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UPDATE, 1:19 PM:The tide of misconduct allegations against Joss Whedon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer actresses is turning into a tsunami. Minutes after Sarah Michelle Gellar responded to Charisma Carpenter's claims of abuse by the Avengers director by saying that she stands "with all survivors of abuse and am proud of...

Former Buffy the Vampire and Angel actress Charisma Carpenter accused those shows' creator, Joss Whedon, of abusive and harassing behavior on set. In an Instagram message posted today, the actress says the incidents "triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer." Carpenter claims the Buffy creator...

The WGA's long-running legal battle to reshape the talent agency business is now officially over. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr., who oversaw the case, granted a request by the WGA and WME to voluntarily dismiss their antitrust suits, bringing the case to a close with the words, "It is so...

UPDATED, 2:18 PM: The second impeachment of Donald Trump is constitutional, according to the U.S. Senate. Though a conviction over Trump's role in the violent attempted coup of January 6 is looking pretty unlikely at this point. Covered live on ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC World News, C-Span, CNN, MSNBC and more, the jurors...

A funeral for the three-year-old child allegedly killed by the champion of Season 20 of the Food Network reality series Worst Cooks in America was held this week. The biological parents of Victoria Rose Smith held what was described as an emotional funeral for the child. Food Network star Ariel Robinson, 29, and...

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that California Governor Gavin Newsom's orders banning indoor church services may violate the Constitution's protections on religion. The order effectively lifts the state ban on indoor religious gatherings. In a 6-3 decision, the Justices granted an appeal late Friday evening...

The cryptocurrency market is on a roll today, as Bitcoin edges back over the $40,000 mark and ethereum's ether is at an all-time high. Bitcoin is now trading slightly over $40,000 per single coin, up more than 16% in the last seven days alone. The digital currency is recovering from a market dip in late December/early...

The troubled Netflix docuseries Cheer this week saw two more of its subjects arrested in separate criminal cases related to alleged sex misconduct involving minors. Already reeling from similar allegations against series star Jerry Harris, the show saw Robert Joseph Scianna Jr., a 25-year-old coach and choreographer...

Smartmatic, the election systems company, filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox Corp. on Thursday, claiming that Fox News "irreparably harmed" its reputation when some of its news personalities and guests targeted the company as responsible for rigging election results. Also named in the 285-page lawsuit (read it he...

UPDATED, 7:10 PM: Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios and Charter Communications have agreed to settle Allen's $10 billion racial-discrimination lawsuit against the telecommunications giant. The parties put out a brief joint statement tonight announcing the deal. "Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Networks has...

CBS' recently opened investigation into alleged racist and sexist conduct by two of its top local TV executives is now in the spotlight of the WGA, and the guild wants a face-to-face ASAP. "The Writers Guild of America, East has reached out to CBS regarding the investigation of misconduct by executives at local CBS...

The Clooney Foundation for Justice, founded by George Clooney and his wife Amal, is speaking out about the upcoming libel trial of Russian dissident Aleksey Navalny. The opposition leader and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin was sentenced this week to more than two years in prison after being convicted of...