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Anyone with eight babies better be prepared to shell out a lotta cash over the years, but Nick Cannon is in an especially unique situation and it’s costing him big time!

wrapped up season 2 with a shocking finale that saw the demise of several major characters, including teenage drug dealer Ashtray (Javon Walton). The 15-year-old star, who has played Fezco’s (Angus Cloud) younger adopted brother since season 1, opens up to ET’s Denny Directo about the bloody end to his story, who originally was supposed to die, his feelings about the Fexi romance and beating up co-star Eric Dane earlier in the season. While most of characters were still reeling from Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) play, one person missing from the audience was Fez.

Jennifer Coolidge is officially onboard for season 2 of , ET has confirmed. While Coolidge is returning to the hit HBO Max series, it's not yet clear what role she'll be playing just yet.Per HBO's reps, «What role she’s playing has not been announced.»Coolidge, who played the tipsy and troubled Tanya in season 1, seemingly confirmed her return to the show in November, telling ET, «They haven't told me what the script is, but I hope I have lots of romance and sex in this next one.

Benedict Cumberbatch knows how to keep secrets. The actor showed off his tight-lipped tenacity on Sunday at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards while speaking with ET about the many fan theories that have popped up since the trailer dropped for his upcoming blockbuster, While speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner about the theories — which included speculation about an evil version of Doctor Strange, the involvement of the Illuminati, unannounced cameos and much more — the celebrated actor made a series of various, cryptic expressions to the camera.«I'm just trying to pull faces as clues that will then be turned over on the internet,» Cumberbatch explained, teasingly.

LeBron James is back with a fifth season of The Shop: Uninterrupted but he’s going back to his online roots.

Britney Spears is baring it all and staying modest for Instagram with the help of some diamond emojis.

Sam Heughan will be back starring as Jamie Fraser in the highly-anticipated return of Outlander later this week.The actor will be appearing in season six of the Starz hit show but has now opened up about his first interaction with the writer of the books.The series was written by American author Diana Gabaldon who wasn’t convinced by Sam at first.She reportedly first called him “grotesque” when she was shown a picture of him ahead of his audition.Sam opened up about this in a new interview, admitting he wasn’t what “she expected.”Asked about being called grotesque, he said: “She did say that.“She saw a photo of younger me when I was a juvenile lead in Second World War stuff and not a Highland warrior from the 1700s.“I wasn’t the Jamie she expected, but when she saw my audition, she thought I transformed into him.”He added to the Radio Times: “You rarely get a chance to play a character like Jamie.“Those kinds of roles don’t come along all the time.”Diana opened up about her first thoughts of Sam when she appeared on the podcast Outcasts.Speaking to actors David Berry and Tim Downie in June 2020, she opened up about this.She said: “Well, you know what he’s like, he’s a total chameleon. He changes with each show for each character.“I was thinking, ‘Well, he doesn’t look like Jamie Fraser except for a little bit around the edges.’“On the other hand, [I thought] he looks really different, so maybe he’ll be fine and of course, he was.“But that was my first reaction.

Killing Eve since the show began in 2018, carrying on the role to the last series airing now.The actress made a revelation in a new interview about an injury she suffered near the end of filming the new series.Fiona has been lauded for her extraordinary performance in the show, even winning an BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2019.She also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the second series.Following on, in the third series she was again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series.However, while filming the latest series, Fiona fell into a predicament when she broke her leg.Speaking to Radio Times, she said: "If only I could say I was in the air doing a double switchback!"But, no, I was carrying logs down to the kitchen, slipped and landed five stairs down and crushed the top of my knee."She said the whole crew were very helpful at her time in need, even changing scene titles.First of all the scene was titled "Carolyn walks along the road", and was changed to "Carolyn sits on a bench".While she was recovering she stayed at her flat in Manhattan.Fiona originally studied philosophy at university, later attending RADA drama school.She made the leap into Hollywood when she was 28 years old, but was very surprised by the response to her first audition.Speaking to The Guardian in 2021 she said: "I got to Hollywood and they said: 'You’re very old'."I remember thinking, 'S**t, that’s bad'."I think maybe I also thought film was something to do with being pretty."I mightn’t have been wrong, either.

Cosmopolitan UK: “I’m so disconnected from it.“When I get tagged in Cassie’s or Pippa from The Voyeurs’s nudes, it feels like me looking at their nudes, not Sydney’s nudes.“When you film one of these scenes, it is so technical and so not romantic…“When I saw The Voyeurs for the first time, I wondered if I’d done too much.”She continued: “I researched celebrities who have done nude scenes, trying to make myself feel better.“There are hour-long compilations of world-famous male actors with nude scenes who win Oscars and get praised for that work.“But the moment a woman does it, it degrades them…“There’s such a double standard and I really hope I can have a little part in changing that.”Sydney had previously spoken about getting naked and how it affected her reputation as an actress.Speaking to The Independent, she admitted she was “very proud” of her performance in Euphoria, but critics did not talk about it because she had stripped down.Comparing her character in Euphoria to the one she played in comedy-drama show The White Lotus, Sydney said she believed critics were “paying more attention” to the latter despite her “great performance” in the HBO series.She explained: “With The White Lotus, I felt like people were finally recognising the hard work I’ve been doing.“This is something that has bothered me for a while.“I’m very proud of my work in Euphoria.

Benedict Cumberbatch steps on his official star during his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony in Hollywood on Monday afternoon (February 28).

Lady Gaga is kicking off her morning with a coffee run!

Hailey Bieber keeps warm on a chilly day in New York City on Sunday (February 27).

After almost a month of new episodes, NCIS is finally returning tonight on CBS.

Jennifer Coolidge is coming back for The White Lotus season 2!

Zoe Kravitz plays Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, in the new movie The Batman and she’s opening up about the sexuality of her character.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWho will Greg Gutfeld yell at now?Juan Williams, the resident liberal member of the popular Fox News panel show, “The Five,” is leaving the program for which he has worked since 2011.“COVID taught me a lot of lessons. As the show goes back to the New York studio, I’ll be staying in DC.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHockey great Wayne Gretzky was made an analyst for Turner Sports’ new NHL coverage, part of a quick ramp-up in talent as the WarnerMedia unit prepares to handle a new seven-year deal with the league it hopes will expand its professional-sports presence and draw new viewers to cable outlets like TNT and TBS.Gretzky is slated to offer studio analysis during key moments of the NHL regular season and throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs, under terms of a new contract. Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk will call live games throughout the season and the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDiscovery’s CEO feels a combination of WarnerMedia and his company will create a new media company that is “uniquely competitive with Netflix and Disney,” and articulated the need to have a global footprint in the future in order to compete in the entertainment industry’s streaming wars.Discovery last week stuck a pact with AT&T to take over WarnerMedia operations in a deal that executives hope will pass regulatory muster by mid 2022.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJeff Zucker, chairman of news and sports at WarnerMedia, held a company town hall on Tuesday in which he addressed the recent Chris Cuomo-CNN controversy and answered questions regarding return-to-office plans.Zucker suggested CNN staffers who were vaccinated and wished to return to the outlet’s New York offices would likely be able to do so starting in June, according to a person familiar with the event. He also said the WarnerMedia-backed unit wouldn’t expect its full employee base to return until September.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRob Master loves the idea of putting commercials into new Hollywood streaming hubs like Peacock, HBO Max and Paramount Plus. But he’s not so enchanted with the costs being demanded by the media companies that own the sites.NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia and others are seeking a premium from sponsors eager to attach their ads to streaming shows.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorStephen Colbert will break free of his coronavirus-imposed restrictions and return to doing CBS’ “Late Show” in front of live audiences starting June 14.Colbert has led 205 episodes of the late-night program without an in-studio crowd, usually from his home or, in recent weeks, from a room at the Ed Sullivan Theater, which has housed the program for years. Since March 16 of last year, the host has been the anchor of what he has called “A Late Show,” a more intimate presentation of his monologues and interviews.The return will be done in adherence to New York State’s adoption of CDC guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals and has been reviewed by the state officials.