The Week's Biggest Soap Opera Stories: A Major Family Reunion On the Horizon, a Treasured Actress Passes Away, an Off-Screen Couple Celebrates a Huge Anniversary & More

Baby Reindeer has become a sleeper hit for Netflix.

Nikki Sanderson and partner Anthony Quinlan have headed off on a romantic holiday to mark the Hollyoaks actress’s milestone 40th birthday, which she celebrated back in March. Making the most of the bank holiday, the pair, who enjoyed a couple's holiday to Mallorca last year, headed to an undisclosed location where they have been celebrating Nikki’s 40th in style. In a post uploaded to her Instagram, the soap star, who has previously appeared in Coronation Street, explained that the trip was “just what” she and Anthony needed and that it was a “birthday treat” for them both to enjoy together.

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, which premieres on National Geographic this Monday (and streams on Disney+ and Hulu on Tuesday), and couldn't get enough of this gorgeous tale of love, companionship, and selflessness.It's about a couple in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland who discover that a wild otter is in need of their help if she's going to survive. The husband, Billy, forms quite the bond nurturing the young mammal, and as the old adage goes, not only does he rescue her, but she rescues him.

It’s not over ’til it’s over. And Kevin Costner insists that he’s not necessarily done with creator Taylor Sheridan or Yellowstone.

Becky G responds to rumors after a viral video of her on stage with Thalia, Carlos Ponce, and Alejandra Espinoza, appeared to show them arguing at the Latin American Music Awards. Seriously.

We’re already in the fifth month of 2024, but new data about the 2023 box office is still coming in and we’ve learned some interesting things!

The cast of The Devil Wears Prada has dominated Hollywood for years, and they’ve all made a lot of money in the process.

Anne Hathaway’s career in Hollywood began 23 years ago with a family movie about every teen girl’s ultimate fantasy — her geeky character discovered she was actually royalty.Now 41, the actress has delivered a second dose of impossible escapism with “The Idea of You,” an, ahem, steamier, R-rated flick clearly made for the older millennials who obsessed over “The Princess Diaries” back in the aughts.Her latest fizzy project instead realizes the dream of every bored woman in their thirties and forties: She plays an exhausted single mom who has a fling with a famous, 24-year-old British boybander. And why not? What fun.Anyway, I suspect that aspirational viewers of “The Idea of You,” a decadent diversion that’s based on the popular novel by Robinne Lee, would much rather jet set around Europe with Harry Styles than live in a moldy 300-year-old palace and cut ribbons.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has a lot more to get off her chest. And she’ll get it all out there because the convicted murderer will be releasing a memoir next year!

The Weeknd has pledged $2million (£1.6million) from his XO Humanitarian Fund to help feed families in war-torn Gaza.The singer’s – real name Abel Tesfaye – XO Humanitarian Fund helps combat global hunger. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), the donation will provide over 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which will be used to make roughly 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for a month.Tesfaye, who is a United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador, had previously donated $2.5million (£1.9million) at the end of 2023 which provided 820 metric tons of food parcels to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.He is also calling on fans to donate whatever they can to the World Food Programme’s humanitarian efforts.A post shared by Abel Tesfaye (@theweeknd)Corinne Fleischer, WFP’s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, shared in a statement: “With famine looming in Gaza, Abel’s generous support will provide vital relief for thousands of Palestinian families who battle the grip of hunger every day.

The Idea of You arrives on Prime Video this Thursday, and it's the Anne Hathaway rom-com . Thanks to undeniable chemistry with and a great adapted script from director Michael Showalter with co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt, it's definitely worth the hype. (FWIW, right before it premiered at SXSW last month to , The Idea of You became the most-watched trailer of any original Amazon streaming feature film, with more than 125 million views.

Kyle Griffin’s first foray into the world of news was serving as the anchor for his high school’s morning announcements program. But the then-teenager quickly realized that being an on-air personality was not for him.“I saw at my local NBC affiliate that while the anchors and reporters were great, they were reading someone else’s words, and I wanted to be the person who wrote those words,” says Griffin.

Prolific soap opera writer and actress Meg Bennett has sadly passed away.

Challengers, or rather director Luca Guadagnino's Challengers, which stars Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor and . I've seen it, as well as several colleagues, and while everyone agrees that they were very much looking forward to Zendaya's “tennis love triangle movie,” half of those I polled hated it while others loved it.

There’s always something going on in the soap opera fandom, and this week was no exception!

It’s official – The Gates is coming to CBS!

Coronation Street's Ciaran Griffiths has seemingly married his partner and confirmed the news by sharing a photo on social media. The 41-year-old actor, known for his role as Damon Hay, posted a picture of him posing with his new wife on a boat in front of the Sydney Opera House.

Emma Roberts is giving fans an exclusive look inside of her home!

Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny have been spotted on set of their upcoming Ryan Murphy project for the first time!

A mix of sunny spells, cloud and showers are forecast for Greater Manchester for the remainder of this week, according to the Met Office.