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LOS ANGELES — A woman has been charged with 11 felonies stemming from the hacking of the email of Selena Gomez and one of the singer's associates.
Los Angeles County prosecutors said Friday that 21-year-old Susan Antrach of Ridgefield Park, N.J., has been charged with five identity-theft counts, five fraud counts and one count of accessing and using data without permission. The charges are felonies that collectively could get her nearly 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors allege Antrach accessed the accounts of the 25-year-old Gomez and the unnamed associate several times in 2015 and 2016, and also posted private media from the accounts online.
Antrach has not entered a plea. Prosecutors did not know if she has hired an attorney who could comment.
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NEW YORK — Yvette Nicole Brown is filling in for Chris Hardwick as host of “The Walking Dead” and “Talking Dead” while AMC Networks reviews sexual-assault allegations against Hardwick.
AMC said Friday that Brown will be “interim guest host” of “The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special” on Aug. 5. Brown also will host “Talking Dead” on Aug. 12.
Brown starred in the NBC comedy “Community” and was stepping in for Hardwick as moderator of “Walking Dead” panels this week at San Diego Comic-Con.
Hardwick has acknowledged that an online post by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra alleging she had been sexually assaulted and emotionally abused referred to him. He has denied the allegations but has said the couple's three-year relationship was imperfect and included arguments.
NEW YORK — Scarlett Johansson on Friday withdrew from the film “Rub & Tug” after her plans to portray a transgender man prompted a backlash.In a statement to Out.com on Friday, Johansson said she's pulling out from the project “in light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting.” Last week, Johansson said she would star as Pittsburgh 1970s and '80s prostitution ring leader Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born Lois Jean Gill but identified as a man.Transgender actors and advocates questioned the casting. Johansson previously came under fire for playing an originally Asian character in the 2017 film “Ghost in the Shell.” That film's director, Rupert Sanders, was set to also helm “Rub & Tug.”It's not clear if the film, which Johansson was also producing, will go forward. A spokesman for New Regency said it's uncertain what will happen with the film.
