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Mike Richards is out as the next host of "Jeopardy!" The executive producer of the show faced backlash and controversy after new details surfaced regarding his past conduct and statements on an old podcast series. Sony Pictures TV confirmed the news, and Mike said in a statement that the backlash had created "too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show." He'll keep his job as the executive producer. The five episodes he hosted will air as scheduled. And the search for a new host is back on.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck took all five of their kids out to see "Hamilton" in Los Angeles on Friday night. On Saturday, J-Lo and Ben took the kids to the Magic Castle. She has Max and Emme – her twins with Marc Anthony, and he shares Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel with Jennifer Garner – all of them cute as buttons. They want the kids to get to know each other, according to TMZ. In the meantime, while the kids spent some time with dad, Jennifer Garner was spotted with her ex, John Miller, in New York City last week. The two casually dated in 2018 after she split from Ben Affleck. About a year later, they were seen together again, but never publicly confirmed their romance or split.
Tarek El Moussa doesn't trust his crew after his tirade against his ex-wife and "Flip or Flop" costar got out. According to TMZ, Tarek's team went to the production company and demanded that any crew member who was working on "Flip or Flop" that day be removed from the staff of his spin-off series, "Flipping 101." The production company, which produces the show and "Christina on the Coast," moved some workers around to accommodate his demand.
Former "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" star Melissa Joan Hart revealed to fans that she has contracted COVID-19 despite receiving the vaccine, and she says it's bad. Melissa said she feels a huge weight on her chest and is having difficulty breathing. As for her family, she said, "One of my kids I think has it so far and I'm praying that the other ones are okay." Melissa added, "I'm mad, really mad. We took precautions and we cut our exposure by a lot, but we got a little lazy. And I think as a country we got lazy. I'm really mad that my kids didn't have to wear masks at school. I'm pretty sure that's where this came from." There's a couple of towns around here who said no to requiring people wear masks in schools, even the unvaccinated. Maybe this will be a lesson to them.
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So, remember last week I told you that Britney Spears' reported a stolen item to the police, but then she didn't file a report when they showed up at her house? And then I also told you that she got into an argument with her housekeeper and slapped the woman's phone out of her hand. It turns out that both situations are related. Britney's housekeeper took the dogs to the vet because she believed they were in distress over not being fed their proper diet due to their digestive issues and that they were dehydrated. According to TMZ, sources said after examining the dogs, the vet was also concerned, and Britney's dog sitter took over caring for the dogs. When Britney confronted the housekeeper, she showed Britney cell phone photos she'd taken of the sickly dogs. TMZ says Britney thought the housekeeper was sending the pics to Jamie Spears, and that's when she allegedly grabbed the phone, but Brit says she didn't grab the housekeeper. The dogs are said to be back with Britney and the housekeeper is out a job.
"CSI: Las Vegas" star William Petersen was rushed by ambulance to the hospital after falling ill on set. On Friday, Will told the director that he needed a break, but then the ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. No word on what caused it, but his rep said he has been working nonstop long days for the past 12 weeks. TMZ reports he's out of the hospital now.
"A Discovery of Witches" star Teresa Palmer announced that she and husband Mark Webber welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl named Prairie Moon Palmer. Teresa and Mark are parents to Bodhi, 7, Forest, 4, and Poet Lake, 2. Mark is also a dad to son Isaac from a previous relationship. Weeks ago, Teresa that she's been breastfeeding for almost eight years. She explained, "I'm now still nursing my daughter [Poet] through this pregnancy and will jump in to my third tandem nursing experience in a matter of weeks."
"American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado has been reunited with her infant daughter. Syehsa's partner, Tyron Deener, thanked everyone for helping them get the resources they needed to get their daughter back from Florida's Child Protective Services. The couple's toddler son, Amen'Ra, was put in foster care back in March after a doctor claimed the boy was malnourished.
Deputies told the couple they were taking Ast because they didn't tell authorities she'd given birth to Ast during the ongoing legal battle for Ra, according to TMZ.
Congratulations are in order for "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet. He popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, Lindsay Schweitzer. According to his Insta-announcement, "She said, 'She'd have her people call my people.'" It clearly worked out because they were showing off the ring.
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Angelina Jolie has joined Instagram and broken Jennifer Aniston's record in the process. Angelina, who can now be found @angelinajolie, reached 2.1 million followers in just three hours, which beat Jennifer Aniston's record of 1 million followers in 5 hours in 2019, according to Vice. In her first post, Angelina brought attention to the impact the fall of Afghanistan is having on its residents.
Caitlyn Jenner let it slip that one of her kids is expecting. At an appearance, Caitlyn talked about her 18 grandchildren and joked she wants 30, but she added that she just found out her 19th grandkid is "in the oven," according to TMZ. Well, shortly after that little slip, it came out that Kylie Jenner is expecting baby #2 with Travis Scott, according to multiple sources. The two already share 3-year-old Stormi. Caitlyn's son, Burt, says he's expecting a third child with his wife, Valerie, but sources say Kylie is the one Caitlyn was talking about.
Shocking testimony has come from singer R. Kelly's trial. On Friday, his tour manager, Demetrious Smith, admitted under oath he paid a government worker a $500 bribe to forge an identification card for then 15-year-old Aaliyah Dana Haughton, so that they could get married. The manager claimed in 1994, he went into a Chicago welfare office, walked up to a government employee taking ID pictures, and asked them if they "want to make some money," then handed over $500. R. Kelly was 27 when he married the 15-year-old singer, but their official marriage license states that she was 18-years-old at the time of their marriage. It's being suggested he married her so quickly because he did not want her to be able to testify against him in court if her true age was discovered. Aaliyah tragically died in a plane crash in 2001, and never was given the chance to testify. Read more at okmagazine.com.
Disney wants the legal battle with Scarlett Johansson to take place in arbitration rather than in a public courtroom. Scarlett's head lawyer, John Berlinski, believes Disney is worried about the information that could be revealed if it was held publicly. To recap, Scarlett is suing Marvel's parent company, Disney, over breach of contract, claiming that she has lost millions in back-end bonuses from Disney's simultaneous release of "Black Widow" in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access at the same time. Maybe they're afraid we'll discover the location of Walt Disney's frozen head.
