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No need to say his name three times, because the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice official teaser trailer arrived on Thursday (March 21). The one-minute clip features a glimpse of the returning and new characters, including Wednesday star Jenna Ortega taking on the role of Astrid, the daughter of the iconic Lydia Deetz played by Winona Ryder, who […]
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Sarah J. Maas has taken over BookTok, with more than 76 billion views for her Amazon Most Read chart-topping series A Court of Thorns and Roses (known to fans as ACOTR). Her latest series, Crescent City, has proven to be just as popular, with the first book landing the label of a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon for urban fantasy. Now, collectors and readers new to Maas’ steamy fantasy universe can preorder a hardcover Crescent City box set that’ll give you all three books in a display-worthy box.
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The box set will be released June 11 and will include all three books, including Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood, Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath and latest book, Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow. As an added bonus, you can score the Crescent City boxed set on sale from Amazon, Walmart and Target for 10% off, dropping the price to $89 (reg. $99). Prime members will also be eligible for free one-day shipping, which will deliver to your home by the day the boxed set is released.
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The series follows Bryce Quinlan, a half-fae and half-human girl who seeks revenge after her closest friends are murdered by a demon. Then, there’s Hunt Athalar, a fallen angel seeking freedom after being enslaved to archangels. The two decide to team up and uncover the source of mysterious murders, but what they find is a hidden and growing dark power that threatens the safety of everything and everyone.
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“Crescent City” Hardcover Box Set by Sarah J. Maas
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Ditch your musician memoirs and delve into the world of Crescent City with a hardcover box set that includes every book in the series currently out. By preordering the series, you’ll be guaranteed a boxed set the moment it’s released on June 11. If you can’t wait, you can also purchase each book individually.
How Many Books Are There In the Crescent City Series?
The bestselling author was contracted to write three books, but expressed a fourth book was definitely in the works. During an exclusive conversation with The Today Show, Maas explained that it would be a bit of a wait before the fourth book is released due to her “taxiiing” line of books in the works — which also includes a sixth book in the ACOTR series that she’s currently writing.
Is Crescent City & ACOTAR Connected?
Both of the books take place within the same universe, which means that fans of ACOTR can expect some Easter eggs within the Crescent City series. You’ll also find some references to key moments from ACOTR mentioned in the new series.
Do I Need To Read ACOTAR Before Crescent City?
To fully understand the hidden Easter eggs, you should read ACOTR before diving into the world of Crescent City. Below you can purchase an ACOTR boxed set to get you caught up.
“A Court of Thorns and Roses” Paperback Box Set
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Amazon and Walmart are offering a paperback boxed set of the hit series ACOTR featuring all five books. If you prefer hardcover editions, then you can pick up a boxed hardcover set from Barnes & Noble. All editions are on sale right now, so you can enjoy the steamy fantasy romance books — and some savings.
What is ACOTR about? The book series follows the human hunter Feyre Archeron, a hunter trying to help her family survive after they lost their fortune. When she kills what she thinks is a wolf, Feyre is confronted by the fairy Tamlin and transported into the world of the fae. As an evil force threatens to destroy the fae and human world, Feyre must muster the courage to save everyone she loves — while also falling in love along the way.
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Post Malone isn’t just pivoting into country and folk music, the “Circles” singer is also expanding his acting credits through his latest role in Road House. The new Prime Video original movie premiered on streaming Thursday (March 21), and you can watch Road House online now.
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The action-thriller movie follows Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal), an ex-UFC fighter looking to escape his dark past and appetite for violence. While struggling to scrape by, he’s approached by the owner of a roadhouse in Florida Keys who hires him as a bouncer with the hope of stopping a violent gang and their crime boss, Brandt (Billy Magnussen), from destroying her bar. Things only take a turn for the worse when Knox (Conor McGregor), a ruthless gun-for-hire, enters the mix. As the bloodshed and violence escalates, Dalton realizes he’s facing worse than the UFC ever threw at him.
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You can see Malone star as the character Carter, an underground fighter who faces Dalton. Road House joins the growing list of movies the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper has been involved with, including Jennifer Lopez’s short film This Is Me…Now and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Other cast members include Jessica Williams, Daniela Melchior, Joaquim De Almeida and Lukas Gage.
Keep reading to learn more about Road House and the streaming options available.
Is Road House (2024) a Remake?
Road House starring Malone and Gyllenhaal is a remake from the cult-classic ’80s film of the same name. The original Road House starred Patrick Swayze as Dalton, who is hired as a bouncer to clean up the baddest honkeytonk bar in Missouri. With a black belt in karate and a Ph.D. in philosophy, Dalton sets out to create a safer space for the bar and its owner.
Swayze stars alongside Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Jeff Healey and Julie Michaels.
How to Watch Road House (2024) Online for Free
Road House is a Prime Original making it exclusive to Prime Video. Prime members can watch Road House for free online when they log into their account.
Don’t have a Prime membership? New users can take advantage of a 30-day free trial when you sign up, allowing you to stream Road House for free. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $14.99/month or $139/year. Click here or the button below to start your free trial.
Looking for additional savings? Students can get 6-months of Prime for free when you sign up for the student membership, which is also half off. EBT/Medicaid recipients can get 30-days free under the qualifying government program membership, which is also 50% off.
With your Prime membership, you’ll have access to the entire Prime Video library including original and exclusive TV shows and movies such as The Summer I Turned Pretty, Daisy Jones & The Six, Upgraded, Gen V, The Boys, Wilderness, X-Men ’97, Expats, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and The Underdoggs.
Want to expand your library of offerings? Amazon has premium channels such as Max, Starz and Paramount+ to increase the amount of content available to you.
Your membership will also include additional perks such as Prime Premiere, free one-day shipping, grocery delivery, access to Prime member-only deals and Prime Day, Prime Try Before You Buy and more.
How to Stream Road House (1989) at Home
Road House (1989) is also available to stream online for free on Prime Video with a Prime membership. You can also buy Road House on sale for $8 (reg. $15) or rent the movie for $4. You don’t have to have Prime membership to buy or rent the movie, just buy Road House and it’ll automatically download to your video library to stream whenever you want. Rentals are available for 30 days after purchase and for 48 hours once you start streaming the film.
Hulu and Max members can watch Road House online for free when you log into your account. Hulu also offers a 30-day free trial for new users when you sign up.
Collectors can also pick up a special-edition Blu-ray DVD that includes exclusive photo cards you can put on display.
“Road House” (Special Edition)
The Blu-ray edition of Road House is available in a limited-edition version with a 3D lenticular hardcase, photo cards and special features that’ll give you an deeper look into the movie.
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Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told, a new documentary from Jermaine Dupri, 21 Savage and Luther Campbell, premieres on Hulu on Thursday (March 21).
The documentary shares the “untold story” surrounding the popular Atlanta parties that swelled to popularity in the ’90s. Taking viewers back to the roots, the documentary details how “Freaknik” started as a spring break picnic created by Black college students at an Atlanta HBCU in 1983.
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“It’s all educational. It’s Black history personally to me,” Dupri told the Associated Press. “For those who need that assurance, I would never allow my name to be involved with something that’s going to put a black eye on Atlanta or do anything that I feel like is going to set this culture backwards.”
Dupri, 21 Savage, Luther Campbell are executive producers on the documentary alongside Terry “TR” Ross, Melissa Cooper, Alex Avant and Tresa Sanders.
“It’s also a coming-of-age story,” supervising producer Deshawn Plair explained to CNN. “You were able to come of age, but not have that pressure to have to be in the spotlight, not have that pressure to have cameras all over you. I think it was just such a bit of Black joy.”
The documentary features Killer Mike, 21 Savage, Lil John, Dupri, Campbell, Too $hort, Erik Sermon, Jalen Rose, Shanti Das, former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and more.
Read on for details on when and how to stream the documentary for free.
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Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told is available to stream free to Hulu subscribers. If you’re not subscribed, you can watch the documentary with a 30-day free trial to Hulu.
How much does Hulu cost? Plans start at $7.99 per month for the basic streaming package, but Hulu also provides a 1
Liliana Dalton is in her Reputation era on American Idol. The 17-year-old San Antonio, Texas, native stepped in front of the judges for an audition in the upcoming episode of the singing competition, noting that she’s “a teenage girl. I have a lot of feelings about boys especially. I just write them down.” Her audition […]
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have been changed for good after starring opposite one another as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, in the upcoming Wicked duology. And in a new cast interview with Vanity Fair published Thursday (March 21) — eight months ahead of the first of the two film’s Thanksgiving premiere — the stars had nothing but kind words to say about each other.
According to the “Positions” singer, for instance, she’s been hoping to work with Erivo ever since the Harriet star sang “Stand Up” at the 2020 Academy Awards. “She’s my favorite female voice,” Grande said of her costar. “When I was watching you sing at the Oscars, I said, ‘I hope someday I get to sing with her.’”
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“I just need to say that I don’t think people realize that she’s got the chops,” said Erivo said of the pop star while holding her hand, causing Grande’s eye’s to well up, according to the publication. “I don’t think people realize how brilliant this person’s brain and voice and talent is.”
Grande and Erivo spent most of 2023 shooting Wicked in the U.K., taking a temporary pause over the summer due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. During that time away, the “Yes, And?” musician recorded her new album Eternal Sunshine, which recently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Aside from a couple first look photos, sneak peeks at Wicked were minimal before filming wrapped earlier this year. The film’s first trailer aired during the 2024 Super Bowl broadcast, and Vanity Fair shared several new photos of the cast — which also includes Ethan Slater, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum — in costume Thursday.
Grande and Erivo, as well as director Jon M. Chu, did divulge a few details in the new interview, though. Chu confirmed that, at the insistance of his leading ladies, all of their vocals were done live on set. “When we were shooting it, those girls were like, ‘F–k the pre-records. We’re going live,’” he told the publication, although he was skeptical at first.
“There’s going to be a lot of wind in your air pipes. Is that OK?’” he’d asked, to which they responded, “‘Yeah. That’s what we do.’”
That went for all of the stunts Grande and Erivo had to perform. The Victorious alum marveled at how her counterpart was able to belt out the musical’s famously difficult numbers even though she “had a harness pulling and pushing and yanking and tugging on every nook and cranny that there is.”
Erivo also gushed to Grande, “I’m literally never going to forget you jumping on a chandelier over my head whilst singing.”
See the new photos of the Wicked cast, which Grande shared on Instagram, below.
On an evening when the Piano Man’s music filled the room, it was Spaghetti & Meatballs who rolled out of the competition on Fox’s The Masked Singer.
The celebrity contestants got down for “Billy Joel Night” on Wednesday (March 20), which saw the pasta master pitted against Poodle Moth, Clock and Lizard, with the loser going home early.
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Spaghetti & Meatballs dished up “Only the Good Die Young,” Clock turned back time with “Piano Man,” Lizard performed “Uptown Girl” and Poodle Moth hit “Just The Way You Are.”
Even panelist Robin Thicke got in on the action, belting out Joel’s “My Life.”
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Spaghetti & Meatballs and Lizard found themselves in the bottom bracket, and in a duel for a lifeline. Both performed “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” but it was the Spaghetti Man who was moving out.
Before he got sent out of the competition, the Spaghetti & Meatballs helmet came off to reveal Masterchef judge and restaurateur Joe Bastianich – a personal friend of Billy Joel.
This man can sing and cook, though none of the judges were able to make the food connection.
“You have an incredible voice,” Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg remarked.
Singing, the TV personality explained, “is a passion for me my whole life. So, when I got the opportunity to do this and share with you all, I jumped on it.”
Bravo.
Bastianich as Spaghetti & Meatballs follows the exit of Savannah Chrisley (as Afghan Hound) and Kevin Hart (as Book) in this 11th season of Fox’s quirky singing competition.
Nick Cannon returns as host of The Masked Singer, which features the returning judges Thicke, McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and newbie Rita Ora, who is filling in for Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who had a stint on London West End performing in Sunset Boulevard.
Watch Spaghetti & Meatballs’ performance and unmasking on The Masked Singer.
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It’s time to enter high society through Palm Royale, the latest TV series to join Apple TV+‘s streaming library. Besides featuring a stacked cast of stars, the miniseries spotlights jaw-dropping ’60s-inspired style even earning Palm Royale a collaboration with Anthropologie.
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The Apple TV+ original series premiered Tuesday (March 20) and follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she tries anything she can to climb her way into Palm Springs’ hottest social club: the Palm Royale in 1969. What she discovers is that entering the elite social group of the club is a lot harder than she expects. To make her dreams come true, she decides to scheme her way to the top.
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Other cast members include Ricky Martin, Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Josh Lucas and Leslie Bibb.
Keep reading to learn more about the original series and the streaming options available.
What Is Palm Royale Based On?
Palm Royale is adapted from the book Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel, which follows Maxine Simmons after she gets a divorce and is exiled to Scottsdale, Arizona. She sets her sights on the Mrs. American Pie pageant where she hopes to win not only a crown but the title of best wife and mother.
How to Watch Palm Royale Online for Free
Palm Royale is an original Apple TV+ series, which means its available to watch exclusively through the streaming platform. If you’re a current Apple TV+ member, you can stream Palm Royale at home for free when you log into your account.
Don’t have an Apple TV+ membership? The streamer offers a seven day free trial that’ll let you watch Palm Royale at home for free. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $9.99/month.
Palm Springs won’t be the only series you can stream on Apple TV+, a subscription gives you access to the entire library of content. Shows and original movies you can look forward to streaming include The Afterparty, The Crowded Room, Ted Lasso, Platonic, The Last Thing He Told Me, Silo, Severance, High Desert, Shrinking, The Big Door Prize, Bad Sisters, Schmigadoon!, The Problem with John Stewart, The Morning Show, Ghosted, Still, Tetris, Palmer, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie and more.
Apple TV+ is available to stream on the Apple TV app, your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac and popular smart TVs including Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, Toshiba and others, along with Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV. Apple TV+ is available on PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles as well.
Looking for additional ways to save money? You can get three months free with the purchase of an eligible Apple device or a free month trial when you sign up for Apple One, which bundles Apple TV+ with up to five other services.
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As Taylor Swift may put it, Chelsea Blackwell has a “big reputation” after appearing on the sixth season of Netflix’s Love Is Blind — so big, in fact, even Travis Kelce was inspired to do an impression of her on a recent episode of New Heights. Luckily, the reality star is taking it in stride, although she does now have a message for the “Anti-Hero” singer.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end revealed his passion for the series on Wednesday (March 20), telling his older brother and co-host, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, “You gotta watch Love Is Blind, man. It is the worst trash ever — it’s worse than Catching Kelce — but it’s so f—ing good,” he added, referencing his own 2016 E! dating show, on which 50 women competed for his heart.
“Honestly, I just want you to watch the one girl and to just hear her,” Travis continued over Jason’s objections, before mimicking something Blackwell told then-fiancé Jimmy Presnell during an argument on the show: “You think I’m clingy? I’m clingy? Really?”
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For those out of the loop, Love Is Blind finds a group of men and women dating each other from opposite sides of a wall, unable to see their partners until they get engaged. Blackwell and Presnell emerged from the blind pods with plans to get married; however, Presnell broke things off before they got to the altar.
Travis isn’t the first person to poke fun at Blackwell since season 6 kicked off earlier this year: She went viral early in the season for telling Presnell that people tell her she looks like Megan Fox, stirring up a debate about whether she actually resembles the actress. But the flight attendant has been able to laugh at herself in spite of comments about her demeanor on the show. In a TikTok posted after the football star’s impression went live, she tells the camera while smiling, “I just got the most mortifying news.”
“I really feel like I need to crawl under a rock at this point, because Travis Kelce did an impersonation of me, and the only outlet that this man knows my name — or not even knows my name — is from whining like a baby back bi—,” she continued, rolling her eyes at herself.
The possibility that one of the world’s biggest pop stars may have been watching the show alongside Travis, whom Swift has been dating since last summer, was also not lost on Blackwell. “Taylor Swift, if you’re watching it with him…,” she said, laughing. “Please stop.”
Check out Travis’ impression of Blackwell, as well as the reality star’s response, below.
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The Beatles Monopoly game is being updated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the band’s U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
On Monday (March 19), The Op Games unveiled a revamped edition of The Beatles Monopoly, complete with customized artwork highlighting various Beatles albums, and legendary career moments such as the band’s sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964.
Monopoly: The Beatles | Officially Licensed Collectible Game Based on The Beatles Rock Band for 2-6 Players
Players can buy, sell, and trade classic albums such as A Hard Day’s Night and Revolver, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine and more, using custom Beatles money. The game comes with six collectible tokens, each representing classic Beatles hits like “Here Comes the Sun,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and “Rocky Raccoon.”
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“The Beatles are a household name, well-known by fans of all ages, even six decades later,” said Dane Chapin, CEO of The Op Games. “Being able to merge the most influential band of all time with one of the world’s favorite family games in the new edition of Monopoly: The Beatles is such a privilege and aligns perfectly with our goal at The Op Games to create games that can span generations and bring fun for the whole family.”
“We’re excited to be able to partner with The Op Games to bring The Beatles Monopoly game to the marketplace and into the hands of both new and old fans,” added Joe Marziotto, VP of licensing at Bravado, a music and fashion brand management firm whose clients include The Beatles, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Justin Timberlake, Anitta, Billie Eilish, Elton John, Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson and more.
The Beatlefied board game includes special pieces inspired by the Fab Four. For example, Community Chest and Chance cards are renamed “Beatlemania” and “The Fab Four,” while the traditional Monopoly houses and hotels have been replaced by “Listening Parties” and “Concerts.”
Besides custom tokens and a special game board, the Monopoly game includes 32 houses, 28 title dead cards, 16 Fab Four and Beatlemania cards and 12 hotels.
Monopoly: The Beatles edition is designed for 2-6 players ages 8 to 60+. The board game retails for $44.99 at The Op Games, Amazon and The Beatles shop.