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A sequel to Netflix’s smash hit animated musical movie ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is officially in the works at Netflix, slated to premiere in 2029.

Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans are returning to direct the follow-up to the original film, which spawned a Top 10, chart-topping soundtrack album and sing-along events in cinemas. The voice cast for the film includes Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yunjin Kim, Joel Kim Booster, Liza Koshy, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong, and Byung Hun Lee.

The original KPop Demon Hunters chronicles the adventures of HUNTR/X, a K-pop girl group comprised of three members who also fight monsters from the underworld.  The singers behind HUNTR/X — EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — have been performing their chart-topping song ‘Golden’ with live performances on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, as well as performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen have joined Netflix’s upcoming “Star Search” reboot as judges, with Anthony Anderson serving as host of the talent competition show.

The new iteration of the talent competition series will premiere on the streamer on Jan. 20, 2026, with episodes airing live Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The five-week event will feature real-time voting via TV remote or mobile app to help pick which contestants advance in the competition. See the teaser trailer: HERE.

Per the official logline: “Off the air for 20 years, the show returns as a nostalgic yet fresh entry in the talent competition space – ready to captivate both longtime fans and a whole new generation. The talent is bigger, the stakes are higher, and the format is more interactive than ever. Each episode will spotlight the best up-and-coming performers across numerous categories – music, dance, variety, comedy, magic and juniors – as they compete head to head for their shot at stardom. With an arced competition structure and weekly eliminations with real-time global voting, the series builds dramatic momentum, making every live episode an unmissable event.”

Jelly Roll (real name Jason DeFord) is a seven-time Grammy nominee; his recent album “Beautifully Broken” hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Gellar, best known as the star of “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer,” is next set to reprise her role as Buffy Summers in the Hulu series revival. Other recent credits include “Dexter: Original Sin,” “Wolf Pack” and the upcoming Searchlight feature “Ready or Not 2.” Teigen founded the food and lifestyle brand Cravings and is a bestselling cookbook author and TV personality.

Hosted by the late Ed McMahon, the original series was in syndication from 1983-1995 and helped launch the careers of stars such as Beyoncé, Usher, Martin Lawrence, Aaliyah, Alanis Morissette, Kevin James, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Dave Chappelle, Adam Sandler and more. It was briefly rebooted at CBS in 2003, hosted by Arsenio Hall, but was canceled after one season.

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Emmy Award-winning actor and director Timothy Busfield appeared in court Wednesday after turning himself in to New Mexico authorities to face multiple felony charges involving alleged sexual abuse of minors. Prosecutors are seeking to keep the 68-year-old actor in custody as the case proceeds, citing both the current charges and a newly reported allegation against him from years earlier.

Busfield was arrested after Albuquerque police issued a warrant charging him with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. The charges stem from accusations that he inappropriately touched two young boys on the set of the television series “The Cleaning Lady,” which was filmed in Albuquerque while Busfield was directing. The children’s mother reported the alleged abuse to Child Protective Services, saying it occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024.  The investigation began in November 2024 after a physician at the University of New Mexico Hospital contacted authorities. Investigators said the boys feared reporting the incidents because Busfield was in a position of authority on set. Busfield denied the allegations during a police interview, suggesting the children’s mother was retaliating after her sons were replaced on the show, a claim later echoed by his attorney.

On Wednesday, prosecutors filed a motion seeking to keep Busfield detained pending trial, arguing that his release would pose a risk to the community. Prosecutors also disclosed a new allegation reported to law enforcement the same day Busfield surrendered. According to court filings, the father of a then-16-year-old girl alleged that Busfield kissed and inappropriately touched his daughter during an audition at B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California, an organization Busfield co-founded. The alleged incident occurred several years ago, and no charges have been filed in that matter.

Busfield’s attorney, Larry Stein, has denied all allegations on behalf of his client, sharing in a statement: “Tim Busfield denies the allegations in the criminal complaint and maintains they are completely false. As a voluntary step, he submitted to an independent polygraph examination regarding those allegations and passed.” Busfield also share a video to the media outlet TMZ on Tuesday prior to turning himself in, where he labelled the accusations against him as ‘lies’ — a move prosecutors criticized as an attempt to control the public narrative.

During Wednesday’s court appearance, Busfield did not enter a plea and was ordered held without bond.  He remains in custody at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, with a detention hearing expected within five business days, when a judge will determine whether he will remain in custody.

Busfield, best known for roles in “The West Wing,” “Thirtysomething,” and the film “Field of Dreams,” is married to actor Melissa Gilbert. Through her publicist, Gilbert said she is not commenting publicly during the legal process. “Melissa stands with and supports her husband and will address the public at an appropriate time,” the statement said, warning that online claims attributed to her, including AI-generated content, are not authentic.

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Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on Monday, January 12th after allegedly assaulting a ride-share driver, according to the LAPD. NBC Los Angeles first reported the news of Sutherland’s arrest.

PEOPLE say that Sutherland, 59, was arrested shortly after midnight when officers responded to the scene near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood. According to LAPD officer Kevin Terzes, “on January 12, around 12:15 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a radio call regarding an assault involving a rideshare driver near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim.”

Sutherland was arrested at the scene for “Criminal Threats, in violation of California Penal Code section 422,” according to Terzes, who added that following the incident, the alleged victim “did not sustain any injuries requiring medical treatment at the scene.” Sutherland was booked into jail a little after 4 a.m. and was since released on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 2.

A subsequent report from media outlet TMZ on Wednesday, January 14 say that Sutherland reportedly made death threats to the Uber driver before his arrest. The actor reportedly told authorities he was having dinner with a friend on Sunday, January 11, and rode in an Uber back to his home that evening when he told the driver to pull over and let him out. Sutherland reportedly said that the driver refused to let him out, and he went on to ask him two more times when the Uber driver called 911, claiming that Sutherland threatened to kill him if he didn’t pull over. The driver also alleged that Sutherland assaulted him with his hands. TMZ’s report also noted that there might have been a language barrier between Sutherland and the Uber driver; law enforcement sources shared that “when police arrived at the scene, the Uber driver — who spoke Russian or Armenian — requested a translator. LAPD then called someone who spoke his language.”

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Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway are set to star in Alone at Dawn, a war drama directed by Ron Howard for Amazon MGM. The film takes its inspiration from the book that shares its name, penned by Lori Chapman Longfritz and Dan Schilling.

Alone at Dawn is based on the 2019 book of the same name and is inspired by the true story of Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman (Driver) who was part of a SEAL Team Six mission during the war in Afghanistan in which helicopters were downed; he saved his comrades while sustaining multiple wounds and was inadvertently left for dead. During the night, Chapman came to and not only engaged in more fighting, despite being mortally wounded, he then fought more attackers when another U.S. chopper flew into the area. His actions saved numerous lives and years later, a movement began to award him a Medal of Honor. When a different branch of the military tries to quash the request (as it would have been admitting that the soldier had been left behind) eventually his Air Force Cross was upgraded with the honor, thanks to the efforts of an intelligence officer (Hathaway).

A release date has not yet been announced.

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Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning are set to star in Discretion, a legal thriller series from A24.

The show will arrive on Paramount+, per a press release. The series synopsis reads: “Lenny (Fanning), a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm, uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries put her in the crosshairs of the firm’s most powerful female partner Sharon (Kidman)—upending their mentor-protégé dynamic and raising the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?

The eight-episode show takes its inspiration from a short story by Chandler Baker (“Whisper Network,” “The Husbands”) and will begin production in 2026.

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