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Scooby-Doo fans have issued a plea to Netflix after the streaming giant announced an eight-episode live-action remake of the iconic cartoon.

Following more than 12 animated series and three theatrical films, one of pop culture’s most recognisable and entertaining characters is making his return.

Written by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, the new series will take a look at how the cowardly dog and mystery-solving gang first got together. 

Across eight episodes, Netflix announced that old friends Shaggy and Daphne will team up at summer camp with Velma and Fred to solve the mystery of a lonely, lost Great Dane puppy who may have witnessed a supernatural murder.

Commenting on Reddit, literallyacactus said: ‘I’ve been wanting a more mature scooby doo series for a while please be good.’

Hylianhaxorus added: ‘This I’m down for. Please just either make it feel like authentic scooby doo or like the Gunn written live action films though. Please don’t have it resemble the made for TV live action movies.’

DevoidHT also wrote: ‘If there isn’t a Matthew Lillard cameo I don’t want it.’

Unique-Horror-9244 added: ‘My childhood omg. loved the movie. I need them to lean into the silliness.’

Responding to the news on X, @Marshmorrow1212 said: ‘Omg guys the lonely lost Great Dane puppy is Scooby. Zoinks!!’

Based on characters from Hanna-Barbera, the latest show is a ‘modern reimagining’ of the iconic show. 

The series will be executive produced by Rosenberg and Appelbaum, as well as Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner. 

Appelbaum’s previous credits include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, while Rosenberg has writing credits on both Jumanji films and Venom.

Both writers have also written Citadel together as well as High Fidelity, starring Zoë Kravitz.

Peter Friedlander, vice president of scripted series at Netflix, said in a statement: ‘We’re excited to bring Scooby-Doo to TV as a live-action series for the first time.

‘The beloved franchise has had an impact on pop culture that is undeniable – it’s rich with universal themes of friendship that generations of fans have long embraced. 

‘Together with creative powerhouses Berlanti Productions and Midnight Radio, we’re committed to delighting longtime fans and opening up a world of groovy adventures for a new era of meddling kids.’

Clancy Collins White, president of creative affairs at Warner Bros. Television, added, ‘It’s no mystery why audiences continue to love these iconic characters after more than a half century. 

‘We’re excited for a new generation to discover Mystery Inc. And we’re grateful to our partners at Netflix for the opportunity.’

Scooby-Doo will be available to stream on Netflix.

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Remember Monday, the group representing the UK at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, have admitted that scoring points at the competition is not their priority.

There isn’t long to go until Europe’s campest singing competition returns, taking place this year in Basel, Switzerland after Swiss musician Nemo’s victory in 2024.

Speculation is mounting over which country will be the frontrunner, with most recent odds from bookies giving the UK 4-1 chances of finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard.

This might be seen as a setback to some, but Remember Monday – who first found fame on The Voice UK – aren’t letting the latest predictions bring down their morale, as they explained to Metro.

When asked how they feel about their odds slipping – currently boasting 40-1 chances of winning, according to bookmaker Coral – the musical trio are deciding not to focus on the possibility of a low score, after Olly Alexander scored a mere 46 points in 2024.

‘I didn’t know that,’ Holly-Anne Hull said regarding Remember Monday’s odds going down, while Charlotte Steele remarked: ‘I didn’t tell you guys.’

Sitting between her two bandmates, Lauren Byrne added: ‘I’ve been blissfully ignorant.’

Holly-Anne then admitted that they’re ‘making the conscious decision’ not to keep an eye on the odds, as they ‘cannot have their live performance affected in any way’.

‘We’re not doing it for the points,’ she continued. ‘We’re doing it to watch that video back and be so proud of what we’ve done at that stage.’

Despite the continued attention placed on the bookmakers’ predictions, Charlotte stressed that they ‘don’t decide the winner’ of the Song Contest.

‘You look at the history within Eurovision, the amount of winners that were like 20th in the bookies’ bets. It doesn’t mean anything,’ she stated, prompting Lauren to jokingly quip: ‘You hear that bookies?’

However, Holly-Anne added that she has a further personal stake in the outcome of the competition… as her husband has placed a bet on them winning.

‘My husband has bet – we’re right at the bottom – he’s bet that we’ll win. So do it for him,’ she shared.

Even though former Years and Years singer Olly didn’t achieve the result he was hoping for last year, he still offered his successors some advice before this year’s contest – to ‘get a good therapist’.

‘Listen, we’ve had good therapists for years,’ Lauren told us. ‘The lucky thing is, we’re kind of each other’s therapists as well.’

The singer added that Olly had reached out to them and sent them a ‘lovely message’ saying that he was ‘so excited’ for them as they embark on their Eurovision journey.

‘He was like, “If you want any advice, just reach out.” So we’re really grateful to Olly.’

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place from Tuesday May 13 to Saturday May 17.

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Adolescence star Owen Cooper shared the reaction his schoolmates had after his dramatic haircut for his breakout role.

The 15-year-old actor is the lead star of the most-watched Netflix limited series ever, notching up a whopping 66 million views in two weeks as it tops charts and sparks national conversation.

The rising star plays 13-year-old Jamie, a schoolboy accused of murdering his classmate, Katie Leonard, as we watch the fallout of this horrifying incident.

After becoming one of the most talked about shows on 2025, Netflix released Owen’s impressive audition tape for his debut role, with his hair noticeably longer than it is in the show.

Co-star Erin Docherty pointed out the huge fringe he used to have in a reaction video, joking: ‘Oh my god, look at you! Why is your hair doing that?’

To which the Wuthering Heights star replied: ‘Because that’s what I… that’s what my head used to look like.’

Now, he has revealed that Erin isn’t the only one who plenty to say about his haircut, in a new interview on This Morning.

He appeared on the show with his co-star Faye Marsay and hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard to discuss the show and its ongoing success.

When Ben said: ‘When Owen sat down I said “you’ve got to tell me how you’ve managed to cut your fringe off” because all the teenage boys at the moment including mine have this ridiculous thing going on at the front’ popping three fingers on his forehead.

He added: ‘And you were saying it was for the role?’

Owen replied: ‘It was for the role and it does really fit the role as well.’

Ben said: ‘But you’ve got to go back to school on Monday without your floppy bits?’ to which Owen replied: ‘No I’ve been in school without all this and there was about a week where I got taken the mick out of.’

Luckily it didn’t last, as he added: ‘But that was about it, they’ve all got over it now.’ Before quickly shooting down Faye’s suggestion to get a clip-on attachment.

He has had a tutor while filming Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights where he plays a young Heathcliff.

The actor briefly reflected on the experience during his chat, adding: ‘I see [Margot Robbie] all the time but I don’t have any scenes with her. She is really nice.

‘Filming wise it’s fine, it’s a lot different but it is going really well.’

He will return to school this Monday, a prospect he is primed and prepped for no matter the circumstance.

‘I wanna see my mates but it will either be a really good day or bad day,’ he posed to which Faye reassured him it would be great.

Faye, who played DS Misha Frank, had nothing but praise for Owen’s acting skills. She even recalled one moment when she showed Owen a picture of the victim Katie Leonard and mistakenly called her ‘Katie Miller’ to which Owen effortlessly replied with a correction.

It’s not the only moment he improvised during the show. When he appeared on The One Show a few weeks ago he revealed that the moment he yawned in episode three was an accident brilliantly covered up by Erin who simply asked: ‘Am I boring you?’.

And in another moment that episode, he managed to correct Erin’s slip up when she called an Instagram page a ‘Facebook page’ instead – with Owen taking the opportunity to make Jamie shame her.

In an interview with Metro, Owen opened up about ‘the most challenging part’ of playing Jamie.

He said: ‘The most challenging part for me was I did episode three first, and it was just trying to get into Jamie’s head about girls and stuff,’ Owen said, referencing the episode where Jamie is having a one-on-one conversation with psychologist Briony Ariston (Erin).

‘That aspect of it was a bit difficult at first, but then I got comfortable with it, and then with the help of Stephen and Phil [director Philip Barantini] and Erin, they helped me into it. But I’ll probably say his view on other people is the most challenging part of Jamie to play.’

As the show continues to dominate the Netflix charts, time will tell if Netflix decides to turn it into an anthology series, capitalising on its success.

Adolescence is available to watch on Netflix now.

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Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt had an active role in the production of the hit Netflix series Adolescence.

Since launching earlier this month, the four-part British drama has brought in a jaw-dropping 66,300,000 views and has become the most-watched UK series ever on the streaming platform.

Co-created and written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, it stars the latter as Eddie Miller, a father whose family is shattered after his 13-year-old son Jamie (Owen Cooper) is accused of murder.

Shot in one take, the show also features Ashley Walters as DI Luke Bascombe, Christine Tremarco as Manda Miller and Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston.

Since it hit screens, viewers have been discussing small details they’ve noticed, with many also intrigued to see Brad’s name in the credits.

The production company behind Adolescence was Plan B, which was founded in 2001 by Brad, Brad Grey, Kristin Hahn and Jennifer Aniston. The actor is now the sole owner of the company, which has been behind acclaimed movies and shows including 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Underground Railroad and 3 Body Problem.

Now Adolescence’s director Philip Barantini has detailed just how hands on Brad was.

Speaking on The Rest is Entertainment podcast, he explained: ‘When we were pitching to Plan B, they kept saying, “We’re just waiting for Brad’s schedule”. I thought, “It can’t be that Brad”. But sure enough, there he was on the Zoom — such a lovely human being and a remarkably hands on producer.

‘He gave feedback, shared ideas, and was so engaged throughout the process.

‘He couldn’t visit the shoot because of his F1 project, but having someone like Brad Pitt involved — and so invested — was incredible. And he’s, yeah, I mean, I’d love to work with him again.’

Jack previously shared a hilarious anecdote about working with Brad.

‘I’m always early on a Zoom call and he’s always early on a Zoom call too,’ he told Deadline.

‘So, we had 40 seconds where I just stared at this beautiful man and he just said: “Hi, I’m Brad”.

‘And I was just like, “Yeah, I know”. And then other people joined,’ he told Deadline.

Adolescence is streaming on Netflix.

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Scotty T has reportedly been axed from Geordie Shore after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of cocaine.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner – full name Scott Timlin – who returned earlier this year for season 25 won’t be back to film the new series which kicks off later this spring, insiders have now claimed.

The TV personality, 36, pled guilty last month to two counts of driving with a controlled drug above the specified limit.

The city’s magistrates court heard he had 32 microgrammes [of cocaine] per litre of blood in his system while driving his Land Rover Discovery in October last year in Newcastle.

This is well above the legal limit of 10 microgrammes. He was also found with 800 microgrammes of BZE per litre of blood, which is above the 50 microgrammes legal limit. He was ultimately fined £330 and banned from driving for a year.

A source told The Sun: ‘Scotty T will not be back for the next series of Geordie Shore, which starts filming later this spring.

‘While the Geordie Shore cast has never been expected to be squeaky clean, bosses couldn’t stand by his recent off-screen antics.

‘At the end of the day, it’s not a good look for the show or MTV if they endorse cast members who drive whilst under the influence of illegal drugs.’

The source added that if he ‘cleans up his act’ there is a ‘chance he could return in the future’. Until then ‘the show is moving forward without him.’

‘They had no choice but to not ask him back for the next run. If he cleans up his act, there is always the chance he could return in the future, but right now, the show is moving forward without him.’

Timlin joined the Geordie Shore cast in 2012 but was axed initially in 2018 after he was caught snorting a ‘suspicious white powder’. He returned once more in 2022 before his last appearance in the latest season.

In 2019, the reality star opened up to The Sun about his relationship with drugs, and shared that he had gone to rehab.

‘When I got famous on Geordie Shore, everything was being thrown your way – booze, drugs and women.

‘While the show was on air, I’d be doing club personal appearances every night and I started taking cocaine to cope. I used to be completely anti-drugs, anti-smoking and despise all of that. But I fell into that lifestyle,’ he said at the time.

Timlin made a dramatic return to the show overseas.  

An insider told The Sun last year: ‘Scotty’s been in weeks of talks and is now days away from signing on to officially rejoin the cast. 

‘He really missed the show and knows it was his own fault he had to leave. 

‘The cast all still love him so they’re so happy he’s set to return. It means next series will be incredible – even though he’s done some stupid things in the past, he’s fun TV.’

Bosses had also reportedly warned him ‘to ruin it like he did last time.’

The new season is set in Thailand.

During Kylie Christie’s stag do, Scotty makes his comeback. ‘As the group prepare for a banging night in Bangkok and a ludicrous stag in Koh Samui, no one is quite ready for the return of original fan favourite – Turbo T [Scotty T!],’ the show synopsis teases.

‘Can the Land of Smiles dry the tears of Cyprus and reunite the family? And how will the cast react when Scotty T appears after a long hiatus from the show?’

Scotty won Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, at the height of his fame.

But in 2018 he was axed from Geordie Shore and a year later was declared bankrupt with debt of £147,000.

‘Scott Timlin did not fully cooperate with the bankruptcy proceedings and so his discharge has been suspended indefinitely until he does,’ an Insolvency Service spokesperson said at the time. He was banned from running a business by the UK government.

Metro has reached out to Scotty T’s representatives and MTV for comment.

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Charlotte Chilton has shared a heartbreaking post about her daughter amid questions over her paternity.

The Traitors star, 33, has claimed social media star Conor Maynard is the father of her daughter Penelope, who was born in October.

However earlier this month Conor, 32, shared a statement saying he’d undertaken a paternity test which ‘confirms I am not the father’. ‘I am glad that the speculation can finally be put to an end,’ he added.

A few weeks on, Charlotte has shared an emotional post regarding her baby girl.

Before getting pregnant with Penelope, Charlotte had undergone IVF with her estranged wife but had suffered seven miscarriages.

Sharing a photograph of her daughter’s teddy bear, she explained: ‘This teddy was the first thing I brought Penelope when she was only 10 weeks in my tummy.

‘I figured if I had to bury her she would have that from me… I never thought I would actually ever get to give this gift to my rainbow baby!

‘So now the fact she loves this Teddy so much it makes me feel so much better about the all losses I had. We are so excited for out bright future!’

Last year Charlotte revealed she feared she would miscarry her daughter after claiming Conor ‘changed’ after she told him she was pregnant following a one-night stand.

‘He turned on me, I felt pressured into keeping his identity as the father a secret,’ she said.

‘It was so stressful that doctors twice put me on bed rest. I thought I was going to miscarry.’

Charlottes said they conceived Penelope after meeting on the night of the finale airing, shortly after her split from ex-wife, Laura.

When announcing the results of the paternity test, Conor asked that ‘people act with kindness in response to this news’.

‘There is a child at the heart of all of this and that should not be forgotten. I wish Charlotte and her family all the best.’

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