Shannen Doherty wants to clear her name, and Holly Marie Combs is here to help

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Holly Marie Combs now says that Alyssa Milano was the one who got Shannen Doherty fired from Charmed, supporting the story that Doherty has been telling for a minute now. Doherty, who had been labeled “difficult,” was advised by her people to say that she “chose to leave” because they didn’t think her career could survive another firing. Listen, this is a very old beef, and there’s a part of me that wonders why anyone should care about the behind-the-scenes drama of a show that ended 17 years ago. But the fact of the matter is, the women involved have made it pretty clear that they were pitted against each other as a means of controlling them. That, and Doherty has been living with this cloud over her and her career for a while now, and it is clear that as she faces stage 4 cancer, she wants to clear her name. And who can blame her?

Eden McCoy, the Emmy-winning actress who plays Joss Jacks on General Hospital will be taking an extended break from the show following her mother’s death from cancer. She’s expected to return to the show after the holidays (but will be absent from the show for about 6 weeks after that, as there is a broadcasting delay).

Speaking of General Hospital, after it won Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, Nathan Varni, the ABC Current Series Executive in charge of production of GH tweeted out the following:

And the former GH fans responded with their own hashtag: #WhyIQuitGH. They have their reasons.

The original Percy Jackson reached out to the cast of the new Disney+ series to tell them that the show looks “amazing.”

British Airlines removed Hapless, a show about a journalist at a Jewish newspaper, from their planes following the war in Gaza, but then put it back because WHOOPS.

Meanwhile, Tesla has removed Disney+ from their cars after Disney pulled their advertising from Twitter. LOL, OK.

A Texas prosecutor (and former Young the Restless actor, what?) has lost his appeal to charge Netflix with child pornography charges based on that movie Cuties. Good. Go away.

So … this guy, Demetrious Polychron. He wrote and self-published some Lord of the Rings fanfic, a novel, The Fellowship of the King, and its sequel, The Two Trees. And that is in and of itself a little dicey, getting into some copyright issues. But that wasn’t good enough for him, because when The Rings of Power came out on Prime Video, he sued Amazon and the Tolkien estate, claiming that they stole the story from The Two Trees. Welp, he just got his ass handed to him: his lawsuit was dismissed, and the Tolkien estate countersued him for copyright violations. They won, and not only does he have to pay them $134,637 in legal fees, he also can no longer sell or distribute The Two Trees, and has to destroy every physical and electronic copy. The Fellowship of the King, for what it’s worth, is still available on Barnes and Noble’s website.

The Nation wants to remind you that Rudy Giuliani has always been a racist, authoritarian jackass — yes, even before 9/11 — but that the media lionized him because he was the mythical “socially moderate Republican.” I can actually vouch for this: my husband had to work with “America’s Mayor” back when Rudy was the mayor, and he was an asshole at all times.

Hoping Celine Dion can recover soon.

#MeToo

Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assault in the third degree against former girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Sentencing is set for February.

Disney/Marvel has fired Majors from his role of Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a result of his conviction. As Pajiba argued here ahead of the verdict, he should have been fired regardless of the jury’s determination.

Tommy Lee is being sued for sexual assault by a woman who claimed he forced himself on her in a helicopter.

A Hulu series about Sean Combs and his family has been scrapped after the sexual assault allegations came out against him.

Araceli Torrado filed a restraining order against tennis star David Nalbandian accusing him of secretly videotaping her.

Leah Messer of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom filed for a protective order against her ex-husband Jeremy Calvert.

Renewals

Cancellations

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • La Brea returns on NBC on January 9.
  • Expats premieres on Prime Video on January 26.
  • Spaceman debuts on Netflix on March 1.
  • Rick and Morty: The Anime will premiere on Adult Swim soon.
  • Monsieur Spade debuts on AMC, AMC+, and Acorn on January 14.
  • Dragons of Wonderhatch debuts on Hulu on December 20.
  • Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story premieres on Tubi on January 31.

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Jim Ladd, Radio DJ who was the inspiration for Tom Petty’s album The Last DJ

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