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Netflix dropped the surprise announcement that it has cancelled its Emmy-nominated comedy “GLOW.”  The series had previously been renewed for a fourth season, and had already gone into production before the COVID-19 pandemic halted its progress. A Netflix spokesperson said in a statement: “We’ve made the difficult decision not to do a fourth season of GLOW due to COVID, which makes shooting this physically intimate show with its large ensemble cast especially challenging.” ... [Read Full Story]

Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died. The co-founder of the band Van Halen died Tuesday morning after a years-long battle with throat cancer, his son Wolf confirmed on Twitter. He was 65.... [Read Full Story]

The latest James Bond film No Time to Die has been delayed once again, and is now scheduled for an April 2nd, 2021 release. Daniel Craig’s fifth and final mission as 007was originally expected to premiere in the US on April 10th, but was delayed in the early days of the pandemic, setting a new date of November 20th. However, with major markets like Los Angeles and New York still in various stages of lockdown,, MGM has postponed the movie once again.... [Read Full Story]

Zendaya has signed on to star in a new biopic about Ronnie Spector. According to reports, the biopic will be based from Spector’s memoir, Be My Baby, and rumor has it that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury will write the film’s script.... [Read Full Story]

Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for its highly anticipated third season of Cobra Kai and not only does it announce a premiere date of January 8th, 2021, but it also confirms a fourth season is “officially training to join the fight.”... [Read Full Story]

The cast of Dazed and Confused is reuniting as part of a “get-out-the-vote” fundraiser in Texas. To ensure voters in the Lone Star state get to the polls November 3rd, original cast members including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, and Parker Posey will reunite on October 11th for a one-time virtual table reading of Richard Linklater’s classic 1993 film. Actors Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Rory Cochrane, and Marissa Ribisi are also expected to participate, as will Cole Hauser, Esteban Powell, Deena Martin, Christine Harnos, and Wiley Wiggins, among others.... [Read Full Story]

Nicki Minaj is officially a mom. TMZ confirmed that the rapper welcomed her first child with husband Kenneth Petty on Wednesday in Los Angeles. There’s no word yet on the baby’s gender or name as of press time.... [Read Full Story]

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins is set to direct the sequel to Disney’s 2019 live-action “The Lion King.” Jenkins, who directed the films “Moonlight and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” confirmed the news on his Twitter page.... [Read Full Story]

Helen Reddy, the Grammy-winning Australian singer who became a feminist icon thanks to her hit “I Am Woman,” has died. She was 78.... [Read Full Story]

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart and his wife Eniko Parrish welcomed their second child together, a baby girl named Kaori Mai Hart, on Tuesday, September 29.  Kevin and Eniko also share son Kenzo Kash, 2½, and Hart also has two children — a 15-year-old daughter, Heaven, and a 12-year-old son, Hendrix — from his previous marriage to Torrei Hart.... [Read Full Story]

The View’s Meghan McCain and her husband, Ben Domenech welcomed the birth of their first baby, a girl named Liberty Sage McCain Domenech. A tweet from the official Twitter account of “The View” confirmed the news.... [Read Full Story]

The “Saved by the Bell” reboot has an official premiere date at Peacock. The streaming service said the reimagined version of the hit show will hit the air on November 25.... [Read Full Story]

Amanda Seyfried and husband Thomas Sadoski have welcomed their second child together, a baby boy. The pair announced the news via INARA and War Child USA. “Since the birth of our daughter 3 years ago our commitment to the innocent children that are so brutally affected by conflict and war has been a driving force in our lives. With the birth of our son the work of INARA and War Child has become our North Star.”... [Read Full Story]

HBO announced Monday it has renewed Real Time with Bill Maher for two more seasons, which will keep the show on air through 2022. Each episode features an opening monologue, followed by round-table discussions with guests and interviews.... [Read Full Story]

Samuel L. Jackson is set for a return as Nick Fury in a new breakout Marvel spinoff series on Disney+. Details are still slim, but Mr. Robot‘s Kyle Bradstreet is reportedly set to write and executive produce the still-untitled series. ... [Read Full Story]

Grown-ish star and Black-ish alum Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s new live-action version of Peter Pan and Wendy. The cast includes Jude Law as Captain Hook, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan and Ever Anderson as Wendy, with Pete’s Dragon director David Lowery heading up the project. No release date is scheduled at this time.... [Read Full Story]

Netflix announced on Twitter that a “Father of the Bride” reunion is headed our way. The streaming service posted a short teaser video, with George Banks (played in the film by Steve Martin) checking his emails. There are messages in his inbox from “Masks-R-Us,” and one reading “Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get worse…” He then clicks on an email reminding him to join an upcoming family video call on September 25.... [Read Full Story]

Disney announced several films that had originally been scheduled for late 2020 release, including Black Widow and West Side Story, will now be pushed back until 2021. The studio said Marvel movie Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson as the titular hero, is being pushed back from Nov. 6 until May 7, 2021. The Eternals, starring Angelina Jolie, is being delayed from Feb. 12, 2021, until Nov. 5 of that year. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel’s first movie led by an Asian hero, will be released July 7 of next year, instead of the previously announced May 7.... [Read Full Story]

MTV announced that it is bringing back the iconic series 16 and Pregnant as a newly reimagined docu-series.  The series launched over a decade ago and helped to reduce teen pregnancy to record lows. The six-episode season premieres on Tuesday, October 6 at 9PM ET/PT on MTV. The new season will follow the pregnancy journey from multiple perspectives, not just from the young mother. ... [Read Full Story]

The CW and Warner Bros. Television announced that the superhero drama “Supergirl” is coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. The show is set to start production on its final season “later this month,” the CW said.... [Read Full Story]

Less than 24 hours after the comedy hit Schitt’s Creek completed a history-making sweep at the Emmys, the show’s sixth and final season will make its way to Netflix beginning October 7th. Schitt’s Creek Season 6 originally aired on Pop TV between January and April of this year. ... [Read Full Story]

On Tuesday, the nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were announced with Post Malone leading all artists with 16 nominations. Lil Nas X earned 13 nominations, and Billie Eilish and Khalid tied with 12 nominations each.... [Read Full Story]

The first trailer for Disney+’s Wandavision was just released, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany returning as Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Wandavision is a “blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” says Disney+. It follows Wanda and Vision, “two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives” who “begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.” ... [Read Full Story]

Ellen DeGeneres returned on Monday to kick off the Season 18 premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and addressed workplace misconduct allegations against her and her team.  The daytime talk show came under investigation over the summer for being a “toxic” workplace. DeGeneres has been at the center of a scandal after BuzzFeed News published a report in July 2020 which detailed staffers negative experiences on the Ellen set, including claims of being penalized for taking medical leave, and fear of retribution for raising complaints.... [Read Full Story]

The 72nd Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, looked much different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was held from the mostly vacant Staples Center in L.A., with winners accepting awards remotely, virtually, and digitally.... [Read Full Story]

The 72nd Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, looked much different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was held from the mostly vacant Staples Center in L.A., with winners accepting awards remotely, virtually, and digitally.... [Read Full Story]

Giuliana Rancic and Vivica A. Fox announced Sunday they would not be hosting the E! channel’s Emmy Awards pre-show special because they tested positive for COVID-19.... [Read Full Story]

Comedy Central said in a news release that “South Park” is returning on September 30 for a hour-long special, tackling Covid-19. Titled “The Pandemic Special,” the episode will see Stan’s father Randy Marsh capitalizing on a growing market for pot for his recreational pot business “Tegridy Farms” as he “comes to terms with his role in the COVID-19 outbreak.”  A preview clip from the episode shows the kids back at school with barriers around their desks and face shield-wearing police replacing their teachers.... [Read Full Story]

Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix docuseries Cheer, has been arrested on a federal charge for allegedly producing child pornography. Harris, 21, was formally charged in Chicago on Thursday.  A statement from federal officials alleges Harris was arrested “for allegedly enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself.”... [Read Full Story]

The top spokesman at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Michael Caputo, will take a two-month leave of absence, the agency said on Wednesday. The move came two days after the New York Times reported that Caputo, a former adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, said on Facebook that government scientists were engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic.... [Read Full Story]