Judge in Andy Cohen, Leah McSweeney Case Admits in Unexpected Trial Moment That He's Never 'Watched Real Housewives'

Andy Cohen and Leah McSweeney.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty; John Nacion/WireImage Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty; John Nacion/WireImage Leah McSweeney’s claims againstAndy Cohenare being heard in court — and the judge has weighed in in an unexpected way. The formerReal Housewives of New York Citystar appeared in court on Thursday, Nov. 14 afterfiling a lawsuitagainst Cohen, Bravo Media, NBC Universal Media, Warner Bros. Discovery, production company Shed Media US and producers John Paparazzo, Lisa Shannon and Darren Ward in February.

Judge Orders Release of Adnan Syed as Murder Conviction of 'Serial' Subject Is Vacated

Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been released from prison, where he was serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, PEOPLE confirms. Prosecutors failed to turn over evidence to Syed’s lawyers that could have helped prove that he didn’t kill Lee, Phinn said. There was also a “substantial and significant probability that the result would have been different,” Phinn said, since new evidence came to light since the trial ended more than two decades earlier.

Judi Dench Calls on Netflix to Add Disclaimer to 'The Crown' as Fiction: 'This Cannot Go Unchallenged'

Dame Judi Dench and Queen Elizabeth.Photo: POOL Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Dame Judi Dench is calling for a change toThe Crown. The Oscar-winning actress said in a letter toThe Timespublished Wednesday that Netflix should add a disclaimer to the royal drama, which returns for its fifth season next month, advertising itself as a “fictionalized drama.” “The closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism,” Dench, 87, said.

Judith Durham, Lead Vocalist of The Seekers, Dead at 79

Photo: Joel Goodman/Lnp/Shutterstock Judith Durham, an Australian folk star who rose to fame in 1962 after joining The Seekers as the band’s lead vocalist, has died. She was 79. “After a brief stay in the Alfred Hospital, Judith was admitted to Palliative Care on Friday 5 August, where she passed away peacefully that evening,” the statement read. “Her death was a result of complications from a long-standing chronic lung disease.”

Judy Blume on Her Joyful Life at 85: 'Keep Dancing! Keep Doing Whatever You Can Do' (Exclusive)

Photo: Saul Martinez/The New York Times What a lifetime it’s been — and she’s not done yet. “I don’t know what 85 means,” Blume says. “But I feel that there’s a lot more that I want to do. I love doing this.” Born in 1938 and raised in suburban Elizabeth, New Jersey, Blume began writing as a young housewife when her two young children (daughter Randy was born in 1961, son Lawrence in 1963) were small.