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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 20, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) – 34 years old
Naturi Naughton (Power/ “Notorious”) – 42 years old
Rachel Platten (Pop Singer) – 45 years old
Craig Melvin (Today Show) – 47 years old
Busta Rhymes (Rapper) – 54 years old
Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet/ “Mother’s Day”) – 58 years old
Mindy Cohn (The Facts Of Life) – 60 years old
Ted Allen (Chopped/ Queer Eye For The Straight Guy) – 61 years old
Kevin Frazier (Entertainment Tonight) – 62 years old
Tony Goldwyn (Scandal/ “Ghost”) – 66 years old
Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) – 67 years old
Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s) – 68 years old
David Paterson (former NY Governor) – 72 years old
Dave Thomas (Canadian Comedian, SCTV) – 77 years old
Cher (Pop Singer) – 80 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/20/26)
APPLE TV: Maximum Pressure Guaranteed (Premiere)
BET: The Oval (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Carizzma (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Desi Bling (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Kylie (Premiere)

Peacock is expanding its mobile app into a casual gaming hub, with Law & Order: Clue Hunter leading the charge. The hidden-object game puts players in the shoes of an investigator, hunting for clues and pinning down suspects to crack a case. The game comes from Wolf Games, the AI-powered gaming studio co-founded by Elliot Wolf, son of “Law & Order” titan Dick Wolf, and was built on the studio’s proprietary generative AI engine. Also on the way: a mobile game based on “Jeopardy!”. The bigger picture: Peacock wants to be the app you can’t put down — and gaming is its latest weapon in the battle for users’ screen time.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Travel docuseries “Best of the World With Antoni Porowski,” exploring Mexico City, Paris, London and food and culture expert Porowski’s hometown of New York City, launchesSunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. on Nat Geo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV’s “Love It or List It” is back Tuesday, June 12 at 8 p.m., putting homeowners to the ultimate test: stick with a newly renovated space or pack up and move on. The hit series drew 17.2 million viewers across platforms last season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After-show “The Vampire Lestat: After Dark” goes behind the scenes of each weekly episode of AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat,” starting with a special preview episode on Sunday, May 24 on AMC+.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 29 of “South Park” premieres Wednesday, September 19 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central. (“The Simpsons is at Season 37 and counting.)
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV, home to the classic Peanuts library since 2020, has new programming coming this summer, including a second season of musical “Camp Snoopy” set to debut Friday, June 26 and new special “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy” onFriday, July 31. And, for the first time, Peanuts classics “This is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show” will debut on Friday, July 3 and Friday, July 10, respectively.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC handed a straight-to-series order for a “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff, with Shonda Rhimes and showrunner Meg Marinis set as co-creators and writers. Set in Texas, the untitled series follows the team at a West Texas medical center.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Scooby-Doo!” is getting anime-ted. Fox FAST channel Tubi has ordered “Yokoso Scooby-Do!”, the animated series’ first anime version. The show will air on Tubi in the US and on Cartoon Network internationally. Japan’s OLM Studios will provide production services. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Talestorm has docuseries in development, “Deconstructing Dahlia,” following filmmakers, investigators, and retired law enforcement officials as they reinvestigate the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia. The team has already identified a suspect, a key crime scene, and the location of the murder. Now they’re focused on obtaining Short’s unredacted autopsy report — withheld by the LAPD for nearly 80 years — which may hold the case’s most critical remaining evidence. “Long-overdue closure is finally within reach for the Short Family,” said producer Kimberly Lupini.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions is partnering with Channing Powell (“Tales of the Walking Dead”) to adapt J.D. Barker’s 4MK book series for television. The novels follow a detective tracking the Four Monkey Killer — a murderer who removes his victims’ ears, eyes, and tongues as a ritualized message rooted in “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.”
(Source: Cynopsis) 

In her seventh collaboration with Lifetime, Tia Mowry (“Family Reunion,” “The Game,” “Instant Mom”) is returning to the network to star in and executive produce “Single Black Tenant,” part of the network’s Ripped from the Headlines slate for this summer. The movie, following a woman who begins to suspect that the home she thought would save her may ultimately destroy her, premieres Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

UK prodco Woodcut Media documentaries “Hitler’s Games: Berlin 1936 in Colour” and “The Space Race in Colour,” presold to Channel 4 (UK), are currently in production. The docs combine historical analysis with state-of-the-art colorization techniques, archive footage and interviews and eyewitness testimonies.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX Nation has a new special from comedian Jeff Foxworthy on tap. “The Joke’s On Me” is set to premiere on Monday, June 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Weather Channel special “Joplin: 15 Years Later,” marking the 15th anniversary since the EF-5 tornado tore through Joplin Missouri, premieres tomorrow, May 21 at 9 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s “The Rookie” wrapped Season 8 with 9.25 million Total Viewers, topping its Season 7 finale (up 4%) and earning its biggest audience in over three months, after seven days of cross-platform viewing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cable was the only category to record a monthly viewing increase in March, which resulted in its largest share of TV since October 2025 (21.4%, +1.4 pts.), according to Nielsen’s March 2026 reports of The Gauge™ and Media Distributor Gauge. The largest monthly gain across age demographics came from 18-24 year-old viewers, whose viewing jumped 8%, likely driven by March Madness.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 19, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Future Zahir Wilburn (Ciara Harris & Future’s son) – 12 years old
JoJo Siwa (JoJo’s Juice/ Dance Moms) – 23 years old
Sam Smith (Pop Singer) – 34 years old
Eric Lloyd (“The Santa Clause” movies) – 40 years old
Yo Gotti (Rapper) – 45 years old
Kim Zolciak (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) – 48 years old
Dario Franchitti (Race Car Driver/ Ex-Husband of Ashley Judd) – 53 years old
Rohan Marley (son of Bob Marley/Lauryn Hill’s ex boyfriend) – 54 years old
Grace Jones (Singer) – 78 years old
Pete Townsend (The Who) – 81 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 5/19/26)
BRAVO: In the City (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: The Nightmare Upstairs: What Happened to Ty and Bryn? (Premiere)
TLC: Baylen Out Loud (Premiere) at 9pm

Elon Musk lost his lawsuite against Sam Altman and OpenAI. A federal jury ruled against Elon Musk on Monday in his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, finding his claims fell outside the statute of limitations. Musk had alleged Altman and OpenAI broke their founding promise to operate as a nonprofit. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sided with the advisory jury, dismissing claims of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment as untimely — and signaled she was ready to toss the case on the spot. The ruling carries implications for the television industry. OpenAI has already begun expanding into media — the company recently acquired TBPN, a streaming business series, signaling an intent to move beyond AI tools and into content distribution itself. With the legal threat neutralized, OpenAI can now pursue that strategy with greater certainty.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sony Pictures Television is doubling down on unscripted TV with the acquisition of Alex Baskin’s 32 Flavors, producer of two “Real Housewives” series and “Vanderpump Rules.” Sony Pictures TV Studios president Katherine Pope framed the move as part of a deliberate push into premium nonfiction content and globally scalable formats. Baskin will continue running the company as CEO.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The animated spinoff series “Adventure Time: Side Quests” will debut onMonday, June 29, streaming on both Disney+ and Hulu. The Cartoon Network Studios production marks a notable shift in media homes — its predecessor ran on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC Global Media and comedian Chris Hardwick are teaming on the relaunch of the “I Think You’re Overthinking It” podcast. The 12-episode audio and video podcast will feature guests, including Billy Magnussen (“The Audacity”), Alison Brie (“Glow”), Nathan Fillion (“The Rookie”), among others, and be available across AMC+, All Reality, FAST channels, YouTube and digital/podcast platforms, beginning Sunday, May 31.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Blue Ridge” returns to INSP on Sunday, July 19 at 10 p.m. for a sophomore run. A sleeper hit, Season 1 cracked the Top 5 rankings on Prime Video.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Acorn TV has renewed crime drama “Dalgliesh” for a fourth season. The series is produced by New Pictures (“Gone”) in association with All3Media International and Northern Ireland Screen.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 45 of “Nature” premieres Wednesday, October 14 at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The season kicks off with a special episode featuring characters from “Sesame Street.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO’s “Harry Potter” series is in the market for a new Ginny Weasley — child actor Gracie Cochrane is leaving “due to unforeseen circumstances,” said her family in a statement. A rep for HBO said the network supports Cochrane’s decision and wishes her the best.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As Disney expands the slate of live programming for its streaming platforms, Disney+ will, for the first time, join Hulu in livestreaming the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits Music Festival. In addition to livestreaming the performances, Disney+ and Hulu will also bring back the Live Set, an on-site content studio at each festival. The festival season kicks off with Bonnaroo from June 11–14, followed by Lollapalooza from July 30–August 2, and wraps up with Austin City Limits from October 2–4.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox Sports continues its push for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, using its free streaming platform Tubi to launch a dedicated FOX Hub featuring Fox Sports and FIFA programming, plus original and exclusive content from Tubi. The platform will also simulcast the tournament’s opening ceremonies live in 4K, followed by two group stage matches: Mexico vs. South Africa on June 11 and the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Paraguay on June 12. With the World Cup on American soil for the first time since 1994, Fox is clearly betting big on the moment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX Sports is also revving up for its second Indianapolis 500, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” on Sunday, May 24 at 12:30 p.m. on FOX and FOX ONE. Play-by-play announcer Will Buxton sits alongside Indianapolis 500 competitor James Hinchcliffe and Indy 500 racer Townsend Bell on the call for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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