Month: November 2022

NBCUniversal has renewed The Kelly Clarkson Show for two additional seasons through 2025. The hour-long daytime program, currently in season four, airs in all 211 local markets in premier time periods across the country. The show shared the news on Twitter: “2 MORE SEASONS!! Can’t wait to share more stories, music and laughs with y’all!

Tracie Wilson, NBCUniversal Executive Vice President of Syndicated Studios, said: “Kelly Clarkson is one of the brightest stars of our time. With more than 500 hours viewed on broadcast, cable and digital platforms since its launch, ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ has been a home for stories that entertain, inspire important conversations and connect with loyal viewers across multiple generations in meaningful ways. Together, with our best-in-class producing team, we’ll continue to build on the show’s success and legacy.”

Since its debut in 2019, The Kelly Clarkson Show has earned 13 Daytime Emmys and two Gracie Awards for Best Talk Show-Entertainment, which recognizes exemplary programming created by, for and about women.

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Jennifer Aniston is speaking about her fertility struggles and IVF attempts for the first time.
In her Allure December 2022 cover story published Wednesday, the 53-year-old actress opened up about her “challenging” journey trying to conceive a child during her 30s and 40s.

The “Friends” alum said in part: “I was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road .. All the years and years and years of speculation… It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it. I would’ve given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.’ You just don’t think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed.”

Aniston says now she has “zero regrets” and now “actually feel[s] a little relief,” explaining:  “There is no more, ‘Can I? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.’ I don’t have to think about that anymore .. I’ve spent so many years protecting my story about IVF. I’m so protective of these parts because I feel like there’s so little that I get to keep to myself. … I don’t have anything to hide.”

The actress, who was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005 and Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2017, has fought back at the “narrative” over the years that she never wanted children and was a “selfish” partner whose husband left her because she “wouldn’t give him a kid.” Said Aniston: “God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child. … It was absolute lies.”

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Netflix has ordered two additional seasons of the series “Monster,” which will now go the anthology route. Netflix has also ordered Season 2 of “The Watcher.” Both shows were created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. “Monster” launched Sept. 21, while “The Watcher” debuted on Oct. 13.

“Monster” was a massive success, debuting atop both the Netflix and Nielsen streaming charts. It was also the number one show on the Nielsen chart for three straight weeks. The first season of “Monster” was titled “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” and followed the life and crimes of the infamous serial killer.  Per Netflix, the two new seasons will each focus on “other monstrous figures who have impacted society.”

Evan Peters starred as Dahmer in “Monster,” with Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, and Niecy Nash also starring.  “The Watcher” is loosely based on a true story and follows a family that moves into their dream home only to begin receiving mysterious letters from someone calling themselves ‘The Watcher.’  The first season cast includes: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, Margo Martindale, Terry Kinney, Joe Mantello, Richard Kind, and more.

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Saturday Night Live has announced Dave Chappelle will host the November 12th edition of the show, with a reunited Black Star (comprised of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli) serving as the musical guests. Chappelle previously hosted the show in November 2016 and in November 2020. The news was revealed during last weekend’s episode, which featured musical guest Steve Lacy and was hosted by Amy Schumer, and also posted to Twitter.

Chappelle will return for hosting duties following the midterm election in the United States, marking the third time he is on the show after a major election in the US; he previously hosted the episodes following the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Meanwhile, Black Star is hitting the stage just shortly after releasing their first album in 24 years, No Fear of Time. The pair are also the creators of ‘The Midnight Miracle,’ the award-winning podcast on Luminary.

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People Magazine has named actor Chris Evans this year’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’ The big reveal was made on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” with help from John Oliver and Dwayne Johnson. It was also revealed by the publication, which announced that Evans landed the distinction and corresponding cover.

The 41-year-old Evans follows last year’s “Sexiest Man Alive” and fellow Avenger, Paul Rudd. Evans said in an interview with People that he expects his friends to tease him about the title, while his mom will be thrilled: “Really this will just be a point of bullying. It’s ripe for harassment … My mom will be so happy. She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.”  Evans joins co-stars and previous Sexiest Man Alive winners including Ryan Reynolds and Chris Hemsworth. Other past honorees include John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.

Evans’ first film role came in 2000’s The New Comers and he played superhero Johnny Storm in two Fantastic Four films released in 2005 and 2007.  However, he gained widespread fame in 2011 with the release of Captain America: The First Avenger. He has since portrayed the superhero in 10 Marvel films, laying down his shield after saving the universe in Avengers: Endgame in 2019.  More recently, Evans voiced the Buzz Lightyear character in Pixar’s Lightyear film, and playing an assassin trying to kill Ryan Reynolds in Nextflix’s The Gray Man.

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