Jennifer Lawrence attends the Christian Dior Haute Couture Week Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Jan. 26, 2026, in Paris, France. (Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Christian Dior)
Jennifer Lawrence is set to star in an upcoming film from director Zach Cregger.
Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have announced that Lawrence will take on the leading role in the science-fiction thriller The Flood. This original movie will be written, directed and produced by the Resident Evil, Weapons and Barbarian director, Cregger.
While plot details are being kept under water, Amblin Entertainment is set to produce the movie alongside Roy Lee and Miri Yoon from Vertigo Entertainment.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy said in a press release that “Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most gifted and compelling actors working today, and we are thrilled to have her at the center of Zach’s bold and wholly original vision for The Flood.”
The pair continued, “Following our extraordinary experience together on Weapons, we could not be more excited to reunite with Zach and the team at Vertigo, as well as Amblin to bring this ambitious film to audiences around the world.”
Likewise, Cregger said the Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema team “were an absolute dream to collaborate with on Weapons, and I couldn’t be happier to dive in with them again. Jennifer is one of a kind, and I’m beyond excited to see her in this role.”
Weapons was released in 2025 and earned $270 million worldwide. The original horror film from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema also earned an Oscar for best supporting actress for Amy Madigan’s performance as Aunt Gladys. She is set to reprise the character in the film’s upcoming sequel, Gladys.
The Flood will release in theaters on Aug. 11, 2028.
Ashley Padilla attends Gold Derby’s Breakout Awards Panel during the Newport Beach TV FEST at Lido Theater on June 6, 2026, in Newport Beach, California. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for Newport Beach TV FEST)
Ashley Padilla has been revealed as one of the three TIME100 Next cover stars for 2026. The comedian was recognized as one of 100 emerging leaders, including a group of notable entertainers TIME described as the world’s most influential rising stars.
Among the celebrities included on this year’s list are Curry Barker, Isa Briones, Eiza González, Molly Gordon, Yerin Ha, Joshua Henry, Cooper Hoffman, Chase Infiniti, Joey King, Charles Melton, Sarah Pidgeon, Dominic Sessa, Troye Sivan and Chase Sui Wonders.
Bob Odenkirk penned an essay about Padilla to coincide with the recognition.
“She creates beautiful, human comedy out of small moments, with precision and joy that somehow always comes from a place of love. Sketch comedy can crystallize the human condition like no other art form—it beats ol’ Shakespeare hands down—and Ashley delivers on this promise,” Odenkirk wrote. “She shows us recognizable people who, in compromised moments, fight like hell to restore their dignity; who can’t let it go; and who remind us of us … if we can take it.”
Padilla also spoke to TIME about her experience working on Saturday Night Live.
“I find it so collaborative and fun,” Padilla said. “Everyone’s just trying to make people laugh—it can’t be too serious.”
The spooky Netflix series starring Jenna Ortega announced the news on Sept. 30 – a Wednesday, of course.
Production on the new season began earlier this year near Dublin, Ireland. It was previously announced that Winona Ryder would be joining the cast, reuniting her with her frequent collaborator Tim Burton, as well as star Jenna Ortega, whom she previously acted alongside in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Also joining the cast of season 3 are Eva Green as Morticia Addams’ sister Aunt Ophelia, Chris Sarandon, Noah Taylor, Oscar Morgan, Kennedy Moyer, Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy and James Lance.
“Our goal for Season 3 is the same as it is for every season: to make it the best season of Wednesday we possibly can,” said co-creator and showrunner Alfred Gough. “We want to continue digging deeper into our characters while expanding the world of Nevermore and Wednesday.”
Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Fred Armisen and more.
Jen Affleck appears in this photo released on Sept. 3, 2026. (Disney/Nik Roberts)
The Mormon wives are headed to the West Coast.
Hulu has announced the release date for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ upcoming spinoff series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County. The brand-new show is set to premiere all 10 episodes of its first season on Nov. 12.
“A new group of dynamic young mothers in Orange County collide in a community where beliefs are not just their religion; they are their identity. While some defend their way of life, fighting against modernity, others embrace change, becoming a platform to disrupt the status quo,” according to the show’s official synopsis. “Scandals and secrets will be revealed, facades will crumble, and families and friendships will change forever on both sides of the battlefield as this group of strong, game-changing influencers comes together to build their answer to #MomTok.”
The cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County includes Ashleigh Pease, Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Bobbi Althoff, Jordan McClanahan, Madison Bontempo, McCall DaPron and Salomé Andrea.
Additionally, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jen Affleck trades in Utah for California as she moves from the original show to the cast of this new spinoff series.
Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives debuted on Hulu Sept. 10. The show has already been renewed for seasons 6 and 7, despite many of its cast recently announcing supposed departures from the program.
Whitney Leavitt had long been planning to depart the show after season 5. In recent weeks, both Taylor Frankie Paul and Mikayla Matthews insinuated in social media posts that they would not return for future seasons. Fans assume with Affleck’s turn on the Orange County spinoff that she will also leave the original show. If so, this leaves Jessi Draper, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley and Miranda Hope as the four remaining original cast members on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
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Charles Kelley performs at EXIT/IN on Aug. 27, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Charles Kelley, the co-lead vocalist and founding member of the country music trio Lady A, has been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer.
In a video he shared on Instagram Tuesday alongside his wife, Cassie McConnell Kelley, the singer said he has multiple myeloma.
“Hey everybody, just wanted to give a quick update on some health issues I’m dealing with,” he said. “I had this — a couple random rib fractures that happened, which sparked my doctor into having me do several different blood tests.”
Kelley continued, “And one of the blood tests we did, they found a blood cancer in there called multiple myeloma and it’s rare.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer where too many plasma cells crowd “out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets and other white blood cells.”
The CDC adds that it’s the most common type of plasma cell tumor and develops in the bone marrow and can spread throughout the body. According to the agency, scientists are still unclear about why some people get myeloma and others don’t, but age is the most significant risk factor.
Men are also more likely than women to develop myeloma, according to the CDC.
Despite the diagnosis, the “Need You Now” singer said he is hopeful.
“I’m young, I feel healthy, and the treatments, I will have to say, have just come so far, even in the past five years that, even a life expectancy is just far exceeds what it used to be,” he said, adding that he has leaned on a friend of his who is also diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
He talked about upcoming shows lined up with Lady A, including several Christmas shows. He also mentioned that he has the first six months of treatment but didn’t specify when that will be. However, Kelley said that he doesn’t believe that it will be “too super invasive.”
“I can still work,” he said. “I think physically I will feel like myself. I’ll have tough days, but you know, I wanna keep working. Even going out last weekend after even knowing the news, it was like this is where I belong.”
Kelley continued, “I need to be happy and doing what I love to do and spending and soaking up as much time with my family as I can as well. But I’m hopeful, I really am and we just want to let you all know and I’ll try to let you in when I feel like it’s appropriate throughout the journey and it’s just another hurdle and you know I’m pretty confident that we’re going to get through it.”
Previously, Kelley has been open about his sobriety journey. After starting recovery in August 2022, he has spoken in depth about the process with his fans.
“It helped me so much,” he said. “I think in the same spirit of the way we’ve kind of shared a lot of my sobriety journey just getting this stuff off your chest is so freeing and it takes the power away from it a little but that we wanted to let you know what was going on.”
He added, “We’re going to get through it. I think in sobriety, it’s all about one day at a time and that we’re not in control and so that’s the way we’re looking at it.
In the comments section of Kelley’s post, his fellow band members shared their support.
Hillary Scott wrote, “The strongest duo right here! Love y’all so much! You’ve got this!”
Dave Haywood added, “Covering you in prayer brother. Love y’all. We’re all here for you!”
Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams in ‘Heated Rivalry’ (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)
The creators of Heated Rivalry are giving back.
Accent Aigu Entertainment, the production company behind the hit hockey romance series, has launched the Irina Foundation in support of LGBTQIA+ and underserved communities in sports and the arts.
Kate Spade New York is the charity’s inaugural donor, with men’s grooming brand Harry’s also named as an early supporter of the fund.
“For many of us, some of life’s most meaningful moments happen on a team, in a studio or on a stage – places where we find our people, discover what lights us up and feel like we belong,” AAE co-founders Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady say in a statement. “We’ve been incredibly lucky to build something we love and along the way find a community that means so much to us. The Foundation is our way of giving back. We’re grateful to Kate Spade and Harry’s for seeing that vision and helping us make it possible.”
The foundation takes its name from the charity created by Heated Rivalry characters Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov in Rachel Reid’s Game Changers book series. Shane and Ilya’s charity is named after Ilya’s late mother, Irina, who struggled with her mental health.
“We chose the name Irina Foundation because, at the heart of Heated Rivalry, Irina represents something much bigger. She reminds us that behind every struggle is a person who deserves to be seen, loved and supported,” said Jayme Alter Wilson, president of Accent Aigu Entertainment. “The Foundation is our way of honouring that message. We hope to channel the love people have for the world Rachel has created, and for Shane and Ilya, into something that can make a meaningful difference in the real world.”
Season 2 of Heated Rivalry, starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, is currently in production.
Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman star in ‘The Love Hypothesis.’ (Philippe Bossé/Prime Video)
Adam and Olive may no longer be fake dating, but they are coming back for more.
The Love Hypothesis author Ali Hazelwood has announced the upcoming release of a sequel to the popular novel, called The Two-Body Problem. The new book will release on Feb. 2, 2027. The writer made the announcement in a social media post Tuesday.
“‘I wrote a sequel to The Love Hypothesis’ is not a sentence I thought I’d say a year or so ago, but now I weirdly can’t imagine a world in which The Two-Body Problem doesn’t exist. I’m really eager to talk more about this book and how it came about in the next few months,” Hazelwood wrote. “For now let me just say that the TLH movie and its cast made me fall for Adam and Olive all over again, that revisiting them was an absolute pleasure.”
The announcement comes amid the recent release of The Love Hypothesis film adaptation. It debuted on Prime Video Sept. 23. Claire Scanlon directed the film that stars Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman.
Additionally, Hazelwood confirmed that MRC is developing a sequel film based on The Two-Body Problem for Amazon MGM Studios, though she said “nothing is guaranteed.”
“As someone who gets VERY attached to stories and characters, I know that unannounced sequels can be blindsiding, so feel free to skip this book and overwrite it with whatever headcanon you prefer, and I’ll see you on the next one!” Hazelwood wrote.
She continued her announcement post by teasing what fans can expect from the upcoming sequel.
“If you want to read more about Adam and Olive, The Two-Body Problem spans a couple of years, and it’s a mix of slice of life, postdoctoral turmoil, and unflinching exploration of the hardest challenge one will face in a long-term relationship: deciding what to have for dinner. If you pick it up, I really hope you enjoy,” Hazelwood wrote.
The Love Hypothesis follows a fake relationship between biology PhD candidate Olive Smith and hotshot professor Dr. Adam Carlsen. Through their time together, “each of their carefully calculated theories on love are thrown into chaos,” according to an official description from Amazon MGM Studios.
Barbara Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse attend the Grand Dîner du Louvre at Musee du Louvre on March 3, 2026 in Paris, France. (Aurore Marechal/Getty Images)
Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin have entered their parent era.
The couple announced in an Instagram post on Monday that they welcomed their first baby together on Labor Day.
“We took Labor Day literally this year,” Palvin wrote in the caption of a joint post with Sprouse.
In the photo, the couple wears Dodgers jerseys and face a TV screen as a Dodger game plays. In Sprouse’s arms is their baby, who is also wearing a Dodgers shirt.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Palvin and Sprouse for comment.
A rep for Palvin confirmed to ABC News in May that she and Sprouse were expecting.
The duo had shared an Instagram post about the news with a sonogram image showing a tiny hand making a rock ‘n’ roll hand gesture.
Sprouse and Palvin were married on July 15, 2023, in Palvin’s home country of Hungary.
In August, Sprouse appeared on Amanda Hirsch’s Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast and recalled how he met Palvin at a party where she had cut him in line for the red carpet.
He said the moment felt like a rom-com.
“I was like, ‘I don’t care how pretty you are, you’re not cutting me,'” Sprouse said. “And she turns around, and I’m wearing this red and white striped shirt, and she goes, ‘What, are you a hot dog vendor?'”
Last year, Palvin shared in an Instagram post that she’d had surgery for endometriosis.
“For some years now I’ve been dealing with the difficulties that can come with my periods. Fatigue, severe pain, heavy and irregular flow, sleepless nights on the bathroom floor. I thought this was just how it works for me,” she wrote at the time.
She continued, “[The surgery] helped me a lot, and I’m grateful I did it. Early diagnosis and treatment are very important to prevent long-term complications, and now I’m more mindful about my body to act fast if needed.”
Palvin ended the August post by saying she was “excited about this new chapter of my life and now ready to get back to work.”
SAVED BY THE BELL — Season 2 — Pictured: (l-r) Mario Lopez as Alabert Clifford ‘A.C.’ Slater, Dennis Haskins as Mr. Richard Belding, Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle, Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano, Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zachary ‘Zach’ Morris, Dustin Diamond as Screech Powers — Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank (Nbc/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Dennis Haskins, who is best known for his role on the hit sitcom Saved by the Bell, has died at 75, his agent confirmed to ABC News.
“It’s a tragic loss. Everyone loved Mr. Belding and those of us who got to know Dennis, loved him even more. He was a great person, and he loved, I mean absolutely LOVED his fans. He always had time for them, no matter what,” his agent Jay Schachter said.
Haskins’ cause of death has not been released.
He played Principal Richard Belding on three separate shows. First in the Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss in 1989, which was later recreated into NBC’s Saved by the Bell.
He starred on Saved by the Bell through the show’s four-season run, from 1989 to 1993, and later reprised the role for Saved by the Bell: The New Class, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000.
Saved by the Bell is among the defining sitcoms of the ’90s, following a group of high school students as they navigate adolescence. Fans of the show will remember Principal Belding’s catchphrase “Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?”
The last time Haskins played the famed principal was in 2015 when the cast — Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen — reunited for a Saved by the Bell sketch on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Haskins’ other TV and film roles include appearances on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Men of a Certain Age, The Bold and the Beautiful, Victorious, Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl and Hot in Cleveland, among others.
Alan Ritchson in season 3 of ‘Jack Reacher.’ (Jasper Savage/Prime Video)
Reacher is coming back for even more.
Prime Video has renewed the hit series for season 6. Alan Ritchson has starred as Jack Reacher in all seasons of the popular show that is based on Lee Child’s book series.
“Reacher hits hard,” Peter Friedlander, the head of Global Television at Amazon MGM Studios, said. “What Lee Child has built and Nick Santora and his creative teams have brought to life is, simply, incredible. Alan Ritchson is Jack Reacher — he’s delivered a performance that has captivated audiences around the world. Together with our partners at Paramount Television Studios, we couldn’t be more excited to continue this journey. Reacher is a truly iconic series, and we’re thrilled to be on the ride with this extraordinary cast and crew for season six.”
Prime Video premiered the fourth season of Reacher on Aug. 12, saying it garnered “massive global viewership” over the new episodes.
Additionally, Reacher was renewed for season 5 ahead of season 4’s release back in May. Production on season 5 is currently taking place in Toronto, Canada. The fifth season will be based on the 20th book in Child’s series, titled Make Me.
Season 4 of Reacher accumulated 66 million viewers globally in its first 28 days, according to numbers from Prime Video. This means it surpassed the performance of season 3. The show has received over 200 million viewers worldwide since season 1 launched in 2022.
Season 4 was based on Child’s 13th book in the series, titled Gone Tomorrow. It followed what happens “when a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong,” according to an official synopsis. “Jack Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.”
