Taron Egerton withdraws from lead role in West End show due to 'personal reasons'

UPDATED with latest: A Los Angeles jury today rejected model Blac Chyna’s defamation lawsuit against members of the Kardashian/Jenner clan — a major victory for the reality TV personalities who were accused of derailing Chyna’s unscripted television career.

Sunday on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tore into Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is facing an election this year amid allegations of secret deputy gangs, abuse of power and cover ups in his department — all of which Villanueva denies.

Applications for The Disruptors, the annual fellowship for emerging television writers of color who identify as either trans, gender nonbinary, undocumented / formerly undocumented, or disabled, are now open for the 2022 program season. 

Josh Brolin, Lily Taylor and Imogen Poots.Brolin plays Royal Abbott, who runs a modern-day sprawling Wyoming ranch that’s been in his wife Cecilia’s (Taylor) family for over 100 years. With a nod to the series Western motif, the Abbott Ranch abuts the Tillerson Ranch and the two families, natch, don’t get along too well.

Harry Styles is inviting a few lucky fans to his “House” for one night and one night only. The pop star announced on social media Monday that he will be performing new songs from his upcoming album “Harry’s House” at the UBS Arena in New York on May 20.

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out an Abi Franklin revenge twist on the ITV soap as Toyah Battersby married Imran Habeeb on Monday. Soap watchers will recall that Abi recently gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy to baby Alfie and it was soon revealed that Imran was the dad following a one night stand last year. Toyah, who was left devastated over Imran's betrayal, decided to take him back last month after he revealed that he was fighting for sole custody of his son and wanted them to be a family.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdvertising isn’t a game for the people who run Twitch — but they are working to weave it more closely into the esports and other live-streamed programming beamed out by the Amazon-backed service every day.Executives spent Monday evening making a pitch to advertisers that involves creating closer pairings between the people who create the content on the outlet and the brands that sponsor it. Twitch backs several live-streams, including owned-and-operated channels like Twitch Rivals and Twitch Sports as well as creator-led projects that can embrace advertising.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTitus Welliver’s ex-cop Harry Bosch will return to crack more cases on Amazon Freevee.Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) announced the pickup of Season 2 of “Bosch: Legacy,” a spin-off of series “Bosch” that ran for seven seasons on Prime Video — ahead of the May 6 premiere of “Bosch: Legacy” on the ecommerce giant’s free, ad-supported streaming service.In addition, Amazon Freevee is expanding its licensed content lineup through a short-term film licensing agreement with Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution for a “limited selection” of 20th Century Studios titles, including “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2,” “Logan,” “Hidden Figures,” Kenneth Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” and “The Post.” The announcements came at Amazon’s 2022 NewFronts presentation Monday for marketers.Amazon Freevee also announced the renewal for third and fourth seasons of “Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers,” the docuseries about a Southern California high-school basketball team, from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted, as well as greenlights for four new originals: cooking competition series “America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation”; coming-of-age drama “Beyond Black Beauty”; family competition series “Play-Doh Squished”; and music documentary “Post Malone: Runaway.”Currently in development at Freevee is “Inside No. 9,” based on the BBC’s award-winning anthology series, combining humor, horror, crime and suspense — with the episodes linked in some way by the inclusion of the number nine.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticKacey Musgraves has recorded a version of the 1961 Elvis Presley classic “Can’t Help Falling in Love” for the upcoming soundtrack to director Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic, the singer has revealed.The country-pop star noted that she had covered the song Monday while walking the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala. Musgraves was there with Luhrmann, Priscilla Presley and members of the film’s cast.Details on the soundtrack have been hard to come by before now, with little publicly revealed beyond the fact that the first single from the album, Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” which includes an interpolation of the Presley hit “Hound Dog.” will be out this Friday.

Amazon Freevee, the ad-funded streaming service, has unveiled a raft of renewals, unscripted orders and developments following its rebrand from IMDb TV.

Studio City, the little-engine-that-could creation of The Bold and Beautiful actor Sean Kanan, is back for a second season on Amazon Prime.

As fans await the Kardashian-Jenner family’s arrival at the 2022 Met Gala, a jury has come to a verdict in Blac Chyna’s defamation case against Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

The Met Gala is one of the most anticipated red carpet events of the year. In case you didn’t know, it’s an annual fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. That is some serious business, but with serious business comes a need for some comedic relief. While all the stars line up in their gorgeous gowns and suits, you can copy us and lay in bed while scrolling through Twitter for the best Met Gala memes. 

look. Styled by Erica Cloud, the hit the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art wearing a floor-length black Moschino gown with stunning colorful embellishments and a bow across the plunging neckline. She was the essence of with a black feather fan, black gloves, and plenty of diamonds.Makeup artist Moani Lee for Byredo gave the Musgrave a simple winged eyeliner look with pale pink lips and a strong contour. Her bang was split down the middle and the rest of her hair was pulled back in a elegant updo.Of course, this isn't the first time Kacey Musgraves has stood out on the Met Gala red carpet.

Blake Lively had an incredible moment on the red carpet at the 2022 Met Gala and her husband Ryan Reynolds had the best reaction!

Camila Mendes dazzles in a golden fringe dress while arriving at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 2) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

me think about when I'm at a bar for 20 minutes and then I'm like, “This has been nice but unfortunately now I need to go home and eat a snack by myself.” At the 2022 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are expected to walk the red carpet together, returning to the place where they first connected. Many people pin the flashy couple's first meeting to Kardashian's host gig on Saturday Night Live, or to a 2019 birthday party both attended for Kid Cudi.

Blac Chyna's trial against Rob Kardashian and his family has reached a verdict. After deliberating, the jury decided that no monetary damages should be awarded to Blac Chyna, thus ending the weeks-long case.The verdict was delivered on Monday in L.A.

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We can’t say for sure how the trial is going, but this is the second major signal we’ve gotten that the court of public opinion is shifting in the favor Johnny Depp — and the week has just begun!

Vanessa Hudgens loves to play dress up! And she is almost ALWAYS nailing it.

departing The Mark Hotel in New York on Monday ahead of the Met Gala. The 26-year-old Game Of Thrones actress, who is expecting the couples' second child together, stunned in an embellished black gown while her husband, 32, looked dapper in a white and black tuxedo jacket with extra long tails.

Paris Hilton is still in touch with Lindsay Lohan. The 41-year-old socialite ignited a long-running feud with 'Mean Girls' star back in the mid 2000s when Lindsay was reportedly linked to her ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos and the pair spent the years that followed publicly expressing their disdain for one another but are now back in contact with each other. Paris told E! News: "We've DM'd a couple of times.

“Bridgerton” Season 2 has set another record in its second week.The show, which stars Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton, and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, is now the most viewed title in a week on the English language TV list. It set the record with 251.74 million hours viewed worldwide.It also was No. 1 in 93 countries.

Sasha Urban editorNikki Renée Daniels has been performing on Broadway for 22 years, but she’s never received entrance applause. That is until Wednesday, when she became the first Black actor to play the lead role in the musical “Company” on Broadway.“And then in the quiet, I sat down in a chair and someone yelled, ‘You got this, queen!” Daniels told Variety.

Taron Egerton is bowing out of a production in London’s West End earlier than planned.

Taron Egerton has dropped out of the West End play Cock, less than a month after performances began.

Dermot O'Leary ended his latest stint on This Morning with an apology. The presenter was back at the helm of Friday's show alongside Alison Hammond.

Apple TV+’s big wave of wins continues. After winning the Best Picture Oscar for “CODA” and the one-two-three punch that will be “We Crashed,” “Shining Girls” and “Slow Horses” that completes itself this spring (three shows in a row with Academy Award and Emmy Winners like Anne Hathaway, Jared Leto, Elisabeth Moss and Gary Oldman), their next big show that has lured A-list talent is on the horizon.

Bridgerton character for an audience of millions to psychically and sexually imprint upon. The absence of Simon, Duke of Hastings () in the romantic fantasy-scape that is Bridgerton.

Bridgerton is still reigning on the Netflix charts!