Month: November 2024

NBC will air Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular on December 4th at 10 p.m. ET and the next day on Peacock, following their Christmas in Rockefeller Center broadcast. The special will spotlight Fallon’s new holiday album, Holiday Seasoning, which dropped earlier this month.

The holiday special features a star-studded lineup of guest appearances and performances from Fallon’s new holiday album — Meghan Trainor, Cara Delevingne, Dolly Parton, J.B. Smoove, Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, The Roots, “Weird Al” Yankovic and more. The special will conclude with a finale from the ‘Top of Rockefeller Center’ with the Radio City Rockettes.

Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular airs on December 4th at 10pm on NBC.

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Jane Fonda will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which are taking place on Feb. 23, 2025 and will be live streamed on Netflix.

A social post reads: “Actor Philanthropist Activist Badass SAG Life Achievement Award Honoree
We’re honored to announce @janefonda as the 60th SAG Life Achievement Award Honoree for her extraordinary career and fearless advocacy. The SAG Awards will stream live on @netflix on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET”

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement: “Jane Fonda is a trailblazer and an extraordinary talent; a dynamic force who has shaped the landscape of entertainment, advocacy and culture with unwavering passion. We honor Jane not only for her artistic brilliance but for the profound legacy of activism and empowerment she has created. Her fearless honesty has been an inspiration to me and many others in our industry.”

Fonda, 86, said in a statement: “I am deeply honored and humbled to be this year’s recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award. I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers. SAG-AFTRA works tirelessly to protect the working actor and to ensure that union members are being treated equitably in all areas, and I am proud to be a member as we continue to work to protect generations of performers to come.”

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Comedian John Mulaney has signed on to host a variety talk show on Netflix, posting on their social media: “John Mulaney will host a new LIVE variety talk show on Netflix in early 2025. THAT’S IT. That’s all we know!”

Per Variety, Mulaney will return to host a live weekly variety talk show in early 2025, as noted from a statement via Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria. Bejaria said at the Bloomberg Screentime conference: “We have a long relationship with John, and we have done the stand up specials, and during Netflix Is a Joke Festival this year, he did a live talk show called Everybody’s in LA. I was there at a couple of the tapings, and it was so bold and original and fresh and unprecedented, unpredictable. And I think it’ll be really fun to get to do a live show with him.”

Mulaney also is set to guest host the Nov. 2 episode of Saturday Night Live and he will be seen in the Broadway stage comedy, All In, starting Dec. 11.

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Kelly Clarkson will return to host the ‘Christmas In Rockefeller Center’ special on NBC. This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a Norway Spruce from West Stockbridge, Mass., the first tree to hail from the state since 1959. The tree is lit daily from 5 a.m. to midnight and will be lit for 24 hours on Christmas Eve, and will remain on view through mid-January.

The 42-year-old singer and talk-show host announced that she will host the two-hour special featuring musical performances, “star-studded surprises” and the annual tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Clarkson shared: “Let’s talk about this incredible time of year. The city is so magical. I love the holidays in New York. Living here during Christmas is like you’re in a movie; there’s nothing like it in the world. Especially the tree-lighting ceremony. I’m especially excited though, because for the second year in a row, I’m actually going to host Christmas in Rockefeller Center again. I’m very excited.”

An all-star lineup of musical guests includes performance from Backstreet Boys, Dan + Shay, Megan Hilty, Jennifer Hudson, Coco Jones, Little Big Town, RAYE, and Thalia.   The Radio City Rockettes, stars of the annual “Christmas Spectacular” at Radio City Music Hall, will also perform during the special broadcast.

Christmas at Rockefeller Center will air live Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC and also stream on Peacock.

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20th Century Fox is teasing a first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the new feature film Deliver Me From Nowhere, which chronicles Springsteen making his classic 1982 album Nebraska. The film studio posted a photograph of the White, 33, hands tucked in his leather jacket’s pockets.

Deliver Me From Nowhere is directed by  Scott Cooper, and based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name. Jeremy Strong will play longtime Springsteen manager Jon Landau, while Paul Walter Hauser portrays guitar tech Mike Batlan, Sir Stephen Graham stars as Springsteen’s father Dutch and Johnny Cannizzaro will tackle the role of E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt. Deliver Me From Nowhere is directed by  Scott Cooper, and based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name. No release date has yet been announced for the  project.

Cooper says of the film: “Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me. Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience. It has been a great pleasure to collaborate with Bruce and Jon as I tell their story, and their creative energy fuels every part of this journey.”

White told GQ of his new role: “I’ve got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally, musically, to get ready for this thing. I’m also really lucky [that] Bruce is really supportive of the film, and so I’ve had some access to him and he’s just the greatest guy…That’s kind of been the deal, just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It’s been really fun preparing.”

Springsteen also praised White in an appearance on The Graham Norton Show: “It’s a lovely cast and I am involved a little. This is not easy to do because you can’t do an imitation, you have to do a personal interpretation. It’s difficult but he is a great actor and sings pretty good.”

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