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Zendaya is easily one of the most star-studded actresses in the industry today, one who has established a truly commendable career within nearly one and a half decades. Not only is she a part of some of the most savagely raging franchises of the current day and age, but she has also managed to scoop multiple iconic accolades along the way as well.

Zendaya in Euphoria. | Credit: HBO.

Of course, with such a brilliantly led career, her net worth has skyrocketed and she is now the owner of a whopping $22 million Hollywood empire. But while her unparalleled beauty and incredibly admirable acting chops are ones to credit for her success, the real unsung hero behind this laudable career of hers is her elder sister, Katianna “Kizzi” Stoermer Coleman.

Katianna Stoermer Coleman is One of Zendaya’s Biggest Inspirations

For a career that started in 2010 with the role of Rocky Blue...

Disco outfit Kc & the Sunshine Band have teamed with fellow disco great Nile Rodgers for a thumping new song, “Give Me Some More (Aye Yai Yai).”

The track was produced by Tony Moran and Kc & the Sunshine Band have also commissioned a whopping 47 remixes for the track. The first set — also released today, April 26th — features contributions from the Chicago duo Rosabel, Tommer Mizrahi, Danny Dove, StoneBridge, John LePage and Larry Peace.

In a statement, Kc & the Sunshine Band’s frontman, Harry Wayne Casey said of the song, “I want...

Twenty-five people and an unborn child were killed during a Sunday morning service at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, when a gunman walked into the sanctuary and opened fire.

Among the dead are the church pastor’s 14-year-old daughter, a mother of young children and a 16-year-old aspiring Nicu nurse.

The Texas shooter, identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, a disgraced former Air Force member, was dressed in all-black tactical gear when he began firing with an assault rifle from outside of the church around 11:20 a.m. local time.

The shooter was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot...

To residents in the no-stoplight town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, population 800, the First Baptist Church had always been a place of worship and a gathering spot for neighbors, friends and family.

The black-clad gunman who pulled up outside the church during Sunday service Nov. 5 wearing a skull mask and carrying a Ruger Ar-556 rifle, shooting as he walked into the sanctuary, thus took away more than the lives of the 26 people who died, with another 20 injured. He robbed the rural community about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio of its sense of peace and security.

“It makes your heart drop,” says Sarah Fuertez,...

In the chaos that ensued Sunday night when a gunman began firing from above into a crowd at a Las Vegas concert, people frantically searching for cover found themselves surrounded by carnage amidst the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in United States history.

“It was like we were in a war movie,” Rob Handley, 34, a medical device salesman from Las Vegas, tells People for this week’s cover story on the heroism and heartbreak that followed the shooting deaths of at least 58 people and wounding of another 527. Police say the gunman, Stephen Paddock, 64, then turned the gun on...

Amid the tragedy, there was heroism.

On Sunday night, an unseen gunman unleashed gunfire into an outdoor Las Vegas concert crowd from his hotel-room 32 floors above, killing at least 59 people and wounding another 527. It was the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.

“I will never forget the sound of that gunfire,” Nashville, Tennessee, publicist Karen Gale, 44, tells People for this week’s cover story in the wake of the nation’s deadliest single-gunman mass shooting in modern history. “There were lost shoes all over the ground, women being carried by boyfriends.”

“If anything, I learned there is still humanity in this world,...

Kc Schafer began his happily ever after with his wife Sarah in Louisville, and he had a special person by his side as his best man: his 90-year-old grandpa.

“He has been my role model and idol since I was a little kid,” Kc Schafer, 27, of Clarksville, Indiana, told ABC News about his decision to make his grandpa, Charles Schafer, his best man. “I spend so much time with him. He pretty much modeled me into the man I am today.”

Schafer also played a special role in his grandson’s engagement. Schafer went shopping for a coffeemaker with his grandpa,...

Kamiyah Mobley was a newborn, not even a day old, when she went missing in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998. Police said she was abducted — but their search for her was fruitless, and the case went cold.

On Friday, nearly two decades later, investigators announced a dramatic new development in the case: Mobley had been found, alive and well, living in South Carolina with her accused abductor, Gloria Williams. Mobley believed the woman was her mother.

Here are five things you need to know about the case.

• For more on Kamiyah Mobley’s story, subscribe now to People or pick up this week’s issue,...

K.C. Cooper will be staying undercover for a while: Disney Channel has renewed K.C. Undercover for a third season.

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Zendaya, who stars as the titular high-school spy, will return for Season 3, the network announced Tuesday. Her character K.C. Cooper’s parents are spies, so she has to balance normal teen stuff (homework, boys) with the demands of being a spy in training for top-secret government outfit The Organization. But she also gets to do a lot of cool karate kicks, so it’s not all bad.

Indie film directors, television editors and a former Spike Lee Fellow are among the 10 program directors chosen by Disney-abc Television Group to take part in its 2016-17 Directing Program. The participants will be pitched to shadow on such ABC series as Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, The Real O'Neals, Quantico and Scandal; Freeform’s Shadowhunters and Young & Hungry; and Disney Channel’s Kc Undercover and Stuck in the Middle. The newly named program directors are…...

By the end of the summer, Martha Madison will be (again) saying goodbye Salem. The soap opera vet, who portrays Belle Black, will last air on Days of Our Lives in early September, she revealed on Twitter.

Early September. https://t.co/qhFhEf0L1J

— Martha Madison (@Marth27) June 27, 2016

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Madison’s departure was announced back in March — along with the exits of co-stars Brandon Beemer (who plays Shawn-Douglas), Marie Wilson (Summer) and Sal Stowers (Lani) — after changes in the writing staff revealed the four characters would be written out.

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Update: Another white guy from the South has done it: Trent Harmon won Season 15, making him our final American Idol. Both Trent and La'Porsha were strong talents, and Trent earned his fan support, but that makes 10 male winners and only five female winners in the history of the series. Is it just coincidence? Were the men just that much better or did the demographic shift toward favoring men over the course of the series? Four of the five women (Kelly, Fantasia, Carrie, Jordin) won their seasons in the first six years, and then we fell into the white guys with guitars trope that was occasionally just white guys from the South or cute white guys from wherever. Point to ponder: If Kelly Clarkson competed on a season in the past five or six years, would she have won?

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The very last episode of "American Idol" airs tonight (Thursday,...

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Ken Shamrock has had a seen it all, done it all sort of career. He has been a Ufc champion, and appeared in the first ever Ufc event. He has been a Pancrase champion, wrestled in Japan, and went on to become an intercontinental champion in the WWE. As a pro wrestler, he was probably underrated. As a mixed martial artist, he was a pioneer – but time waits for no man.

Friday night at Bellator 149, Shamrock met longtime rival Royce Gracie, the man who beat him way back at Ufc 1, for the third time in their respective careers. The fifty-two year old Shamrock hadn’t won since 2010, and had recently lost to Kimbo Slice in Bellator. Gracie, however, hadn’t fought in over nine years, and at forty-nine years old himself and a decade removed from the action, it looked like Shamrock might finally get...

When it comes to her nearly yearlong stint in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud, Teresa Giudice says she never had a great understanding of what exactly she had done wrong.

"I signed some papers, I got indicted, I got sentenced, I served – you know, I did what I had to do – I served my time," she tells People in an exclusive new interview in this week's issue.

Giudice, 43 – who is opening up about her prison experience in a new memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again, written with People's K.C. Baker – says she...

When it comes to her nearly yearlong stint in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud, Teresa Giudice says she never had a great understanding of what exactly she had done wrong. "I signed some papers, I got indicted, I got sentenced, I served - you know, I did what I had to do - I served my time," she tells People in an exclusive new interview in this week's issue.Giudice, 43 - who is opening up about her prison experience in a new memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again, written with People's K.C....

When it comes to her nearly yearlong stint in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud, Teresa Giudice says she never had a great understanding of what exactly she had done wrong. "I signed some papers, I got indicted, I got sentenced, I served - you know, I did what I had to do - I served my time," she tells People in an exclusive new interview in this week's issue.Giudice, 43 - who is opening up about her prison experience in a new memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again, written with People's K.C....

Zendaya‘s K.C. Undercover character realizes she has made a serious mistake when legendary funnyman George Wallace guest-stars on the Disney Channel series.

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In “‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas” (airing Sunday at 8/7c), K.C. thinks she has given her dad (played by Kadeem Hardison) a perfect gift — a surprise visit from his father, Poppa Earl (Wallace) — only to discover the two don’t get along.

As seen in the sneak peek above, K.C. believes she had finally brokered peace between the two, until a text messaging war breaks out.

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Strictly Come Dancing's Jeremy Vine has described Carol Kirkwood as a "revelation" and revealed who he thinks deserves to win the ballroom dancing competition.

The 50-year-old BBC broadcaster - who performed the salsa to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' on the show last night - told Digital Spy: "The two standing out - in terms of they've had no previous experience but are brilliant - are Katie Derham and Anita Rani.

"And my friend Carol Kirkwood was absolutely certain she'd be first out. She's got a little bit more confidence every time I see her and she's enjoying it a lot more.

"Carol's been a revelation. At the beginning she was feeling like she would be placed last but actually she's done more than held her own."

The BBC Radio Two DJ admitted that while he'd love to win, The Wanted's Jay McGuiness, Country File's Rani and former contestant Olympian...

K.C. Undercover‘s titular spy slips into a familiar “costume” this Halloween, as seen in this sneak peek from the Disney Channel series’ “Monstober” episode.

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In “All Howl’s Eve” (airing Sunday at 8/7c), while Ernie and Judy travel to New York City’s Central Park Spooktacular to intercept an evil wolf serum, K.C. (played by Zendaya) and Bff Marisa (Veronica Dunne) throw a Halloween bash at the house. Hoping to bolster her confidence in front of River, the new boy in school, K.C. adopts one of her worst “undercover” guises ever,...

In celebration of the upcoming Aladdin: Diamond Edition release, Scott Weinger, the voice of Aladdin, hosted a special screening of the film at the Walt Disney Studios lot and Wamg was there for Sunday’s fun events.

There was a host of fun activities for kids – a coloring table, ring toss, belly dancing lessons and a nice pre-movie breakfast. Youngsters in attendance also left with gifts such as Disney action figures, the iconic fairy wings, and a special Golden Books edition of Aladdin.

For many of the kids in the audience, this was their first time seeing Aladdin, including star Scott Weinger’s own son and his delighted friends, further confirming that this Disney classic holds up through generations.

Disney’s beloved masterpiece will make your heart race and your spirit soar.

Experience the laughter, adventure and Academy Award-winning music (1992: Best Music, Original Song, “A Whole New World,...

TV One's award-winning and likely its most-loved series "Unsung" returns Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. Et featuring a new line-up of incredible talents including Kc and The Sunshine Band, Kashif, Chantè Moore, H-Town, Jennifer Holliday, Nate Dogg and Lakeside - artists whose full stories and journeys will unfold in each episode of the series via first-hand accounts, interviews with family and friends, and archival footage, highlighting professional and personal highs and lows of lives in the limelight. The full lineup, including air dates, follows below.  Unsung is narrated by actor Gary Anthony Williams and is executive produced by Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and...

Triumphs, tragedies and lots of nuts... It's only The X Factor!

Tonight saw a host of eccentric acts as well as some well-deserved second chances - yes, we still haven't recovered from Monica being sent home last year, even if she did come back "stronger" and better than ever.

Here is Digital Spy's round-up of some of the top tweets of tonight's proceedings.

There's something hypnotic about watching every #XFactor judge from the last 12 years flash in front of your eyes pic.twitter.com/gM0E8v1A8Z

— Digital Spy (@digitalspy) September 12, 2015

X Factor drinking game for every time simon tells someone to sing their second song #XFactor

— Freelance alcoholic (@behlul_official) September 12, 2015

This is just my favourite thing though. @CherylOfficial to shriek more names, please. Niiiiiiick! https://t.co/x7q72XAG11 #XFactor

— Catriona Wightman (@catrionaw890) September 12, 2015

Jenesa's 'sexy' antics confused people:

Us in the pub celebrating Happy Hour #XFactor pic.

Not all Hollywood blockbusters are about rampaging dinosaurs, time-traveling cyborgs or spandex-clad heroes.

Some big-budget movies get by just fine focusing on real-life moments of danger and drama. "Apollo 13" is one of those films.

Released 20 years ago today on June 30, 1995, here are 20 things you need to know about how director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks worked to deliver one of the best space movies in the history of always.

1. It may be one of the most iconic lines in movie history, but "Houston, we have a problem" isn't exactly what was said during the mission. Jim Lovell actually said, "Houston, we've had a problem." The edit was made for the film because "we've had" implies that the problem is over.

2. On that note, Jim Lovell wasn't the only astronaut to speak that famous line. Jack Swigert first radioed in with "Okay, Houston -- we've had a problem here.

Lamorne Morris hasn’t made many requests since he started playing New Girl‘s Winston. One was that his kooky character become a cop. Another was that the Fox series seriously consider what that means in America today.

“I love police officers. I think they’re awesome. They look cool as hell when they do stuff,” Morris tells TVLine. “My favorite movies involve police officers. It’s just, you can’t escape some of the things that are shown in the media. You can’t help but see it.”

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Hello, good evening and welcome to our second The Voice UK live blog of 2015. It's semi-final time and things are getting serious.

We can't tell you who'll progress to the final, but we can guarantee a few 'Yeah's! from Tom Jones and some inspirational blabbering from will.i.am. You can also expect performances from the wonderful Jess Glynne and the enigmatic Sia!

Join Digital Spy from 7pm for updates and commentary on tonight's show.

21:05Well, that's about it! What did you make of this year's semi-final then? Aside from the crushing news about Vikesh, pretty strong I reckon! Until next week, thanks for joining us - and goodnight!

21:04Sorry, let me compose myself. So, the finalists are... Lucy, Stevie, Sasha and Emmanuel! A strong line-up for next week's show.

21:01No!!!! Vikesh!!! What happened? He kept his afro on too, and now he looks even more adorable.

Hello, good evening and welcome to our second The Voice UK live blog of 2015. It's semi-final time and things are getting serious.

We can't tell you who'll progress to the final, but we can guarantee a few 'Yeah's! from Tom Jones and some inspirational blabbering from will.i.am. You can also expect performances from the wonderful Jess Glynne and the enigmatic Sia!

Join Digital Spy from 7pm for updates and commentary on tonight's show.

21:05Well, that's about it! What did you make of this year's semi-final then? Aside from the crushing news about Vikesh, pretty strong, I reckon! Until next week, thanks for joining us - and goodnight!

21:04Sorry, let me compose myself. So, the finalists are... Lucy, Stevie, Sasha and Emmanuel! A strong line-up for next week's show.

21:01No!!!! Vikesh!!! What happened? He kept his afro on too, and now he looks even more adorable.

The following Melissa Joan Hart casting news is brought to you by Best Buy:

Fresh off the 100th installment of her ABC Family sitcom, Hart is guest-starring on an upcoming episode of The Mysteries of Laura (Wednesdays, 8/7c), TVLine has confirmed, playing an online radio host named Kc Moss, a la Serial‘s Sarah Koenig.

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It's here...the first official #HeartbeatSong teaser! Share on http://t.co/VQIYiQYKaZ - Team Kc https://t.co/R5twtw8arm — Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) January 9, 2015 Kelly Clarkson has an amazing new hype girl. The Grammy-winning singer, 32, offered fans a peek at her latest project with a little help from her daughter River Rose. Clarkson enlisted her baby girl, 6 months, to tease the upcoming release of her new single "Heartbeat Song." Photos: Kelly Clarkson's Body Through the Years The American Idol alum tweeted on Friday, Jan. 9, "It's here...the first official #HeartbeatSong teaser!" sharing a video [...]...

"American Idol" returned on Wednesday (January 7) night to somewhat tepid ratings and with a one-hour episode that was almost entirely devoid of likely breakout talent. Fox posted the first episode online for critics and then wisely posted the second, which is airing tonight. The move was wise because, as you'll soon see, Thursday's episode is much, much better. There are three or four contestants who appeared on Thursday's episode and seem like plausible Finalists. So click through and follow along as I recap the highlights and lowlights. [Key Warning: It turned out yesterday that the Fox-provided screener for the premiere wasn't exactly what aired. It was mostly what aired, but apparently I saw some singing viewers didn't get. And vice versa. So take this recap, especially the time-code, with a grain of salt. Hopefully the people I liked will make it to air.] 00:00:00 Is it my screener or are we starting with some righteous "Inception"-style bass? I guess that adds some drama to the reminder that "Idol" makes stars and that it's about the kids, not gimmicks or judges. But really, it's making me believe that "Idol" is all about the bass. 00:02:00 We're beginning again in Nashville. The judges want to find a superstar.

Jake Wood and Janette Manrara have become the 11th couple to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing.

The EastEnders actor and his professional partner found themselves in the dance-off against reality star Mark Wright and his partner Karen Hauer, after the judges' scores were combined with viewer votes.

It was the first time that Wood and Manrara had been in the dance-off, while it was Wright and Hauer's third time in the bottom two.

Wood and Manrara reprised their cha-cha to Kc and the Sunshine Band's 'Boogie Shoes', while Wright and Hauer performed their rumba to Eva Cassidy's 'Fields of Gold'.

Craig Revel Horwood decided to save Wright and Hauer, but Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli opted to keep Wood and Manrara.

Head judge Len Goodman - left with the casting vote - sent Wood home, explaining: "This is very difficult. The cha-cha-cha had little cha-cha-cha content and the rumba had little rumba content,...

Strictly Come Dancing: BBC One, 6.30pm

Week 5 in Strictly Come Dancing, and the competition is hotting up as we lost Tim Wonnacott last week.

With twelve contestants left, we'll see dances from the Tango and the Paso Doble to the Foxtrot and Quick Step. Listen out for tracks from the likes of Elton John and Kc and the Sunshine Band.

The X Factor: ITV, 8pm

The X Factor is also creating some tension, after yet another double elimination last week this time hit Cheryl's team.

This week's theme is 'At the Movies', so prepare yourselves for iconic tracks straight off the big screen.

Doctor Who: BBC One, 8.20pm

The latest series of Doctor Who continues, with Peter Capaldi at the helm as the titular Time Lord.

This week's adventure sees the human race wake up to witness a forest overgrowing and reclaiming the Earth.

After the huge success of "Breaking Bad," many were very interested in seeing which direction Aaron Paul would take his career. His big studio film was "Need For Speed," but before that smash-em-up film played there was a smaller, more intimate tale of a father trying to do right by his young, rebellious son.

Kat Candler's "Hellion" played well at Sundance, and this stark independent film is now making its way to home video this month. Last January, Moviefone Canada got to speak with Paul about this project, and we were joined by Candler as well as the young lead, Josh Wiggins.

Much of the conversation surrounded discussion of Wiggins, an actor Aaron was almost evangelical about in his enthusiasm.

Moviefone Canada: Mr. Paul, you've been a huge proponent of Josh's work -- what does Josh's performance mean to you, and what did you see in his performance that...

As the temps continue to fall, the studios inch closer to serious film time (and Oscar season) by releasing another movie with the nebulous ad line “inspired by true events”. That phrase has been attached to everything from the Nicholas Sparks adapted weeper The Vow to sports flicks such as Million Dollar Arm, often basing the story on just part of an incident. But for this new release the phrase could be amended to “inspired by ongoing true events”. Like 2011′s Machine Gun Preacher, this new film concerns the ongoing conflicts in the Sudan in North Africa. Now the title of this new film is somewhat ironic. It refers to a literary work read by one of the characters, but the title could also be a comment on the film’s marketing, which we’ll discuss a bit later. First let’s explore The Good Lie.

This begins a couple...

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon could be counted on for their quirky photos in matching costumes and over-the-top displays of affection, but it seems their good times together have run out. According to a source, their six-year marriage is on the rocks and "has been bad for a while." While Carey, 45, remains at the couple's Manhattan apartment with their 3-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, Cannon, 33, "has been staying in hotels." So what went wrong between the pop diva and the America's Got Talent host? Another source close to the couple - who surprised fans in 2008 by tying the knot in...

Zendaya Coleman's career is just getting started.

At just 14, Zendaya burst onto the television scene with Disney Channel's successful hit show Shake It Up. Shortly after the series ended, the California native continued to show off her dancing skills and tangoed her way to second place on Dancing with the Stars. The actress has also solidified her triple-threat status with her Billboard Top 200 self-titled debut album featuring the chart-topping song "Replay." Now, 17, Zendaya is set to headline the upcoming Disney series K.C. Undercover.

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Seventeen-year-old triple-threat Zendaya is looking to “shake it up” with the new Disney Channel original movie Zapped, followed by her second turn headlining a series for the cable channel as well a Lifetime biopic that’s near and dear to her heart.

First up and premiering this Friday at 8/7c — where it leads into the Girl Meets World premiere — is Zapped, based off the book Boys Are Dogs and following a high school transfer student’s discovery that her new dog-training app can in fact control boys, as well.

“Zoey’s just a regular girl who’s mom has remarried,...

Jennifer Lopez is putting the brakes on buzz that she has a new man in her life. The recently single singer, who has been talking with Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, addressed her love life on Twitter today. In response to a radio station Tweet that she was already dating someone new, J.Lo replied, "No I'm not. #rumors #nottrue" before playfully plugging her new album, A.K.A., out June 17. When a fan asked if it's not true she is dating someone new or simply that she's single, Lopez clarified further. "No I'm not. (dating anyone new already.

Jennifer Lopez is putting the brakes on buzz that she has a new man in her life. The recently single singer, who has been talking with Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, addressed her love life on Twitter today. In response to a radio station Tweet that she was already dating someone new, J.Lo replied, "No I'm not. #rumors #nottrue" before playfully plugging her new album, A.K.A., out June 17. When a fan asked if it's not true she is dating someone new or simply that she's single, Lopez clarified further. "No I'm not. (dating anyone new already.

Although Sherri Shepherd has yet to comment specifically on the brewing custody battle over her 9-year-old son, The View co-host's friends need to stop talking publicly, the lawyer for the boy's father tells People. Jeff Tarpley "doesn't want to raise his son in the glare of the media," attorney Duane Folke says. "If she'll stop talking, we'll stop talking. I want to talk in court." Tarpley's custody modification request, filed by Folke April 2, is due to be heard in court July 21. Tarpley, a comedian, wants Jeffrey to live with him in Los Angeles, where he and his girlfriend have two sons,...

Although Sherri Shepherd has yet to comment specifically on the brewing custody battle over her 9-year-old son, The View co-host's friends need to stop talking publicly, the lawyer for the boy's father tells People. Jeff Tarpley "doesn't want to raise his son in the glare of the media," attorney Duane Folke says. "If she'll stop talking, we'll stop talking. I want to talk in court." Tarpley's custody modification request, filed by Folke April 2, is due to be heard in court July 21. Tarpley, a comedian, wants Jeffrey to live with him in Los Angeles, where he and his girlfriend have two sons,...

Disney has picked up a new family comedy series called Kc Undercover. The show will star recording artist Zendaya, along with Kadeem Hardison, Tammy Townsend, Kamil McFadden and Veronica Dunne.

Production begins this summer and the series is expected to premiere early next year.

Here's the press release:

Disney Channel Orders "K.C. Undercover,"

A New family Comedy Series Starring Teen Superstar Zendaya

-- Kadeem Hardison, Tammy Townsend, Kamil McFadden and Veronica Dunne also Star --

Popular actress and recording artist Zendaya ("Dancing with the Stars," "Shake It Up") will headline and co-produce a new series for kids and families, the live-action spy comedy "K.C. Undercover." It was announced today by Adam Bonnett, Executive Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide. The multi-camera series, executive-produced by Rob Lotterstein ("Shake It Up"), begins production...

Zendaya (Dancing With The Stars, Shake It Up) will star in and co-produce live-action spy comedy K.C. Undercover, Disney Channel said today. The multi-camera series begins production this summer in Los Angeles for an early 2015 premiere. It focuses on K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz who’s training to be an undercover super spy, following in the footsteps of her parents. Each episode finds the Coopers balancing typical family issues while performing undercover missions to protect the country. Also starring are Kadeem Hardison and Tammy Townsend as K.C.’s parents Craig and Kira Cooper; Kamil McFadden as Ernie, the youngest of the Cooper family; and Veronica Dunne as K.C.’s best friend Marisa. Zendaya is next up in Disney Channel’s original movie Zapped, premiering June 27. K.C. Undercover was created by Corinne Marshall and is executive-produced by Rob Lotterstein (Shake It Up). It is a production of It’s A Laugh Productions.

Kiefer Sutherland has a new leading lady. He's dating actress Sofia Karstens, a source tells People exclusively. "They are really happy together," the source says. The pair have been spending a lot of time together, including a trip to New York City where Sutherland, 47, promoted 24: Live Another Day. Karstens, 37, has had small roles in film and television, including Lovelace, where she played a piano singer. She had an ongoing part as "Sophia" in The Bold and the Beautiful in 2004. Karstens married actor Jason London from Dazed and Confused in 2011, but filed for legal separation in February. Sutherland was previously...

Golden Globe winners Chris Colfer (Fox’s “Glee,” Struck By Lightning) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters, Tangled) will lend their voices to Marza Animation Planet Inc.’s first original 3D CG animated film, Robodog, to be directed by Oscar nominated Henry F. Anderson III (Stuart Little, Gnomeo & Juliet), it was announced today by Marza’s CEO, Masanao Maeda.

Written by Robert Reece (The Little Mermaid: Ariel’S Beginning) and William Schneider, Robodog is produced by Paul Wang (Astro Boy) and will be edited by studio veteran Tom Finan (DreamWorks’ upcoming Mr. Peabody & Sherman).

Currently in pre-production with voiceover work set to start on February 1st, UK-based Timeless Films is handling international rights to the project, and will present it to buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin.

Robodog is a classic, heart-warming adventure story about an unlikely duo who couldn’t be more different.

Golden Globe winners Chris Colfer ("Glee") and Ron Perlman ( Hellboy ) will lend their voices to Marza Animation Planet Inc.'s first original 3D CG animated film, RoboDog , to be directed by the Oscar-nominated Henry F. Anderson III ( Gnomeo & Juliet ), it was announced today by Marza's CEO, Masanao Maeda. Also revealed was a first look at the film's animated canine heroes, which you can check out at the bottom of this page. Written by Robert Reece ( The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning ) and William Schneider, RoboDog is produced by Paul Wang ( Astro Boy ) and will be edited by studio veteran Tom Finan ( Mr. Peabody & Sherman ). RoboDog is said to be a classic, heart-warming adventure story about an unlikely duo who couldn't be more different. Kc...

When "Saturday Night Live" returns for a new episode on Jan. 18 with Drake as host and musical guest, get ready to see a new face: Sasheer Zamata has joined the cast, Deadline reports.

Zamata trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, and will be the first black female "Saturday Night Live" cast member since Maya Rudolph. In fact, the lack of female black cast members on the NBC sketch show prompted many to criticize the show's lack of diversity, especially when all six new cast members added this season were white. That kick-started a talent search by executive producer Lorne Michaels to add an African-American woman to the cast.

Zamata won the jackpot and will now be a featured player on the show. She beat out fellow finalists Tanisha Long ("Girl Code"), Gabrielle Denis ("The Game"), Bresha Webb, Misty Monroe, Natasha Rothwell, Amber Ruffin, Leslie Jones and Briana Kc.

All it took was prolonged Internet rage for "Saturday Night Live" to actively seek out black female performers for the cast. When it was announced that six new cast members would join the current season, all of whom are white, many took the show to task for its lack of diversity. "SNL" cast member Kenan Thompson claimed the problem was a lack of talent more than anything else.

In response to the criticism, the show held auditions for African-American women on the east and west coasts in early December. Executive producer Lorne Michaels tells the New York Times that as many as two people will be considered to join the show after a final audition of seven to eight candidates on the "SNL" stage.

The finalists who audition on the "SNL" stage have all been asked to prepare an impersonation of Michelle Obama as part of their act, though...

It looks as if Chinese food is a Kardashian family favorite. Just one night after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West dined at Hakkasan in L.A., the new mom's sisters were spotted dining at the restaurant's Las Vegas outpost. Kourtney Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian Odom hit Hakassan inside the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino at 10 p.m. on Saturday before attending the IHeartRadio Music Festival. The pair were joined by Kourtney's boyfriend, Scott Disick, and rapper Tyga (who'd also had dinner with Kim and West the previous night). An onlooker says the siblings were "in high spirits" throughout the night...

It was the battle of the American Idol alumni last night and Simon Cowell took Ryan Seacrest down. Beyond that, host Seacrest was probably just glad that a $2.6 million winner was declared on The Million Second Quiz (1.4/4) and the show’s time was up after 11 days. And compared to the week before and the night before, Msq ended up. The live multi-night multi-platform ratings flop came to an end last night with a two-hour show that rose 27% from both its September 18 and its September 12 show last week. In preliminary numbers, Thursday’s result was the best the limp Msq has done in since its second night on September 10. As an additional programing note, the Kansas City Chiefs match-up with the Philadelphia Eagles was shown on NBC’s Kc affiliate and by an ABC station in the City of Brotherly Love so expect an adjustment in the final numbers later today.

If you haven't already heard someone suggest, "Let's go to Paris'. I wanna rob," then, sorry, we don't know where you've been for the past few months. The Sofia Coppola-directed film "The Bling Ring" opens nationally this weekend, and the film's infinitely quotable, meme-ready lines are like catnip to the selfie-snapping, celebrity-obsessed zeitgeist. The film follows the titular ring, a teenage gang that allegedly walked casually into celebrities' homes — armed with TMZ-gleaned knowledge that the stars are out of town — and back out with armfuls of designer goods, jewelry and more. The real-life burglars even made off with Orlando Bloom's rug.

Katie Chang and Israel Broussard, both 18, may play the two alleged masterminds of the crew in "Bling Ring," snotty yet fashionable young people based on Rachel Lee and Nick Prugo, but in a chat with NextMovie in Manhattan the morning of the film's New York premiere, the...