Kalen Gorman, a prominent figure behind popular shows like Bones, The Mindy Project, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has passed away at the age of 59.

She succumbed to breast cancer after a brave battle, her publicist confirmed to Variety on Tuesday, October 1.

The late TV producer was renowned for her behind-the-scenes work on Ryan Murphy’s Glee, where her engaging videos garnered millions of views on YouTube, making her a favourite among fans.

During her tenure at Fox, she collaborated on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bones and The Mindy Project. In addition, she contributed to numerous other productions, including Showtime’s Homeland.

Originally from Toronto and raised in Los Angeles, Gorman held positions as a segment producer at E! Entertainment and Access Hollywood and co-created VH1’s You Rock With… while also executive producing the Facebook show Ladies First With Grace Helbig.

The longtime TV producer’s extensive portfolio included executive production and direction for Snapchat series such as Keepin’ It Real With Keke Palmer, Step by Step With Matt Steffanina, and Worst Firsts With Brittany Furlan.

Gorman was predeceased by her brother, animation writer Alexx Van Dyne, who died in May 2023 at the age of 61.

Angelina Jolie appears to have made subtle announcement of her romance with rapper Akala.

Following romance rumours since May last year, Akala made a discreet appearance on the actress’ official social media page for her creative company, Atelier Jolie.

Over the weekend, the 40-year-old artist attended a party in New York City hosted by 49-year-old Jolie for her company. 

In a photo from the event, Akala is prominently featured just before pictures of the Oscar-winning actress appear in the same Instagram carousel.

The Eternals actress is seen interviewing Mustafa at the Atelier Jolie showroom on Great Jones Street. 

Dressed in a grey suit and black boots, the ex-wife of Brad Pitt wore her hair down as she took her seat. Meanwhile, Akala, who was in the audience, wore a black crew neck T-shirt.

This event followed just two days after Akala attended the 62nd New York Film Festival premiere of Jolie’s film Maria at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York City.

“Atelier Jolie welcomed Mustafa at 57 Great Jones, hosting a special listening party and panel discussion for his debut album, Dunya, out now,” the caption of the post read.

“Join us in celebrating this stunning 12-song collection, where folk meets poetry. The album is available to stream now on all platforms.”

The event was also attended by Zoe Kravitz, as the actress was also featured in the post, in another slide.

The romance rumours started when Akala accompanied Jolie and her daughters, Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18, at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica in May of last year. 

An eyewitness noted at the time that Akala was “very protective of them as he shepherded them around.” Six months later, In Touch reported that they shared dinner together in Milan.

Sam Strangis, a renowned producer, director, and studio executive with a five-decade career, has died at 95. 

Strangis passed away on July 23 due to kidney failure at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, California, according to a family spokesperson.

Strangis’ impressive career spanned multiple iconic TV shows and films, including Batman, The Six Million Dollar Man, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 

He began as a script supervisor at Revue Studios and later directed episodes of The Restless Gun (1957-1959).

As head of production at Paramount Studios in the late 1960s, Strangis oversaw memorable series such as Mannix, The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Brady Bunch, Love, American Style, and Mission: Impossible.

In 1974, Strangis partnered with Don Boyle to produce ABC’s The Six Million Dollar Man, starring Lee Majors, for Universal Television. 

He later returned to Paramount as vice president of TV production and subsequently launched Ten-Four Productions, an independent production company.

Strangis’ production company produced notable TV movies, including Rainbow (1978), Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991), and The Rainbow Warrior (1993). 

He concluded his career producing CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2002) and CSI: Miami (2002-2003), earning an Emmy nomination for best drama series in 2002.

Born on June 19, 1929, in Tacoma, Washington, Strangis is survived by his wife Bonnie, daughter Debi, sons Gary (producer of The Practice) and Greg (writer and producer of Eight Is Enough and Falcon Crest), sisters Judy (an actress) and Cindy, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Joaquin Phoenix teased maybe being married to his longtime partner Rooney Mara.

The fans of the Joker star are supposing that the actor has secretly married Mara, after he subtly referred to her as his “wife”, during a conversation on the Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso podcast’s Sunday episode.

He called the American actress his “wife” while talking about how he prepared his 2020 Oscars speech. Phoenix said he crafted the monologue while talking with, as he said, “my mom and my wife.”

Phoenix confirmed that it was indeed Mara who he referred to as “wife”, by mentioning her by name later in the chat.

“Rooney was like, ‘That’s what you should say!’” he shared.

However, throughout the actor’s entire conversation on the podcast with Fragoso, he didn’t give a clear statement on the status of his marriage.

Mara and Phoenix initially met on the set of Spike Jonze’s film Her in 2012. The pair didn’t get involved romantically until meeting each other again on the set of Mary Magdalene after a few years. They got engaged in 2019.

“She’s the only girl I ever looked up on the internet,” Phoenix told Vanity Fair about Mara in a 2019 interview.

“We were just friends, email friends. I’d never done that. Never looked up a girl online.”