Entertainment Tonight for Friday, September 18, 2026

TOM CRUISE is letting audiences in on his major box office run as the late PRINCESS DIANA's brother CHARLES SPENCER lets the light in too claiming that KING CHARLES seemed "upbeat" in the immediate aftermath of her death. Then, MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY and WOODEY HARRELSON hash out the "real life" brother rumor with ET with NICK CANNON diving into his sprawling family life too. And, SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD'S TOUGHEST TEST returns with a bombshell red carpet, with TOM HARDY breaking his silence on the MOBLAND set drama. ET also catches up with ORLANDO BLOOM about his wild new movie, with a title too risqué to say in full on broadcast. And we're with legend WILLIAM SHATNER as he makes his heavy metal debut. Plus, VANESSA LACHEY has watched the VMAs chaos in real time for over 20 years, first as an MTV VJ, now as host of the network's own victory lap.