09/25/2026
Happy Friday! Here's another edition of , where we tell you 5 things that happened this week in entertainment news & pop culture. 🍒
💿 TAYLOR SWIFT RELEASES THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL: THE ENCORE
Taylor Swift dropped four additional tracks today as part of : The Encore. The songs reunite her with The Life of a Showgirl collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, and they include a new single, “Patient Zero”, for which Swift will debut a music video (starring Dakota Johnson & Colin Farrell) at Sunday’s MTV . She is also set to receive the inaugural VMAs Artist Director Honors.
📺 THE BEAST IN ME RENEWED FOR S2; CLAIRE DANES REPRISING ROLE
Netflix has ordered a second season of the previously-limited series . Claire Danes is set to return to reprise her Emmy-nominated role and executive-produce. Writers/EPs Howard Gordon and Daniel Pearle are also returning and will co-showrun the new season. Gordon just signed an overall deal with Netflix to develop new series exclusively for the streamer.
🖤 BELMONT CAMELI OPPOSITE SYDNEY SWEENEY IN HOLLOW
Off Campus star Belmont Cameli is joining Sony's Sleepy Hollow movie alongside Sydney Sweeney. The adaptation, , is based on writer/director Lindsey Anderson Beer’s forthcoming debut novel, which is a reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow told through the perspective of iconic heroine Katrina Van Tassel.
🎶 RYAN MURPHY CONFIRMS GLEE REBOOT SCRIPT IS COMPLETE
It looks like a reboot may be close to becoming a reality. Creator Ryan Murphy told Entertainment Tonight that he just finished the script for the reboot, and “around 10” of the original cast members are enthusiastic about the possibility of returning. Glee originally aired on Fox from 2009-2015.
🎬 JUDE LAW TO JOIN ARI ASTER'S SCAPEGOAT AT A24
Jude Law is the most recent addition to the cast of Ari Aster’s upcoming film for A24, . He joins a cast that includes Scarlett Johansson and Jacob Elordi. Aster is directing the film from a script also written by him, and the plot is currently entirely under wraps.
