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Fans just got their longest tastes yet of two highly anticipated Wicked performances from stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, with the film sharing extended looks at the former’s “Popular” and the latter’s “The Wizard & I” Wednesday (Nov. 13). Accompanied by a visual lyric display, the “Popular” video finds the pop star as Glinda, frenziedly dressing up the Pinocchio actress’ perplexed Elphaba in pink accessories. “Don’t be offended by my frank analysis/ Think of it as personality dialysis,” she sings on the signature track, originally performed by Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway. “Now that I’ve chosen to become a pal/…
Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterNov 13, 2024, 07:40 AM ETCloseSenior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers)AS SUNDAY NIGHT became Monday morning in Pittsburgh on Oct. 20, the only sounds emanating from the New York Jets’ locker room were whispered conversations and tossed equipment. Aaron Rodgers, his face wrinkled and his beard a nearly even mix of gray and brown, sat in front of his locker and stared into the distance. His hand bleeding, his hamstring barking, his knee aching, his team losing, his body nearing its 41st birthday, he seemed to…
In Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” now in theaters, two cousins reunite for a tour through Poland in honor of their recently deceased grandmother, who lived there before the Holocaust. Hoping that the experience will allow them to reconnect with their family’s past and grapple with their own sense of guilt and obligation toward the legacy of pain that lies there, the pair instead find that visiting concentration camps and historic cemeteries with a group, as part of a Holocaust heritage tour, leaves them twice as conflicted. How should we remember? What must we learn? Is it possible to comprehend…
When fans of The Voice tuned in to the show on Monday night (Nov. 11) to check out the start of the Knockout rounds, there was one singer who was conspicuously absent. According to EW, host Carson Daly noted at the top of the episode that country singer Tanner Frick had dropped out of the competition after notching a four-chair turn earlier in season 26. At press time, Frick had not commented on his absence and the show did not provide any additional information about why he left the series. But on Tuesday (Nov. 12), the Manchester, TN native who…
When Mauricio made his debut on Dancing With the Stars, Kyle was in the ballroom to support him and his partner Emma Slater as they performed a jive. And Kyle took her support a quick-step further, detailing how to vote for Mauricio on her Instagram Story. After the DWTS premiere, Mauricio offered a status update on their marriage. “We were dealing with our own things, kind of, super quietly and internally, just our own issues,” he explained on the Sept. 28 episode of The Agency’s Red Mic podcast. “I mean, certainly, we’re not separated. We’re not divorced at this point. We are…
John Krasinski has been named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2024. The big announcement was made during Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The “Jack Ryan” star confessed he thought he was “being punked” when he learned he won the title. “Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts,” he told the magazine in his cover story, adding, “You guys have really raised the bar for me.” John Krasinski was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP The news was announced during Tuesday night’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” He told People that…
Ryan Lizza has accused ex-fiancée Olivia Nuzzi of defaming him as “public relations strategy.” Instagram/@olivianuzzix A former DC power couple continues its ferocious explosion. Olivia Nuzzi, the star reporter whose FaceTime affair with RFK Jr. was sensationally exposed in September, had asked a court for a restraining order against her ex-fiancé, fellow Beltway journo Ryan Lizza. Nuzzi, who until last month was New York Magazine’s DC correspondent, claimed that Lizza had “explicitly threatened to make public personal information about me to destroy my life, career, and reputation.” She also claimed that he had tried to blackmail her into staying with…
CKY’s Chad I Ginsburg is speaking out about the recent drama with Alien Ant Farm’s Dryden Mitchell that got the West Chester rockers booted off their joint U.K. tour. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Just hours before the tour kicked off at Margate’s Dreamland on Nov. 9, the Alien Ant Farm frontman announced CKY’s removal following an alleged altercation, accusing Ginsburg of “treating multiple crew members and opening band members like trash” and claiming that things culminated in Ginsburg allegedly punching him in the face. Taking to social media on Nov. 9, Mitchell wrote,…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 12, 2024, 09:00 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaOregon remained No. 1 in the second rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee on Tuesday night.The Ducks, who cruised past Maryland 39-18 last week to improve to 10-0, were followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Indiana.BYU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia round out the committee’s top 12.Miami’s first loss of the season, 28-23 at Georgia Tech, and Georgia’s…
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