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| Prime Video orders a second season of 'Every Year After' | Prime Video has announced it ordered a second season of Every Year After, a television series based on author Carley Fortune's Barry's Bay universe. Starring Michael Bradway, Sadie Soverall, Matt Cornett, Aurora Perrineau, Abigail Cowen and Joseph Chiu, the show kicked off its first season on the streaming service June 10. Season 1 is based on Every Summer After, while the second season will will cover her sophomore novel, One Golden Summer. |
| Famous birthdays for June 28: Mel Brooks, John Elway | Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. |
| Animated 'Dark Shadows' series in the works | Warner Bros. Animation has announced it is working on a Dark Shadows series, based on the classic supernatural soap opera, which ran for 1,200 episodes between 1966 and 1971. "Created by Dan Curtis and celebrating its 60th anniversary this summer, Dark Shadows starred TV's original anti-hero and the father of the modern-day vampire, Barnabas Collins, a vampire with a conscience," the company said in a press release Friday. No network or streaming platform has been announced yet. The voice cast also has not been revealed. A 2012 film inspired by the original show starred Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Michelle Pfeiffer. |
| Olivia Rodrigo's 'You Seem Pretty Sad' tops U.S. album chart | Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Drake's Iceman, followed by Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 3, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 4 and Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Michael Jackson's Thriller and Number Ones at Nos. 6 and 7, Wallen's One Thing at a Time at No. 8, Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving at No. 9 and BTS' Arirang at No. 10. |
| Famous birthdays for June 27: J.J. Abrams, Isabelle Adjani | Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar in 1872 -- Disability rights activist Helen Keller in 1880 -- TV personality Bob Keeshan in 1927 -- U.S. businessman/former presidential candidate H. Ross Perot in 1930 -- Poet Lucille Clifton in 1936 -- Musician Bruce Johnston (Beach Boys) in 1942 (age 84) -- Fashion designer Norma Kamali in 1945 (age 81) -- Fashion designer Vera Wang in 1949 (age 77) -- Actor Julia Duffy in 1951 (age 75) -- Actor Isabelle Adjani in 1955 (age 71) -- Actor Jeremy Swift in 1960 (age 66) -- Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai in 1962 (age 64) -- Filmmaker J.J. |