Former Pop TV Head Brad Schwartz Exits Audible After Less Than a Month

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeVeteran journalists know that the public mood is quirky, so it’s always risky to report “a consensus.” A few days ago, for example, there seemed a “consensus” that Americans had lost confidence in their neighborhood cops.

Avi Buffalo has pulled his music from streaming services after he was accused of rape and emotional abuse.It follows accusations from Pageants’ Rebecca Coleman, who alleges that Buffalo – real name Avigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg – raped her on two occasions more than a decade ago.Representatives for Sub Pop, which released Avi Buffalo’s two albums (2010’s self-titled and 2014’s ‘At Best Cuckold’), confirmed to Pitchfork that the band’s music is being pulled from stores and digital

A former X-Factor contestant has been jailed for life following a 22-year sex attack campaign.Serial rapist Phillip Blackwell launched sex attacks on nine women over the two-decade period.The sentencing judge on Monday described Blackwell, an ex supply teacher, as "monstrous" as well as "pure evil" – adding: "Murderers aside, I can think of no more dangerous an individual that I have crossed in my 35 years in criminal law".Warwick Crown Court heard how the 56-year-old launched his first attack

Bella Hadid, 23, spent the afternoon of July 20 putting her building skills to use and she shared the memorable moment in a new video on Instagram. The model revealed she was making a “swing” in the caption for the post, and added pics of the process along with the clip that showed her in action. She wore a cheeky white crop top that had a graphic of a red mushroom with the words, “Eat Me” on it and black shorts  in the clip, as she knelt down and used her power tool on some pieces of wood.

Diana Pinto, honored her late boyfriend, one week after Lisa Marie Presley‘s son died by suicide at the age of 27.“To the most beautiful boy I have ever seen. You make everyone around you light up the second you step into the room,” Pinto wrote via Instagram on Sunday, July 19.

Julianne Hough is celebrating her 32nd birthday full of love.

Lisa Rinna may have been upset Brandi Glanville didn’t join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 10 reunion, but Andy Cohen believes the decision was for the best.“[Rinna] said it was ‘bulls-t.’ She was really upset that Brandi was not there. And I was not,” the 52-year-old host said on Radio Andy on Monday, July 20.

Brad Schwartz has departed Audible after just one month with the company, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The Amazon-owned audiobook company tapped Schwartz to lead its push into original programming in June.

Dade Hayes, Dino-Ray Ramos After less than a month in the job, Brad Schwartz has exited as chief content officer of Amazon-owned digital audio platform Audible after a two-year-old sexual harassment and gender bias lawsuit resurfaced.The personnel move was confirmed by a person familiar with the situation after Bloomberg initially reported the news.In June, Schwartz had stepped down as president of PopTV to make the move to Audible, where he started June 15.

Bloomberg News, Audible employees found a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in February 2018 against Pop Media Group, Lionsgate and CBS by one of Pop TV’s sales VPs.

Lisa Rinna made her love for Sarah Paulson known after Andy Cohen brought up the American Horror Story star’s past drama with Lisa Vanderpump on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Thursday, July 8.“I love Sarah Paulson!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️,” Rinna, 56, commented on PageSix’s Instagram about Paulson and Vanderpump’s beef.The 45-year-old Ocean’s 8 actress first admitted that she had a bad run-in with the 59-year-old Vanderpump Rules star during a “Lie Detector Test” video for Vanity Fair in

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeCould Walt Disney be next? Really?Let me explain: Most industry people I know were drawn to Hollywood by the prospect of creating things, not cancelling things. Now the dialogue has shifted, whether about airports (John Wayne), statues (Teddy Roosevelt) or movies (Gone With the Wind).Could logos be next? Walt Disney was a man who did great things but whose points of view were nonetheless tainted by some unacceptable ideas (“tainted,” by today’s standards).

Hoda Kotb is bringing fans into her morning routine as she prepares to co-anchor the show. The 55-year-old journalist took to her Instagram early Friday morning to share a video of herself walking through the NBC morning show's empty studios. Kotb is one of the few staff members still going into work in the 30 Rock studio amid the coronavirus pandemic.