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Before we get to today's issue I just wanted to let you know that we are closed on Monday for Memorial Day.

So I won't be doing an issue for that day (which usually mails out Sunday evening).

Hope you have a wonderful long weekend!

Be Well,
Anisa

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SPOILER ALERT: Danny Pino leaves 'Law and Order: SVU' After Four Seasons...
Danny Pino is leaving Law and Order: SVU where he played Olivia Benson's partner, Detective Nick Amaro.

On Wednesday night's season 16 finale, Amaro was shot in the line of duty, ending his four season run on the crime-fighting show.

Amaro's partner Sgt. Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, shared a few last words with her wounded colleague, saying: "I grew more in the last four years with you than I did in the 12 years I was with [Stabler]. That relationship, whatever it was, didn't allow for anything else. But with you, with your support, I have a family. You helped me grow."

Off-screen, Hargitay posted a photograph of the two on Twitter, writing, "#friendsforlife"

Pino, who debuted on the show in season 13, also took to Twitter, after the finale aired, to say thank you.


Janice Dickinson Sues Bill Cosby...
Former supermodel and television personality Janice Dickinson filed a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby on Wednesday after his lawyers said she was lying when she said the comedian sexually assaulted her.

Dickinson, 60, told Entertainment Tonight in November that Cosby drugged and raped her back in 1982 when she was 27.

Immediately after her interview, Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer, said Dickinson's allegations were "a lie" and that the story contradicted details in her 2002 autobiography and an interview with the New York Observer.

"She asked for a retraction (after Singer's statement), he refused, so she is suing," Dickinson's lawyer, Lisa Bloom told USA Today.

Dickinson's lawsuit says she was hurt professionally and personally when Singer called her a liar. She said she has lost business because of what he said.

"Defendant Cosby knows that he drugged and raped Ms. Dickinson," the lawsuit says. "He knows that calling her rape disclosure a lie was a false statement."

Dickinson is one of a number of women who have come forward in recent months to accuse Cosby of sexual assault, but because the statute of limitations has run out on most of those cases, no criminal charges have been filed against the comedian. A group of three of the accusers have also filed a defamation lawsuit against Cosby after he denied their sexual assault allegations.

LOOSE LIPS:
"In high school, every time you stuck your neck out, there was always a bunch of people there ready to chop your head off. Hollywood's not different." - Ryan Gosling

??? Guess Who ???
This 37-year-old actress was told she was "too old' to play opposite for a 55-year-old love interest...


Peter Sarsgaard Joins Denzel Washington in 'The Magnificent Seven'...
Peter Sarsgaard may join Denzel Washington in The Magnificent Seven.

The 44-year-old actor is reportedly in final negotiations for the Antoine Fuqua-directed remake. Sarsgaard would portray villain Bartholomew Bogue, a robber baron who lords over a small town.

Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee and Matt Bomer are also attached to the film. Former Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa was to appear, but has dropped out of the project.

The original 1960 movie starred Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen, and presented a Western-style interpretation of Akira Kurosawa classic Seven Samurai. Fuqua previously directed Washington and Hawke in Training Day, and Washington, Pratt and Bennett in The Equalizer.

Sarsgaard is known for such films as The Man in the Iron Mask, Boys Don't Cry and Garden State. He last appeared in NBC miniseries The Slap, and is scheduled for Black Mass with Johnny Depp and Prima with Vera Farmiga.

Randy Quaid Released From Canadian Immigration Jail ...
Actor Randy Quaid has been released from a Canadian immigration jail after he was arrested last week by Border Service Agency officials. He fled to Canada in 2010 with his wife Evi after they were arrested for illegally squatting at a home in Santa Barbara, California.

The Quaids applied for refugee status, claiming they were being persecuted by "Hollywood star whackers", and Evi, whose father is Canadian, was subsequently granted citizenship.

Quaid was scheduled to appear at an interview with the Immigration and Refugee Board in 2013, but failed to show up. Government officials did not know where the actor was living until last Thursday, when a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agent recognized Quaid in downtown Montreal.

Officials apprehended Quaid, who had been living in the city with his wife since February 2013, and sent him to an immigration detention center, according to CBC News.

He finally appeared in front of the board on Tuesday, and told agents he was "devastated" after he was denied permanent residency in Canada.
Quaid said, "I'd lost faith in the system. I wanted to get into a space where I could have time to investigate. I needed to gather evidence about what happened in Santa Barbara.

The actor was released after posting $10,000 bail, and under the condition he alerts Canadian immigration officials to his whereabouts at all times.

??? Guess Who ???
The 37-year-old actress who was told she was "too old' to play opposite for a 55-year-old love interest?

It's Maggie Gyllenhaal... Maggie revealed she got turned down for a movie role.

The actress, who won a Golden Globe this year, for her part in The Honorable Woman, recently told The Wrap how she has been effected by Hollywood ageism.

"There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time," she said. "I'm 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made feel angry, and then it made me laugh."

Although she didn't mention which film it was for specifically, Gyllenhaal is still optimistic about powerful roles for females in the industry.

"A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating," she said.