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This party just keeps getting better!

John Cho and Ken Jeong have joined the cast of Apple TV+’s murder mystery comedy The Afterparty, E! News confirms.

Cho will play a character named Ulysses and Jeong will play a character named Feng. That’s about all we know so far, but hey, consider us RSVP’d.

The two actors join an already illustrious list of newbies for season two. The Office star Zach Woods, Weeds star Elizabeth Perkins, Hacks star Poppy Liu and PEN15‘s Anna Konkle have already accepted invites.

Season one cast members Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao and Tiffany Haddish will all return for more mystery. Paul Walter Hauser, Jack Whitehall and Vivian Wu round out the ensemble.

Haddish is back as Det. Danner, who is on the case of another murder, this one at a wedding, according to the streamer. Sam and Zoë will reprise their roles of Aniq and Zoe from season one, which took place at the afterparty of a high school reunion.

The first season boasted a similarly-stacked ensemble featuring Dave Franco, Ben Schwartz and Ilana Glazer. 

Leaked Instagram stories, viral tweets, and a solo sting operation are just a few of the elements at play in the ongoing U.K. libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy, the wives of two prominent British soccer stars. 

On May 10, the so-called Wagatha Christie case officially went to trial in London’s High Court, nearly two years after Rebekah, 40, first sued Coleen, 36, for defamation back in June 2020. 

In a witness statement on May 13, Coleen said that she was “glad to have put an end” to Rebekah leaking others’ private information to the press after she caught the fellow soccer wife “betraying” her “red-handed” in a self-described “sting operation.” 

If you haven’t been following the trial up until this point, we’ve got you covered. It all kicked off in October 2019, when Coleen—who is the wife of former football player and Derby County F.C. manager Wayne Rooney—accused Rebekah, who is married to Leicester City athlete Jamie Vardy, of leaking false stories about her to the British tabloid The Sun in a now-viral tweet.  

E!: What are some of the biggest mistakes people make preparing to self-tan or spray tan?
IA: I think one of the biggest mistake people make is that they exfoliate right before their appointments or they’ll take a shower with lots of soaps. You should be exfoliating and preparing your skin 24 to 48 hours in advance and that also includes shaving. The number one cause for streaks in any spray tan or self-tanning application is the razor residue that was leftover from shaving right beforehand. You shouldn’t shave right before tanning.

You need to do all your skin preparation the day before because if you do not, your pores are wide open. Sometimes, if you shower and exfoliate right before your spray tanning or self-tanning appointment, the chances are the self-tan or spray tan will not achieve its dark color because your pores are wide open.

E!: Is part of that because showering changes your pH levels? 
IA: Yes because it takes several hours for your pH levels to get back to its normal range after a shower. The amino acids and your pH are softening the skin when you shower in warm water. Applying tanner or spray tanning right after a shower is really going to reduce the darkness that could be achieved compared to if you showered the night before instead.

E!: What about that first shower post-tan? What are some things to keep in mind so we don’t mess up our tans?
IA: It needs to be warm water and you should really take your time in there, especially if you are using a tanner that has a cosmetic bronzer, which is usually the brown stuff that you see come off in the shower. You aren’t taking off the tanner, you are taking off that bronzer when you shower. You really want to take your time and lather yourself with your hands (no soap) and just make sure there are no watermarks.

A lot of people say “my tan is so streaky” and that’s often because they didn’t take the time to fully wash that bronzer off in the shower. Rinse until that water trickling down is clear and free of bronzer. That’s how you know you’ve fully rinsed. 

Your tan will continue to develop for 24 hours, which is why we encourage people to not use soap for that first shower.

Get ready for a lot of creative sword work!

Elite star Miguel Bernardeau has been cast in Prime Video’s Zorro, according to Variety. The reboot series is a modern take on the famed masked crusader, a fictional vigilante whose roots trace all the way back to 1919. 

Bernardeau’s Zorro “will be shaped by relationships from his youth, love and disappointment in love which will forge his development as a character and reflect a kind of masculinity far from stereotypes,” according to Secouya Studios, who is producing the show. 

The announcement got us scratching our heads a bit, and we asked ourselves: Why does this sound so familiar?

Well, as it turns out, this is the third Zorro adaptation announced in the last five months!

Wilmer Valderrama is set to star in a Disney live-action Zorro series. “I’ll tell you this: This will be a Zorro for this generation,” Valderrama said on The Drew Barrymore Show May 9. “And it’ll be incredibly thoughtful with its origin story, and it’ll be grounded in authenticity.”

Elizabeth Olsen may have needed her superpowers to get through this polygraph test. 

On May 13, the WandaVision star sat in the hot seat while Vanity Fair subjected her to a real-life lie detector test. Though Elizabeth kept her answers mostly serious (and honest!), she did reveal some hilarious truths about what she really thinks about some of her Hollywood peers, including Danielle Haim and Chris Evans. 

The interviewer started the test by reminding the Marvel actress that she once mentioned being “intimidated” by Danielle—who she’s known since high school. Elizabeth described her as “a very talented person” with “a very cool vibe.”

Elizabeth was then asked her opinion on Danielle’s acting skills. (The singer had a small role in Licorice Pizza, which starred her sister Alana Haim.)

“Danielle was recently in Licorice Pizza,” the interviewer said. “Do you think you’re a better actor than her?”

While laughing, Elizabeth replied, “Yeah,” adding, “Sorry. Sorry, Danielle. I hope she’d agree.” 

WNBA star Brittany Griner won’t be returning to the basketball court anytime soon.

A Russian court has extended her pre-trial detention by one month, her lawyer says.

The athlete, who plays for a Russian basketball team during the U.S. league’s off-season, was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for allegedly possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. If convicted, Griner could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in a Russian jail.

 

At a brief hearing on May 13, Griner, 31, appeared in person. The Phoenix Mercury star was handcuffed, wearing a hoodie and standing with her face held low. Her lawyer, Alexander Boykov, later told the Associated Press that he believed the relatively short extension of the detention indicated that her case would come to trial soon.

At the hearing, Boykov also said, “We did not receive any complaints about the detention conditions from our client,” per the Associated Press.

U.S. officials have been working to try to secure the release of Griner, who was arrested in mid-February amid growing global tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We made clear that we consider Brittney Griner to be wrongfully detained,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing on May 11. “We are working very closely on her case.”

Sounds like Moira isn’t ready to “grab a hammer and nail this coffin shut” yet! 

Back in 2020, there were rumblings about a potential Schitt’s Creek movie, and now Catherine O’Hara is weighing in on whether she would be interested in taking the Rose family to the big screen. Her answer? She would “love” to but it would have “to be worth doing.”

“I would love to do anything with [Dan and Eugene Levy],” she told Entertainment Tonight Canada. “I know there’s been some talk, but Daniel always says it has to be the right idea and he’s right.”

She continued, “You don’t want to just take advantage of the fact that people want you to do it. We’ve had the loveliest, kindest audience and we don’t want to let them down. I hope we do do it some day!”

And Catherine—who played Moira Rose across the series’ six seasons—misses the on-screen mom as much as we do. “It was so much fun playing those characters and playing that family,” she said. “I had a hard time letting go of my character. She was so much more interesting than I am!”

Kylie Jenner is starting to feel like herself again.

On May 12, the 24-year-old reality star shared a video on TikTok giving fans more insight into what her postpartum struggles have been like since welcoming baby No. 2 with Travis Scott in February.

In the clip, captioned, “when your postpartum hormones start to level out,” Kylie used a sound bite from her 2017 reality show, Life of Kylie, to explain how she’s been feeling. “I’m getting my personality back though like,” she mouthed, adding, “I’m feeling like myself again. I really was not myself.”

This isn’t the first time Kylie—also mom to 4-year-old Stormi Webster—has been open with her postpartum struggles since welcoming her son, whose name has yet to be revealed.

“I just want to say to my postpartum moms that postpartum has not been easy,” she began in a series of videos posted to her Instagram Story in March. “This experience for me, personally, has been a little harder than with my daughter.”

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Waiting until Memorial Day to get some shopping in? We’re here to tell you that you don’t really need to hold off on shopping until the end of the month. In fact, you can score some really good early Memorial Day sales and deals on fashion, beauty, home, mattresses and more right this second. Since there’s nothing we love more than helping you find the best deals, we put together a list of online stores offering early Memorial Day deals. Trust us, you’ll want to act fast!

If you’re looking to update your home for the summer, you’ll want to take advantage of all the home deals that are happening right now. For instance, Wayfair is holding their Warehouse Clearout Sale where you can save big on patio upgrades, super chic living room seating, mattresses and more. We highly recommend taking advantage of the Wayfair Clearout Sale before something you love sells out. 

Got a trip planned for Memorial Day weekend? Now’s the perfect time to shop pre-Memorial Day deals on fashion and beauty. One can’t-miss sale is the Madewell sale on sale where you can take an additional 20% off sale styles. You can score a pair of $135 jeans for just $24! 

We’ve rounded up some of the best early fashion, beauty and home deals for Memorial Day 2022. Be sure to check those out below. 

Never underestimate the style of Karol G.

With multiple 2022 Billboard Music Award nominations including Top Latin Artist and Top Latin Album, the 31-year-old is rightfully receiving recognition for her musical gifts. But whether she’s walking red carpets or performing at sold-out venues, Karol G also always deserves credit for having an eye for style.

“I am a very mood person,” Karol G recently told E! News while headlining her first United States tour. “I don’t have a fashion statement that represents me. I just wear the way I feel. I wanted my outfits to be a window of some of my personalities when I’m performing.” 

According to the “Mamiii” singer, sometimes she likes to be “very sexy and sassy.” Other times, she says she’s more of a tomboy with oversized clothes. And sometimes, she likes to display what she calls the “rock ‘n roll side in me.”

Whatever the case may be, all eyes will be on the artist as she heads to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 15 for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.