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Despite her recent family tragedy, Kelly Clarkson will be front and center when the seventh season of her award-winning talk show premieres in September.

The Kelly Clarkson Show will kick off Sept. 29 from the show’s New York City headquarters, with show tapings beginning Sept. 8. This season’s guests will include Lionel Richie, Colin Farrell, Julia Roberts, Sylvester Stallone, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Reese Witherspoon, Emily Blunt and Scarlett Johansson.

Additionally, the season 7 premiere week will spotlight the heroes who rescued campers from the flood in Texas in July.

While Kelly’s show has been off for the summer, she hasn’t been absent from our screens. Her Kelly Clarkson: Songs & Stories four-part special, which features her chatting and singing with musicians like Jonas Brothers and Teddy Swims, began airing on NBC in August.

Kelly, whose former husband Brandon Blackstock, the father of her children, died of cancer on Aug. 7, is also set to return to The Voice in the spring of 2026.

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The Way of Water is sailing back into movie theaters.

20th Century Studios has announced an upcoming theatrical rerelease of Avatar: The Way of Water. The Oscar-winning 2022 sequel film from director James Cameron is being rereleased in 3D exclusively in theaters globally for one week. The special engagement begins on Oct. 3.

This sequel film is set over a decade after the events of Avatar. It tells “the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure,” according to an official synopsis. “All of this against the backdrop of the breathtaking seascapes of Pandora, where audiences are introduced to new Na’vi cultures and a range of exotic sea creatures.”

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña star as Jake Sully and Neytiri. Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis and Kate Winslet also make up the film’s ensemble cast.

This rerelease gives audiences the ability to return to Pandora before the third film in the franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash, arrives in theaters on Dec. 19.

Avatar: The Way of Water earned more than $2.3 billion worldwide. It is the third highest-grossing film of all time, behind only Cameron’s original Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.

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The official teaser trailer for A House of Dynamite has arrived.

Netflix released the trailer for Kathryn Bigelow‘s latest film on Wednesday, just after it made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

The film follows what happens when a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States. The incident starts a race to figure out who or what is responsible for it and how to respond.

A star-studded ensemble cast led by Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson tells the story of “a minute-by-minute account of what the highest levels of government would do in the face of a nuclear attack on America,” according to a description from Netflix.

Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee and Jason Clarke also star in the film.

The teaser trailer show tense scenes of the film’s characters coming to terms with the fact that the country is in grave danger, all set to a voice-over from the late astronomer Carl Sagan.

“In our obscurity there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves,” Sagan says. “The Earth is where we make our stand. It underscores our responsibility to preserve and cherish the only home we’ve ever known.”

Bigelow became the first woman to win the Oscar for best director for her 2010 film The Hurt Locker. She is also known for directing Point Break and Zero Dark Thirty.

A House of Dynamite debuts in select theaters in the U.K. on Oct. 3. It arrives in select theaters globally on Oct. 10 before making its streaming debut on Oct. 24.

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A new cast of celebrities is stepping into the ballroom to put their dance skills to the test on Dancing with the Stars.

Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles, actors Corey Feldman and Danielle Fishel, and author Hilaria Baldwin are among the celebrities who will be competing on season 34 of the hit dance competition series.

The full cast, announced Wednesday on Good Morning America, also includes social media stars Dylan Efron and Alix Earle, wildlife advocate Robert Irwin, Pentatonix star Scott Hoying, Fifth Harmony singer Lauren Jauregui, comedian Andy Richter, and Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck, stars of the reality TV series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars premieres Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. ET and PT on ABC and Disney+, and streams the next day on Hulu on Disney+ and Hulu.

Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough are returning as co-hosts for season 34 alongside judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.

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Oh, Jane! Jane Krakowski has joined the cast of the Tony-winning Broadway play Oh, Mary! The actress will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the show starting this fall. “Icon of the American stage Jane Krakowski is Mary Todd Lincoln beginning October 14 for 8 WEEKS ONLY!” the official Oh, Mary! account shared on Instagram …

We now know who will star in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of The Age of Innocence. Camila Morrone, Kristine Frøseth and Ben Radcliffe will star as Ellen Olenska, May Welland and Newland Archer in the upcoming limited series. Margo Martindale also joins the cast as Mrs. Manson-Mingott. The show will be based on Edith Wharton‘s classic forbidden love story set in 19th century New York City …

Jason Segel has joined the cast of Angelina Jolie‘s latest film. Deadline reports that Segel will star opposite Jolie in Anxious People, a film about an investment banker who gets taken hostage by a reluctant bank robber the day before Christmas Eve. The White Lotus breakout Aimee Lou Wood also stars in the film, which is based on Fredrik Backman‘s novel …

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KPop Demon Hunters continues to stay on top. The animated movie is Netflix’s most popular of all time, and while it has connected with those of all ages, younger people are really into the film.

Arden Cho, who voices Rumi in the film, told ABC Audio why she thinks the movie has resonated with younger people in the way it has.

“It’s nice to have your main characters that are essentially like modern-day superheroes or like princesses, but they’re not just perfect. They have flaws and they have insecurities. They’re empathetic and real and vulnerable,” Cho said. “That’s what makes them really relatable.”

May Hong, who voices Mira in the movie, said she did not predict the level of success the film has had.

“I felt it was a special project when I read the script and when we were working on it, and I knew that it was going to be so fun for me, but there was no way that I could have known,” Hong said. “I knew it would do well with a certain demographic, but I did not think that it would be the global phenomenon that it is.”

Although it is her voice that appears in the movie, Cho says she has been getting recognized out in public for the role.

“It’s really amazing how much children know now. I’ve had 7-year-olds running up to me and hugging me at the airport, and I’m like, ‘How do you even know?’ And they’re like, ‘I Googled you,'” Cho said.

KPop Demon Hunters is available to stream on Netflix.

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Five new faces are joining the cast of Saturday Night Live.

NBC has announced the addition of five new featured players to the cast of the long-running sketch comedy series ahead of the upcoming season 51.

The new cast members are Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.

While four of the new hires are brand-new members of the SNL family, Marshall joined the show’s writing staff in 2021. He frequently appeared on-camera as part of the comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy‘s digital shorts and now will be part of the cast for his fifth season working on the show.

Brennan, Culhane, Patterson and Slowikowska all join the show for their first seasons. Brennan was selected as a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy back in 2023 and has also performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Culhane is known for his viral TikTok videos and for being a regular on Dropout TV. Patterson is a stand-up comedian who is a regular on the comedy podcast Kill Tony, while Slowikowska is known for her viral comedy videos, and has appeared in Tires and What We Do in the Shadows.

This casting news comes after several cast members announced their departures from SNL. Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim have all exited the show ahead of this upcoming season.

Season 51 of SNL premieres on Oct. 4.

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Chloë Grace Moretz married her partner Kate Harrison over Labor Day Weekend.

The pair, who got engaged on Jan. 1 after seven years together, confirmed their nuptials over the weekend in an interview with Vogue, giving the outlet an inside look at their final fittings at the Louis Vuitton Atelier in Paris, France.

Moretz tied the knot with Harrison, a photographer and model, at the same venue in a private ceremony.

“We are overwhelmed in a good way,” Moretz told Vogue while awaiting her completed dress in the couple’s suite at the Le Bristol hotel.

Both women wore bespoke Nicolas Ghesquière designs for their big day, with Moretz in an old Hollywood-inspired light blue gown with matching veil, and Harrison in a white embellished bustier and skirt accompanied by a birdcage veil in front and a cathedral length veil in the back.

The pair changed into separate second looks following their ceremony, with Moretz sporting white trousers and cutout blazer with a cowboy hat and Harrison wearing a bodice and trousers set with a sheer overlay and covered buttons down the front, according to Vogue.

In an Instagram post Monday, Moretz thanked Louis Vuitton and its women’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière, who designed both her ceremony and after-party looks.

“Words can’t begin to express how this feels,” Moretz wrote. “Your generosity, artistry, dedication and kindness knows no bounds,” she continued. “We feel so incredibly grateful. Thank you doesn’t even begin to cut it, but, thank you. Your vision made our day all the more meaningful.”

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The third Knives Out film is coming to theaters.

Netflix has announced that Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Mystery will release in select movie theaters for a limited, two-week run starting on Nov. 26. This comes ahead of its Netflix streaming debut on Dec. 12.

It is unclear how many markets the third Knives Out film will play in. The sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery played in 600 movie theaters nationwide for one week in 2022 about a month before Netflix released it on streaming.

Rian Johnson wrote and directed the third film in his Knives Out trilogy, which features a star-studded ensemble cast once again led by Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc. The film also features Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.

This new film finds Benoit Blanc investigating his most dangerous case so far. According to its synopsis, it follows the young priest Jud Duplenticy (O’Connor), who’s “sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Brolin)” in upstate New York.

“Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven (Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Renner), best-selling author Lee Ross (Scott) and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Spaeny),” the synopsis reads. “After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.”

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6. It will also open the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 8.

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Disney revealed some new information about its upcoming movie slate at the “Destination D23: A Journey Around the Worlds of Disney” event, held from Aug. 29 to Aug. 31 in Orlando, Florida. Its latest original animated movie, Hexed, is slated for a November 2026 release, while Ice Age: Boiling Point is scheduled for release in February 2027. Disney also shared that Toy Story is returning to theaters for its 30th anniversary on Sept. 12 and revealed a sneak peek at Toy Story 5, set to hit theaters on June 19, 2026. Disney is the parent company of ABC News …

Warwick Davis is heading back to Hogwarts. HBO announced the actor will be reprising his role as Professor Filius Flitwick in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series. He previously played the character in the original films. The TV series is set to debut in 2027 …

Prime Video has canceled the YA drama Motorheads after one season, Deadline reports. But there’s still hope for fans out there – the producers say they are looking for a new home for the show. Motorheads stars Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Ryan Phillippe and Nathalie Kelley …

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