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Drake Bell Pleads Guilty to Child Endangerment
Former child actor Drake Bell has pleaded guilty to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Bell, former star of Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh, entered the guilty plea via Zoom in a Cleveland, Ohio court on Wednesday. According to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Bell, 34, engaged in an inappropriate online relationship with an underage girl that, “at times, was sexual in nature.” Prosecutors say the girl, then 15, also attended Bell’s 2017 concert in Cleveland. Related Video The attempted endangering children charge relates to the concert, where Bell “violated his duty of care and, in doing so, created a risk of harm to the victim,” according to prosecutors. The dissemination charge ties back to Bell’s online correspond...
Dan Harmon and Nathan Pyle Adapt Strange Planet for Apple TV+ Animated Series
Over the past few years, Nathan Pyle has become an internet sensation thanks to Strange Planet, his beloved webcomic series in which aliens describe everyday human things in otherwise oddball terms. Now, Pyle’s webcomics-turned-graphic novels are becoming an Apple TV+ show with help from Dan Harmon. According to Deadline, Pyle and Harmon will executive produce the new show together. When issuing a straight-to-series order for Strange Planet, the streaming giant also brought on Joe Pera Talks with You and Over the Garden Wall screenwriter Amalia Levari as a showrunner. Apple Studios and ShadowMachine, the animation studio behind Bojack Horseman, will produce the series as well. Pyle has two books to his name and still regularly posts comics online, but Strange Planet is by far his biggest s...
Loki Confirmed to Be Marvel’s First Openly Bisexual Character in Latest Disney+ Episode
Before Loki even premiered on Disney+, a promo clip revealed Tom Hiddleston’s character is gender fluid. Now, in the latest episode of the limited series, the Asgardian’s sexual orientation has also been addressed: Loki is officially the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first openly bisexual character. Loki’s gender fluidity, something that’s canon in both Norse mythology and Marvel Comics history, was casually confirmed in a shot of a Time Variance Authority dossier on the time-displaced villain. His bisexuality, however, was a bit more explicitly stated. In Episode 3 of the show, which debuted today, Loki has a discussion with the antagonistic female variant of himself (Sophia Di Martino). When Loki mentions that he’s technically an Asgardian prince, his trickster counterpart asks if he’d eve...
‘It’s Been A Roller Coaster’: Teen Mom 2‘s Kail Reveals PCOS Diagnosis
Kail opened up about being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) during tonight’s Teen Mom 2 episode. “I go through weeks and sometimes months doing the right thing, and I’m not dropping a single pound,” she stated in a diary cam pre-diagnosis. “I also have heavy periods, and then I can’t sleep. There’s just so many things I can’t control.” The changes in her body prompted her to seek medical attention. Blood tests and an ultrasound confirmed she had the hormonal disorder. “It’s been a rough little ride in this period of my life, but I want to get it under control,” the mother of four said on her Coffees Convos podcast with her co-host Lindsie. She then explained what women might experience if they have PCOS ...
Killer Mike Joins the Cast of Ozark Season 4
When Ozark returns to Netflix with its fourth and final season, it will pick up right where it left off: with Killer Mike. Season 3 concluded with a needle drop on Run the Jewels’ “ooh La La”, and now one half of the rap duo is set to appear on Season 4. Billboard reports that Killer Mike has signed on for an undisclosed role in the hit streaming series. All that’s known about the cameo role is that it will find him crossing paths with Ruth Langmore (Emmy winner Julia Garner) “at her lowest point.” Said the RTJ member about joining the Ozark cast, “I went from waiting to find out what happens next to being part of it… I’m excited.” Related Video Concluding the story of the Byrde family’s entanglement with the criminal element of Osage Beach, Missouri, Season 4 of Ozark ...
MTV Is About To Get A Dose Of Adorableness
Get ready to go “awww”…all because of some adorableness. MTV today announced a new spin-off of Ridiculousness, via an all-new comedy clip show, Adorableness, hosted by comedian James Davis (Hood Adjacent) and featuring panelists Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother), Ross Mathews (RuPaul’s Drag Race) and Dulcé Sloan (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah). Adorableness will debut with a one-week special event on Monday, July 19 with two new episodes airing each night, at 7/6c and 7:30/6:30c. “It would be nice for some hugs,” Alyson quips in the first look above. The show will serve up the cutest, snuggliest, most adorable videos ever. But don’t worry, it’s not all fluff: Cute kids will turn sour, fluffy dogs will attack and little old ladies may just curse like a ...
Friends Actor James Michael Tyler Says He Has Stage 4 Cancer
James Michael Tyler, who played Central Perk’s Gunther on Friends, has unveiled a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. In a new video shared through the Prostate Cancer Foundation, he said, “I was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in September of 2018.” He added, “My specific cancer went to the bones before it could be stopped — before I realized I had it.” He spoke movingly about his time in intensive care, explaining that he “nearly died this past October,” and “the fear of not coming back to see my wife.” He also talked about his mission of saving lives. Related Video “I accept this,” he said. “I know this is what’s happened to me. I’m not sitting here crying all the time. I want to save lives. I want to help.” According to Tyler, “If there’s one piece of advice I could...
Ted Lasso Is All Smiles in Season 2 Trailer: Watch
In just under a month, Ted Lasso will finally return to Apple TV+ for its highly anticipated second season. The show is a radiant burst of feel-good charm, and based on the brand new trailer that just came out for Season 2, it looks like the next slate of episodes will keep those good vibes coming in full force. Jason Sudeikis returns as the eponymous American football coach who’s trying to lead an English Premier League soccer team to a career comeback. Lasso is unceasingly optimistic, remarkably thoughtful, and dependably kind, even when he’s going through private hardships. There to help him through it in the second season is Brendan Hunt (who plays Lasso’s soft-spoken assistant coach) as well as co-stars Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, ...
SNL Alums Recall Bill Murray and Chevy Chase Brawling in John Belushi’s Dressing Room
This will come as a surprise to no one, but Bill Murray and Chevy Chase didn’t always get along. The low point, as Saturday Night Live alums Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman recalled in a new interview, occurred when the two prickly personalities came to blows in John Belushi’s dressing room right before a show. Curtin and Newman rehashed the 1978 scuffle on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “I think Jane and I — and Gilda [Radner] — both witnessed it,” Newman said. “It was very sad and painful and awful.” Reports have varied over the years as to the cause. Some allege the fight began after Murray made a joke about Chase’s deteriorating marriage with Jacqueline Carlin, after which Chase replied with a quip about Murray’s looks. In conversation with Howard Stern, Chase s...
R.I.P. John Paragon, Actor Who Played Jambi the Genie on Pee-wee’s Playhouse Dead at 66
John Paragon, the actor best known for playing Jambi the Genie on Pee-wee’s Playhouse, has died at the age of 66. According to TMZ, Paragon passed away back in April, but a cause of death has not yet been determined by the Riverside County Coroner. Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based improv comedy group The Groundlings alongside future Pee-Wee Herman star Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. Related Video Though Paragon had a brief cameo in the 1985 motion picture Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, he’ll undoubtedly most be remembered by fans for his reoccurring role as Jambi the Genie on the Saturday morning TV series Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Paragon also voiced the character Pterri the Pterodactyl, and wrote several of the show’s episodes, including Pee-wee’s Playhouse: Christmas Special, wh...
Hills Baby: Jason And Ashley Wahler Welcome Second Child
Another Wahler! The Hills: New Beginnings couple Jason and Ashley Wahler just welcomed their second child, a baby boy Wyatt Ragle Wahler. The Laguna Beach alum and his wife are already parents to three-year-old daughter Delilah. People was first to report the happy news. “Ashley and I are elated to have welcomed our beautiful, healthy baby boy Wyatt Ragle Wahler this morning,” Jason told People. “We are so excited to give Delilah a brother to complete our little family, and we can’t wait to raise them both the best we can. I can’t wait to be involved in Wyatt’s life the way my dad was in mine, and I hope to have the same bond I share with him.” “I can’t wait to be his coach and for him to be my wingman and mini-me,” he added. R...
Families Of The Mafia Is Returning To MTV
According to infamous mafioso “Sammy The Bull” Gravano, “If you’re going to tell the story, you gotta tell it all.” And Families of the Mafia will do just that when the docuseries returns to MTV. The gripping program is back on July 15, following Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. Filmed through the lens of a true-crime docuseries, Families of the Mafia will dive into the lives of five notorious mafia-tied families as they continue to navigate away from the underlying life of organized crime that still haunts them to this day. The Gravanos, the O’Tooles and the Laroccas are back — and two new families will enter the fold. From Joe wishing his father Billy was alive “to see all of the good” to CP reconnecting with his father, it’s time...
