Dowse in a coma from meningitis
“Insecure” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor Denise Dowse has slipped into a coma after contracting a “virulent form of meningitis,” her sister said Friday.
TMZ confirmed that Dowse, 64, was still in a coma as of Tuesday. Representatives for the performer did not immediately respond Tuesday to the Los Angeles Times’ request for comment.
“I am requesting support and prayers be offered me and my sister @denisedowse,” Dowse’s sister, Tracey Dowse, wrote last week on Instagram.
“She is currently in the hospital in a coma ... Her doctors do not know when she will come out of the coma as it was not medically induced. She is a vibrant actor and director that should have many years ahead of her. Thoughts, prayers and support are greatly appreciated.”
Dowse is known for playing Mrs. Yvonne Teasley, the vice principal of West Beverly Hills High School on the long-running teen drama “Beverly Hills, 90210.” More recently, she portrayed Molly’s (Yvonne Orji) therapist, Dr. Rhonda Pine, in three seasons of Issa Rae’s acclaimed HBO comedy “Insecure.”
Swift shoots down claims about song ‘Shake It Off’:
Taylor Swift is standing behind her work after another group accused her of copying their song in her 2014 hit “Shake It Off.”
The R&B girl group 3LW first sued Swift in 2017, saying the superstar had stolen the chorus of “Playas Gon’ Play” without permission. “Playas Gon’ Play” repeats a hook of “Playas, they gonna play/ and haters, they gonna hate,” while Swift’s hook of “Shake It Off ” repeats “’Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play/ And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”
A judge in 2018 threw the case out, saying 3LW’s chorus was too unoriginal to be protected. The next year, however, an appeals court reinstated the lawsuit, setting the stage for a jury trial at a yet-to-be-determined date.
In a new document submitted Monday to U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald in Los Angeles, Swift outlined the meaning of her song “Shake It Off,” reiterating that she wrote the song by herself without any outside influence.
Depp to return as face of Dior’s Sauvage cologne:
Johnny Depp seems to still be on an upswing after winning his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard earlier this summer, in part thanks to the multiyear contract he just signed with Dior, TMZ reports.
The reportedly seven-figure deal will see the three-time Oscar nom — who originally signed with the fashion house in 2015 — resume his role as the face of the company’s Sauvage scent for men, the outlet has learned.
Dior Beauty took to Instagram on Monday, in a partnered post with Depp, to share fashion photographer Greg Williams’ blackand-white stills of him ahead of recently taking to the stage with Jeff Beck in Paris.
“Fearless yet human, just like Sauvage,” the caption reads.
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