Disney has greenlit The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen, reuniting original stars Raven-Symoné and Adrienne Bailon for a new movie built around a fresh generation of teen singers, with filming starting in South Africa this month. TL;DR What Disney has confirmed The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen has been greenlit for Disney Channel and Disney+, according to…
An AI clone of Michael Caine narrates a new 13-hour Odyssey audiobook from ElevenLabs. It’s slick technology, but it isn’t acting, and pretending otherwise undersells what Caine actually does. TL;DR A famous voice, built rather than recorded Ninety-three-year-old Caine did not sit in a booth for this one. According to ElevenLabs, the firm behind the…
Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke recently wrapped their cult indie Foil. Now, the duo has entered production on their sophomore feature — and they’ve brought some excellent company into the woods with them. Chris Elliott (Scary Movie franchise), Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer), Sara Tomko (Resident Alien), Oliver Cooper (Project X), and James…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — May 23, 2026 — The Beach Boys have announced a full-album wildlife video with the San Diego Zoo to mark 60 years of Pet Sounds, with all proceeds going directly to global species conservation. TL;DR The collaboration is a direct callback to one of rock’s most storied cover shoots: in February…
Whatever happened to Jaleel White? | Screen & Story Jaleel White, the actor who made Steve Urkel a global icon across nine seasons of Family Matters, has quietly built one of the savviest second acts in Hollywood — starring in a Star Wars Disney+ series, hosting a CBS game show, and releasing a candid bestselling…
Janet Jackson, the US pop icon whose five-decade career produced five Grammy Awards and the most-searched moment in TiVo history, enters her 60th birthday year with a Japan tour confirmed, a publishing deal signed — yet still absent from her brother’s Hollywood biopic and still without a Songwriters Hall of Fame plaque. TL;DR The 2004…
On Thursday, April 16th, Sandra Bullock appeared at the CNBC Changemakers Summit alongside Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy to talk about Practical Magic 2. The conversation took a turn nobody should be surprised about in 2026, because of course it did: the subject of A.I. came up. Specifically, AI-generated fan…
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Apr. 8, 2026 — Alt-rock band Alien Ant Farm will headline a free live concert at Anime Riverside on May 31, 2026, bringing a full performance to the Riverside Convention Center as part of the convention’s fifth annual weekend event. The show is included free with convention admission, meaning any attendee holding…