UXLINK, an AI-driven Web3 social platform, has partnered with ANOME Protocol, a popular NFTFi platform. The partnership attempts to combine cutting-edge financial tools for digital assets and social infrastructure to revolutionize the Web3 experience. As per UXLINK’s official X announcement, the move integrates the respective technologies of both entities to improve liquidity, security, and usability in $NFT-based economies. Hence, the development underscores a rising trend of merging decentralized finance (DeFi), GameFi, and SocialFi.
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We’re excited to welcome ANOME, a next-gen Web3 platform uniting NFTFi, GameFi, and DeFi, into the UXLINK ecosystem! 💎🎮
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UXLINK and ANOME Alliance Integrates NFTFi and SocialFi to Advance Web3 Utility
The collaboration between UXLINK and ANOME Protocol takes into account the integration of social infrastructure with the next-gen NFTFi model. With this, ANOME Protocol is emerging as an advanced Web3 player by combining features of DeFi, GameFi, and NFTFi into an inclusive network. One of the key elements of the joint effort is the “Price-Only-Rises” framework. It attempts to stabilize the value of NFTs while minimizing volatility risks normally linked to digital collectibles.
Apart from that, ANOME Protocol unveils a 24/7 capital security mechanism to protect the assets of the users even when the market fluctuates. Non-liquidating lending further fortifies this system by permitting consumers to borrow against NFTs without fearing forced liquidation. With the integration of the respective capabilities with the social layer of UXLINK, consumers can interact, engage with, and trade digital assets in a relatively community-led and seamless environment.
Simultaneously, the partnership pays considerable attention to enhancing liquidity within the world of Web3 gaming. Thus, the consumers can borrow nearly 95% loan-to-value (LTV) against their $NFT holdings. This unlocks capital without requiring the holders to sell the assets they own. The respective approach is anticipated to turn gaming into more attractive and financially flexible for a wider audience.
Joint Effort Reflects Market Provision of User-Focused Digital Economies
UXLINK considers this partnership the reflection of a wider market shift toward significantly interconnected Web3 networks. By merging financial utility with social interaction, this move is poised to unlock new utilities for non-fungible tokens beyond just trading and ownership. This could lead toward comparatively user-centric and sustainable digital economies, specifically in virtual and gaming environments. Overall, ANOME Protocol and UXLINK are leading the next phase of development in the Web3 landscape.
The Bachelorettealready took a break before Taylor Frankie Paul’s season was shelved three days before it was set to premiere on March 22.
ABC and producers Warner Bros. had high hopes for the 22nd season that was set to star the breakout reality star from sibling Hulu’s reality hit,The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The crossover casting was supposed to bring in a new audience following a ratings decline and the female-led cycle taking a season off in 2025 following Jenn Tran’s 21st season.
All of that changed, of course, when the network made the decision to scrap Paul’s already-filmed season entirely following the release of a damning video connected to her 2023 domestic violence arrest, and amid investigations into new claims of alleged domestic incidents involving Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Later, in April, The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office decided not to file charges related to the new incidents.
Since The Bachelorette was pulled, viewers and critics alike wondered if the show would ever return amid the scandal (see The Hollywood Reporter‘s take:“It’s Time to End the ‘Bachelor’ Franchise”), and now that charges won’t be brought against Paul, questions about if ABC could revive the season are swirling again.
When speaking with THRabout Hulu and ABC’s unscripted programming slate, Rob Mills, evp of unscripted & alternative entertainment at Walt Disney Television, answered those looming questions.
“The Bachelor franchise is not going anywhere,” he said, pointing out that season 30 of The Bachelor and the 11th season of Bachelor in Paradise are both returning. “The Bachelor is back midseason, Paradise will be next summer. So I don’t think we need to talk about something that is a year off,” he said. “Hopefully, next year’s Get Real [annual unscripted programming presentation] is where we’ll be talking more about it.”
Mills said they will lean into airing whatever series within the franchise makes sense at the time — which could mean more The Bachelor or Golden Bachelor seasons before another Bachelorette.
“Whatever the right stories are for us to tell, that’s what we’re going to tell,” he said. “I think when we have the right people to tell whatever iteration of The Bachelor franchise, we’re going to tell it. That also goes for the Golden Bachelor and whoever else’s story we can tell in this incredible format.”
And while Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is resuming production on its fifth season, after a monthlong production pause while investigating the claims surrounding co-star Paul, her participation in that season remains up in the air. THR reported that the door is open for her to return if and when she’s ready, and Mills didn’t totally rule out her Bachelorette season possibly being revived.
“I think everything really is a day at a time,” he said when asked if her season could ever see the light of day. “Everything concerning Taylor, first and foremost, is that we’re making sure anything she needs on a human level is taken care of, and then we can talk about anything from the show perspective.”
Rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers and migrants.
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Fifteen South American migrants and asylum seekers recently deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say they are facing pressure to return to their countries of origin, despite concerns for their safety.
Women from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador told the Reuters news agency that, since being deported to the Central African nation last week, they have been given no credible options other than going back to their home countries.
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“We feel pressured to agree to go back to our country, regardless of the risks,” a 29-year-old Colombian woman, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisals, told Reuters.
The group arrived in the DRC last week as part of a controversial third-country agreement with the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Since returning to the presidency for a second term, Trump has implemented hardline measures to restrict immigration to the US and expel immigrants already in the country, some of whom have legal status.
Among the 15 South Americans who were deported to the DRC, some say they had sought asylum — a legal immigration process — in the US after fleeing persecution in their home countries.
The 29-year-old woman, for example, wrote in her asylum application in January 2024 that she left Colombia after being kidnapped and tortured by an armed group, as well as suffering abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, who was a police officer.
A US immigration judge ruled in May 2025 that she was more likely than not to be tortured if she was sent home, according to court records reviewed by Reuters.
The AFP news agency also reported that a 30-year-old Colombian woman named Gabriela only learned that she was being sent to the DRC a day before last week’s flight. During a 27-hour trip, the hands and feet of the deportees were shackled.
“I didn’t want to go to Congo,” she told AFP. “I’m scared; I don’t know the language.”
Immigration advocates have said that third-country deportations are an effort to intimidate migrants and asylum seekers into agreeing to leave the US.
Such removals involve sending immigrants to places with which they have no familiarity. Many, including the DRC, are known for human rights concerns or are sites of active conflict.
“The goal is clear: Put people in a place so unfamiliar that they give up and agree to return home, despite the immense risk they face there,” said Alma David, a US-based lawyer representing one of the asylum seekers in the DRC.
Russell Brand recently appeared on “The Megyn Kelly Show” and admitted to sleeping with a 16-year-old when he was 30. While he made sure to note that the age of consent in the United Kingdom is 16, he admitted that sleeping with someone so much younger than him was “exploitative.”
“Thank you, Megyn Kelly, for giving me the grace to address, in particular, your anger, which is entirely legitimate and recognizable,” he said. “And the plain fact of it is that in Europe and in the United Kingdom, where I’m from, the age of consent is 16, and I did sleep with a 16-year-old when I was 30, but when I was 30, I was a very different person. I was a lot younger, and I was an immature 30-year-old.”
Brand continued, “Consensual sex, actually, with a variety of people when there is a strong power differential, because there is when you’re a famous man that has the ability to attract women that I had at that time, I think involves exploitation. I think it is exploitative. I recognize that my sexual conduct in the past was selfish and I did not apply enough consideration, barely any, I suppose, really, to how that sex was affecting other people.”
In April 2025, Brand was charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault relating to four separate women in alleged incidents that took place between 1999 and 2005. In December of that same year, a rape and a sexual assault charge were brought against him relating to two other women in incidents that allegedly took place in 2009. Brand has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Brand was originally supposed to stand trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court starting June 16, but last month, it was pushed to Oct. 12.
“Vanderpump Rules” and “Vanderpump Villa” star Stassi Schroeder is set to star in the new Hulu series “House of Stassi,” while Khloé Kardashian is behind the new reality series “The Girls.” Those were two of the announcements revealed Wednesday during Hulu’s “Get Real” event.
“House of Stassi” launches July 29 with a two-episode premiere on Freeform, while the full season streams July 30 on Hulu (including Hulu on Disney+, and Disney+ in some international markets).
Here’s the logline: “Reality TV’s most notorious fan favorite, Stassi Schroeder, is stepping back into the spotlight to redefine her place in pop culture — but staying on top means confronting the ghosts of her past and a chaotic inner circle with a talent for disrupting her life.”
Schroeder stars with fellow cast members Katie Maloney, Beau Clark, Kristina Kelly, Taylor Strecker, Georgianna Aubin, Rob Evors and Taylor “Teddy” Donohue. “House of Stassi” comes from Scout Productions and Belcheri Productions. Erin Foye and Jenna Rosenfeld are showrunners and executive producers. Schroeder, David Collins, Michael Williams, Renata Lombardo, David Marker, Eric Korsh and Simone Hilliard also EPs.
As for “The Girls,” the show follows “Kardashian’s inner circle of real-life besties are raising babies, running businesses, and surviving brutally honest group chats. From surprise proposals to solo parenting, glam getaways to growing pains, this is the new era of reality TV where the chaos is couture — and the bonds are unbreakable.”
Natalie Halcro (@nataliehalcro), Khadijah Haqq (@foreverkhadijah), Malika Haqq (@malika), Yris Palmer (@yrispalmer), Olivia Pierson (@oliviapierson) and Nicole Williams English (@justnic) star. Kardashian is EP with Julie Pizzi, Farnaz Farjam, Nicole Blais and Lauren Goldstein. The series is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, part of Banijay Americas.
Among other announcements Wednesday:
• “Project Runway” with host Heidi Klum returns on July 9, with a two-episode season premiere on Hulu, Disney+ and Freeform. The show will feature 22 designers — the most ever in the show’s history. Klum, Law Roach and Nina Garcia return as judges, with Christian Siriano back as mentor.
Also, in a Disney reality crossover, “Dancing with the Stars” dancers Brandon Armstrong, Alan Bersten, Val Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson, Emma Slater, Ezra Sosa, Britt Stewart and Julianne Hough will appear. Also set for this season: Charity Lawson (“The Bachelorette”), Sarah Jane Nader (“Love Thy Nader”), Ekin-Su (“Vanderpump Villa”) and “Project Runway” Season 21 winner Veejay Floresca.
• “Vanderpump Villa” Season 3 “The Reunion” premieres April 30 on Hulu (and Hulu on Disney+, as well as Disney+ in international markets). The logline: “Six months after a British summer of hookups, VIP drama and scandal at Rosecroft Park, Lisa Vanderpump reunites with Stassi Schroeder and the Villa staff to confront broken friendships, shattered relationships and lingering fallout, revealing where everyone stands now.”
• Hulu has picked up “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show,” from Next of Kin, an EverWonder Studio company. Brooks Nader (“Love Thy Nader”), Nicole Williams English (Hulu’s “The Girls”), model and actress Camille Kostek, model and fashion influencer Jasmine Sanders and others will appear.
• Hulu has announced the “Get Real” podcast, featuring guests discussing the streamer’s reality shows. The podcast premieres April 23 with guest host Amanda Hirsch (“Not Skinny But Fat” podcast) and panelists “Vanderpump Villa’s” Lisa Vanderpump (@lisavanderpump) and Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim).
The $NEXO price recovery is poised for a potential 22% surge before challenge, the key resistance of wedge pattern.volume
Bubble map visualization highlights declining intensity in trading clusters
The coin price trading below the 200-day exponential moving average indicates the broader trend is bearish.
$NEXO, the native utility cryptocurrency of Nexo platform, recorded a 0.44% increase on April 22nd to currently exchange hands at $0.9. The initial buying pressure came with broader market recovery as the geopolitical tension eased when president Donald Trump announced an extended ceasefire between the U.S and Iran. However, a deeper volume analysis of $NEXO price shows that the prevailing market correction is gradually losing its momentum, which could trigger a potential rebound.
Nexo Signals Cooling Phase as Sell Pressure Fades
A recent analysis of spot trading activity for Nexo reveals a shifting landscape that may interest market observers. With a bubble map to monitor the changes in volume, the evidence presents a shift into a so-called cooling phase.
This is an indication that aggressive selling pressure that characterized the recent declining price trends is starting to ease off meaning that there is a possibility of exhaustion among the sellers.
This particular volume profile has been seen twice in the past few years, and it has historically served as an indicator of major price changes. A similar cooling signal was observed in May 2023, which was followed by a significant upward rise to the 1.50 level.
The second instance was in late 2023 that was succeeded by an increase of 65 percent in price. As of now, Nexo is displaying the same traits as it trades in a corrective trend.
Although the trend resembles that of past arrangements that resulted in rallies, recent times are characterized by a wider market environment and situation unlike the past. Analysts point out that the waning sell side momentum is a significant phenomenon, but the trend has not shown conclusive reversal.
The actual change movement would probably need an evident inflow of purchasing quantity and a cycle-long break in the price movement to confirm the change of cooling phase into a new stage of accumulation.
$NEXO Price Hints Steady Rally Within Wedge Pattern
Over the past ten weeks, the $NEXO price witnessed a bullish upswing from $0.61 to current trading of $0.914, registering a gain of 49%. Interestingly, this rebound emerged as a fresh bull cycle within the formation of a falling wedge pattern in daily charts.
Since December 2023, the Nexo price has resonated within the two converging trendlines which act as dynamic resistance and support for crypto traders. Typically, the narrowing range suggests weakening bearish momentum in price which leads to strong recovery and major breakout.
The upswing also managed to reclaim 20-and-50 EMAs slope reinforcing the bullish narrative in the market. With sustained buying, the Nexo price could rally 27% to challenge the wedge pattern resistance at $1.15. A potential breakout from the wedge pattern would be the key signals for a fresh bull rally.
On the contrary, if sellers continued to defend the wedge pattern resistance at $1.15, the $NEXO price could enter new correction trend,
Blockstream CEO Adam Back, the British cryptographer and inventor of Hashcash, said it’s “flattering” that people think he’s Satoshi Nakamoto and was probably the result of his being a little too “talkative” on the cypherpunk mailing list that started it all.
Back was speaking in a fireside chat with Cointelegraph at the recent LONGITUDE event in Paris, co-hosted by crypto exchange OKX, with discussions centered on crypto regulation, market structure and the growth of stablecoins.
Adam Back denies renewed suggestions that he invented Bitcoin
“It is flattering in some sense that they think you could have done it,” Back told Cointelegraph, reflecting on the widely publicized New York Times article on April 8 that suggested he is Satoshi, a claim he has denied.
Back said there is a logical reason people think he’s Bitcoin’s creator. “The problem for me is I was very talkative on the mailing list,” he said, referring to the 1992 Cryptography Mailing List, where Satoshi later introduced the Bitcoin white paper in October 2008.
“So anytime anyone was talking about electronic cash, I was right there, I was the reply guy with something to say about it,” he said.
Blockstream CEO Adam Back speaking at LONGITUDE. Source: Cointelegraph
Back said the mystery behind Satoshi is an “interesting question” that he and others in the industry have pondered but never answered.
Prior to the fireside with Back, the event also featured three panels covering the role of traditional financial institutions in Web3, the need for clearer regulation and the pace of stablecoin adoption, alongside a separate fireside chat with OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos.
MiCA is “extremely beneficial,” but brings risks to innovation
Crypto industry executives said recent moves to regulate the industry have been positive for improved clarity, but regulatory fragmentation and overregulation could hurt innovation.
In an onstage interview, Ghoos shed light on the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, a framework with which OKX Europe was deemed fully compliant in January 2025.
“I think MiCA is extremely beneficial for the industry,” Ghoos said, explaining that it has helped to build trust in crypto.
OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos speaking to Cointelegraph journalist Ciaran Lyons at LONGITUDE. Source: Cointelegraph
“Now it is a fully regulated asset class, which is very important,” Ghoos said, adding that industry participants will be “vetted and held up to the highest standards.”
However, he warned that the “regulatory burden” could slow innovation across Europe.
“Right now, because there is such a big and heavy regulatory overhead for startups, I do fear even more that the innovation and the great entrepreneurship that we have in Europe will start to shift to other jurisdictions around the world,” he said.
CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu said the lack of a unified global framework is a pain point for the industry.
“For developers, for crypto companies in different regions, they are still under different compliance frameworks,” Gu said.
Commenting on the proposed US CLARITY Act, which has been delayed largely because of unresolved issues around stablecoin yields impact on the banking system, Gu said that while the bill aims to bring structure, “many terms are not that clear to be honest, and a little bit vague.”
“I think different firms have different interpretations and so on,” he added.
Ronghui Gu speaking at LONGITUDE. Source: Cointelegraph
“But I would say it definitely gives a much more friendly environment to crypto companies, to developers,” he added.
Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard said he is “very confident” the CLARITY Act will pass soon, adding: “You feel the vibration from the policymakers saying we are going to adopt this,” he said.
“They are super stoked about it,” Gregaard added.
Frederik Gregaard speaking at LONGITUDE. Source: Cointelegraph
“When this passes, from the non-TradFi adoption, you are going to see 100X,” Gregaard said, arguing that “classical industries” have been waiting for clarity before embracing the technology.
US Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina said on Monday that he does not expect the Senate Banking Committee to mark up the legislation, also known as the CLARITY Act, in April and has recommended that Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott schedule it for next month.
Payments industry does a good job of “almost faking” real-time payments
Mastercard’s senior vice president for blockchain and digital assets, Christian Rau, said that stablecoins are “very well suited for payment purposes” during a panel with Stella Development Foundation chief business officer Raja Chakravorti and Ethereum Foundation enterprise lead Matthew Dawson.
“They don’t come with the volatility of other digital assets, given that they enjoy regulatory clarity in a lot of the world,” Rau said.
Rau said the traditional payments industry does a “good job of almost faking real-time payments.”
“When I tap my card, it says transaction approved or payment made…it’s authorization, clearing, and settlement,” he said.
“A lot of the things that work arguably very well today, they still come with time delays, costs, and so forth,” he added.
Meanwhile, Stella Foundation’s Chakravorti pointed to the roughly $317 billion in stablecoin circulation, which is up about 50% from last year, adding that he is starting to see some short-term cooling.
“Although to be clear, over the last two quarters, that’s started to slow down a little bit,” calling it a positive sign as it suggests parts of the underlying infrastructure are starting to mature.
“I think this next transition is local stablecoins, because people are now very focused on creating that opportunity in their economy as super important,” he said.
Chakravorti pointed to the “last mile” as one of the biggest hurdles for adoption, referring to the challenge of turning digital assets into something “workable” inside local financial systems.
“I think it is the absolute key, ultimately, that is where all the friction lies within this system,” he said.
The studio behind The Traitors is bringing another back-stabbing competition to life, with another indie-film favorite as its host.
Parker Posey will take on a similar role to Alan Cumming in The Traitors as host of The Mob, a Hulu competition show that will gather a group of reality veterans and other celebrities for a series of “mob movie-inspired jobs.” The show is from The Traitors producer Studio Lambert and STV Studios’ Primal Media.
The Mob is one of several new unscripted series and specials Hulu has ordered. Among the others is House of Stassi, starring Vanderpump Rules and Vanderpump Villa alum Stassi Schroeder; The Girls, featuring Khloe Kardashian and several of her close friends; dating show Ring by Spring Break; docuseries Million Dollar Nannies (which will also air on Freeform); and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit runway special. Hulu is also launching a weekly podcast called Get Real (its first episode streams Thursday) covering the happenings in the streamer’s expanding and increasingly interconnected reality slate.
The Mob will find Posey (The White Lotus, Best in Show) and its cast ensconced in an Italian villa, where they will “shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Every episode, they will tackle mob movie-inspired jobs to survive. But every mob family needs a don, and whoever they choose will have absolute power — deciding who makes money, who stays, and who ultimately gets whacked. In a game where power demands absolute loyalty, can the don stay in control, or will the family rise up and overthrow them?”
The cast includes Willam Belli (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Demi Engemann (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives), Maria Georgas (The Bachelor season 28), Joe Gorga (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), Harry Jowsey (Let’s Marry Harry), Chelsea Lazkani (Selling Sunset), Debi Mazar (Younger), Bella Palk (Love Overboard), Shane Parton (the as yet unaired season 22 of The Bachelorette), rapper Romeo, Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli and former Sopranos regular Aida Turturro.
Studio Lambert’s Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O’Driscoll and Stephen Lambert executive produce with Primal Media’s Adam Wood and Mat Steiner, who conceived the format for The Mob, STV Studios CEO David Mortimer, Posey and showrunner Susan House.
House of Stassi is set to premiere July 29 on Freeform, with the full season debuting the next day on Hulu. The show will follow Schroeder as she “steps back into the spotlight to redefine her place in pop culture — but staying on top means confronting the ghosts of her past and a chaotic inner circle with a talent for disrupting her life,” per the logline. Hulu and Freeform also released a short teaser for the show; watch it below.
Scout Productions and Belcheri Productions produce House of Stassi. Erin Foye and Jenna Rosenfeld are the showrunners and executive produce with Schroeder, David Collins, Michael Williams, Renata Lombardo, David Marker, Eric Korsh and Simone Hilliard.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show will bring together models, athletes, entertainers and influencers showing off swimwear and “inclusivity and body positivity,” the special’s description reads. The first confirmed participants are previous SI Swimsuit models Brooks Nader, Nicole Williams English (who’s also in the cast of The Girls), Camille Kostek and Jasmine Sanders. Next of Kin, an EverWonder Studio company, is producing the show.
Hulu confirmed the spinoff (after reports about the new series circulated almost exactly a month ago) and unveiled the cast for the new Mormon Wives extension Wednesday night at their second Get Real House event. Joining the cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County are Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Salomé Andrea, McCall DaPron, Chandler Higginson, Ashleigh Pease and Madison Bontempo.
Notably, DaPron is the sister to main Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley. Ovard is a prominent YouTuber who rose to acclaim on YouTube and has maintained her presence online.
Notably missing from the cast list is Jen Affleck, a star from the original series. People reported on the news of the spinoff on March 23, and listed Affleck as the only castmember from the main Utah-based series that was set to swap shows.
The announcement of the new spinoff arrived a day after it was revealed that production on the mainstay series has resumed. Cameras went down due to an internal domestic violence investigation involving Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex Dakota Mortensen, alongside two investigations held by police in Utah.
On April 14, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office revealed they would not pursue new charges against Paul following the separate investigations led by the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department. And earlier on Wednesday, before the spinoff was confirmed, a source told THR that the team behind the show wants her to return and has been supportive of Paul amid the turbulence she’s faced over the past few months, but only if and when she is ready.
The logline for reads The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County as follows: “A new group of dynamic young mothers in Orange County collide in a community where beliefs are not just their religion; they are their identity. While some defend their way of life, fighting against modernity, others embrace change, becoming a platform to disrupt the status quo. Scandals and secrets will be revealed, facades will crumble, and families and friendships will change forever on both sides of the battlefield as this group of strong, game-changing influencers comes together to build their answer to #MomTok. This is The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.”
Mormon Wives adding Orange County to its franchise list notably follows in the footsteps of Bravo’s mainstay Real Housewives franchise. The Real Housewives of Orange County was the first series to debut 20 years ago in the network’s sprawling universe, cementing the SoCal county as an iconic reality television location.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County is produced by Jeff Jenkins Productions, in association with 3BMG and Walt Disney Television Alternative. Executive producers include Jeff Jenkins, Russell Jay-Staglik, Amanda Weinstein, Melissa Bidwell and Brandon Beck at Jeff Jenkins Productions; Ross Weintraub and Reinout Oerlemans at 3BMG; and Georgia Berger, Lisa Filipelli and Danielle Pistotnik at Select Entertainment.
Parker Posey isn’t meant to live an uncomfortable life. That’s why she’s hosting and executive producing a new reality competition inside a lavish Italian villa — from the producers behind “The Traitors.”
Hulu announced Wednesday at its “Get Real” unscripted event that it has given a series order to “The Mob,” which will follow celebrities as they check into the villa — and proceed to “shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Every episode, they will tackle mob movie-inspired jobs to survive.”
As part of the twist, the group of celebrities must vote to make one of them the mob family “don” — giving that person absolute power to decide “who makes money, who stays, and who ultimately gets whacked.” But will that don maintain the family’s loyalty, or will they ultimately be overthrown?
Celebrity cast for Season 1 of “The Mob” includes “The Sopranos” star Aida Turturro, who knows a thing or two about a TV crime family. Also on board: Willam Belli (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Demi Engemann (“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”), Maria Georgas (“Bachelor” Nation), Joe Gorga (“The Real Housewives of New Jersey”), Harry Jowsey (“Let’s Marry Harry”), Chelsea Lazkani (“Selling Sunset”), Debi Mazar (“Younger”), Bella Palk (“Love Overboard”), Shane Parton (“Bachelor” Nation), rapper Romeo and Bruno Tonioli (“Dancing With the Stars”).
“The Traitors” producers Studio Lambert are behind “The Mob,” which is also from Primal Media. Executive producers for Studio Lambert include Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O’Driscoll and Stephen Lambert.
Adam Wood and Mat Steiner conceived the format for “The Mob,” and serve as executive producers for Primal Media along with David Mortimer, chief executive officer of STV Studios. Posey is also executive producer and Susan House is showrunner.
Posey most recently received Emmy, Golden Globe and Actor nominations for her turn in “The White Lotus.” She also landed a Emmy nom as a guest star on “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” She’s known for her string of iconic indie film credits including “Party Girl,” “Kicking and Screaming,” “The Daytrippers,” “The House of Yes” and more, and also for her regular appearances in Christopher Guest films like “Waiting for Guffman,” “Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind” and “For Your Consideration.”
