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In brief: Melissa McCarthy to star in ‘Miss Nelson is Missing!’ film and more

Melissa McCarthy is starring in a live-action film adaptation of the beloved children's book Miss Nelson is Missing! Variety reports that Netflix is developing the movie, which will follow a misbehaving class whose teacher is mysteriously absent from school one day and replaced by a strict substitute named Viola Swamp ...Sorry, Baby will soon be available to stream at home. The A24 film will make its streaming debut on HBO Max on Oct. 30. It will debut on HBO linear on the same day at 8 p.m. […]

September 23, 2025

Entertainment

From kilts to cocktails: ‘Outlander’ star Sam Heughan mixes it up with ‘The Cocktail Diaries’

‘The Cocktail Diaries’ by Sam Heughan, Published by Quadrille $29.99 (Photography by Matt Russell)The whisky often flows on the long-running Starz series Outlander, and that love of a dram carries over into star Sam Heughan’s real life.The Scottish actor, who plays Jamie Fraser on the series, founded his own spirits brand, Sassenach Spirits, and is now releasing a cocktail book about his passion called The Cocktail Diaries: A Spirited Adventure.The book contains recipes from simple to complex, and features anecdotes from Heughan’s life and […]

September 23, 2025

Music

Rod Stewart’s wife says she would have left him if he had not wanted kids

Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart attend the "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" Global Premiere in Leicester Square on May 15, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Simon Ackerman/FilmMagic)Rod Stewart is the father six children, two with current wife Penny Lancaster, and in a new interview Lancaster reveals that kids were a bit of deal-breaker in their relationship.She tells the British magazine Saga that early in their relationship Stewart indicated that he didn’t want more children, which is something she wasn’t OK with. In fact, she says she […]

September 23, 2025

Music

Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman’s career celebrated with new stamp collection

Rick Wakeman performs at City Winery on October 25, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is being honored with a new stamp collection.Isle of Man Stamps and Coins has announced that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s work is being celebrated in a new set of six stamps. The collection features illustrations by artist Roger Dean, best known for his work designing album covers for musicians in the '60s and '70s. His first album cover for Yes […]

September 22, 2025

Entertainment

Ariana Grande says new ‘Wicked’ song marks the moment Glinda becomes ‘truly good’

'Wicked: For Good' (Universal Pictures)In the original novel The Wizard of Oz, Glinda is the Good Witch, but in the upcoming film Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande says we'll see the moment when Glinda chooses that path thanks to new songs written just for the film.As previously reported, Wicked: For Good will feature a new song for Ariana's Glinda, called "Girl In the Bubble," and a new song for Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, called "No Place Like Home." Ari tells Empire magazine that […]

September 22, 2025

Entertainment

ABC announces ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will return Tuesday

A photo of Jimmy Kimmel. (Disney/Mark Seliger)Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to ABC.The Walt Disney Company has announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday, Sept. 23."Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country," a statement from the company reads. "It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days […]

September 22, 2025

Music

Heart’s Nancy Wilson helps Chappell Roan perform ‘Barracuda’ at New York show

Nancy Wilson of Heart performs onstage at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Heart’s Nancy Wilson was a special guest at Chappell Roan’s Sunday night concert in Forest Hills, New York.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer came out to join Chappell for a performance of the Heart classic “Barracuda.” Video of the performance can be seen in fan-shot video posted to YouTube.The clips show […]

September 22, 2025

Music

Lenny Kravitz makes surprise appearance at Dua Lipa’s New York concert

Lenny Kravitz on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(ABC/Randy Holmes)Lenny Kravitz was a special guest at Dua Lipa’s Sunday night concert at New York's Madison Square Garden."When I go back to thinking about New York artists, and artists and music that shaped my life, I think about this one song in particular that really helped me fall in love with music," Dua told the crowd during her introduction of Kravitz."New York’s just got such an unbelievably cool energy. But the artist that sings this song, I'm afraid […]

September 22, 2025

Entertainment

Marlon Wayans reacts to negative reviews for ‘Him’

UniversalMarlon Wayans is not fazed by the negative reviews for his movie Him. The film received a C- CinemaScore from audiences and a score of 29% from more than 100 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. But he says it's not far off from the reviews for his past projects, posting on Instagram the Rotten Tomatoes scores for his movies White Chicks, Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2."Just to be clear…I respect critics. Their job is to Critique. I respect their work. It shapes our industry. But an opinion does not […]

September 22, 2025