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Mike Myers is set to star in a new half-hour comedy series for Netflix, in which he’ll play multiple characters. This will be a six-episode limited series that Myers is producing alongside Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me producer John Lyons and The Gong Show producer Jason Weinberg. Details about the title or the plot of the series were not made available. The Netflix series will be his first scripted show telling a continuous narrative.. ...Read Full Story

Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list was revealed, and some of the biggest musical artists in the world were recognized for their impact.. ...Read Full Story

Lollapalooza announced the daily lineup and released single-day tickets for the festival today.  The Chicago festival is spread across four days with over 180 bands.  The festival was created in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band. The touring festival ran annually until 1997 and was revived again in 2003. In 2005, it found its home in Chicago at Grant Park where it has been ever since. For its 25th anniversary in 2016, the festival extended from three days to four. . ...Read Full Story

Aretha Franklin has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor posthumously. This makes the “Queen of Soul” the first woman to receive the honor since 1930.. ...Read Full Story

Today show host Hoda Kotb announced that she has adopted another child. The morning show co-host shared the happy news on Tuesday’s broadcast that she has welcomed a second daughter named Hope Catherine. Kotb is already mom to 2-year-old Haley Joy, whom she adopted in February 2017.. ...Read Full Story

Legendary pop star Madonna has announced her newest project, a record she has titled “Madame X.”  This will be the artist’s first new music since her last album, “Rebel Heart,” in 2015.. ...Read Full Story

According to court documents filed on Monday, actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are pleading not guilty to charges they took part in the sweeping college admissions bribery scam. The couple is accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as crew recruits, even though neither is a rower.. ...Read Full Story

“Shazam!” held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend, as the superhero film easily defeated the poorly received remake of “Hellboy” and other new releases.. ...Read Full Story

Taylor Swift revealed a cryptic countdown clock on her website around midnight ET on Friday, counting down to April 26. That’s 13 days from when she posted it (which also happens to have significance as 13 is Swift’s lucky number.)\. ...Read Full Story

25 years after the original animated film was released, Disney has released the first full-length trailer for the upcoming live action “Lion King” movie.. ...Read Full Story

On Wednesday, Discovery announced that Chip and Joanna Gaines will soon be getting their own cable TV channel as part of the launch of a new multi-platform media company led by the pair. The still unnamed network will debut in summer 2020 and take over the space currently occupied by the DIY Network, which reaches 52 million US homes, Discovery said. A new subscription streaming service is also in the plans.. ...Read Full Story

Oprah Winfrey plans to donate $2 million to disaster relief in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from devastating effects of back-to-back 2017 hurricanes.. ...Read Full Story

On Tuesday, actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, along with 14 other parents, were hit with a new money laundering charge, this in the wake of the college admissions bribery scheme. The new charges come a day after actress Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents and a coach agreed to plead guilty. An indictment brought Tuesday adds a charge of money laundering conspiracy against the couple and 14 other parents.. ...Read Full Story

Sara Gilbert announced on Tuesday’s episode of The Talk that she is leaving to focus on her career as an actress and producer. Gilbert cried as she revealed her departure, with co-hosts Eve, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba tearing up as well.. ...Read Full Story

On Monday, the Department of Justice said that actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other defendants pleaded guilty to charges related to a national college bribery and recruitment scheme.. ...Read Full Story

“Grace and Frankie” star Lily Tomlin joined comedian Kathy Griffin at a block party celebration to help launch Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new campus.. ...Read Full Story

DC Comics “Shazam!” opened in first place at the box office this weekend.  The film earned $53.5 million over the weekend, above analyst predictions of $40 million to $45 million, plus $3 million in advanced screenings for a cumulative $56.8 million. Internationally, the film earned $102 million for a global gross of $158.8 million.. ...Read Full Story

Adam Sandler, who got his start on “Saturday Night Live” as a writer and cast member, is returning to the show to host it for the first time. NBC announced Friday that Sandler is schedule to host on May 4 and will be accompanied by musical guest Shawn Mendes. “We are happy to welcome Adam back to ‘SNL’ in what is sure to be a special night,” executive producer Lorne Michaels said in a statement Friday.. ...Read Full Story

Netflix price increases, announced earlier this year, will begin starting next month. According to a report from CNN, Netflix is sending emails to all their subscribers announcing Netflix prices are going up in the next 30 days.. ...Read Full Story

Streaming service Netflix announced that the Ricky Gervais-created comedy-drama series “After Life” will return next year for a six-episode second season. Gervais created the series, and wrote and directed each episode in Season 1.  On “After Life” he portrays a widower who contemplates suicide before deciding to live long enough to punish the world for his wife’s cancer-related death. . ...Read Full Story

Britney Spears is reportedly receiving treatment at a mental health facility amid her father’s health battle.. ...Read Full Story

Britney Spears is reportedly receiving treatment at a mental health facility amid her father’s health battle.. ...Read Full Story

Netflix price increases, announced earlier this year, will begin starting next month. According to a report from CNN, Netflix is sending emails to all their subscribers announcing Netflix prices are going up in the next 30 days.. ...Read Full Story

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appeared in federal court alongside other parents on Wednesday to face charges in the college bribery scandal.  . ...Read Full Story

New York Police Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said that magician David Blaine is under investigation after reports of sexual assault were made against him.. ...Read Full Story

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger is set to undergo heart surgery this week, according to sources close to the band. Reportedly, the surgery is to replace a valve in his heart.. ...Read Full Story

The latest incarnation of Rod Serling’s classic “The Twilight Zone” made its debut on the streaming site CBS All Access. . ...Read Full Story

Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s upcoming zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die has just released it’s first official trailer.. ...Read Full Story