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Harry, King Charles III’s younger son, is trying to overturn a decision by the Home Office – the ministry responsible for policing – which decided in February 2020 that he would not automatically receive personal police security while in Britain.

Last year, the High Court in London ruled that decision was lawful and refused him permission to challenge that ruling in a higher court. However, the Court of Appeal agreed to hear the case following a direct application from Harry’s lawyers.

Harry, the Duke of Sussex, arrived smiling and waving for the two-day hearing in front of three senior appeal court judges, and listened intently as the case got underway in a packed courtroom, occasionally scribbling messages to his legal team.

The show, which premiered in 1993 and spawned a pop culture phenomenon, cast a Black actor in the role of the black Power Ranger and an Asian actor as the Yellow Ranger. The decision was widely viewed as insensitive and, in a new documentary, Oliver calls it a “mistake.”

“None of us are thinking stereotypes,” he said in an interview for “Dark Side of the Power Rangers,” the latest episode of the Investigation Discovery documentary “Hollywood Demons.” In fact, he revealed, it took one of his assistants pointing out the stereotype in a meeting for him to realize the optics of it.

Netflix’s ‘Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers reunion special is millennial nostalgia done right

The “Full House” star took to his Instagram story Monday to address critics of his choice to emcee an event held at Mar-a-Lago, the president’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

“I accepted the invitation to emcee the Palm Beach Ray of Hope Gala — an evening dedicated to honoring and uplifting our frontline heroes,” Stamos wrote, explaining that the “Dancing with the Stars”-themed Palm Beach Ray of Hope Gala was not “political.”

Stamos said “the nonpartisan event” supports The Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations, which he described as a “501(c)(3) organization that trains 350-400 nurses every year” to help address the healthcare worker shortage in Palm Beach County, Florida. Stamos added in his statement that “supporting nurses isn’t political — it’s essential.”

“Confessions of a Female Founder” launched Tuesday through Lemonada Media, with its first episode featuring Meghan’s close friend and Bumble CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd.

But in the first episode, Meghan, 43, revealed both she and Wolfe Herd shared a frightening and rare health scare.

The duchess said both she and the Tinder co-founder had postpartum preeclampsia, saying the experience was “so rare and so scary.” Postpartum preeclampsia occurs when you have high blood pressure and excess protein in your urine within days of childbirth, according to the Mayo Clinic. Left untreated, it can cause seizures and other serious complications, and its causes aren’t well understood.

Meghan reflected on going through the medical issue in secret, saying, “You’re still trying to juggle all of these things, and the world doesn’t know what’s happening quietly. And in the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people – mostly for your children — but those things are huge medical scares.”

The latest Marvel superhero adventure – starring Anthony Mackie in his first solo Cap movie – will be available April 15 to buy and rent on digital platforms (Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Amazon and more) and May 13 on 4K Blu-ray/DVD.

The home video release includes three deleted scenes, including one debuting exclusively at USATODAY.com. Set in Washington, the scene features Sam Wilson (Mackie) sparring in a boxing ring with Leila Taylor (Xosha Roquemore), a Secret Service agent working for President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Ford). Sam tries to get info on a classified mission from the tight-lipped Leila, which ends up being a trip down to Mexico for Cap to recover stolen adamantium from the villainous Sidewinder (Giancarlo Esposito).

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Director Ryan Coogler told hosts of “The Breakfast Club” Monday that Boseman’s death weighed heavily on him and “Black Panther” actor Michael B. Jordan.

“Out of all of my actors, Chad’s death actually hit Mike (Jordan) the hardest,” Coogler said. Jordan, who stars in Coogler’s current project “Sinners,” acted alongside Boseman’s title superhero as Erik Killmonger in 2018’s “Black Panther.”

“Chad was older than us, he was quite a bit older than us, even though he looked like he was the same age,” Coogler said of Boseman, who died at 43 in 2020 after a private battle with colon cancer. “He was a fully baked man from the South. He was an old school man’s man and compared to that dude when we worked together bro, me and Mike was kids.”

After contestants Breanna Nix and Rylie O’Neill performed a cover of Christian worship singer Brandon Lake’s song “Gratitude,” the newly minted judge’s voice wobbled while expressing what the performance meant to her.

“I know how difficult it is to come into the entertainment industry and bring your faith with you. It is a brave thing to do because there are a lot of outside forces that are going to tell you not to do that,” she said as Lionel Richie rubbed her back. “I want to tell you that I’m proud of you guys.”

Little did Breanna and Rylie know, the songwriter himself was listening to their performance.

After the women performed their song, eyes gazing upward and arms reaching toward the heavens, Jelly Roll cut off the judges’ feedback to bring “Hard Fought Hallelujah” collaborator Lake in via FaceTime. “That was the most gorgeous version of ‘Gratitude’ I’ve ever heard,” he told Breanna and Rylie.