Jason Bateman makes a rare comment about his sister Justine Bateman

NAGOYA — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished fourth in figure skating’s Grand Prix final Saturday, missing the podium by just 0.06 points.

Gilles and Poirier were third after the rhythm dance Thursday but placed fourth in the free dance with 125.86 points to their “Vincent” program — bringing their total to a season’s best 208.75.

Reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States captured gold with 220.42 points for their third straight title at the midseason event featuring the top six in each discipline.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry, who’s from Montreal but now represents France, and Guillaume Cizeron claimed silver with 214.25 points.

Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson edged out Gilles and Poirier for bronze with a total of 208.81.

In the Junior Grand Prix Final, Canada’s Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov won ice dance bronze.

#Rapper #Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 3 months in prison for violating probation in gang case.

The 29-year-old artist from Brooklyn, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted to the violations during a hearing in federal court in Manhattan, where Judge Paul Engelmayer expressed frustration that Hernandez keeps getting into trouble. The rapper got a 45-day sentence late last year for breaking the supervised release terms.

“From time to time your actions suggest that you believe that ordinary rules don’t apply to you,” said the judge, who said another prison sentence was needed to send a message to Hernandez.

Hernandez, who shot to fame with the 2017 release of his song “Gummo,” gave a lengthy speech in court, describing several episodes where he and his relatives were harassed and threatened because of his cooperation with authorities in the gang case.

“Unknown individuals left a coffin in front of my house with an animal in it to send me a message,” he said. “Three masked gunmen held my mom at gunpoint.”

Hernandez pleaded guilty in 2018 to his involvement with a violent New York-based gang, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. He was handed a lenient sentence of two years in prison in 2019 followed by five years of supervised release for his cooperation in the racketeering case against gang members.

He was even released from federal prison several months early during the height of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Friday’s sentence was related to small amounts of cocaine and ecstasy being found at the rapper’s Miami home during a police raid in March, and his punching a man who taunted him at a Florida mall in August over his cooperation against gang members. His lawyer had requested six months of home confinement for the violations.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers send cease-and-desist to Netflix, claim docuseries produced by 50 Cent uses ‘stolen’ footage.


In a statement provided to CNN, a spokesperson for Combs also accused Netflix of using “stolen footage that was never authorized for release” in what they called a “shameful hit piece.”

The footage that Combs’ representative is referring to is shown in Netflix’s official trailer for the project, which was released on Monday morning.

“We need to find someone who will work with us who has worked in the dirtiest of dirty businesses,” Combs says in the one-minute trailer. “We are losing.”

Combs spokesperson Juda Engelmayer told CNN that Combs has been continuously filming himself for decades in an effort to chronicle his life for an eventual documentary. Engelmayer explained that the footage seen in Netflix’s trailer, which was filmed six days before Combs’ September 2024 arrest, was part of that documentary effort.

“Sean was making his own documentary since he was 19 years old. This footage was commissioned as part of it,” Engelmayer told CNN on Monday via email.

Engelmayer told CNN that neither Combs, who is serving a four-year sentence after a jury delivered a mixed verdict in his federal trial, nor his team has seen the Netflix docuseries in advance.

“We will see it tonight. Neither Netflix, nor Mr. Jackson were kind enough to offer us a screener,” Engelmayer said.

In response to CNN’s request for comment, a spokesperson for Netflix referred CNN to a statement from the docuseries’ director, Alexandra Stapleton, who said the filmmaking team obtained the footage legally.

“It came to us, We obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights,” Stapleton said. “We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker’s identity confidential. One thing about Sean Combs is that he’s always filming himself, and it’s been an obsession throughout the decades. We also reached out to Sean Combs’ legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back.”

In their cease-and-desist letter, attorneys for Combs threaten to take further legal action, writing on Monday, “As you are undoubtedly aware, Mr. Combs has not hesitated to take legal action against media entities and others who violate his rights, and he will not hesitate to do so against Netflix.”

Combs previously filed a $100 million defamation suit against NBCUniversal for a documentary on Combs that it aired on Peacock, “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.”

In Combs’ statement regarding the overall documentary, his team said Netflix and its CEO, Ted Sarandos, were aware that Combs “has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way” and say “it is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.”

The statement added that it was “equally staggering” that the company worked with Jackson for the documentary as he is “a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs.”

CNN has reached out to a representative for Jackson for comment.

Jackson, meanwhile, continues to poke fun and take aim at Combs on social media, posting frequently on Monday about Combs on his Instagram.

Combs was sentenced to 50 months (roughly four years) this summer by a judge after a two-month trial ended with him being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs was acquitted by a jury of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, for which he was facing decades and possibly life in prison if convicted.

He had been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his September 2024 arrest. In late October, Combs was transferred to Fort Dix, a low-security federal prison in New Jersey.

Combs is appealing his conviction and sentence.

His defense previously told CNN that they had approached President Donald Trump’s administration about a potential pardon.

Combs is also facing roughly 70 civil lawsuits where most of the dozens of accusers — some of whom were minors at the time of the alleged incidents — claim they were drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs.

Combs has denied all of the civil claims. Some of the lawsuits have been dismissed.

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN

From the Hollywood Hills to the #Ottawa Valley: Michael Cera makes directorial debut in eastern #Ontario.

Some of #Hollywood’s big screen stars have made their way to the Ottawa Valley for the filming of a new #movie.

Michael Cera and Pamela Anderson were seen in Carleton Place on Monday, as Cera makes his directorial debut, filming his movie Love Is Not The Answer. The new director is most notable for his starring roles in movies such as Superbad, Barbie, Juno, and Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

The anticipated romcom follows Anderson as her character comes to learn that love is not the solution to all of life’s problems. The film also stars Jamie Dornan, Steve Coogan, and Fred Hechinger.

“I told him how much I love Superbad, and he loved that. It was awesome.”

Filming was also taking place near the Carleton Place library on Monday, and crews will be at the Ottawa airport on Tuesday.

“We’ve had more than a few movies shot here,” says Carleton Place Mayor Toby Randell, who adds that having these types of productions in the area is good for the local economy.

“We’ve had them shot inside the town hall, in many of our businesses downtown, and at a few homes around the area. So, it’s always neat to see your local hometown is part of these big movie productions, and this is one of the bigger ones for sure.”

The chance to catch a glimpse of the stars was enough to draw big crowds, who watched as the film crew went through a series of shots and takes.

“Oh, I love watching all the background stuff, watching the background actors,” said onlooker Erin Lavadan. “But we’re really hoping to see Pamela Anderson or Jamie Dornan.”

Dharmendra, iconic Bollywood actor and Indian cinema’s ‘He-Man,’ dies at 89

Friends, family and fans gathered Thursday to honour the late Chadwick Boseman receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

Thursday was declared “Chadwick Boseman Day” in Hollywood, and his “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” costar Viola Davis, his “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and Boseman’s widow Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman spoke during the emotional ceremony.

“I have to believe that Chadwick is still alive,” Davis said. “I can’t use the word ‘gone’ or ‘death’ really when thinking about him.”

The “Black Panther” actor died in 2020 at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer.

Davis noted that they worked on their Oscar-winning movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” just before he passed, and said Boseman “was always trying to engage me on the set” talking about the “cap of success” and having the types of conversations that she believes people have when they know they “possibly are transitioning.”

The late actor, she said in her tribute, was a “mighty mighty elixir that sort of stirred up the alchemy that we’re all in search of, which is meaning.”

“I celebrate him today. And I say to him, I hope all the angels in heaven just sang him to a beautiful rest,” Davis said. “And I thank him for what he left behind in me, which is a burning ember that always guides me to a higher meaning of my work and my purpose.”

“This star, as beautiful as it is on the Walk of Fame, shines a whole lot less brighter than Chadwick is in heaven,” she concluded her speech.

Coogler, Boseman’s friend who directed him in the “Black Panther” Marvel film, asked for attendees’ understanding as he emotionally talked about the late star.

“When I think of Chadwick Boseman I think of three things: leadership, teaching and generosity,” Coogler said. “He was an incredible leader.”

The famed “Sinners” director said Boseman was “ageless,” and joked he didn’t know his age until he went to one of his birthday parties. He also told a story about Boseman sneaking past stars like Sylvestor Stallone, Michael B. Jordan (who was present at Thursday’s ceremony) and others to get into Coogler’s hotel room during a big press tour for the 2015 film “Creed.”

Boseman, Coogler said, wanted to meet with him to talk about working together on “Black Panther” and managed to evade even the press that were were present.

“I was so impressed by that and I asked him how he got past everybody and he smiled and said, ‘That was the Panther,’” Coogler said, chuckling.

Boseman’s wife was the last to take the podium, and had a heartfelt message for her late husband.

“Chad, today we recognize a lifetime of artistry. We recognize your skill and your devotion and we cement your legacy as a hero and icon,” she said. “You lived with honour and you walked in truth. You were as brilliant as you were beautiful and as courageous as you were kind. We love you, we miss you and we thank you.”

She then invited her husband’s brothers, Derrick and Kevin Boseman, to help with the unveiling of the star.

In addition to portraying T’Challa in “Black Panther” and other Marvel movies as well as his Academy Award-nominated turn in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Boseman had a robust film and television career, and portrayed Thurgood Marshall, James Brown and Jackie Robinson on film before his untimely passing.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN

Hollywood star Richard Gere brings Tibet advocacy to Parliament Hill.

He says he is worried about that strain but says that won’t last forever and it is problematic for Canada to make “corrections” in its relationship with China as a result of the issues with the U.S.

Gere was on Parliament Hill on what is known as Tibet lobby day, an annual event that advocates for the rights and freedoms of Tibetans.

Gere’s philanthropy work includes advocating for human rights in Tibet and supporting the Tibetan independence movement.

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet and the head of Tibetan Buddhism who was forced into exile in 1959 after an uprising by Chinese troops.

Liberal MP James Maloney, whose Ontario constituency is home to the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre, welcomed Gere in a statement before question period today, before most MPs gave the actor a standing ovation.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 17, 2025.

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Actor Danny Masterson asks for rape convictions to be tossed over lawyer errors

During a private audience with Hollywood stars like Cate Blanchett, Spike Lee, and Gus Van Sant, Pope Leo XIV expressed concern about the decline of cinemas.