Celebrity Buzz with Abbott Elementary and Taylor Sheridan

Abbott Elementary star Janelle James will host the 32nd Critics Choice Awards on January 3, 2027, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show airs at 7 p.m. ET on E! and USA Network. James, a Critics Choice winner and Emmy nominee, also has a Netflix stand-up special dropping November 10. Nominations are announced December 4. Story URL

Netflix has renewed The Diplomat for a fifth season, announced Thursday, shortly after Season 4 dropped earlier this month. Season 4 reached third on Netflix’s Global Top 10 and entered the Top 10 in 63 countries. Stars Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Allison Janney, and Bradley Whitford are expected to return. No plot details have been released. Story URL

Taylor Sheridan’s sports documentary series The Last Cowboy returns to CMT on November 6th at 8 p.m. Season 7 features six episodes, available the next day on CMT VOD. This season takes place at Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch, where top Western equine riders compete in reining, cutting, and cow horse for a $1 million prize. Story URL

Netflix is developing a live-action series based on the hit battle royale video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Donald Glover will star, write, and direct, alongside brother Stephen Glover. The 2017 game has no existing plot. The duo previously collaborated on FX’s Atlanta and Amazon’s Swarm. Plot details remain under wraps. Story URL

Oscar-nominated actress Barbara Barrie died October 28 at age 95, choosing medical aid in dying after a terminal cancer diagnosis. She advocated for New York’s Medical Aid in Dying law, effective August 2026. The practice, legal in 13 states and Washington D.C., allows terminally ill patients with six months or less to live to end their lives peacefully. Story URL

The View cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin sparked laughs Thursday admitting she’d breastfeed her dog Herbie “if he needed it.” The comment came during a debate about a woman requesting paid maternity leave after adopting a dog. Whoopi Goldberg pushed back, joking about dog teeth and nipples. Griffin said pets helped prepare her for motherhood. Story URL