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Britney Spears performs in Rotterdam in 2004. (Getty) Britney Spears’ lawyer has called her father’s request that she continue paying his legal fees “an abonimation”. In documents filed last week, Britney’s estranged father Jamie Spears requested a court order which would ensure that the bill for his legal fees would be paid from his daughter’s
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Director Bryan Singer. (FilmMagic / Jason LaVeris) X-Men and Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been accused of “traumatising” and “abusing” a former assistant. Singer has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple men, and was named in two 2014 civil lawsuits. In one, it was alleged that he forced 17-year-old Michael Egan III into sexual activities at parties in
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis expressed support for the women who accused Chris Noth of sexual assault. On Monday, Dec. 20, the stars of Sex and the City issued matching statements to their respective social media accounts addressing the allegations against their co-star, whose character, Mr. Big, was killed off And Just Like That… in the premiere
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Non-binary activist in Madrid, Spain, 2021. (Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images) The Tory government is being urged to clarify “the barriers” preventing non-binary recognition and to legislate on the issue before the next election by a cross-party group of MPs. The demand for action comes from MPs in the cross-party Women and Equalities Select Committee, which has
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Caroline Nokes, Tory MP and chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) The Tory government failed in its responsibilities with its botched handling of Gender Recognition Act reform – and should seek to fix its wrongs by 2023, says the Women and Equalities Committe. The committee, chaired by Tory MP Caroline Nokes,
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Former police officer Harry Miller. (Sky News) An appeals court has ruled in favour of ex-police officer Harry Miller, declaring that “gender critical” comments should not have been classed as “hate incidents” by police. The case was brought by Harry Miller, a former police officer from Lincolnshire, who was visited by Humberside Police in January,
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Surprise! Musician Kimberly Perry is married. In fact, The Band Perry group member tied the knot with partner Johnny Costello over the summer and only recently revealed the wedding news. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Dec. 18, the “Mother Like Mine” singer announced that she and her now-husband got married in June. “Wishing everyone a very MARRIED Christmas,” Kimberly began her post. “Today
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Sonya Deville, the first openly gay female superstar in the WWE, says it would be “natural” for the WWE to introduce more LGBT+ storylines. (YouTube/WWE) Openly gay wrestling superstar Sonya Deville thinks the WWE should start incorporating LGBT+ characters “naturally” into its programmes. Deville came out publicly in 2015 when she revealed that she is
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After co-starring together in Rendition—though they had no scenes together during the shoot in Morocco—rumors start flying that Witherspoon had moved on from her divorce from Ryan Phillippe with Gyllenhaal. And in October 2008, she couldn’t help but gush about her love to Vogue. “He’s very supportive,” she said. “Suffice it to say, I’m very happy in life,
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Lil Nas X, Little Mix and Adele are among the artists nominated in the gender-neutral Brit Awards. (Getty/Kevin Kane/WireImage/JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/YouTube/ITV) Lil Nas X, Little Mix and Adele are among the nominees for the 2022 BRIT Awards, which features gender-neutral categories for the first time. Starting with its 2022 ceremony, the awards scrapped its
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South Dakota governor Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on 11 July 2021 in Dallas, Texas. (Getty/Brandon Bell) Governor Kristi Noem has proposed a new anti-trans sports bill to ban trans student-athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams in public schools. In March, Noem vetoed
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The Lowell Spinners held a pre-game Quidditch game between students from Emerson College and Boston University on 3 July 2013. (Yoon S Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty) Real-life quidditch organisations are working to change the name of the sport to distance themselves from JK Rowling’s “anti-trans positions”. The real-life game is inspired by the fictional
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Would you call your ex up to let them know you’d started dating someone new? According to Katie Thurston, that’s not what normal people do. The Bachelorette star shared a video on Instagram on Friday, Dec. 17, to respond to online criticism after going public with boyfriend John Hersey about a month after news broke of her split with fiancé Blake
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Maralee Nichols is breaking her silence after Tristan Thompson‘s paternity case was dismissed in Texas.  On Thursday, Dec. 16, E! News confirmed that a judge dismissed a paternity lawsuit that Thompson filed against Nichols in a Houston court. It marked a legal win for Nichols, who alleged in another Los Angeles lawsuit that the basketball star fathered her newborn son, whom she
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Britain’s foreign secretary Liz Truss. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Britain’s top LGBT+ rights activists have slammed minister for women and equalities Liz Truss for “falling short” on the government’s conversion therapy ban. Earlier this month, the Conservative government threw yet another wrench into the long-sought ban on the dangerous and discredited practise – extending its consultation
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UPDATE, with Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire just joined the roster of on-pause Broadway productions due to positive Covid test results within the company. Producers announced that performances of the musical at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre from tonight through Sunday, Dec. 19, have been canceled. Described as being on “hiatus,” Mrs. Doubtfire is scheduled to resume
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Bad Romance? Lady Gaga suffers for her beloved art, including her acting. In a roundtable conversation with fellow actresses Penélope Cruz, Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Hudson, Kristen Stewart and Tessa Thompson, published in The Los Angeles Times on Dec. 15, Gaga described herself as a “masochist” when she acts and “completely detached from real life.” The star, who recently received a
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