The live table reading of the holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” benefiting the Ed Asner Family Center is adding another dose of star power. Academy Award winner Kathy Bates is joining Jason Sudeikis, who is taking on the iconic role of ‘George Bailey’. Tom Bergeron will host the live online table read on Dec. 5.

Demi Lovato has released a gender-neutral sex toy. Demi, who came out as non-binary in May, announced the new gadget on Instagram, writing: “Introducing the Demi Wand! I wanted to create my own sex toy to take the stigma away from pleasure, and to take your sexual relationship to the next level.” It’s selling for $79.

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wed., Prince Charles anointed Elton John as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor. The award recognizes people who have made “a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time.”

While promoting the resumption of his residency at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel was asked his opinion of current artists. He said Adele “is a phenomenal singer, kind of a Barbra Streisand throwback.” Taylor Swift? He called her “a very talented girl and she’s productive and keeps coming up with great concepts and songs…She’s like that generation’s Beatles.”

Two ‘Washington Post’ writers will dive into the life and times of George Floyd. The biography titled ‘His Name Is George Floyd’ reveals details about George’s life that show how systemic racism shaped everything in his path. ‘His Name Is George Floyd’ will be released on May 17th, 2022.

The Astroworld death toll has risen to NINE. A 22-year-old woman named Bharti Shahani died yesterday after being in intensive care since the concert last Friday. An attorney for her family says she suffered, quote, “horrific, horrific injuries” at the show.

TARA REID wants to put it on record that none of the cast hooked up while making the 1999 film “American Pie”. She said everyone became a family and that, quote, “you wouldn’t date your brother.”

The book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” by DR. SEUSS is going to be an animated musical movie in 2027. It’ll be about a young traveler and the highs and lows of life. JON M. CHU of “Crazy Rich Asians” fame will direct.

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” turns 20 on Sunday and Warner Brothers MIGHT be working on putting together a reunion special. It would include the main cast recreating scenes from the series like boarding the Hogwarts Express.

LIZZY CAPLAN will star in a TV series based on the movie “Fatal Attraction”. But it’ll explore themes of infidelity, personality disorder, and coercive control through a MODERN lens.

DJ KHALED’s chicken wing business launched yesterday. It’s called Another Wing and it’s available on all delivery platforms. The coolest thing about it is that they eventually plan to deliver by sea using jet skis.

If you watched the commercials during Wednesday’s CMAs, you may have noticed the announcement that CARLY PEARCE and GABBY BARRETT are co-hosting this year’s “CMA Country Christmas”. The show airs November 29th on ABC.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD and JASON ALDEAN rocked their performance of “If I Didn’t Love You” on the CMAs. And they’re going to ride that momentum by performing it again on “The American Music Awards”. It’s going down November 21st on ABC.

PARIS HILTON got married yesterday. Not much info is available yet, but we know celebrity attendees included Emma Roberts, Kyle Richards, Paula Abdul, Evan Ross, and Bebe Rexha.

Smithers gets his first boyfriend on the November 21st episode of “The Simpsons”.

LIL NAS X is going to be on Wednesday’s episode of “Maury” to confront his ex for apparently having a relationship with a woman on the side. But it looks like it’s just another one of his stunts.

A second posthumous JUICE WRLD album is dropping December 10th. It’s called “Fighting Demons”.

Taylor Swift has released “Red (Taylor’s Version)” a mixture of songs from her original album along with songs that were written around the same time of the other recordings. To promote it, she’ll be on “Saturday Night Live” to play songs from it. She hasn’t posted about which songs she’ll perform, but this week on Tumblr, she posted a short tease of the song “Babe”, one she wrote with Train’s Pat Monahan.

Britney Spears, posted a series of photos of her wearing a pink tulle dress. Along with it, she let fans know that this wasn’t her wedding dress, but revealed that it was in the process of being made. Donatella Versace is making the dress. The two have been long-time friends and fans of each other. In 2002, Brit attended a fashion show for the brand while wearing Versace.

Mayim Bialik will host “Jeopardy!”’s first-ever Professors Tournament next month. Fifteen professors will compete for a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions. The tournament will begin on Monday, December 6th and run until Friday, December 17th.