WhyThe DiplomatIs Getting a Shorter 6-Episode Season 2

The cast of ‘The Diplomat’.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty The Diplomat’s upcoming season will be shorter than expected. The Netflix hit is returning with season 2 on Oct. 31, and it contains just six episodes. “[Netflix] was not happy — they wanted the full eight,” she told the outlet. “I was really tired. It was a time thing. It felt like there wasn’t enough time to turn around eight of them. It was a lot to do in what appeared to be a short period of time.

WhyTransformers OneIs ‘Full Circle’ for Keegan-Michael Key: 1980s Series ‘Was Almost a Religious Experience’ (Exclusive)

Keegan-Michael Key.Photo:Arturo Holmes/WireImage Arturo Holmes/WireImage Keegan-Michael Keygets in touch with his “inner child” whenever doing voiceover work — butTransformers Onewas on another level. “This movie was a full circle moment for me,” the actor, 53 tells PEOPLE of the newanimated prequel, “because I really am a fan from childhood of the original cartoon people my age watched in the ’80s.” TheTransformersanimated series launched a decades-long toy and movie empire when it captured kids’ imaginations in 1984.

WhyYellowstoneUnexpectedly Killed Off Colby in 'Simple' but 'Shocking' Way

PARAMOUNT NETWORK Warning: This post contains spoilers for the latest episode ofYellowstoneseason 5B. Truly no one is safe on the Dutton ranch anymore. “It’s a dangerous job, and this kind of thing happens and it happens in a split-second. This death comes as a shock because it’s so simple, and it’s so grounded in the world in which all these characters work that it’s profoundly tragic," she said. Cam McLeod/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

Wicked's Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Bonded Over Their Theater Kid Roots: 'It Gave Us Fizz' (Exclusive)

‘Wicked’ stars Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande.Photo:Giles Keyte/NBC via Getty Giles Keyte/NBC via Getty Ariana GrandeandJonathan Baileydidn’t need to fake their chemistry on the set ofWicked— the actors became fast friends thanks to their theater kids roots, they tell PEOPLE.Pop star Grande, 31, andBridgertonactor Bailey, 36, both got their starts on stage: The “thank u, next” singer made her Broadway debut at age 15 in the musicalThirteen, while Bailey was a child actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving on to West End productions likeLes Misérables.

WickedAuthor Gregory Maguire Confirms 'Intentional' Lesbian Subtext Between Glinda and Elphaba

Gregory Maguire and the cover of ‘Wicked’.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty; William Morrow Amy Sussman/Getty; William Morrow Wickedauthor Gregory Maguire is opening up about his famous book.Inan interview withThempublished on Dec. 9, the author spoke about his 1995 novel,Wicked, which was the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, as well as the new movie starringAriana GrandeandCynthia Erivo.Maguire, whose book is itself an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s novelThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, says that he was inspired to writeWickedin part as a way to examine the evil that exists in the real world.