{blackbabes} Meghan Markle To Co-Host ‘Junior MasterChef Australia’,,By Jesse Whittock

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She might not be set to appear in The Gentlemen, but Meghan Markle is headed for the Junior MasterChef kitchen.

The Duchess of Sussex will be a “special guest” on Junior MasterChef Australia, the Network Ten version of Banijay’s culinary cook-off series, and comes after an appearance on MasterChef Australia earlier this year.

She will host alongside Poh Ling Yeow when the show, in which junior chefs compete to be crowned champion, returns to the Skydance-owned Ten next year after six years off air.

“I had an incredible time with the whole team at MasterChef this past April, so when they approached me to come back and work with this young group of talent, it was an easy yes,” said Markle. “I love cooking with my own kids, so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see what they cook up.”

Markle hosted a lifestyle and cooking show for Netflix, With Love, Meghan, which premiered last year. Two seasons of the show debuted in 2025, but with Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix deal coming to an end, the show has also finished.

Yeow said the news of MasterChef Australia‘s return would be “met with plenty of excitement,” and added: “I had a lovely time filming with Meghan earlier this year, and being reunited will be a real treat. I can’t wait to meet our pint-sized culinary adventurers – I’m expecting plenty of delicious surprises and a little mischief, too.”

Banijay Entertainment’s Endemol Shine Australia is making the show, with Banijay Rights distributing internationally.

Markle has been in the headlines recently due to the allegations that her father, Thomas Markle, possessed child abuse images. The Duchess released a statement, saying: ”I am deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed.”

She has not had contact with her father since 2018, when she was made aware of allegations against him.

Last week, several cast members were added to the third season of Netflix crime caper The Gentlemen. Though Markle had been heavily linked to a role, she was not on the list and it now appears she is not joining the ensemble.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Watcher’ Season 2 Adds Madelaine Petsch, Evan Adams, Owen Painter & Quintessa Swindell

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Madelaine Petsch, Evan Adams, Owen Painter, and Quintessa Swindell have been cast in Season 2 of Netflix’s The Watcher.

The quartet of series regulars will join returning series leads Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale as well as fellow main cast members Margo Martindale and Isabel Gravitt. Production on Season 2 begins this fall in New York.

The Watcher and another Murphy and Brennan series for Netflix, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, debuted within a couple of weeks of each other in fall 2022, both stemming from Murphy’s big five-year overall deal with the streamer. However, while Monster has since returned for three more installments, The Watcher has been in a holding pattern. If Season 2 premieres next year, the series will be just shy of the record six-year hiatus for a U.S. series held by HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Season 1 of The Watcher followed the Brannock family who moved into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, and quickly became a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themself “The Watcher” were just the beginning as the neighborhood’s sinister secrets came spilling out. The series is based on the New York Magazine article ‘The Haunting of a Dream House’ by Reeves Wiedeman.

Brennan will serve as showrunner on Season 2 of The Watcher, a role he also holds on Monster. Murphy executive produces both series while shepherding his slate under the overall deal at 20th TV, which pays his overhead.

Series creators Murphy and Brennan executive produce with Crystle Roberson Dorsey (EP/Director), Nissa Diederich, Karl Frankenfield, Scott Robertson, Todd Kubrak, Tanase Popa, Watts, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.

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{blackbabes} Tom Hollander, Aja Naomi King & Beau Young Join Prime Video’s ‘Stillwater’ As Series Regulars

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Stillwater, Prime Video‘s new horror thriller series, has filled out three more series regular roles with the addition of Tom Hollander (Monster: The Ed Gein Story), Aja Naomi King (Lessons in Chemistry) and up-and-comer Beau Young.

Hollander plays Judge Jack Taylor, an authoritative man who weighs his words carefully, possessing both the warmth and charm of a country preacher and the cold edge of a cult leader. Taylor is the de facto leader of the show’s central small town, Stillwater — the designer of the strict system used to keep its mysterious nature a secret to the outside world. His connections run both wide and deep, and he’ll use everything in his power to ensure his hold over Stillwater remains unbroken.

King plays Sheriff Tanya Green, Stillwater’s relentless chief enforcer — compact, unpredictable and sharp as a blade. Unlike everyone else in town, Tanya is an outsider; she was only recently invited to join the community and awarded the position of sheriff by Judge Taylor, though their connection remains a mystery.

Young plays Galen Keegan, a character with choir boy looks and a feral energy, who was only 10 years old when E-Day occurred, halting his physical aging process, though his mind continued to develop. The experience changed the kids of Stillwater for the worse: Galen may look innocent but possesses the mind of a dangerous monster.

Ben Hardy leads Stillwater, an adaptation of the Skybound graphic novel by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez, revolving around his ex-con, Daniel West. In the series, when Daniel receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a substantial inheritance in the small town of Stillwater, he discovers a community where nothing ever ages, no one ever dies, and nobody ever gets out.

Other previously reported series regulars include Lauren Cohan, Mark O’Brien and Mia Tomlinson. Cohan plays Catherine ‘Cat’ Keegan, a former homecoming queen whose small-town charm has sharpened into something fiercer thanks to decades of old grudges and regrets. O’Brien plays her sheriff’s deputy husband Ted, with Tomlinson as her younger sister, Laura Quinn.

An eight-episode series, Stillwater is being shepherded by executive producers Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray, who co-wrote the pilot episode. Other executive producers include Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Robbie Rogers via Berlanti Productions and its overall deal with WBTV; Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Glenn Geller and Zdarsky via Skybound Entertainment; and Jonathan Gabay.

An Emmy, Tony and multiple BAFTA Award nominee, Hollander is coming off turns in Paul Greengrass’ The Uprising, Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Neil Cross’ The Iris Affair. Next up for him, at HBO, is Dune: Prophecy Season 2. He is repped by WME, United Agents and Anonymous Content.

King earned Emmy, Critics Choice and NAACP Image Award nominations for her turn opposite Brie Larson in Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry. She’s also known for starring in ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder and NBC’s Grosse Point Garden Society. Currently filming a spy comedy film for Netflix opposite Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill, she is repped by Gersh, Door 24 and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Young is an 11-year-old actor coming off his TV acting debut in the Lifetime movie The Babysitter’s Double Life. He is repped by The Osbrink Agency.

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{blackbabes} 2026 Daytime Emmys: Jonathan Frakes, Katelyn MacMullen, Paul Telfer & More to Present

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the presenters for the 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and TV Insider can exclusively reveal the full lineup ahead of the ceremony on Friday, October 30, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.  

Among the stars representing current daytime dramas are last year’s Lead Actor winner Paul Telfer (Xander Kiriakis, Days of our Lives) and last year’s Supporting Actress winner Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins, The Young and the Restless). They’ll be joined by Katelyn MacMullen (Willow Tait, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful) and Tamara Tunie (Anita Williams Dupree, Beyond the Gates). 

The lineup includes stars from some of soaps’ beloved past dramas, including Crystal Chappell (Olivia Spencer, Guiding Light; Carly Manning, Days of our Lives), Lesli Kay (ex-Molly Conlon, As the World Turns), Joe Lando (Jake Harrison, One Life to Live; Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman), Eva LaRue (Maria Santos, All My Children), Juliet Mills (Tabitha Lenox, Passions), A Martinez (Dark Winds; Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara) and Alicia Leigh Willis (Alli Fowler, Another World; Courtney Matthews, General Hospital).  

Genie Francis, who will mark 50 years since her General Hospital debut as Laura Vining in 2027, is this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Her husband, Star Trek‘s Jonathan Frakes, will present her with the honor. The couple met while filming the 1982 nighttime drama Bare Essence, then reconnected on the popular 1985 miniseries North and South and began dating. They married on May 28, 1988.  

Additional presenters representing this year’s nominated lifestyle programs and dramas include Derek Hough (Extra), Sunny Hostin (The View), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), James Preston (The Bay), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen). Matthew Hoffman (Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God.  

Beginning Monday, October 26, Extra will partner with NATAS for five nights of Daytime Emmy coverage leading up to the ceremony, offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at the awards. Mona Kosar Abdi, the program’s weekend host and senior correspondent for Extra, will host the pre-show red carpet stream on @TheEmmys YouTube channel, while correspondent Terri Seymour will cover the festivities throughout the evening. Nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards this year, Extra will also feature red carpet highlights, winner reactions and exclusive footage in its weekend edition the following week.  

“The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.” 

The ceremony will stream live on Friday, October 30, on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.  

Daytime Emmys, October 30, Streaming live on the official National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys app

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{blackbabes} Tyra Banks To Produce Feature About The Invention Of The Sports Bra With Forbes Entertainment

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Nearly 50 years after the invention of the sports bra, Tyra Banks, in partnership with Forbes Entertainment, will bring the stories of Lisa Lindahl, Polly Smith, and Hinda Miller to the big screen. The women are the inventors of Jogbra, the world’s first sports bra, which made its debut in 1977. Britt Brewer is writing the screenplay.

Banks will executive produce and produce through her shingle SMiZE Productions and will have a role in the film. Up next, production will begin a search for a director and cast the main roles.

The film is inspired by the story “Women Supporting Women: The Inspiring Story Behind One Of The 20th Century’s Least-Appreciated Innovations—The Sports Bra” published on Forbes in 2020 by Maggie McGrath, Editor, ForbesWomen.

Set against the backdrop of the late 1970s in Vermont, the film follows Lindahl, Smith, and Miller’s unconventional journey alongside the experiences of women confronting the physical limitations, deep frustrations, and expectations surrounding their bodies at the time. What began as a seemingly simple problem would lead to an invention that transformed women’s freedom to move. But the road to getting there was anything but simple or ordinary. Somewhere along the way, a man’s jockstrap became part of the solution. And three women had the audacity to rethink how support for a man could translate into support for women’s bodies.

“I’m a fuller-busted woman, and when it came time to work out, a great sports bra gave me freedom. I could run, jump, box. Move with abandon. And then I learned the absolutely wild story of the three women behind that freedom. I knew we had a movie. And it’s about damn time people know that the sports bra isn’t just some Lycra and fabric. Behind it were three visionary women, a wild idea, and the audacity to challenge something the world had simply accepted,” Banks shared.

“The Jogbra would never have happened if the three of us hadn’t come together,” said Lindahl. Smith added, “I just knew it would be useful. If there’s one thing to take from it, it’s that we really did make a difference in women’s lives.” Miller said, “There’s always room for a great idea, and always an opportunity to create something that can change people’s lives.”

Together they added, “Our story is about resilience, friendship, taking chances, and the power of three very different women coming together to create something that would help women around the world. We’re so excited to share our story on the screen. And what better time to celebrate the Jogbra than as we approach the 50th anniversary of its creation? We couldn’t be prouder.”

The Jogbra film follows SMiZE Productions’ recently announced feature about nail beauty icon Sally Hansen. Banks, SMiZE Productions, and Forbes Entertainment are repped by Echo Lake Entertainment, which led the charge in packaging the project. Brewer is repped by Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman.

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{blackbabes} Zendaya Set For Alex Garland Sci-Fi Film At A24

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As Zendaya continues to play out a killer 2026, she’s inked to star in an untitled new A24 sci-fi film written and directed by Alex Garland.

This follows the A-lister’s collaboration with the studio on Euphoria, the recently wrapped hit HBO series for which she won multiple Emmys, a Golden Globe and other top accolades, and Kristoffer Borgli’s darkly comedic rom-com The Drama. She and Robert Pattinson took the latter title to a worldwide gross of over $134 million. Previously, she’s been attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in Be My Baby, an A24 film from Barry Jenkins that we first reported.

Plot details for Garland’s latest are being kept under wraps. Shooting next year, it’ll continue a long-standing relationship between filmmaker and studio. A24 has worked with Garland since his Oscar-nominated breakout Ex Machina; other titles they’ve teamed for include Warfare, Civil War, Men and his upcoming big-budget adaptation of the video game Elden Ring.

So far this year, Zendaya has been seen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, an Oscar frontrunner that has exceeded $1.7 billion in worldwide box office, and reprised as MJ in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has done over $2.5B worldwide. Next up, she’ll be seen reprising as Chani in Dune: Part Three, the conclusion of a lauded sci-fi trilogy from Denis Villeneuve, out December 18. She is repped by CAA, Monster Talent Management and Granderson Des Rochers.

Starring Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw and more, Garland’s live-action take on Elden Ring is dated for March 3, 2028. Outside of his work at A24, he recently wrote and produced both 28 Years Later and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple for Sony Pictures. He is repped by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.

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{blackbabes} Nia Long Joins Teyana Taylor’s Directorial Debut ‘Get Lite’ at Paramount

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After starring in the blockbuster biopic “Michael,” Nia Long has joined the cast of Teyana Taylor‘s directorial debut “Get Lite.”

The Paramount movie stars Emmy winner Storm Reid and NFL rookie-turned-actor Ceyair Wright. Wright (“Space Jam: A New Legacy”) plays a talented, but sheltered, dance student who finds inspiration, love and family in the last place he expected: the subways of New York City. Reid (“The Last of Us,” “Euphoria”) is the girl who opens his life to new possibilities.

The role reunites Long and Reid after they co-starred in the hit 2023 thriller “Missing”; Long has also appeared in multiple projects for producer Kenya Barris, including his 2023 Netflix comedy “You People” and his 2020 series “#BlackAF.” She joins an acclaimed ensemble cast that features Leslie Odom, Jr., Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jodie Turner-Smith, Asante Blackk, Woody McClain, Tylil James and Khayr Bullock.

Production on “Get Lite” is underway in New York City, with Taylor directing from a screenplay by Maurice Williams, based on a spec script by Eric Gross that appeared on the Black List in 2020. Paramount has slated the film for a wide theatrical release on Aug. 20, 2027.

In addition to starring in the film, Reid will produce alongside Barris and Anni Weisband for Khalabo Ink Society; Robyn Simpson for A Seed & Wings Productions, Reid’s banner; and Bill Karesh for Offbrnd. Taylor is also producing the film with Courtney “Coco” Gilbert, under their production banner, The Aunties.

Last month, Long, a four-time NAACP Image Award winner, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, literally cementing her status as a film and TV icon. She most recently starred in “Michael,” the blockbuster biopic about late pop star Michael Jackson, directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Oscar winner Graham King. The Lionsgate film grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, surpassing “Oppenheimer” as the highest-grossing biopic of all time. In the film, Long portrays Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family, alongside Oscar nominee Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson and Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, as the king of pop.

Up next, Long executive produces and stars in the Netflix film “Don’t Ever Wonder,” reuniting with her “Love Jones” co-star Lorenz Tate. She is also set to star with Ice Cube in “Are We Done Yet?“, the third film in their “Are We There Yet?” family comedy franchise, and reprise her role in the next “Friday movie.”

Long’s memoir — which chronicles her life and career, including iconic roles in “Boyz n the Hood,” “The Best Man” franchise, “Soul Food,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Third Watch,” “Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s Club,” “Dear White People,” “Fatal Affair,” The Banker,” “Roxanne, Roxanne” and more — will be published in 2027.

Long is represented by Untitled Entertainment and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson, LLP.

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