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Sunny Hostin And Ana Navarro Describe Their Fears And Fallout From False Positive Covid-19 Test That Had Them Abruptly Pulled From ‘The View’ - Deadline

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The View co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro said on Monday that subsequent testing showed that they had a false positive Covid-19 results. The initial positive test led to a chaotic situation live on the show on Friday as they were abruptly pulled from the show in advance of a guest appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris . On Monday’s show, Hostin and Navarro, back in person on the set, also described the fallout from having the positive results revealed live on air, creating a moment that left the show scrambling and Harris forced to do the interview from elsewhere in the building. “It was really uncomfortable for my results to be release publicly before I even knew what was going on, before they were verified, before I was tested again and again,” Hostin said. “And there were real life ramifications when things like that happen.” She said that her husband, a surgeon, was in the operating room at the time and had to pulled out “because God forbid he’s operating on ...

R. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in New York - CNN

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New York (CNN) Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts -- one count of racketeering, with 14 underlying acts that included sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and sex trafficking charges, and also eight additional counts of violations of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. Kelly was found guilty of nine counts -- one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act. Of the 14 underlying acts for the racketeering count, he needed to be found guilty of at least two to be convicted of that count. Jurors found prosecutors had proven all but two of the 14 underlying racketeering acts. The jury, made up of seven men and five women, began deliberating Friday afternoon. In all, Kelly could face decades in prison at sentencing, w...

SNL Loses Beck Bennett, Adds Featured Players Sarah Sherman, Aristotle Athari & James Austin Johnson - Gothamist

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With Saturday Night Live's season 47 premiere coming up this weekend (October 2nd), the show has finally announced the full cast for the new season, which includes three new featured players and at least one surprising longtime exiting cast member. Sarah Sherman, Aristotle Athari & James Austin Johnson are joining the show, bringing the cast to a whopping 21 people, and Beck Bennett is leaving, along with Lauren Holt. After eight seasons on the show, starting as a featured player in season 39 in 2013, Bennett announced his departure in an Instagram post: "Love you, SNL. Gonna miss you so much. Thank you for 8 years of remarkable people and incredible experiences that completely changed my life. I had so much fun." In addition, Lauren Holt, who started as a featured player last season, will also not be returning. Two other previous featured players, Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang, have been made full cast members. Despite some indications at the end of last seas...

Will Smith admits he and Jada Pinkett Smith aren't monogamous - Insider

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Will Smith spoke about his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith in a new interview with GQ. He said they chose to be monogamous "for the large part of our relationship." Smith added that "marriage for us can't be a prison" and that the two had "trust and freedom." Loading Something is loading. Will Smith spoke candidly in a new interview about the decision he and Jada Pinkett Smith made at one point in their marriage not to practice monogamy. "Jada never believed in conventional marriage ... Jada had family members that had an unconventional relationship," Smith, 53, said in an interview for the November cover of GQ . "So she grew up in a way that was very different than how I grew up. "There were significant endless discussions about, what is relational perfection? What is the perfect way to interact as a couple?" Smith continued. "And for the large part of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thi...

James Bond star Lea Seydoux says Tom Cruise would win in a fight with Daniel Craig - Yahoo News

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Daniel Craig and Tom Cruise. Jun Sato/WireImage via Getty Images/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Lea Seydoux said Daniel Craig would lose in a fight against Tom Cruise. Seydoux has starred alongside both leading men who are known for performing their own stunts. Seydoux stars in the latest Bond movie, "No Time To Die." Visit Insider's homepage for more stories . Lea Seydoux believes Daniel Craig, 53, would be no match for Tom Cruise, 59, in a fight, she revealed during an interview with Craig present to promote the new highly anticipated Bond film "No Time To Die." Seydoux starred alongside Cruise in 2011's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" - and she was asked to compare her experience working with Cruise to Craig on the James Bond as both are known for performing their own daring stunt. "In a fight, who would win: Daniel Craig or Tom Cruise," Graham Norton asked Seydoux during an interview to which she laughed and ...

Rolling Stones pay tribute to Charlie Watts as they finally kick off US tour - CNN

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(CNN) The Rolling Stones have marked their first concert without late drummer Charlie Watts with an emotional onstage tribute. Mick Jagger , Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood honored their bandmate of nearly six decades as they finally kicked off their pandemic-delayed "No Filter" tour at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday night. The show opened to an empty stage with just a drum beat, as pictures and videos of Watts were projected on four huge screens. When the group emerged, Jagger shared with a packed stadium that: "It was really quite emotional, seeing those pictures of Charlie up on the big screen." A video tribute to Charlie Watts plays before the Rolling Stones perform in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday. Watts, who performed alongside Jagger, Richards and Wood for more than 50 years, died last month at the age of 80. A spokesperson for the musician told CNN at the time that Watts had passed away peacefully in a ...

'Dancing with the Stars' pro Cheryl Burke reveals she has coronavirus, must quarantine in an emotional video - Fox News

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" Dancing with the Stars " may look a little different this week now that Cheryl Burke has tested positive for COVID-19. The dancing pro, 37, announced the news on her Instagram Sunday evening in an emotional video that saw her acknowledge her symptoms while driving to go get a test as well as reveal later in the day that her PCR test came back positive.  The star, who is currently partnered with Peloton instructor Cody Rigsby on Season 30 of the hit ABC dance competition, opens the video in the early morning hours in Los Angeles as she drives to get her test. She admits that she’s been feeling "run down" enough to worry that she may have COVID-19. While she admits she’s scared to get the results, she notes to her followers that she is vaccinated , thus making her case one of the many breakthrough cases being seen in the U.S.  "I’m fully vaccinated, fully Moderna vaccinated," she says in the video. "Blood type, in case anyone is wondering, O pos...