A biopic about the the late Brittany Murphy is coming to Lifetime.

“The Brittany Murphy Story” will premiere September 6, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This will be the first full-length movie about the actress, who died almost five years ago at age 32.

Amanda Fuller, whom you might recognize from “Last Man Standing” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” will portray Murphy along with Sherilyn Fenn of “Twin Peaks” and “Ray Donovan,” playing Murphy’s mom, Sharon Murphy, according to THR.

The movie will focus on Brittany Murphy’s younger years, and her mother’s effort to turn her daughter into a star in the 1980s and ’90s. It will also include her death, and the aftermath that followed when her mother dealt with claims that her daughter’s death was not accidental.

A spokesperson for Sharon Murphy said she was not consulted for the movie and has not cooperated with the production in any way.

Brittany Murphy appeared in cult classics like “Clueless,” “Girl, Interrupted” and “8 Mile,” among many other roles. She died December 20, 2009; with her husband Simon Monjack passing away five months later. The coroner ruled that both had died from pneumonia and other causes.

David Dean

David Dean is the founder of Serial Optimist and writer of things that hopefully make you smile. Find him all over MTV, Thought Catalog, HelloGiggles and "Google."

Real Bosses don’t do beef.

That seems to be the case with Jeezy and Rick Ross, who have managed to move past their differences and actually work together.

Jeezy shared the track list for his upcoming Seen It All LP, and Rozay is listed as a featured guest on a track called “Beautiful.”

The 17-track project also features other high profile collaborators, including T.I., YG, Game, Future, Akon, Kelly Rowland and, of course, Jay Z.

Seen It All hits retailers on September 2.

See the entire track list below:

» “Block”
» “What You Say”
» “Black Eskimo”
» “Enough”
» “Holy Ghost”
» “Me OK”
» “4 Zones”
» “Addicted (featuring T.I. & YG)”
» “F–k The World”
» “Seen It All (featuring Jay Z)”
» “Win Is A Win”
» “Beautiful – (featuring Rick Ross & Game)”
» “Beez Like – (featuring Lil Boosie)”
» “No Tears – (featuring Future)”
» “Perfection”
» “Shady Life [Bonus Track] – (featuring Kelly Rowland)”
» “Been Getting Money [Bonus Track] – (featuring Akon)”

Maurice Bobb @ReeseReport

Ariana Grande finally delivered on her “Break Free” music video promise, and … Wow. She’s gone total Space Babe.

In the 4-minute clip, the pop star takes us on a intergalatic space adventure to free her totally bummed Arianators from Alien-induced boredom. Girl’s got a laser gun and knows how to use it, blasting holes through the toad-faced villains.

Ka-Pow!

Oh hey, there’s also a gigantic robot monster that Grande disarms with her rocket-launching busom. (Katy Perry and Gaga aren’t the only pop stars with chest weaponry, clearly.)

Unfortunately, the robot manages to launch off a device that captures our heroine, sending her straight into the lair of mustachioed super villain. Luckily he just kinda trips into a pit of fire.

After saving the day, Ariana returns to her ship to strip down inside a fancy anti-gravity chamber, because that’s how all superheroes do it.

Finally it’s time to party with Zedd, and frighten the life out of adorable little alien creatures.

All of this really has us wondering what Miss Grande has in store for her “Break Free” performance at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.

Jessica Hyndman

Ice buckets baby!

Judging by Questlove‘s Instagram, The Roots are cold chillin’ after accepting and completing Justin Timberlake‘s ALS Ice Bucket challenge.

“Hey Timberlake $&€%¥+%%!!!! @justintimberlake @jtimberlake #ALSIceBucketChallenge,” wrote Quest in the caption of his photo of an emptied orange bucket with the words “Let’s Do This” on it.

The pop star nominated the legendary Philly rap band, along with good friend Jimmy Fallon and Steve Higgins after he and his back-up band, The Tennessee Kids, finished their own.

“I’m going to pass this on and challenge Jimmy Fallon, Steve Higgins and The Roots from ‘Fallon Tonight,’ ” he said before later adding after he poured the ice-cold bucket over his head. “You have 24 hours to respond.”

JT was originally challenged by Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky, who were both injured in the Boston Marathon bombings last year. The “What Goes Around… Comes Around” singer had 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice-cold water over his head or donate at least $100 to the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Foundation, which raises awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“We did both,” JT said. “And then we donated a bunch more. It’s such a good cause.”

No words on whether Fallon and Higgins were in on the same ice water bath.

Maurice Bobb @ReeseReport

Ariana Grande might be calling it an “instant gratification” track, but honestly, girl, you’re really just teasing the life out of us with all these My Everything previews.

Grande dropped yet another full-release on (August 12) on iTunes, this time featuring the smooth rhymes of Big Sean. “Best Mistake” walks in the footsteps of records like Rihanna’s “We Found Love,” with the singer dropping heavy lines about the struggle of an on-again, off-again broken relationship.

“Break up / Make up / Total waste of time / Can we please make up our minds / And stop acting like we’re fine,” the pop star cries with a tone that really says, “It’s over, boy.”

Sean follows up in another verse, attempting to mend the broken love with, “I guess time’s wasting / Tick-Tocking / Lip-Locking / How can we keep the feelings fresh / How do we Zip-lock it.”

“Best Mistake” is the former Disney star’s second collaboration with the MC. Sean’s lusty lips made a cameo appearance in Grande and Iggy’s “Problem” video with his background whispers.

The track takes a twisted turn from the album’s party-banger teasers like “Problem,” “Break Free” and “Love Me Harder,” but it continues to hit on a solid theme about hard-to-handle relationships.

My Everything hits shelves August 25.

Jessica Hyndman

Bad news, Kings of Leon fans.

Due to an injury Nathan Followill sustained in a tour bus accident this past weekend, the group has canceled all shows up to and including the performance at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook in New Hampshire on August 26.

The KOL drummer is under strict orders from Dr. Faiz Bhora, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, to rest in order to make a full recovery.

“I’m counting down the days until I can get back in the saddle and continue what has been our best American tour so far,” said Nathan.

Nathan was treated for broken ribs after the accident in Boston, in which a pedestrian jumped in front of their tour bus, causing the bus to stop abruptly.

KOL is scheduled to return to their Mechanical Bull Tour on August 28, when they will take the stage at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey.

In the meantime, refunds for ticket holders for the canceled shows will be available at point of purchase.

The good news is that the group will still perform on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night (August 13). Group friend and resident band leader ?uestlove will sit in on the drums for Nathan as the group performs their new single, “Family Tree.”

Canceled shows:

8/10 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/13 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
8/15 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/16 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
8/19 Darien Center, NY ...

A word to the wise: If you could use a relaxing weekend at a serene lake house, call anyone but Lydia Martin.

On tonight’s “Teen Wolf” episode, the banshee who’s manage to uphold a perfect GPA continued to rifle through her family’s heirlooms at the Martin’s vacation home for clues about The Benefactor’s identity. Since the record player that first helped her produce the dead pool’s code had recently gone radio silent, she redirected her search to the place’s mini-marina. But just when Lydia was onto something, her mother Natalie appeared.

Lydia, who wasn’t ready to explain the complexities of the assassins-versus-supernaturals war to her mortal mother (Parents: They just don’t understand!), had to play dumb when Natalie asked her why she’d been sneaking away from Beacon Hills each weekend. Instead, Lydia let Natalie share a few choice family stories — like, you know, how Lydia’s late grandmother was institutionalized for “hearing things” (sounds like it runs in the family…) just before she died. Natalie also explained that Lydia’s grandmother requested that Lydia spread her ashes, but when Lydia reached inside the woman’s supposed urn, she only pulled out fistfuls of Mountain Ash.

Finally, Natalie shared one final artifact Lydia’s grandmother had left behind — a piece of paper with what appeared to be gibberish scribbled across each line, but what Lydia ultimately realized was code. This, paired with the fact that Kira and Scott determined that The Benefactor must be a ...

If you thought the ladies were the only ones getting swagged out with custom threads for their tours, think again. Jordan Brand just made good (real good) on their deal with Drake, hooking him up with a pair of custom Js.

After kicking off (heh) the Drake vs Lil Wayne tour over the weekend, Drizzy unveiled OVO’s latest offering: a pair of Drake vs Lil Wayne Jordan 3′s in black tumbled leather. Of course the sneakers aren’t just your standard Js—they’re done up with a gold Jumpman logo on the back and customized on the insoles with the logos for Drake and Lil Wayne’s tour and the OVO owl.

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Judging by Drizzy’s all-black footwear choice on opening night, it’s possible that he premiered them during the show as he flew across the stadium-sized crowd, which is just about the best possible advertisement you could make next to, uh, walking on water with them.

Drake’s decision to call out that the shoes are all black on Instagram makes us wonder if there might be more colorways on the way. Also, will we ever get a shot at buying them?

As for who won the first night of Drake vs Lil Wayne? To us the answer is obvious: the shoes.

Marissa G. Muller @marissagmuller

The world was stunned by the news Monday evening (August 11) of the passing of beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams. The 63-year-old was found in his Tiburon, California, home after an apparent suicide.

Williams’ decades-spanning body of work, which included numerous TV, movie, radio and stage roles, won him fans and friends of all ages in all corners of the world. Some had loved him since they heard his voice come out of a big, blue, wish-granting genie in Disney’s animated classic “Aladdin,” while others were charmed from his first “nanu nanu” as Mork. Still others were drawn in by any of his dozens of other credits.

Friends and fans alike flocked to social media to pay their respects and share their memories of Williams as the news spread. Everyone, it seems, has a story or parting wish to share for the Oscar winner.

President Barack Obama

“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien – but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most – from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin’s family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and ...

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It might not be the Taylor Swift/Lorde duo that you’re hoping for, but this Instagram of the two taking a cooking class in Rhode Island is darling enough to hold us over.

by @taylorswift

“Thank you to Chef Jeanie at Ella’s Fine Food and Drink for giving us the best and only cooking lesson we’ve ever had! @lordemusic,” Taylor’s caption read.

This is hardly the first time the two pop stars have given a serious case of FOMO. They were practically inseperable at this year’s Grammys, and took it to the next level in February with a truly epic girls-only weekend

David Dean

David Dean is the founder of Serial Optimist and writer of things that hopefully make you smile. Find him all over MTV, Thought Catalog, HelloGiggles and "Google."