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More than two weeks after Johnny Depp finished testifying in his defamation trial against Amber Heard, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor will reportedly be returning to the stand on Monday (May 23rd).

According to Deadline, Depp is expected to be called as a witness for Heard's defense, in a daring move by the Aquaman actress' legal team.

It is anticipated that the defense will rest their case by the end of the week as well. Judge Penney Azcarte previously said she wants to hear closing arguments on Friday (May 27th).

VIOLA DAVIS SAYS A DIRECTOR ONCE CALLED HER BY HIS MAID'S NAME: According to The New York Post, Viola Davis recently shared that a director she knew for 10 years once called her by his maid's name. "He called me Louise — and I found out it was because his maid's name was Louise," she said at the Cannes Film Festival. "I knew him for 10 years. I was maybe around 30 at the time, so it was a while ago — but what you have to realize is that those micro-aggressions happen all the time."

GWYNETH PALTROW RESPONDS TO FAN'S COMMENT ABOUT KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN COPYING GOOP: Today reports that Gwyneth Paltrow had some things to say when a fan asked her about Kourtney Kardashian's wellness brand, Poosh, during an Instagram live Q&A on Friday (May 20th). "Are you upset that Poosh copied you?" the fan asked. Paltrow replied, "This idea that women need to be in competition is legacy patriarchy bullsh--, there is room for EVERY woman to fulfill her dreams."

MANDY MOORE IS TAKING A BREAK FROM ACTING: Entertainment Tonight reports that Mandy Moore is looking forward to taking some time off. After six seasons playing a mom on This Is Us, she shared that she's looking forward to spending time with her son, Gus. "I was pregnant with Gus all throughout the fifth season and then I went back to work when he was a month old. So, I'm excited to be a mom for a minute, then figure out what I wanna do after that," she told the outlet.

CHRIS EVANS CELEBRATES NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY: On Friday (May 20th), Avengers star Chris Evans posted an adorable photo of himself with his dog, Dodger, to social media. In the photo, Dodger rests his chin on Evan's shoulder while Evans is driving."#NationalRescueDogDay," he captioned the post, along with a red heart.

COLIN CANTWELL DIES AT 90: According to The Hollywood Reporter, the man who designed the spacecraft in Star Wars, Colin Cantwell, has passed away at the age of 90. Cantwell's designs included the X-wing Starfighter, the TIE fighter and the Death Star. He also worked on films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and WarGames.

WATCH THE FIRST EIGHT MINUTES OF ‘STRANGER THINGS 4:' Variety reports that Netflix released the first eight minutes of the fourth season of Stranger Things on Friday (May 20th). This comes just a week before seven out of nine episodes from the new season will be available for streaming on May 27th.

PROMO FOR THE NEW SEASON OF ‘THE BACHELORETTE' IS RELEASED: Entertainment Tonight reports that ABC dropped a Mean Girls-inspired promo for the new season of The Bachelorette. Watch Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey team up to find love when the series premieres on July 11th.

MILO VENTIMIGLIA TO RETURN TO ‘THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL:' TVLine reports that This Is Us actor Milo Ventimiglia is set to return to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for the show's final season. This time around, we can expect to learn more about Ventimiglia's "handsome man" character—including his name.

Bruce Willis' wife is struggling to take care of her family in the wake of his aphasia diagnosis.

In a recent interview with The Bump, Emma Heming Willis shared, "I put my family's needs above my own, which I found does not make me any kind of hero. That amount of care for everyone else within my household had taken a toll on my mental health and overall health, and it served no one in my family."

The mother of two explained that she's had to prioritize some "baseline needs" like exercise and added, "Someone told me not long ago that when you over-care for someone, you end up under-caring for yourself. That stopped me in my tracks and really resonated with me."

Dove Cameron revealed in an emotional Instagram post that she has been struggling with "depression & dysphoria."

The Descendants actress shared a tearful photo on Wednesday (May 18th) and wrote, "I've been covering mirrors lately. I've been feeling wrong in clothing that used to make me feel beautiful lately. i've been crying a lot lately, sometimes terrorized by my identity and image, sometimes in absolute flow with something new and peripheral and joyous to me."

Cameron, who identifies as queer, also wrote, "sexuality and performative gender norms, societal rewards and identity are really throwing me for a loop."

She added in the caption, "more days than not, i feel pulled towards no identity at all, i feel most natural as something imperceivable to myself, an energy and a presence. i don't know if i will ever be able to live as this, if i will ever find a rhythm in this job where perception is one of the major cornerstones. so far, the self and the identity seem to harm each other, in my personal experience. i'm feeling it out. and if you are too, we can do it together. the longer i'm alive, the more i realize these inner dialogues are actually pretty universal."

Ellen Barkin spoke out on behalf of Amber Heard via video deposition on Thursday (May 19th).

The Animal Kingdom star told the court that her ex-boyfriend and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas costar, Johnny Depp, was "a jealous man, controlling" and added, "He was always drinking and smoking a joint."

The Tony Award winner also detailed the time he threw a bottle across a hotel room while they were working on a film in 1998.

Barkin testified, "Mr. Depp threw a wine bottle across the hotel room in Las Vegas while we were shooting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." She said it was "tossed" towards her and others during "a fight" but it didn't hit anyone.

Reuters reported that Depp previously called the claim untrue and added that Barkin held a grudge against him.

Rebel Wilson recently revealed to People that a co-star sexually harassed her prior to the #MeToo movement.

She told the outlet that several years ago, an unnamed male costar called her into a room, pulled down his pants, and asked her to perform a lewd act as his friends looked on.

She said, "It was awful and disgusting. And all the behavior afterwards – this was all before #MeToo – where they kind of tried to destroy me and my career. If it happened after #MeToo, then I could have just blasted them."

As a lawyer (She has a law degree from the University of New South Wales) she documented the whole exchange and made sure her rep knew about it.

JOHN AYLWARD DEAD AT 75: John Aylward, who starred in ER and Armageddon, has died at the age of 75. People confirmed that the actor died at his home in Seattle Monday (May 16th) of natural causes.

BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN LOST 20lbs BATTLING ULCERATIVE COLITIS: Brian Austin Green has lost about 20 pounds while battling ulcerative colitis. He appeared with his pregnant girlfriend Sharna Burgess on Good Morning America Thursday (May 19th) where he discussed his battle with an intense flare-up last month. He said, "I've dealt with ulcerative colitis a few times. It's a real rough experience. And Sharna had never experienced it at all." The Dancing With The Stars pro added she "didn't realize how debilitating it was" until she saw the weight drop off him.

FANS PRAISE KIM K. FOR APPEARING ON TV WITHOUT MAKEUP: Fans are praising Kim Kardashian for appearing on The Kardashians' most recent episode makeup-free. In one scene, the Skims founder worked out with sister Khloe and Tristan Thompson with a bare face. Fans on Twitter praised her stripped-down, filter-free look, with one writing, "Kim is beautiful, her face without makeup is top tier #TheKardashians would love to see her skin care sic routine."

'JAWS' ACTOR NAMED POLICE CHIEF OF TOWN WHERE MOVIE WAS FILMED: Jaws star Jonathan Searle has been named the new police chief of the town where the classic film was filmed. Searle, who played one of the two pranksters who caused a panic on the beach after swimming in the ocean with a cardboard fin, will take the top cop job in Oak Bluff, Massachusetts. The 56-year-old told The Post Thursday (May 19th) that he's "finding the whole thing quite funny."

MARGOT ROBBIE TO PRODUCE AND STAR IN NEW 'OCEAN'S ELEVEN' FILM: Margot Robbie is re-teaming with her Bombshell director Jay Roach for a new Ocean's Eleven movie. Her publicist told People the project is "an original Ocean's film set in the ‘60s." Robbie is slated to star in the project and produce alongside Roach, her husband Tom Ackerly and Michelle Graham.

STEPHANIE MCMAHON TO STEP AWAY FROM WWE: Stephanie McMahon is stepping away from the WWE in order to focus on her family. Stephanie, a former wrestler, and the WWE's Chief Brand Officer tweeted Thursday (May 19th), "As of tomorrow, I am taking a leave of absence from the majority of my responsibilities at WWE. WWE is a lifelong legacy for me and I look forward to returning to the company that I love after taking this time to focus on my family." She is the daughter of the entertainment empire's founders, Vince and Linda McMahon and wife to wrestler, Triple H. The couple shares three daughters.

'RIVERDALE' TO CONCLUDE WITH SEASON 7: Riverdale will end its run on The CW at the conclusion of it's upcoming seventh season. According to Deadline, series star KJ Apa addressed the crowd at the CW upfronts, saying "I'm sad to be saying goodbye to Riverdale next season, to our sets, to our crew, to our producers, to our CW family but I can speak for everyone, for Cammy, Cole, Lili and the rest of our cast that we are so grateful for everyone's support. To the fans, without the fans, none of this would be possible."

'JERSEY SHORE' CAST SPEAKS OUT AGAINST REBOOT: The original cast of Jersey Shore is speaking out against MTV's forthcoming reboot, Jersey Shore 2.0. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, JWoww, Pauly D and Angelina Pivarnick tweeted a collective statement Thursday (May 19th) that read, "As a cast took a chance with a network in need, we put our most vulnerable moments on television for the world to see. We gave our all over the past 13 years, became a family and continue to open our lives for the world. So please understand that we are not in support of a version that will exploit our original show, our hard work and authenticity to gain viewers."

Amber Heard's sister took the stand Wednesday (May 18th) and revealed that Johnny Depp struck her during an argument with the actress.

Whitney Henriquez testified that in March 2015, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor hit her in the back. She told jurors, "I'm standing on the top of the stairs, with my back to the stairs, and that's when Johnny runs up the stairs. He comes up behind me and strikes me in the back…I hear Amber shout, ‘Don't hit my f—king sister.'"

Heard allegedly smacked Depp in retaliation and Henriquez claimed he then "grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other."

Depp denied hitting Amber in prior testimony.

Jennifer Lopez was devastated after she failed to get an Oscar nomination for the film Hustlers.

A new trailer for the Netflix documentary series, Halftime shows the actress sobbing in bed after being overlooked by The Academy.

In a voiceover she can be heard saying, "It was hard. I just had very low self-esteem. I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that and not believe in anything else."

Halftime will be available to stream June 14th on Netflix.

Mindy Kaling is the new Velma and she doesn't care what you think about it.

The Mindy Project actress stars in the new animated Scooby Doo spinoff, Velma, on HBO Max and told a crowd at the Warner Bros Discovery Upfront presentation that if a dog can solve crimes, Velma "can be brown."

Deadline reports that she told the audience, "Hopefully you noticed my Velma is South Asian. If people freak out about that, I don't care."

After the animated show was announced in 2021, Twitter blew up with openly racist complaints about the project, with some pointing out how making Velma into a studious Asian nerd plays into stereotypes.

Why does Tom Cruise risk his life to do his own stunts in Top Gun: Maverick?

According to Variety, the actor told a masterclass at the Canes Festival, "No one asked Gene Kelly, ‘Why do you dance?'"

The 59-year-old actor said he's always had a fascination with risk and added, "I always thought there's something that I can do and I wanted to push the art form. I thought, ‘How can I immerse an audience into a movie with this kind of action? And how can I entertain them? What can I do?'"

Cruise also made it clear to the audience that he is a movie star, and that releasing Maverick and Mission Impossible 7 on Paramount+ during the coronavirus pandemic was "never going to happen."

He said, "I love my audience. I make movies for audiences … I make movies for the big screen."

Machine Gun Kelly and fiancé Megan Fox celebrated her 36th birthday by getting matching voodoo doll tattoos. The ring finger tats were designed to look like real voodoo dolls.

The couple shared several pics of their day out together. In one, they're on a rollercoaster ride on Space Mountain at Disneyland.

Kelly posted: "Wishing the happiest birthday to my ethereal light being. I love you Maki."

This month marks 2 years since the couple first started dating.

TL;DR:

• Machine Gun Kelly and fiancé Megan Fox celebrated her 36th birthday by getting matching voodoo doll tattoos.
• The ring finger tats were designed to look like real voodoo dolls.

MINKA KELLY AND TREVOR NOAH CALL IT QUITS: Minka Kelly and Trevor Noah have split. A source tells People that "They have been broken up for a while." Another insider says the Friday Night Lights alum "has the best attitude" and adds, "She is very happy. She'd rather be single than waste her time with the wrong guy."

HODA KOTB 'TREASURING' THE SINGLE LIFE: Hoda Kotb is enjoying the single life after calling off her eight-year engagement to Joel Schiffman. The Today anchor told Entertainment Tonight, "I'm really enjoying my kids and my life. I'm treasuring this time."

COLTON HAYNES SHARES ALL HIS SECRETS IN NEW MEMOIR: Colton Haynes is opening up in a new memoir about his overdose and suicide attempt, recovering from alcoholism, addiction, an eating disorder, and overcoming childhood sexual abuse. The 33-year-old Arrow and Teen Wolf actor told People, "I know today I'm only as sick as my secrets." Haynes says of the publication of Miss Memory Lane, "I needed to rid myself of the things I've held on to for so long."

WOODEY HARRELSON OPENS CANNABIS DISPENSARY: Woody Harrelson opened his own cannabis dispensary in West Hollywood, CA on Friday (May 13th). The Hunger Games star founded the dispensary, named The Woods WeHo, alongside Devon Wheeler, Bill Maher, Jay Handal and the designer Thomas Schoos. Harrelson told The WeHo Times of the opening, ". Hopefully, we can make the West Hollywood citizens a little bit higher. It's the greatest day that I've had in a long time."

MARNIE SCHULENBURG DEAD AT 37: Marnie Schulenburg, a soap actress known for playing Jo Sullivan on the One Life to Live reboot and Alison Stewart on As the World Turns, has died at the age of 37. Her representative, Kyle Luker of Industry Entertainment, told The Hollywood Reporter that the Daytime Emmy-nominated actress died Tuesday (May 18th) in Bloomfield, New Jersey, after being diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in 2020.

AMY SCHUMER ATTENDS UPFRONTS AS KAMYY KARDASHIAN: Amy Schumer transformed into her alter ego Kamy Kardashian for Hulu's upfronts presentation on Tuesday (May 18th). The comedian wore baggy ripped jeans a brown bodysuit and a baby blue blazer as she joined her "two new family members," Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner, on stage for the presentation.

YELLOWSTONE SEASON 5 TO DEBUT ON NOV. 13TH: Yellowstone Season 5 will premiere this fall. The Paramount Network announced on Twitter Wednesday (May 18th) that the Dutton family will be back on November 13th. The supersized, 14-episode season will be split into two parts.

ARMIE HAMMER'S SORDID FAMILY HISTORY TO BE EXPLORED IN DISCOVERY+ SPECIAL: Armie Hammer and his family will be the subject of a Discovery+ special, tentatively titled House of Hammer. According to Vulture, the episode promises to follow five generations of the Hammer family through heir sordid past.

During Amber Heard's final day on the stand Tuesday (May 17th), the Aquaman actress said Johnny Depp can't look at her "because he's guilty."

Heard's attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, asked Heard why she told Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez, that she knew Depp couldn't look her in the eyes.

"Because he's guilty. He knows he's lying. Otherwise, why can't he look at me? I survived that man and I'm here, and I'm able to look at him," Heard said.

Depp seemed to find this response amusing, as he leaned over to say something to one of his lawyers and then laughed.

On Tuesday (May 17th), Bob Saget's friends and family paid tribute to the late actor on what would have been his 66th birthday.

Saget's wife, Kelly Rizzo, posted photos of the Full House star from a trip to Mexico last year. "Happy birthday my Love. These pictures and videos were taken exactly 1 year ago in Mexico. We always celebrated our birthdays together with a trip. (His is the 17th and mine is 19th)," she wrote.

Rizzo continued, "This last trip was so special. We both celebrated each other so big. You never know when something is going to be ‘the last' time. But I'm so grateful that he was showered with all of the love he deserves. I pray he can see all of the love he's already getting from around the world today. Honey, everyone loves you so damn much."

Saget's on-screen daughter, Candace Cameron Bure, and his good friend, John Mayer, also shared posts in memory of the comedian.

Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is in some legal trouble. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Sweeney is being sued by the swim and lifestyle brand LA Collective for not honoring an agreement.

Sweeney reportedly broke a contract stating that she would model and promote swimsuits for the company. Last year, LA Collective says, she signed on to be their influencer for their "Somewhere Swimwear" line.

The brand claims The White Lotus actress approved their designs and prototypes, but then she suddenly dropped out on the deal without explanation. LA Collective also accused Sweeney of wearing the swimsuits on at least five episodes of Euphoria.

Samuel L. Jackson thought he was banned from Saturday Night Live for saying "f—" on air, but it turns out that's not the case. On a recent episode of the Awardist podcast, the Pulp Fiction actor said he confronted Lorne Michaels about this in New York City.

"Are you ever gonna let me back on the show?" Jackson said he asked Michaels. It's been 10 years since the Snakes on a Plane actor last appeared on SNL, and apparently Michaels told Jaskson he is welcome back to the set.

In March, Jackson told Leslie Jones on The Ellen DeGeneres Show why he thought he was banned. "Kenan Thompson got me banned from Saturday Night Live. He didn't cut me off soon enough and I said the forbidden word on television," he said.

In response to learning that he can actually return to SNL, Jackson said, "So maybe I'm not banned. I don't know."

In her new book Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up, Cruel Intentions actress Selma Blair confesses that she has in fact sunk her teeth into multiple celebrities. Blair goes on to detail how she ended up biting Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, and Kate Moss.

Blair shares that she introduced herself to Sienna Miller at the Chateau Marmont one night, following her divorce from Ahmet Zappa in 2006. "I couldn‘t begrudge her for any part she was winning over me. So, I grabbed her arm and bit it, playfully, as if it were an apple. Even as I held her forearm in my mouth I was aghast at myself. I thought, What have I gotten myself into? Or her? This is horrible behavior," she wrote.

Apparently, Miller screamed, "Opa!" and then said, "You bit me, didn't you? You really did." Blair added that Miller "didn't shame" her. "For this, in my book, she will forever be the belle of the ball," she added.

Kate Moss wasn't as forgiving, as she ended up biting Blair back. In response, Blair writes, "This was the first time I had any inkling of how much I might hurt people when I bit them. Immediately, I transformed into a shamed nursery school kid. ‘Oh my gosh,' I whispered, ‘I am so sorry.'"

JAMIE FOXX COMMENTS ON THE SHOOTING IN BUFFALO: Following the tragic mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, NY, on Saturday (May 14th), Ray actor Jamie Foxx shared his thoughts to Instagram. "So many emotions are running through me right now… sadness… Hurtful… and angry AF!!! Cannot understand why the color of our skin makes people so angry… Who knew they just being born black would be such a torturous journey… our condolences go out to the victims in Buffalo… And I just wonder how many more times you gonna have to say this," he wrote, along with three broken heart emojis.

SARAH JESSICA PARKER COMMENTS ON CHRIS NOTH'S SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS: In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, And Just Like That… actress Sarah Jessica Parker seemed to be at a loss for words when asked about the sexual assault allegations against her former costar, Chris Noth. "I don't even know if I'm ready to talk about it, but I don't think ... I wasn't reacting as a producer. I should have worked on this because I'm just ... it's just...," she told the publication before trailing off. When the interviewer asked her if she had spoken with Noth since the allegations went public, she replied, "No."

BOB MACKIE CRITICIZES KIM KARDASHIAN FOR WEARING MARILYN MONROE'S DRESS: Page Six reports that designer Bob Mackie, who once worked for Jean Louis, did not approve of Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe's 1962 Jean Louis dress to the 2022 Met Gala. "I thought it was a big mistake. Marilyn was a goddess. A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for her. Nobody else should be seen in that dress," he said.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS APOLOGIZES FOR AMY WINEHOUSE CORPSE CHARCUTERIE: After a disturbing photo resurfaced from Neil Patrick Harris' 2011 Halloween party showing Amy Winehouse's rotting corpse as a meat platter, the How I Met Your Mother star has issued an apology. Harris told Entertainment Weekly on Monday (May 16th), "A photo recently resurfaced from a Halloween-themed party my husband David Burtka and I hosted 11 years ago. It was regrettable then, and it remains regrettable now." He added, "Amy Winehouse was a once-in-a-generation talent, and I'm sorry for any hurt this image caused."