Ariana Madix joining ‘Dancing with the Stars’… Tyler Perry is “Beyond Interested” in BET… Casting news… Britney Spears update… and Millie Bobby Brown is engaged!

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Having Tom Sandoval cheat on her with Rachel/Raquel Leviss may be the best thing that ever happened to her. Ariana Madix reportedly will join Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” when the new season premieres on Disney+ in September. A source told Page Six that ABC “has already received all the approvals and sign-offs from NBC Universal,” which is Bravo’s parent company. We’re waiting for the official announcement from ABC. Tyra Banks will not be back as host. Alfonso Ribeiro’s new co-host is Julianne Hough, who won the Mirror Ball trophy in Seasons 4 and 5 of the series.

Tyler Perry is already a minority stakeholder in the BET Media Group, but now he’s in talks to buy a majority stake from its owner, Paramount. Tyler told Entertainment Tonight, “I’ve been there for four years now and had tremendous success. I wasn’t expecting this to happen, so, yes – if that is possible, I’m very, very interested in taking as much of it as I can.” When asked for more details, all Tyler would say is, “We can very much say that there are conversations. I am beyond interested.”

In casting news, Ryan Murphy announced yesterday that Kim Kardashian will star in Season 12 of “American Horror Story: Delicate” Ryan told “The Hollywood Reporter” that this role was written specifically for Kim, and it’s “fun, stylish and ultimately terrifying.” The news is getting very extreme and mixed reviews online. “AHS: Delicate” is scheduled to begin shooting in NYC this month and should be ready to air later this summer. In other casting news, Jason Momoa will star in the upcoming “Minecraft” movie, which is scheduled to premiere on April 4, 2025. And at the Star Wars Celebration in London, we found out Daisy Ridley will return as Rey in a new “Star Wars” movie which will take place after the events of 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker.”

There were rumors Britney Spears and Sam Asghari were headed for divorce when she took off her wedding ring and flew to Hawaii with her manager, while he took off his wedding ring and stayed home. But in her latest Instagram posts, her ring is back on. Meantime, there’s speculation that Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez may be getting a divorce. The rumors started after he deleted his Instagram account earlier this month, and Ariana hasn’t been seen wearing her wedding ring over the past few months. If the make it, Ariana and Dalton will celebrate their second wedding anniversary next month.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi announced this morning that they are ENGAGED! While jaws may drop that she’s only 19 and he’s 20, they have just as good a chance as everybody else at making this work! Millie posted a black-and-white photo of them with Jake’s arms wrapped around her from behind, showing off a giant sparkler on her ring finger as they both look so happy they could cry. She captioned it, “I’ve loved you three summers now, honey, I want ’em all” with a white heart emoji. Jake posted two photos of them looking blissful, captioning his, “Forever.”

 

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