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JOHN MULANEY TAKES THE STAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOLLOWING DAVE CHAPPELLE INCIDENT: According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Mulaney was the first comedian to appear onstage at the Hollywood Bowl since Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage last week. On Saturday night (May 7th), Mulaney made jokes about the incident as part of the Netflix is a Joke festival, saying, "We have great security. This fence is so jumpable it's crazy." He also told the audience, "No one's going to do anything. You don't have the balls."

NCUTI GATWA TO STAR AS THE NEXT DOCTOR WHO: Variety reports that BBC has revealed the next Doctor Who, and it's Sex Education actor Ncuti Gatwa. Gatwa will take over for Jodie Whittaker, who has held the role since 2017.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND SNL CAST WEAR SHIRTS IN SUPPORT OF ROE V. WADE: Entertainment Tonight reports that on Saturday's (May 7th) episode of Saturday Night Live, Benedict Cumberbatch and cast members Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd and Cecily Strong all wore t-shirts with "1973" written in red and blue across the front during the show's closing moments. The number refers to the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade, which took place on January 22nd, 1973.

2022 BAFTA TV AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Variety reports that the BAFTA Television Awards occurred in person for the first time in three years on Sunday (May 8th), due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Killing Eve's Jodie Comer won Leading Actress for her role in Help, while Sean Bean took home the Leading Actor award for his role in Time. It's a Sin was nominated for six awards but did not take home any. See the full list of winners below:

LEADING ACTRESS WINNER:
Jodie Comer – "Help" – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4

LEADING ACTOR WINNER:
Sean Bean – "Time" – BBC Studios/BBC One

DRAMA SERIES WINNER:
"In My Skin" – Kayleigh Llewellyn, Nerys Evans, Molly Manners, Sophie Francis – Expectation/BBC Three

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM WINNER:
"The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan" – Rhean Archibald, Ben Wicks, Tim Dean, Pollyanna McGirr, David Geli, Mo Gilligan – Expectation, Momo G/Channel 4

Virgin Media's Must-see Moment (Voted For By The Public) WINNER:
"Strictly Come Dancing" – Rose And Giovanni's Silent Dance To ‘Symphony' – BBC Studios/BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE WINNER:
Big Zuu – "Big Zuu's Big Eats" – Boom/Dave

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA WINNER:
"Coronation Street" – Production Team – ITV Studios/ITV

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM WINNER:
Jamie Demetriou – "Stath Lets Flats" – Roughcut TV/Channel 4 JOE GILGUN Brassic – Calamity Films/Sky Max

FACTUAL SERIES WINNER:
"Uprising" – Production Team – Rogan Productions, Lammas Park, Turbine Studios/BBC One MINI SERIES WINNER: "Time" – Jimmy McGovern, Tom Sherry, Lewis Arnold, Simon Maloney, Michael Parke, Andrew Morrissey – BBC Studios/BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM WINNER:
Sophie Willan – "Alma's Not Normal" – Expectation/BBC Two

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL WINNER:
"Gogglebox" – Production Team – Studio Lambert/Channel 4

SUPPORTING ACTOR WINNER:
Matthew Macfadyen – "Succession" – Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, HBO/Sky Atlantic

SCRIPTED COMEDY WINNER:
"Motherland" – Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Caroline Norris, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford – Merman Television, Twofour/Channel 4

FEATURES WINNER:
"Big Zuu's Big Eats" – Sam Grace, Alex Gilman, Chris Faith, Lucy Blatch, Big Zuu, Rohan Minhas – Boom/Dave

LIVE EVENT WINNER:
"The Earthshot Prize 2021″ – Production Team – BBC Studios/BBC One

SHORT FORM PROGRAM WINNER:
"Our Land" – Alexandra Genova, Alfred Thirolle – Alexandra Genova/Together TV

SINGLE DRAMA WINNER:
"Together" – Production Team – Shoebox Films, Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC Film/BBC Two

INTERNATIONAL WINNER:
"The Underground Railroad" – Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner – Plan B, PASTEL, Big Indie, Amazon Studios/Amazon Prime

CURRENT AFFAIRS WINNER:
"Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (Exposure)" Sarah Collinson, David Henshaw, David Alter, Sasha Odynova, Ksenia Barakovskaya – Hardcash Productions, The Economist/ITV

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY WINNER:
"My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years In Afghanistan" – Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie, Clive Mattock – Seventh Art Productions/ITV

SPORT WINNER:
"The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Production Team" – Sky Sports, Formula 1/Sky Sports Formula 1 DAYTIME WINNER: "The Chase" – Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge, Hester Davies, Christina Clayton, Mick Thomas – Potato/ITV

SPECIALIST FACTUAL WINNER:
"The Missing Children" Production Team – Truenevision/ITV

NEWS COVERAGE WINNER:
"ITV News At Ten: Storming Of The Capitol" – Production Team – ITV News, ITN/ITV

SUPPORTING ACTRESS WINNER:
Cathy Tyson – "Help" – The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films/Channel 4

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM WINNER:
"Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" – Production Team – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios/ITV

Amber Heard recounted several violent incidents with Johnny Depp while on the stand Thursday (May 5th), including a sexual assault that allegedly occurred in Australia shortly after they were married.

A tearful Heard detailed the time she claims he violated her with a glass bottle. She told the jury, "I didn't know if the bottle that he had inside me was broken. I couldn't feel it. I didn't feel pain, I didn't feel anything. I looked around and I saw so much broken glass I didn't know if he would know if it was broken or not and I remember thinking please 'God please, I hope it's not broken.'"

The Aquaman star also told the jury that Depp was insanely jealous. She says he accused her of having affairs with costars like Eddie Redmayne and James Franco and testified that he nearly broke her nose after the 2014 Met Gala because he thought she was flirting with another woman.

While on the stand, Heard also recalled accusing Depp of cheating on her with a woman he had been with years prior. She said she immediately confronted the actor and admitted that she took a swing at him - and landed her first blow – right before he hit her back.

A spokesperson for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor issued a statement Thursday saying, "As Mr. Depp's counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms. Heard did indeed deliver ‘the performance of her life' in her direct examination," the statement read. "While Ms. Heard's stories have continued to grow new and convenient details, Mr. Depp's recollections have remained exactly the same throughout the six painful years since her first allegations were made."

Heard's team issued their own statement saying that Depp and his legal team are unable to "distinguish fact from fiction." They added, "Mr. Depp's behavior in this trial has been as pitiful as it was in their marriage. Apparently, they feel they must double-down on their demonstrably losing two-part strategy: distract the jury and demonize the victim."

Khloe Kardashian is having feelings about seeing her brief reconciliation with ex Tristan Thompson on The Kardashians.

When the show, featuring their brief reunion, aired Thursday (May 5th), Kardashian tweeted, "Well we know how this aged #TheKardashians."

In a separate tweet, she added, "Watching these episodes now I definitely feel a type of way. Oh girl if only you knew… (Me talking to me)."

The pair briefly reunited after Thompson attended the engagement of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker in October 2021.

In an open letter to Deadline about his ousting from the Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher, Frank Langella wrote that cancel culture is "not American."

The 84-year-old Tony Award winner writes that he was dismissed from the series on March 25th after he ignored directions from the show's intimacy coordinator and touched the leg of an actress during a love scene. He added, "It was a love scene on camera. Legislating the placement of hands, to my mind, is ludicrous. It undermines instinct and spontaneity."

The actor claims that his reputation has been tarnished as well as his change at future earnings and says, "These indignities are, to my mind, the real definition of unacceptable behavior. Cancel culture is the antithesis of democracy. It inhibits conversation and debate. It limits our ability to listen, mediate, and exchange opposing views. Most tragically, it annihilates moral judgment."

Jennifer Grey revealed on The View that she didn't want Patrick Swayze to co-star in Dirty Dancing until a tearful apology from the actor changed her mind.

According to Grey, the Ghost actor had played several pranks on her during the filming of Red Dawn and she was over it. When it came time for his screen test for Dirty Dancing, she says he pulled her down the hall and said, "I love you, I love you, and I'm so sorry. And I know you don't want me to do the movie."

She continued, "And he got the tears in his eyes. And I got the tears in my eyes — not for the same reason. I was like, ‘Oh, this guy's working me.' And he goes, ‘We could kill it — we could kill it if we did this.'"

The two ultimately killed it during their chemistry read and she says on set, "He was like, the easy chair I'd been dreaming of my whole life."

JOJO SIWA GETS BACK WITH HER EX: JoJo Siwa is back with Kylie Prew. The former Dance Moms star confirmed the news in a series of snaps taken at Disney World and shared on social media Thursday (May 5th) and wrote, "If you love something let it go, if it comes back….🤍♾"

ANDIE MCDOWELL AND BILL PULLMAN'S KIDS ARE DATING: A couple of celebrity kids debuted their romance on the red carpet of Top Gun: Maverick Wednesday (May 4th) night. Andie MacDowell's daughter Rainey Qualley and Bill Pullman's son Lewis Pullman are officially an item. According to Qualley's Instagram, the two have been dating since 2020.

KIM KARDASHIAN RESPONDS TO WEIGHT LOSS CRITICISM: Kim Kardashian is responding to critics who accused her of glamorizing rapid weight loss. After receiving backlash for revealing that she lost 16-pounds to fit into Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress for the 2022 Met Gala, the reality star shared a message to fans on her Instagram Stories. The May 4th post read, "Be teachable. Be open. You're not always right." The SKIMS founder had revealed to Vogue that she only fit into the dress after spending weeks running on a treadmill, wearing a sauna suit two times a day, and limiting herself to clean veggies and protein.

RON HOWARD OFFICIATES DAUGHTER'S WEDDING: Ron Howard officiated his daughter Paige's wedding in Central Park, New York on Sunday (May 1st). Bridesmaid and big sister Bryce Dallas Howard shared a snap of the nuptials on Instagram Wednesday (May 4th). Bryce tagged her sister and her new husband, Tim Abou-Nasr in the post and wrote, "Although it took a whole pandemic to reach this special moment, I can't imagine a more perfect day celebrating you two. Tim, I am filled with gratitude and joy to call you my brother!!"

NBC ORDERS 'QUANTUM LEAP' TO SERIES: Deadline reports that NBC has given a series order to a reboot of Quantum Leap. The updated version of the 1990s sci-fi drama will star Mozart in the Jungle's Raymond Lee.

'JUSTIFIED' MINISERIES WITH TIMOTHY OLYPHANT ORDERED AT FX: Timothy Olyphant set to reprise his role as Raylan Givens in a miniseries spinoff of FX's crime drama Justified, which ended in 2015. Vulture reports that Justified: City Primeval reunites Olyphant with producers of the original acclaimed series but there is no word yet if he'll be joined by other Justified stars like Walton Goggins or Jere Burns. The newly added cast includes Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, Victor Williams, Aunjanue Ellis, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Olyphant.

CARA DELEVINGNE TO PLAY SELENA GOMEZ'S LOVE INTEREST: Cara Delevingne will play Selena Gomez's love interest on Season 2 of Only Murders in the Building. Series co-creator John Hoffman told Vanity Fair that Delevingne's character, Alice, will help Mabel get "in touch with a side of herself she's been somewhat neglecting since the show began."

TEASER TRAILER FOR 'HOUSE OF THE DRAGON' DROPS: A teaser trailer for House of the Dragon dropped Thursday (May 5th). The Stark, Baratheon, and Targaryen families from Game Of Thrones – as well as a few dragons - were all on full display in the clip. The ten-episode HBO Original drama series debuts Sunday, August 21st on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

During her emotional testimony Wednesday (May 4th), Amber Heard detailed the first time Johnny Depp allegedly hit her.

Heard told the jury that she had asked the Pirates of the Caribbean actor a question about his famous "Wino Forever" tattoo and he slapped her across the face.

Heard recalled, "I laughed because I didn't know what else to do. I thought this must be a joke because I didn't' know what was going on. I just stared at him thinking that he was going to start laughing too."Instead, she says he slapped her again.

During her testimony, the Aquaman actress said that there were two different sides to Depp. She said, "He was the love of my life but he was also this other thing and this other thing was an awful, awful thing that would come out and take over. You couldn't see the Johnny I loved underneath it."

Ray J has come forward, claiming that Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner orchestrated the release of their 2007 sex tape. During an interview with The Daily Mail, the singer and entrepreneur said that despite the narrative, he never leaked he and Kim's sex tape.

He explained, "I've never leaked anything. I have never leaked a sex tape in my life. It has never been a leak. It's always been a deal and a partnership between Kris Jenner and Kim and me and we've always been partners since the beginning of this thing."

Ray J said that he pitched Kim the idea of releasing the tape after seeing how a sex tape made Paris Hilton famous. Ray J said that Kim told her mom the idea and they signed a contract for two tapes, the one that was released in 2007 that was filmed during a vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and the unreleased one created in Santa Barbara, California.

Ray J says that all of the tapes are in Kim's possession, saying, "She kept them all. I never had a tape in my possession in our whole relationship. ... She's always had all the tapes in a Nike shoe box under her bed. I'm sure she has bigger beds now and better boxes. That's how it all came about."

RAY J REGRETS THE SEX TAPE

Ray J added thah he regrets the release of the tape and "felt suicidal" when the family built "an empire from a lie they've created." He added, "As a Black man living and working in America, it's hard to get up every day and look out at the water or look at my family and know that they think something about you when you know it's 1,000 percent the other way." As a result of his involvement in the tape, he said he lost the opportunity to do Dancing with the Stars and America's Got Talent.

Ray J revealed that he decided to speak out becausd Kim has defamed him. During a recent episode of The Kardashians, Kim claimed that Ray J might be in possession of a video that showed him "sticking a dildo in my a**."

As far as the tape that Kanye picked up and returned to Kim, Ray J said that he did indeed have a laptop that contained intimate photos from their relationship and he met with Kanye at a private terminal of LAX to talk about the situation. Kanye viewed the content, took it and left.

Ray J also shared a few DMs that he sent to Kim where he explained to her that saying that her "sticking a dildo in my a**" comment made him "look like a rapist and dirty perv."

Kim responded, saying that the comment was a joke and she "was laughing when I said it." As for the moment showing Ye handing over the alleged footage, she said it painted him "in a positive light." She also apologized for how the situation "affected" Ray.

A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday (May 4th) for attacking Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl during Tuesday night's Netflix Is A Joke Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.

The LAPD says that Isaiah Lee, who was carrying a plastic replica gun that contained a knife blade, was taken into custody for assault with a deadly weapon.

According to reports, the incident occurred just after the comedian told the crowd that he needed to ramp up security due to backlash from his remarks about the trans community last year. Lee was corralled by security and fellow comedian Jamie Foxx as Chappelle joked, "It's a transman," causing backlash online once again.

A Chappelle spokesperson told Deadline in a statement, "Dave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl. This run ties Chappelle with Monty Python for the most headlined shows by any comedian at the Hollywood Bowl, reaching 70k fans of diverse backgrounds during the first Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, and he refuses to allow last night's incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment."

Kim Cattrall says she was never even asked to be a part of And Just Like That.

The How I Met Your Father star told Variety, "I was never asked to be part of the reboot. I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about it like everyone else did – on social media."

According to Cattrall, the HBO Max series is a lot like the proposed third film, in which her character was supposed to receive unwanted "d—k pics" from Brady, Miranda's 14-year-old son.

Even if she had been asked – or is asked in the future – the answer will be no. She explained, "It's powerful to say no. It's a great wisdom to know when enough is enough."

ELIZABETH OLSEN 'SPOILED' BY SISTERS: Elizabeth Olsen recent told Harper's Bazaar UK that it's "amazing" to be the younger sibling to twins. She said of her older sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, "If I was spoiled by one, the other one wanted to match it. I loved it." By the time the WandaVision star was born in 1989, the twins were already starring on Full House which gave Elizabeth "a lot of insecurities." She shared, "I've always felt that presence, which made me work harder, and maybe have a chip on my shoulder to be over-prepared and disciplined, so I could feel like I'm really earning it."

KAT GRAHAM IS ENGAGED: Kat Graham is engaged to director and producer Darren Genet. A source tells People that 52-year-old Genet proposed to the 32-year-old The Vampire Diaries actress during a vacation in Mexico for his birthday a few weeks ago. The couple began dating after meeting on set in 2017.

SOAP STAR'S WIFE IS PREGNANT WITH ANOTHER MAN'S CHILD: General Hospital alum Steve Burton announced on Instagram Wednesday (May 4th) that his wife, Sheree Gustin, is pregnant with another man's child. He wrote, "I wanted to clear something up. Sheree and I are separated. She recently announced that she's expecting her 4th child. The child is not mine." The estranged couple has been married since 1999 and shares three children.

KALEY CUOCO DATING TOM PELPHREY: Kaley Cuoco and Ozark actor Tom Pelphrey confirmed their relationship by posting PDA-packed photos to their Instagram accounts on Tuesday (May 3rd). The relationship comes eight months after the Flight Attendant star and ex-husband Karl Cook announced their split.

'SAVED BY THE BELL' CANCELED AT PEACOCK: Deadline confirmed Wednesday (May 4th) that Peacock has cancelled the Saved by the Bell revival after two seasons. The outlet reports that the cast and crew were notified Tuesday.

ARIANA DEBOSE TO HOST TONYS: Tony organizers announced Wednesday (May 4th) that Ariana DeBose will host this year's awards ceremony on June 12th. Debose, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this year for her performance as Anita in West Side Story was also nominated for a Tony in 2018 for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

'JULIA' RENEWED AT HBO MAX: HBO Max has renewed the comedy series Julia for a second season. The series, which is inspired by Julia Child's life and her long-running television series, "The French Chef," concludes its first season on May 5th.

ELON MUSK GETS BBC SERIES: Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be profiled in an upcoming three-part documentary series from the BBC. According to Deadline, The Elon Musk Show "has interviewed family members, close friends and business associates of the Tesla tycoon, who will tell the intimate story of his journey to becoming the globe's wealthiest person and one of its most controversial."

Dr. Dawn Hughes, a New-York based clinical and forensic psychologist, testified in Johnny Depp's defamation trial on Tuesday (May 3rd), detailing how Amber Heard was repeatedly "subjected to sexual violence" by Depp. She also said that Heard that suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of this violence.

"There are a number of incidents of sexual violence reported in this relationship. Those are documented early on … where when Mr. Depp was drunk or high. He threw her on the bed, ripped off her nightgown and tried to have sex with her," Hughes said.

When Depp was "not able to perform" during these instances, he would become "enraged," she said. "There were times when he forced her to give him oral sex when he was angry — these weren't loving moments, these were angry moments."

In a haunting addition to her testimony, Hughes said that at one point, Depp screamed, "I will kill you," and penetrated Heard with a bottle. She added that she hoped it "wasn't the broken one."

According to Hughes, Depp "pushed Heard, he shoved her, he slapped her with the front of his hand and the back of his hand, he choked her, he slammed her into the wall, he pushed her, and when she fell down he kicked her in the back."

Hughes added, "The intimate partner violence by Mr. Depp was the cause of Heard's PTSD condition."

Rumor has it that Will Smith has been unhappy with Jada Pinkett-Smith for years and sources say that she has become impossible to please. According to OK! Magazine, in addition to to their marriage, the sources say that Jada has become "extremely demanding" with staff, resulting in her losing several longtime staff members.

One source said, "Will and Jada previously kept household staff for many years, with no complaints….But within the last five years, Jada became extremely demanding, and they cycled through chefs, security guards and trainers."

An inside source close to the couple claims that Jada has grown an unbearable attitude that has progressively worsened over the years. Her attitude has allegedly upset everyone around her.

The source said, "On set, Will believes he deserves to have assistants at his beck and call, luxury trailers and special meals catered to him….He thinks he knows best and he's not afraid to share his opinion."

The source attributes Jada's demanding energy to her shift over the past 5 years. According to the source, Pinkett-Smith's number one focus is expanding her Facebook series The Red Table Talk. The source explained,"It's her top priority, and she doesn't have time to be holding Will's hand and acting as his de facto therapist…She expects him to man up, stop moping and pull himself together."

Stars in Hollywood are making their voices heard in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that seeks to overturn Roe v. Wade. The document, written by Justice Samuel Alito, was published by Politico on Monday (May 2nd).

"It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives," the document reportedly states.

Many stars spoke out on the issue. Reese Witherspoon tweeted, "Hey SCOTUS. Let Roe Vs. Wade stand. You did it in 1992. Stare Decicis. This has been decided."

Sophia Bush posted to Twitter, "How nice that these ideological nuts who don't care about democracy or the will of the people—who overwhelmingly support a woman's right to choose—can feel safe inside whilst they eviscerate our rights and condemn women to die. Abortion will never end. Only safe abortions."

Jameela Jamil added a gender-inclusive line to her Instagram post on the issue, writing, "This of course applies to people of all genders who can become pregnant."

Rosanna Arquette added, "Get your Boots off our wombs."

At this year's Met Gala, Kim Kardashian wore the iconic dress that Marilyn Monroe wore while singing "Happy Birthday Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962. Kardashian told Vogue before the big event that she lost 16 pounds over the course of three weeks in order to fit into the gown.

Monroe's dress was flown on a private plane to Kardashian's house from Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum in Orlando, Florida. "The dress was transported by guards and I had to wear gloves to try it on. I always thought she was extremely curvy. I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So, when it didn't fit me, I wanted to cry because it can't be altered at all," Kardashian said.

Following the Met Gala, Kardashian ditched her strict diet and set her sights set on the carbs—skipping the star-studded afterparties.

"You guys, I haven't had carbs or sugar in almost a month. Definitely three weeks. This pizza—I'm so excited!" The Kardashians star said in a video posted to her Instagram stories on Monday (May 2nd).

On Monday's (May 2nd) episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Portia de Rossi shared a story about coming out to her grandmother—and why it wasn't easy.

De Rossi's grandmother was a fan of the sitcom Ellen and "wouldn't miss an episode until the episode where she DeGeneres came out." After learning about DeGeneres' sexuality, her grandmother would say "that disgusting woman" whenever DeGeneres appeared on TV. "That didn't bode well for me," said de Rossi, who was closeted at the time.

After moving to Los Angeles, the Arrested Development star began dating the famous talk show host. One time, while at home visiting her grandmother, de Rossi said, "I sat by gran's chair at her feet. She said to me, ‘Are you seeing anyone special?'" to which de Rossi replied, "Gran, I'm with Ellen."

De Rossi's grandmother was 99 at the time, and she put her head in her hands. "I thought, ‘That's it, I've killed my grandmother,'" she said. But her grandmother "just looked at me and she goes, ‘Well, I love you just the same.'"

DeGeneres shared that de Rossi's grandmother had their wedding picture next to her bed until she died at the age of 103. "My grandmother meant everything to me, we were actually born on the same day," de Rossi said.

BLAC CHYNA PLANS TO APPEAL RULING IN DEFAMATION TRIAL: Page Six reports that Blac Chyna's lawyer, Lynne Ciani, says Chyna is planning to appeal her case against the Kardashian-Jenner family. "Two things. Number one, the jury found that Chyna had not physically abused Rob Kardashian. Number two, the jury found that all four defendants intentionally interfered with Chyna's contracts with the E! Network. We will appeal the remainder of the verdict," Ciani said.

WENDY WILLIAMS MAKES APPEARANCE AT MET GALA AFTERPARTY: People reports that Wendy Williams was in New York City Monday night (May 2nd) for a Met Gala afterparty at The Standard Hotel. She was with Hollywood Unlocked's Jason Lee, who posted photos of the two together to Instagram on Tuesday (May 3rd). "How was @therealwendywilliamsonline outside last night. Looking great. Sounding great. Even told @tmz_tv she's coming back to tv yet the @wendyshow didn't even talk about it during todays Hot Topics? @normanbakertv make sure the bureau does her right and mentions this tomorrow or they should just throw the whole damn show away," Lee wrote in the post.

CHERYL LADD SAYS SHE WAS ONCE CHASED AROUND A DESK BY A HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVE: Page Six reports that Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd recently shared a #MeToo story that happened after she first moved to Los Angeles from South Dakota. "I was about 19 and I did get chased around one desk. I literally ran around the desk and out the door," she said.

DON LEMON ASSAULT CASE IS DROPPED: The New York Post reports that Dustin Hice, the man who accused CNN anchor Don Lemon of assaulting him at a bar in Sag Harbor three years ago, has dropped his case. "After a lot of inner reflection and a deep dive into my memory, I have come to realize that my recollection of the events that occurred on the night in question when I first met CNN anchor Don Lemon were not what I thought they were when I filed this lawsuit," Hice said in a statement. Lemon's attorney Caroline Polisi said the case was "a crass money grab from its inception."

DAVID BIRNEY DIES AT 83: According to The New York Post, Bridget Loves Bernie star David Birney died on Friday (April 29th) at his home in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 83—after battling Alzheimer's disease for five years. Birney married his Bridget Loves Bernie costar Meredith Baxter in 1974, and they had three kids together before divorcing in 1989. Baxter accused Birney of emotional and physical abuse in her memoir Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering, accusations that Birney called an "appalling abuse of the truth." In addition to Bridget Loves Bernie, Birney held roles in shows and films such as The Adams Chronicles, Serpico, and St. Elsewhere.

VIOLA DAVIS IN TALKS TO STAR IN PEACEMAKER SPINOFF: Deadline reports that HBO Max is in talks with Viola Davis to star as Amanda Waller in a Peacemaker and Suicide Squad spinoff. Watchmen writer Christal Henry is expected to write and executive produce the series.

THE TRAILER FOR THE AL YANKOVIC STORY IS RELEASED: TVLine reports that Roku released the first trailer for The Al Yankovic Story on Tuesday (May 3rd). See Daniel Radcliffe play the singer in a film that, as the logline reads, will explore "every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It' and ‘Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle."

MEG RYAN TO STAR IN WHAT HAPPENS LATER: According to Today, Meg Ryan will return to the rom com in What Happens Later, a film that she will star in and direct. David Duchovny is set to star opposite her as part of a couple that reunites decades after they break up due to being "snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight."

On Monday (May 2nd), the jury in Blac Chyna's $100 million defamation trial reached a verdict, ending the weeks-long case. A judge at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles ruled that members of the Kardashian-Jenner family were "cleared of all the key questions," and that Blac Chyna would be awarded no monetary damages.

All lawyers were present for the final verdict, as was Chyna. The members of the Kardashian-Jenner family were not, however, as most of them were in New York for the Met Gala.

In response to the verdict, attorney for the Kardashian-Jenners, Michael G. Rhodes, said they are "happy to have this behind them." He added, "I think the case was very clear. The jury did a great job, they got it. The family was very pleased and grateful, they were exuberant."

Chyna's lawyer, Lynne Ciani, responded to the verdict: "I've never seen in my career before a jury have to go back and deliberate on four questions. The victory is that Chyna did not physically abuse her fiancé, Rob."

One of Johnny Depp's security guards, Travis McGivern, testified in Depp's defamation trial on Monday (May 2nd), claiming that he once witnessed Amber Heard punch Depp in the face.

McGivern, who remains one of Depp's employees, depicted a fight he previously overheard between the former couple. He said a "relatively peaceful conversation" became "louder" and "more volatile."

According to McGivern, Heard threw a can of Red Bull at Depp as the "verbal onslaught continued from both of them." The security guard continued, saying, "Mr. Depp was giving as good as he got at that point. He was angry and agitated."

"Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a fist and an arm come across my right shoulder and I heard and saw a closed fist contact Mr. Depp in the left side of his face. That was Ms. Heard's fist," McGivern said. He added that Depp had a "nice little shiner" after the incident.

A PETITION TO REMOVE AMBER HEARD FROM THE AQUAMAN SEQUEL REACHES THREE MILLION SIGNATURES

The New York Post reports that, amid Johnny Depp's defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, three million people have signed a petition requesting Heard be removed from the Aquaman sequel.

Heard plays Mera alongside Jason Momoa's Aquaman in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Jeanne Larson created the Change.org petition back in 2020, but it has picked up steam since Depp's trial began. "Do the right thing. Remove Amber Heard from Aquaman 2," Larson wrote.

Film journalist Grace Randolph claims Heard isn't in much of the film as it stands now anyway. "I hear #AmberHeard has less than 10 min of screentime in #Aquaman2," she wrote in a post to Twitter.

In her new memoir titled Out of the Corner, out Tuesday (May 3rd), Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey writes that Johnny Depp became "crazy jealous" while they were together in the late 1980s.

Grey and Depp started dating in 1989, and the pair were engaged just two weeks later. Grey writes of their first date, "We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel's, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse. He was so ridiculously beautiful. And surprisingly open, funny, quirky and sweet."

Later in their relationship, Grey said that Depp started showing another side of himself. "Johnny was commuting every week back and forth from Vancouver, but had begun more and more regularly to be getting into trouble: fights in bars, skirmishes with cops," she said.

The Ferris Bueller's Day Off actress added, "He'd started missing his flights home to LA having overslept or, when he did come home, he'd be crazy jealous and paranoid about what I'd been up to while he was gone."