Deadline reports Netflix has won a competitive bidding war for the series Calabasas, an adaptation of Via Bleidner s book If You Lived Here You d Be Famous By Now, which Kim Kardashian is executive producing. Calabasas follows Via, a 16-year-old Midwestern girl who s forced to adapt to the fast-paced, superficial world of Calabasas High after her family moves to Los Angeles .CBS has axed the sophomore dramedy So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas, currently in its third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They join Young Sheldon and Bob Hearts Abishola on the network s cut list, along with Blue Bloods, which is in its final season, but will air its last episodes in the fall. The Equalizer and NCIS: Hawai’i are still waiting to hear their fates .Meg Bennett, who served as both an actress and writer on the soap operas General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, died April 11 of cancer, her family tells Deadline. She was 75. Bennett began her career in 1975 on Search For Tomorrow
Camila Cabello: Dimitrious Giannoudis; Lana Del Rey: Kayla Oaddams/WireImageOn April 19, Camila Cabello was Lana Del Rey s special guest at Coachella, performing her new single "I LUV IT," and the next day, she took to Instagram to gush about the experience.Posting a photo of herself and Lana embracing, Camila wrote, "not only is [Lana Del Rey] a once in a lifetime artist [but] billie [eilish] said it best, she’s the reason for all you b existence including me !!!!"Last weekend, Billie Eilish joined Lana onstage and said of the "Video Games" singer, "This is the reason for half you b existence including mine!"Camila continued raving about Lana, writing, "she’s inspired so many artists visually lyrically musically and moved the art form forward but I think you all should know that sometimes it’s good to meet your heroesbecause she is also disarmingly sweet and generous and loving also how is she so god damn pretty holy f
Beth GarrabrantThe board meeting has begun: Taylor Swift s The Tortured Poets Department has arrived.A post on the official Taylor Nation Instagram includes the "agenda" for the board meeting: "Department members will stream The Chairman s manuscript . press play simultaneously so all members can review the evidence together. Relaxed poets, consult your tortured muse before attending."The agenda lists what you ll need for the meeting, including a "department-issued uniform," "talismans, charms + snacks" and because it s Taylor a "dictionary."The album features 16 songs plus four bonus tracks available on various iterations: "The Manuscript," "The Bolter," "The Albatross" and "The Black Dog." There are two guests: Post Malone, on the song "Fortnight," and Florence & the Machine, on "Florida!!!" Taylor s co-writers include Post, Florence, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dess
Photos: Kenji Fitzgerald/Brigette LacombeFamily Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with a seemingly unlikely collaborator Oscar-winning movie legend Martin Scorsese to save some cartoons. The Seth MacFarlane Foundation and Scorsese s The Film Foundation are funding The Film Foundation s first-ever restoration of a "curated selection of historically significant animated shorts" from the 1920s through the 1940s.Included will be nine films from animation legend George Fleischer, the creator of icon Betty Boop, among many other characters.A program of the restorations, titled Back from the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts, will premiere during Turner Classic Movies 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at its Hollywood Boulevard location on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. PT, with an in-person introduction by MacFarlane.Seven shorts directed by Dave Fleischer will be screened, including Koko s Tattoo from 1928; 1935 s Little Nobody; The Little Stranger and Greedy
Scott Kirkland/DisneyHow many Jelly Rolls is too many? For one Philadelphia musician, there can only be one, and it s him.Jelly Roll, born Jason DeFord, has been hit with a lawsuit by musician Kurt Titchenell, who performs with his band under the name Jellyroll. According to legal documents obtained by ABC News, Titchenell says he and his band have been performing at weddings, galas and charity events in the Philadelphia area under that name since 1980; he trademarked the name in 2010.Grammy-winning singer Jelly Roll, meanwhile, says he adopted that name because his mom called him that as a kid. He began releasing mixtapes as Jelly Roll in 2003. Titchenell claims that by using the name, Jelly Roll is violating his trademark. The suit alleges that currently, if you Google the name, you get "as many as 18-20 references" to the Jelly Roll of "Need a Favor" fame "before any reference to plaintiff’s entertainment dance band known as Jellyroll can be found.”