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CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

James Bay (Rock Singer) – 36 years old
Whitney Cummings (Comedian/ NBC’s Whitney) – 44 years old
Hank Baskett (Former NFL Player, Ex-Husband of Kendra Wilkinson) – 44 years old
Beyonce Knowles-Carter (R&B Singer) – 45 years old
Max Greenfield (New Girl) – 47 years old
Wes Bentley (American Horror Story/ “American Beauty”) – 48 years old
Rasika Mathur (Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ’N Out) – 50 years old
Mark Ronson (Music Producer) – 51 years old
Nona Gaye (Singer; Marvin Gaye’s Daughter) – 52 years old
Carmit Bacher (Pussycat Dolls) – 52 years old
Carlos Ponce (Puerto Rican Singer/ Devious Maids/ ABC’s Cristela) – 54 years old
Mike Piazza (former MLB Catcher) – 58 years old
Phill Lewis (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) – 58 years old
Anthony Weiner (former New York Politician) – 62 years old
Adrienne Maloof (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) – 65 years old
Paul Anthony (Full Force) – 66 years old
Damon Wayans (My Wife And Kids/ In Living Color) – 66 years old
Dr. Drew Pinsky (TV Host) – 68 years old
Khandi Alexander (Scandal/ CSI: Miami) – 69 years old
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Welcome Back, Kotter/ “Cooley High”) – 73 years old

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/4/26)
APPLE TV: Mayday (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Earle Meets World (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Instadocs: The Decoy Plane (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: The Program: Texas Tech (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: The Grand Tour, Season 7 (Premiere)

(SATURDAY 9/5/26)
NBC: Road To The President’s Cup (Premiere) at 3pm
NBC: Breeder’s Cup Challenge Series (Premiere) at 4pm

(SUNDAY 9/6/26)
ABC: 20206 U.S. Open at 3pm
PBS: The Marlow Murder Club, Season 3 (Premiere) at 8 p.m.
PBS: Marble Hall Murders (Premiere) at 9 p.m.
MGM+ : A Tale of Two Cities (Premiere)

ABC’s talk show “The View” will return Sept. 8 with Season 30, featuring celebrity appearances by Andrew Garfield (“The Social Network”), Florence Pugh (“East of Eden”) and Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Saturday Night Live UK” Season 2 comes to Sky Sept. 12. Hosting the season premiere is Jeff Goldblum (“Kaos,” “Law & Order”), who hosted the original NBC series twice in the ‘90s. SNL UK’s second season will run for six episodes before taking an end-of-year pause.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The three-part true crime docuseries “Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos” premieres on Investigation Discovery Sept. 30 and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The series explores Wuornos’ trial after the 1989-90 Florida murders and her final days on death row.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of “Gold Rush” will hit Discovery Channel Oct. 2.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Oct. 2, “The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd” returns with a new season on The History Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Warner Bros. Television has optioned global rights to “We’ve Decided to Go in a Different Direction,” the book of essays by former TV casting executive Tess Sanchez. The series adaptation will be a comedy, executive produced by Mindy Kaling (“The Office”); Howard Klein, who also executive produced “The Office”; Emmy-nominated actor Max Greenfield (“New Girl,” “The Neighborhood”), who is married to Sanchez; and Sanchez herself. The group is currently seeking writers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Paramount+ officially greenlit “MobLand” for a third season and announced that Tom Hardy will return, despite alleged onset issues with executive producer Jez Butterworth and 101 Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Judith Sheindlin – aka Judge Judy – returns to TV with a 90-minute prime-time special, “Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable,” to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the hit reality court show. The special is produced by See It Now Studios and will air on CBS Sept. 22. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

After a three-year hiatus, the “Soul Train Awards” will air simultaneously on BET and CBS for the first time ever on Nov. 27. The award show recognizes and celebrates music artists who have made significant contributions to the legacy of R&B and soul music. This year, the awards show is sponsored by Spotify and Toyota.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
By Any Means – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, David Strathairn, Josh Lucas, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ethan Embry, Giancarlo Esposito, LaChanze, Big Eisen-Martin, Will Brittain, DeVere Jehl, Jody Thompson, Zach Lane, Lee Perkins, Mike Hickman, John C. Martin, Daniel Annone

Onslaught – Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Reginld VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Blake Kennedy, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Rebecca Hall, Jacob Scipio, Leon M. Brown, Dave Campbell, Tyler Hall, Jasper Keen, Abby Townsend, Sarah Munich, Maurice Greene, Cristian Calloway

BROADWAY
Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows
https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-and-announced-broadway-shows

NYC STREET FAIRS
https://nycstreetfairs.com/event-schedule/

https://cititour.com/NYC_Events/2026-New-York-City-Street-Fairs/33756

https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/festivals

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $177 million.
(One ticket costs $5.00 as of April 2025)
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NYLottery.NY.gov

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $173 million.
(One ticket costs $2.00)
Powerball is played in 43 states.
NYLottery.NY.gov

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Kaia Gerber (Model/ Cindy Crawford & Rande Gerber’s daughter) – 25 years old
August Alsina (Rapper) – 34 years old
Shaun White (Snowboarder) – 40 years old
Omi (Jamaican Singer) – 40 years old
Garrett Hedlund (“Mudbound”/ “Tron: Legacy”) – 42 years old
Jennie Finch (Olympic Softball Player) – 46 years old
DJ Envy (Radio Host on Power 105 in NYC) – 49 years old
Stefan “Redfoo” Gordy (LMFAO) – 51 years old
Charlie Sheen (Anger Management/ Two and a Half Men) – 61 years old
Costas Mandylor (“Saw” movies) – 61 years old
Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) – 69 years old

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/3/26)
HULU: Chad Powers (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Gentlemen, Season 2 (Premiere)
MTV: Jersey Shore Family Vacation (Finale) at 8pm

The 26th Annual Norman Lear Awards announced the winning television shows for 2026, which include “Abbott Elementary,” “The Morning Show,” “Brilliant Minds” and “The Diplomat.”
-Formerly known as the Sentinel Awards, the Norman Lear Awards are selected by Hollywood, Health & Society as part of USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center. They are intended to celebrate “some of the best and most challenging TV entertainment of the past year that made a difference in viewers’ lives,” the website states. 
-The awards will be handed out on Oct. 29, in a ceremony hosted by Jay Pharoah (“White Famous”). 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Don’t forget, Apple TV has sports, too! Yahoo Sports will now stream free, alternate broadcasts of two MLB “Friday Night Baseball” games and two Major League Soccer matches from Apple TV. However, the partnership only covers the first two innings of MLB games – fans will have to subscribe to the main broadcast if they want to watch more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also in sports news, Prime Video inked a multi-year deal with the NHL to exclusively stream games for six teams starting with the 2026-27 season. For Amazon, the objective is to help regional sports fans more easily access regular-season games and pre- and post-game programming in the area. The move will also help establish Prime Video as a local sports streaming hub, as media companies compete with each other for sports rights in hopes of wooing more subscribers and advertisers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC+ released the first official trailer for “Kill Jackie,” the revenge thriller series starring Catherine Zeta-Jones that premieres Oct. 2. The show is based on the bestselling novel “The Price You Pay” by Aiden Truhen, a pen name for best-selling author Nick Harkaway.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix also released a full trailer for its upcoming limited drama series, “East of Eden,” starring Florence Pugh as John Steinbeck’s classic antiheroine, Cathy Aimes. The show premieres Oct. 1. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rounding out a book-to-TV trailer trifecta, HBO launched a full teaser for “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” which premieres Dec. 25. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Dancing with the Stars” revealed the celebrity cast list ahead of the double-premiere slated for Sept. 15 and 16 on ABC and Disney+, with episodes available to stream the next day on Hulu. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

On a similar note, Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” announced the new class of young chefs coming to Season 25 on Sept. 25. All 18 contestants are under the age of 25. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” returns with a new season, following the journeys of both new and returning couples building a life outside the US. The new season premieres on TLC Oct. 4.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV announced an Oct. 2 premiere date for “The Sisters Grimm” Season 2 and dropped a first look at the six-episode sophomore season. The animated adventure series, which is an adaption of Michael Buckley’s New York Times best-selling book series of the same name, is produced by production studio Titmouse.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Merry Berry Low,” a Korean rom-com set in Japan and co-produced by CJ ENM, Disney and Nippon TV, will arrive on Disney+ Oct. 7. The series stars Mio Imada as a strawberry farmer and Ji Chang-wook as a newcomer to their idyllic Japanese island. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nippon TV announced a new Netflix series, “From NEET to Peak.” The live-action, Korean-Japanese romantic comedy will star Wataru Ichinose (“Sanctuary”) and Suzu Hirose (“Human Vapor”) and is slated for global release in January 2027.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Irish production company Great Island is developing a series adaptation of the young-adult romantasy novel “Her Hidden Fire” by Clíodhna O’Sullivan. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Athletic, the New York Times’ sports outlet, is producing a nightly sports streaming show for free on YouTube. Starting on Sept. 8, the livestreaming series will run for three nights a week before expanding to five weeknight shows in late October. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Continuing with the sports drumbeat, the San Antonio Spurs chose the sports entertainment platform DAZN as the team’s direct-to-consumer media partner. As part of the deal, DAZN will exclusively air regular-season games beginning with the 2026-27 season for local fans. Those local airings will exclude regular season games already slated for exclusive national broadcast. 
(Source: Cynopsis)