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Mandalorian Star Settles With Disney Over Firing

'I hope this brings some healing to the force,' 43-year-old Gina Carano says

(Newser) - Gina Carano has settled her suit with Disney and Lucasfilm. The BBC reports that details are scarce on the settlement with the 43-year-old Mandalorian actor, who'd accused the companies of wrongfully terminating her from the hit Disney+ show and discriminating against her for her right-wing views. Carano wrote on...

Dean Cain Joins ICE to Help With Deportations
Now Joining ICE:
Superman Star
Aug 7, 2025 8:47 AM CDT

Now Joining ICE: Superman Star

Actor Dean Cain cites patriotic duty as government agency ramps up Trump's immigration raids

(Newser) - Dean Cain, best known for his '90s run as Superman, says he's joining US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to back President Trump's push for mass deportations. The 59-year-old actor announced the move during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News, explaining that after sharing an ICE recruitment...

The Walking Dead 's Addy Dead at 33
The Walking Dead's
Addy Dead at 33
OBITUARY
Aug 6, 2025 7:53 AM CDT

The Walking Dead's Addy Dead at 33

Actor Kelley Mack battled brain cancer

(Newser) - Kelley Mack, the actor who played Addy on season nine of The Walking Dead, has died at age 33. She "passed away peacefully" in her hometown of Cincinnati on Saturday, according to an announcement on CaringBridge.com . It didn't offer a cause of death. However, Mack previously revealed...

Bridgerton Actor Too Scared to Leave Home

Genevieve Chenneour 'severely agoraphobic' after February assault in London

(Newser) - An actor in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton says she's unable to leave her home as a result of severe anxiety triggered by a violent theft in London. Genevieve Chenneour, who portrays Miss Clara Livingston in Bridgerton's third season, was attacked in a cafe in February after confronting...

Gary Busey Admits Groping Woman at Horror Convention

Oscar-nominated actor faces probation, fines after plea deal

(Newser) - Gary Busey, the actor known for roles in The Buddy Holly Story and Lethal Weapon, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge stemming from an incident at a New Jersey horror convention in 2022, reports the New York Daily News . The 81-year-old admitted to intentionally groping a woman during...

Rising Film Star in UK Charged With Rape

Eddington 's Micheael Ward is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in January 2023

(Newser) - British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday. The Metropolitan Police force said the 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The charges relate to one woman, and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023, per the...

Harry Potter Actor Banned From Getting Behind the Wheel

Emma Watson can't drive for 6 months over speeding in Oxford with prior points on her license

(Newser) - Emma Watson, best known for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, apparently didn't have her magic wand handy when she was caught exceeding the speed limit in Oxford last July, reports the BBC . The 35-year-old actor has been handed a six-month driving ban after...

Charmed , Nip/Tuck Star Julian McMahon Dies at 56
Charmed, Nip/Tuck Star
Julian McMahon Dies at 56
OBITUARY
Jul 5, 2025 10:50 AM CDT

Charmed, Nip/Tuck Star Julian McMahon Dies at 56

He was the son of a former Australian PM, and he played one in a Netflix show

(Newser) - Australian-American actor Julian McMahon, who starred in shows including Nip/Tuck, Charmed, and FBI: Most Wanted, has died at age 56. He "died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to overcome cancer," his wife Kelly McMahon said in a statement to Deadline . McMahon was the son of former...

'Cletus Hogg' Has Chased After His Last General Lee

Rick Hurst, who played slightly dopey deputy on Dukes of Hazzard , dies at 79

(Newser) - For a while during the era when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were president, Rick Hurst was a household name, playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on the popular '80s action-comedy series Dukes of Hazzard, per ABC7 . He wasn't quite as well known in his later years, but the tributes...

Sam Rockwell: I Still Get Paid for 1989 Film I Was Never In

Actor talks about role with one line early in his career in Lean On Me , which he got 'let go' from

(Newser) - Easy work, if you can get it. Sam Rockwell, who garnered quite a bit of attention for his role as a sex addict in the last season of White Lotus, once had a much smaller role in a rather big movie—and he still gets paid for it, even though...

Dermot Mulroney's 14-Year Marriage Is Over

Source tells TMZ that split from wife Prima Apollinaare is amicable

(Newser) - Dermot Mulroney and wife Prima Apollinaare are ending their marriage, and the 61-year-old My Best Friend's Wedding actor is making a "bold money move" on the way out, per TMZ . The outlet reports that Mulroney filed for divorce and says the divorce documents it viewed have him asking...

Actor Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Harassment, Assault

Derek Dixon's $260M lawsuit alleges actor used career promises to silence his accuser

(Newser) - Tyler Perry is facing a $260 million lawsuit over allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault by a former actor on one of his BET shows. In court documents filed last week in Los Angeles, actor and screenwriter Derek Dixon accuses Perry of making repeated unwanted advances, attempting to...

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release
Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies
Weeks After Release
OBITUARY
Jun 17, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release

David Hekili Kenui Bell, a native Hawaiian, was 46

(Newser) - A rising actor has tragically died while his most recent movie, the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, is still in theaters. David Hekili Kenui Bell, a member of SAG-AFTRA who also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI, joined "the company of our Heavenly Father,"...

Eric Dane: I Blamed First ALS Symptom on Texting Too Much

Euphoria actor says first sign he had degenerative nerve disease was a weakened right hand

(Newser) - In April, Eric Dane announced to the world that he has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and now he's revealing the very first symptom he noticed about a year and a half ago, though at the time he brushed it off, per Variety...

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity
This Teen Deserves
to Be an Emmy Rarity
OPINION
Jun 12, 2025 11:30 AM CDT

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity

Owen Cooper deserves to win for Adolescence , writes TV critic Glenn Whipp

(Newser) - This year's Emmy nominations come out next month, and the name of 15-year-old Owen Cooper is expected to be among them. At the Los Angeles Times , TV writer Glenn Whipp makes the case that the central character in the Netflix series Adolescence should be more than nominated—he should...

Kate Beckinsale's Lawsuit Is 'Quite Something'

Actor says producers behind Canary Black didn't provide safe working conditions, leaving her injured

(Newser) - Kate Beckinsale's action flick Canary Black debuted last year on Amazon Prime, but her involvement in it isn't quite done. Per Variety , the 51-year-old actor, who plays a CIA operative being chased by terrorists, is suing the movie's producers for unsafe working conditions while they were filming...

Halle Berry's 'Floating' Marriage Proposal Awaits

Actor says she's not quite there with boyfriend Van Hunt, who says his proposal is 'on hold'

(Newser) - For nearly five years, Halle Berry and musician Van Hunt have been an official item—but in terms of making it really official, the Catwoman actor is still hedging. The couple appeared Wednesday on Today, and they told the outlet that Hunt, 55, has actually popped the question to Berry....

Boardwalk Empire Star Dies at 41
Boardwalk Empire
Star Dies at 41
obituary
Jun 2, 2025 7:14 AM CDT

Boardwalk Empire Star Dies at 41

Devin Harjes had cancer

(Newser) - Boardwalk Empire fans will know him as boxing champ Jack Dempsey. The actor who starred in that role, Devin Lee Harjes, died last week at age 41, reports the Hollywood Reporter . Harjes, who was diagnosed with cancer in February, died in Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York City from...

Hundreds of Broadway Artists Call Out Patti LuPone

Open letter urges Tonys ban after remarks about Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis

(Newser) - A group of more than 500 Broadway artists have signed an open letter criticizing theater veteran Patti LuPone for remarks she made about fellow performers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The letter , circulated by Playbill on Friday and addressed to the American Theatre Wing, the Broadway League, and "...

Michael J. Fox Is Returning to Acting

Spin City star to have guest role on Apple TV+'s Shrinking with Harrison Ford, 5 years after retiring

(Newser) - Five years ago, Michael J. Fox stepped away from acting , noting that his memory was "shot" and announcing he'd be sticking to writing from there on in. The Family Ties and Back to the Future star seems to have since reassessed that plan: Entertainment Weekly reports that Fox...

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