“Carpool Karaoke: The Series”, based on the segment from “The Late Late Show with James Corden”, has been renewed by Apple TV+ for a fifth season. The singing competition, featuring television, film, music, sports, pop culture and other guest stars, will debut in over 100 countries on Apple TV+.
Mae Whitman is pansexual. The “Good Girls” actress opened up about her sexuality in a post talking about her voice role in Disney Channel’s animated series “The Owl House”, which is known for its LGBTQ-inclusive storytelling. “I know people might be unfamiliar with what pansexual means; for me it means I know I can fall in love with people of all genders. This is the word that fit me best and I’m proud+happy to be part of the Bi+ community.”

Eminem will guest star on the new upcoming drama “BMF” (Black Mafia Family). He’ll play ‘White Boy Rick’ on one episode of the 50 Cent production. Rick Wershe Jr., aka White Boy Rick, was an FBI informant in his early teens, when he sold drugs and guns as part of a Detroit gang.

Auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll will sell Freddie Mercury’s original, handwritten lyrics to their 1978 hit ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’. It is estimated the lyrics, consisting of 26 lines written in blue ballpoint pen on 2 sheets of paper, will go for at least $50,000.

Olivia Rodrigo, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Nas X and Camila Cabello are going to perform at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, September 12th.

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are the proud parents of a new baby boy. Colin posted: “Ok ok we had a baby. His name is Cosmo. We love him very much. Privacy would be greatly appreciated. For all inquires please contact our publicist @chethinks. (Michael Che) ”

Lady Gaga’s dog walker, Ryan Fischer, raised $22,000 in less than a day after pleading for money from strangers. He started a GoFundMe campaign after his 1991 Ford broke down. Fischer made headlines when he was shot while walking Gaga’s dogs.

Sylvester Stallone is selling his eight bedroom Beverly Hills mansion for $85 million. The home was originally listed for $110 million. The house sits on three acres and has an art studio, a sauna, a steam room, a pool, a movie theater, a gym, a Rocky statue and a cigar room.

Jerry Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica, were spotted on the campus of Duke University dropping their son, Julian, off at school. Their daughter, Sasha, already attends the University. Jerry took a selfie while holding a pack of peanut chews and a coffee.

OWEN WILSON’s brother Andrew lived with him following his 2007 suicide attempt. He’d wake up every morning with Owen and write up daily schedules so life seemed manageable.

JASON MOMOA said he cannot live without his kids’ stuffed animals . . . a piglet named Piggy Pig Spirit and a bison named Potato. He said they sleep in bed with him when he’s away from his kids.

DESTINY’S CHILD changed the header photos on their Twitter and Facebook accounts, and fans are freaking out. Is a reunion on tap???

“Captain America 4” will star ANTHONY MACKIE. On the Disney+ show “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, The Falcon has become the new owner of Cap’s shield.

BRITNEY SPEARS’ boyfriend was asked if she’ll be back onstage again soon and he said, quote, “Absolutely, man. Hopefully.” Sounds like she’s ready to resume her career again now that her dad’s no longer in charge.

KANE BROWN’s new song “One Mississippi” is out tomorrow, and the story behind it is awesome. An unknown singer named Levon Gray tagged Kane’s Instagram hoping he’d listen to his stuff. Kane checked Levon out and liked what he heard, so he invited him to Nashville where they wrote . . . “One Mississippi”.

BRUNO MARS and ANDERSON .PAAK have pushed back the release of the first SILK SONIC album to January.

SANTANA’s new album “Blessings and Miracles” comes out October 15th. That’s the one with the new ROB THOMAS collaboration, “Move”.

Kanye West has officially announced a third listening event in Chicago. The event will be at Chicago’s Soldier Field on August 26th. Meanwhile, Kanye’s manager Bu Thiam has also confirmed that “DONDA” will be out after the Chicago listening event. Apple Music currently lists the expected release date for “Donda” as August 27, the day after the event.

Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas are helping rebuild a music program for students in their hometown of Highland Park, California. They’ve donated more than 2,000 ukuleles to students in the neighborhood they grew up in. They are also providing funds for lessons. In a statement, Billie Eilish said that her hope is: “To inspire the next generation of creatives.”

Netflix has released the first four episodes of the seventh season of “Grace and Frankie”. Newsweek reports that production difficulties delayed production on the final 12 episodes of the series, meaning that the rest of the final season will drop some time in 2022.

Phoebe Dynevor may leave “Bridgerton” after Season 2. Neither Phoebe nor the show has made any official announcement yet, but Elite Daily reports that on Tuesday, Aug. 17, she revealed she’d signed a deal with Amazon to executive produce and star in the upcoming series, “Exciting Times”.