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Donald Glover, also known as the performer Childish Gambino, rocked Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival this past weekend and delivered a bombshell. While opening his set, Donald Glover revealed that the reason he had to halt his global tour run in 2024 was because he suffered a stroke and was diagnosed with a septal defect.
As captured by the @DatDatDatty account on X, Donald Glover, 42, delivered the news to the fans packed in to check out his set at Camp Flog Gnaw in the style of a night show monologue, to use his term. As a one-time stand-up comedian and comedy writer, Glover’s cheeky and deadpan delivery didn’t mask the weight of the moment.
“I had a really bad pain in my head in Louisiana, and I did the show anyway,” Glover said of the incident while on his New World tour. “I couldn’t really see well, so when we went to Houston, I went to the hospital, and the doctor was like, ‘You had a stroke.’ And the first thing I thought was like, ‘Oh, here I am still copying Jamie Foxx.’”
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He continued, “That’s really like the second thing. The first thing was like, ‘I’m letting everybody down.’”
Glover added that doctors found the septal defect, also widely known as a hole in his heart, and he underwent a pair of surgeries to address the defect. He then landed his point before launching into the rest of his set.
“They say everyone has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have one,” Glover said, thanking fans for their support and patience during the time away.
Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw 2025, which concludes this weekend, saw performances included Clipse, A$AP Rocky, Doechii, Earl Sweatshirt, GloRilla, Kali Uchis, and more.
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Sports fans love a good rivalry game, and there’s no bigger NFL clash up than the Philadelphia Eagles vs the Dallas Cowboys. For ShopBillboard’s Game of the Week, Jalen Hurts and the Birds are headed into Dallas to take on their NFC East rivals, the Cowboys, at AT&T Stadium. Kicking off on Sunday (Nov. 23) at 4:25 P.M. ET, we’ve compiled a guide on how to watch this must-see game online for free and without cable.
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The defending Super Bowl champs are still showing their dominance this season with an 8-2 record, but with inconsistent offensive performances, the Eagles have shown cracks in their armor. On the flipside, “America’s team”, the Cowboys, have had to heavily rely on their high power offense this season led by Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. If Dallas aims to pull off a victory this Sunday, those three players will have to bring their A game.
Want to watch the NFL rivalry game live? Below is a quick guide on the best ways to watch Philadelphia vs. Dallas online.
How to Watch the Eagles vs Cowboys Game Online for Free
The Eagles vs. Cowboys game will broadcast live on Fox. Don’t have cable? We’ve compiled all the best ways to NFL games with DirecTV and other streaming services that carry Fox. Keep scrolling to learn more.
DirecTV
DirecTV is offering a five-day free trial, which will let you watch Fox and more for free. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network is included in all of the streaming packages. In addition to unlimited DVR storage, you’ll get access to local channels and the ability to stream on as many devices as you want.
Sling TV
With prices starting at just $1 for a day pass during Black Friday, Sling TV includes Fox with its Blue package — which features dozens of channels that can be streamed on up to three devices at the same time. If you want even more sports content, get Sling Orange + Blue, which features FS1 and the NFL Network too.
Please note: Sling TV’s pricing and channel availability depends on your local TV market.
Fubo
Fubo is another great option you can take advantage of to watch Fox online. The streamer offers a seven-day free trial that’ll give you access to ESPN free and more than 240 live TV channels. The service offers a promo that’ll get you up to $30 off the first month, which can get you access to ESPN and more for as low as $54.99 (reg. $84.99 per month).
Hulu + Live TV
For the most content options, Hulu + Live TV gives you access to the entire Hulu library in addition to more than 95 live TV channels — including Fox for just $82.99 per month.
And, unlike the rest of the options, you can also expand your content library by bundling Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited. You’ll not only have all of the Hulu library to watch, but also exclusive and original programming available exclusively on ESPN Unlimited.
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Sabrina Carpenter hit an appropriately cheeky milestone on Saturday during her fifth of six nights at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena: Her 69th concert of the Short n’ Sweet Tour.
“My friends wanted me to inform you: This is our 69th show,” Carpenter announced while sitting on her heart-shaped stage, sending the crowd into wild cheers over the spicy stat.
It’s a fitting marker for the trek: Since its September 2024 kick-off, the Short n’ Sweet Tour has been known for its little suggestive moments, like Carpenter’s nightly “Juno” sex positions (“have you tried this one before?”), the voyeuristic “Bed Chem” video camera (“I bet the thermostat’s set at six-nine”), and the elevator that ticks up the floors until “SC” comes just after the 68th.
“We knew we’d get there eventually, and tonight’s the night,” Carpenter said of the 69th show. “And it’s Saturday, and we’re just like, we’re living!”
In one more nod to Night 69, Carpenter emerged for the final song, last year’s top five Billboard Hot 100 smash “Espresso,” in sparkly blue go-go boots and an oversize Los Angeles Dodgers jersey, with her last name emblazoned on the back and the jersey number of — you guessed it! — 69.
Another tongue-in-cheek nightly tradition is Carpenter arresting someone in the crowd for the crime of being “too hot,” and Saturday night’s offender was actress and Saturday Night Live legend Maya Rudolph, who Carpenter asked: “Whoa, whoa, whoa — what’s your name, gorgeous?” After Rudolph mouthed back “Maya,” Carpenter responded, “Maya, you’re stunning. Where are you from?” She mouthed “Los Angeles” and made her best attempt at throwing up an “L.A.” hand sign, but Carpenter didn’t think the crowd had a big enough reaction. “Scream louder — that’s here!”
Then she got down to business: “Maya, I don’t know the situation you’re in currently romantically, but I was sort of hoping that I could lock you down tonight, if possible.” (Let’s hope Rudolph’s partner of almost 25 years and the father of her four children, acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, isn’t feeling threatened.) She then tossed some fuzzy pink handcuffs out into the crowd to officially lock Rudolph down.
Previous L.A. arrestees included SZA on Thursday night and actress sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning on Monday.
Carpenter returns to Crypto.com Arena on Sunday (Nov. 23) to play her sixth night in L.A. and the final night of her 70-date Short n’ Sweet Tour. Find the full setlist for Los Angeles Night 5, including the special “spin-the-bottle” surprise song and the newly added Man’s Best Friend additions, below.
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Carlos Vives brought all his energy and the joyful vallenato to the 2025 Coca-Cola Flow Fest in Mexico City on Saturday (Nov. 22), surprising his fans with a tribute to the legendary ranchera singer-songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez.
“It’s a joy to see you, and I want to tell you something that goes like this,” said the Colombian icon from the Sessions Stage before performing an a cappella version of “Para Morir Iguales” by Jiménez, prompting an ovation at the festival — which on its first day gathered 79,000 people at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, according to figures from promoter Ocesa. (Watch Vives’ a capella performance in a video captured from the show that was shared on X here.)
“Long live José Alfredo Jiménez! Thank you, Mexico!” he added, after making the crowd dance to a handful of songs that included “La Bicicleta,” his 2016 hit with Shakira that topped Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart for six weeks.
The 64-year-old artist had not been included in the festival’s original lineup, but on Thursday (Nov. 20), organizers announced that the alternative Sessions Stage would feature surprise musical acts, including Vives and Colombian band Bacilos.
“This is a cumbia, Mexico. What unites Colombians and Mexicans, what we have in our blood, is a race,” Vives added before performing “Para Robarte Un Beso.”
Later that evening, the Santa Marta native reappeared during Wisin’s set on the main stage to join his voice with the Puerto Rican star’s on “Nota de Amor,” a celebrated fusion of vallenato and reggaeton included on Wisin’s album Los Vaqueros: La Trilogía (2015), which originally also featured Daddy Yankee.
Considered the largest Latin urban music festival, the Coca-Cola Flow Fest brought some of the biggest stars of the genre to its five stages at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on its first day. Don Omar, Myke Towers, Nicky Jam, Álvaro Díaz, Santa Fe Klan, De La Rose, El Alfa and Jowell & Randy were among the acts that shone in a celebration that extended into the wee hours.
The festival continues Sunday with performances by J Balvin, Young Miko, De La Ghetto, Farruko, Bellakath and Mau y Ricky, as well as a special performance by corridos tumbados superstar Natanael Cano, among others.
Trending on Billboard Donald Glover is opening up about a recent health scare that forced him to cancel his tour last year. At the time he described it as an “ailment,” but Glover said Saturday night (Nov. 22) at a performance that a doctor told him he’d had a stroke. Glover, who performs under the moniker Childish […]
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Universal Pictures’ two-part Wicked gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought opening weekend tickets to see the epic conclusion, Wicked: For Good. According to studio estimates on Sunday, Wicked: For Good earned $150 million from North American theaters in its first days in theaters and $226 million globally.
Not only is it the biggest opening ever for a Broadway musical adaptation, unseating the record set by the first film’s $112 million launch, it’s also the second biggest debut of the year behind A Minecraft Movie’s $162 million.
“The results are just fantastic,” said Jim Orr, who heads domestic distribution for Universal. “Some films can deliver a false positive when tickets go on sale early but these results speak for themselves.”
Universal began rolling out Wicked: For Good in theaters earlier this week, with previews on Monday ($6.1 million from 1,050 theaters) and Wednesday ($6.5 million from 2,300 theaters). By Friday it was playing in 4,115 North American locations and had raked in $68.6 million. IMAX showings accounted for $15.5 million, or 11%, of its domestic haul — a November record for the company.
IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond said in a statement that the strong market share shows “our momentum carries into demos and genres beyond our traditional core, including families.”As with the first film, women powered opening weekend, making up around 71% of ticket buyers according to PostTrak exit polls. Critics were somewhat mixed on the final chapter, but audiences weren’t: An overwhelming 83% of audiences said it was one they would “definitely recommend” to friends. As far as foot traffic is concerned, the box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that about 2 million more people came out for Wicked: For Good’s first weekend than for Wicked’s.
Jon M. Chu directed both Wicked films, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The first film made over $758.7 million worldwide and received 10 Oscar nominations (winning two, for costume and production design). The question is how high Wicked: For Good can soar. Combined, the two films cost around $300 million to produce, not including marketing and promotion costs.
“The first film paved the way,” Orr said. “It’s really become a cultural event I think audiences are going to be flocking to theaters for quite some time to come.”
Two other films also opened in wide release this weekend, but further down on the charts behind a buffet of holdovers. Searchlight Pictures opened its Brendan Fraser film Rental Family in 1,925 theaters where it earned $3.3 million. The Finnish action film Sisu: Road to Revenge, a Sony release, also played in 2,222 theaters. It earned an estimated $2.6 million.
Second place went to Now You See Me: Now You Don’t with $9.1 million in its second weekend, followed by Predator: Badlands with $6.3 million in weekend three. The Running Man followed in fourth place with $5.8 million, down 65% from its debut last weekend.
Although this weekend the box office was more of a winner takes all scenario, Wicked: For Good’s success is vitally important for the exhibition industry as a whole as it enters the final weeks of the year.
“It sets up a very strong final homestretch of the year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends.
After the slow fall season, the Thanksgiving blockbusters could not arrive soon enough. Early next week, Zootopia 2 enters the mix and is also expected to drive big crowds to the cineplex over the holiday break.
Thanksgiving is often one of the biggest moviegoing frames of the year, Dergarabedian said, and both Wicked 2 and Zootopia 2 will benefit. Last year Wicked, Moana 2 and Gladiator II helped power a record five-day frame.
The running domestic box office is currently hovering around $7.5 billion, according to Comscore. Before the pandemic, the annual box office would regularly hit $11 billion, but the post-pandemic goal has lessened to $9 billion. The big question now is whether titles like Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash can push the industry over that threshold.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
1. Wicked: For Good, $150 million2. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, $9.1 million3. Predator: Badlands, $6.3 million4. The Running Man, $5.8 million5. Rental Family, $3.3 million6. Sisu: Road to Revenge, $2.6 million7. Regretting You, $1.5 million8. Nuremberg, $1.2 million9. Black Phone 2, $1 million10. Sarah’s Oil, $711,542
Trending on Billboard Taylor Swift has held onto the top spot of the U.K. Singles Chart for a fifth non-consecutive week with “The Fate of Ophelia” (Nov. 21). The single first shot to No. 1 on the U.K. charts dated Oct. 10, and held the spot for three consecutive weeks. Following a back-and-forth tussle with […]
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Bad Bunny surprised his fans in the Dominican Republic on Saturday night (Nov. 22) by inviting the biggest star in bachata to the stage. On the second day of his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Romeo Santos appeared near the end of the show, eliciting deafening screams from the crowd.
Together, they delivered a thrilling performance of “BOKeTE” — in bachata style. Originally a slow song with an ethereal and shoegaze essence, the track is included on Benito’s critically acclaimed album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and recently won the Latin Grammy for album of the year.
This is not the first time these artists have joined forces. Four years ago, in 2021, Bad Bunny and Aventura — the mega-successful group with which Santos rose to stardom — collaborated on “Volví,” a track that blended reggaetón and bachata.
Saturday’s reunion comes weeks after Bad Bunny and Santos topped Billboard‘s Top Latin Artists of the 21st Century ranking, with the two taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively. The list is based on the artists’ performances on the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Songs charts from January 2000 to December 2024.
The Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour, which began with two shows at the Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, follows Bad Bunny’s historic No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan. The trek will continue through much of 2026, visiting Latin America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. For all tour dates, click here.
In the U.S., Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Days later, he will compete for album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, Romeo Santos recently announced a new album set to release on Nov. 28.
Watch both artists perform “BOKeTE” at the Estadio Olímpico in Santo Domingo in a fan-filmed clip shared on X here.
