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HBO Max announced on Thursday in a teaser that the highly anticipated Friends reunion special will premiere on Thursday, May 27th.  Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer will all be back for the special. 

The Friends cast will be joined by many famous special guests, including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon and Malala Yousafzai.

The Friends special will be an unscripted show, which has been dubbed a “celebration” of the iconic sitcom and its lasting legacy. The show, which first premiered in 1994, ended after 10 seasons in 2004, The reunion was originally set to premiere last year, but was postponed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus.

Watch the Friends reunion teaser – here.

Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max Has a Premiere Date, Teaser, and a Ton of Guest Stars

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NBC’s top-rated family drama This Is Us will end after the upcoming sixth season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an official announcement of This Is Us‘ final season likely will come Friday when NBC unveils its official 2021-22 television schedule. The news about the popular series ending is not surprising, as creator Dan Fogelman, the writers and various cast members have hinted at a six-year plan for the show.

This Is Us centers on the Pearson family and their loved ones at various points of the family’s history, and stars Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, Chrissy Metz and Susan Kelechi Watson.  The series debuted in 2016 to acclaim, and have won Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics’ Choice awards NAACP Image Award and AFI Program of the Year honors. It was also nominated for a Peabody Award in 2017.

‘This Is Us’ To End After the Next Sixth Season

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Ellen DeGeneres announced that her talk show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will end in 2022 after 19 seasons.

The Hollywood Reporter shared the news Wednesday. DeGeneres told THR that the decision had been made for a while, saying, “I was going to stop after season 16. That was going to be my last season and they wanted to sign for four more years and I said I’d sign for maybe for one. They were saying there was no way to sign for one. ‘We can’t do that with the affiliates and the stations need more of a commitment.’ So, we [settled] on three more years and I knew that would be my last. That’s been the plan all along.”  DeGeneres added: “I’m a creative person, and when you’re a creative person you constantly need to be challenged, which is why I decided to host the Oscars or why I decided to go back to standup when I didn’t think I would. I just needed something to challenge me. And as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore. I need something new to challenge me.”

DeGeneres will still be involved with Fox’s “The Masked Dancer”, NBC’s “Ellen’s Game of Games” and HBO Max’s “Ellen’s Next Great Designer”.

Ellen DeGeneres plans to end her talk show in 2022

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Broadway hit musicals “Hamilton,” “Wicked,” and “Lion King” have announced they will be returning to the stage on Sept. 14. The news was announced on Tuesday during Good Morning America by cast members Alexandra Billings, who plays Madame Morrible in “Wicked,” Krystal Joy Brown, who plays Eliza in “Hamilton,” and L. Steven Taylor, who plays Mufasa in “The Lion King.”

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that beginning later this month, capacity restrictions will be lifted. Broadway theatres had closed on Mar. 12, 2020, and have been shutdown for well over a year.

Broadway shows set reopening dates

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Broadway will be back.

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“Handmaid’s Tale” actress Samira Wiley and and “Orange Is the New Black” screenwriter Lauren Morelli welcomed their first child, a baby girl named George Elizabeth, on April 11. The couple made the announcements on Instagram in honor of their first Mother’s Day celebration.

“Happy 1st Mother’s Day to my beautiful wife, who four weeks ago today after laboring for almost 3 days gave birth to our first child — our gorgeous daughter, George,” Wiley wrote. “Welcome to the world, babygirl. We love you and we thank you for giving us the best 1st Mother’s Day two ladies could ask for.”

Morelli also shared the news of their infant’s arrival, writing, “4 weeks ago today, our daughter came into the world and changed everything. We are so happy, so grateful, and so tired.”

Wiley and Morelli tied the knot in March 2017. On March 25, they celebrated four years of marriage together.

Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli welcome a baby together

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Apple TV+ announced Monday that “The Me You Can’t See,” a multi-part documentary series from co-creators and executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, will premiere May 21 on the streaming service.

According to a news release about the series, “Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry guide honest discussions about mental health and emotional well-being while opening up about their mental health journeys and struggles. Featuring high-profile guests, alongside a wide range of people from across the globe living with the challenges of mental health issues and addressing their emotional well-being, the series transcends culture, age, gender, and socioeconomic status to destigmatize a highly misunderstood subject and give hope to viewers who learn that they are not alone. The producers partnered with 14 accredited and respected experts and organizations from around the world to help shed light on different pathways to treatment.”

Winfrey said in a statement, “Now more than ever, there is an immediate need to replace the shame surrounding mental health with wisdom, compassion, and honesty. Our series aims to spark that global conversation.”

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, said: “We are born into different lives, brought up in different environments, and as a result are exposed to different experiences. But our shared experience is that we are all human. The majority of us carry some form of unresolved trauma, loss, or grief, which feels — and is — very personal. Yet the last year has shown us that we are all in this together, and my hope is that this series will show there is power in vulnerability, connection in empathy, and strength in honesty.”

Prince Harry & Oprah Winfrey’s Mental Health Docuseries Will Be Out Sooner Than You Think!

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