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| Beastie Boys' Mike D returns with new music, surprise tour | The Beastie Boys' Mike D released his first new song since the pseudo-hiatus of the legendary band 15 years ago, and debuted new music during the first stop of a surprise tour. The new project, called Mike D 5D, was unveiled late Thursday when the first single, "Switch Up," hit streaming services after he'd played the first show of a four-show tour. The song and tour follow D, whose real name is Michael Diamond, joining the band Very Nice Person, where he played a couple of Beastie Boys songs a few weeks ago. The single is the first new music from either D or fellow Beastie Boy Adam "Adrock" Horovitz have released since the death of band mate Adam "MCA" Yauch, who died in May 2012 of cancer. |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Sleuthing sheep has 'real arc' in 'Detectives' | Emmy-winning Veep and Seinfeld comic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus seems to have taken her voice role as the unlikely sleuth Lily in The Sheep Detectives very seriously. "I got to play a sheep and I've never played a sheep and I've always wanted to BE a sheep, so I'm sure everybody can relate to that, and I liked playing her because she adores her shepherd. She is an intellectual sheep," Louis-Dreyfus said at a recent virtual press conference with her co-stars. "She uses her education, given to her by her shepherd, to solve the crime in the film and I think she comes to certain realities based on her exploration of the crime and consideration of the people around her and she has a real arc," Louis-Dreyfus added. |
| 'Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro' to premiere on ABC in July | ABC has announced a premiere date for its Dancing with the Stars spinoff, Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro. The reality competition series to find the franchise's next pro dancer will debut July 13 at 8 p.m. ET. Robert Irwin, wildlife conservationist and the son of late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin, will host the show. Irwin and his pro partner, Witney Carson, won Dancing with the Stars Season 34 in December. The Next Pro will feature 12 contestants competing to become the newest pro in DWTS Season 35. DWTS pro Mark Ballas and his mother, Shirley Ballas, will serve as judges, with other franchise favorites to appear as mentors and guest judges. |
| 'We Were Liars' casts young Penny, Carrie and Bess | Prime Video is adding six to the cast of We Were Liars Season 2. The streaming service announced Thursday that Elysia Roorbach, Parker Lapaine, Madison Wolfe, Josh Dallas, Costa D'Angelo and Peyton List will join the new season. Roorbach, Lapaine and Wolfe play younger versions of the Sinclair sisters Penny, Carrie and Bess, respectively. Caitlin Fitzgerald, Mamie Gummer and Candice King portray the older versions. Based on the E. Lockhart novel, We Were Liars Season 1 focused on Penny's daughter Cady (Emily Alyn Lind), who woke up with no memory after a mysterious accident. Season 2 will again follow Cady and also adapt Lockhart's prequel book Family of Liars. |
| 'Forever' Season 2 begins production, adds three to cast | Production is underway on Forever Season 2. Netflix announced Friday that the series has started filming its second season starring Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. Forever is a teen romantic drama inspired by the Judy Blume novel. Simone and Cooper play Keisha and Justin, two young people who reconnect after falling in love in Season 1. "Season 2 of Forever is in production, and we are home -- back in Los Angeles, back inside a love story that keeps revealing itself. This time, through friendship," series creator Mara Brock Akil told Netflix's Tudum. "We are thrilled to be back, diving deeper into love's most complicated question -- is forever truly forever? |