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Alyssa Milano starts #MeToo for victims of sexual assault to share their story
Alyssa Milano started #MeToo on Twitter Sunday for victims of sexual assault to break their silence and share their story in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein controversy.

"If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet," the actress known for starring on Melrose Place, Charmed and for hosting Project Runway All Stars wrote alongside a statement.

"Me too. Suggested by a friend. 'If all the woman who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote Me too as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem,'" the statement read.

Milano notably co-starred alongside actress Rose McGowan on Charmed whom is among the several woman named in a New York Times report that first reported on Weinstein's behavior. Since then, a number of women in Hollywood have come forward saying that the producer sexually assaulted them.

Milano is friends with Weinstein's wife Georgina Chapman who announced she was leaving the film mogul after 10 years of marriage.

The "me too" hashtag began gaining steam on social media where women and men shared their stores and experiences of being sexually assaulted. On Twitter, more than 200,000 tweets were sent out using the phrase while nearly 80,000 people were talking about the movement on Facebook by Monday, The Washington Post reported.

A number of celebrities including Anna Paquin and Debra Messing also tweeted out "Me too" in response to help spread the movement.

The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences voted to expel Harvey Weinstein on Saturday due to the mounting sexual assault allegations.


Malin Akerman announces engagement to Jack Donnelly
Actress Malin Akerman announced her engagement to actor Jack Donnelly in an Instagram post on Friday.

The Billions star shared a photo of herself with the British actor saying she and her 4-year-old son Sebastian are happy to welcome him as part of their family.

"This sweet and loving man has stepped into our lives and stole both our hearts! I think we're gonna keep him around for a while," she wrote.

Akerman, 39, split from her ex-husband Roberto Zincone seven months after her son was born in 2013.


LOOSE LIPS:
"The kids are the most important thing. If mom and dad can't get along it affects the kids, so mom and dad better get along."
--Tarek El Moussa, on co-parenting with ex-wife Christina El Moussa, to PEOPLE



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Which Disney Channel show has been renewed for a second season?


Channing Tatum 'X-Men' spinoff 'Gambit' to release Valentine's Day 2019
20th Century Fox's long-awaited Gambit film starring Channing Tatum is set to arrive in theaters on Valentine's Day 2019.

The film studio said it has reserved Feb. 14, 2019 for the release of the X-Men spinoff written by Josh Zetumer and set to be directed by Gore Verbinski, {link:Deadline reported.

Gambit, also known as Remy LeBeau, was created in 1990 by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee and last appeared on film in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, portrayed by Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch.

The character is a New Orleans native known for manipulating kinetic energy and wielding a staff and a deck of playing cards as weapons.

Gambit is one of four upcoming 20th Century Fox films set in its X-Men universe -- New Mutants, set to release April 13; Deadpool 2, scheduled for June 1; and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, coming on Nov. 2.


Herrera says his mom sent him 100 rosaries when he booked 'Exorcist' role
Alfonso Herrera says his loved ones were initially worried and over-protective when he told them he would be playing a Catholic priest on Fox's demon drama, "The Exorcist."

"I come from a very Catholic background. I'm Mexican. All of my family, they are all Catholics. I'm a Catholic, but I don't practice it. So, I remember my family, they were very concerned about me," the 34-year-old actor recently laughed, while talking to reporters about the horror series at New York Comic Con. "I remember I told my mom, 'Hey, Mom, I'm going to do this show.' And, literally, she sent me 100 rosaries. 100! Just in case. Just in case."

Now in its second season, the show airs on Friday nights. It follows Herrera and Ben Daniels as they save people possessed by evil spirits.


??? Guess Who ???
Which Disney Channel show has been renewed for a second season?

Disney Channel says it has ordered a second season of its family sitcom Raven's Home, starring and executive produced by Raven-Symoné.

The series features the actress and singer reprising her role as Raven Baxter from the teen comedy That's So Raven, which originally ran 2003-07.

Production on Season 2 of Raven's Home will resume in Hollywood next month, the cable network said. The show's ensemble also stars Issac Ryan Brown, Navia Robinson, Jason Maybaum, Sky Katz and Anneliese van der Pol.

"We are incredibly proud of our first season and the fact that Raven has returned home to Disney Channel in a very big way. The entire cast and crew have delivered a classic family sitcom that kids and families will be watching for many years to come," Adam Bonnett, executive vice president of original programming for Disney Channels Worldwide, said in a statement.

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