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Cardi B’s boyfriend Stefon Diggs has been accused of sexual assault by influencer Christopher Blake Griffith. Griffith alleges that on May 22, 2023, at Diggs’ home in Maryland, Diggs drugged him, attempted to sexually assault him, and then conspired to kill him. Griffith originally made the claims on Instagram in August, and the NFL player, who had a son with Bodak Yellow rapper Cardi B earlier this month, later filed a defamation lawsuit accusing Griffith of fabricating a false story. Mr. Griffith filed a counterclaim on Friday. Influencer Christopher Blake Griffith has accused Stefon Diggs of sexual assault in a…

I’ve never watched an episode of “Friends.” I know this is borderline blasphemy to admit, especially for a TV critic. Obviously, the iconic NBC sitcom is such a cultural juggernaut that I know all the main characters, love triangles, and beats of the show. For example, we’re told that Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) will end up together. Cole Sprouse played Ross’ son Ben. There was a huge discussion about the “breakdown” of the relationship and cheating. Still, I’ve gone out of my way to ignore my “friends.” If there was something on the TV, I would run…

After a mentally and physically devastating year, Shaina Taub is stepping away from Broadway’s Ragtime to focus on her health. The Tony Award-winning composer and performer, currently starring as Emma Goldman in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ hit musical, has announced that she will be taking a leave of absence from performances from January 6, 2026 to March 29, 2026. In a candid Instagram post on Thursday, November 20, Tauve, 37, said the role was a “childhood dream come true” but that she made the decision after experiencing three pregnancies last year. Never miss a…

Hailey Bieber is celebrating her 29th year wearing leather. Ahead of his birthday on Nov. 22, Bieber celebrated with an intimate dinner with friends on Thursday night. Posting a photo from the event on Instagram, the model sported an all-black look with a backless top and form-fitting pants. Hailey Bieber wore a backless leather top and velvet pants to her 29th birthday dinner on Thursday night. Hailey Bieber/Instagram The intimate dinner featured a pink tiered cake with a fancy coquette motif. Tatrafata/Instagram The beaver’s leather top was laced up the back and accented with long leather fringe down the back…

Matchbox Shots, the Mumbai-based banner behind ‘Andhadhun’, ‘Monica Oh My Darling’ (Netflix) and ‘Scoop’ (Netflix), is backing ‘Shamed’, an official adaptation of Sarvijit Kaur Athwal’s memoir of the same name. The book tells the true story of a British-Punjabi woman who mustered the courage to testify against her family in open court after witnessing her family conspiring to murder her sister-in-law. Her testimony led to Britain’s first murder conviction without a body. For Matchbox Shots producer Sarita Patil, the project had a sense of urgency. “What attracted me to this story is that it exposes the insidious violence that lives…

For Variety’s Oct. 15 cover story on the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things,” the show’s creators, twin brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, sat for nearly four hours of interviews in July and September, both times at their postproduction offices in Hollywood. While they are self-proclaimed introverts, the Duffers were nonetheless remarkably candid and open about themselves and how much they’ve changed — and haven’t changed — since their show premiered on Netflix in 2016. In advance of the Nov. 26 premiere of Season 5’s first four episodes on Netflix, here is an edited excerpt of our conversations with…

What you need to know Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry fell off the stage while competing in the Miss Universe evening gown competition, resulting in her absence from the Miss Universe pageant on Thursday, November 20th. An update on her health was released on Friday, November 21st. Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry remains hospitalized three days after falling off the stage during the Miss Universe evening gown competition. The 28-year-old beauty pageant contestant was striding across the stage in a sparkly orange dress and high heels during a pageant in Thailand on November 19 when she tripped and completely fell off the…

Jen Shah is scheduled to return home from prison during the holidays. The “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” alum will be released early from a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, on Dec. 10, People reported Friday. The Bravolebrities, who have been in prison since February 2023, consider the timing a “gift not to be taken for granted,” according to manager Chris Giovanni. Jen Shah is scheduled for early release from prison on December 10th. back grid The reality star’s manager revealed the news to People magazine on Friday, calling it a “gift.” Derek Shook / BACKGRID “Everyone is…

Three years after his triumphant Oscar win for “The Whale,” Brendan Fraser has found his next deeply personal project in an unlikely place: Tokyo. In Hikari’s “Rental Family,” Fraser plays Philip, an American actor adrift in Japan who discovers unexpected purpose — and genuine human connection — when he’s hired to play a surrogate family member for people struggling with loneliness. The film arrives at a moment when its themes feel particularly urgent. “This film really doesn’t have a declared villain,” Fraser says on the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, settling into a conversation about the project that took him back…

Netflix has given a series order to the A24-produced series “Trigger Point,” starring Joel Edgerton. According to the official logline, the eight-episode action-crime drama follows “a group of former Tier 1 special forces operators and the FBI agents who pursue them as they work behind the scenes at a private military contractor to sell elite technology to an underground criminal organization.” Edgerton plays Red, the leader of a criminal group. Harrison Querrey will serve as showrunner and Jeremy Saulnier will direct. Both will serve as executive producers along with Cut To’s Joe Hipps and Patrick McDonald. Edgerton is currently a…