BET Is Reviving Punk’d

Here’s another revival for the slate: BET is bringing back Punk’d, Ashton Kutcher’s brilliant prank show that brought celebrities to their knees. You are correctly remembering that MTV brought Punk’d back briefly in 2012, when it featured rotating guest hosts like Justin Bieber. As of yet, BET hasn’t announced who would be attached to the project, but said that the show would be“tailored” to its audience. Kutcher set the bar when he tricked JT into believing the government was seizing all of his property. Go forth and make some tears, BET!

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Diddy Bans His Son From Appearing On Fox’s “Empire”

Four weeks into its inaugural season, Fox’s music industry drama Empire has continued to rise in the ratings. Whether you’re among those praising the show or merely hate-watching to share Twitter slander (more on the hate-watching phenomenon, here), Empire has already been renewed for a second season, so it’s not going away anytime soon. In fact, the show is only looking to increase its star power with the likes of T.I. and Ashton Kutcher in talks to join the cast in Season 2. One other player who co-creator Lee Daniels is attempting to add to the cast is Diddy‘s 23-year-old son, Quincy. Diddy however, isn’t completely on board with the casting.

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