Author: Michael

“Call Her Daddy” star podcaster and media entrepreneur Alex Cooper has outgrown United Talent Agency. Cooper shook up the agency and creator worlds when word got out on Sunday that she had left UTA, where she had been for over six years. Bloomberg reported that Cooper plans to sign with CAA. The move comes days after her and her husband Matt Kaplan’s three-year-old media company Unwell reached a $500 million valuation after an investment from WME co-founder Patrick Whitesell’s firm WTSL. Cooper’s ambitions to turn Unwell into a media powerhouse is likely why she made the move to CAA, which has spent the…

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Hayden Panettiere’s ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson was denied his request to reduce two past felony charges three days before her death, according to court documents obtained by Us. Prosecution objected to Hickerson’s motions to expunge and to reduce the charges to a misdemeanor during a hearing on Thursday, August 13. Page Six was the first to report the news. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also confirmed to the outlet that Judge Olivia Rosales denied Hickerson’s motion. Hickerson, 36, previously pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend after he was arrested and received…

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Simon & Schuster is facing new questions about its handling of Jason Arday’s memoir, “Great and Unfortunate Things,” after publicly standing behind the book and its editorial review despite mounting scrutiny of the late University of Cambridge professor’s academic work and autobiographical claims. TheWrap sought comment from Simon & Schuster multiple times on Monday, including asking whether the publisher is reassessing the book and whether it has asked retailers or booksellers to pause additional orders. The publisher did not respond. Simon & Schuster had previously defended its editorial process as scrutiny of Arday intensified before publication. “We have worked closely…

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The OG Meg from Disney’s animated ‘Hercules,’ Susan Egan, starts her campaign for Zendaya to take over her role in the in-the-works live-action remake while chatting with ET’s Denny Directo at Disney’s D23 Expo. The Broadway icon also reacts to her official inclusion as a Disney Legend, and gushes about getting to perform with fellow Disney star, Lea Salonga at this massive event. More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

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Tom Holland stands to make over $100 million for starring in Sony and Marvel’s global hit “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” a massive haul that puts him in the rare category of Hollywood’s top-earning actors and already comes on top of a payday from his other 2026 global hit, “The Odyssey.” According to three individuals with knowledge of Holland’s deal, the actor scored a base salary of at least $20 million up front — an increase of $10 million from his last Spider-Man gig — with the potential to earn upwards of $100 million when backend bonuses are factored in as…

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Buckle up, “Slow Horses” fans. Things are about to get bumpy for the misfit residents of MI5’s Slough House (again). Apple TV unveiled Tuesday morning the first trailer for “Slow Horses” Season 6. Based on author Mick Herron’s 2019 novel “Joe Country,” the new season catches back up with Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the other members of Slough House as they find themselves hunted for unknown reasons by a pair of anonymous assassins (“Andor” star Kyle Soller and “The Witcher” star MyAnna Buring). The growing number of deaths force ex-Slow Horse Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar)…

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