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Thursday, April 23

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line.

Per a preliminary vote count on Thursday, the overwhelming majority of Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted in support of selling the entire business to Paramount for $31 a share, the company said. Including debt, the deal is valued at nearly $111 billion.

Skydance-owned Paramount wants to buy all of Warner. That means HBO Max, cult-favorite titles like “Harry Potter” and even CNN could soon find themselves under the same roof with CBS, “Top Gun” and the Paramount+ streaming service. A greenlight from company shareholders increases the likelihood of that becoming a reality.

Reality star Darrell Sheets, known for his role as “the gambler” in the popular competition show “Storage Wars,” has died at age 67, according to local authorities.

Sheets was found dead in the early hours of April 22, 2026, at a residence in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, the local police department shared in a statement. The cause of death “appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” the statement said. Sheets was pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident is currently under investigation by the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit and the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office, authorities said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Lake Havasu City Police Department at 928-855-1171.

A brand new bombshell and a “Summer House” star have officially entered the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom.

During Hulu’s Get Real House event on April 22, “DWTS” hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough announced that Maura Higgins and Ciara Miller are officially the first celebrities competing for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy for Season 35.

“I’m a strong believer in manifesting. I had it on my vision board,” Higgins said about being part of “DWTS.” “And now it is happening, which I cannot believe, and I know it’s going to be so, so hard. But because I really want to do it, I’m going to put my all into it.”

It’s her, hi! Taylor Swift has topped Spotify’s first ever list of the most streamed artists of all time, published Thursday morning.

She’s followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. That comes as no surprise: In 2025 the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was named the streaming giant’s most played artist of the year for a fourth time, dethroning Swift.

It’s a been bit of a cat-and-mouse game for the two: She claimed the top spot the previous two years; he did the same from 2020 to 2023.

There’s a new group of Mormon Wives and they’re headed west. 

During Hulu’s Get Real event on April 22, “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” stars Miranda Hope, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley and Jessi Draper announced that the franchise is expanding with “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.”

They also announced the new cast, which includes Neeley’s sister, McCall DaPron. Also a part of “Orange County” are Aspyn Ovard, Bobbi Althoff, Avery Woods, Salomé Andrea, Chandler Higginson, Ashleigh Pease and Madison Bontempo.

Fashionistas knew this already: “Fashion is Art.” But how will Met Gala guests interpret that dress code at this year’s extravaganza?

Last year’s theme, “Tailored For You,” led to a lot of great suits; this year’s promises to produce some truly flamboyant attire as guests mount the famous carpeted steps on May 4. As always, the dress code is inspired by the spring exhibit at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Costume Art” will pair some 200 art objects with 200 garments to highlight the connection between fashion and art through the centuries.

Here are some key things to know as fashion’s biggest night approaches: