A fourth person has accused Chris Noth of sexual misconduct.
Singer-songwriter Lisa Gentile went public with her allegations during a Thursday press conference with her lawyer, Gloria Allred. She says she was “sexually victimized” by the Sex and the City actor in 2002.
According to Gentile, Noth forcibly kissed her and touched her breasts, then later threatened to “blacklist” her from the business if she ever told anyone.
“I believe we should have our day in court to hold Mr. Noth accountable for what he did,” Gentile said, referencing the three other women who have come forward.
Noth denied the previous allegations but has yet to comment on Gentile’s claims. Since the allegations emerged, Noth has been dropped by his talent agency and was fired from his CBS show, The Equalizer.
Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley can’t wait to celebrate Christmas with his husband, screenwriter DustinLanceBlack, and their three-year-old son, Robert. Tom tells ABC Audio that his toddler is now “fully into Christmas” — so much so that red and green are his favorite colors.
“We have to have red and green things, because as soon as Christmas is over, he said, ‘When is it Christmas again? How many more sleeps till Christmas?'” the diver shared. “And he says that right after his birthday every year. And his birthday’s the end of June!”
That said, Tom doesn’t feel Robert sets an impossible standard for him or Lance to reach on the big day, adding that he simply enjoys having “everybody around” and “the decorations.” Tom says he uses Pinterest to give him inspiration for “Christmas decorations and for craft ideas” to entertain his son, like making cards.
As for this year’s plans, the athlete is heading home for the holidays to Plymouth, England, where he grew up. “Lance has never spent Christmas in Plymouth,” he revealed. “So, it’s going to be fun.”
“Usually we always host it. So it will be weird to not host Christmas and it’ll be a little bit like taking a back seat,” Tom added, but notes that he thinks it’s going to be “nice to have a bit of a more relaxed Christmas.”
But while he’s been relieved of cooking and cleaning duties, the Olympian said he still has to take care of his son’s Elf on a Shelf.
Tom, who made headlines during the Tokyo Olympics for knitting in between events, admits he uses his knitting skills to create outfits for the Elf. “It’s got clothes and occasionally ends up taking over papa’s knitting in the morning,” says Tom. “We’ve caught him a couple of times knitting at the table!”
Latto cried tears of joy Tuesday after receiving two Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous-style gifts for her 23rd birthday.
The “Big Energy” rapper was in disbelief as she unwrapped a Richard Mille watch at an Atlanta nightclub, and then walked outside for a fireworks display, which illuminated her brand-new Lamborghini.
Born Alyssa Stephens, this year Latto was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards. Last week, her Win Some Give Some Foundation hosted the first “Latto 4 the Ladies & Babies Christmas party” at the Virginia Grey Recreation Center in the A-T-L. Families received a variety of presents, including gift cards and toys.
“Monster Energy Outbreak Tour has backed a lot of big artists at the beginning stages of their careers, so I’m super excited to work together,” Latto said in a statement. “It’s been a tough year for a lot of people, so I’m looking forward to letting loose and having some fun.”
Latto will perform 24 shows before the tour wraps April 23 in Atlanta. Tour cities include Memphis, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and more.
Revered journalist and author Joan Didion died Thursday at her home in New York City due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, her longtime publisher confirmed to ABC News.
She was 87 years old.
Didion was known as one of most incisive writers of her time, penning screenplays, novels and works of nonfiction, including two books about her own personal losses: The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.
“Joan was a brilliant observer and listener, a wise and subtle teller of truths about our present and future. She was fierce and fearless in her reporting. Her writing is timeless and powerful, and her prose has influenced millions,” her editor, Shelley Wanger, said in a statement.
Wanger added, “We will mourn her death but celebrate her life, knowing that her work will inspire generations of readers and writers to come.”
Born in Sacramento, Didion was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to live in New York City, where she launched her career as a journalist. Her first book, Run River, was published in 1963; other novels included A Book of Common Prayer, Democracy and The Last Thing He Wanted.
The next year, Didion married fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, who became her longtime collaborator. Together, they worked on screenplays for The Panic in Needle Park, Play It As It Lays — based on her novel of the same name — and A Star Is Born, among others. In 1967, they adopted their daughter, Quintana Roo.
Didion was also known for being a prolific essayist who published several works of nonfiction, including Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, among many others. However, it was her memoir about Dunne’s death, The Year of Magical Thinking, that earned her the National Book Award for Fiction in 2005.
After Quintana Roo died of acute pancreatitis, Didion wrote a companion book, Blue Nights, which was published in 2011. Her latest book, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, came out just this year.
Didion was a 2013 recipient of the National Medal of Arts and Humanities.
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Judge Regina Chu read the verdict in court Thursday afternoon. Potter had pleaded not guilty.
The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter is 15 years and a $30,000 fine, and for second-degree manslaughter, it’s 10 years and a $20,000 fine.
In a statement, the Wright family’s legal team said the family is “relieved.” They called for reform and change in America’s policing systems.
“From the unnecessary and overreaching tragic traffic stop to the shooting that took his life, that day will remain a traumatic one for this family and yet another example for America of why we desperately need change in policing, training and protocols,” the statement read. “If we are ever going to restore the confidence of Black and marginalized Americans in law enforcement, we need to have accountability and a commitment to listening and to creating meaningful change.”
Potter, alongside other Brooklyn Center officers, pulled Wright over in April 2021 for having expired registration tags and an air freshener hanging from his rear view mirror. When officers discovered he had an outstanding warrant for a gross misdemeanor weapons charge, they tried to arrest him, according to police testimony at the trial.
He resisted and was attempting to re-enter his vehicle when Potter shot him. He then drove away, crashing shortly after, police testified.
Potter’s defense team has maintained that Wright’s death was an accident throughout the trial. They said Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her stun gun, but that she was within her rights to use deadly force because Wright may have hurt another officer.
Prosecutors said the 26-year veteran should not have reached for her stun gun in the first place. They assert that she was reckless and negligent in her actions.
Potter testified in her own defense, sobbing on the witness stand as she recalled the events of the April 11 shooting.
“I’m sorry,” Potter said. “I didn’t want to hurt anybody.”
Jason Aldean’s used to performing in sold-out stadiums, but he recently got a front-row seat at an intimate house show for a very special up-and-coming artist: His two-year-old daughter, Navy.
The singer’s wife, Brittany, posted the adorable video clip to social media this week, showing Navy treating her off-camera parents to her own spirited rendition of “Jingle Bells.” Both Jason and Brittany show their appreciation with cheers and applause at the end of the performance.
Navy is the couple’s youngest child, along with older brother Memphis. Jason also has two teenaged daughters from a previous marriage.
The younger kids have made appearances on tour with Jason recently — and four-year-old Memphishas even come out onstage to say hi to the crowd — but Jason recently joked that Navy’s still pretty “oblivious” to what her famous dad does for a living.
Still, when she posted the video, Brittany noted the family resemblance, writing “Sings like her daddy” in the caption of the post.
Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, the current band led by Emerson, Lake & Palmer drummer Carl Palmer, has announced plans to launch a second leg of its tour commemorating the legendary British prog-rock group’s 50th anniversary in 2022.
The U.S. trek will get underway with a January 27 show in Jacksonville, Florida, and is mapped out through a February 12-13 engagement at New York City’s famed jazz club The Iridium.
The first three dates of the tour — the Jacksonville gig, and shows on January 29 in Clearwater, Florida, and January 30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — are rescheduled concerts from 2021 that also will feature The Alan Parsons Live Project.
The new shows follow ELP Legacy’s 2021 tour leg, which took place in last month.
“Our Fall 2021 tour was first time since the pandemic hit that we were able to be together and perform,” says Palmer. “The response was remarkable and proved to us that live music was in great demand once again. The band and myself cannot wait to get out there once again for the Winter tour.”
The trek features ELP Legacy performing some of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s most popular material along with a multimedia presentation that includes original artistic film clips and archival career-spanning footage of the famed trio. The band features Palmer joined by Paul Bielatowicz [bee-ell’-uh-TOE-vitch] on guitar and vocals, and Simon Fitzpatrick on bass and Chapman stick.
More U.S. dates are expected to be added to the 2022 trek. The band also will be touring the U.K. in April and mainland Europe in May and June.
Visit CarlPalmer.com to check out ELP Legacy’s full list of upcoming tour dates.
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Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams love spoiling their two dogs, Carl and Boo, and are giving pet parents their blessing to pamper their four-legged friends on Christmas Day.
With the holiday now hours away, some pet owners may still be looking to find the perfect gift for their goodest boy or girl, and these two lovebirds have plenty of last-minute solutions.
“The things that wow dogs and pets for the holidays are lots of toys and lots of treats,” Sarah explained to ABC Audio. “Our dogs love massive bones and they love rope toys to play tug of war with.”
Wells adds there’s zero shame in “filling those stockings up with all those dog treats and toys,” too.
“The dogs don’t really know what the hell is going on. To be fair, it’s all for us, right? Selfishly,” Wells joked, but agreed when Sarah noted that pets will get clued in that something special is happening because getting super spoiled “doesn’t happen every day!”
On the subject of using your pet to spoil yourself on Christmas, Sarah recommends dressing your pup up in cute pajamas for an ultra-special photo shoot.
“We always get the dogs dressed up in like holiday outfits and we get to take pictures with them. And those are the pictures that everyone loves the most,” Wells attested.
The two also agreed that while pampering a pet may be fun, nothing outdoes giving a homeless animal a forever home for Christmas.
“There are so many pets in need of adoption that just want love and security and a nice place to sleep in and to be able to be someone’s everything,” Sarah encouraged.
For more last-minute pet gift ideas, watch Sarah and Well’s Facebook Live holiday shopping event with Petco that’s streaming now.
The Astroworld Festival investigation is intensifying: Congress announced Wednesday it is studying the role of the event’s promoter, Live Nation, in the disaster.
ABC Houston affiliate KTRK reports that the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino requesting information about the deadly November event, during which ten people died of “compression asphyxia.”
“Live Nation Entertainment was the concert promoter reportedly responsible for ‘planning, staffing, putting up money, securing permits, finding vendors, communicating with local agencies,’ for Astroworld Festival,” said the letter, signed by Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney, James Comer, Al Green, Bill Pascrell Jr.and Kevin Brady.
“This a horrifying way to die, and absolutely preventable. Their families and our community deserve answers to make sure this never happens again,” wrote Brady. “I pushed for this Congressional investigation to hold the concert promoters and organizers accountable, identify the causes, and make sure families no longer have to wonder if their child, friend or loved one will come back from a concert alive.”
In the document, the representatives questioned whether Live Nation “took adequate steps to ensure the safety of the 50,000 concertgoers who attended Astroworld Festival,” adding that reports indicate that ” security and medical staff were inexperienced or ill-equipped to deal with mass injuries.”
“Some attendees stated that the placement of barricades made it difficult to escape,” the letter continued. “Experts have stated that Astroworld Festival organizers failed to heed warning signs.”
In response, Live Nation issued a statement saying it would “will of course share information with the Committee,” adding, “Safety is core to live events and Live Nation engages in detailed security planning in coordination with local stakeholders including law enforcement, fire and EMT professionals.”
The company reiterated that it is “heartbroken by the events at Astroworld.”
Dua Lipa is reportedly stepping into the new year as a single woman. According to a report from People, the “Levitating” singer and her boyfriend Anwar Hadid have gone their separate ways — at least for the time being
“Dua and Anwar are currently taking a break from their relationship and are spending time apart,” a source told the outlet on Thursday. “They’re figuring things out right now.”
No other information was available regarding the breakup or why the two decided to part ways.
Dua and Anwar, who’s the brother of models Gigi and Bella Hadid, began dating around June 2019. Speculation that the two had split began in early November when they stopped being seen in public together, and disappeared from each other’s social media posts.
Overall, the duo’s relationship took place out of the spotlight: Dua told British Vogueearlier this year that they liked to keep their personal lives “quite private” from the rest of the world.
“We’ll only show you as much as we want you to see,” she added. “We have all these incredible memories and experiences, and if there’s something that we want to share together, then O.K., that’s fun.”
