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Prince Jackson, son of the late pop music superstar Michael Jackson, spoke with ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis in an exclusive interview discussing the new biopic about his father, Michael.

The 29-year-old was an executive producer on the film, which was directed by Antoine Fuqua — known for Training Day and The Equalizer. The biopic, which arrived in theaters on Friday, covers Michael Jackson’s 1960s rise from his childhood music group The Jackson 5 to his solo career during the Bad tour in the late 1980s.

Prince Jackson said the movie was meant to show audiences a side of his father, who is played by Prince Jackson’s cousin Jafaar Jackson in the movie, that they may not have seen before.

“For those of us, like myself and younger, that never got to experience that [part Michael Jackson’s career], I hope that it contextualizes the growth and the rise to stardom and the hard work and effort that my father put into it,” Prince Jackson told Davis.

Prince Jackson and Jafaar Jackson, the son of Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine Jackson, spent time together as children at Hayvenhurst — the California home of their grandfather Joe Jackson.

“One of the greatest experiences of my life — growing up with Jafaar as we did at Hayvenhurst as siblings, as cousins, making home movies to now here we are making a major motion picture about my father, his uncle — someone we both love very much,” Prince Jackson said.

The music legend’s son said he was surprised by how much it struck him to see Jafaar Jackson in costume as his father.

“[It] was really an emotional shock because I had not seen my father in a long time,” Prince Jackson told Davis. “And it was difficult to maintain and keep composure because I really just wanted to give him a hug in that moment. But I had to tell him like, ‘Jafaar, I’m proud of you. You’re gonna do great. But I need to take a little step outside and get some air.'”

Some critics have reported that the film was “sanitized” and did not dive deeper into controversies that followed Michael Jackson later in his life.

“I think that my father is probably one of the most misunderstood people out there,” Prince Jackson said. “And I hope that you get a glimpse into the life and the cause and effect that made him who he was.”

Prince Jackson also talked about his nonprofit, Heal Los Angeles Foundation. He noted how his father’s example sparked the decision to bring some families his nonprofit served to the LA premiere of Michael to give them a glimpse of the red carpet and the opportunity to meet cast members and celebrities.

“[Michael Jackson] still made time to give back and used his platform to highlight social needs,” Prince Jackson said. “And that’s where we take inspiration at the Heal Los Angeles Foundation … we want to inspire young people to be their best and to give them the tools that they need to succeed.”

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Andy Cohen is addressing the Summer House fandom after audio from the season 10 reunion leaked online.

The Bravo producer took to Threads on Friday to respond to the fact that audio from the season 10 reunion taping, which occurred on Thursday, has leaked and spread widely online. Specifically, the audio features Summer House cast members West Wilson, Ciara Miller and Amanda Batula in a heated exchange.

“People laid their souls out emotionally for ten hours yesterday and it’s disgusting and illegal for someone to leak or distribute this,” Cohen wrote. “It’s disrespectful to the work and tears the cast put in yesterday. Let the season play out. You will see it all in due time.”

Bravo posted a statement to its Instagram saying the network has launched a full investigation into how exactly the audio was leaked.

“The Summer House Reunion audio leak represents a serious breach of trust and a clear lack of respect for the cast, crew and the integrity of the production process,” the statement reads. “We take this matter very seriously and have launched a full investigation and we will take appropriate action based on our findings.”

The currently airing 10th season of Summer House has captured the zeitgeist due to a scandal that has been given the colloquial name “Scamanda.”

After months of rumors, Batula and Wilson confirmed they are in a relationship in posts made to Instagram on March 31. Batula is married to Summer House cast member Kyle Cooke, although they are divorcing. Wilson is Miller’s ex-boyfriend, and Batula was considered one of Miller’s close friends.

The Summer House season 10 reunion will air May 26 on Bravo and stream the next day on Peacock. 

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It’s time to solve that mystery.

Netflix has announced that production has started in Atlanta, Georgia, on its upcoming Scooby-Doo live-action series. The streaming service has also revealed that the show’s official title is Scooby-Doo: Origins.

The show’s previously announced main cast includes Mckenna Grace as Daphne Blake, Tanner Hagen as Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma Dinkley and Maxwell Jenkins as Fred Jones.

Netflix has also posted the first image of this live-action version of the Scooby-Doo gang in costume.

Additionally, Paul Walter Hauser has been cast as a series regular, although the specific role he will play has not been unveiled.

Scooby-Doo: Origins “will uncover how this mystery-solving crew, and their beloved dog, first teamed up to crack the haunting case that started it all,” according to the streamer.

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg will serve as the show’s writers, executive producers and showrunners.

According to Netflix, the show will be a modern reimagining of the Scooby-Doo gang’s origin story.

“During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder,” according to the show’s official synopsis. “Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.”

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Ready, set, binge! Here’s a look at some of the new movies and TV shows coming to theaters and streaming services this weekend:

HBO
Half Man: The new show from the creator of Baby Reindeer makes its premiere. 

Netflix
Running Point: Kate Hudson stars in season 2 of the comedy series from co-creator Mindy Kaling. 

Stranger Things: Tales from ’85: This animated series takes place between seasons 2 and 3 of the original show. 

Apex: Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton star in this movie set in the Australian wilderness.

Prime Video
Kevin: Aubrey Plaza lends her voice to this new adult animated series about a cat. 

Movie theaters
Michael: This music biopic tells the story of the King of Pop. 

That’s all for this week’s Weekend Watchlist – happy streaming!

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Jake Reiner, the eldest son of renowned director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner, is speaking out in a rare statement, saying, “I still wake up every morning having to convince myself that, no, it’s not a dream.”

“This truly is my living nightmare,” he said in a post on Substack on Friday.

“One thing I keep coming back to is how frightened they must have been,” Jake Reiner said of his parents. “They were the last people in the world to deserve what happened to them. They deserved to be loved, they deserved to be respected, and above all they deserved to be appreciated for how much they gave to all three of us and to the world.”

Jake Reiner’s brother, Nick Reiner, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges for the deaths of their parents and is due back in court next week.

Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on Dec. 14, 2025. The night before, Nick Reiner — who had been living on his parents’ property — got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News. Nick Reiner was taken into custody hours after the bodies were discovered.

Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Reiner, 68, married in 1989 and had three children: sons Jake and Nick and daughter Romy.

Jake Reiner described his parents as his “guiding lights, the foundation of who I am as a human being, and the most giving people I have ever known.”

“The love they have for me, my brother, and my sister is truly unconditional. And the love they have for each other in their marriage is something I always looked up to as the standard of what a successful relationship looks like,” he wrote.

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Scarlett Johansson is set to executive produce a TV adaptation of her film The Nanny Diaries. Deadline reports that Netflix is developing a series based on the film adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus’ book of the same name. Johansson starred as the titular nanny Annie alongside Laura Dern, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys and Chris Evans in the 2007 film …

Don’t miss the moment that The Moment makes its streaming debut. The A24 film will arrive to HBO Max on May 29. It will make its HBO linear debut on May 30. Charli XCX stars in the movie that is also based on her original idea. Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Rish Shah and Alexander Skarsgård also star …

It seems many people have been watching Euphoria season 3. Variety reports that the second episode of the third season of HBO’s drama series hit 8.5 million viewers across both HBO and HBO Max in its first three days, according to numbers measured by Warner Bros. Discovery. This matches the viewership of the season 3 premiere …

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Euphoria is so back.

Sam Levinson’s drama series has finally returned for season 3. Now that we’re two episodes into the third season, viewers are situated in the time jump and have met the many new characters who become part of Rue, Cassie, Nate, Maddy and Jules’ journey.

One of those new characters is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje [ah’-duh-WAH-lay ah’-kuh-NO-yay ag-BAH-zhay]‘s Alamo, who is Rue’s (Zendaya) new boss. He spoke to ABC Audio about what it was like to join the series in its third season.

“It was really exciting to be invited and to be a part of the journey of Euphoria,” Akinnuoye-Agbaje said. “These performances of this young cast — Zendaya, Alexa Demie, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi — they were some of the most powerful performances I’ve seen on TV in many years. So the bar was set really high. And I was just happy to come on board and try to be a part of raising that bar.”

Akinnuoye-Agbaje continued, saying fans will be “taken on a roller-coaster ride” over the course of the season.

“We follow these characters that they’ve [grown] to love in high school into the real world and see the cost of some of the choices that they make dabbling on the wrong side of the law, which is the realm in which Alamo lives,” Akinnuoye-Agbaje says.

Above all else, Akinnuoye-Agbaje says season 3 continues to put a spotlight on one of the show’s main themes. 

“Most importantly, I think the subject matter that it addresses in this season, as it did in the previous ones, [is] the drug use and the impact of fentanyl on the younger generation,” Akinnuoye-Agbaje said. “It really does spotlight and highlight it in a real way, and I was happy to see that and be a part of that.”

New episodes of Euphoria air Sundays on HBO.

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The new Michael Jackson biopic Micheal opens in theaters Friday, and while Diana Ross was good friend of the singer, she won’t be represented in the film.

Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham was cast to play Ross in the movie, but she revealed on social media that her part of the film has been cut.

“Ahead of the April 24 release of the Michael Jackson film, I want to share that certain legal considerations affected a few scenes, including the ones I filmed with an incredible cast,” she wrote on X. “Unfortunately, those moments are no longer part of the final cut, though the team worked hard to preserve as much of the story as possible.”

Graham didn’t go into detail about the scenes. Variety reported in early April that the film went through $15 million worth of reshoots and cut out scenes pertaining to Jackson’s child molestation accusations because a settlement with one of the singer’s accusers, Jordan Chandler, prevented his portrayal in the film.

Michael stars Michael’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, with Colman Domingo playing the star’s father, Joe Jackson.

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Get ready for some news that may leave you totally buggin’.

Peacock is no longer moving forward with the Clueless sequel series it had in development, ABC Audio has confirmed.

The show, which had planned to bring Alicia Silverstone back to her iconic role of Cher Horowitz, was announced to be in development at the streaming service in April 2025.

While exact plot details for the show had never been revealed, we know that it was meant to pick up with what happened in Cher’s life many years after the events of the 1995 film Clueless.

Along with Silverstone, the original movie starred Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer and Dan Hedaya.

In an appearance on Today in August 2025, Silverstone said she was “really excited” about the TV show.

“I think we’re going to try really hard. The goal is to make it honor what everyone loves about Clueless and Cher,” she said.

Silverstone also said she wanted to pay tribute to the source material while creating something new.

“So we want to honor that, but also bring something fresh and new to it. I’m confident that we’ll be able to do that, but we’re in baby stages right now,” Silverstone said.

While the show is no longer moving forward at Peacock, Variety, which first broke the story, reports CBS Studios and Paramount are still high on the project and expect it to “generate significant interest in the marketplace” when it’s taken out to buyers again.

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Body horror is on full display in the Clayface teaser trailer.

DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first trailer for the upcoming thriller film from director James Watkins. It stars relative newcomer Tom Rhys Harries as the titular Gotham City villain.

According to its official description, Clayface “unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.”

The teaser, which runs for just over a minute, finds Harries in character as the titular villain. He lies down, covered head to toe in bandages, on what appears to be a hospital bed. As he rests, we see moments from his Hollywood past in quick flashbacks. It is all cross-cut with imagery of his body and face changing in many different ways.

The Batman director Matt Reeves is producing Clayface from a script by Mike Flanagan, who is known for his Netflix horror projects The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. DC Studios co-head James Gunn also produces the project, which marks the studio’s first-ever foray into the horror genre.

Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll and Joshua James also star in the upcoming film.

Clayface opens in theaters just ahead of Halloween on Oct. 23.

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