Morris Chestnut, DomiNque Perry, Claudia Logan & Bryan Terrell Clark Join BET+’s ‘Diarra From Detroit’

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is joining the latest round of programming purges.

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has sold a 50% stake in its catalog of music publishing and music master rights from the film music library to Multimedia Music, including  marquee and award-winning films 1917, Green Book, The BFG, Bridge of Spies, The Post, Office Christmas Party, Thank You For Your Service and The Girl on the Train and others. The catalog features iconic music from several of the most renowned and celebrated composers in the world including John Williams, Thomas Newman, Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, Rachel Portman, Mark Isham and Rob Simonsen. 

Kim Kardashian has been caught in the act!

Pop sensation Pixie Lott and her partner Oliver Cheshire have shared the news of their impending parenthood. The singer, renowned for chart-topping hits like "Boys And Girls" and "All About Tonight," is expecting her first child with her longtime beau.

A boy of 17 has been charged after an alleged fight outside Piccadilly railway station. Officers were scrambled and London Road was cordoned off on Tuesday afternoon as cops responded to a 'fight between two males'. One was taken to hospital with a hand injury.

Kate Ferdinand has issued a touching message to fans after she revealed she had previously lacked the confidence to run her own podcast. The mum and TV presenter currently hosts the "Blended" podcasts but has admitted, in the past she didn't think she could do it.

Blizzard has released a new major update for its newest title Diablo 4 for PS5, Xbox, and PC.

Ryan Thomas has been awarded the 'best dad' award by his fans after he jokingly shared a way they could save money on a dream holiday. The actor, who rose to fame when he joined Coronation Street aged 16, took to Instagram with a sweet yet funny video of himself with his two youngest children.

Anyone who followed the Championship last season will have surely had their eye caught by Alvaro Fernandez. In a tough, physical league - where pretty football and individual quality is sometimes in short supply - the Spaniard was a breath of fresh air. In the Manchester United loan man, Preston North End had a free spirit down the left flank.

Beyoncé brings lovers together.

Nicki Minaj is extending financial support to a 14-year-old boy who protected his mother in a tragic incident.

Idris Elba may jump into action in the new TV series “Hijack”, but in real life, that wouldn’t be the case.

Shania Twain’s gigs attract a star-studded crowd.

Margot Robbie is letting us in on the secret!

Gwyneth Paltrow’s son is growing up fast — and starting to look more and more like his father, Chris Martin!

EXCLUSIVE: As his series creation The Bear turned in record Season Two ratings for Hulu, Christopher Storer is set to direct at Paramount Pictures The Winter of Frankie Machine, an adaptation of the 2006 Don Winslow novel. The film will be produced by Shane Salerno and The Story Factory, and Storer will use the Brian Koppelman & David Levien draft those writers did when Martin Scorsese was going to direct Robert De Niro in the lead role.

Brosnahan will star opposite David Corenswet (The Politician, Hollywood) in Superman: Legacy, the film that’s set to launch DC’s new movie universe.But who is the actress set to revive the depiction of the award-winning The Daily Planet journalist? The love interest of Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent, is also the superhero’s wife, and is mother to their son Jon Kent in expanded installments of the Superman universe.Brosnahan is best known for playing the lead role in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which landed her an Emmy in 2018 for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series as well as two consecutive Golden Globe Awards in 2018 and 2019.

Peacock has ordered Orlando Bloom: To The Edge, a limited adventure docuseries following the actor and adventure enthusiast, from STX Television and Bloom’s Amazing Owl.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Nickelodeon exec Bronwen O’Keefe has joined the Harlem Globetrotters in the newly created position of Global Head of Content, Harlem Globetrotters and Herschend Entertainment Studios.

, more than 300 members of the Screen Actors Guild, including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence, are threatening to strike should an agreement on a new contract with major Hollywood studios, streamers, and production companies not be reached.The letter, addressed to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee was allegedly sent to leadership expressing their concern with the idea that «SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not.»«We hope you’ve heard the message from us: This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry, and what might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,» the letter, obtained by , says. «We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade.

Titanic, has died at the age of 94.Palter had lung cancer and died at his home in LA on May 21, it has been confirmed [via Metro].The actor had a brief, but memorable scene in James Cameron’s 1997 film in which he’s seen cradling his wife, Ida, in bed as the doomed 19th century ship sinks.The New York-born actor is also remembered for playing Associate Justice Benjamin Halperin opposite Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in the 1981 Supreme Court dramedy First Monday In October.He also worked as a professor at the CalArts School of Theatre, tutoring students who would go on to achieve fame including Academy Award nominees Don Cheadle and Ed Harris, and Emmy nominee Cecily Strong.not so fun fact: king princess' great great grandparents, ida and isidor straus, died on the titanic pic.twitter.com/qLZakiIzOl— aquaaatica

split, fans held out hope for the season 3 cast. The love story of Alexa Alfia and Brennon Lemieux provided just that. The pair met and fell for each other in the pods, bonding over their love of shakshuka and family. Brennon popped the question and Alexa tearfully accepted.

FX's has returned with season 2, continuing its story about a chef forced to take over his family's Chicago-area sandwich shop. Created by Christopher Storer, the acclaimed dramedy stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmen «Carmy» Berzatto, the culinary star who returns home after his brother's untimely death while he works through his personal and professional drama at The Original Beef. Season 1 saw Carmy bringing on sous chef Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) while also clashing with longtime staffers, Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas), Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson), Neil (Matty Matheson) and Marcus (Lionel Boyce), as he made dramatic changes to the establishment.

 is doing exactly that.«They're forcing me to say goodbye again! Just too much heartbreak year after year,» Scribner jokes to ET, although he admits the occasion is «bittersweet.» «I've been playing this character for 10 years; he's a great guy, I love the dude. And I'm excited for where Junior has been able to take things,» he adds.

100 gecs canceling their UK and European tour “with no explanation”.

The Japanese House has addressed recent controversy around Matty Healy, revealing that she wrote The 1975 singer a “really long message”.The singer-songwriter was speaking to The Independent when she discussed recent backlash towards Healy, who is one of her longtime friends, labelmates, and a frequent producer of her work.The comments related to a podcast that The 1975 singer participated in earlier this year called The Adam Friedland Show, which heard him joke about “queerbaiting”, laugh at offensive jokes by the hosts, and join in when they began mocking various accents.When asked about her thoughts on the situation, Bain said that it was “hard to know what to say publicly”, given that he feels like “a family member” to her.She did, however, confirm that she sent Healy “a really long” message after she heard his remarks, expressing her “issues” with what he said.“I wrote [Healy] a really long thing about how I felt about [the podcast], and it’s really difficult – I don’t think it’s black and white,” she added. “Clearly, I have issues with things that have been said – he knows everyone does, that’s the whole point, isn’t it?“It’s hard to hold a family member accountable for everything – pretty much everyone I know has a family member that will say something fucking batshit crazy at a family get-together, you know? And you’ll be like, ‘Why are they saying that?’”She also made reference to how the comments may be reflected onto her and how it impacted her as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.“I guess it’s interesting, isn’t it? Because I’m a gay person, and then in a lot of ways I’m associated with someone who says offensive things.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Vernā Myers will be stepping down from her role as Netflix’s head of inclusion strategy at the end of September. Myers, who was the first to ever serve in the position for the streamer when she joined in 2018, will remain as an advisor to Netflix while returning to her self-titled consulting company, The Vernā Myers Company. Upon Myers’ departure, Netflix’s vice president of inclusion strategy Wade Davis, who has worked under Myers for the past four years, will be promoted to oversee the team. Former NFL player Davis has previously consulted on inclusive corporate culture for companies including Google, Procter & Gamble and Viacom (now part of Paramount Global).

Lucasfilm isn’t hiding the fact that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is the final film in the franchise for Harrison Ford, and thus, Indiana Jones. But in an industry obsessed with franchises, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Lucasfilm try its best to keep the ‘Indy’ film series going strong with a new lead.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In May 2021, after 19 years in Los Angeles, comedians and married couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky (aka Christina P), moved to Austin with their two young sons. Segura says he felt like L.A., in mid-pandemic, was falling apart. “I was like, ‘This city is turning into a shit show!'” he tells Variety. About one month after they moved, Pazsitzky suffered an injurious fall in their new home. And, as you might expect, Segura ended up turning the (non-life-threatening) accident into a bit, which is featured in “Tom Segura: Sledgehammer,” his upcoming stand-up special premiering July 4 globally on Netflix. In “Sledgehammer,” Segura recounts his uneasy 911 call that night requesting help. “I realized that, while what I’m about to say it true, it sounds… suspicious! But I gotta say it. So I’m like, ‘My wife fell down the stairs.'” Pazsitzky, who had misjudged a step when she got up in the middle of the night to check on one of the kids in their new home, broke her ankle and part of her tibia as a result of the fall. (She’s since made a full recovery.) Segura remembers being unsettled by her telling the paramedics to not assume he had hurt her. “It was a whole ordeal,” he recalls.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kelly Clarkson appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” and clarified the tension behind the making of her hit single “Since U Been Gone,” which still carries a “bad vibe” for her to this day. Clarkson was asked by host Andy Cohen to respond to a revelation in Clive Davis’ memoir in which the mega-producer claimed he had to force Clarkson to record “Since U Been Gone.” “Let’s give some backstory,” Clarkson said. “I was lied to, and they told me there are these producers who want to work with you and there’s this song. It had dummy lyrics. They didn’t have lyrics in. They said they wanted me to work with it. I was told to write to the song.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor MTV Documentary Films has released a first look teaser for “The Eternal Memory,” a look at love and Alzheimer’s disease that won the grand jury prize for world documentary at this year’s Sundance. A U.S. theatrical release kicks off on Aug. 11 in New York. It will be followed by engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Aug. 18, with a limited national roll out to follow. Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi directed the movie, which could be a contender for the documentary Oscar. Alberdi is the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker behind “The Mole Agent.” To that end, “The Eternal Memory” played at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was the runner up for the audience award. A robust international festival campaign is already in the works, including stops at CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, and DocAviv, Hamptons Summer Docs and DC DOX.

Scotland's pandemic Health Secretary has said the country "could have been better prepared" for Covid.

Hay fever can be a real pain, interfering with life throughout the spring and summer months.

Perth’s exciting visitor attraction The Black Watch Castle and Museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

James Bond.The British actor, 50, has been a fan-favorite choice to play the super spy in recent years.However, due to the racial recoil he’s received about the possible role, Elba’s speculative casting has left a bad taste in his mouth.The “Luther” actor recently sat down with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes for an episode of their “SmartLess” podcast, where he said he was “super complimented” by the Bond rumors.But the prejudiced backlash got to him.“I was like, ‘This is crazy!’ Because James Bond… We’re all actors and we understand that role. It’s one of those coveted [roles],” Elba explained.

EXCLUSIVE: BET has rounded out the series regular cast for Diarra From Detroit. Phylicia Rashad, Shannon Wallace and Jon Chaffin are set as leads opposite Diarra Kilpatrick in the dark comedy series that is slated to premiere on BET+ in late 2023.