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Hoda Kotb‘s final broadcast on the Today show is happening in just a few days, and many are wondering why she’s leaving.

Star Wars fans have reacted online to the news that Kathleen Kennedy will be stepping down from her role as President of Lucasfilm.A report from Puck News has said the executive, who has overseen the studio since it was purchased by Disney in 2012, will retire at the end of the year. Her tenure has seen three main franchise instalments: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise Of Skywalker; as well as spin-offs Rogue One and Solo.She also expanded the universe into the TV realm, with spin-off series The Mandalorian, Andor, Skeleton Crew and others making their way to the Disney+ streaming service.Kennedy leaves behind a complicated legacy which has seen some of the biggest box office successes in franchise history but has also divided fans with the direction of some of the latter films in the Star Wars Sequel trilogy.On X (formerly Twitter), one fan posted: “Star Wars will finally be free from her reign as Emperor”, while another added: “Kathleen Kennedy destroyed the Star Wars franchise.

Saturday Night Live fans were devastated when Bill Hader did not appear on the 50th Anniversary special that aired on Sunday (February 16).

“Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special reunited dozens of the show’s former stars including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Molly Shannon, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph, Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, John Mulaney, Kristen Wiig, Seth Meyers, and more.But it didn’t go unnoticed that many other “SNL” alums were absent from the live special at Studio 8H.Bill Hader, who was on the show for eight seasons, was nowhere to be found on “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”According to Puck News, Hader reportedly responded to his invitation with “a polite decline.”The “Barry” star previously said that he had “anxiety” when he was a cast member on the sketch comedy series.“When I was on ‘SNL,’ I was a bit of a basket case,” he told Variety in 2019. “It could not have been easy on my wife at the time.

Justin Bieber is reportedly back in the studio after months of rumours he was planning a major comeback.Over the weekend, the popstar shared a series of photos on Instagram which seemed to confirm he was recording new music after a four-year hiatus.Alongside pictures shared of his wife Hailey Bieber on a wintery getaway on Saturday (January 18), fans have taken notice of the few that featured Bieber with a mic in hand and wearing headphones.Based on a 24-second teaser he shared before that, it seems a return could well be in the works. Earlier this week, he posted a brief clip of a demo in which he sang, “I’m takin’ it/ You takin’ bait/ I’m shakin’ it/ You’re shakin’ it/ Shakin’ off the hate,” accompanied by an acoustic guitar.A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)He had also shared pictures from what looked to be a studio session back in October, which came only weeks after Mk.gee revealed that he had been working with the singer on new material as Bieber “searched” for his next phase.“He’s searching.

Craig Melvin is getting candid on Hoda Kotb’s “Today” exit.The anchor was so surprised his fellow journalist was leaving NBC after nearly 30 years that he asked Kotb if the decision to leave wasn’t hers.“My dressing room is two over from hers, and she knocks on my door one morning, which was unusual. And she’s like, ‘You have a moment?’” Melvin, 45, recalled in an interview with Parade magazine on Friday.

Justin Bieber is reportedly planning a major comeback to the music industry in 2025, after a four-year absence.The popstar’s last studio release was 2021’s ‘Justice’, his sixth album, which included singles such as ‘Peaches’, ‘Holy’ and ‘Anyone’.Since then, he has gone through a high-profile break-up with his former longtime manager Scooter Braun. The two had been working together since 2008 after Braun discovered Bieber through his YouTube channel, but it emerged in 2023 that the singer was “looking at how he might extract himself” from his contract with Braun.In June 2024, Braun then announced that he was retiring from music management, after also having parted ways with the likes of Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and David Guetta.Now, it appears that Bieber is plotting his comeback, according to a report by Puck News’ Matthew Belloni.

Hoda Kotb is leaving the Today show in just a few days, and fans might be wondering why she’s departing after all these years.

Shari Redstone and her son, Tyler Korff, do not intend to serve on Paramount Global‘s board of directors after the close of the company’s pending merger with Skydance Media.

Fans have been told that Paramount Network’s Yellowstone would be ending with the upcoming final installment in November 2024.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Charles Barkley is getting ready to take on a brand new game. The basketball great, whose talent on the court and behind the camera was established during 16 seasons in the NBA and nearly a quarter-century as an analyst for Warner Bros. Discovery, wants to get into the business of producing a broader range of content — some of it tied to sports, and some of it linked to popular culture.

Is there more to the story about why Hoda Kotb is leaving the Today show in early 2025!?

For months and months, fans have been told that Paramount’s Yellowstone would be ending with the upcoming final installment in November 2024.

according to Puck News, is a black hole of fun: Glossy fashion mags are crumbling in the 2020s (true!) and Runway editor Miranda Priestly is desperate for advertising dollars.So she’s pitted against her former assistant Emily (Blunt), who controls the ad spend for a luxury brand firm.That dreary plot makes MSNBC look like a fizzy escape to forget all your troubles.It’s understandable why “Devil” Deux is so tantalizing for the House of Mouse. The original, which it acquired with the purchase of 20th Century Fox, is one of the most rewatchable comedies of the past two decades.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor George Stephanopoulos backed away Tuesday evening from an errant quip he made to a passerby that he didn’t think President Joe Biden “can serve four more years.:” The exchange was captured on video by TMZ, and the person lobbing a query about Biden’s fortitude appeared to be working for the outlet. The person approached Stephanopoulos as he was walking, in workout clothes, on the streets of New York City.

a potential third installment of the “Top Gun” franchise in a new with interview with ScreenRant.The producer, 80, and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski approached Tom Cruise with a “wonderful” idea, and proudly stated that the action star “really liked it.”“Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and [Cruise] said, ‘I really like that,’ so we’re developing it,” Bruckheimer told the outlet. “But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy.” “He’s doing ‘Mission: Impossible’ right now; he’s got a picture after it,” continued the producer.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Since January, the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” has released a series of announcements of the film’s cast, including recent Oscar nominee Colman Domingo as Jackson’s father, Joe, Nia Long as Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and Miles Teller as John Branca, Jackson’s attorney and the co-executor of his estate.

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Michael Jackson biopic will reportedly address the allegations of child sexual abuse against the singer.Given that the film has the approval of the Jackson estate, it had been unclear whether the film would explore the most controversial aspects of his life, but a new report suggests it will.Puck News’ Matthew Belloni has obtained an early draft of the script, and says that the film “wants very much to convince you Michael is innocent”, adding that it goes to “great lengths to minimise and downplay the actual claims and eviscerate the Chandlers”.In 1993, Evan Chandler, a dentist and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, accused Jackson of sexually abusing his 13-year-old son Jordan. The case was concluded when the two parties reached a financial settlement in 1994.In 2013, four years after Jackson’s death, the choreographer Wade Robson filed a lawsuit against his estate, saying Jackson had sexually abused him between the ages of seven and 14.

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Tom Cruise is set to star in a third Top Gun movie.According to Puck News, Paramount has commissioned Top Gun: Maverick screenwriter Ehren Kruger to start work on a third instalment in the franchise.The studio also plans for director Joseph Kosinski to return and for Cruise to reunite with his co-stars Glen Powell and Miles Teller as well as producers Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison.Cruise is currently shooting the next Mission: Impossible movie for Paramount which is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025.Reviewing the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick, NME awarded the film three stars and described it as “an engaging if brainless return to the danger zone”.It added: “Trickled between some breathtaking sequences of G-Force 9 air ballet, it makes for an entertaining blockbuster ride back into the danger zone, albeit one with the fuel pipe to its brain resolutely disengaged.”Cruise, meanwhile recently personally stepped in to support his agent, after she was relieved of her duties following pro-Palestinian social media posts.She had made a number of posts on Instagram, including one that read: “What’s more heartbreaking than witnessing genocide? Witnessing the denial that genocide is happening.”Cruise took “the rare step of going in person” to her office to show his support for her, and he made it known to CAA that he was backing her.