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USA

Hollywood's Harvey Weinstein fired over sexual harassment claims

The executive is said to have reached settlements with eight women over misconduct dating back several decades.

09/10/2017

USA

Alleged R. Kelly cult member: 'I'm totally fine.'

Joycelyn Savage's parents accused the R&B star of holding their daughter against her will in a "cult", but she has denied the claims.

18/07/2017

World News

FBI director nominee disagrees with Trump's witch hunt claim

President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI says he rejects his description of the probe into Russian election meddling as a "witch hunt."

12/07/2017

USA

Fox News star Bill O'Reilly removed after sexual harassment scandals

US cable news host Bill O’Reilly, one of Fox News’ biggest television personalities, has been dropped by the news channel’s parent company,

20/04/2017

USA

Tweeting accountant blamed for Oscars blunder

One of the two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants who were in charge of Academy Awards procedure has been blamed for the Best Picture blunder, because he was reportedly posting backstage photos of the

28/02/2017

USA

Oscars farce in pictures and social media reactions

Members of the Academy, the stars in the room, and the public watching at home were all shocked when it emerged that the most prestigious award of last night’s Oscars, for Best Picture, had been given

27/02/2017

USA

Trump news conference aggressive,confrontational, extraordinary

Trump's news conference a 'trainwreck,' 'jaw-dropping,' 'lame' and 'strange.'

12/01/2017

USA

Actress Tippi Hedren describes how Hitchcock sexually assaulted her in new memoir

"It was sexual, it was perverse, and it was ugly, and I couldn't have been more shocked and more repulsed," she wrote of one of the alleged incidents.

01/11/2016

USA

US comedian Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial for sexual assault

Bill Cosby has been ordered by a US court to stand trial on sexual assault charges, over allegations that he drugged and molested a woman 12 years…

24/05/2016

USA

Actor Bill Cosby files defamation suit

Actor Bill Cosby, accused by more than 40 women of sexual assault, has filed a lawsuit claiming several of them lied about him for financial gain

15/12/2015

France

Benzema's lawyer says full recording clears his client of blackmail

The alleged sex-tape blackmail case of French international Mathieu Valbuena continues to dominate the front and back pages in France and beyond. His

07/11/2015

Sport

Former Liverpool striker Cisse released following blackmail arrest

Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been released from custody following an alleged plot to blackmail his former Marseille and France

13/10/2015

United Kingdom

Sir Elton versus D&G: War of words escalates in 'synthetic' babies row

It could be a costly interview for Dolce and Gabbana. A celebrity boycott is gaining momentum over comments made by the Italian design duo in which

16/03/2015

USA

Robert Durst charged with murder after 'TV bathroom confession'

16/03/2015

United Kingdom

Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC's Top Gear after 'punching producer'

11/03/2015

USA

Cosby won't face charges over 1974 sex offence allegations

American comedian Bill Cosby will not be charged over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1974. According to Los Angeles’s

17/12/2014

Thailand

Thailand's Princess Srirasmi renounces royal status and will divorce

13/12/2014

Sport

Ballotelli charged by FA with 'aggravated breach' of code of conduct

England’s Football Association has formally charged Italy and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli. On its website it said

05/12/2014

Pakistan

Naomi Campbell congratulates 'malaria' on Nobel Peace Prize win

11/10/2014