Michelle Trachtenberg to Host 'Meet, Marry, Murder' Docu-Series

Rose Byrne is taking us back to the ’80s!

Chris Willman Music WriterWhen debates are had about what year in history represented popular music’s peak, the argument is often made for 1971. Apple TV Plus clearly gives some credence to that belief.

Celebrity MasterChef has announced its 2021 line-up and the rundown of hopeful cooks includes some huge names. The series will be broadcast over six weeks, with contestants tackling various cooking challenges.

Haley Bosselman editorOn April 21, the San Diego Unified School District is set to receive more than 2,000 age-appropriate, LGBTQ-affirming books. It’s the largest delivery yet by Gender Nation, a nonprofit founded by actor Morgan Walsh, who plays Ginger Flynn on BET’s “Games People Play,” and Keiko Feldman, co-owner of Juris Prods.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn retrospect, the opening of “All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur” tells us everything we need to know about the mentality and calculations that led to the team announcing the hiring and firing of mercurial coach Jose Mourinho, and its part in a proposed European “Super League” that has the entire soccer world in panicked shambles.The Amazon Prime series, released last fall, opens with narrator Tom Hardy gravely intoning the club’s history, which stretches back

Fingers crossed! Cameran Eubanks revealed that she would do a reboot with her The Real World: San Diego costars “in a heartbeat.”

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Regina Taylor (I’ll Fly Away) is set as a series regular portraying Michelle Obama’s mother, in Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady. Also cast in recurring roles are Saniyya Sidney (Fences) as Sasha Obama, newcomer Julian DeNiro as young Barack Obama and Evan Parke (Django Unchained) as SS Allen Taylor, Michelle Obama’s first and longtime security agent.

Jamie Lang Chile’s BTF Media has unveiled its next project, “El Estallido,” a six-part docu-series telling the story of young psychology student Gustavo Villaroel, who lost both of his eyes after being shot twice with rubber bullets by the Chilean police while participating in the social uprising in Santiago in October 2019.

Demi Lovato is reflecting on her new docuseries, Dancing with the Devil.

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EXCLUSIVE: Eager to bring Justin Timberlake back into the Apple TV + fold after the strong results of the Fisher Stevens-directed dramatic film Palmer in January, Apple won an auction and acquired the script to develop an hour-long drama series that will have Timberlake playing Gong Show host Chuck Barris.

Fox has ordered Crime Scene Kitchen, a new baking competition series with a twist, with Joel McHale set as host. Chef Curtis Stone and cake artist Yolanda Gampp will serve as judges on the series, from Fox Alternative Entertainment and Fly on the Wall Entertainment, set to premiere Wednesday, May 26 on Fox.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple TV Plus announced “The Line,” its first combination podcast-TV original — a bid to exploit the tech giant’s podcast footprint to seed signups for its TV subscription service.“The Line,” from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, comprises two non-fiction series: a six-part narrative non-fiction audio series that debuted Monday (April 6) on Apple Podcasts and a four-part limited documentary series premiering this fall on Apple TV Plus.The pair of original series

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Sarah Michelle Gellar is taking on a new role!