The world of ‘John Wick’ is getting even bigger. The TV prequel “The Continental” will premiere this September. The 3-part series is set in 1975 and centers on the assassin hotel from the “John Wick” movies. Colin Woodell will play a young ‘Winston Scott’. The series will follow Winston has he faces demons from his past, while making his way through the New York underground to take control of the hotel.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are rushing to sell their multi-million-dollar houses in LA before a new “mansion tax” kicks in. In November, voters supported a measure which is intended to raise up to $1 billion from luxury house sales to fund affordable housing projects. Beginning this Saturday, the sellers of homes valued between $5-10 million will pay a 4% tax to the city, and those selling homes over $10 million will pay a 5.5% tax.

Robert Downey Jr. is reportedly set to star in a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller “Vertigo”. Paramount Pictures is planning to remake the 1958 classic, with the “Iron Man” star and his wife Susan to produce.

Taylor Swift brought out special guest Marcus Mumford during the second night of her “Eras Tour” stop in Las Vegas on Saturday. Despite telling fans during night one that “we don’t have guests at this show,” Taylor invited the Mumford & Sons frontman for her debut live performance of ‘Cowboy Like Me’.

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott admitted he “mouthed off” too much when he said that Bryan Adams’ 1991 album “Waking Up the Neighbours” sounded too much like his own band. Both acts worked with producer Mutt Lange at the time. “I got into trouble with this one. I thought it sounded a bit close to the bone. Bryan was a bit peeved with me – and…he should have been.”

Carrie Underwood is known for her glittery outfits. But she’s also a big fan of vintage band T-shirts. Last week, she posted a photo montage of the outfits she wore for all 43 meet-and-greet sessions during her Denim & Rhinestones Tour. Featured were vintage T-shirts from artists such as Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Guns N’ Roses, Skid Row and Metallica.

Billy Joel brought out a surprise during his monthly Madison Square Garden show Sunday night, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. Fans got to see Billy’s boogie-woogie style of piano playing while jamming on ZZ Top’s “Tush” and “La Grange”. Billy is known to bring out special guests during his MSG shows. Past surprises have included members of Foreigner and Steve Miller.

The “Super Mario Bros. Movie” hits theaters next Friday, so someone conducted a survey to determine the most-loved characters in the Mario universe. And in the end, Mario was only #3 . . . behind Yoshi and Luigi.

The finale of “The Bachelor” aired last night. It IS a happy ending for Zach, as he’s now engaged. But it doesn’t really matter who he picked, since only about 13% of these relationships have lasted up to this point.

Pierce Brosnan’s hand-signed “GoldenEye” pinball machine has raised $130,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation at a celebrity auction. Pierce says, “I’m happy to see it find a good home . . . and offer compassionate support to those in need.”

Liv Tyler will return to the MCU in “Captain America: New World Order” as Betty Ross . . . the same role she played in 2008’s “Incredible Hulk”, the one with Edward Norton.

Molly Shannon will host “Saturday Night Live” on April 8th with musical guest the Jonas Brothers. Then on April 15th, Ana de Armas will host with Karol G.

Kelly Clarkson has announced 10 Las Vegas shows in celebration of her new album, “Chemistry”. The talk show host will appear at the Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood between July 28th and August 19th. She wrote on Instagram, “I’ll be singing all of your favorites… and yes, I’ll be singing some new ones, too!”

AJ McLean and his wife Rochelle McLean are taking some time apart after 11 years of marriage. The estranged couple told US Weekly in a statement, “Marriage is hard, but worth it. We have mutually decided to separate temporarily to work on ourselves, and on our marriage with the hope of building a stronger future.”

Taylor Swift has become the first living artist to chart seven albums in the top 40 on the Billboard 200 simultaneously. “Evermore”, “Reputation”, “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, “1989’, “folklore”, “Lover”, and “Midnights” are all ranked at #31 or higher with her latest release at #3.

Drake is under fire after cancelling his set at 2023 Lollapalooza Brazil but was spotted out partying with 50 Cent in Miami the night before. Drizzy was supposed to headline the festival in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday. However, the festival released a statement that day, announcing Drake would not be showing up and would be replaced by Skillrex.

A legal expert told People that Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth’s amicable divorce will also end in financial civility as the couple sorted out a “financially savvy” plan for their uncoupling before things got rocky. Her net worth is nearly $430 million and the two will still have to iron out details around some of their intangible assets which include cryptocurrency or NFTs.

Martin Scorsese’s latest historical drama about murders of native people over oil-rich land will be released in late October. The movie is based on a hit book with the same title—“Killers of the Flower Moon”—and the film will star Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.