CNN Works to Keep ‘Morning’ Drama Off Screen as Don Lemon Returns

The franchise first launched in 1996 from screenwriter Kevin Williamson and the late director Wes Craven. Five sequels and nearly 30 years later, Ghostface is more popular now than ever -- thanks in part to the new creative team, Radio Silence, who took over ahead of last year’s successful reboot.Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet, most known for their witty 2019 slasher, were at the helm again for an Easter egg-filled sixth entry, and this time they held nothing back as they moved the action from Woodsboro to New York City.In, Ghostface targets the core four survivors — Samantha Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), her sister, Tara (Jenna Ortega), and twins Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding, respectively) — who were first introduced in (2022). This time, they're joined by a new group of friends played by Devyn Nekoda, Jack Champion, Josh Segarra and Liana Liberato.For the first time in the 27-year franchise, Sidney Prescott does not appear in the film due to a salary dispute with actress Neve Campbell.

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Vanessa Bryant returned to the Lakers Arena for the first time since 2020. She was there to support her close friend and Kobe Bryant’s teammate Pau Gasol. Vanessa’s last visit to the arena was the day of Kobe and her daughter Gianna’s memorial, where she shared an emotional eulogy.Vanessa Bryant remembers her ‘forever’ Valentine, Kobe Bryant, in a sweet tributeVanessa Bryant receives $29 million settlement in helicopter crash lawsuitVanessa and Gasol’s family were present at the Lakers ceremony where Gasol’s jersey was retired, honoring his career with the team.

It’s been a little over three years since Vanessa Bryant walked out on the court at the Los Angeles Lakers’ arena on Feb. 24, 2020, for the memorial service of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and their daughter, Gianna. On March 7, Vanessa made her return to the venue — then called the Staples Center and now Crypto.com Arena — to honour her late husband’s close friend and teammate, Pau Gasol, as the team retired his No. 16 jersey.

Kobe Bryant, and their daughter, Gianna. On March 7, Vanessa made her return to the venue -- then called the Staples Center and now Crypto.com Arena -- to honor her late husband's close friend and teammate, Pau Gasol, as the team retired his No.

Hayden Panettiere and Courteney Cox joined the new generation of scream queens at the premiere of their movie Scream VI!

Following the Islanders winning a party in Friday night's ‘A Couple of Sorts’ challenge, Ron and Shaq discuss the challenge, which saw Shaq suggest that he may have made Lana his girlfriend just because she's popular in the villa. Ron ask him: “I just wanted to see your thoughts on it or whether you thought there was anything to it or if it was just an opinion on the challenge?” To which Shaq responds: “For me bro, it’s a challenge and I said before I even made the comment that I would see how it looks from every single side.” Ron replies:: “I’m not calling you out on it, obviously it’s sore for me and Lana, and I’d hate it to plant a seed in Lana’s head.” Later, still discussing the challenge, and accusations of game playing, Ron tells Sanam, Kai, Tom and Samie at the mini fire pit: “When I was a viewer… I thought, the ones who have their drama nice and early and then get comfy and treat it like a holiday, they’re the ones who are probably like, they just cruise.

Angelique Jackson CAA has signed “Industry” and “Rye Lane” star David Jonsson for representation. News of Jonsson signing with CAA comes just hours after the actor was confirmed to be part of the cast of the yet-to-be-titled “Alien” movie, written and directed by Fede Alvarez. 20th Century Studios announced that Jonsson would be among the actors joining Cailee Spaeny in the sci-fi film — the ninth in the franchise started by Ridley Scott, who is returning to produce. According to a new plot synopsis provided by the studio, the film will follow “a group of young people on a distant world, who find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.” Also officially joining the project are Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“Rosaline”), Spike Fearn (“The Batman”) and Aileen Wu (“Away From Home”).

Angelique Jackson British actor Vivian Oparah has signed with CAA. Best known for playing Tanya Adeola in the “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class,” Oparah currently stars in the forthcoming rom-com “Rye Lane,” which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, Oparah stars as Yas, while David Jonsson (“Industry”) plays Dom, two twenty-somethings reeling from bad break-ups who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. (The film gets its title from the real-life Rye Lane in Peckham.) The rom-com follows the pair as they “help each other deal with their nightmare exes, potentially restoring their faith in romance.” The Searchlight Pictures movie is directed by Raine Allen Miller, in her feature debut, from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia. “Rye Lane” will be released on March 31 via Hulu in the U.S. and on Star internationally.

FIFA came under fire earlier this week for its appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador. The soccer world’s governing body said Lima’s role will be to develop, promote and participate in several initiatives around the world to help grow soccer. "When you get to meet Adriana, you feel right away her warmth, kindness, and how approachable and passionate she is about our game," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a news release.

When you have a film titled “Pi” and it’s on the verge of celebrating its 25th anniversary, what better day to re-release the film in theaters than March 14, aka Pi Day? It just makes sense. And that’s exactly what’s happening.

Vanessa Bryant has settled a lawsuit regarding photos that were taken of husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna’s remains at the site of their 2020 helicopter crash.

Jamie Dornan will be back for the upcoming second season of The Tourist!

Following the critical acclaim of the first season, BBC is moving forward with a second season of The Tourist with Jamie Dornan set to return. The six-part thriller commissioned by the BBC in association with Stan and ZDF was created and written by Jack and Harry Williams and produced by award-winning Two Brothers Pictures in association with All3Media International. Shooting begins this April.

K.J. Yossman Jamie Dornan is returning for a second season of “The Tourist.” The series, which was written and created by Jack and Harry Williams, is set to go into production in Dublin, Ireland in April. “I’m incredibly excited to continue the story with ‘The Tourist,’” said Dornan. “Harry and Jack Williams are brilliant writers, and I can’t wait for audiences to see how well Ireland and its characters are utilised to keep them guessing as the tale progresses…” In the off-beat thriller with a darkly comedic streak, Dornan (“Belfast”) reprises his role as Elliott, who wakes up one day in an Australian hospital with amnesia following a car crash. Danielle Macdonald (“Dumplin’”) also returns as constable Helen Chambers. In the second season, the duo head to Ireland so that Elliott can rediscover his roots. Soon, however, they get dragged into his past life – with dangerous consequences.

Love Island released an explosive first look on Sunday night as the ITV2 show confirmed that Snog, Marry, Pie is returning. During the infamous challenge, Islanders are tasked with selecting somebody to snog, then somebody else to marry and then somebody to pie.The contestants have to give a reason why they're selecting each person - which can often be brutal.

Club action returns this weekend as Manchester United host Championship side Durham in the fifth round of the Vitality Women's FA Cup.

Don Lemon returned to CNN early Wednesday morning with no mention of him stirring up controversy last week. Instead, Lemon saved his comment for social media -- posting to Twitter moments before going on air.«I appreciate the opportunity to be back on @CNNThisMorning today,” he wrote. „To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience — I’m sorry.

Don Lemon returned to CNN This Morning on Wednesday and issued another apology for comments he made about women on the show last week.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Don Lemon will be absent from “CNN This Morning” for a second consecutive broadcast as CNN continues to grapple with backlash to comments he made last week about the abilities of women over 40 — a crucial demographic for any morning-news program. Three people familiar with the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed network say CNN staffers got word around 3 p.m. on Sunday that Lemon, who had been expected to return to his morning duties after taking a previously-scheduled day off on Friday, would not be on air Monday. Sara Sidner, an anchor who has been getting more screen time over the past year, is expected to fill in for him, sitting alongside co-anchor Poppy Harlow while the third member of CNN’s morning show team, Kaitlan Collins, will report from Poland. Some CNN staffers have begun to wonder, according to these people, whether the network may be considering a shake-up of the “CNN This Morning” team.