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CELEBRITY NEWS: OCTOBER 5, 2026
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Jacob Tremblay (“Wonder”/ “Room”) – 20 years old
Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs) – 37 years old
Kevin Olusola (Pentatonix) – 38 years old
Jesse Eisenberg (“Now You See Me” movies/“The Social Network”) – 43 years old
Nicky Hilton (Socialite/Fashion Designer) – 43 years old
James Valentine (Maroon 5) – 48 years old
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown/ “Divergent” movies) – 51 years old
Parminder Nagra (NBC’s ER/ “Bend It Like Beckham”) – 51years old
Scott Weinger (Fuller House/ Full House) – 51 years old
Grant Hill (former NBA Player) – 54 years old
Josie Bissett (Melrose Place) – 56 years old
Guy Pearce (“Iron Man 3”/ “The King’s Speech”) – 59 years old
Daniel Baldwin (Hawaii Five-O/ Cold Case) – 66 years old
Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist) – 68 years old
Karen Allen (“Indiana Jones” movies) – 75 years old
Bob Geldof (Band-Aid Concert/ Boomtown Rats) – 75 years old
Brian Johnson (AC/DC) – 79 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/5/26)
ACORN TV: Signora Volpe, Season 3 (Premiere)
CBS: FBI, Season 9 (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: CIA, Season 2 (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Harlan Coben’s Final Twist, Season 2 (Premiere) at 10pm
CRUNCHYROLL: Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Psyren (Premiere)
CW: Private Eyes West Coast (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Season 4 (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Sweet Deceit (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: 90 Day: Hunt For Love, Season 2 (Premiere) at 8pm

Never a slow day over at Paramount – if it’s even called that anymore. In today’s Paramount-Warner Bros. news:
-Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison declared Friday on X that the combined company name will be shortened to just Skydance. 
-And the job cuts are coming already. Warner Bros. film division leaders Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy will not be joining the megamerger, two sources familiar with the matter told Puck. Instead, expect Paramount Motion Picture Co-Chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg to remain at the helm at the new media behemoth’s film division, sources say.
-But it’s not all doom and gloom for other head honchos on the Warner Bros. side. James Gunn and Peter Safran will continue to oversee production for DC Studios content. Unlike De Luca and Abdy, this duo has had a direct conversation with Ellison about their future at the new company, Skydance.
-In any case, investors might not be so happy with Paramount right now. According to Bloomberg, the company saw its loans and bonds weaken just hours after issuing $52 billion more of debt to fund the acquisition deal. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

It’s not just you. Book adaptations are huge in Hollywood right now, reports TheWrap, beating out other major sources of existing IP like comics, video games and franchise extensions. In television, IP might only represent 13.8% of new shows, but it captures 37.5% of audience demand.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shine Iberia, part of the Banjay Entertainment web, announced a new season of “MasterChef Junior” is coming to Disney+ in Spain starting Dec. 18. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Disney also announced a new animated series at San Diego Comic-Con Málaga in Spain, called “Messi and the Giants.” The series will premiere on Disney Channel in the US and Disney+ globally sometime next summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix is renewing its revival of “A Different World” for a second season. The first season recently premiered on Sept. 24. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS renewed two additional seasons of the popular competition reality show “Big Brother USA,” show host Julie Chen Moonves announced. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBCUniversal’s Peacock greenlit a “Fast & Furious” TV show, continuing the legacy of the popular movie franchise. The project was first announced by star Vin Diesel (“I Am Groot”) during NBCU’s upfront event in May. While the exact title of the TV series remains undisclosed, NBCU is targeting a 2028 premiere date.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sticking with Peacock, Eddie Murphy (“Saturday Night Live”) will be starring in “The Chairman,” the streamer’s upcoming drama series with “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner. Murphy is also executive producing the series, which is currently in production. This role marks Murphy’s first regular TV series role since he departed SNL in 1984.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The long-awaited second season of “The Watcher,” from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, will finally begin production in New York this fall. The Netflix series is based on a true story about a New Jersey family who received anonymous threatening letters after moving into their new home. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

The NHL’s season opener on ESPN last week, which pitted the Florida Panthers against the Carolina Hurricanes, reached an average of 859,000 viewers – a 16% year-over-year spike compared with the league’s season opener in 2025.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tony Romo is officially out at CBS Sports after nine years on the air. The NFL analyst and former quarterback was placed on leave in July after being arrested in Wisconsin for driving while intoxicated. J.J. Watt will remain in his current role as the network’s lead analyst, which he took over from Romo this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Despite owning its own streaming service, Disney is licensing a huge slate of Disney+ and 20th Television titles to Netflix, including Seasons 1-2 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” Seasons 1-4 of “Will Trent” and Seasons 1-2 of “Tracker.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Verity – $32.6 million
Resident Evil – $12.5 million
Heart of the Beast – $11 million
Primetime – $8 million
Digger – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)