Selena Gomez has confirmed she will appear on the reboot of "Wizards of Waverly Place." Talking with her "Only Murders in the Building" co-star, Martin Short, who was guest-hosting on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," she said, "I will be in the first episode…it brings me to tears because that is the beginning of where I started, and to honor it in this way has truly been a blast." Selena starred in the original "Wizards of Waverly Place," which ran for four seasons from 2007 to 2012 and had over 100 episodes. The reboot is expected to hit Disney Channel and Disney+ later this year.
After rumors that police are looking at Charlie Sheen's ex, Brooke Mueller, as the mystery celebrity being questioned by cops in connection to Matthew Perry's death, the lawyer came forward in her defense. According to InTouch, he said, "I believe Ms. Mueller's past choices may have put her in a position to provide some incidental, anecdotal background to the authorities investigating Mr. Perry's death. Nothing more." Brooke had previously handed over her laptop and cell phone related to the criminal investigation into Matthew's death, and an insider shared, "She's hired lawyers and has had multiple meetings with law enforcement since they arrived at her sober living house with a search warrant. Matthew and Brooke has met in rehab and became friends.
As far as other friends go, Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay on "Friends," she is keeping the memory of her late costar, Matthew Perry, alive by rewatching episodes of the show. Lisa admitted she avoided watching the show because, "Honestly, I wasn't able to watch it because it's too embarrassing to watch yourself. But if I make it about Matthew, then that's OK. And it's just celebrating how hilarious he was — and that is what I want to remember [about him]."
Bette Midler was on talked about the possibility of another "Hocus Pocus." She said after the unexpected success of the original and its sequel, "Hocus Pocus 2," a third movie is definitely being floated around. She said, "Now, they're kind of talking about a third, very gingerly and very gently..."
Gena Rowlands, the 94-year-old actress who portrayed an older version of Rachel McAdams' character, Allie, in "The Notebook" has been living with Alzheimer's in real life. Her son, Nick Cassavetes, who directed the film, revealed his mom's diagnosis to Entertainment Weekly saying she is in "full dementia" and admitted it was "crazy" that his mother played a woman with dementia in the movie 20 years ago, saying, "We lived it, she acted it, and now it's on us."
Brandi Glanville, star of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is defending fellow housewife Kenya Moore after Kenya was sidelined from filming "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" for allegedly showing explicit posters of new cast member Brittany Eady. Brandi said, "I'm pretty sure producers pushed Kenya to show that video. They know what is going to happen before it does." Meanwhile, Kenya defended herself on social media, saying the talk about what she did to Brittany is "1000-percent" untrue. Might be time to lawyer up!
