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Josh Duggar's child pornography has resulted in TLC canceling "Counting On" after 11 seasons, according to TMZ. TLC released a statement saying it "feels it is important to give the Duggar family the opportunity to address their situation privately." Basically, they don't want to come near that with a 10ft pole. They wouldn't be able to talk about it on the show because of legal reasons, but to not talk about it would be ignoring the biggest thing going on with the family right now. And considering his trial isn't until November, that's a long time to be on pins and needles over production. The judge moved it from July to November after Josh requested more time to prepare his defense. Also, the fan-launched online petition to boycott the show didn't help.
Britney Spears' first ex-husband, Jason Alexander, has spoken out about Brit's conservatorship. Jason, who married Britney during a wild Las Vegas night in 2004, reportedly released an exclusive statement to the #FreeBritney account @FreeBritneyLive, according to Radar. He said even back then, he "saw signs of Jamie's greed" and noted that Jamie "had his daughter on a tight chain then just like he does now." Jason said he was "forced" to sign an NDA but is speaking out now because he "cannot in good faith stay silent about the things I saw happening." Jason said what Britney told the judge last week didn't even "begin to scratch the surface of everything she's been had to endure" and that when Britney tells her full story about her dad's control, it will be "bone-chilling to the core." As for Brit's other ex, Kevin Federline, he "only hopes the best for her because when the best for her is achieved, it's the best for their kids." Remember, he's got a restraining order against Brit's dad to stay away from the kids. In the meantime, Britney's lawyer just filed legal docs to terminate her 13-year-long conservatorship.
Kim Saira, the woman behind the online petition to get James Corden to either change or drop the "Spill Your Guts" segment on "The Late Late Show," is now getting death threats. She had to delete her IG account because all of the hate. While James agreed to change the segment, which used Asian food as a gross food challenge on the show, Kim is disappointed that he didn't reach out to her directly. She'd like to see him apologize directly to the Asian community, according to the New York Post.
Whoopi Goldberg returned to "The View" yesterday following a week-long absence because of sciatica, a painful pressure on the sciatic nerve going down one or both legs from the lower back. Whoopi has to use a walker for a while and said, "I'm telling you, it's like a bad boyfriend. It's like a bad boyfriend who came back to mess with me."
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Did Kim Kardashian get an audience with the Pope? The answer is no. Kim visited Vatican City with Kate Moss and her daughter, Lila Grace, and she was wearing not what you would expect someone to wear there - a tight off-the-shoulder dress with cutouts around the waist and stomach (see at tmz.com). She's there for business meetings this week and thought she'd check out the sights. Since there's a dress code at the Sistine Chapel though, Kim ended up covering up with a leather jacket when she went inside.
"Dancing with the Stars" pro Cheryl Burke is coming up on three years of sobriety, but she is struggling terribly. She said on her "Pretty Messed Up" podcast that she's been feeling like drinking "a lot lately" and that it only started to become a problem while she was on a recent anniversary trip to Hawaii with Matthew Lawrence when a bottle of champagne was sent to their room. Matthew has a few sips and Cheryl said, "Never have I ever been triggered in the last two and a half years until that day." It happened again at a friend's birthday party. Cheryl said, "I have a lot of personal stuff going on right now at the moment, and so it's been very … I feel like I'm walking on a really tight rope at the moment. Therapy's not working right now." Read more with okmagazine.com.
Serena Williams has withdrawn from Wimbledon after a leg injury, saying, "I was heartbroken to have to withdraw today after injuring my right leg." She added though, "Feeling the extraordinary warmth and support of the crowd today when I walked on - and off - the court meant the world to me." I guess it's a good thing she decided not to do the Olympics after all. See the video at tmz.com.
After releasing his new single "Bad Habits," Ed Sheeran has shared with The Sun, "I have done two albums and have written like 250 songs. In that, about 50 ballads," adding, "I write about 25 songs a week and one of them will be all right and that will go on the 'maybe' list." A source also claims that Ed has worked with Elton John on some music but there's no word on whether any of it will be on the record. So much for taking a break from music.
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Many are accusing "Driver's License" singer Olivia Rodrigo of flat-out stealing an Elvis Costello song - and make no mistake, they do sound exactly the same - but Elvis is okay with it. Opening up about Olivia totally plagiarizing the chord sequence in his 1978 hit "Pump It Up" for her song, "Brutal," he said, "This is fine by me...It's how rock & roll works. You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy." He even said, "That's what I did," adding the hashtags #SubterraneanHomesickBlues, the Bob Dylan song that influenced "Pump It Up," and #TooMuchMonkeyBusiness, the Chuck Berry song that influenced Bob Dylan's track.
Ray MacDonnell, best known for his role as Dr. Joe Martin on the ABC soap opera "All My Children, has died at the age of 93, according to his daughter. Ray was an original cast member on "All My Children" in 1970 and stayed with the show for over 40 years until it was cancelled in 2011.
Also, "General Hospital" star Stuart Damon has died at the age of 84. He played Alan Quartermaine from May 1977 until the character's death in February 2007. After that, he appeared sporadically as Alan's ghost until December 2008. He then returned for a dream sequence in 2011 and made his final appearance in 2013 to commemorate the show's 50th anniversary.
Baby news!
"Wonder Woman" actress Gal Gadot and her husband have welcomed their third child, daughter Daniella. She joins big sisters Alma, 9, and Maya, 4.
"Love & Hip Hop" stars Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels have welcomed baby #2, a boy.
"Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto and her fiancé Cory Tran have a baby on the way, due this fall.
"That's So Raven" and "Cory in the House" star Kyle Massey has been charged with one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes after allegedly sending pictures, videos, and messages through Snapchat he shouldn't have sent to a 13-year-old girl who he's known since she was four. The pics were sent between December 2018 and January 2019, according to Radar. The mother and daughter have filed a $1.5 million civil lawsuit against Kyle. And, as expected with a situation like this, he's already lost an endorsement deal - a vaping company dropped him as an ambassador of their brand and asked him to delete anything relating to them off his social media posts.
Ed Sheeran was on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" Monday, where he shared the best ongoing prank he pulls on his buddy, Courteney Cox. According to Yahoo, Ed apparently stays in her Malibu home whenever he's in town, and he said, "She has this Alexa thing in her house, and she goes, 'Isn't this wonderful? This is my Alexa. I can just order whatever on this.' So she walks out of the room, and…" That's when he explained that he started order S&M masks for her. He said he orders one every time he stays there so she has about 12 now. Ed added, "I hide them in people's bedrooms. So they'll go in the drawer and find a leather S&M mask."
