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Selena Gomez is proud of her Only Murders in the Building co-stars! So much so, that when Steve Martin and Martin Short’s SAG Awards arrived, she wanted to deliver them to the actors herself. In a clip posted to the popular Hulu series’ social media accounts, Gomez is seen with Michael Cyril Creighton and the […]
Eminem’s epic 8 Mile rap battles have long been part of hip-hop movie lore. Anthony Mackie, who played Papa Doc and lost the final battle to Em’s B-Rabbit character, revealed that Em actually used part of the actor’s real life story to diss him in the 2002 film.
Mackie joined The Pivot Podcast on Tuesday (March 11), during which he recalled confiding details of his life to the Grammy-winning rapper, such as growing up in a two-person household and attending The Juilliard School, which ended up backfiring.
“Eminem is such a brilliant dude,” he said. “We’re on set one day and he’s like, ‘Yo, it doesn’t make sense that we’re beefing.’ I was like, ‘Right!’ He says, ‘I need something on you.’ So we talked for, like, two hours, chilling.”
Mackie continued: “I go to the casino. The next day we’re shooting the battle scene, and that’s why I’m standing there like, ‘You’re talking about me, you’re not talking about Clarence. That has nothing to do with the character. ‘You’re an a–hole, Eminem!’ I’m like, ‘I wanna fight this motherf—-r!’ I’m like, ‘Yes, my parents are still married.’”
8 Mile arrived in 2002 and served as the first credited acting roles for both Eminem and Mackie. Em went on to win a best original song Oscar for the film’s “Lose Yourself,” while the actor went on to star in multiple Marvel films.
In an interview earlier this year with Esquire, the actor evealed his role was originally supposed to be much smaller as Papa Doc, and he pitched the idea of his character delivering a better performance in the final battle.
“When we’re doing the scene, it was like everybody there was a rapper, so everybody was kind of talking trash cause they knew I wasn’t a rapper,” he told the magazine. “And I was like, ‘Yo, I’m tired of this, man.’”
Mackie added: “This was nothing about Papa Doc — this was Anthony Mackie had to live with being murdered this awfully forever. So yeah, it was an awful moment in my life.”
Watch Anthony Mackie’s full interview with Pivot below.
The teachers down at Abbott Elementary are ready to sing their hearts out on tonight’s (March 12) episode, as seen in a brand new preview video.
In the minute-and-a-half clip shared exclusively with Billboard, the teachers are seen hanging out in the break room as Barbara Howard, portrayed by Sheryl Lee Ralph, walks in requesting a “final head count” for an upcoming karaoke night.
“I’ll be there,” Mr. Johnson, played by William Stanford Davis, says, before making a reference to his karaoke song of choice: “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot. “I like big butts, but someone out there thinks I’m lying about it and I’ve got to set the record straight,” he explains.
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Janine Teagues, played by Quinta Brunson, then asks if she can bring her newly heartbroken friend Erika to the karaoke event. Howard agrees, only if she agrees not to “throw it back, forward or to the side.”
The scene wraps up with Ava Coleman, portrayed by Janelle James, explaining that she’ll miss out on the karaoke fun because she has a date planned — leading to a slew of music-themed puns by her co-workers.
Abbott Elementary has been a massive success since its premiere in 2021. The series stars Brunson as a second-grade teacher at the underfunded public school in West Philadelphia. The star-studded cast includes Ralph, Davis, James, Tyler James Williams, Lisa Ann Walter and Chris Perfetti.
Throughout the years, the ABC series has been nominated for 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning four in the comedy categories including outstanding lead actress for Brunson and supporting actress for Ralph. Abbott Elementary has also won three Golden Globe Awards. The show has already been renewed for a fifth season, set to premiere in the 2025-26 television season.
Abbott Elementary airs on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC and is also available to stream on Hulu. Watch the sneak peek below.
Director Dan Reed is planning a third chapter in his ongoing Leaving Neverland series about allegations of sexual abuse against late pop icon Michael Jackson by dancer/choreographer Wade Robson and James Safechuck.
According to Variety, the second sequel will focus on the upcoming trial pitting Robson and Safechuck against Jackson’s companies over their allegations that the organizations neglected to protect them from the alleged abuse detailed in the bombshell 2019 two-part doc. In the original film, the men described in graphic detail how the late King of Pop allegedly molested them at his Neverland Ranch in California when they were both minors; Jackson’s estate has continuously and emphatically denied the allegations.
The reported third film will serve as the follow-up to the upcoming Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson, which will premiere on Channel 4 in the U.K. on March 18 and on YouTube in the United States. The 50-minute movie will primarily focus on Robson and Safechuck fighting to have their lawsuit against Jackson’s estate go forward; the case is slated to go to trial next year.
“It’s taken an awful long time just to get to a trial date that looks as though it could actually happen,” Reed told Variety about his plan to have cameras in the courtroom, despite his belief that the Jackson estate will “find a way to try and sideswipe this whole thing and make sure it never goes to court… But who knows. Maybe justice will prevail and there’ll be a trial. And if there is a trial, I want to be there.”
While we will have to wait to see what will happen when the men have their day in court, Reed is aware that it’s possible that the judge in the case might not let cameras in their courtroom. “It’s really the judge’s discretion,” he said. Reed was allowed to film inside the Santa Monica Courthouse for several hearings depicted in Leaving Neverland 2, which mainly focuses on the legal back-and-forth leading up to Robson and Safechuck being granted a trial.
“It’s a bridge film in between what was a pretty high-profile start and what I hope will be a very dramatic ending,” Reed said. “We could have kept it to include all this material and the trial. But I think the trial will be so dramatic, and you won’t have time for all the stuff in between.”
The original Leaving Neverland won an Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, even as it drew fire from Jackson’s family and estate and, in 2019, resulted in a $100 million lawsuit by the estate against HBO over claims that the documentary violated a 27-year-old non-disparagement clause the network signed to air a 1992 concert film for Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour; the case was sent to private arbitration that year and is still pending.
Jackson’s estate has consistently denied a series of allegations of sexual abuse against the singer who died in 2009, often noting that Jackson was acquitted in a 2005 criminal trial and has never been convicted or held liable for any such claims. The estate has also claimed that accusers are looking for a payday from an artist who cannot defend himself because defamation laws do not cover dead people.
As for why he’s planning the third chapter, Reed said that he hopes to keep telling Robson and Safechuck’s story because he thinks it will help viewers “realize that these are real people, with a real story, with real families who are doing this… They’re not just a couple of people who popped up because they saw a pot of gold. These are people who have really dedicated a decade, at least, of their lives to getting justice.”
On The Tonight Show Tuesday (March 11), Sting and Shaggy explained the current tumultuous state of the United States economy the best way they know how: through song. In a hilarious segment on the episode, the duo answered host Jimmy Fallon’s questions about the Donald Trump administration’s financial policies with lyrics from their own songs. […]
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It appears Wendy Williams might be one step closer to gaining unsupervised release. She was taken to a hospital after dropping a note from her assisted living facility.
As per The Huffington Post Wendy Williams took matters into her own hands on Monday, March 10. According to reports she dropped a written note from her window asking the public for aid. “Help! Wendy!!” the piece of paper read. She was then spotted waving her hands to the public and reporters who were on the scene. These tactics proved successful as local police and an ambulance soon arrived at the property located in Midtown Manhattan.
According to The New York Post she was then escorted by lawmen into a vehicle which whisked her away to Lenox Hill Hospital. There medical professionals ran independent tests to examine her cognitive skills. TMZ is exclusively reporting that they have spoken to a source close to the situation and say that Wendy Williams aced the test with a perfect score. While this might be a small win for Wendy those results vary greatly from the assessment made by completed by her guardian.
In 2023 the media personality was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Wendy Williams is set to appear on The View on Friday, Mar. 14. You can see footage of Wendy Williams being escorted to the hospital below.
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Better Man isn’t your average biopic — the film captures the rise of English singer Robbie Williams as told through a motion-captured CGI anthropomorphic chimpanzee. In fact, the visual effects were so impressive that it was nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year.
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Now, the musical biopic is available to stream, so in case you missed it in theaters, you can watch it at home. Find out how below:
Starting on Tuesday, March 11, Better Man will be available to stream on Paramount+ for subscribers only.
If you’re not a subscriber, then you can take advantage of the streaming service’s seven-day free trial to watch Paramount+ originals, including Halo, Star Trek Discovery, 1883 and more. You can also watch live sports from the NFL, PGA, NWSL and UEFA Champions League, as well as live news from CBS News. After the free trial is over, you can either keep watching, or cancel altogether.
Paramount+ has two tiers for streaming plans. The first is the Paramount+ Essential plan, which is ad-supported and goes for $7.99 per month. It grants you access to everything the streamer has to offer, including and catalog titles — from hubs such as CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and The Smithsonian Channel — but with limited commercial breaks throughout movies, TV shows and live TV.
The other is Paramount+ with Showtime, which is ad-free and goes for $12.99 per month. This plan has all of Paramount+ originals and network hubs, as well as programming from Showtime with hits including Yellowjackets, Billions, The Curse, The Chi and others without any commercial breaks.
Meanwhile, Better Man hits physical media on Tuesday, May 13. The movie is ready for pre-order on DVD for $24.99, or on 4K Ultra HD for $39.99 on Amazon.
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Directed by Michael Gracey, Better Man follows the rise, fall, and rise again of British pop superstar Robbie Williams (Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies). The movie also stars Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno and others.
Stream Better Man in 4K Ultra HD on Paramount+ for subscribers only.
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The defending NBA champs, Boston Celtics, will face off against the Western Conference juggernauts Oklahoma City Thunder in a must-watch clash of titans. Tipping off at TD Garden in Boston on March 12, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown will defend their home court against the season MVP frontrunner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, don’t miss this potential NBA Finals matchup airing live on ESPN and streaming on Fubo, Sling TV and ESPN+.
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Gilgeous-Alexander, who’s currently favored to win MVP, is having quite the season. He’s leading the league in scoring (32.7 points per game) while dominating teams on defense by accumulating the second highest average in steals (1.8 steals per game). The OKC Thunder are sitting atop the Western Conference with a comfortable 11 game lead over the second place Denver Nuggets, and are favored to make their first appearance in the NBA Finals since 2012. Shai and the Thunder look to ride this momentum into TD Garden to face their biggest Eastern Conference threat.
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On the other hand, the Celtics haven’t shown any signs of slowing down since winning the NBA Finals last season. Tatum and Brown continue to prove that they’re one of the best duo’s in league history, alongside an extensive roster of weapons including Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porziņģis, and veteran Al Horford. Behind the three-point line, there’s no team better than the Celtics right now. They have the most team threes in the season with 1,157 so far, and hold the record for most threes made in a game with 29.
Want to watch or attend the Thunder vs Celtics game? Keep reading to learn how to stream the game online, as well as how to secure last-minute tickets.
When and Where Is the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics Game?
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics will square off on Wednesday, March 12, at TD Garden Arena in Boston at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. The game will broadcast live on ESPN and available to stream on Fubo TV, Sling TV and ESPN+.
How to Watch the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics Game Online
To watch the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics game online, Fubo TV offers a seven-day free trial to new users. With the streaming service, subscribers can stream hundreds of cable, network and sports channels with Fubo’s Pro package, which is $84.99 a month for 145 channels such as CBS, ABC, Fox, NBC, FX, TLC, AMC, MSNBC, ESPN, FS1 and Nickelodeon. But you don’t have to sign up right away: Try it out with a weeklong free trial with no commitment to livestream the NBA game online free.
Sling Orange is another affordable streaming choice, especially for sports fans. Watch TNT, ESPN and other sports, news and entertainment channels for just $23 for the first month ($45.99/month afterward). You can also watch local networks such as ABC and NBC, as well as many cable networks, including Lifetime AMC, A&E, BET, Cartoon Network, Fuse, CNN, Food Network and many others.
ESPN+ is the official streaming platform for ESPN, and a subscription includes instant access to games and more exclusive content for $11.99/month. You can save 17% off by purchasing an annual subscription for $119.99/year. There is no free ESPN+ trial, but it does include exclusive on-demand videos and access to content from what was formerly known as ESPN Insider.
A subscription to DirecTV Stream — which comes with ESPN — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $74.99 per month. The service even offers a five-day free trial if you sign up now.
You can watch local networks such as NBC, ABC, Fox and PBS, as well as many cable networks, including FS1, Lifetime, FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and many others.
How to Get Last-Minute Tickets to the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics Game
Want last-minute tickets to the Thunder vs Celtics game? There are plenty of affordable tickets available on Vivid Seats (get $20 off purchases of $200 and over with code BB30), SeatGeek (your first purchases can get $10 off ticket order $250 and with code BILLBOARD10), StubHub and GameTime (score $20 off ticket orders of $150 and over with code SAVE20). Prices vary depending on the city and seats available.
Moreover, you can save $150 off when you spend $500 with promo code BILLBOARD150, or $300 off when you spend $1,000 with promo code BILLBOARD300 at TicketNetwork.com.
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We’re getting closer to the 2025 March Madness tournament, but first, some of the country’s best basketball schools will have to go through the Big Ten Conference Tournament, taking place this week in Indianapolis.
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The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament takes place March 12-16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tickets to the NCAA event are still available on sites like Stubhub and Vivid Seats (bonus: use our exclusive promo code BB30 to take $30 off your purchase at VividSeats.com).
How to Watch 2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament
All 14 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast live, through a mix of network television and streaming services.
The Big Ten tournament first round is streaming live on Peacock and you’ll be able to watch the basketball games online by logging into your Peacock account. Don’t have Peacock? You can sign up right now for just $7.99 and get instant access to a college basketball livestream as well as thousands of hours of TV shows, movies, specials and more live sports.
The second and quarterfinal round games will air on the Big Ten Network, while the semifinals and championship game air live on CBS. If you want to watch the Big Ten Championship on TV, you can do so with a basic digital antenna or any cable package that includes a local CBS feed. Otherwise, you can stream the games online through Fubo, which includes Big Ten Network and CBS as part of its channel offerings.
Fubo lets you watch Big Ten basketball live online through your phone, computer, tablet or smart TV, and you can stream the games without needing cable. Fubo currently has a seven-day free trial that you can use to livestream the Big Ten tournament online free.
The Big Ten Tournament semifinal and championship games will also be available to stream online through Paramount+. Try it out with a free trial here.
Michigan State is the number-one seed in this year’s Big Ten Basketball Tournament, taking the top spot for the first time since 2019. Maryland is number two, with Michigan and UCLA rounding out the top four teams. All four seeds have earned double-byes and don’t open play until Friday’s quarterfinal round.
Michigan State is once again favored to take home the championship. The school’s 17 Big Ten wins are the most in program history.
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