Donald Trump's ghostwriter, Leslie Jones' Twitter abuse and Qandeel Baloch: 5 people stories you may have missed

The ongoing row between Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian-West has dominated entertainment news this week. Ever since Kardashian-West unleashed a Snapchat of Swift and West discussing lyrics about the “Shake It Off” singer on his song “Famous”, celebrities have at once reacted, then fallen out, providing the internet with a whole new collection of memes.

But while it may feel as if the world stopped spinning on its axis while the Kardashian-Swift empires did battle, there were other events happening to some of the world's most well-known people.

Here are a round-up of five of our most-read stories this week which you may have missed:

Qandeel Baloch

Qandeel Baloch, a Pakistani social media star, was murdered by her brother on Saturday. Waseem Baloch admitted strangling her and said he has no regrets. Baloch challenged conservative norms in the country by sharing bold and sometimes provocative posts on social media, which led her to be dubbed Pakistani’s answer to Kim Kardashian.

The daughter of the Pakistani Prime Minister, and an important political force in Pakistan herself, Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the government now plans to pass a long-delayed legislation against so-called “honour killings” within the coming weeks.

Leslie Jones

Another important issue raised this week surrounded trolling and internet abuse. On Monday, Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones criticised Twitter for not doing enough to protect her from online abuse. The comedian re-tweeted messages targeting her with racial slurs. 'I feel like I'm in a personal hell,' Leslie wrote on Twitter.

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, reached out to Leslie asking her to message him. Twitter has promised to do more to combat abuse.

What Macaulay Culkin has been doing since retirement

Earlier this year, the former child star Macaulay Culkin said he had “essentially retired” from acting. Culkin was thrust to fame for playing Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone films at the age of 10 but now he's more likely to be found roadying for his friend’s bands.

“I do everything except the merch table. I tried that, but… we didn’t sell anything,” he told the Guardian.

Fallout from Dani Mathers Snapchat

Another story this week was the fallout sparked by Playboy model Dani Mathers. After being accused of body shaming, Ms Mathers apologised for sending a Snapchat of a naked woman in a Los Angeles gym with the caption: “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either”. The former Playmate of the year received a flurry of criticism on social media with one woman taking a different approach by sharing a nude photo of herself on Facebook and telling Ms Mathers to #UnSeeTHIS.

Donald Trump's Ghostwriter

In the midst of Donald Trump’s ever-eventful presidential campaign, his former ghostwriter Tony Schwartz has now publicly denounced the Republican nominee. Mr Schwartz and Mr Trump wrote his biography The Art of the Deal in 1987 but earlier this week Mr Schwartz said if he were to write it again he would rename it “The Sociopath”.

Speaking of his remorse for bringing Mr Trump positive attention, he said on Wednesday he had “put lipstick on a pig”. Mr Schwartz has since claimed he's received a cease-and-desist letter from Mr Trump’s lawyers.