Behind the Scenes Buzz with Don Lemon and Mary Poppins

Don Lemon has reached a separation deal with CNN that nets him a $24.5 million payout. He worked at for CNN for 17 years, but announced his abrupt firing on Twitter last April after some highly-publicized spats with Republicans like Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Mary Poppins has been given a new rating in the United Kingdom due to “discriminatory language.” The British Board Of Film Classification has upped it to a PG thanks to two uses of the term “hottentots.” It refers to the Khoikhoi people of Africa and is considered offensive.

Michael Fassbender will star in an espionage thriller series called The Department, to be directed by George Clooney. The series is based on the hit French spy show The Bureau, and Showtime has already given it a straight-to-series order.

Eddie Driscoll, the veteran actor best known for roles on Sex and the City and Mad Men, has died at 60 following a months-long battle with stomach cancer. He ultimately suffered a saddle pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the lung.

CBS has renewed The Young & The Restless for another four seasons, which will take the daytime soap through the 2027-2028 season. The show premiered in 1973, making it CBS’ longest-running series.