Original Cast Members Returning to Iconic Disney Movie Franchise

The Cheetah Girls franchise is getting a new installment, and several original cast members are returning. The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen, the first Cheetah Girls film since 2008, is slated for release next year, and will feature stars Raven-Symoné and Adrienne Bailon returning to reprise their roles as Galleria and Chanel. Sabrina Bryan will also be making a special appearance as Dorinda, while Lynn Whitfield and Lori Alter will reprise their roles as Dorothea and Juanita. Kiely Williams, who played Aqua in the films, is not attached to the project at this time. Other names who have joined the project include One Tree Hill alum Sophia Bush as Jennifré and Percy Jackson & The Olympians star Leah Sava Jefferies as Galleria’s daughter, Faith. The film will follow Galleria and Chanel as they mentor a new generation of Cheetah Girls, accompanying them on a volunteer trip to a wildlife sanctuary in Africa. Production is set to begin later this month in South Africa. Raven-Symoné posted a video to Instagram celebrating the news, compiled of clips of her traveling to set in South Africa and ending with one of her next to a real-life cheetah.

Two actors from The Pitt landed Emmy nominations after self-submitting their performances when HBO left them off its official awards ballot. Brittany Allen and Jeff Kober, who played terminal cancer patient Roxy and biker Duke, were revealed on Wednesday to be in the running for the country’s most prestigious television accolade. “A week ago I couldn’t get a good agent if my life depended on it, and in the last hour I think that’s already starting to change,” Allen, 40, who previously won a Daytime Emmy on self-submitted work, told Variety following her recognition. “It’s not always easy for somebody to stand behind an artist based purely on their own belief in them.” The Canadian actress said that she “tends to do well when [she’s] in an underdog position.” Kober, 72, also a Daytime Emmy winner, saw the self-nomination as a triumphant act of pride for his work. “I felt like it was strong work, and I wanted it to be seen,” The Walking Dead actor said to Variety. “When you don’t need approval, you’ve got your own back.” The 78th Emmy Awards Ceremony, hosted by Law and Order star Mariska Hargitay, will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on September 14.

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Justin Verlander says the 2026 season will mark the end of his legendary Major League Baseball career. The 43-year-old pitcher revealed the decision in a statement posted to social media, saying months of injuries and setbacks helped him realize it was time to step away from the game. Verlander, who is married to model and actress Kate Upton, 34, thanked fans, teammates, and his family while reflecting on a career that spanned more than two decades. “This season has challenged me in ways I haven’t experienced before, both physically and mentally,” Verlander wrote. “Over the last several months, I’ve realized that time has come.” The veteran right-hander has made just one appearance for the Detroit Tigers this season. A hip injury sidelined him shortly after that outing, and a subsequent hamstring injury delayed a planned return. Despite the setbacks, Verlander said he remains committed to rejoining the Tigers before the season ends. Verlander spent 14 seasons with the Tigers and captured three Cy Young Awards and the 2011 American League Most Valuable Player award. He also won two World Series titles during his career and is widely expected to earn induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum when he becomes eligible in 2032.

Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff have reportedly separated after less than three years of marriage. A source told People on Wednesday that things have been “rocky” and that the couple is “trying to figure things out.” Qualley, 31, is the daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, while Antonoff, 42, was in a five-year relationship with Girls star Lena Dunham from 2012 to 2017 before they split up. Rumors of trouble between Qualley and Antonoff had been swirling for months. On July 7, fans noticed that Qualley appeared to delete photos from the couple’s 2023 wedding from her Instagram account. She was also absent from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations, which Antonoff attended with his sister. Fans also noted that Bleachers had dropped “Margaret”, Antonoff’s love song inspired by Qualley, from his latest tour setlist. The couple was last publicly photographed together at the 2026 Grammy Awards in February. Neither Qualley nor Antonoff has publicly addressed the reported split.

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Legally Blonde star Luke Wilson has become a dad. Wilson, 54, and his girlfriend Kendall Yates, 24, introduced their newborn daughter at a press event for Wilson’s new Netflix comedy, The Resort at Pelican Hill on Tuesday. Wilson and Yates’ relationship has remained mostly secret, except for their appearance together at a June 2024 premiere party for Horizon: An American Saga. The Anchorman actor has talked about wanting kids for a while. On a 2020 episode of Conan O’Brien’s late-night show, Wilson mentioned his brothers’ kids, saying, “I get along great with those guys, they’re great little kids and definitely the kind that make me want to have some kids of my own, which I should get on sooner rather than later.” In the same interview, he voiced fears about becoming an older dad. “I mean, Anthony Quinn, he had a child when he was 80. I just don’t want to be one of those dads that has to pay somebody in the neighborhood to throw the football with his kid [when] he can’t,” he told O’Brien.

LMFAO singer Lauren Bennett allegedly had severe reactions to an undisclosed medication that she had been prescribed for months leading up to her death, according to her father. Bennett, 36 at the time of her death, was announced dead in an Instagram post shared Monday by the singer’s former band, G.R.L. It has since been revealed to TMZ that police believe the singer died via suicide on May 29, though her official cause of death has not been confirmed, and an investigation into her death began on June 12. “As a family, we all rallied around her and did everything we could to support her,” the British star’s father, Richard Bennett, told The New York Post. “We have no suspicions regarding the circumstances of her death, only deep disappointment that, for five months, medical professionals and NHS services failed to treat her appropriately during her time of greatest need.” The ongoing investigation is led by Kent and Medway Coroner Service, and is set to continue until an Oct. 30 inquest.

If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.

Diving instructor Thiago Nahuel Pocovi, 26, has been charged in the manslaughter of her student, Sofia Devries, 23, who vanished during a scuba diving lesson off the coast of Argentina on Feb. 16. Two days after she disappeared, Devries was found dead. Argentine prosecutors found that Pocovi violated safety protocols and regulations governing professional diving instructors. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is still deciding whether the case will be brought to trial. The group of seven divers led by Pocovi was diving in the Golfo Nuevo in the province of Chubut when Devries went missing. The 23-year-old took the lesson with her boyfriend in the hopes of advancing her scuba certification, according to Argentinian station Radio Rafaela. Her body was found about 65 feet below the water’s surface two days later, and an autopsy revealed she died from drowning. After the incident, Devries’ boyfriend posted to Instagram in Spanish: “We had an underwater accident and we haven’t found her since yesterday. I want to find her!”

A couple drank their own urine and foraged for berries to survive after getting lost in a forest for six days. Chiara Pesaresi, 38, and her husband Davide Cesaroni, 41, survived for six days after losing their way during what was supposed to be a circular hike in the Friulian Dolomites in Italy. They had taken the Marini Trail but lost track of the route markers as they passed through a patch of dense forest. They came across a ravine on their first day and spent the night there to save energy, during which time they drank their own urine to avoid dying of thirst. They had only small food rations and foraged for berries before finding a stream with fresh water to drink from after two days. Unanswered messages from Cesaroni’s mother led her to file a missing-person report, triggering a mountain-rescue search during which their car was found near Pordenone. On the fourth day, they heard a helicopter overhead but weren’t spotted. “We built a shelter out of two densely foliaged pine trees: sticks were driven around them, protecting the shelter like an igloo against damp, wind, and cold,” they told Italian newspaper il Resto del Carlino. On Wednesday morning, a helicopter landed near them, and they were rescued.

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Jelly Roll’s ex, Bunnie XO, has been spotted kissing a new man in the rapper’s own bar just weeks into their divorce. Footage shows the Dumb Blonde podcast host, 46, kissing Dylan Wolf, a 24-year-old who appears on the Netflix reality series Calabasas Confidential. The two were together on the Fourth of July, up on the roof of Goodnight Nashville—a four-story Music City spot that Jelly Roll owns—in a members-only area. Under blue light, they lean into each other, then break to watch a fireworks display, Wolf beside her with a cigarette in hand. He leaned into the moment afterward, posting his own TikTok with the podcaster and hinting she would turn up on his show soon, captioning it “Undeleted Pod coming soon @Bunnie Xo.” Jelly Roll filed to end the marriage on May 18, following what was described as an argument on Mother’s Day, and word reached the public in mid-June. Bunnie has since said the two remain close after nearly a decade together and that her estranged husband is dating again.

The ex-wife of That ’70s Show actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson has undergone life-saving kidney surgery. Page Six reports that Havoc star Bijou Phillips, 46, had a transplant after five months of waiting for a donor. She had been on dialysis for that time, and has now expressed her gratitude on Instagram for having gotten the vital procedure she needed. “I am beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into help me, get checked to donate, you are all hero’s [sic]!” she said, sharing a picture of herself in hospital scrubs. “My wonderful brother [Aron Wilson] donated in the kidney exchange! He saved a life, and the life he saved had a special person donate for them.” She continued: “And then a few weeks later, the voucher program found me a perfect match! So close it’s like I got the kidney from one of my parents! I am so blow [sic] away by Dr. Veale and the magic he does! The kidney exchange, voucher program, and his surgical skills!!! He only cut the facia! He didn’t cut the muscles so I didn’t even really need much pain medication at all, just Tylenol!” she added. “I feel at five days out like I did four months after my last surgery! The technique he developed is brilliant and he is a lifesaver!” Phillips married Masterson in 2011 after meeting at a celebrity poker tournament two years earlier. They welcomed their daughter, Fianna, in 2014. Phillips has been dating Jamie Mazur since 2024. The businessman was engaged to Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio for 10 years with the couple having two children together before they split in 2018.