Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel series ‘Elle’ coming to Prime Video

Reese Witherspoon will be bringing a ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel series to Amazon Prime Video. Witherspoon will serve as executive producer, via her Hello Sunshine banner. The 48-year-old Witherspoon recently announced at Amazon Prime Video’s upfront presentation that the prequel series was in the works at the streamer, sharing: “I had this crazy idea that the …

Dua Lipa, Tyler the Creator, Chris Stapleton to headline 2024 Austin City Limits Festival

Dua Lipa, Tyler, the Creator, and Chris Stapleton will headline the 2024 Austin City Limits Festival, set to take place in Zilker Park in South Austin, Texas across two weekends: Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 13-15.  Hulu will stream the festival live during weekend one, with a full broadcast lineup and schedule to be revealed later …

Federal appeals court upholds sentence in Jan. 6 case after claims of jury bias

A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the conviction of a former New York City Police Department officer who was charged for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, after he claimed that he couldn’t get an impartial jury in Washington, D.C. Thomas Webster, the former NYPD officer, was found guilty in 2022 of assaulting a …

Pope Francis issues apology after reported use of homophobic slur

Pope Francis is apologizing after reports surfaced that the pontiff had used a homophobic term for LGBTQ+ people in a closed-door meeting with bishops. The Vatican issued a statement on Tuesday on behalf of Pope Francis, which said in part: “In the Church there is room for everyone, for everyone! Nobody is useless, nobody is …

Lainey Wilson’s ‘Bell Bottoms Up’ bar to open in Downtown Nashville on May 31st

Lainey Wilson is the latest country artist to announce she is opening a bar and restaurant in downtown Nashville, dubbed the Bell Bottoms Up bar. The new three-story entertainment destination is located at 120 Third Avenue South, taking the spot of Florida Georgia Line’s now-closed FGL House. The duo’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley confirmed …

Post Malone and Morgan Wallen hit No. 1 with ‘I Had Some Help’

Post Malone has earned his second No. 1 single of the year with his collab with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help.” Malone recently hit No. 1 in April alongside Taylor Swift on the single, “Fortnight” (off Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department”), which remains in the Top 10.  “I Had Some Help” follows Beyoncé’s “Texas …

Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel to star in Prime Video series ‘The Better Sister’

Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel will star in and executive produce a series based on Alafair Burke’s thriller, The Better Sister. According to a press release from Prime Video, The Better Sister is an “electric thriller” about how some terrible things pull two sisters apart from each other, and ultimately brings them back together. An …

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie teaming up again for new reality series

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are reuniting for a new reality series on Peacock, more than two decades after launching the era of reality TV with their classic show, The Simple Life. The Simple Life first premiered on Fox in 2003; the show later moved to E! and concluded in 2007. Hilton, 43, and Richie, …

Suspect in custody after stabbing attack injures 6 in Massachusetts

A suspect is in custody after a stabbing attack injured four girls (aged 9-17) at a movie theater, and two additional people at a McDonald’s in Massachusetts. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jared Christian Ravizza of Martha’s Vineyard, is accused of the unprovoked attack on Saturday before leading police on a car chase to Cape …

George Strait debuts song from upcoming LP ‘Cowboys And Dreamers’ titled “MIA Down in MIA”

George Strait debuted the first release from his 31st album, Cowboys And Dreamers, with the song “MIA Down in MIA”.   Cowboys and Dreamers will be the followup to 2019’s Honky Tonk Time Machine, which opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Written by Adam Craig and Dean Dillon, and produced by Strait …