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Actor and comedian Russell Brand has been charged with one count of rape, one count of oral rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault, the Metropolitan Police in London announced.
The charges relate to four separate women. The alleged crimes span from 1999 to 2004 or 2005, authorities said.
Brand, 50, is due in court in London on May 2.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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A baby is on the way for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley.
Neeley, who is part of the cast of the hit Hulu series, announced Friday that she is expecting her third child with husband Jacob Neeley.
“Baby #3 is on the way and we couldn’t be happier!” the reality star and TikToker wrote in an Instagram post.
The couple are already parents to daughter Harlow and son Hudson.
In an exclusive interview with People, Neeley said that she and her husband revealed the news to their kids that they were going to have a third sibling an hour before they told the rest of their family.
“We were in California for Christmas break,” she said. “I knew that if we told them, they were going to spill the beans to my family, so I had to kind of do a two-in-one. So we told them, I want to say an hour before we told our whole family.”
She continued, “My kids are so excited to have a sibling. They already fight over whose baby it is, which is so funny. My daughter, she’s like, ‘It’s my baby!’ and my son’s like, ‘No, it’s our baby.’ They fight over who is going to change diapers, and I’m like, ‘Great, I’ve got some little helpers.’ I’m excited for them, for all of us.”
Two years ago Neeley revealed in a YouTube video that she and her husband were going to start IVF again after having her daughter Harlow via IVF in 2020.
“It’s been really exciting,” she said. “I think when you do IVF, it’s not a fun process. Usually you tell your friends and family that you’re doing it, so there are no secrets or surprises. We decided this time not to share it with anyone, not even our family.”
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Ariana Grande had the honor of opening the 97th Oscars on Sunday night.
After a montage of films set in LA, which ended with the message “We love LA,” Ari appeared wearing a sparkly red gown to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which Judy Garland sang in The Wizard of Oz. Since Ari is nominated for Wicked, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the choice was fitting.
Her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo, wearing a huge white gown with a purple floral accent, then took the stage to sing “Home” from The Wiz, another take on L. Frank Baum‘s classic tale.
The two then came together center stage to sing “Defying Gravity,” their big number from Wicked. Cynthia, of course, nailed every note, including the final battle cry, and both earned a standing ovation.
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The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards streamed live on Netflix on Sunday, February 23, in Los Angeles. Among the big winners were Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore, who won outstanding performance by a male actor and a female actor in a leading role for, respectively, A Complete Unknown and The Substance. Conclave won outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture.
On the TV side, Shōgun swept the dramatic categories, including outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, while Only Murders in the Building took the same award in the comedy category. Colin Farrell and Jessica Gunning won outstanding performance by a male actor and a female actor in a limited series for, respectively, The Penguin and Baby Reindeer.
Kristen Bell hosted the 31st annual awards ceremony, which saw Jane Fonda receive the SAG Life Achievement Award, the Guild’s highest honor, from Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In her acceptance speech, she commented on the current political environment, saying, “We mustn’t, for a moment, kid ourselves about what is happening. This is big time serious, folks. Let’s be brave. We must not isolate. We must stay in community. We must help the vulnerable. We must find ways to project an inspiriting vision of the future.”
Here are all the winners:
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role
Demi Moore, The Substance
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture
Conclave
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series
Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Jean Smart, Hacks
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series
Shōgun
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture
The Fall Guy
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series
Shōgun
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