Netflix Cancels Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Fubar’ After Two Seasons

Netflix Cancels Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Fubar' After Two Seasons

Netflix has canceled the Arnold Schwarzenegger series "Fubar" after two seasons,Varietyhas confirmed. The series was ahit for the streamerin Season 1, back in 2023, but failed to perform as well during its second season, which premiered on June 12 — more than two years after its initial run. The show managed to make Nielsen's streaming originals top 10 for the week of June 16, after its premiere, but then fell off the chart the following week. Here was the logline to the series: "Luke Brunner is a veteran CIA operative who, up until recently, was on the verge of retirement. After his last mission in saving another operative – who just so happened to be his daughter – he's back and face to face with new villains. This one is an old flame from Luke's past who threatens to destroy the world…if she doesn't destroy his life first." More from Variety Josh Hartnett's Newfoundland Netflix Series Adds Four to Cast as Production Begins 'My Oxford Year' Review: Sofia Carson Learns Lessons of the Heart in Netflix's Disheartening Weepie 'Long Story Short' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix Ahead of Season 1 Release Date "Fubar" stars Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Milan Carter, Fortune Feimster, Travis Van Winkle, Fabiana Udenio, Aparna Brielle, Guy Burnet, Andy Buckley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jay Baruchel, Barbara Eve Harris and Scott Thompson. "Fubar" is created, showrun and executive produced by Nick Santora, with Schwarzenegger, Adam Higgs, Scott Sullivan, Phil Abraham, Amy Pocha, Seth Cohen and Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell serving as additional executive producers. "Fubar" Season 2 was produced by Skydance Television. Among the series Netflix has recently renewed are Some of our recent scripted series renewals include: "Wednesday," "Untamed," "Tires," "Ransom Canyon," "Virgin River," " "Bridgerton" (two seasons), "Forever," "Four Seasons, "The Diplomat," "My Life with the Walter Boys," "Survival of the Thickest," "Geek Girl," "Lincoln Lawyer," "Sweet Magnolias," "Devil May Cry," "Beauty in Black," "Nobody Wants This," "A Man on the Inside" and "The Vince Staples Show." Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.

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Netflix Cancels Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Fubar’ After Two Seasons

Netflix Cancels Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Fubar' After Two Seasons Netflix has canceled the Arnold Schwarzenegger series "Fu...

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Rumors That Mamas & Papas' Singer Cass Elliot Died by Ham Sandwich Still Plague Family 50+ Years After Her Death

Rumors That Mamas & Papas' Singer Cass Elliot Died by Ham Sandwich Still Plague Family 50+ Years After Her Death

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Cass Elliot was beloved by legions of fans as the lead singer of The Mamas & The Papas Elliot's death at 32 shocked the world on July 29, 1974 Those closest to the singer are reflecting on the reason behind the biggest misconception about her death The death of the legendaryMamas & Papassinger sent shockwaves across the world on July 29, 1974. No one was more shocked, however, than the people closest to Cass Elliot. Those who knew and loved her were in disbelief at the news thatElliot had diedat age 32. Elliot died of a heart attack that, in the aftermath of her death, many would suspect was related to substance abuse and dangerous dieting techniques. At the time, however, rumors went rampant that the singer died after choking on a ham sandwich. Friend Sue Cameronpreviously told PEOPLEabout the first time she'd heard that story, having called Elliot's apartment after hearing the news. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Donaldson Collection/Getty "Her manager, Allan Carr, picked up the phone, and he was hysterical. Allan said, 'You've got to tell them that she died choking on a ham sandwich. You must go to your typewriter and write that. There's a half of a ham sandwich on her nightstand.' " "I didn't ask any questions," Cameron, then a columnist atThe Hollywood Reporter, shared. She later elaborated on the experience andthe story behind the rumor in her 2018 bookHollywood Secrets and Scandals. "I knew she didn't choke on a ham sandwich. I didn't believe Allan, but I thought just do it because something was wrong." "The ham sandwich went worldwide," Cameron told PEOPLE. "Many people don't realize that it's not even true. Even though I have said — and written — it's not true, it still goes on. I never thought it would last as long as it has." Anautopsy revealed Elliot had died of a heart attack; No drugs were found in her system, but there was still talk of substance abuse in her inner circle. On the day Elliot died, Cameron wrote her obituary and then rushed to the singer's house. "The gates were open. The front door was unlocked. I just went there to protect anything because sometimes, on the day a famous person dies, people try to get into the house. Something in my head told me to go upstairs. Why lie about a ham sandwich? So I went up to her bedroom and looked in the cabinets, and it was completely cleaned out," Cameron says. "Many years later, I was a guest at a party, and there was a well-known model from that era [there]. Somehow, the topic of Cass came up, and she said, 'I was the one who was there and cleaned out the drugs.' It was odd because it was 30 years later. I must have arrived right after her." For Elliot's daughter,Owen Elliot-Kugell, the rumor has been an ugly and painful stain on the singer's legacy. In her 2024 memoirMy Mama, Cass, Elliot-Kugell shared her hatred for the rumor. "In my younger years, when people would talk to me about my mom, it was always about the stupid sandwich," she told PEOPLE. "I would go over to kids' houses after school and eventually one of their parents would ask me 'Did your mom really die choking on a ham sandwich?' First of all, the chutzpah to say that to a child is just crazy but it happened a lot. So I felt it was my duty to figure out what that story was all about." It was through this process that Elliot-Kugell learned Carr was hoping to offset any other rumors that might arise, especially about drugs, by sharing that detail with Cameron. After learning the story's origin, Elliot-Kugell began to see things in a different light. "So many of my mother's peers had died from drug overdoses — Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison. And I think Allan was afraid they'd make the same assumption," she says. "I really believe they were protecting her legacy. And they were trying to protect me. And in a weird way, I'm grateful for that crazy story. As much as it caused me grief, and people made jokes, I now realize it kept her relevant and ready to shine again." Read the original article onPeople

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Rumors That Mamas & Papas' Singer Cass Elliot Died by Ham Sandwich Still Plague Family 50+ Years After Her Death

Rumors That Mamas & Papas' Singer Cass Elliot Died by Ham Sandwich Still Plague Family 50+ Years After Her Death Michael Ochs Archiv...

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Canada working with US to deal with countries slow to accept deportees, document shows

Canada working with US to deal with countries slow to accept deportees, document shows

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada is working with the United States to "deal with" countries reluctant to accept deportees as both nations increase efforts to ship migrants back to their home countries, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Since President Donald Trump began his second term in January, the United States has cracked down on migrants in the country illegally. But the U.S. has at times struggled to remove people as quickly as it would like in part because of countries' unwillingness to accept them. As Canada has increased deportations, which reached a decade-high last year, it has also run up against countries reluctant to accept deportees. Canadian officials issued a single-use travel document in June to a Somali man they wanted to deport because Somalia would not provide him with travel documents. In a redacted message to an unknown recipient, cited in a February 28 email, the director general of international affairs for Canada's Immigration Department wrote, "Canada will also continue working with the United States to deal with countries recalcitrant on removals to better enable both Canada and the United States to return foreign nationals to their home countries." The department referred questions about the message to the Canada Border Services Agency, which declined to specify how Canada and the U.S. were cooperating, when the cooperation started, and whether the working relationship had changed this year. "Authorities in Canada and the United States face common impediments to the removal of inadmissible persons, which can include uncooperative foreign governments that refuse the return of their nationals or to issue timely travel documents," an agency spokesperson wrote in an email. "While Canada and the United States do not have a formal bilateral partnership that is specific to addressing this challenge, the Canada Border Services Agency continues to work regularly and closely with United States law enforcement partners on matters of border security." When the email was sent, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in his last days in office before being replaced in March by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Canada-U.S. relationship was strained by Trump's threat of tariffs, which he said were partly a response to migrants illegally entering the U.S. from Canada. The spokesperson added the CBSA has committed to deporting more people, from 18,000 in the last fiscal year to 20,000 in each of the next two years. Immigration has become a contentious topic in Canada as some politicians blame migrants for a housing and cost-of-living crisis. The rise in Canada's deportations largely reflects an increased focus on deporting failed refugee claimants. Refugee lawyers say that could mean some people are sent back to countries where they face danger while they try to contest their deportation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Anna Mehler Paperny in Toronto; Editing by Frank McGurty and Rod Nickel)

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Canada working with US to deal with countries slow to accept deportees, document shows

Canada working with US to deal with countries slow to accept deportees, document shows By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada is w...

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Multiple medical groups say they are barred from CDC's panel of vaccine advisers

Multiple medical groups say they are barred from CDC's panel of vaccine advisers

Multiple medical groups say they have been barred from working on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's panel of vaccine advisers. It comes weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.fired the original panel of independent expertsand replaced them with his own handpicked members -- many of whom have expressed skeptical views on vaccines. Liaisons representing major medical groups were historically invited to meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) as non-voting members to provide their independent expertise in respective fields. In a joint statement, the groups said they have now been excluded "from the process of reviewing scientific evidence end informing vaccine recommendations." MORE: Members of CDC vaccine panel ousted by RFK Jr. say committee has 'lost credibility' A total of eight groups signed on to the statement, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association and the National Medical Association among others. In a statement provided to ABC News, an HHS spokesperson said: "Under the old ACIP, outside pressure to align with vaccine orthodoxy limited asking the hard questions. The old ACIP members were plagued by conflicts of interest, influence, and bias. We are fulfilling our promise to the American people to never again allow those conflicts to taint vaccine recommendations." The statement went on to say: "Experts will continue to be included based on relevant experience and expertise, not because of what organization they are with." MORE: CDC vaccine advisers who were removed from committee by RFK Jr. speak out In their statement, the medical organizations said they learned the groups will be excluded from the panel's work in an email late Thursday and noted they were "deeply disappointed and alarmed" by the move. "To remove our deep medical expertise from this vital and once transparent process is irresponsible, dangerous to our nation's health, and will further undermine public and clinician trust in vaccines," the statement read.

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Multiple medical groups say they are barred from CDC's panel of vaccine advisers

Multiple medical groups say they are barred from CDC's panel of vaccine advisers Multiple medical groups say they have been barred from ...

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Gary Busey Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes Charge, Admits 'It Was Not an Accidental Touching'

Gary Busey Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes Charge, Admits 'It Was Not an Accidental Touching'

Gary Busey pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact on Thursday, July 31 Busey admitted he inappropriately touched a woman during the semi-annual Monster-Mania Convention at a Doubletree Hotel in New Jersey on Aug. 13, 2022 "He's glad to put this behind him," Busey's criminal defense attorney tells PEOPLE ​​Gary Buseypleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact on Thursday, July 31. Busey entered his plea during a virtual court appearance where he admitted he inappropriately touched a woman at the semi-annual Monster-Mania Convention at a Doubletree Hotel in New Jersey in August of 2022. "It was not an accidental touching," Busey told the judge, according toThe Guardian. Matt Baron/Shutterstock Busey's criminal defense attorney Blair Zwillman tells PEOPLE that in order for the judge to accept the guilty plea, "there has to be a factual basis where he admits the offense. He had to admit that it was non-consensual." "This was the best disposition for him," says Zwillman. "He's glad to put this behind him. He is basically a family guy. He is not a criminal." Busey, who was initially charged with four counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of attempted criminal sexual contact, has yet to be sentenced. He faces fines and one to five years of probation. Walter McBride/Getty "We're going to ask that he'd just be fined and end it," says Zwillman. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE's free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Three women reported that the actor touched them inappropriately during an autograph signing meet-and-greet at Monster-Mania in 2022. The actor initially denied any wrongdoing. "None of that happened," he toldTMZ. "It was a partner, a camera lady and me, and two girls ... it took less than 10 seconds, and they left. Then they made up a story that I assaulted them sexually and I did not. Nothing happened, it's all false." Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Buddy Holly inThe Buddy Holly Story. He also has appeared in dozens of other films includingPredator 2andPoint Break. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor. Read the original article onPeople

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Gary Busey Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes Charge, Admits 'It Was Not an Accidental Touching'

Gary Busey Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes Charge, Admits 'It Was Not an Accidental Touching' Gary Busey pleaded guilty to one count of ...

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