Jamie Borthwick dropped from EastEnders after 19 years following Strictly slur controversy
BBC Studios confirms the actor who played Jay Brown will not return to the soap after suspension over language used on the Strictly Come Dancing set
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New Yorker Draws Backlash for Inviting Hasan Piker to Festival Roundtable
Critics point to past remarks by the influential streamer as evidence the magazine is platforming antisemitic and extremist views
Ohio teachers win $1,000,004 Powerball and give late colleague’s share to her children
Ten-member lottery pool from Crestview Elementary dedicated longtime kindergarten teacher Mary Jo Manocchio and passed her portion of the prize to her family
Actor John Alford found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls
The former 'London's Burning' and 'Grange Hill' actor was convicted at St Albans Crown Court over incidents in Hertfordshire in April 2022
How real is Love Is Blind? UK series draws scrutiny over pods, edits and drama
Behind-the-scenes production choices and heavy editing have prompted questions about authenticity as only one couple from the UK’s second season remains together a year on.
Busy couples turn to AI vow generators as planners market time-saving tools
Wedding vendors say about one in four couples are using artificial intelligence to write vows, a trend that planners are packaging into new services amid questions about authenticity
The Paper: The Office team turns mockumentary lens on a struggling newsroom
Domhnall Gleeson stars as a hapless editor in a Peacock comedy that follows The Office’s documentary crew to the Toledo Truth-Teller; Oscar Nuñez returns
New Bollywood romcom 'Param Sundari' draws criticism for stereotyping South India
Critics and social media users, particularly in Kerala, say the film relies on caricatures of southern culture despite a long history of cross-regional romcoms in Hindi cinema.
Arundhati Roy chronicles her mother in fierce new memoir 'Mother Mary Comes to Me'
Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy portrays Mary Roy as both 'shelter and storm' in a personal account that revisits family, feminism and the making of a literary life