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NEED TO KNOW Blake Lively is set to co-produce and star in a new action rom-com titled The Survival List at LionsgateThe movie, which does not yet have a director or cast attached, follows a reality TV producer working on a new show hosted by a “famous survival expert” that goes sideways when the pair find themselves strandedThis marks the first role Lively has booked since suing her It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni Blake Lively is moving forward with her acting career amid her legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Lionsgate announced Thursday, Aug. 21, that the company acquired…
NEED TO KNOW Marc Cherry, best known for creating Desperate Housewives, opened up about getting death threats after writing an episode of The Golden Girls The episode saw Clayton, the brother of Rue McClanahan’s Blanche, come to town with his boyfriend and share that they’re planning to get marriedCherry said that despite the death threats, it was a “privilege” to bring important topics to screen The Golden Girls didn’t shy away from LGBTQ+ storylines, but there were consequences. Marc Cherry, who created Desperate Housewives, appeared on the Aug. 19 episode of Soapy, hosted by Days of Our Lives’ Greg Rikaart and…
Fantasy has traditionally been dominated by high-profile franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and The Lord of the Rings. However, there are plenty of other lesser-known titles in the sword-and-sorcery genre that have fallen through the cracks of the mainstream while still delivering the same adventuresome spirit of awe and wonder. Whether it’s ’80s cult classics or 2010s fantasy epics, the past half-century of cinema harbors plenty of overlooked deep cuts that have failed to garner acclaim from a wider audience. Weird, campy, and often off-beat in their subject matter, these films are the life-blood that fuels the greater…
Singer-rapper Lil Nas X was hospitalized on Thursday morning (Aug. 21) for a potential drug overdose in Los Angeles after allegedly charging at police officers in an early morning encounter. A statement given to Billboard by the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers responded to reports of a naked man roaming Ventura Boulevard around 5:50 a.m. PT. Police, who did not name the rapper, said “the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody” upon their arrival on the scene. He was then handcuffed and taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for a “possible overdose,” while…
Another countdown, another Taylor Swift vinyl variant — that’s just the life of a showgirl. On Thursday (Aug. 21), a shimmery blue countdown on the pop star’s website ticked down to a 2 p.m. ET unveiling of a second alternate vinyl version of The Life of a Showgirl LP, Swift’s 12th studio album thats set to arrive on Oct. 3. Packaged with exclusive photos and poetry penned by the 14-time Grammy winner, the new “Baby, That’s Show Business” edition comes in two disc colors — lovely bouquet orange and lakeside beach blue — and features Swift in a yellow feather…
Happy Gilmore 2 breaks a streaming record during its opening weekend. The Netflix comedy sequel to Happy Gilmore launched on July 25, starring Adam Sandler, Bad Bunny, Enimem, Travis Kelce, Margaret Qualley, Julie Bowen, Sunny Sandler, Haley Joel Osment, and many more. The movie, which follows Happy Gilmore’s return to professional golf to pay for his daughter’s ballet classes, has racked up 2.9 billion minutes of viewing during the week of July 21 to 27, setting a record on Nielson’s streaming charts. It narrowly beat Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’s 2.2 billion minutes as the highest single-week total in…
Kylie Kelce has no notes for Taylor Swift regarding a comment the singer made on New Heights, which the former field hockey player called “bada–.” On the Thursday (Aug. 21) episode of her own podcast, Not Gonna Lie, Kylie raved about the pop superstar’s viral remark about taking up spaces loved by “male sports fans” on Jason and Travis Kelce’s show the week prior. The host is married to and shares four kids with the former Philadelphia Eagles center, while Swift has been dating the Kansas City Chiefs tight end since summer 2023. “There’s a trending TikTok sound from the…
NEED TO KNOW The Great British Baking Show premieres in the U.S. on Friday, Sept. 5, on NetflixIn the U.K., the cooking competition series premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 2A trailer for collection 13 shows four vets, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, back in the tent with 12 amateur bakers As summer winds down, the Great British Baking Show tent is heating up. PEOPLE can exclusively announce that the beloved culinary competition show will be returning to Netflix on Friday, Sept. 5. In the U.K., where the show airs under its original name, The Great British Bake-Off,…
The young cast members of Stranger Things are all grown up — so much so that star Millie Bobby Brown has welcomed her first child with husband Jake Bongiovi. On Thursday (Aug. 21), Brown and Bongiovi shared a message on their respective Instagram pages, announcing that they are now parents. “This summer, we welcome our sweet baby girl through adoption,” the pair wrote. “We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy. And then there were 3.” The news comes just over a year after the couple wed in an intimate…
Brent Hinds, heavy metal guitarist and former member of Mastodon, died on Wednesday (Aug. 20) after suffering a fatal motorcycle accident in Atlanta. He was 51. Reps for Mastodon confirmed the news to Billboard on Thursday (Aug. 21). The band also released a statement on Instagram, writing, “We are in a state of unfathomable sadness and grief … last night Brent Hinds passed away as a result of a tragic accident.” “We are heartbroken, shocked, and still trying to process the loss of this creative force with whom we’ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that…