Andy Cohen denies claim… Sophia Bush joins Grey’s Anatomy… Drake showing off hairstyle… Cynthia Erivo reacts to edits… and One Direction member Liam Payne died

After a fractured and abbreviated Season 15, the future of The Real Housewives of New Jersey is up in the air. Over the summer, Andy Cohen said Bravo will reboot the show, but didn’t say whether they’ll wipe the slate clean or bring back a few old faces and and some new ones. However! Jennifer Ayden went IG Live while getting Botox and someone commented that they didn’t want her coming back, to which Jennifer flipped the bird and said, “Sorry! I am coming back.” Then someone started circulating a report that Jennifer, Teresa and Dolores were all “told not to engage in any other projects outside NBC” because they would all be coming back. Andy responded, “What? A report where? Where did they get it?” When asked about what Jennifer said about returning, Andy said, “We’ve done absolutely nothing — well, actually, we’ve done plenty. But that’s not — no……I wish her well. (But) wait ’til Bravo or I says something.”

Andy Cohen denies Jennifer Aydin’s claim she was asked to return to ‘RHONJ’: ‘I wish her well’ https://t.co/soJKkGXhHC pic.twitter.com/GCsz7n9kfK
— Page Six (@PageSix) October 16, 2024

Sophia Bush has signed on for a major recurring role in Season 21 of Grey’s Anatomy. Her first appearance will be on Nov. 7. Sophia will play Dr. Cass Beckman, a likable, fun but and a little messy-around-the-edges trauma surgeon at Seattle Presbyterian whose husband Dr. David Beckman is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Grey Sloan. We don’t know who’s been cast in that role yet. Meantime, Sophia and her fellow One Tree Hill alum Hilarie Burton Morgan are set to executive produce and reprise their roles as Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer in a sequel series being developed for Netflix.

Get ready to meet Dr. Cass Beckman when Sophia Bush joins 'Grey's Anatomy' season 21 in a recurring role. https://t.co/pu9RfiuodD
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 16, 2024

Drake is getting mixed reactions from fans over his new hairstyle. He posted a mirror selfie on his IG Story – no caption – showing his hair styled in sleek pigtails, parted straight down the middle with baby blue bubble barrettes. Among the comments: “Drake going thru his mid life crisis… hair in pigtails and posing with duck lips lol..just give us the slaps my boy.” Another said, “Drake with those pigtails, EIGHT DAYS away from being THIRTY EIGHT years old is making me so mad.” And, “Drake gotta be trolling at this point because why pigtails?” But despite the backlash, Drake did have some defenders, including this: “Snoop dog wore his hair like this and everybody loved it from what I saw as a kid lol so what’s the problem with drake rockin his hair”

Drake posts new selfie pic.twitter.com/MFgplEVBwt
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) October 16, 2024

Cynthia Erivo is playing Elphaba to Ariana Grande’s Glinda in the upcoming movie Wicked. A lot of people weren’t happy with the movie poster because it wasn’t exactly like the Broadway poster, so they’ve been doing their own edits and memes about it. Cynthia is not amused. In fact, she’s downright offended. She posted an edited version recreating the original, with Cynthia’s eyes covered by her witch’s hat and red lipstick instead of green. Cynthia wrote, “None of this is funny. None of this is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.” She continued, “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real-life human being, who chose to look right at the camera to you, the viewer … because without words we communicate with our eyes. Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me, and that is just deeply hurtful.” A lot of commenters are telling Cynthia to chill because it ain’t that deep.

Cynthia Erivo has reacted to viral edits of the ‘WICKED’ poster:

“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful AI of us fighting… Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face & hide my eyes is to erase me. That is just deeply hurtful” pic.twitter.com/y3P1Qh379S
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 16, 2024

Former One Direction star Liam Payne died yesterday, after falling from a third-floor balcony at a hotel in Argentina. He was only 31. At this point, police don’t know yet if the fall was accidental or intentional. Reportedly, Liam had been acting aggressively in the hotel lobby, smashing his laptop. He was escorted back up to his room, and the hotel manager called police saying there was an aggressive guest who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol who was not destroying his hotel room. When police arrived, they heard the sound of his fall onto an outdoor patio area. Unfortunately, Liam suffered a fatal head injury and there was nothing they could do to save him. Liam had been in Argentina to see Niall Horan in concert on Oct. 2, explaining, “It’s been a while since me and Niall have spoken. We’ve got a lot to talk about. And I would like to square up a couple things with the boy.” Liam said there were “no bad vibes or anything like that” and that he just needed to talk to him. Niall was there with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy. Apparently, what was supposed to be a 5 day vacation turned into a couple weeks, and Kate decided on Monday that she needed to go back home to Florida. In the hours leading up to his death, Liam was posting pictures of him and Kate and some shots from their vacation, and based on the photos, all seemed okay. But according to sources, Liam was very upset over a recent cease-and-desist his ex-fiancée Maya Henry took out against him over her claims of his non-stop harassment. Liam leaves behind his 7-year-old son Bear with his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.