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Penn Badgley’s wife has hit back at rumours she was the one responsible for the actor’s refusal to do any more sex scenes. The 39-year-old actor revealed

Entertainment News / TV Insider / August 27

Penn Badgley to Star in ‘Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone’

With a title like this one, of course it’s a darkly comedic murder mystery. Amazon MGM Studios has ordered to series Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, based on the book series by Benjamin Stevenson.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / August 25

You author Caroline Kepnes is writing 'emotional' and 'creepy' new horror series

You author Caroline Kepnes is working on a new "emotional creepy horror" series. The writer, whose thriller novels about serial killer Joe Goldberg were adapted into a five-season hit for Netflix with Penn Badgley in the lead role, has announced a new series coming to YouTube.

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19 celebrities who have expressed regret about roles that turned them into superstars

These 19 celebs surprisingly regret the role that turned them into household names. Check them out below.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / July 1, 2025

Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy cast in You Deserve Each Other

Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy are to star in the romantic comedy You Deserve Each Other. The pair have signed up for the Amazon MGM movie based on the novel by Sarah Hogle that is being directed by Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn, the writing team behind the hit rom-coms Never Been Kissed and He's Just Not That Into You.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / May 2, 2025

Penn Badgley clears up Internet mistake over son's name

Penn Badgley's friends have been calling his son by the wrong name after a mistake on the Internet became difficult to correct. The 'You' star is dad to

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 27, 2025

'You' showrunners share alternate endings for Penn Badgley's Joe Goldberg

"You" has concluded, but there were some alternate endings that didn't make the cut.

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'You' showrunners reveal what Jenna Ortega's return in the final season would have looked like

Here's why Penn Badgley "Fought to Be as Naked as Possible" in the 'You' series finale

Penn Badgley remembers late 'Gossip Girl' co-star Michelle Trachtenberg

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 27, 2025

'You' showrunners reveal what Jenna Ortega's return in the final season would have looked like

The fifth and final season of You brought back some very familiar faces, but Jenna Ortega was not one of them.

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Here's why Penn Badgley "Fought to Be as Naked as Possible" in the 'You' series finale

Netflix shares teaser for 'Wednesday' season 2 starring Jenna Ortega

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 26, 2025

Here's why Penn Badgley "Fought to Be as Naked as Possible" in the 'You' series finale

The finale of You was absolutely insane and thrilling from beginning to end, and star/executive producer Penn Badgley is opening up about filming the final sequence.

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Penn Badgley remembers late 'Gossip Girl' co-star Michelle Trachtenberg

‘You’ Boss Reveals Who Would Have Killed Joe If He’d Died in the End

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 25, 2025

Penn Badgley remembers late 'Gossip Girl' co-star Michelle Trachtenberg

While at the premiere for the fifth and final season of You, Penn Badgley recalled how his former Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, who died on February 26 at the age of 39, was "incredibly quick to laugh."

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Penn Badgley says his 'You' role "has been this exercise in understanding all the things I want to avoid"

Penn Badgley was 'close to broke' before Gossip Girl

Entertainment News / TV Insider / April 25, 2025

‘You’ Boss Reveals Who Would Have Killed Joe If He’d Died in the End

[Warning: This post contains MAJOR spoilers for You Season 5.] Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) reign of terror is over. You‘s fifth and final season saw the twisted serial killer with a penchant for cages and narcissism get the comeuppance he deserved.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / April 24, 2025

Penn Badgley was 'close to broke' before Gossip Girl

Penn Badgley became financially independent at the age of 15. The 38-year-old actor became the main breadwinner for his family while he was still a teenager - but Penn was "close to broke" before landing a role in 'Gossip Girl'.

Entertainment News / TV Insider / April 24, 2025

Will There Be a ‘You’ Season 6? What We Know About the Future of the Show

[Warning: This post contains MAJOR spoilers for You Season 5.] Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) story continued with Season 5 of You, which premiered on Netflix with all 10 episodes on Thursday, April 24.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 18, 2025

Penn Badgley says his 'You' role "has been this exercise in understanding all the things I want to avoid"

With the fifth and final season of You quickly approaching, Penn Badgley is opening up about how the character of serial killer Joe Goldberg has caused a lot of reflection for him personally.

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Netflix shares teaser for season 3 of 'Ginny & Georgia'

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / March 19, 2025

'Gossip Girl' alum Penn Badgley executes unique crossover for Kristen Bell's 'Nobody Wants This'

Netflix stars doing some cross-promotion.

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Darren Aronofsky in talks to direct new adaptation of Stephen King's "Cujo"

Jenna Ortega teases details about "Wednesday" season 2 (and possibly season 3)

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / March 11, 2025

Netflix's 'You' season 5 official trailer promises a wild ride

Netflix's "You" season 5 will begin April 24.

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The 20 best things that happened on Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl was ahead of its time when it came out, and for that, it remains a show that is just as rewatchable now as it was when it first debuted.

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20 terrifying films and TV shows about stalkers

As the success of such fiction demonstrates — including the hit series Baby Reindeer on Netflix — there is an audience hungry to experience, if just vicariously, the thrill and the danger of obsession.

Entertainment News / Men's Journal / March 26, 2024

“You” Season 5: Penn Badgley Spotted on Set in New York City

Netflix has revealed that the fifth and final season of their hit series, You, is now in production. Cracking a Gossip Girl-adjacent joke, Netflix dropped

Entertainment News / TV Insider / March 24, 2024

‘You’ Season 5: Everything We Know So Far About Joe’s Final Act

Take cover, New York City. Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is back in town. You will return for a fifth and final season on Netflix, with Joe coming full circle in the Big Apple.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

2000s teen heartthrobs who have still got it

If you're sitting around wondering if your crush from your favorite show in 2004 is still really, really ridiculously good-looking and choose not to Google it but still somehow have access to this article, look no further. Here are the teen heartthrobs of the 2000s who have still got "it."

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / October 26, 2021

Penn Badgley weighs in on if his new friend Cardi B will join 'You'

Badgley was asked if his friendship with Cardi B could lead to an appearance on "You."

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / October 19, 2021

Penn Badgley pinpoints Dan Humphrey's worst moment on 'Gossip Girl'

Penn Badgley has cornered the market on duplicitous characters, and that began when he portrayed "Lonely Boy" Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl for six seasons from 2007-12.

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / May 28, 2021

HBO Max's official teaser for the 'Gossip Girl' reboot is here

"XOXO, Gossip Girl." It has been over eight years since we've heard what was once the most chilling line in all of teenage drama television—until today (May 28).

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 22, 2021

Watch: Billy Crystal & Tiffany Haddish make unlikely pals in 'Here Today' trailer

If Thursday's trailer is an accurate indication, Here Today is a hilarious slice of humble pie. The first-look at Billy Crystal's next project dropped

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