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| Stray Kids' 'This & That' tops U.S. album chart | K-pop group Stray Kids' This & That is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart is Ariana Grande's Petal, followed by Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love at No. 3, Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 4 and Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 6, Pooh Shiesty's All Eyes on Shiest at No. 7, Karol G's No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto at No. 8, Drake's Iceman at No. 9 and Role Model's Chuck Timely & the Hourglass at No. 10. |
| Netflix to stream classic Canadian comedy 'SCTV' | Netflix has announced it will stream the classic Canadian sketch-comedy series SCTV starting in September. "Attention! Netflix will have SCTV on September 1st!" Martin Short posted on Facebook Friday, alongside a cast photo featuring his cast members Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Robin Duke and Joe Flaherty. The show ran from 1976 to 1984 and most of its stars ended up enjoying successful Hollywood film careers. Moranis and Candy famously co-starred in Spaceballs, O'Hara and Candy shared the screen in Home Alone, and O'Hara and Levy collaborated on numerous movies such as Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, as well as the long-running comedy series Schitt's Creek. |
| Famous birthdays for Aug. 22: Dua Lipa, Howie Dorough | Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: -- Pope Leo XII in 1760 -- Musician Claude Debussy in 1862 -- Writer Dorothy Parker in 1893 -- Heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley in 1920 -- Writer Ray Bradbury in 1920 -- Actor Honor Blackman in 1925 -- Fashion designer Marc Bohan in 1926 -- U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf in 1934 -- Writer E. |
| Julia Sweeney feels 'closer to Pat' thanks to 'We Are Pat' documentary | Julia Sweeney said participating in the documentary We Are Pat, now streaming on Peacock, made her feel closer to the character she created on Saturday Night Live. Rowan Haber's documentary explores the LGBTQ community's reaction to her character. "It's Pat" was a recurring SNL sketch in which Sweeney played a character whose gender others could not determine. Haber's documentary features interviews with gay, trans and nonbinary people discussing Pat's impact in the '90s and later. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Sweeney said learning more about contemporary gender discussions only deepened her love of Pat. Pat was referred to as androgynous in the sketches from 1990 - 1993. |
| HBO orders 'People v. Gorilla Grodd,' new DC series in Superman world | HBO is developing The People v. Gorilla Grodd, a new series set in the world of the DC Comics character Superman. The network announced Friday that it has ordered the eight-episode, half-hour comedy from DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television. Superman actor Skyler Gisondo will reprise his role as Jimmy Olsen, a photographer at the Daily Planet who is a friend and colleague of Clark Kent, aka Superman, and Lois Lane, played by David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan in the 2025 film directed by James Gunn. The series also stars Jimmy Tatro as Gorilla Grodd, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant and Wendell Pierce as Perry White. |