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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

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Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to simple battery for punching bargoers during Mardi Gras

Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery for punching people outside a New Orleans bar in February during Mardi Gras.

Sentencing details were not immediately available in online court records. An attorney and a manager for LaBeouf did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Video of the Feb. 17 encounter shows a shirtless LaBeouf shoving one person to the ground and hitting another person in the face, “causing his nose to possibly dislocate,” according to a New Orleans police report.

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CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer

CBS News has fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley a day after he confronted the show’s new executive producer at a heated staff meeting.

“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton said in a letter addressed to Pelley, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News.

“I therefore write on behalf of CBS News, Inc. to inform you that your employment with CBS is terminated for cause effective immediately,” Bilton added.

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Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney's ‘Aladdin' and ‘Beauty and the Beast,' has died at 75

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin,” has died. He was 75.

His family said in a statement that Bryson died Tuesday evening, days after having a stroke.

“While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit,” the family’s statement said. “His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”

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Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing sex assault allegations against Sean ‘Diddy' Combs

Los Angeles prosecutors are investigating sexual assault allegations made against disgraced artist and music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs, an official said Tuesday.

When asked if Combs was the target of a probe concerning alleged attacks against a male victim in 2020 and 2021, a spokesperson for L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman confirmed the investigation.

“In the fall of 2025, LAPD and LASD each presented a separate sexual assault investigation for one victim to the LA County District Attorney’s Office,” the DA’s rep said in a statement to NBC News. “We are reviewing the case.”

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New ‘60 Minutes' boss takes meetings with staffers after clash with Scott Pelley

“60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton pressed ahead Tuesday with plans to speak individually with staff members, a day after correspondent Scott Pelley confronted him during a heated meeting, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Bilton, a documentary filmmaker and technology journalist, laid out those plans during a meeting with “60 Minutes” employees on Monday morning. But that gathering was overshadowed by Pelley’s fiery criticism of Bilton and CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.

Pelley, speaking firmly and at times angrily, told Bilton that Weiss was “murdering” the venerable broadcast newsmagazine, a staple of the CBS lineup since 1958.

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This celeb has been tapped to direct ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo'

It’s been a long road to get “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” movie adaptation in motion, but it appears things may be moving forward.

Netflix announced in 2022 that it was adapting Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling 2017 book into a feature film. But since then, not much has been reported about the project’s production.

However, on June 1, TODAY.com confirmed that Anna Kendrick will be directing the drama for the streaming service. Deadline was first to report the news.