Month: November 2023

Kelly Clarkson will host and perform at this year’s NBC special, Christmas in Rockefeller Center. The annual two-hour holiday special will air live on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and simulcast on Peacock. NBC’s Today anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will again join the tree lighting for a special appearance. Additional Christmas in Rockefeller Center performers will be announced at a later date.

The historic Rockefeller Center is also the new home to Clarkson’s daytime talk show, ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show,’ and this year marks Clarkson’s 20th anniversary of her first ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’ performance.

An additional live hour of the special will be broadcast on all NBC Owned Television Stations and on numerous NBC affiliates nationwide starting at 7 p.m., prior to the primetime telecast. The special live hour will be led by Access Hollywood host Mario Lopez as well as WNBC news anchors Natalie Pasquarella and David Ushery.

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Mean Girls co-stars Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried reunited for a new Walmart Black Friday commercial, as a homage to the 2004 teen-comedy classic.  Lohan posted the clip on X with the caption: “Get in, besties. We’re going shopping. #BlackFridayDeals go live next week. #BlackFriday #Sponsored”

The trio reprising their Mean Girls characters in the ad, with Lohan’s Cady Heron, Chabert’s Gretchen Wieners, and Seyfried’s Karen Smith taking on ‘adult’ duties.  Lohan says at the top of the commercial, just before Chabert appears in a convertible to urge a new group of teens to “get in” — “At North Shore, some things never change. On Wednesdays, we still wear pink.” Seyfried recreates her character’s newscast from the Mean Girls ending, quipping that there’s “a 30 percent chance that it’s already Wednesday.”

Another scene features Missy Elliott, who contributed her song “Pass That Dutch” to the Mean Girls soundtrack, with other Mean Girls cast members reprising their roles for the ad including Rajiv Surendra, who played Kevin Gnapoor in the original movie, and Daniel Franzese, who played Damian.

Watch the Mean Girls stars reunite in the new Walmart Black Friday commercial – here.

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The final “new” Beatles song, titled “Now and Then,” was just released, featuring the voices of all four original Beatles performers, with surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr finishing what was initially an old demo recording by John Lennon.

The original “Now and Then” was recorded by Lennon more than 40 years ago. Written by Lennon in 1978 and and completed by McCartney and Starr last year, “Now and Then” also features sounds by the band’s late guitarist George Harrison, using pieces of one of his studio recordings from 1995. McCartney also added a new string guitar part with help from Giles Martin, the son of the late Beatles producer George Martin.

The music video for “Now and Then” comes from Peter Jackson, who marks his his first foray into music video production. The “Now And Then” music video will premiere worldwide this Friday, November 3 at 2pm GMT/10am EDT/7am PDT on The Beatles’ YouTube channel.

Along with the single, The Beatles’ beloved compilation albums 1962-1966 (The Red Album) and 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) collections will receive expanded reissues, dropping on November 10. The collections span The Beatles’ entire music catalog of 75 standout tracks, from their first single, “Love Me Do,” to their last, “Now And Then.” The collections’ 21 newly-added tracks (twelve on Red and nine on Blue).

Stream the new song here: “Now And Then/Love Me Do (Double A-Side)”
Pre-order the Blue and Red Albums – here.

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“This Us Us” star Milo Ventimiglia is married, with his rep confirming that the actor and model Jarah Mariano wed earlier this year.

According to US Weekly, Ventimiglia, 46, and Mariano, 38, secretly tied the knot in a private wedding ceremony alongside friends and family. The couple were first linked in 2022 after they appeared in a photo together on a friend’s Instagram Stories; however, they never publicly confirmed their relationship or spoke about their time together.

According to her Instagram, Mariano was born in Hawaii and grew up in California. She moved to New York City as a teenager and was based there for 15 years. She is the founder of Hina +ku Hawaii fragrances and Makalapua Fund, a nonprofit organization that advocates and invests in the Hawai‘i community. Aside from modeling for Sports Illustrated and Victoria’s Secret, Mariano has minor acting credits that include “The Audition,” “Skyfall” and “Chuck.”

Ventimiglia previously spoke out about keeping his personal life private; he previously dated “Gilmore Girls” co-star Alexis Bledel and “Heroes” co-star Hayden Panettiere.

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Mariah Carey, the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Christmas,’ has announced that it is officially the holiday season in a new video proclaiming, “It’s Time!”

The clip, posted on social media along with the caption ‘It’s…… TIME!!! #MariahSZN’, shows a clock counting down the seconds until midnight on Halloween. As soon as the clock strikes midnight, a vault opens to reveal Carey frozen in a block of ice. People sporting Halloween costumes start using hairdryers to melt the ice to set Carey free, and as she emerges, the singer exclaims, “It’s time!” The video ends with Carey and her children Moroccan and Monroe running into the frame to hug and dance around with their mother to her smash holiday hit song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as snow falls.

Carey revealed earlier in October that she will be launching a small holiday-themed tour — ‘The Merry Christmas One and All Tour’ will kick off on November 15th in Highland California and will conclude on December 17th at New York’s Madison Square Garden, with two new dates in Cleveland and New York. Check out the Merry Christmas One and All tour dates at the social media link: here.

Mariah Carey Ushers In The Holiday Season With ‘It’s Time!’ Video

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