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Amazon’s Reacher is currently filming its third season (this time with crustiness) while adapting another Lee Child book. That show won’t return until 2025, so is there a way for fans of the Big Guy to get their fix before then?

Not quite. However, there’s some positive news for a show that many hoped would keep the Reacher vibes alive. That would be Tracker, which premiered on CBS after this year’s Super Bowl and surely changed its title from The Never Game (as based upon Jeffrey Deaver’s same-named book) to remind people of Reacher and convince them to give the newer show a shot, which worked.

There’s no Big Guy here, but Justin Hartley does portray a semi-loner character who travels and does solve mysteries. Unlike Reacher, however, Colter Shaw (the “tracker” character) doesn’t stumble into crime-solving mode but does so while bounty hunting. The show captured a strong enough viewership in its first weeks for CBS to feel optimistic about greenlighting more. Now that the procedural’s season finale has aired, here’s the verdict:

Will There Be A ‘Tracker’ Season 2?

Back in March, Hollywood Reporter revealed that CBS renewed Tracker:

The series launched Feb. 11 in TV’s best time slot – after the Super Bowl – and now ranks as the No. 1 show, according to Nielsen’s most current data, with 16 million multiplatform viewers. The network says Tracker is its most watched new series since Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon debuted in the 2017-18 season.

Now that Young Sheldon is done and dusted, it’s up to Tracker to carry the ratings torch. That will likely happen in 2025, by the way, so yep, there’s a wait for both more Reacher and Tracker, but the good news is that CBS is already cracking on NCIS: Origins, which could arrive in late 2024, if you’re hankering for a new procedural fix.

In 2018, Brittany Howard departed Alabama Shakes and subsequently released her triumphant debut solo album Jaime in 2019, resulting in five nominations and one win at the 2021 Grammys. Most recently, Howard released What Now in February, announced a co-headlining fall tour, and voiced the titular character in Netflix’s Thelma The Unicorn. Still, even with such overwhelming solo success, Howard is open to a future reunion with Alabama Shakes.

“I’m not tired of being asked about it,” Howard told Entertainment Weekly. “It is a beautiful part of my history as a musician [and] changed my life. I love the music we made together. I was just listening to ‘Always Alright’; I haven’t heard it in 10 years.”

Howard added, “As far as what happens in the future, I just follow the curiosity. I feel like if there’s a beat there and the creativity’s calling me there, then that’s something that we’ll have a conversation about, me and the guys. I wouldn’t say the door’s completely closed.”

Alabama Shakes consisted of Howard, Heath Fogg, Zac Cockrell, and Steve Johnson. The Alabama-bred band was founded in 2009 and released two albums, Boys & Girls in 2012 and Sound & Color in 2015. The latter won Best Alternative Music Album and was nominated for Album Of The Year at the 2016 Grammys.

Fans at Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour stop in Chicago got to have a taste of her upcoming tequila. Meg announced the tequila brand, Chicas, on X (RIP, Twitter.com), writing, “CHICAGO HOTTIES YOUR CHICAS IS READY yall get to have thee FIRST EXCLUSIVE TASTE OF MY NEW TEQUILA DROPPING SOON #hotgirlsummertour”

During the show, Meg also brought out the new hometown superstar, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, who even made the 5’9 rapper look petite. That didn’t stop Meg from twerking on Angel as she performed, sending the energy in the United Center — ahem — sky-high.

For the remaining Hot Girl Summer tour dates, see below. You can also check out the setlist and tour merch at the links provided.

05/21 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden^
05/22 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center^
05/24 — Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley Festival*
05/26 — Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Festival*
05/28 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena^
05/30 — Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum^
06/01 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena^
06/04 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena^
06/06 — Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino^
06/08 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena^
06/10 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center^
06/11 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center^
06/13 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center^
06/14 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center^
06/16 — Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/17 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena^
06/19 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center^
06/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena^
06/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena^
07/04 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
07/05 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
07/07 — Paris, FR @ Zenith
07/10 — Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
07/11 — Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena
07/14 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
07/16 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
07/17 — London, UK @ The O2
07/27 — Washington DC @ Broccoli City Festival

^ with GloRilla

X-Men ’97 wrapped up its fantastically-received first season last week. But will it be the only season of the Disney+ animated series?

Nope! Season 2 is in the works, although it will be awhile before it debuts.

“It’s still an animatic phase. Animation takes so long to make as I’m sure you know. There was a great bit about this in Invincible season 2,” Marvel’s head of streaming Brad Winderbaum told Comic Book. “They just nailed it so hard, it is the greatest. And it takes a long time. Because the studio wants to see how successful the first season is before they greenlight the second season there’s a lag. We were lucky enough to get the greenlight before we aired so there’s maybe less of a lag. People are just going to have to be patient with us.”

X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo, who was fired before the show premiered, told a Twitter follower that he wrote “a lot” of the upcoming season before his shocking departure. “I did write a lot of season 2,” he wrote. “However, unlike Season 1, I will not be heavily involved or leading production, cast records, design, editorial, post, music, etc., nor doing any production rewrites as it relates to the creative vision of the show.”

While waiting for more X-Men ’97, you can catch up with ol’ Logan in Deadpool & Wolverine (& Taylor Swift?). Tickets are on sale now.

(Via Comic Book)

Jake Gyllenhaal returned to the Saturday Night Live stage this past weekend to host the season 49 finale, but nobody really seems to care what he had to say as much as what he was wearing while he said it. Now he knows what it’s like to be a woman during fashion week.

In Gyllenhaal’s opening monologue, he made a whole stink about being the only person to accept the gig, but he decided to do so while wearing what looks like a Peter Griffin cosplay if Peter Griffin was a stylish nepo baby from Los Angeles.

The Road House actor wore a snazzy white button down paired with some olive-colored slacks, which is also the preferred uniform of the titular Family Guy himself. This was distracting for fans of the long-running animated series!

Gyllenhaal then went into an emotionally-charged cover of “End Of The Road” by Boys II Men, referencing the end of the season and the various other actors who were allegedly asked to host the finale, including Pedro Pascal and Zendaya. Neither of whom could pull off Peter Griffin quite as well as Gyllenhaal. Though Zendaya could probably do a pretty good Lois Griffin look if she tried.

On the other hand, his Fred Jones cosplay was spot on!

Sexyy Red is on a mission to #MakeAmericaSexyyAgain. The St. Louis rapper announced her new EP, In Sexyy We Trust, just ahead of the weekend, revealing its cover art and release date: May 24, the start of Memorial Day weekend.

Big Sexyy has had an eventful year so far. In February, she had her second child after appearing in Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy” music video.

Since then, she’s appeared on the bills for a diverse array of music festivals, including The Roots Picnic, Dreamville Festival, and Hangout Festival. At the latter, she apparently hung out backstage with Lana Del Rey; the resulting video of the two dancing to Sexyy’s latest hit, “Get It Sexyy,” has been amusing fans over at X (RIP, Twitter.com).

Lana wasn’t the only surprising star that Sexyy’s been hanging out with lately. Early this month, the St. Louis native popped out to dance along with Zach Bryan during his Quittin Time Tour performance in her hometown, delighting the home of the Gateway Arch. Next up for Sexyy after dropping her new EP? She’s one of the performers billed to take the stage at New York’s Hot97 Summer Jam.

In Sexyy We Trust is out 5/24 via Open Shift/gamma.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is aware of this weekend’s developments involving Sean “Diddy” Combs. Mayor Adams joined PIX11 News on Monday morning, May 20, and was asked about “possibility rescinding” the Key To The City bestowed upon him by Mayor Adams last September.

“I think all of us were deeply disturbed by watching that chilling video of the young lady being assaulted by him, and the committee and the team — we’ve never rescinded a key before, but we are now sitting down to see what the next steps forward are going to be,” Mayor Adams said.

Last November, Cassie Ventura filed a disturbing, lengthy lawsuit in Manhattan Federal District Court, which cited years of abuse at the hands of Diddy, her ex. Diddy settled with Cassie in less than 48 hours, but, through his attorney, Diddy maintained his innocence. Cassie’s lawsuit opened the floodgates for several more women to file similar allegations and lawsuits against Diddy. In December, Diddy released a statement claiming that all of the allegations were “people try[ing] to assassinate my character” and alleged that all of the people coming forward were “looking for a quick payday.”

That statement did not age well. On Friday, May 17, CNN exclusively hotel surveillance video from 2016 showing Diddy physically assaulting Cassie, and Diddy issued a lackluster “apology” on Sunday, May 19.

When asked to clarify whether he is, indeed, considering revoking Diddy’s Key to New York City, Adams said, “We are taking everything under analysis, and the team will come back to me with a final determination.”

Watch the PIX11 News segment below.

The NBA Conference Finals are here after a wild weekend brought an end to the second round. In the West, the Minnesota Timberwolves will play host to the Dallas Mavericks, as both teams picked up stunning comeback wins over the weekend to punch their tickets to the third round. In the East, the Boston Celtics cruised through the Cavs in five games and will host the Indiana Pacers, who put forth the greatest shooting game in NBA Playoffs history to beat the Knicks in Game 7.

After an off day for the four teams remaining on Monday, we will be getting Conference Finals basketball every day for at least the next week. The NBA released the TV schedule for both series, with Pacers-Celtics starting on Tuesday on ESPN and Mavs-Wolves beginning on Wednesday on TNT, with each series playing every other day until someone has won four games. There are no late start times this year, given there aren’t any actual West Coast teams.

As a reminder, ESPN games actually tip about 15 minutes after the listed start time, while TNT games are typically just a few minutes after.

Eastern Conference Finals

Tuesday, May 21: Pacers at Celtics (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN2)
Thursday, May 23: Pacers at Celtics (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Saturday, May 25: Celtics at Pacers (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Monday, May 27: Celtics at Pacers (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN2)
Wednesday, May 29: Pacers at Celtics (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Friday, May 31: Celtics at Pacers (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Sunday, June 2: Pacers at Celtics (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Western Conference Finals

Wednesday, May 22: Mavericks at Timberwolves (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Friday, May 24: Mavericks at Timberwolves (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Sunday, May 26: Timberwolves at Mavericks (8:00 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Tuesday, May 28: Timberwolves at Mavericks (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Thursday, May 30: Mavericks at Timberwolves (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Saturday, June 1: Timberwolves at Mavericks (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)
Monday, June 3: Mavericks at Timberwolves (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV)

Nobody (except for Taylor Sheridan, presumably) knows how Kevin Costner’s dramatic Yellowstone write-off will go down onscreen. Costner recently opened up about being irked at being blamed for his departure by “those f*cking guys,” but he has mainly been focused upon reigniting his feature-film directing career beginning with Horizon: An American Saga (the first part premiered at Cannes over the weekend).

Actually, there are already two parts for Horizon that will release this year in theaters. Costner stars in these movies as well, along with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, and more. And the Dances With Wolves helmer wants to make four parts — not too surprising that the guy who made Waterworld doesn’t want to go small — but he’s not entirely sure that he will even finish the third movie, at least not without more money. As Deadline notes, he’s spent much of his time in Cannes attempting to secure more funding:

“I don’t know why it’s so hard to get people to believe in the movie I wanted to make. I don’t think anybody’s else’s movie is better than mine. I made it for people. It’s a pattern that happens with me … the things I want to make are harder to make … I’m trying to make the third one. I knocked on every boat in Cannes to help me. The guys say, ‘C’mon, we’ll get a picture.’ I said. ‘No, get your checkbook out.’”

He further added, “I use to get no money to do this, then I got paid a lot of money to do this, now I need to pay my own money to do this.” In the below video clip, you can year the above remarks and Costner’s promise that he will mortgage all four of his homes if need be. He has already done so with his ranch to make the first two films and vowed “to go as far as my money takes me.”

Here’s Costner growing weepy during a Cannes standing ovation (the film premiered out of competition) that lasted at least seven minutes.

From the Horizon synopsis:

Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won – and lost – through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, Costner’s ambitious cinematic adventure will take audiences on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.

Horizon‘s first two parts are being distributed by Warner Bros on June 28 and August 16.

Tyla won her first Grammy before releasing an album, but once her self-titled debut studio album arrived in March, Tyla proved more than worthy of any award. Uproxx’s Wongo Okon reviewed the album and called it “a declaration of the singer’s pop stardom.” The newly released video for “Jump,” a standout Tyla track with Gunna and Skillibeng, reinforces that observation.

Directed by Nabil, the video finds Tyla putting her love for Johannesburg, South Africa on display while recognizing that she has grown into a worldwide figure. “They never had a pretty girl from Joburg,” Tyla sings while Gunna drives her down the street, followed by Tyla dancing on a pool table. “See me now, and that’s what they prefer / I don’t touch no wheel ’cause I got a chauffeur / First class how I get ’round the world.”

Tyla is the center of attention throughout the video, and she can’t be bothered by two men who come crashing through her window to brawl. Eventually, Gunna serenades Tyla in the club, and Skillibeng cooly delivers his verse while Tyla literally halts traffic in order to start a twerk party in the street.

The “Jump” video follows Tyla’s videos for “Truth Or Dare” and “Water (Remix)” with Travis Scott. Tyla debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Watch the “Jump” video above.