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Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week.

Love Island UK (ITV)
Two months after winning season 10 of Love Island UK, winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root have split. Shortly after rumors surfaced, Sammy confirmed the breakup in an October 3 Instagram Story, writing, “Yes, we had a private conversation but this was left up in the air as Jess is still away and we haven’t had a chance to speak in person.” Sammy went on to say he “genuinely saw a future with Jess” and despite how everything played out, he wishes her the best. Jess has yet to publicly address the split. 

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Bravo has unveiled the trailer for Season 13 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, with the marital turmoil between Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky stealing the spotlight. The trailer hints at potential infidelity, with rumors involving Richards and a woman named Morgan Wade featured, prompting co-star Sutton Stracke to say, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Umansky jokingly remarks, “I’m just glad it’s you having an affair for once.” The season also teases Denise Richards‘ return. RHOBH season 13 premieres October 25 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo, with episodes on Peacock the following day.

Selling the OC (Netflix)
Selling the OC star Tyler Stanaland is leaving the Oppenheim Group. In a statement to People, Tyler, 34, said the decision was professional not personal, explaining, “Leaving the Oppenheim Group wasn’t an easy decision, but is the right decision for me and my clients… I [am] joining my dad and brother at Douglas Elliman.” As for his future on the Netflix show, he shares, “Selling the OC revolves around agents at the Oppenheim Group. As of today, I will be working at Douglas Elliman.”

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What if the movies Back to the Future and Scream had a baby? That’s basically the elevator pitch of the new movie Totally Killer, says director Nahnatchka Khan.

The film, out this weekend on Prime Video, stars Kiernan Shipka, who time travels from present day to 1987 to try and stop a string of murders — and the year is important because it means Back to the Future had already been out for two years, so the teens in the film would have seen it.

“You know, if you and I went back in time, you know, I’m not a scientist, I’m not a physicist, so I wouldn’t be able to like have a chalkboard scene where I’m like breaking down or whatever,” Khan tells ABC Audio. “But I could be like, have you seen Back to the Future? You know, and kind of use our, like, pop culture currency, I guess, as a way to bridge the science element.”

Khan was heavily influenced by the horror classic Scream, which she says, reinvented the genre, explaining, “The idea of a mash up, that something can be genuinely scary and also really funny and meta, you know, referencing other movies, and that the characters have the knowledge of entertainment that we all have I think is really amazing.”

Khan says she and her crew “made their best effort” to make sure they got the time travel element right, but understands “there’s going to be things of like, wait, what about this? And what if this it happened?” 

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A24 reportedly offered somewhere in the neighborhood of $6 million to Paris Hilton to develop a series adaptation of her recent book, Paris: A Memoir, according to Variety. Hilton will serve as an executive producer, but no writer or star is currently attached to the project. The former model, reality TV star and heir to the Hilton Hotel fortune co-starred in the hit reality series The Simple Life alongside Nicole Richie. She also released the album Paris in 2006 and previously published the book Confessions of an Heiress…

Suits has set the streaming chart record for most weeks at No. 1. The former USA series, which currently streams on Netflix and Peacock, topped the Nielsen rankings for a 12th straight week, drawing 2.36 billion minutes of viewing for the week of September 4-10, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Suits‘ 12th week at No. 1 overall broke a tie with Netflix’s Ozark, which spent 11 weeks at No. 1 over several seasons…

The upcoming third season of Max’s comedy series Sort Of will be its last, according to Deadline. The critically praised Canadian comedy stars co-creator Bilal Baig as a non-binary millennial trying to balance their roles as a child of Pakistani immigrant parents, a bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore and café, and a caregiver to the young children of a professional couple. Sort Of is set to hit Max in early 2024…

Season seven of Selling Sunset will premiere on Netflix on November 3. The 11-episode season promises the familiar fiery feuds and competitive spirit among the realtors of the Oppenheim Group in the cutthroat LA market. Brett and Jason Oppenheim will lead the team, with returning agents including Chelsea Lazkani, Amanza Smith, Bre Tiesi, Emma Hernan, Chrishell Stauss, Mary Fitzgerald, and Nicole Young…

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It’s only week two of The Golden Bachelor and Gerry Turner is already making strong connections with the women competing for his heart.

Theresa, 70, from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, went on the first one-on-one date with Gerry.

Before the date, the financial services professional opened up about her first love, her late husband Billy, whom she married when she was 18. Like Gerry’s first love Toni, Billy was Theresa’s high school sweetheart. They were married for 42 years. Theresa said that before her husband died eight years ago, he told her he hoped she would find someone and get married again.

While on their date at a 1950s-themed diner, Theresa’s story about Billy touched Gerry, who told her that he understood what losing a spouse feels like. At the end of the date, Gerry told Theresa that he has hope he’ll find someone he can “enjoy the rest of my life with” and gave her a rose.

Several women in the mansion went on the first group date of the season where they got to live out the fantasy of being on the cover of a romance novel. Gerry surprised them with a photoshoot where they were able to dress up and pose for a photo with him.

While it was a fun activity for the women on the date, it was an emotional one for Nancy, a 60-year-old retired interior designer from Alexandria, Virginia, who opted to wear a wedding dress for the photoshoot. She broke down in tears after the dress brought up the memory of her wedding to her late husband Mark, who died 12 years ago.

Nancy told Gerry that while she felt sad, “there’s joy in remembering” and that she “still has hope moving forward.” Their connection earned her the group date rose.

Later, at the rose ceremony, Gerry was in tears after giving out the last rose and said goodbye to Peggy, Natascha and Jeanie.

The women who remain include Leslie, Joan, Edith, Ellen, Sandra, Susan, Kristina, Faith, April and Kathy.

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Chris Rock is reportedly gearing up to direct and produce a new film about Martin Luther King Jr.

According to Variety, Rock is in the final stages of talks to board the project, with Steven Spielberg already on board as an executive producer.

The as-yet-untitled film from Universal Pictures will be based on Jonathan Eig’s biography King: A Life, which was released in May to critical acclaim. The comprehensive biography was described as “an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself.”    

Rock previously directed 2014’s Top Five, 2003’s Head of State and 2007’s I Think I Love My Wife.

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The god of mischief is back for more time-slipping adventures with the Time Variance Authority, or TVA, in season 2 of the Marvel Disney+ series Loki.

Executive producer Kevin Wright talked to ABC News about the new season and said he has his own theory about why people love the villainous god of Asgard.

“A large portion of that has to be Tom Hiddleston and what he’s brought to that character. Like, he lives and breathes it. He’s so invested in this world, in this character,” Wright said.

Going further, Wright said people can relate to the hardships Loki has experienced.

“We can all see a little bit of ourselves in his trauma,” Wright said. “I think he’s somebody who we’re always rooting for because we can see when he’s good, he can be really, really good. And that there’s a sense of he hasn’t reached his full potential yet.”

Jonathan Majors, who was arrested in March on charges including misdemeanor assault, made his debut as He Who Remains in the season 1 finale. Majors will return this season as a different variant of Kang, Victor Timely.

“Victor Timely was somebody that from season 1 we’ve been wanting to do, and it’s exciting because it is the unexpected version of that character, and they play an unexpected role,” Wright said.

And if the multiverse gives you caution, Wright said they worked hard to make sure the story was told in a digestible way.

“These kind of things could really become difficult to track and get in the way of enjoying the show if it’s not done right,” Wright said. “We always talked about, in regards to time travel and now multiverse, how do we explain it and sell it as simply as possible, so that you can enjoy being with the characters.”

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Tori Spelling is celebrating the 33rd anniversary of Beverly Hills, 90210 and offering some advice to her younger self.

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James Bond meets reality TV.

A new teaser trailer has been released for the Prime Video competition series 007: Road to a Million. The show, hosted by Succession’s Brian Cox, puts contestants through a series of Bond-inspired challenges for a chance to win 1 million British pounds, or $1.2 million.

In the teaser, we see the contestants competing in various locations around the world, including the Scottish Highlands, Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Swiss Alps and Venice, Italy.

According to Amazon Studios, Cox plays “The Controller,” the “mastermind behind the game, who dictates where the pairs go, what they must do, and sets their questions.”  

All eight episodes of 007: Road to a Million hit Prime Video on November 10.

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Selena Gomez has great onscreen chemistry with her two Only Murders in the Building co-stars, Martin Short and Steve Martin, and the three are pals offscreen as well. Before Short started working with Selena, however, he was concerned she’d be a “nightmare.”

Short, 73, was one of the guests at Selena’s October 4 benefit gala for her Rare Impact Fund, which raises money to provide mental health resources to young people. Speaking to People at the event, he said, “The first day we shot, I had never met Selena. Because of COVID, we’d only Zoomed. And I was driving to work and I thought, ‘I wonder what Selena’s could be like?’ I mean, she could be a nightmare. She could be a pop princess nightmare.”

But Short said he realized “right away, from the first second we started … it was, like, fabulous.” He noted Selena is “always on time, always knows her lines. So good, so talented, such a pro — it’s fabulous.”

At the gala, Selena spoke about how she was inspired to start the Rare Impact Fund by her own mental health journey, according to People. She told the crowd, “I struggled with the world inside my head for a long time and I felt lost and I felt hopeless at times.” 

“And in 2020, I received my diagnosis of bipolar disorder. And to be honest, everything quickly changed,” she continued. “I actually got the knowledge and the answers that I had been desperate for for so long … [and] I could seek out the support I needed to be myself, to find my joy again.”

She also said the fund is “probably the most important thing that I’ve ever done.”

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Kevin Costner’s two-part Western has secured its release dates.

Chapter 1 of Horizon: An American Saga will be released on June 28, 2024, and Chapter 2 will hit theaters on August 16, 2024.

The story is set over 15 years — pre and post-Civil War — and follows a group of settlers and indigenous people on America’s Western frontier. In a short teaser for the films, we see a glimpse of Costner on horseback, shooting his rifle at an unseen target.

Costner is directing the films as well as starring in them. The movies also star Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt and Jamie Campbell Bower.    

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