‘This Is Us’ Star Chris Sullivan to Lead ABC Comedy Pilot ‘The Son-in-Law’

Britney Spears won’t be shelling out any more cash to her family if her attorney has anything to say about it!

Shaun Maloney has revealed he's already been out meeting Hibs transfer targets personally.

A 5-year-old girl has passed away after she was kidnapped by her mother and taken on an intense police chase in Florida.

In view of her 1.4 million followers, she captioned the post: "Nicky lived a long loving life. I’ll miss you Papa!!"She added the hashtag: "#NehemiahPersoff."The actress was swiftly inundated with messages of condolence as social media users paid tribute.Instagram user, Cefe Hyatt commented: "Condolences to your friend Barbra.

Avril Lavigne might have found her happy ending.The "Complicated" singer is setting off engagement rumors after being photographed wearing a diamond on her ever-so-telling finger. Avril, 37, wasn't wearing the ring while attending the Grammys on Sunday, but she didn't hide it while running errands around Los Angeles on April 5.If the ring is indeed of the engagement variety, it would set Avril's third marriage in motion, as she was previously hitched to Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley from 2006 to 2010, and Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger from 2013–2015.Back in January 2021, Avril began dating Mod Sun. Things appeared to get serious rather quickly, as he even got her name tattooed on his neck after less than a month of dating.

Britney Spears sent her fans wild as she shared a video showing her topless and rolling around in the sand. The racy clip of the singer frolicking in the surf was viewed more than a million times in the two hours after it was posted on Instagram.Set to Chris Isaak's song Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing, it showed the pop sensation writhing in the wet sand in a skimpy blue and white bikini.Britney, 40, struck various poses as she let the waves splash over her legs and body, rolling over, arching her back and crawling on her hands and knees.At one point she stripped off her bikini top, grinning as she used her hands to protect her modesty.A man clad in black - who many fans took to be Britney's bodyguard - stood nearby as she served up the saucy show."Baby Did a Bad Thing PART 2!!!" the star captioned the video.Britney's fans were blown away by the steamy clip and littered the comments section with fire emojis."Oops she DID it again," one fan teased.Another wrote: "OMG.

Everton have been branded “diabolical” after gifting Burnley with a goal inside 12 minutes of their crucial Premier League six-pointer.The Toffees travelled to Turf Moor on Wednesday night in a must-win match against their relegation rivals. But Frank Lampard’s side suffered an immediate blow by conceding a sloppy goal from a simple corner early on in the game.Maxwel Cornet’s swinging corner was left uncontested and found Nathan Collins free at the back-post.

Ukraine. While Vladimir Putin may be the name on the lips of the world right now, not much is known about his two daughters with his former wife Lyudmila Putina, from whom he divorced in 2013, and a possible third, secret daughter.

Ed Sheeran is one of the best bosses you could ask for after becoming the first signing to his Gingerbread Man label back in 2015.Before signing to Ed's label, Jamie had already released three albums before his first record on Gingerbread Man, his self-titled album Jamie Lawson charted at Number One.Over the course of his career, Jamie has played to millions of fans while supporting the likes of Ed, One Direction and Vance Joy, as well as his own headline tours.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, he reflected on the moment he discovered Ed wanted to sign him.Jamie said: "I was really flattered, it gave me a lot of confidence, in that, Ed had been thinking about starting a label for a while and the fact of him thinking my songs were the best way of launching that meant a lot to me."He has a lot of friends, he knows a lot of artists, he could have picked any of them that wasn't already signed to do it with, they would have been good enough."The fact he thought that mine was the best fitting at that point, meant a lot."The singer-songwriter continued: "He was very encouraging from the start, he was always there for me to be able to run ideas or songs past."He would always leave the music or recordings to me to do my thing with, which you couldn't ask for more in a record label."If you look at his record label and the roster of the records he's released so far, with mine, Foy, Vance and Maisie Peters, that's good stock as far as I can tell."Jamie is gearing up for An Acoustic Round Tour across the UK next month with Gemma Hayes, Richard Walters and Laura Zocca.Discussing the tour, he said: "We're all going to be on stage at the same time, one person will sing a song, tell a story about how the song came about and then it

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA live-action version of “The Loud House” has been picked up to series at Paramount Plus.The announcement was made as part of Nickelodeon’s upfronts presentation on Thursday. Production will begin on the new series in June with the premiere set for later this year.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSharon Horgan’s new Apple series has set its main cast.The series, now titled “Bad Sisters,” will star Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson as the Garvey sisters. Claes Bang, Brian Gleeson, Daryl McCormack, Assaad Bouab, and Saise Quinn also star.The series follows the lives of the Garvey sisters bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another. The show was originally ordered at Apple back in September with a 10-episode order.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCress Williams and Shian Tomlinson have both been cast in the NBC drama pilot “Unbroken,” Variety has learned.The series follows three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California as they make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.The pair joins previously announced cast members Scott Bakula, Anna Wood, Amanda Payton, Delon de Metz, Oluniké Adeliyi.Williams will star as Will Stanton, a retired bull-riding champion and manager of the Holleren ranch. A warm and unflappable man, Will is Cole’s (de Metz) best friend and uncle to his two adult children.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMckenna Grace has joined the upcoming Peacock limited series “A Friend of the Family.”Grace joins previously announced cast members stars  Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, and Lio Tipton. The series is based on the true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.”Grace will star as Jan Broberg in the later years. Jan is the oldest daughter of Bob (Hanks) and Mary Ann Broberg (Paquin) and leads a happy, traditional life in an idyllic American city.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulia Garner has signed a first-look television deal with Tomorrow Studios, Variety has learned.Under the deal, Garner and her producing partner, Rowan Riley, will develop scripted series via their Alma Margo production company for Tomorrow Studios, an ITV partnership.“Above all else, Alma Margo is looking for bold and original content, so we thought it only natural to partner with a studio that also fits that description,” said Garner and Riley. “We are incredibly proud to be working with Tomorrow Studios who exhibit every quality that we’re looking for in a partner: intelligence, drive, experience and passion.”Garner is perhaps best known for her role in the critically-acclaimed Netflix series “Ozark,” which will release the second half of its fourth and final season in April.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“East New York,” the drama pilot currently in the works at CBS, has added four new cast members.Ruben Santiago Hudson (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Broadway’s “Lackawanna Blues”), Richard Kind (“Argo,” “A Serious Man”), Lavel Schley (“Barriers,” “Tell My Family I Love Them”), and Olivia Luccardi (“The Thing About Pam,” “The Deuce”) have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced series lead Amanda Warren.In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class will neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has ordered a new pilot for the drama about the National Parks Investigative Services Branch, Variety has learned.The broadcaster commissioned a pilot for the project last year as well with a different creative team, though it ultimately did not go forward. The original team included Kevin Costner as co-writer and executive producer, but Costner is no longer attached to the project in any capacity.Instead, Rashad Raisani is writing and executive producing the pilot, which is described as a propulsive, soapy procedural set in the stunning world of National Parks.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlice Eve is set to headline the “Early Edition” reboot pilot at CBS, Variety has confirmed.In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.Beth is further described as the executive producer of KSEA, a local Seattle TV news station.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Squid Game” star Hoyeon has been cast in Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming Apple series “Disclaimer.”Hoyeon will star in the series alongside previously announced cast members Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Kodi Smit-McPhee.Based on the novel of the same name by Renee Knight, “Disclaimer” will star Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the concealed transgressions of long-respected institutions. When an intriguing novel written by a widower (Kline) appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realize she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlexandra Daddario has been cast in the lead role of the “Mayfair Witches” series at AMC, Variety has learned exclusively.Based on Anne Rice’s “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches” novels, the show was picked up to series at AMC in December 2021. Daddario will star as Rowan, a brilliant doctor who grapples with her fate as the heir to a family of powerful witches.“Alexandra is a singular talent who has lit up the screen in everything she’s been in and we couldn’t be happier to have her on board leading the cast of a series that will be a centerpiece of an expanding Anne Rice universe on AMC+ and AMC,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” has cast Paul Wesley in the iconic role of James T. Kirk for the Paramount Plus show’s upcoming second season.“Strange New Worlds” is due to premiere on Paramount Plus on May 5. It was renewed for a second season back in January, with that season already in production.The show follows the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike prior to Kirk becoming captain of the Enterprise.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has ordered the comedy pilot “Bammas” written by and starring Opeyemi Olagbaju and Biniam Bizuneh, Variety has learned.The show follows a pair of young Ethiopian- and Nigerian-American best friends as they struggle to overcome their loser reputations in a magical realist version of Washington DC.Olagbaju and Bizuneh serve as executive producers in addition to starring and writing. Danny Chun (“The Office” “The Simpsons”), who mentored the pair at the Sundance Lab in 2019, will serve as showrunner and executive producer.