The List for Friday, September 23rd 2022

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Vulture magazine says Shania Twain and Martin Short are in talks to star in ABC’s part animation, part live-action reboot of ”Beauty and the Beast.” Shania is going to play Mrs. Potts while Martin is going to play Lumiere. Josh Groban is playing the Beast. The special will air on Thursday, December 15th on ABC

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Mel Gibson tells the JoBlo movie website that ”Lethal Weapon 5” is going to be made. “It’s in the works, It’s one of those things that’s a no-brainer. They’ve worked on the script and he’s happy with it. He says it’ll come. I’m not quite sure when but it’ll happen.”

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Maddie & Tae have a new, eight-song EP out today titled, “Through the Madness, Volume 2”.  It’s the follow-up to “Volume 1”, which came out in January.  Maddie Font says the songs are meant to be “little beacons of hope” to remind us that “there’s still good things to look forward to.”

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Jackson Dean Says ‘Don’t Come Lookin” Was Inspired By His Mother .. “It just became a running joke, and that’s kinda how the song came to life, and she’s the reason behind that song. For a while she was like, ‘I’m the Disney mom that’s always dead,’ because I always used to write about my brothers and my dad. And she got the first radio single, so she’s all happy about it.”

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Dancing With the Stars Season 31 has already been hit by COVID. At least four cases were reported after the dance competition show’s Sept. 19 premiere on Disney+, Deadline reports, Dancing With the Stars employs more than 300 production employees behind the scenes, which is where the outbreak hit.  All four individuals who tested positive are crew members who work separately in “completely different departments that do not have in-person contact with each other, based on our pod system.”

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Jon Pardi announced he and his wife Summer are expecting their first child sometime early next year.  He said, quote, “Pardi of three!  I’m really excited to meet our baby and to have someone to ride around the ranch with.”

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