cover a shift on a ward.