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Entertainment - Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Thursday, April 9, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-04-09 focused on 3 major developments: 1) CBS Sets ‘Artemis II Return To Earth’ Live Special; Tweaks Friday West Coast Primetime Schedule (Deadline) 2) Cannes Film Festival Lineup Spotlights Almodóvar and Other Heavyweights (NYT Arts) 3) Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden (Variety) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-04-09, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
Key Points
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CBS Sets ‘Artemis II Return To Earth’ Live Special; Tweaks Friday West Coast Primetime Schedule
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Cannes Film Festival Lineup Spotlights Almodóvar and Other Heavyweights
Sources: #2 NYT Arts -
Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden
Sources: #3 Variety
Top 10 Stories
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#1 Score 80CBS Sets ‘Artemis II Return To Earth’ Live Special; Tweaks Friday West Coast Primetime ScheduleCBS News has set Artemis II Return To Earth, a live one-hour special, which will follow the crew’s return back to earth following a 10-day trip around the moon and back. The CBS News Special Report will air Friday, April 10 (7:30-8:30 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network, CBS News 24/7 and CBSNews.com. To accommodate the special CBS has slightly shiftedthe night’s primetime […]
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#2 Score 79Cannes Film Festival Lineup Spotlights Almodóvar and Other HeavyweightsThe 79th edition of the festival includes films by revered art house directors like Pedro Almodóvar and Pawel Pawlikowski but few Hollywood titles.
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#3 Score 79Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana WaldenDisney elevated April Carretta to EVP of communications, reporting to chief communications officer Paul Roeder. As part of her expanded duties, Caretta will be the day-to-day communications lead for Dana Walden, who last month took on the newly created role of president and chief creative officer under CEO Josh D’Amaro. Carretta most recently was head […]
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#4 Score 72Oscar Winner Steven Bognar Boards ‘Who Moves America’ As E.P.; Yael Bridge Doc Examines UPS Teamsters Contract BattleOscar-winning filmmaker Steven Bognar has joined labor-themed documentary Who Moves America as an executive producer ahead of the film’s upcoming appearances at the SFFILM Festival and the Austin Film Society’s Doc Days. The documentary screened Wednesday night at DOC NYC’s Selects Spring Series, with a second screening added. Director Yael Bridge and Oscar-nominated producer Yoni […]
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#5 Score 72Afrika Bambaataa, Often Called the ‘Godfather of Hip-Hop,’ Is DeadA pioneering rapper and D.J. from the Bronx, Mr. Bambaataa was accused of child sexual abuse later in his career.
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#6 Score 71Tony Awards Eligibility: Ebon Moss-Bachrach Secures Featured Actor Placement for ‘Dog Day Afternoon’Eligibility rulings for three Broadway productions are now set as the Tony Awards race gets underway. The administration committee clarified key category placements that could have an effect this year’s contenders. At its third meeting of the 2025‑26 season, the committee confirmed that “Every Brilliant Thing” starring Daniel Radcliffe and Mariska Hargitay will compete in […]
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#7 Score 63Music Industry Moves: Laufey Re-Ups With Warner Chappell, Will Receive ASCAP’s Creative Voice Award; Miles Gersh Upped to EVP at Warner RecordsWarner Chappell Music publishing has re-signed Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Laufey to a global publishing contract, the company announced; terms of the deal were not disclosed. (Pictured above, L-R back: Harry Roberts (Mark MML), Max Gredinger (Foundations), Guy Moot (WCM), Ryan Press (WCM), David Goldsen (WCM); L-R front: Carianne Marshall (WCM), Gabz Landman (WCM), Laufey.) “Excited to […]
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#8 Score 62CBS Picks Up ‘Eternally Yours’ Comedy Pilot From ‘Ghosts’ Showrunners To Series, ‘The Tillbrooks’ Not Moving ForwardCBS has made the final scripted programming decision ahead of revealing its 2026-27 schedule next week. The network on Thursday picked up one of its two comedy pilots, Eternally Yours, to series, while passing on the other, The Tillbrooks (formerly known as Regency). With that, CBS will be dropping below four comedy series on the […]
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#9 Score 60‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ Post-Oscars Episode Viewership Grows 13% Over Last Year (EXCLUSIVE)It’s One Rating Win After Another for Disney’s syndicated talk strip “Live With Kelly and Mark,” which saw this year’s “After the Oscars” episode jump by double digits vs. last year with total viewers and other demos. The morning after “One Battle After Another” won the best picture Academy Award at the Dolby Theatre, “Live […]
- #10 Score 59‘Faces of Death’ Set the Bar for Hardcore Horror. It’s Baaack.
A remake of the cult horror movie raises questions about the approach to viewing disturbing videos in a new era.