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| 'Avatar: Seven Havens' renewed for Seasons 3, 4 on premiere day | Avatar: Seven Havens will return for Seasons 3 and 4 on Paramount+. Series creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino announced the news Friday during the show's panel at New York City Comic-Con. Avatar: Seven Havens is a sequel to the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The renewal coincides with its series premiere on Paramount+. Seven Havens follows Pavi and her twin sister Nisha, two young avatars, or people capable of manipulating the four elements of water, earth, fire and air. The show follows the pair as they attempt to save the titular Seven Havens. |
| 'Little House on the Prairie' wraps Season 2, casts Peter Ingalls | Netflix's Little House on the Prairie series has wrapped production on Season 2. The streaming service announced the news Friday, along with 14 new cast members. Willa Dunn, Rachelle Lefevre, Charlotte Sullivan, David Wronko, Elyse Levesque, Paul Greene, Erik Athavale, Ryan Northcott, Graham Harvey, Jacinta Forest Lewitski, Lyla Porter-Follows, Martin Roach and Scott Porter join the cast of the upcoming season. Little House on the Prairie is based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder book series, which chronicles her family's experience as pioneers living on the American frontier in the 19th century. |
| BTS leader urges fans to respect privacy during Latin America tour | BTS leader RM has urged fans to stop gathering outside the group's hotel in Peru, saying the noise has prevented the South Korean pop stars from getting enough sleep, as their concerts draw tens of thousands of visitors to Lima. The singer made the appeal through the fan platform Weverse after crowds gathered outside the hotel where the seven-member group was staying during the Peruvian leg of its ARIRANG world tour. "We're not sleeping well," RM wrote on Wednesday, asking fans to respect the group's privacy and allow its members to rest between performances. |
| Alanis Morissette recruits Brandi Carlile, Steve Martin for Xmas song | Alanis Morissette has released a new song featuring fellow singer Brandi Carlile and actor Steve Martin. Morissette, 52, released her version of the Robert Fisher Boyce song "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" on Friday. The singer-songwriter had teased the release in a video Thursday that shows her placing an "elf on the shelf" doll on a mantle with a note reading "coming soon." "call me MS claus if you want to.. a big prezzzzie coming tomorrow," she captioned the post. "love you!" "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" appears on Morissette's forthcoming Christmas album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, set for release Nov. 6. Morissette previously released the holiday EP Last Christmas in 2020. |
| 'Prodigies': Will Sharpe, Ayo Edebiri series gets first-look photos | Apple TV is giving a glimpse of the new series Prodigies. The streaming service shared first-look photos for the show Friday featuring Will Sharpe (The White Lotus Season 2) and Ayo Edebiri (The Bear). Prodigies is a romantic comedy created, written, directed and executive produced by Sharpe, who stars with Edebiri as Ren and Didi, respectively, two 30-something former child prodigies who have been in a relationship since they were nine. The show follows the couple as they reexamine their longtime relationship and "begin to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. |