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FILE - Alec Baldwin attends the NYU Tisch School of the Arts 50th anniversary Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 4, 2016, in New York. A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Alec Baldwin indicted on manslaughter charge in ‘Rust’ shooting

January 19, 2024 at 2:20 p.m.

Alec Baldwin has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, as prosecutors once again seek to hold the actor accountable for the on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin, 65,...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, actor Liam Neeson poses for photographers upon his arrival at the premiere of the film 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople' in London. Liam Neeson says he had violent thoughts some time ago about killing a black person after learning that someone close to him had been raped. The Northern Ireland-born actor says that after being told the attacker was black he "went up and down areas with a" stick or truncheon hoping a black person "would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him." (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, file)

‘Ozark’ creator sued over screenplay credit on upcoming Liam Neeson film

March 15, 2021 at 3:27 p.m.

A first-time screenwriter filed a lawsuit Monday against Mark Williams, the co-creator of "Ozark," claiming Williams wrongfully claimed a writing credit on a forthcoming Liam Neeson film. Nick May is a career attorney at...

FILE - DaBaby arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. The Grammy-nominated rapper has been released from a Los Angeles County jail after an arrest in Beverly Hills, Calif., where police said he took a loaded gun into an upscale store on Rodeo Drive. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

DaBaby sued for assault on property owner who tried to stop music video shoot

February 23, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.

The owner of a Runyon Canyon vacation rental home sued DaBaby on Monday, alleging that the rapper assaulted him and stole his phone when he tried to shut down an unauthorized music video shoot...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters at the Save America Rally on the Ellipse on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the White House in Washington, D.C..

Donald Trump resigns from SAG-AFTRA after union moves to expel him

February 4, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

Former president Donald Trump has resigned from SAG-AFTRA, after the union announced last month that it would move to expel him for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. SAG-AFTRA announced on Jan. 19 that...

Actress-comedian Mo'Nique arrives at the premiere of "Almost Christmas" in Los Angeles Nov. 3, 2016.

Mo’Nique files race and sex discrimination suit against Netflix

November 14, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Mo'Nique filed a discrimination suit against Netflix on Thursday, alleging that the streaming service broke the law when it gave her a lowball offer for a comedy special. The comedian...

Actress Lori Loughlin (C) and husband Mossimo Giannulli (C rear) exit the Boston Federal Court house after a pre-trial hearing with Magistrate Judge Kelley at the John Joseph Moakley US Courthouse in Boston on August 27, 2019. - Loughlin and Giannulli are charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in the college admissions scandal. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images)

Lori Loughlin faces new bribery charge in college admissions case

October 22, 2019 at 3:15 p.m.

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, were indicted on a charge of conspiring to commit federal programs bribery on Tuesday, in connection with allegations that they paid...

Felicity Huffman leaves federal court with her brother Moore Huffman Jr. following, after she was sentenced in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Boston.

Felicity Huffman reports to federal prison to serve two-week sentence

October 15, 2019 at 12:22 p.m.

Felicity Huffman reported to federal prison in Dublin, Calif., on Tuesday morning to begin her two-week sentence for paying to cheat on her daughter's SAT test. Huffman pleaded guilty to...

‘The Chi’ actress Sonja Sohn arrested on cocaine possession charge

July 22, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

Sonja Sohn, the actress who appears on "The Chi," was arrested over the weekend in North Carolina on a charge of cocaine possession. Sohn, best known for portraying Det. Kima...

R. Kelly performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 21, 2013.

R. Kelly dropped by Sony Music; singer’s former manager turns himself in on threat charge

January 18, 2019 at 4:15 p.m.

Sony Music has decided to dissolve its working relationship with R. Kelly, Variety has learned. No external announcement of the move is planned in the immediate future, says a source,...

Heather Parry attends a Dinner Honoring The Women Of "Pixels" at Upland on July 20, 2015 in New York City.

Live Nation production chief Heather Parry put on leave amid verbal abuse claims

December 21, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

Live Nation Entertainment has placed production chief Heather Parry on a leave of absence in response to a Variety investigation into allegations of verbally abusive behavior and offensive language. The...

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