Kim Kardashian showed up to Tracee Ellis Ross’ pre-Halloween birthday dinner dressed as “X-Men” character Mystique — only to find out no one else was in costume.
“That time I showed up to a birthday dinner in full costume when it wasn’t a costume party!” the “Kardashians” star captioned a selfie with the “Black-ish” alum on her Instagram Story on Sunday.
The photo showed Kardashian wearing a red wig, creepy colored contact lenses and a skintight blue latex bodysuit. While the Skims founder looked unrecognizable, apart from her famous curves being on display, Ross was unmistakably herself, wearing a red sequined jumpsuit with a matching jacket.
Kim Kardashian mistakenly showed up to Tracee Ellis Ross’ birthday dinner in costume over Halloween weekend.kimkardashian/Instagram
“Happy Birthday to the most beautiful kind soul @traceellisross,” Kardashian, 42, added in her tribute to the actress, who turned 50 on Saturday.
The reality star was most likely still in costume from her other Halloween festivities with her family.
Kardashian called Ross “the most beautiful kind soul.”NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via
She shared several videos of the spooky celebration that showed her home decorated with fake spiderwebs and her yard transformed into a graveyard. There were also actors dressed up as mummies and lots of sweet treats to enjoy.
Later in the evening, Kardashian attended a Halloween party where she hung out with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Ross celebrated her 50th birthday on Saturday.GC Images
The rapper, 52, was dressed as a very scary-looking Joker from “Batman,” wearing a slicked-back green hairdo, a purple sports jacket and runny clown makeup.
Kardashian shared a selfie with Diddy to her Instagram Story, writing, “never broke character @Diddy.”
Ross enjoyed a birthday cake at her dinner party with friends.traceeellisross/Instgram
Kardashian’s sisters also got into the Halloween spirit over the weekend and went all out with their costumes.
Kourtney Kardashian and her husband, Travis Barker, dressed as Chucky and Tiffany, respectively, from the “Child’s Play” franchise.
The Skims founder dressed as "X-Men" character Mystique.
The Skims founder dressed as "X-Men" character Mystique.
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The Skims founder dressed as "X-Men" character Mystique.
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Kendall Jenner, meanwhile, transformed into a sexy version of Jessie from “Toy Story” by wearing a red cowgirl hat, braided pigtails, micro jean shorts and cowhide-print chaps.
Kylie Jenner channeled the bride of Frankenstein in a dress designed by Jean Paul Gaultier for a Kylie Cosmetics shoot. She also went as Elvira, wearing a spiderweb bikini top with nipple tassels and a very poofy wig.
Sylvester Stallone, 76, spoke candidly about his family life and personal experiences in a new interview. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Sylvester Stallone opened up about his marriage, fatherhood and politics in a revealing new interview.
During a conversation with the Sunday Times, the Rocky star, 76, spoke openly about his split from wife Jennifer Flavin, which occurred when she left him back in August and filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. However, the couple reconciled the next month.
“Let’s just say that it was a very tumultuous time,” Stallone explained. “There was a reawakening of what was more valuable than anything, which is my love for my family. It takes precedence over my work and that was a hard lesson to learn.”
Upon their reconciliation, a spokesperson for the couple told Page Six, "They decided to meet back up at home, where they talked and were able to work out their differences. They are both extremely happy."
The couple share three daughters. Looking back on his earlier days of parenting, Stallone — who also has two sons, including Sage, who died in 2012 — expressed his deep remorse for being an absentee father who was entirely focused on his film career.
“I didn’t pay enough attention when they were growing up,” Stallone admitted. “I was so career-oriented and now I go, ‘OK, I don’t have that much runway up ahead and I want to start asking them about their lives.’ I ask them about their day and they started at first a little monosyllabic. Then I heard one say, ‘I was just thinking about you.’ Oh my God. I’ve never heard that before in my life. When a daughter knows you care, she’s there forever.”
Stallone also revealed how he came to understand politics, recognizing that he was often assumed to be a member of the Republican Party, despite voting for both parties at times. That association with Republicans came largely from the patriotic point of view of his films.
“I didn’t even know what a Republican or a Democrat was until I was 30 years old,” Stallone shared. “I really didn’t until I went to Hollywood. I didn’t know wrapping myself in a flag in Rocky would throw down the gauntlet.”
While his hugely successful Rambo franchise immediately associated him with military skills and firearms knowledge, the actor and director says he has mixed feelings about certain aspects of gun control, including the popularity of automatic weapons.
“I don’t see a purpose in hunting with a 40-round magazine,” he said. “If you can’t hit something in five shots, then you’re not a very good hunter. To be able to buy a weapon that I can change in one second to automatic? I don’t see it. You can’t take guns away, they’ve been ingrained for 250 years, but you have to take the irresponsibility out of it.”
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Drummer D.H. Peligro (real name: Darren Henley) died at his home in Los Angeles on Friday. Police reported that he died from a trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall.
Peligro joined The Dead Kennedys in February 1981 and appeared on the EP In God We Trust, released in December 1981.
He would also record on the studio albums Plastic Surgery Disaster, Frankenchrist, and Bedtime for Democracy. He also appeared on the singles/rarities collection, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.
Guitarist East Bay Ray, who performed with Peligro, posted on Facebook following the death. “I am heartbroken. D.H. Peligro passed away in his Los Angeles home yesterday, Oct 28th. He died from trauma to his head from an accidental fall. Arrangements are pending will be announced in the coming days. We were musical brothers. Thank you for your thoughts and words of comfort.”
The Dead Kennedys broke up in December 1986, and Peligro moved on to a short gig with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, replacing Jack Irons.
In 1988, Peligro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers, replacing drummer Jack Irons. He helped write some songs on the band’s album Mother’s Milk, but did not perform on the album.
The Dead Kennedys reunited in the 200s, and Peligro stayed with the band through several changes in front men. He took a hiatus in 2008, but rejoined in 2009.
Peligro played with several other bands on the punk scene, and had his own solo career as a front man, releasing three albums. Of those, the most notable was Sum of Our Surroundings, which was voted Rock Album of the Year by the American Independent Music Awards.
Details on survivors and memorial plans was not immediately available.
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Mel B attends the MEN Pride of Manchester Awards 2022 at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel on May 10, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
The Spice Girls member, 47, appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox in the U.K. on Friday, when she dished about the details of her recent engagement to her boyfriend of three years, hair stylist Rory McPhee.
Sporting her signature animal print, Brown cozied up to her friend, comedian Ruby Wax, who asked her about the engagement.
"He said, 'I love you, you're my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you,' " Brown recapped, then noting that McPhee, 36, popped the question while they were on a getaway in Berkshire.
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"There were rose petals everywhere, a log fire, a hotel — which was Cliveden. It was very romantic. I love flowers," she added to Wax.
McPhee, who worked with Brown on this season of The Masked Singer, often posts hairstyles he gives his now-fiancee on his Instagram account.
Representatives for Brown did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
The pop star was previously married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000, and the pair have a daughter, Phoenix Chi, 23. Brown was also married to Stephen Belafonte from 2007 to 2017, and together they share custody of daughter Madison, 10.
Brown was also in a prior relationship with Eddie Murphy, whom she shares a daughter, Angel Iris, 15, with.
As she read lyrics to the Spice Girls' 1997 hit "Who Do You Think You Are" to her girls, Madison guessed the singer was Lady Gaga, before then suggesting it was Adele.
"My kids have no clue when it comes to Spice Girl Songs," Brown wrote as a caption on one of the Instagram clips.
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Angel, however, went on to encourage Madison to sing the next line, as Brown continued with more lyrics. Angel finally realized the answer, yelling, "It's you, it's the Spice Girls!" as Madison smiled.
"So spice girls may have sold over 100 million records but I think I need to buy one more album for my kids," she captioned the follow-up clip, along with a cheeky emoji.
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It is no longer enough to dress like an evil slag. The annual tradition of wearing something unusual on October 31 is nothing if not an excuse to trumpet your vast cultural capital. Heaven forbid you wear some black tights and pencil on a couple of measly whiskers or, I don’t know, dress as a Marvel character. You should want your costume to say “Yes, I surf the web!” You should want people to know that you have a Twitter account and that you keep abreast of the discourse! You don’t want to actually SCARE people, you want them to say “Uh yeah, that rings a bell I think?”
Oh sorry! Did you and your boyfriend want to go to the party as Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly?? Sweetie, yesterday’s news is today’s chip paper!! Had you one iota of what was going on in the world you might have realised that, actually, people are going as lettuces this year – yeah, just the most hilarious bit of Great British Banter that happened to grace the timeline last week. But what if you live your life untethered to the news cycle? What if you DID want to go as a superhero? Thankfully, we’ve done the emotional labour (a bit of content) for you. Read below and you might avoid being ostracised for forgetting about a thing that happened the other month – like when the Tories said we need to drink sewage.
All comedians have to learn to handle a heckler or two—emboldening critics is often just another day on the job. But getting punched in the face before even stepping onstage to perform? That’s one for the books for anyone, even in a post-Slap era.
Unfortunately, a pre-set attack was exactly the plight Saturday Night Live alum Chris Redd faced at Manhattan comedy venue the Comedy Cellar on Wednesday night, when an unknown assailant struck him across the face ahead.
Per an initial police investigation obtained by New York’s ABC7 Eyewitness News, Redd was exiting his vehicle around 9:40 P.M. E.T. on Wednesday night when an unknown assailant charged him. The attacker (who was reportedly disguised as a security guard) punched Redd in the face before fleeing the scene.
After the incident, Redd was reportedly transported to Bellevue Hospital with a profusely bleeding nose. No arrests have been made yet in the altercation, although the perpetrator has been described as wearing a “blue ‘security’ jacket, black pants, black grey and white sneakers and a bucket hat.” It’s still not exactly clear what spurned the assault on Redd, and the attacker still hasn’t been identified.
Regardless of motive, this isn’t the first incident of onstage violence against comedians this year. At the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in May, Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage at the end of his set. After the attacker, Isaiah Lee, was apprehended, the LAPD confirmed he had been in possession of a weapon that could “eject a knife.”
In comparison to Redd, Chappelle’s stand up has become rightfully maligned in recent years, due to the comedian’s extensive exploration of blatantly transphobic content. But even from an activism standpoint, it’s hard to argue that clocking your evening’s entertainment in the jaw before or during their time onstage is the most restorative way to express dissent.
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MRC said Monday that it was not moving forward with its recently completed documentary about Kanye West, the news coming amid growing criticism of the rapper/entrepreneur’s recent anti-Semitic statements.
“We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” MRC’s co-leaders Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley said in a statement.
The latest move comes as more in Hollywood have been calling for companies to sever ties with West, who has been increasingly vocal about his views toward Jewish people. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, Gersh’s Bob Gersh and UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer are among the most recent big names to speak out over West, who has since been dropped by fashion house Balenciaga. Sportswear company Adidas is facing similar pressure.
Last week, the rapper’s appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted was pulled according to host Maverick Carter, who said West “used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.”
West has been making controversial claims of alleged mistreatment by Jewish people, which he has been doubling down on in media interviews and on social media after comments first made during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Among other things, West posted on Twitter that he was going to go “death con 3 on Jewish people,” a play on the military alert term “Defcon.”
The comments have prompted Wiczyk, Satchu and Tenley (“a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian”) to speak out after scrapping their documentary, which had recently been completed. MRC had produced and financed it.
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Leslie Jordan, the comedic actor from Will & Grace,Murphy Brown and Call Me Kat, has died at age 67.
His spokesperson confirms to Yahoo Entertainment that Jordan died in a car crash in Los Angeles on Monday morning. "The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan," the rep says in a statement. "Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times. Knowing that he has left the world at the height of both his professional and personal life is the only solace one can have today."
His family also shared a message on his Instagram account.
A spokesperson for the LAPD says there was a traffic collision on Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street in West Hollywood at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Jordan, who was driving a BMW, hit a wall and "was pronounced dead on scene." According to reports, he may have suffered from a medical emergency while driving.
Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jordan began his Hollywood career in the 1980s. He called Murphy Brown in 1989 his break. He went on to appear in TV's Hearts Afire a few years later and became even more well known as Beverley Leslie in Will & Grace, which he played during its original run and when it was brought back in the late 2010s. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the role in 2006. Jordan also appeared in Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story franchise, Call Me Kat alongside Mayim Bialik and The Cool Kids. (One role that he was up for that didn't get was Sanford in Sex and the City, he told Yahoo Entertainment in 2021.)
Leslie Jordan arrives for the White House Correspondents Association gala at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2022. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds / AFP)
While he racked up many credits as a comedic actor, he experienced a different kind of fame during the pandemic — as an internet star. During the early days of lockdown, he posted videos a few times a day, waxing about being bored at home telling stories about Hollywood or showing himself exercising. He amassed a big follow, currently with 5.8 million Instagram followers.
"During the pandemic, I posted twice a day for 80 days," Jordan told Yahoo Entertainment in 2021. "And my friend called from Tennessee and said, 'You've gone viral!' And I said, 'No, honey, I'm fine. I'm in Tennessee with my mother. I don't have the virus.'" As for his social media success, he said he didn't have any help: "I figured it out all myself."
Jordan's last Instagram post was just Sunday, what he dubbed "Sunday Mornin' Hymn Singin'" along with musician and songwriter Danny Myrick. "Danny helped me with a new original song that should be comin' out real soon," he wrote, signing off with, "Love. Light. Leslie."
Jordan's internet fame led to a book deal, 2021's How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived. In his book as well as in many interviews, Jordan detailed his personal struggles with humor. He battled alcoholism and had multiple DUI arrests that landed him in jail. At one point in the late 1990s, he briefly shared a cell with Robert Downey Jr., with whom he'd later guest-star on Ally McBeal.
"I ended up in the pokey," he told The Guardian in 2021."That's what I tell people: if you want to get sober, try 27 days in the L.A. men’s county jail. That will sober your ass up." It did — and he had been in recovery for 22 years.
Jordan has said that his struggles stemmed from growing up gay and in conservative Tennessee.
"There's a line that my friend Del Shores [creator of Sordid Lives] uses that’s so poignant: We learn to hate ourselves in a church pew," he told Out Smart magazine in 2012. "Until you've gone through that — sat in a Baptist church in the 1960s — you can't understand. There was so much shame over who I was. I've been baptized 14 times because I just didn’t think it ever took. I started drinking and doing drugs when I was 14 because that was my way of dealing with being gay — it was a lot easier when I was loaded. When I finally got sober at 42, I was riddled with internal homophobia. What it finally took was me getting rid of all that I learned growing up."
Jordan had really embraced what his fame in later life had brought him and told Yahoo that Call Me Kat was his favorite role to date. Production on the Fox series was indefinitely paused following word of Jordan's death, with the network praising the entertainer for bringing "pure joy and huge smiles to millions of people around the world." Jordan had completed nine episodes, including four that had yet to air, and had been scheduled to appear throughout the rest of the season.
"I hope that it comes through how much fun we're having," he said of playing an employee at the cat cafe owned by Bialik's character, Kat. "You know, I've got 30 or 40 years in the business, and I really think this is my favorite job."
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Travis Scott is slamming reports that he cheated on longtime love Kylie Jenner with his reported ex, Rojean Kar, better known as YungSweetRo, on Instagram.
The rapper shared on his Instagram story a statement that read, "It's a lot of weird sh—going on. An uninvited person was sneaking photos on what was supposed to be a closed set while I was directing a video. I'm saying this for the last time. I don't know this person. I've never been with this person. So please stop with the continuous cyber games and the fictional storytelling."
The response comes after Kar shared on her Instagram photos that were eerily similar to those that the rapper had been posting, sparking controversy online, per The Shade Room Instagram account.
In response to Scott's retort, the model went on the offensive, leaving a video on her now-private Instagram where she alleged, "To say you don't know me and you've never been with me when you've definitely been me … everyone's seen you with me. When I have pictures and videos of you and me … C'mon. C'mon sir."
The model went on to say, "Even … this Valentine's Day, I saw you. I ran out the door, and you had every single girl I know blowing me up like ‘Trav’s asking for you, come back.' Are we pretending that didn't happen too? Like c'mon, you cheat on that b—h every single f—g night."
Representatives for Jenner and Scott did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
After Kar's Instagram accusations went viral, Scott took to his own Instagram story again, sharing a photo of what he said was his previous Valentine's Day.
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Singer Carly Simon paid tribute to her two sisters, Joanna and Lucy, who died just a day apart of each other this week, both from cancer.
Joanna Simon, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday and Lucy Simon, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer Thursday, Simon’s manager, Larry Ciancia, confirmed to CNN.
“I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,” Simon said in a statement to CNN.
All three sisters were musically talented. Joanna Simon was an opera singer and Lucy Simon was a performer and composer who was nominated for a Tony Award for the score of the “The Secret Garden” musical.
“As sad as this day is, it’s impossible to mourn them without celebrating their incredible lives that they lived,” Simon said. “We were three sisters who not only took turns blazing trails and marking courses for one another, we were each others secret shares. The co-keepers of each other’s memories.”
“I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” the “Anticipation” and “You’re So Vain” singer continued.
Simon’s brother, Peter, died in 2018.
“They touched everyone they knew and those of us they’ve left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward,” she added.
Vogue and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour have "no intention" of working with Kanye West again.
A representative told PageSix the magazine cut its ties after the rapper made antisemitic comments.
It comes after a slew of other companies including Balenciaga distance their brands from West.
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Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is facing consequences for the slew of antisemitic and offensive remarks he recently made.
One such repercussion is the end of his relationship with Vogue and its editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, PageSix reported.
According to the outlet, a representative said the magazine and Wintour had no intention of working with the rapper again after West ranted about Jewish people in a tweet on October 9. The tweet was removed by the social media platform for violating its guidelines and Twitter later confirmed to Buzzfeed News that he'd been banned from the platform.
It also came after he made similar offensive remarks during a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson and a now-deleted Instagram post, Insider previously reported.
Wintour's decision to cut ties with Ye may come as a personal loss for the rapper, as the pair have been friends for more than a decade. According to PageSix, their relationship began after the Vogue editor invited Ye to his first Met Gala in 2009. Since then, they have been spotted sharing lunches together and supporting each other's business endeavors.
Kanye West and Anna Wintour at a Givenchy show in Paris in March 2009.Dominique Charriau/WireImage
As recent as September, Wintour was seen modeling a pair of Yeezy sunglasses with Ye at New York Fashion Week, The Sun reported.
Representatives for Wintour and Vogue, owned by Conde Nast, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Vogue is also not the only organisation to distance itself from the rapper following his recent comments. On Thursday, Balenciaga's parent company said that it no longer had a relationship with Ye, Insider reported.
And earlier this month, Adidas announced it was reviewing its relationship with Ye.
"After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period," the company said in a statement, CNBC reported.
The Season 1 finale of “House of the Dragon” was leaked online on Friday, two days before the episode airs on HBO and begins streaming on HBO Max.
It appears that the leak came from a distribution partner in Europe, the Middle East or Africa, a spokesperson for HBO told Variety.
“We are aware that the tenth episode of ‘House of the Dragon’ has been posted on illegal torrent sites. It appears to have originated from a distribution partner in the EMEA region,” the full statement reads. “HBO is aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies from the internet. We’re disappointed that this unlawful action has disrupted the viewing experience for loyal fans of the show, who will get to see a pristine version of the episode when it premieres Sunday on HBO and HBO Max, where it will stream exclusively in 4K.”
While this is seemingly the first-ever leak for “House of the Dragon,” the franchise is no stranger to this issue. “Game of Thrones” frequently fell victim to piracy, especially in the final seasons, when so many leaks occurred that HBO opted to cease offering advance screeners to the press. This still didn’t prevent the problem. In Season 8, for example, episodes appeared on both illegal sites and on legitimate platforms such as DirecTV Now and Amazon Prime Video’s German platform ahead of their scheduled airings.
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Tristen Nash, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash, has died at age 26, it was announced on Thursday.
"On behalf of Kevin and Tamara Nash, I have to unfortunately report that their son Tristen Nash has tragically passed away at the age of 26," a statement via Fightful.com read. "Tristen recently starting working on Kevin’s new podcast and the two enjoyed their time together.
"The Nash family asks if you could please respect their privacy during this time."
Wrestler Kevin Nash and actor Adam Rodriguez pose during the 17th Annual Savannah Film Festival presented by SCAD on Oct. 26, 2014, in Savannah, Georgia. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for SCAD)
The cause of Nash’s death is currently unknown. He was the only child of Kevin and Tamara Nash.
The announcement comes on the birthday of the elder Nash’s tag team partner, Scott Hall, who passed away earlier this year.
Tristen Nash had been working with his father on his "Kliq This" podcast with Sean Oliver. Per his Instagram profile, Nash was also a singer and songwriter.
Kevin Nash during Matt Bomer Spotlight Award Tribute at Trustees Theater during the 17th Annual Savannah Film Festival on Oct. 26, 2014. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for SCAD)
Upon the news that Tamara Nash was pregnant, Kevin Nash left WWE for World Championship Wrestling in 1996, according to Wrestling Inc. It led to an easier schedule to help his family and would ultimately lead to the famous New World Order group, which included Hall and Hulk Hogan.
Nash was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of their class of 2015 that included "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Rikishi, Alundra Blayze, Larry Zbyszko, and Tatsumi Fujinami as part of the individual section.
Kevin Nash attends Unicon 2021 at the World Market Center on Oct. 1, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)
A jury sided with Kevin Spacey on Thursday in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in 1986.
The verdict in the civil trial came with lightning speed. Jurors at a federal court in New York deliberated for a little more than an hour before deciding that Rapp hadn't proven his allegations.
When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head, then hugged his lawyers. He didn't speak to reporters as he left the courthouse.
"We're very grateful to the jury for seeing through these false allegations," said his attorney, Jennifer Keller.
"What's next is Mr. Spacey is going to be proven that he's innocent of anything he's been accused of. That there was no truth to any of the allegations," she added, a reference to other sexual misconduct claims against the actor, including criminal charges in England.
During the trial, Rapp testified that Spacey had invited him to his apartment for a party, then approached him in a bedroom after the other guests left. He said the actor, then 26, picked him up and laid partially on top of him on a bed before he wriggled away and fled as an inebriated Spacey asked if he was sure he wanted to leave.
In his sometimes-tearful testimony, Spacey told the jury it never happened, and he would never have been attracted to someone who was 14.
The lawsuit sought $40 million in damages.
Rapp and his lawyers also left the courthouse without speaking to reporters. In his closing statements to the jury Thursday, Rapp's lawyer, Richard Steigman, accused Spacey of lying on the witness stand.
"He lacks credibility," Steigman said. "Sometimes the simple truth is the best. The simple truth is that this happened."
Rapp, 50, and Spacey, 63, each testified over several days at the three-week trial.
Rapp's claims, and those of others, abruptly interrupted what had been a soaring career for the two-time Academy Award winning actor, who lost his job on the Netflix series "House of Cards" and saw other opportunities dry up. Rapp is a regular on TV's "Star Trek: Discovery" and was part of the original Broadway cast of "Rent."
Spacey faced charges in Massachusetts that he groped a man at a bar — allegations that were later dropped by prosecutors.
A judge in Los Angeles this summer approved an arbitrator's decision to order Spacey to pay $30.9 million to the makers of "House of Cards" for violating his contract by sexually harassing crew members.
The Associated Press does not usually name people alleging sexual assault unless they come forward publicly, as Rapp has done.
At the trial, Spacey testified that he was sure the encounter with Rapp never happened, in part because he was living in a studio apartment rather than the one bedroom that Rapp cited, and he never had a gathering beyond a housewarming party.
"I knew I wouldn't have any sexual interest in Anthony Rapp or any child. That I knew," he told jurors.
During her closing arguments to the jury, Keller suggested reasons Rapp imagined the encounter with Spacey or made it up.
It was possible, she said, that Rapp invented it based on his experience performing in "Precious Sons," a play in which actor Ed Harris picks up Rapp's character and lays on top of him, mistaking him briefly for his wife before discovering it is his son.
She also suggested that Rapp later grew jealous that Spacey became a megastar while Rapp had "smaller roles in small shows" after his breakthrough performance in Broadway's "Rent."
"Fame did not follow him," Keller said. "Mr. Rapp's coach has turned into a pumpkin."
"So here we are today and Mr. Rapp is getting more attention from this trial than he has in his entire acting life," Keller said. She said Rapp is well known now because he's taken down one of Hollywood's biggest actors.
During two days of testimony, Spacey expressed regret for a 2017 statement he issued when Rapp first went public, in which he said he didn't recall the encounter, but if it happened "I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
Dabbing his eyes with a tissue, Spacey said he'd been pressured by publicists and lawyers into issuing an empathetic statement at a time when the #MeToo movement made everyone in the industry nervous.
"I've learned a lesson, which is never apologize for something you didn't do," he said.
He also cried as he said he regretted revealing publicly that he was gay the same day Rapp's accusations surfaced because some interpreted his announcement as an effort to change the subject or deflect from Rapp's revelations.
Spacey had testified that he spoke at the trial about deeply personal matters, telling the jury his father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi who berated him as gay because he liked the theater.
Spacey also gave courtroom spectators a brief taste of his acting chops when he imitated his Broadway costar at the time, Jack Lemmon. He had testified earlier that his ability at impressions aided him in his acting career.
It has been nearly two years since Netflix released a new season of The Crown, but now we are closer than ever to new episodes, a new cast, and so much more.
The Crown Season 5 will pick up in the '90s, during a decade described as the royal family's "biggest challenge to date," with political and personal events that will greatly shape Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
During this new season, the 40th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession approaches, and it allows her to reflect on the nine prime ministers she had so far, the advent of mass television — aka the 24-hour news cycle — and what is described as "the twilight of the British Empire."
During this period, Queen Elizabeth II endures the collapse of the Soviet Union, the transfer of sovereignty in Hong Kong that "signals a seismic shift in the international order," and other political changes, all while everything is changing in the UK as well.
On the personal front, The Crown Season 5 will explore Prince Charles and Princess Diana's fraught relationship as Charles pressures Queen Elizabeth II to allow him to divorce Diana.
As rumors circulate about the status of Charles and Diana's relationship, media scrutiny intensifies for Diana specifically, which is when she decides to break from family protocol and publish a book that undermines public support of Charles and exposes the cracks in the House of Windsor.
And, as if this weren't enough already, The Crown Season 5 will introduce Mohamed al-Fayed and his son Dodi, who are looking to gain "a seat at the royal table," according to Netflix's official description.
Of course, anyone who knows anything about the royal family history knows we are approaching Princess Diana's tragic death alongside Dodi Fayed in 1997.
The trailer gives us a first look at the new cast in action, with Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana.
Of course, Staunton's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II marks the third casting change for this role in the show's history. The role was previously played by Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, both of whom won Emmy Awards for their work.
As mentioned above, this period of royal family history was subject to a ton of press, from TV news to tabloids and more, so it's wild to watch some of the most famous photos and moments re-created in this trailer alone.
Like, look at this side-by-side of Debicki vs. Diana in the iconic black "revenge dress" from 1994.
Anyway, I am so excited to watch The Crown Season 5, and I just know these actors are going to bring this period of the royal family's history to life perfectly.
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