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A trio divided. Gloria Estefan has formed separate friendships with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — which made headlines due to a performance at the 2020 Super Bowl.

William Earl Steven Banks has joined Variety as creative director.The publishing veteran will steer the brand’s design and aesthetic across all editorial platforms, reporting to Variety incoming co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton. Banks is leading a department that is seeing record levels of activity for Variety’s weekly print magazine, as well as dozens of digital and print Extra Editions each year around events such as the Oscars, the Emmys, the Cannes Film Festival and more.“We are thrilled to have Steven join our team to enhance the look of our award-winning magazine and continue to strengthen our digital storytelling for our millions of readers and followers,” said Setoodeh.

William Earl Jennifer Dorn has been promoted to visual content director at Variety.The four-year Variety veteran oversees all photography and photo imagery for the brand. She reports to incoming co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and Variety co-editor-in-chief Cynthia LittletonBased in Los Angeles, Dorn has significantly expanded Variety‘s investment in original photography.

“Killing It” has been renewed for a second season at Peacock.The Craig Robinson–led comedy is a show that probes the stressors of America’s dog-eat-dog system of capitalism — via the killing of very large snakes. Season 2 will further expand Robinson’s “quest to achieve the American dream,” per the streamer.“We knew we had a rare gem with ‘Killing It’ and are thrilled Peacock audiences sank their teeth into this series, led by comedic legend Craig Robinson,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.  “We can’t wait to tell more twists and turns of one person’s hilarious, persistent pursuit of the American dream, from the incomparable creative minds of Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici and our partners at UTV, as Peacock continues to be a home for unique, thought-provoking and humor-filled comedies.”  “Killing It” stars Robinson as a struggling prison guard trying to raise $20,000 to buy some land of his own, while also navigating co-parenting a daughter with his ex, who might be moving to another state. In the middle of this, he meets a rideshare driver aiming to win a snake hunting contest worth … $20,000 dollars.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Killing It” has been renewed for Season 2 at Peacock, Variety has learned.Series star Craig Robinson will return for the second season, with the first season having launched back in April. The first season consisted of 10 episodes.

The Craig Robinson starrer Killing It will be back for a second season. Peacock renewed the comedy from co-showrunners/executive producers Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici.

Reservation Dogs is returning for a second season, with the first two episodes arriving in August – watch a new clip teasing the show’s return below.Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, and Lane Factor are all set to return for the show’s second season, which follows “four Native teenagers in rural Oklahoma who spend their days committing crime… and fighting it”. The show takes its name from Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, and shares some plot similarities.The second season rejoins the wannabe criminal gangs of teens after having disbanded, with Elora (Jacobs) having left for California with Jackie (Elva Guerra), the gang’s sworn enemy.Other Reservation Dogs regulars returning to action include Sarah and Jennifer Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Farmer, Jon Proudstar, and Dallas Goldtooth.

Jennifer Lopez “got loud” with her daughter Emme in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Sutton Stracke is set to join best friend Jennifer Tilly in an episode of season 2. The star will play a guest attending a party hosted by Tilly’s character, Tiffany Valentine, on the horror series. Stracke took to Instagram to thank creator Don Mancini “for this opportunity.” “Thank you for allowing me into this amazing world.

EXCLUSIVE: Lara Jean Chorostecki has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in the upcoming second season of USA Network and Syfy’s Chucky. A premiere date is TBD. The series hails from the movie franchise creator/writer Don Mancini who serves as showrunner, and Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca.

previously canceled at Showtime earlier this year.Based on Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name, the drama explores the fallout of the “tattered American Dream” in a rustic Pennsylvania town through the lens of the police chief Del Harris (Daniels, who also executive produces). When the son of the woman he loves, Grace Poe (Tierney), is accused of murder, he’s forced to decide how far he’s willing to go in order to protect him. “I’m grateful to Amazon Freevee for giving us the chance to make Season Two of ‘American Rust,’” Daniels said in a statement.

Freevee has come to the rescue for American Rust. Amazon’s free ad-supported video on demand streaming service (formerly IMDb TV) has ordered a second season of the Rust Belt drama series, with Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney returning to lead the cast.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon Freevee is bringing back “American Rust” for Season 2 following the show’s cancellation at Showtime.“American Rust,” based on the Philipp Meyer novel of the same name, stars Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney. The show aired one season on Showtime in late 2021 before it was canceled in January 2022.“’American Rust’ is exactly the type of gritty and engaging storytelling Amazon Freevee audiences love, and we could not be more excited to bring this prestige series to our customers, free of charge,” said Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, co-heads of content and programming at Amazon Freevee.

AMC Networks’ IFC has given a thumbs-up to SisterS, a new original comedy-drama series from Sarah Goldberg (Barry) and Susan Stanley (Hotel Amenities). The series has been in development with Peer Pressure, Shaftesbury, RTÉ and Declan Lowney (Ted Lasso, Alan Partridge). Lowney will direct the first three episodes of the six episode, half-hour series.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Stranger Things” Season 4, Volume 1 has already smashed multiple Netflix viewership records in less than two weeks after its release, and anticipation for Volume 2’s July 1 launch is building more by the day. But the success of the streamer’s first-ever two-batch drop with just over a month in between releases does not mean Netflix is considering shaking up the “Stranger Things” model further ahead of its fifth and final season, meaning there are no plans to shift the Duffer Brothers series to a weekly release.“For the fans of ‘Stranger Things,’ this is how they’ve been watching that show, and I think to change that on them would be disappointing,” Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for U.S.

Gemma Owen was branded "rude" as she criticised her Love Island co-star Luca Bish's last name.The ITV2 dating show series kicked off with a bang on Monday evening, with Gemma having already raised eyebrows after revealing her actual age and being compared to US singer Madison Beer. And viewers were none too pleased with the reaction the daughter of footballing legend Michael Owen had when Luca revealed his full name.