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The Kelly Clarkson Show went all-out for Halloween, especially host Kelly Clarkson, who dressed up as Beetlejuice.

Kelly looked unrecognizable as she committed to bringing the character to life.

Seriously, she even had the voice down, which only made her as Beetlejuice more fun.

After her big reveal, the official The Kelly Clarkson Show Instagram account shared a video detailing all that went into transforming Kelly in Beetlejuice.

Kelly’s glam team pulled out all the stops to ensure every detail was perfect, and they nailed it.

“The making of @kellyclarkson’s Beetlejuice! #HappyHalloween,” read the caption on the Ig post.

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Kelly Clarkson gets ‘kudos’ for Halloween costume commitment as Beetlejuice

The comments section of the Instagram post was filled with love for Kelly, as fans praised her for going all out for Halloween.

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Several best-selling books have inspired new and returning television series this year as well as box office magnets like It Ends With Us and later in the fall — Wicked. Still novel adaptations more are in the works, like the many romantic comedies of Emily Henry and a few more Colleen Hoover best-sellers.

The year 2024 has covered the range of historical fiction like Apple TV+’s Pachinko or FX’s Shōgun, young adult best-sellers like and John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, science fiction with Apple TV+’s Dark Matter and Netflix’s The Three Body Problem and many more.

Still to arrive in 2024 are Hulu’s adaptation of Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown and more.

Read on for more TV shows based on books coming out this year.

Rivals – Disney+ – Oct. 18

Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black

Rivals on Disney+ is based on the second book in Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series.

Happy’S Place — Melissa Peterman as Gabby,, Reba McEntire as Bobbie — (Photo by: Casey Durkin/NBC) Country music icon Reba McEntire is back on television with her new sitcom, Happy’s Place. Fans of her beloved six-season series Reba will be thrilled to see her reunite with her former co-star and real-life best friend, Melissa Peterman. The two have remained close over the years, with Peterman pursuing various projects like game shows while McEntire continued to tour and act. This exciting reunion marks their first television series together since Reba ended in 2007, and McEntire is clearly delighted to be working with her friend again. In a recent interview, she shared her joy, hinting at their effortless on-screen chemistry and the fun they have collaborating. (Click on the media bar below to hear Reba McEntire) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Reba_Mcentire_Melissa_Petterman_Happy-Place_.mp3 Happy’s Place airs Friday nights at...

Exclusive: The Institute, MGM+‘s thriller series based on the 2019 Stephen King novel, has rounded out its cast. Brendan Beiser (The Boys) is set as a series regular, and Mary Walsh (Resident Alien) and Jordan Alexander (Gossip Girl) have been tapped for recurring roles in the series from director/executive producer Jack Bender, writer/executive producer Benjamin Cavell and MGM+ Studios. Production will begin in Nova Scotia later this year.

They join previously announced Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Barnes, Simone Miller and Jason Diaz, along with Joe Freeman, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, Julian Richings, Robert Joy, Viggo Hanvelt, Arlen So, Birva Pandya, Dan Beirne, Martin Roach and Jane Luk.

In the eight-episode The Institute, when 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis (Freeman) is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities.

Jennifer Lopez is reflecting on the decision to cancel her summer tour earlier this year.

In a new interview, the “Let’s Get Loud” singer opened up about what motivated her to pull the plug on the tour.

“I was so devastated to let anybody down, but I just needed to be with my kids and myself and really dig down deep into things that were happening in my life,” Lopez told Nikki Glaser for Interview magazine. “And I’m glad I did, because it was a really difficult time for me. Probably the hardest time of my life, but it was also the best time because I got to do that work on myself.”

Lopez acknowledged that her fan base was supportive of her decision, saying, “I have the most understanding and loving fans in the world. Some fan bases can be spicy. Mine are just a bunch of lovers.

Ryan Reynolds is reportedly looking forward to buying Justin Baldoni out of ‘It Ends With Us’ if it means that his beloved Blake Lively gets to reprise her role for the sequel of the hit movie.

You want the drama? Bebe Rexha may not be around to dish it, but we’ve got you.

Ryan Reynolds – Offers Justin Baldoni Millions To Step Back From ‘It Ends With Us’

Find you a man who will do anything to make sure you keep doing what you love like Ryan Reynolds does for Blake Lively.

According to a source speaking to Life & Style, Reynolds is ready and prepared to put his money where his mouth is when it comes to securing Lively’s ‘It Ends With Us’ future.

The source said: “Ryan is willing to offer millions to Blake’s director and costar, Justin Baldoni, in an attempt to buy out his stake...

Romance author Emily Henry now has five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read, which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet on Vacation coming out in 2021, Book Lovers arriving in 2022, Happy Place released in 2023 and Funny Story hitting shelves this year.

Three of Henry’s books received adaptation optioning deals for films, with two of them attaching directors. Starting in 2022, multiple studios made the decision to adapt various Emily Henry books into movies. The Writers’ and Actors’ strikes likely delayed any moves in casting, but a fourth novel has just been optioned by Jennifer Lopez’s production company for a television series adaptation at Netflix.

Read on to learn more about those behind the adaptations of Emily Henry books to movies.

Miles Heizer, Tommy Do, Alice Lee, Alan Ruck, and Molly Shannon are boarding Tom Blyth and Emily Bader in the feature adaptation of Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation.

Brett Haley directs the Temple Hill, 3000 Pictures and Netflix romantic comedy.

Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing while the studio’s Laura Quicksilver will serve as EP. Erin Siminoff is overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.

In People We Meet on Vacation, free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else — could they actually be the perfect romantic match?

The Berkely Penguin Random House imprint published novel debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list...

Exclusive: After delivering Netflix two hit movies in The Mother and Atlas, Jennifer Lopez is readying her next feature with the streamer, this time pairing with two-time Ted Lasso Emmy winner Brett Goldstein for the irreverent romantic comedy Office Romance. There was a hot bidding war for the feature, which Netflix won.

Goldstein and Joe Kelly are co-writing the rom-com, which we hear from sources has several great character actor roles.

Producers on Office Romance are Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett for Ryder Picture Company; Goldstein and Kelly; as well as Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Films. Nuyorican’s Courtney Baxter is executive producer.

Nuyorican Productions has a multiyear first-look deal with Netflix spanning feature films, TV series and unscripted content, with an emphasis on projects that support diverse female actors, writers and filmmakers.

Both Lopez and Goldstein recently had pics at the Toronto Film Festival.

Is it true that Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson have indeed ended their seven year romance? A rep is here with an answer.

Rep Addresses The Viral Chris Martin And Dakota Johnson Breakup Rumors

It’s strange waking up to stories that Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson are no longer a couple. Even stranger still when you consider that just a few months back, it was speculated that the couple had quietly gotten engaged for sometime now. So what went wrong with the universe?

Well, according to a rep, nothing went wrong and the couple are still “happily together.” In fact, the insider blasted the breakup rumors as simply “not true.” Phew, the universe is starting to make sense again.

The couple first linked up in 2017 after meeting through a mutual friend. Sometime later, the “Madame Web” star was seen having a great time at one of his shows and...

Exclusive: NBC has taken in for development Look What You Made Me Do, a drama from Leila Cohan (Bridgerton), Anna Fricke (Walker) and CBS Studios.

Written by Cohan, Look What You Made Me Do follows the ex-wives of an emotionally abusive and absolutely untouchable billionaire. They band together to wreak revenge.

Cohan will executive with Fricke and Laura Terry via their Pursued by a Bear Prods. CBS Studios, where Fricke has been under a deal, is the studio.

This is a rare CBS Studios sale at NBC where the studio aligned with a rival broadcast network. CBS had a hit with the 2005 drama Medium starring Patricia Arquette, which ran on NBC for five seasons before being canceled and moving to CBS for two more seasons, which were produced by CBS Studios.

Deadline first told you recently that Cohan closed a deal to co-write and showrun the Netflix series adaptation of...

Ryan Reynolds has proven that he’s one thoughtful husband, and while he reportedly knows he can’t pay wife Blake Lively back for all the years she spent out of the spotlight giving birth and raising their children, he wants to make sure her newest project is a big success, even if he has to contribute to it.

Here’s everything the darling man has done to make ‘It Ends With Us’ a huge success. Psst… Apparently, Justin Baldoni took offense. Drama, I’m I right?

Justin Baldoni – Took Ryan Reynolds‘ ‘It Ends With Us’ Contributions “Personally”

At the moment, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are on top of the world. One has the most successful R-rated movie of all time – courtesy of ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ – and the other has a movie that’s sparking conversations left and right and hitting big box office figures worldwide.

However, according to a source,...

Ryan Reynolds recently spoke of that ambivalent relationship with his dad, James Reynolds, who died in 2015 at the age of 74. The 47-year-old actor has discovered that finding his own way into fatherhood has given him a sense of closure over the death of his dad.

Now father to four, James (9), Inez (7), and more recently daughter Betty in July 2019, and baby Olin, born in February 2023, with his wife Blake Lively, Ryan shared with People how his relationship with his kids has helped him process his feelings toward his father.

“I think many men and boys have a somewhat complicated relationship with their fathers,” Ryan said. “But for me, the healing and closure around my dad really came through my relationship with my own kids.”

James Reynolds lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly two decades, and Ryan remembers his father as a man of “incredible integrity.” The actor, who has been...

Ryan Reynolds expressed his gratitude to fans and playfully teased the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) during a video appearance at Disney’s D23 Fan Expo on Friday evening.

Though he couldn’t attend in person, Reynolds thanked the fans gathered at the Honda Arena for their support of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which is on track to surpass an impressive $1 billion at the box office this weekend.

Reflecting On Success And A Special Shout-out

Reflecting on the recent whirlwind of success, Reynolds commented, “It’s hard to process everything that’s happened in the last few weeks. Overwhelmed doesn’t even cover it. Thank you for the best entry into the MCU that a guy could ever ask for.”

Reynolds also gave a special shout-out to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who was presenting at the Anaheim stage, for allowing the “Deadpool” film to include “a few little teensy jokes at Marvel’s expense.

Exclusive: We understand that Bridgerton Emmy nominee, Leila Cohan, has just closed to co-write and showrun the Netflix series adaptation of Emily Henry’s bestseller Happy Place. The project remains in development at Netflix.

We first told you about the streamer snapping up the title for Jennifer Lopez to produce as she has a first look at Netflix. Lopez is producing the series through her Nuyorican label with Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina.

The Berkley published Happy Place follows Harriet and Wyn, who’ve been a perfect couple since they met in college — they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except now, for reasons they’re still not discussing, they don’t. They broke up five months ago, and they still haven’t told their best friends. They find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s...

Robert Downey Jr is set to return to the Marvel superhero universe, although this time not as Tony Stark, the invincible Iron Man. Instead, the actor is stepping out from behind a silver mask and green cloak of Marvel comic books’ other classic, Dr Victor Von Doom, the legendary supervillain.

His reappearance was announced at the San Diego Comic-Con. At this annual pop-culture gala, Downey emerged from behind Doctor Doom’s signature face mask and cape at the last minute to surprise a crowd of fans.

Downey Jr.’s Upcoming Films And Characters

Downey Jr will reprise his role next in the May 2026 release of “Avengers: Doomsday” and again a year later for “Secret Wars.” Asked if he’s sick of performing endless variations on one character, Downey Jr, who turns 59 this year, told reporters, “I like playing complicated characters.”

Despite spearheading the Marvel movie universe, beginning with the title role in 2008’s Iron Man,...

The first casting announcement for one of the upcoming adaptations of Emily Henry’s bestselling books has been made.

Tom Blyth and Emily Bader are set to star in the feature adaptation of Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation, it was announced Friday.

My Lady Jane star Bader will portray Poppy while The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes star Blyth will star as Alex. The story will follow the longtime best friends who took one week of every summer vacation together. However, things changed when they stopped speaking for two years. When Poppy reaches out and convinces Alex to take one more vacation together, she sees it as her time to fix their broken relationship. But there’s one unspoken truth they have yet to confront: Are they really just friends or is there more to their relationship?

Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation was published in 2021 by Berkley,...

And just like that, the film adaptation of Emily Henry's bestselling novel People We Meet on Vacation has its leading stars.

On Friday, Aug. 2, Netflix made the official announcement that a movie based on Henry's book was in the works and that the leads are now set. The streamer shared a post on social media featuring director Brett Haley offering the role of Poppy Wright to actress Emily Bader. The film's leading man Tom Blyth, who will play the film's Alex Nilsen, also joined the celebratory video.

Watch Bader's emotional excitement in the video below!

Watch Emily Bader find out she's starring opposite Tom Blyth in People We Meet on Vacation — the feature adaptation of Emily Henry’s best-selling novel directed by Brett Haley. pic.twitter.com/XY90QJI36B

— Netflix (@netflix) August 2, 2024

In People We Meet on Vacation, Poppy and Alex are total opposites but have...

Exclusive: Tom Blyth and Emily Bader are set to star in 3000 Pictures and Netflix’s adaptation of People We Meet On Vacation. The film will be based on Emily Henry’s New York Times best-seller and is the first book adaptation by best-selling author Emily Henry to go into production. Brett Haley is directing.

Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing. Temple Hill’s Laura Quicksilver is serving as Executive Producer. Erin Siminoff is overseeing the project for the studio. The film is being produced under the partnership where Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.

The film follows free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex who have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test...

Hello from the other side, I think Adele’s ’bout to tie the knot – yup, it perfectly fit the melody, just sing it. Anyway, word on the street is that the global superstar and mom to one is engaged to her longtime partner, Rich Paul. Slow and steady wins the race they say, and Rich Paul may have just won the fair hand of Adele.

Rich Paul – Proposed To Adele With A “Four Carat Gold Ring”

Something tells me that Adele’s next album is going to be a bit more upbeat than her last one, which explored her painful divorce and becoming a single mother.

“Adele immediately said ‘Yes’ – then FaceTimed friends and family to share the happy news,” Clemmie Moodie, The Sun Assistant Editor, announced. “Pals expect the pair to host an elaborate bash towards the end of next year.”

Rich Paul may not have set fire to the rain,...

CNN is testing out a new formula for the original documentary series it has featured regularly over the past decade.

Since the 2013 launch of “Parts Unknown,” led by Anthony Bourdain, the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet has unveiled a series of travelogues built around everyone from Lisa Ling and W. Kamau Bell to Morgan Spurlock and Mike Rowe. Each personality guided viewers on a specialized trip through interesting communities or specific geographic regions.

In 2025, a new CNN series will rely on multiple hosts, each getting one of six episodes to take viewers to a place that brings them joy.

“My Happy Place,” expected to be part of CNN’s slate of originals next year, is in production under the auspices of the network and Boardwalk Pictures, a studio that specializes in non-fiction programming and has worked on series for Hulu, Netflix and others.

In each episode, a different host will...

Reba McEntire may be 69, but she’s also a super busy woman. In fact, she’s so busy that two of her ongoing projects are kinda actually overlapping.

Reba McEntire will be returning to ‘The Voice‘ for the third year in a row for season 26, and alongside this super cool gig, she’s also shooting her new TV show that sees her reunite with former ‘Reba’ co-star Melissa Peterman.

Reba McEntire Compares Shooting ‘Happy Place’ And ‘The Voice’ To Shooting ‘Big Sky’ And Doing Concerts For This Reason

While promoting the new comedy show, McEntire, Peterman and Belissa Escobedo spoke to TV Insider during their TCA 2024 summer press tour.

During their chat, McEntire revealed what it’s like joggling ‘The Voice’ with ‘Happy Place.’ “Some days [the shoots] are overlapping,” McEntire said. “But it’s so much better than two years ago when I was doing Big Sky in Albuquerque for ABC,...

Funny Story has become the latest Emily Henry novel to get a feature film adaptation deal, and the author herself will adapt the book for the big screen.

Henry will write the script of her latest novel, which was published April 23 by Public Random House. Funny Story marks Henry’s fifth romantic comedy book in four years.

The story follows children’s librarian Daphne, who has just been broken up with by her fiancé Peter, who quickly moved on to his childhood best friend, Petra. Forced out of their living situation, Daphne takes up residence with Miles, Petra’s ex-boyfriend. The pair hatch a fake dating scheme to make their exes jealous at the wedding, but as with the popular trope, the pair’s shared desire for revenge could spark a whole new flame.

Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Natalie Sellers as well as Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder...

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Have we come up with a name yet for Emily Henry fans? Hen-heads? E-readers? Book Lovers?

Regardless of the title, lovers of Henry’s swoon-heavy romance novels have a reason to rejoice today. According to Variety, a film version of Henry’s most recent novel, Funny Story, is in the works — with Henry at the helm to turn her New York Times bestseller into an on-screen version.

This...

Another Emily Henry bestseller is getting the adaptation treatment.

The romance author is set to adapt her recent novel Funny Story into a feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company will produce.

The bestselling novel, released in April, centers on protagonists Daphne and Miles, whose exes are dating. Daphne, a children’s librarian, is heartbroken after her fiancé Peter leaves her after realizing his true feelings for his childhood best friend Petra. But after she’s left with a now empty home, Daphne becomes roommates with Petra’s ex, Miles. The two eventually hatch a plan to get back at their exes by pretending to be together, but things take a turn when the pair just might unexpectedly fall in love.

Variety first reported the news of the movie deal.

Henry is writing the script for the adaptation, which is the first of her...

Exclusive: We hear that Netflix has optioned the YA novel Happy Place by Emily Henry for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican. Plans to adapt the novel as a series are underway and I understand producers and streaming executives are currently meeting with writers.

The news follows as Lopez’s Netflix movie Atlas clears 72.7M global views, another high for the actress and producer after her 2023 movie with the streamer, The Mother, which is the ninth most watched movie on Netflix with 136.4M. The multihyphenate’s Nuyorican Productions inked a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix spanning feature films, TV series and unscripted content back in 2021, with an emphasis on projects that support diverse female actors, writers and filmmakers.

Henry is a No. 1 New York Times and No. 1 Sunday Times whose novels include Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read.

The Berkley published Happy Place follows Harriet and Wyn who...

Amy Winehouse‘s latest biopic may have been approved by her estate and it may have also boosted her ‘Back to Black’ album, fans are not amused by it. Many called it “revolting,” claiming that the producers only wanted to “exploit” and “sensationalize” her story for their own pockets.

Fans of Amy may remember that she’d already had a major falling out with her father prior to her untimely death due to alcohol overdose, but they’re still not happy with the way the movie handled both her relationship with her father and her legacy with the press.

Actress Who Plays Amy Winehouse In ‘Back To Black’ Biopic Opens Up About Being Shocked Over Backlash

Actress Marisa Abela didn’t quite get why fans are furious over her depiction of the famous singer.

Even though Marisa tried her best to mimic Amy’s mannerisms and the makeup crew did...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Yulin Kuang’s new novel “How to End a Love Story,” which was released April 9.

Yulin Kuang was deep into her romance-novel era before she released her own first attempt at the genre, “How to End a Love Story,” last month. The debut author, who has thus far spent her career focused on TV and film writing, actually started penning her book while in the middle of adapting two rom-coms by best-selling author Emily Henry: “Beach Read” (which Kuang will also direct) and “People We Meet on Vacation.”

“How to End a Love Story” follows the straight-laced, successful author Helen and charming former jock Grant, who fall in love while working together in a TV writers’ room that is adapting Helen’s YA book series. And despite the book’s title and the dark high-school history Helen and Grant share surrounding Helen...

Reba McEntire is going to have you quaking in your boots in her latest show, with the help of young co-star Belissa Escobedo. ‘Happy Place’ not only marks McEntire’s return to comedy, but her proper TV reunion with Melissa Peterman more than 17 years after they starred in the CW sitcom ‘Reba.’ The two have also starred in CMT’s “Working Class,” Freeform’s “Baby Daddy,” and Lifetime’s “The Hammer.”

‘Happy Place’ Trailer Shows Reba McEntire’s Character Unwilling To Accept Young Half-sister

Reba McEntire’s Bobbie thought that she was going to inherit her father’s bar when he passed away, but surprise, on the day the will is read, she discovers that she has a way younger half-sister Isabella, played by Belissa Escobedo.

When the introduction happens, the giddy Isabella is the first to accept the fact that she has another half-sister while Bobbie would gladly have...

The Academy of Country Music Awards are here! Here’s everything you need to know for watching the awards show’s 59th annual ceremony online.

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This year’s Reba McEntire-hosted ACM Awards will stream live Thursday, May 16 at 8/7c on Prime Video. Prior to the big event, the 7 pm red carpet pre-show (hosted by Amber Anderson, Kelly Sutton, Makho Ndlovu and Elaina D. Smith) will stream live here on TVLine.com, as well as on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.