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Disney is waiving arbitration in a wrongful-death suit filed by the husband of a woman who died after dining at a restaurant in its Disney Springs resort in Orlando last year. Jeffrey Piccolo is suing the company for $50,000 because his wife Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered an allergic reaction after…

Former GOP Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges today and faces a minimum of two years in prison, with a sentencing hearing set for February. The counts included wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying on House of Representatives disclosure forms. After…

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: Four people arrested in the killing of General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor have now been charged, two of them with murder, according to Los Angeles County prosecutors. Eighteen-year-old Robert Barceleau of Huntington Park, and Sergio Estrada, also 18, both have been charged with…

Michael Madsen was arrested over the weekend for misdemeanor domestic battery after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to call of a disturbance between the actor and his wife at their Malibu home, Deadline has confirmed. Deputies were called to the home shortly after midnight Saturday…

(Updated with CAA statement) Julia Ormond's lawsuit against Disney, CAA and Miramax over an alleged 1995 sexual assault by the now-incarcerated Harvey Weinstein will be going forward. "Upon the foregoing documents, and oral argument having been held before the court on May 20, 2024, it is ordered…

As a widower takes Disney to court over his wife’s death at Walt Disney World and Resorts, the company is using its Disney+ streaming terms to attempt blocking the lawsuit. In a recent filing, Disney’s attorneys requested Jeffrey Piccolo’s $50,000 case be dismissed and settled out of court after…

After a judge halted the foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley‘s Memphis home, Graceland, a Missouri woman has been charged in the alleged scheme to steal the property from the Presley family. Lisa Jeanine Findley (aka Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt Naussany, Lisa Jeanine Sullins and…

A federal judge in New York has granted Fubo’s request for Venu Sports, a planned sports bundle of Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery channels, be blocked on antitrust grounds. Fubo filed a lawsuit in February, blasting Venu as a product of a monopolistic “cartel” intent on crushing any…

Jack Russell, lead vocalist for 1980s hair metal group Great White, died Thursday from multiple system atrophy and Lewy body dementia, Rolling Stone reported. He was 63. Russell announced his retirement from touring last month after his diagnosis. "I am unable to perform at the level I desire…

UPDATED with arraignment details: Five defendants have been charged in connection with the ketamine-related death of actor Matthew Perry, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced Thursday during a news conference in Los Angeles. The five include a live-in assistant, two doctors and a woman known as the…

A U.S. District Court judge has rejected an attempt by CBS Studio to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former member of the SEAL Team writing staff who alleged he was denied employment and job opportunities in favor of less qualified applicants in “favored” groups, i.e., nonwhite, LGBTQ and female. In a ru…

Former President Donald Trump is asking the judge in his hush money trial to postpone sentencing until after the 2024 election. Trump’s lawyers argued in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan that postponing Trump’s sentencing “prospectively mitigate the asserted conflicts and appearances of impropriety…