Celebrity Buzz with Jennifer Aniston and Harlan Coben

Jul 29, 2026 | 5:50 AM

Personal belongings of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders are up for public auction. Items include his pressure cooker, black bow tie, personal watches, an original cash register, and a 1964 planner containing a handwritten herbs and spices recipe. His former 5,000-square-foot home, Blackwood Hall, and the Claudia Sanders Dinner House are also on the block. Story URL


MGM+ has acquired the internationally financed drama series Embassy, starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan, and J.K. Simmons. Created by writer Rom Lotan, the six-part thriller follows Kendrick as an American diplomat forced to make an impossible choice when armed mercenaries storm the U.S. Embassy in London. No premiere date has been announced. Story URL


Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage are set to star in Naughty, a Universal comedy directed by Olivia Wilde. Aniston plays Mallory, a single mom whose “only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.” Dinklage plays Santa Claus. The film hits theaters November 5, 2027. Story URL


Food Network announced Bobby Flay’s The Line, a new competition series premiering September 8th. Flay leads a home team of chefs — including Antonia Lofaso, Michael Jenkins, and Claudette Zepeda — against top restaurant staffs in real-time dinner service battles. Diners rate each plate, and teams can adjust service based on feedback. The show will stream on Max. Story URL


Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You has become Netflix’s tenth most-popular English-language TV series of all time, with 101.9 million views in just six weeks. The show surpassed the previous No. 10 holder, His & Hers, with 98.2 million views. Netflix measures all-time rankings over each title’s first 91 days, meaning I Will Find You still has over a month to climb further. Story URL


Horror auteur Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher) is in talks to executive produce, showrun, write, and direct the Amazon adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, starring Henry Cavill. Set in a distant future, the story follows humanity’s empire facing threats from traitors, alien civilizations, and corrupt gods. Story URL


Acorn TV has renewed its crime drama Art Detectives, starring Stephen Moyer, for a second season and an additional two-part special. The show became Acorn TV’s most-watched new series premiere ever following its debut last year. A two-part special arrives in December, with a six-episode season following in 2026. Production begins this month in Northern Ireland. Story URL