Ian Metrose Exiting CBS Communications Role After 20-Year Stint

The Chase fans have been paying tribute to former contestant Debbie after she recently died from cancer. Debbie starred on the popular game show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, three years ago in an episode that was one of the last to be filmed before lockdown. A repeat of Debbie’s episode was shown just last week.

reported in November 2022 that Metrose was the only executive who remained employed by the network after his involvement was revealed in a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The SVP of Talent and Special Events left last week when his contract expired, TheWrap understands.“Ian decided to leave CBS at the end of his contract this month,” CBS said in a statement.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Longtime CBS talent relations executive Ian Metrose, who became wrapped up in the scandal surrounding former CBS chief Leslie Moonves, will exit at month’s end after 20 years with the network. Metrose is understood to have made the decision to leave at the end of his current contract. But there is little doubt his departure was hastened by the scandal that erupted in November around Moonves and his association with the Los Angeles Police Department. According to an investigation by New York Attorney General, Metrose was involved in communications in 2017 with retired LAPD Captain Cory Palka, who is accused of tipping off Moonves that a sexual assault complaint had been filed against him over an allegation dating back to the 1980s. Palka had built a relationship with Moonves and several CBS executives including Metrose after having been hired to provide security for Moonves at major events. Palka is under investigation by the LAPD.

YouTubeInsider accounted tweeted. “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.”YouTube also added a warning for the former president: “This channel will continue to be subject to our policies, just like any other channel on YouTube.”The last post on the channel was a video of Trump in the White House posted on Dec. 2, 2020, in which he delivers what he said “may be the most important speech I ever made,” and provided what he described as an update on efforts to “expose the tremendous voter fraud and irregularities which took place during the ridiculously long November elections.”Although in the video Trump said “lots of bad things happened” in the election, more than 60 lawsuits brought by his campaign failed to expose any significant issues that would have reversed the results.

Shirley Ballas revealed she sprained her wrist while joking around with two of her pals. The Strictly Come Dancing judge decided to slide down the stairs on a rug but it ended in disaster. Taking to Instagram today, Shirley, 62, shared a video with an ice pack on her hand as she mused over the incident.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large On Sunday, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” appeared to be everything, everywhere, all at once. The film, of course, dominated the 95th Oscars with seven wins — including best picture. Virtually all the stars (except Stephanie Hsu — hey Daniels, can you spare one of your SIX Oscars and share one with her??) received wins, on what was truly a historic night. And an emotional one. As the opening clips of this week’s Variety Awards Circuit Podcast illustrates, family was on the minds of this year’s winners. Listen to our Mega Roundtable edition, in which Clayton Davis, Jenelle Riley, Jazz Tangcay and myself (that’s me, Michael Schneider) recount the show and dissect the winners — from Jimmy Kimmel’s excellent monologue to how every single category panned out:

EastEnders star Ricky Champ has landed a new exciting role on upcoming Netflix show The Decameron.The actor, 42, who played Stuart Highway on the BBC One soap, left Albert Square last year after first joining in 2018. And now Ricky has landed a role in Netflix show The Decameron, starring alongside Derry Girls' Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Arrested Development’s Tony Hale and his former EastEnders co-star Jessica Plummer.

Now, this is a MAJOR power play!

Three boys aged 11 and 12 have been arrested after a 14 year-old was threatened at knifepoint for a gold chain he was wearing, police have revealed.

Kate Bosworth and Justin Long have officially made their red carpet debut!

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American music star Chris Brown is entertaining thousands of fans in Manchester this week at his three huge AO Arena gigs. And after the opening night show on Thursday, he decided to continue the party at one of the city's swankiest celeb haunts.

“Scream VI” after a four-year hiatus — and she didn’t believe she could do it.“It was daunting, honestly,” the 33-year-old said about getting back into the film biz in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly.“I was a little bit worried. I was worried that I couldn’t act anymore.

Republican representative Lauren Boebert said she was excited to welcome her “brand new grandson” in April, making her a grandmother at 36. The Colorado Congresswoman broke the news at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Women’s Breakfast event in Maryland. "I’m going to tell you all for the first time in a public setting, that not only am I a mom of four boys, but come April, I will be a (grandmother) to a brand-new grandson,” she announced.

Instagram that he has become a father for the first time. The Love Island star and son of Ronan Keating has not publicly confirmed who the mother of his child is, with the newborn being born less than a year after his appearance on the ITV dating show. Jack took to Instagram to share a heartwarming black-and-white picture of himself with his newborn daughter in his arms.

Five people have been re-arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager. Groundworker Callum Riley, 17, was found badly injured and 'screaming for help' in the garden of a property on Atholl Drive in Heywood in the early hours of Saturday, September 17 last year.

Hollywood Reporter.“But not because of Hollywood,” she clarified, saying that it’s a “new chapter” because her grandchildren are growing up. “Those things, for me, are the priority,” she said.

Variety asked editors Peter Debruge, Clayton Davis, Tim Gray, and Jenelle Riley, to answer four questions about this past year in film and discuss its standout moments. The questions are: 1. How would you rate 2022’s films against previous years? 2. What was the most important issue this year for the industry?  3. What film inspired you the most this year?

Christine Taylor is revealing what led to her decision to rekindle her romance with Ben Stiller. On Tuesday, Taylor joined her "Wedding Singer" co-star Drew Barrymore on "The Drew Barrymore Show" and explained her relationship timeline with Stiller. The actress, 51, shared that the couple "knew each other six months, got engaged, were married within a year, then had [daughter Ella] the next year." "Family was always a priority, but I think Ben and I both started to grow in different directions," Taylor said.