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The BBC has apologised to the household concerned within the Huw Edwards scandal over the way in which it dealt with their criticism.The BBC confronted accusations it didn't reply rapidly sufficient to complaints from the household of a teen, after it took seven weeks for allegations of inappropriate behaviour to be put to Edwards. Image: Pic: BBC Edwards, who was the BBC's highest-earning newsreader, was accused of paying an adolescent 1000's of kilos for sexually specific pictures.In July 2023 the BBC commissioned a evaluate of its non-editorial complaints insurance policies and processes, which promised to "assess how some complaints are red-flagged up the organisation".He additionally ordered a further "...

Actor Gerard Depardieu is going through a brand new grievance of sexual assault, with a feminine film decorator alleging he groped her throughout filming in 2021.In her grievance to the Paris prosecutor's workplace, the 53-year-old girl accuses the French star of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexist insults, her lawyer Carine Durrieu Diebolt mentioned. The complainant claims the 75-year-old grabbed her and kneaded her waist, abdomen, and breasts throughout filming for the film Les Volets Verts.Ms Durrieu Diebolt says different folks intervened to cease the alleged assault.Two legal professionals for Depardieu didn't instantly reply to emailed requests for remark, and their workplaces mentioned they weren't out there to speak by cellphone. Set within the Nineteen Seven...

Kenneth Mitchell, an actor who appeared in Captain Marvel and a Star Trek sequence, has died. The actor, who was 49, was recognized with ALS - also called motor neurone illness - 5 and a half years in the past. His household mentioned in a press release on Instagram that Mitchell was "an inspirational work of art to all the hearts he touched".Mitchell appeared in quite a lot of TV exhibits and movies, together with Captain Marvel, by which he performed the titular character's father, Joseph Danvers.Born in Toronto, Canada, Mitchell was married to actress Susan May Pratt and the pair had two kids collectively. He revealed that he was affected by ALS in an interview with People journal in 2020, and mentioned he had been utilizing a powered wheelchair.In the publish on Instagram...

Pete Doherty has revealed he has been identified with Type 2 diabetes as he battles with ongoing well being points.The Libertines singer and guitarist, 44, has been open about his battle with alcohol and medicines through the years. In an interview with the Guardian's Saturday journal, Doherty mentioned he gave up "the main poisons" and his well being improved."Then you get told alcohol and cheese and sugar are just as bad and you were healthier when you were on heroin."He admitted he was "a bit of a glutton", including: "It's not a joke. I've been identified with Type 2 diabetes. "And at the moment I'm lacking the discipline to tackle cholesterol."Read extra from Sky News:BBC apologises for 'misjudged' interview with Andrew ScottEllie Goulding breaks silence on cut up from h...

The rapper Wiley has been stripped of his MBE after he made antisemitic posts on social media.Often known as the 'Godfather of Grime', he acquired the honour for companies to music in 2018. But in 2020 he was banned from X, Facebook and Instagram after a collection of posts wherein he described Jewish individuals as "cowards and snakes" and in addition in contrast them to the Ku Klux Klan. Image: Wiley along with his MBE in 2018. Pic: PA Wiley, whose actual title is Richard Cowie, informed Sky News on the time that he was sorry "for generalising" however refused to distance himself from many of the feedback.An official discover within the London Gazette has now confirmed his MBE shall be "cancelled and annulle...

A best-selling writer who detailed her expertise with dementia has introduced her personal loss of life in a posthumous weblog submit.Wendy Mitchell, 68, authored acclaimed books on her situation after she was identified with early-onset vascular dementia and Alzheimer's in July 2014, on the age of 58."If you're reading this, it means this has probably been posted by my daughters as I've sadly died," she wrote in her last weblog submit."Sorry to break the news to you this way, but if I hadn't, my inbox would eventually have been full of emails asking if I'm OK, which would have been hard for my daughters to answer..."In the tip, I died just by deciding to not eat or drink anymore."At the time of her diagnosis, Ms Mitchell, from East Yorkshire, was working as an NHS rota manag...

A legal trial involving allegedly ill-gotten handwritten lyrics to the basic rock tune Hotel California, in addition to different favourites by the Eagles, has begun in New York.The uncommon case issues about 100 pages of drafts that includes the phrases to songs from the Hotel California album, which was launched in 1976 and is the third-biggest promoting album ever within the US. Rare books vendor Glenn Horowitz, former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and memorabilia vendor Edward Kosinski are accused of scheming to thwart Eagles co-founder Don Henley's efforts to reclaim the paperwork, and face expenses together with conspiracy to own stolen property.They all deny the costs and have pleaded not responsible. Image: ...

Jodie Foster has instructed Sky News that Hollywood was an "entirely male environment" when she first started performing, almost six many years in the past.Speaking on The World With Yalda Hakim, the two-time Oscar-winning star stated: "When I first began within the 60s, I by no means noticed one other lady, for instance… "Sometimes it was the lady who played my mum, or sometimes a make-up artist, but for the most part it was really just an entirely male environment." Image: Foster received her second Oscar in 1992. Pic: AP A director and producer in addition to an actress, the 61-year-old star says issues have modified behind the scenes too, with feminine technicians, producers and what she calls "the last ba...

The organisers of the BAFTAs have defended the choice to omit Friends actor Matthew Perry from this yr's 'in memoriam' part and stated he might be honoured at their TV awards as an alternative.The British Academy of Film and Television Arts' annual movie awards occurred in London on Sunday night. Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham carried out a pared-back model of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time as tributes to stars who've died previously 12 months appeared on display screen.The phase featured the likes of Mary Poppins star Glynis Johns, actress Jane Birkin, music legend Tina Turner and Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon.However, Friends star Perry - who died aged 54 final October - was not talked about. As it occurred: The greatest evening in British movie ...

Oppenheimer is the winner of the night time at this 12 months's BAFTAs, taking dwelling seven awards, together with the large one - greatest movie.Cillian Murphy, who stars as "father of the atomic bomb" J Robert Oppenheimer, was named greatest actor - the primary Irish star to win the award - whereas co-star Robert Downey Jr was honoured within the supporting class. Accepting his trophy, Murphy thanked his "Oppen-homies" and described his character as "colossally knotty," including: "We have a space to debate and interrogate and investigate that complexity and it's a privilege to be a part of this community with you all." Image: Irish actor Cillian Murphy is that this 12 months's BAFTA greatest actor. Pic: Kate Green/BAFTA/Getty...