Entertainment Tonight for Friday, September 18, 2026

0:00Tonight, Tom cruises $12 billion movie secret. I want you to read it to me. Who he gets to read scripts to him. And I just sit there. Plus, what Tom and Taylor Swift were really talking about during Monday night football. For real? For real? Then... The Glutton Loser Weeks has been live-in for. Prince Harry breaks his silence on his return to Britain. Within two days of enrolling their children in a school, the children were taken out of school. Plus, the bombshell claims about his mother's death. She had just been killed and he sounded upbeat. That have the palace firing back. What else Spencer has put in this memoir has taken it to another level. Could Harry's family reconciliation now get even messier? Then... There we go. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Brothers for real? We are. We're quite certain we are. The real-life rumor that sparked their new TV show. It's been six years since your mom said she knew my dad.

1:01And Nick Cannon won on one. Thinking about baby number 13? Is he having another baby? Why his new reality show has him nervous? You're gonna see me in a whole different way. Plus, which of his baby moms are joining? So I'm kinda screwed. ET starts right now. Hello everyone and welcome to Entertainment Tonight on this very busy Friday. Yeah, plenty of Hollywood headlines to get to. So let's kick things off with tonight's top story. It's unbelievable. I look, I do pinch myself every day. Tom Cruise's new interview revealing the surprising moviemaking secret behind his $12 billion box office career. What I do with directors and writers is I don't read the scripts. I have them read it to me. I don't want my ideas to invade it yet. They come to me, you know, and I just sit there and I'm like, I want you to read it to me. And they'll read it to me and I'm like, okay, and I'm the audience. I am a movie, I'm a popcorn guy. Is it moving me or is it moving?

2:02Am I invested? Am I not invested? Where am I engaged? Where am I not engaged? That new detail tracks with what Tom's been telling ET for more than 40 years. I really enjoy the process of filmmaking. From flying choppers to daredevil stunts, he gets deep into every aspect of filmmaking. I'm gonna grab that thing. I know that this is not blocking my face. When I decided to be an actor, I had set goals for myself and wanting to work with writers and understand writers. Any good actor does a lot of research. I cure all the notes. I know lenses. I know the choreography. Tom, who sat with Taylor Swift just four days ago at the Chiefs game also dished about their time together. Now, when the biggest movie star in the world is sitting next to the biggest artist in the world, what do you talk about? It's cooling me up football. After stopping by, new heights, Tom turned the tonight show into a popcorn party, unveiling his digger boot-shaped popcorn bucket ahead of the movie's October 2nd release.

3:02And this epic challenge. Tom and Jimmy went head to head inside a life-size claw machine before Cruz revealed Taylor has gone from football rookie to expert. First of all, she's a genius. I've been following her since she was a kid. But she knows her stuff. Oh, she knows her stuff. She knew nothing about football when she met Travis. It was like, what was it like playing against your brother, like tackling each other? How did Travis, I told Travis, he was like, very patient. She said, no, he's so patient, kind of said, I'm sure he was. Attending next week's London premiere, Prince William and Kate, giving Tom a possible royal repeat of their 2022 Maverick moment. But across the pond at last night's Invictus Gala, Harry took the spotlight, speaking out for the first time since his family's reverse mexit. Oh, has it been settling back into UK life? Look, the last two weeks has been, it's been, it's been a wonderful. I think it's been a bit of a rocky start for Harry and Meghan. Within two days of enrolling their children in a school,

4:04and the children were taken out of school, they've enrolled in another school. This was all down to security concerns. This all comes amid new tensions between Harry's father and uncle. Harry, Harry, how are you feeling about your uncle, sir? I felt it my duty to lay out the true history of Diana in one boat. In an exclusive with CBS Sunday morning, Erin this weekend, Charles Spencer talks about his upcoming memoir and levels exclusive accusations about the now King's reaction to his sister Diana's death. She had just been killed and he sounded upbeat? Yes, and obviously I'm not, I'm not just applying or criticizing. I'm reporting that's the fact. You also said you said you thought that maybe it's because he finally felt that he was free to pursue Camilla. That might have been it. The monarch's pointed response, fraternal grief, can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory, is only pouring fuel on the family's current firestorm. What else Spencer has put in this memoir has taken it to another level and actually puts Prince Harry in a pretty awkward position, I think.

5:05As Prince Harry is trying to reconcile with his father, he may find himself having to sacrifice that close relationship with his uncle. Alright, let's bring things back to Hollywood where Matthew McConaughey crashed our interview with Woody Harrelson, given him props. Hey. Hey, man. How are you? 65 years young. Best cabs in the business. See, he's got the best torso in the business, so it's super kind. You can get him low, I'll get him high. Yeah, yeah. Oscar winner, Oscar. What do you call that when you don't? Nominee. Nominee. The fellas, along with their families, were at the premiere of Brothers. It's a comedy series based on this rumor Matthew's mom, K-starter. She goes, I knew your father. And it was the ellipses I found little trouble. He called about three years ago, as I guess, around 2023, and said, look, it's been six years since your mom said she knew

6:09my dad, and we all knew what that innuendo was, and he goes, what have we made a show about it? We would think about it. Everything else, the kids were investigating it could be if it could be true or not. And he said, let's make a show. I said, yeah, good idea. It's an awful sudden I looked up and we were cast in this son of a gun and it was happening. I was like, oh, this is real. The first two episodes drop Wednesday on Apple TV. Holland Taylor plays Matthew's mom. It's always good to be in Asian with K-s. This is a child tale. Don't ever forget. Is there real that you guys are actually true brothers? Did you take the DNA test? We are. We are. We haven't yet, but we are. We are. We're not. We're not. We didn't want it to be true. If it's true, then this guy's going to be near as fun to hang around with. All right, let's move on now to our Nick Cannon exclusive. And why the hustle doesn't stop for this father of 12. Nick, you made the joke, but you announced a press conference and people think, is he having another baby?

7:10For all of those that are into my personal life, you'll see Netflix, the doc you see is officialist. You're going to see me in a whole different way. So, I'm so vulnerable. It's scary. I'm going to be honest. I didn't want it to be a puff piece. And then it's like, I'm also a little nervous for my family to have them be exposed and so vulnerable in a way. My name is Power. And this is what you do. My name is Golden, and I'm nine years old. I hope the audience embraces it. You have teenagers now. My teenagers are brilliant. I like to say they parent me. They've been with me along this whole journey. The different baby mamas. They literally are my therapist. Do you sometimes need to call me Ryan and just say, hey, I mean, they... Thank you. The fact that we still have a great relationship and never been on the house, never had a argument. Like, we don't yell and stuff.

8:10You know, everybody has disagreements and even raising teenagers. We're not always going to see eye to eye, but man, it's been the smoothest parenting process I've ever had. By the way, are there more babies in the future? You got to watch the show, kid. Wow. For now, Nick's watching his other baby grow. Actually, I might be your daddy. I also want to ask you about this while and out tour. Man, I'm so excited. It's a stadium arena-style energy. That's where we can break records. Wow, and out launch so many people. This Kevin Hart owe you some money. I'm just going to be straight. Only person at owe me money is Kevin Hart. And he know why. I send another llama to you out. I'm just supposed to walk in. Everything that you are is because of me. I said it. It's the only Kevin we rent. Just a few miles away, Bre T. A. C. who is mom to Nick's eighth child, legendary love, was chatting with our Diny director. There's a family show coming in Netflix with Nick. How involved are you in that? Fortunately, too involved. Yeah. Yeah, I have no choice.

9:10Truly. And it's my network, so I'm kind of screwed. Hopefully it'll also calm any preconceptions people have about you guys. I couldn't care what anyone thinks, honestly. I do think it's great that they can see my son and, you know, a little bit of our relationship. Collect your check. I'll just get my check and keep it a little bit more. But before that, we'll see Bre along with 14 other stars, including Oliver Hudson, Candace Cameron-Bray, and Brandy Glanville, going to extremes in the new season of Special Forces World's toughest test, premiering next Thursday on Fox. What was it like to have all the cameras in your face again? The really cool part of it was that I'm an adult now and I made this decision to return to reality TV on my own. You know, I'm not defined by my childhood. I guess you could say I'm here to redeem the gospel name. I'm obviously your mom competed on a previous season of this show. Do you hope she watches you? What do you hope she learns about you? I didn't do this for my mom. I did this for me. It was for personal growth. The new Baywatch is coming back to box. What's it going to take to get you back on my beach? A great storyline. You know, 25 years ago, you know, we had an incredible cast.

10:11We were very close. Kind of what we achieved a little bit on Special Forces. I'm definitely talking to the executives and figuring it out. So what's going to happen? Stay tuned. Still ahead. This family is in the test spot. Is there really trouble in Mobland? That was hurtful because we want to say something. Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosd, and Ed Helen Mirin. Some people have issues here. Other people have issues there. Addressing rumors of tension behind the scenes. I felt sad when I saw that. Then, William Shatner, 95, and ready to rock. Ever since my days in school, I've been having metal has entered my heart in my head. OET's inside rehearsals for his heavy metal debut. No, I can't stop. I'll fall over if I stop. Wow. Cedric The Entertainer is back and he's bringing friends. Donnie Wahlberg, Jerry O'Connell, Phil Cogan, plus me and the shall join the SETI Awards tonight on CBS.

11:13Hey everybody, it's Kevin Frazier. The E.T. podcast is a great listen when you're on the go. But the TV show, even better to watch every weekday when you're at home. Check your local listings for where E.T. airs in your market or go to etonline.com. Welcome back to entertainment tonight. Mobland is back for season two on Paramount Plus. We're in London with Tom Hardy breaking his silence on all the so called on set drama. This family is in the test spot. I think we talk about reports of tensions on set. I didn't say anything this last since we stopped finishing because it's literally nothing to say. Because if you do say something, it becomes something sort of a story which it wasn't even in the post-plays. The internet had a lot to say about what was really going on behind the scenes. Here we go. But Tom did. In saying something, you went for a lot of other things in the art. The best thing is to just say my thing has carry on. The clock is ticking. We were working under very stressful, impression situation very often,

12:14very often not knowing what the next script was. We're up against it many times. Tom is magnificent. Mob the man. Yeah, exactly. I mean Tom is Mobland. We are Mobland. It is a family and it was a bit of a stormy teacup really all of it. So consider that closed. The real dramas with the Haraigans. Season three plans are underway as season two hits Paramount Plus today. The materials brilliant. We'll see the Haraigans push deeper into the fire, a government crackdown closing in and threats coming from inside the family itself. It's like you're getting your teeth into something so beautifully, articulated, poetic in its awfulness. On screen, Helen Marin and Pierce Brosnes characters are right or die. Turns out, sore they. Helen's been with Oscar winner Taylor Hack for 40 years while Pierce and wife Killy Shea have been going strong for 32.

13:15I've said a number of times it's solving problems because there's always problems. Oh, really? It's a solving, unparalleled, another problem. But it's a spiritual journey, kind of watching someone get older, watching your partner go older, getting older yourself. For me, freedom is very important. So I think that and that's a two way street. You have to give it to the other person as well. You love them obviously and you start off in one relationship and then it becomes something else. Coming up, I have a 60-year-old daughter, what can I tell you? Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry's little performer. My daughter seems to be expressing a lot of that. Is stage dad in his future? Six and then an almost 16-year-old. Where has the time gone? Time management. And rage! William Shatner's rock star demands. Four feet of polis sausage, an assortment of adoptable puppies, one bowl of sour crowd. His real must-have for his heavy metal debut. You got a fork?

14:18Have either of your kiddos expressed interest in getting into the arts? Yes, I mean my son's an artist and my daughter seems to be expressing a lot of that. Six and then an almost 16-year-old. Where has the time gone? Time management. Yep, Daisy wants to follow in dad or land oh bloom and mom Katy Perry's footsteps. The 49-year-old at the Toronto Film Festival for his newest project. Bring things, brethren! In bleeping faster, Rooney and Kate Mara play the real-life British twin sisters who story went viral because they speak in unison, dress alike, fall in love with the same man and eventually spiral. Sort of, decapée. You're going to call him a dream star after his tours in the limo. He would turn on the music and drink beer. I think somebody said I described it as a magical unicorn baby. I have a six-year-old daughter, what can I tell you? Sometimes the most challenging part was like not laughing at ourselves in the scenes where that wasn't appropriate.

15:19Laughing at embarrassment of your own self and embarrassment for the other person. Yeah, brutal. Okay, time to boldly go where William Shatner has never gone before. The 95-year-old Star Trek icon is now fronting a heavy metal band. You can't make this stuff up and ET is exclusively with Bill at his rock rehearsals. Brave chickens, the time of the light, brave. You've gone to space, you've made all these albums, you beat cancer, you're rocking out like never before. Where is this energy come from? Sky. Where has it come from? Desperation. Broken rule. Ever since my days is scrulled, I've really fun, I've been on. You're probably wondering why heavy metal? Bill says it's the brainchild of his record label president. He said to me one day a few months ago, why did we do a heavy metal album? And I said, what the f*** is heavy metal?

16:21And that's the title of our album. The new album dropped later this year, but fans get a taste this weekend at Riot Fest in Chicago where they'll perform live for the first time ever. A lot of it's more sad? 21 pilots, sex pistols, bad religion, Iggy Pop. Come on. You're gonna be rocking with those legends. Do you have a rock or outfit ready? I have a black jacket. I have a black t-shirt. Listen, it doesn't matter. If the songs, if I can perform to the audience, the satisfaction, I can go in naked and it'll be good. Will you play some guitar? Yes, they were gonna give me a guitar. And I thought it was to play, and they said, no, we want you to break it. I said, I'll break it by playing it. There was this thing out online, you're writer. Can I tell you what it said that you request when you go out on the road? One Montreal, Canadian, hockey sweater signed by John Stamos. One pair, one tube socks, and a sort of adoptable puppies,

17:23one bowl of sourcrout in the dressing room ready to eat. Like, who cares about Stamos, but sourcrout I get? We brought you some sourcrout. This is organic sourcrout. Organic sourcrout. I'm taking this home, are you kidding? No, that's done in a joke. I don't have any demands. All I demand is work, let's do what we came to do and do it well. That's my demand. Still ahead, Vanessa Lachet returns to her MTV Roots for a VMA reveal. Did that just happen? This is on TV, this is crazy. It's time for 60 Seconds of Steels with MorningSave.com and their Ambassador Amy Paffra. Keep your everyday devices powered without having three separate chargers taking up space. The Aki Mag Fusion Chee 2 is a three-in-one charging station which wirelessly charges your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods all at the same time. Love that. We've seen this for as high as $110, but we have it for $2,999. That's a 72% savings.

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20:26Take care of y'all. Nice. Hey ET, Vanessa Lashay here, and I'm giving you a look at the best VMA moments. And Vanessa would know, she had a front row seat to four decades of VMA history first as an MTV VJ. Now, this Sunday she'll be hosting Best of VMA's unforgettable moments on CBS and Paramount Plus. Madonna kicking it off at the first VMA performance in 1984. The guy from Rejaging in some machine was scaling the Raptors. And Tate McCray was making it in the sand. Everyone knows the Brittany and Madonna kiss. And everybody's like, did that just happen? This is on TV. This is crazy. Hey, our ride's almost here. Are you ready? Just grabbing my shoes. That's what you said 10 minutes ago. I just wrapped a video call, uploading this giant file on my tablet, looking at my watch group and Nana's with the group chat, and of course, still lining up tonight's playlist on my phone. All at once? Yep, story of my life.

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