Patrick Muldoon, the American actor and producer best known for roles on Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place and the 1997 film Starship Troopers, has died at 57. His manager confirmed to Variety that Muldoon died suddenly on Sunday, April 19, 2026; Deadline and TMZ reported the cause as a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home, where his partner, Miriam Rothbart, found him unconscious. Muldoon rose to fame as Austin Reed on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives (1992–1995; returned 2011–12) and played Richard Hart on Melrose Place before moving into film, notably as Zander Barcalow in Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. He also worked as a producer and executive producer on films including The Card Counter and the in‑production Kockroach, which began filming in Australia in mid‑April and on which he was credited. Muldoon is survived by his partner, parents Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr., his sister Shana Muldoon‑Zappa and other family members. Colleagues and co‑stars, including Alison Sweeney and Dina Meyer, paid public tribute to him on social media.

A24 and Bandai Namco confirmed Alex Garland’s live-action adaptation of FromSoftware’s hit game Elden Ring will be released in cinemas March 3, 2028. Production began in spring 2026 in the United Kingdom and the film is being produced for IMAX exhibition. Garland wrote and is directing the project; producers include Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and George R.R. Martin, who contributed to the game’s original mythos. The ensemble cast features Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw and Cailee Spaeny with Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Jonathan Pryce, Ruby Cruz, Nick Offerman, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird and Peter Serafinowicz among others. Reports say the shoot will run roughly 100 days and that the budget is “well over” $100 million, making this among A24’s largest productions. Elden Ring, released in 2022, has sold over 30 million copies and won hundreds of Game of the Year awards; the film’s approach to adapting the game’s sprawling, often non-linear lore has not been disclosed.

Joe Jonas has publicly confirmed his relationship with model and digital creator Tatiana Gabriela after sharing photos and a vlog from a recent trip to Puerto Rico in mid-April 2026. The black-and-white photobooth image Jonas posted marked Gabriela’s first appearance on his Instagram; the YouTube video from the trip featured the couple dining, exploring San Juan and joking that she is “helping me with my Spanish.” Multiple outlets report the pair have been seeing each other since the summer of 2025 and have spent time together in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Gabriela, 28, who was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, has worked with brands including Maybelline and Dolce Vita and appeared in Bad Bunny’s 2025 music video “BAILE INoLVIDABLE.” Insiders say Jonas, 36, trusts Gabriela around his two daughters from his 2024 divorce from Sophie Turner and that the relationship has grown more serious in recent months.

Eddie Murphy confirmed on April 18, 2026 that his son Eric and Martin Lawrence’s daughter Jasmin have welcomed a baby girl. Speaking at the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award ceremony, Murphy said the couple — who married in 2025 and announced the pregnancy in February — had their daughter “a week or two ago” and gave her the name Ari Skye. The birth is the first child for Eric and Jasmin and expands Murphy’s large family; Ari Skye is at least his third grandchild. Martin Lawrence, who attended the AFI tribute, had previously celebrated the pregnancy on Instagram. The arrival follows social-media reveals of the couple’s baby shower earlier this year and comes as Murphy was being honored by peers at an AFI event that will be highlighted in a forthcoming tribute special.

HBO’s Euphoria returned April 19 with its second Season 3 episode, “America My Dream,” prompting a wave of criticism focused on Sydney Sweeney’s character Cassie. The episode includes a montage of Cassie creating explicit OnlyFans content — topless and fully nude shots, an ice-cream gag, a sheer American-flag costume, a baseball-themed shoot, a puppy-play sequence and a contentious scene in which the character poses as an “adult baby” with a pacifier and diaper. Viewers on social media described the material as disturbing, degrading and gratuitous; some called for boycotts while others defended the creative choice. Coverage notes the episode also features the return of Eric Dane. Commentators and outlets including Variety have framed the scenes as both a continuation of Cassie’s arc — seeking money for an extravagant wedding — and as a meta use of Sweeney’s public persona. The debate has touched on Sweeney’s previous comments about sexualisation in her career and the showrunner Sam Levinson’s history of provocative storytelling.