Jon Favreau unveiled the final trailer and screened roughly the first 17 minutes of The Mandalorian and Grogu at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, offering a substantial early look at the film ahead of its May 22 theatrical release. The feature continues the Disney+ series story, casting Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin and Grogu as his apprentice; Sigourney Weaver appears as New Republic colonel Ward and Jeremy Allen White provides the voice of Rotta the Hutt. Favreau wrote the story with Dave Filoni, who has taken a larger creative role at Lucasfilm, and Ludwig Göransson composed the score. Early footage shown at the convention opens with an assault on scattered Imperial warlords, action aboard AT-AT-style walkers, and moments of Grogu using the Force. Deadline said the film includes over 49 minutes of expanded-aspect-ratio sequences for IMAX and other large formats; tickets go on sale immediately. Coverage of the CinemaCon presentation noted strong fan applause and curiosity about whether the theatrical return will reinvigorate the Star Wars franchise, while some early reviewers offered mixed reactions to the footage.

Darrell Sheets, the larger‑than‑life bidder known as “The Gambler” on A&E’s long‑running reality series Storage Wars, was found dead at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on April 22, 2026. Lake Havasu City police said officers responded at about 2 a.m. and located a 67‑year‑old male who had suffered what appeared to be a self‑inflicted gunshot wound; the case remains under active investigation and the body was turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examiner. Sheets, a fan favourite who appeared across 15 seasons (more than 160 episodes) and who later ran an antiques shop in Arizona, had publicly battled health problems in recent years. A&E said it was “saddened” by his death. Several former co‑stars, including René Nezhoda and Brandi Passante, have publicly mourned him and urged people to seek help. Nezhoda has alleged Sheets had been subject to sustained online harassment; police say cyberbullying claims are part of the ongoing inquiry. Media outlets have also revisited Sheets’s on‑screen legacy and his role in popularising storage‑auction culture.

A former executive at Beast Industries, the media company founded by YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, filed a federal lawsuit on April 22, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Plaintiff Lorrayne Mavromatis, hired in 2022 as head of Instagram and later promoted, alleges years of sexual harassment by senior leaders, gender discrimination and retaliation after she complained and took maternity leave. The complaint names two production entities, MrBeastYouTube LLC and GameChanger 24/7 LLC, and cites incidents including unwanted comments about her appearance, one-on-one meetings at an executive’s home, being asked to join work calls while in labor, demotion after raising complaints in 2023, and termination weeks after returning from leave. Her suit alleges violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, wrongful termination and intentional infliction of emotional distress and seeks unspecified damages and other relief. Beast Industries has strongly denied the claims, saying the complaint contains “deliberate misrepresentations” and that it has documentation to refute the allegations. The filing spotlights questions about workplace culture at a high-profile creator-led company headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina.

Netflix on April 23 released Stranger Things: Tales From '85, a 10-episode animated spinoff set between seasons two and three of the flagship series. Executive-produced by creators Matt and Ross Duffer and developed by showrunner Eric Robles, the series is produced by Flying Bark and features a newly recast voice ensemble for the core child characters. It introduces Nikki (Odessa A'zion) and her substitute-teacher mother (Janeane Garofalo) and includes guest voices such as Robert Englund and Lou Diamond Phillips. The show adopts a kid-friendly, Saturday-morning cartoon tone, leans into 1980s nostalgia and centers on a serialized mystery involving new Upside Down–related plantlike creatures. Critical reaction on release was mixed: several reviewers praised its return to the franchise's earlier, youthful spirit and strong voice performances, while others called it unambitious, repetitive and potentially disruptive to canon. CNET noted all episodes are available on demand and reminded readers of Netflix's recent subscription-price tiers. The series is the first of several promised Stranger Things extensions and is positioned to keep the IP active without the original live-action cast.

Kylie Jenner has been named in a lawsuit filed April 17, 2026, by a former live-in housekeeper, Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, who says she endured months of racial, national-origin and religious harassment while working at the reality star’s Hidden Hills, California, home. Vasquez, who says she is Salvadoran and Catholic, alleges she was repeatedly belittled, excluded from the housekeeping team, assigned the hardest tasks, mocked about her accent and immigration status, and subjected to intimidation including an incident where a supervisor allegedly threw hangers at her feet. She also claims defendants failed to pay wages on time, withheld overtime and meal-and-rest premiums, and did not reimburse business expenses. Vasquez says the mistreatment caused anxiety and symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder; she took medical leave in July 2025 and resigned in August 2025. The suit names Kylie Jenner, Tri Star Services LLC and La Maison/Maison Family Services LLC, plus unnamed individuals, and seeks unpaid wages, damages and punitive relief. Jenner’s representatives have not publicly commented.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art this spring unveiled the David Geffen Galleries, a 110,000-square-foot, single-level concrete-and-glass building designed by Pritzker-winner Peter Zumthor in collaboration with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Funded in part by a $150 million gift from David Geffen, the 900-foot-long structure curves above Wilshire Boulevard and emphasizes light, permeability and a non-hierarchical flow. LACMA director Michael Govan and 45 curators organized the inaugural installation around bodies of water (Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Mediterranean), mixing ancient and contemporary works and commissioning new pieces by artists including Stephanie H. Shih and Lauren Halsey. Site-specific elements include transparent chrome curtains by Reiko Sudō and a plaza intervention by Mariana Castillo Deball. Early reviews from the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and travel press praise the building’s daring rethinking of museum narratives and immersive qualities, while noting practical issues: visitor disorientation, navigation challenges and questions about displaying light-sensitive works in a luminous environment. The galleries open to the public May 4, 2026.