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.

Madonna said on April 20 that several vintage costume pieces she wore during a surprise appearance with Sabrina Carpenter at Coachella’s Weekend Two on April 17 have gone missing. In an Instagram story the pop star said the items — pulled from her personal archives and including a jacket, corset, dress, boots and other garments she said were the same pieces she wore at her Coachella set two decades earlier — were gone after the Main Stage duet in Indio, California. Madonna called the garments “part of my history,” offered a reward for their safe return and provided an email, infomaverick2026@gmail.com, for tips. The appearance, which featured duets of “Vogue” and “Like a Prayer” and a debut of a new track from her forthcoming album Confessions II (due July 3), was widely covered; manager Guy Oseary called the moment “full circle.” Multiple outlets also reported Madonna said other archival items from the same era were missing. Festival organisers have not publicly commented on the reported theft.

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.

Patrick Muldoon, the American actor best known for his roles on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and the 1997 film Starship Troopers, died on April 19 at his Beverly Hills home. He was 57. Muldoon’s manager and family members, including his sister Shana Muldoon Zappa, confirmed the death; media reports and family statements cited a sudden heart attack as the cause. Muldoon rose to prominence as Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives in the early 1990s and later played Richard Hart on Melrose Place. He also appeared in more than 50 films and worked as a producer on titles including The Card Counter and Marlowe. Muldoon was credited as an executive producer on the film Kockroach, which began filming in Australia this month, and is due to appear in the thriller Dirty Hands, scheduled for release April 24. He is survived by his partner Miriam Rothbart, his parents Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr., his sister Shana and her family, and other relatives. Colleagues including Alison Sweeney, Dina Meyer and Lisa Rinna paid public tribute.

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.