VMAs get political as Lizzo pleads with fans to vote and 'make changes to laws that are oppressing us'

first reported the firing.Mester was suspended earlier this week after his on-air tribute to Romero in which he apologized on behalf of KTLA, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Mester’s bio has been scrubbed from the KTLA website – much like Moreno’s was the week before immediately after her abrupt departure.Romero, reportedly beloved by her colleagues in the KTLA newsroom, wasn’t permitted to clean out her own belongings or say goodbye to longtime viewers of the newscast.

Former University of California Los Angeles basketball player Jalen Hill has passed away after taking a mental health break — and going missing in Costa Rica.

NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Raniere is arguing he’s being mistreated in jail so the prison can stop him from fighting back in court!

Adam Levine’s former yoga instructor has more to say about his awful behavior!

Ricki Lake is looking back on her own career journey as part of her new podcast series, and she's looking forward to the self-reflective journey alongside some famous friends.Lake recently sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner and opened up about her new podcast series, — which she's hosting alongside The Ellen DeGeneres Show alum Kalen Allen.In the podcast, Lake will reexamine her show that ran for 11 seasons and cemented itself in pop culture. The show pioneered the DNA test results segments long before Maury Povich popularized it on his show, and Lake had some of daytime TV's most memorable guests.Looking back at her time as host, Lake reflected on how she was only 24 when she was first handed the mic, and never in a million years did she think it'd blow up the way it did.«No, I didn't think it was going to be this big huge hit. I never have anticipated any of my success, nor have I calculated the next move,» she said.

Patricia Heaton's humanitarian trip to Kenya required nearly a nine-hour commercial flight, followed by a two-hour flight on a smaller plane and then nearly a three-hour car ride. An arduous trek, for sure, but nothing compared to the dire predicament facing children in those drought-stricken regions desperately attempting to stave off a malnutrition crisis.The star teamed up with World Vision to help provide aid in the communities she visited, particularly in Kalapata and Nakorio. Heaton tells ET she got «quite an exuberant welcome» following the long journey, and the people's good-hearted nature was immediately on display when they took her hands and started dressing her in exquisite beaded headdresses.«It was sort of unexpected,» she tells ET.

Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin have agreed to a peaceful termination of their union.According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, both parties agreed to keep their divorce from getting contentious, out of an interest in the wellbeing of their family.«The parties agree that it is in the best interests of each of them individually, and more importantly collectively as a family, to resolve all issues attendant to the dissolution of their marriage in a dignified, amicable, and private manner out-of-court,» the document shared.In August, ET confirmed that Flavin had filed for divorce in Florida. «Upon information and belief, the Husband has engaged in the intentional dissipation, depletion and/or waste of marital assets which has had an adverse economic impact on the marital estate,» the divorce docs read. «Pursuant to Section 61.075, Florida Statues, equity dictates that the Wife be compensated and made whole by receiving an unequal distribution of the marital assets in her favor. Moreover, the Husband should be enjoined from, selling, transferring, assigning, encumbering, or dissipating any assets during the pendency of proceedings.»Flavin requested at the time that she be able to continue living in their home in Palm Beach, Florida and that Stallone not move anything from their marital assets.Stallone responded to the news in a statement to ET, saying, «I love my family.

Gwyneth Paltrow is doing just that in her new Instagram pic. The  actress shared a black-and-white photo of herself in a bikini, jumping for joy as she prepares to celebrate her 50th birthday later this month. «Musings on a milestone,» Paltrow captioned the pic before directing followers to her  blog where she discussed how she files about marking the big birthday.«I remember my mother’s 50th birthday very clearly. I suppose it was the first 'big' birthday I was able to celebrate with her as an adult. It was upstairs at Michael’s, an early LA food-scene star, a place both my parents loved.

Ready to move forward. Adam Levine’s former yoga instructor Alanna Zabel wants to put his past flirty texts behind her after claiming he once revealed he wanted to “see her naked.”

Baby love! Odette Annable was surrounded by friends and loved ones as she celebrated her pregnancy with a sprinkle shower in Texas.

Is it… is it possible Donald Trump may not actually get away with something??

Not-so-mixed messages. Maren Morris got real about the less pleasant aspects of using social media amid her public spat with Brittany Aldean.

Few movie dramas in recent years have generated as much fevered online speculation as Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde.

Wynonna Judd is reflecting on her mother’s death, five months after Naomi Judd died by suicide. In an upcoming interview with People Magazine, Wynonna detailed what life has been like without her mother. Naomi was 76 when she died.

Start your engines: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is in full swing!

Jake Lockett is the hot new star of Chicago Fire and the longtime series’ showrunners are opening up about the mystery surrounding his character Sam Carver.

Julia Fox is not playing games when it comes to her 2022 Milan Fashion Week looks.

Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde appear to still be together!

“Abbott Elementary’ star Sheryl Lee Ralph reflected on having Sidney Poitier as a director for her film debut “A Piece of the Action” at the premiere Wednesday of the documentary film “Sidney.”“When I met him, he did not let me down,” Sheryl Lee Ralph told TheWrap at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures premiere, noting that at the time she was a “newbie” to the industry. “A lot of people you meet, they let you down.

Former Riverdale and Diary of a Wimpy Kid actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole for 14 years for the 2020 killing of his mother.

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has activated its disaster-relief program for dues-paying SAG-AFTRA members impacted by Hurricane Fiona.

The Black List has finalized the names of the six writers that will be part of their 2022 Feature Lab and will partake in a hybrid workshop that will include virtual sessions culminating in an in-person weekend intensive in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the Emmy-winning documentary When Claude Got Shot. The film premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and made its broadcast television debut in May 2022 on the award-winning PBS documentary anthology series Independent Lens. The documentary will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms on September 27, 2022 through Freestyle Digital Media.

CNN on Thursday denounced the Nicaraguan government after the network’s Spanish-language service CNN en Español was taken off the air there late Wednesday.

Tom “Tommy” McCarthy, executive vice president of post-production facilities, is retiring from his post at Sony Pictures Entertainment after more than three decades. Jon Hookstratten, EVP of Administration & Operations, confirmed the news in a memo adding that Kimberly Jimenez had been promoted to senior vice president of post-production services.

HBO Max, which just became part of Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming rankings a few weeks ago, had a coming-out party on the chart for August 22 to 28 thanks to House of the Dragon.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared legislation that would give news outlets a reprieve from antitrust laws and allow them to band together to negotiate agreements with tech platforms.

EXCLUSIVE: Snagging some of the best and the brightest from Disney, Netflix and Paramount, law firm Yorn Levine is expanding, again.

The NSW Teachers Federation’s and transgender service provider The Gender Centre’s applications to march in the 2023 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) Parade has been rejected.In an open letter to members, NSW Teachers Federation General Secretary Maxine Sharkey revealed “with great disappointment” that their application to march in the 2023 SGLMG Parade was rejected, despite having marched in the last several parades. Sharkey acknowledged the Union’s support for Mardi Gras in the past, “including providing spaces in our conference centre and encouraging members to volunteer as marshals or float participants in Mardi Gras parades. Sharkey stressed, however, that even though the Union would not be marching in the Parade, “we will contribute to the Sydney WorldPride Amplify program.”The Gender Centre health and communications manager Eloise Brook said “We provide over 90 per cent of trans-specific services to the community in NSW,” According to an interview in the Sydney Morning Herald, SGLMG received so many applications “far exceeding our total capacity.”This year’s Mardi Gras Parade is part of Sydney WorldPride 2023.Sydney WorldPride 2023 takes place from February 17 to March 5, 2023 with nearly 1 million people expected to take part in the 17-day celebration.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit

Marcia Gay Harden said her Tony-winning role as Veronica in “God of Carnage” helped shape the character she plays in the new CBS dramedy “So Help Me Todd.”“‘So Help Me Todd’ is blending the drama with the comedy, and that’s right up my alley,” Harden, 63, told The Post. “It’s truly what I prefer to do.

Taylor Swift earned the VMAs Video of the Year award and announced a surprise album will be released in October as she accepted her moonman on stage Sunday night at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The 32-year-old singer also revealed that she had made MTV history with four of the nominees in the category being women, a first for the awards show which began celebrating artists in 1984.

Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance as the coveted moonman at the MTV Video Music Awards show on Sunday night at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The 59-year-old actor floated from the ceiling wearing the iconic astronaut outfit during a seconds-long stint on the live telecast.

Nick Cannon revealed he's becoming a father once again with Brittany Bell in a maternity video shared on Instagram Wednesday afternoon.This will be his tenth child, and third with the former Miss Universe Guam. "Time Stopped and This Happened…," he captioned the short clip from a photo shoot for his millions of fans.