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CBS’ Matlock has fired one of its series regulars after an allegation of sexual assault. David Del Rio, who plays attorney Billy Martinez on the legal drama, was let go after an incident involving him and a female member of the show’s cast, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. CBS Studios, which produces Matlock, investigated the allegation right away. It …

Matlock series regular David Del Rio has abruptly exited the hit CBS legal drama following an investigation into a sexual assault allegation, Deadline has learned. According to sources, the alleged incident occurred Sept. 26 and involved fellow Matlock series regular Leah Lewis. A report of the incident triggered immediate action by the series’ producers and CBS Studios, which is behind …

The new Amazon documentary John Candy: I Like Me takes its title from a famous scene that happens surprisingly early in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In what is arguably Candy’s most beloved performance, he plays Del Griffith, a sweet-natured if initially irritating traveling salesman who winds up accompanying uptight Neal (Steve Martin) on a series of cross-country …

Ron Dean, a veteran actor whose scores of credits include The Fugitive, The Dark Knight, three Tom Cruise movies, recurring on Frasier and Early Edition and playing Emilio Estevez’s dad in The Breakfast Club, has died. He was 87. His longtime friend, The Fugitive director Andrew Davis, who cast Dean in seven of his films, said the actor died October …

Ron Dean, an actor known for his roles in “Risky Business” and “The Breakfast Club,” died on Oct 5. He was 87. The cause of death is unknown. Dean’s partner, Maggie Neff, announced the news.  “He passed at exactly 4pm, after his beloved sisters had said their goodbyes,” said Neff. “He hung on like a warrior to say goodbye to …

James (Jim) Mitchum, a film and television actor and son of Robert Mitchum who appeared in over 35 titles between 1949 and 1994, died on Sept. 20 at his home in Skull Valley, Ariz. He was 84. Born in 1941, Mitchum grew up in Los Angeles, where the young family is said to have lived in a converted chicken coop …

Scary. Terrifying. Deeply misguided. Those were among the visceral reactions this week from Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne and many other actors and filmmakers over the sudden fame of Tilly Norwood. Norwood isn’t real — the brunette who appears in a comedy sketch on her Instagram page is in fact a computer-generated composite. “I may be AI, but I’m …

Tyrese Gibson, the “Fast and Furious” and “Transformers” actor, has a warrant out for his arrest after his dogs killed another dog in his Atlanta neighborhood, according to court documents. The warrant citing cruelty to animals was issued out of Fulton County on Sept. 22. On Sept. 18, Gibson’s four cane corso dogs were seen running throughout the neighborhood and …

Several talent agents are interested in signing Tilly Norwood, according to Deadline. Problem is, Tilly Norwood isn’t a real person. She’s an AI creation from Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch comedian and technologist who developed the “actress” with her production company, Particle6, through its new AI talent studio offshoot called Xicoia. At the Zurich Summit this past weekend, Van …

Getty Images Oscar-nominated actress Emily Blunt called the AI creation terrifying Hollywood is not rolling out the red carpet for Tilly Norwood – an “AI actor” that has been causing a stir after its Dutch creators said the synthetic performer is in talks with talent agencies. Norwood could be mistaken for a young, aspiring actress when one glances at its …