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Willie Nelson went big for his 90th birthday with a major celebration special that fans can tune into on Sunday (Dec. 17) at 8:30 p.m. ET. Now, you can relive the fun from the legendary country singer’s birthday special that happened earlier this year at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29 and 30 when it airs on CBS and Paramount+.
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The two-hour special will include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with those close with Nelson and performances from a star-studded lineup up that includes Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert and Dave Matthews.
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How to Watch Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration
The birthday special will be airing exclusively on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday (Dec. 17) at 8:30 p.m. ET. If you have cable, you can watch the special for free anywhere CBS is televised. You just need to check with your cable provider’s channel guide for the exact channel. If you don’t have cable, you may be able to see the special with an HD antenna like one here from Amazon.
Live TV streamers like FuboTV, DirecTV Stream and Hulu + Live TV offer free trials of up to seven days that’ll have CBS as well as more live channels to watch you favorite shows, sports and more.
For cable cutters, Paramount+ is the official streamer for CBS and its affiliates, which includes Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration. If you’re already a subscriber, you can watch the special for no additional cost, just log into your account and you’ll find it under new releases.
Don’t have a Paramount+ subscription? The streamer offers a seven day free trial that’ll allow you to watch the special and more for free. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price based on the plan you choose. Click here or the button below to start your free trial.
There are two plans you can choose from: Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ with Showtime. The Essential plan is $5.99/month and includes some ads, thousands of episodes of Paramount+ Originals, movies, series and exclusives as well as NFL on CBS, UEFA Champions League and CBS News. Paramount+ with Showtime is $11.99/month and includes everything in the Essential plan except with no ads and access to the entire Showtime library, live TV, college football and the ability to download content to watch offline.
Along with Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration, a subscription to Paramount+ will give you access to the entire library of content and exclusives including Survivor, NCIS, Blue Bloods, Big Brother, Jersey Shore Family Vacation, Frasier, Mixtape, Family Legacy, I Wanna Rock, Hip Hop My House, Behind The Music, Yellowstone, Fatal Attraction, 1923, iCarly, The Good Fight, Mayor of Kingstown, Seal Team, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Why Women Kill and Before I Forget. With Showtime, you can stream original shows and movies such as Yellowjackets, The 12th Victim, Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, George & Tammy, Homeland, Ziwe, Penny Dreadful, Buried and more.
Check below for a sneak peek of the special.
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Over the last few weeks, Sony released the refreshed PlayStation 5 Slim, handheld PlayStation 5 Portal remote player and new PS Pulse Explorer wireless earbuds for the holiday season. Now Sony has just released a new accessory that increases the PS5’s community.
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Priced at $89.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and PlayStation Direct, the Sony PlayStation Access Controller is a new controller kit that’s highly customizable for accessibility purposes — especially for players with disabilities or dexterity issues.
Made for easy access, the PS Access Controller is adaptive for many different types of playing styles — thanks to its 360-degree design, extendable joystick, swappable and magnetized buttons and stick caps, range of motion, textured layout and more. It even has designed to stay stationary on flat surfaces, including a wheelchair tray or a AMPS pattern mount.
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Meanwhile, the new controller is expandable for different types of configurations. This means you can sync two PS Access Controllers together for additional accessibility, or you can pair it with a traditional PlayStation DualSense Wireless Controller (sold separately) for haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, motion sensors, and much more.
The PS Access Controller has four input ports at its base for additional expandability to connect peripherals, like joysticks, action buttons, triggers and others. There’s even custom profiles available for up to 30 individual controller settings, which means it’s easier and faster to re-map the entire controller (after setup) based on the game being played. The options for customizability and configurations are nearly endless.
This is a big win for game accessibility! The Sony PS Access Controller is available for $89.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and PlayStation Direct. In the meantime, watch a trailer for the new gaming controller, below:
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Drake’s October’s Very Own imprint is teaming back up with the NFL for a second capsule collection out Friday (Dec. 15). Snoop Dogg, Action Bronson and Birdman star in the campaign for the new collection.
Expanding on the previous collection released earlier this year, the latest drop includes eight additional NFL teams, adding to the existing eight teams already available in the capsule.
Besides varsity jackets, the second drop offers hoodies, T-shirts, hats, and mini helmets co-branded with the OVO owl along with each NFL team’s logos and colors. The teams featured in the new collection include the Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.
The collection is priced from as low as $58 for hats and up to $898 for the varsity jacket. The hoodies retail for $228; $78 for T-shirts, $88 fitted caps, $58 beanies and $78 for the riddle mini helmet.
Ahead of the official drop, the NFL and OVO launched a campaign featuring Snoop representing the Pittsburgh Steelers, Birdman representing his hometown New Orleans Saints, and New York native Action Bronson representing his hometown New York Jets.
OVO and the NFL revealed its first capsule collection in February with Lil Wayne and Benny the Butcher starring in the ad campaign.
The new collection is available on NFLShop.com, NFLShop.ca, OVO retail locations and online at octobersveryown.com. Like with the previous drop, the latest collection is selling out fast.
Most of the pieces are already out of stock at the NFL shop but there are still a few hoodies, beanies, hats, sweats available NFLShop.ca and a larger variety on the OVO website. Fans might also be able to find pieces on retail sites such as StockX.
Barbie star Simu Liu is not ready to stop feeling the Kenergy. The actor who played a rival Ken to Ryan Gosling’s abtastic Ken in Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-nominated box office blockbuster busted out a solo version of the theme song from the movie’s signature dance number, “I’m Just Ken,” at an intimate show at Los Angeles’ Hotel Café on Wednesday (Dec, 13).
According to a video of the gig he posted on X, Liu instructed the crowd, “If there’s one thing that I want each and every one of you to take away from this show tonight in your hearts it’s that you’re enough,” he said the to 100 or so fans in the house as a keyboardist played some piano mood music behind him. “I want you to do this with me now. I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to put your hand on your heart, and I want you to repeat after me, okay?: I. Am. Kenough.”
They, of course, did as he instructed and Liu then busted into the first verse of the track written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt in a strong, soulful voice over a jazzy arrangement. He later admitted, however, that like the real world in the movie, something was a little off.
“The most Ken thing about this is that I forgot part of the words to ‘I’m Just Ken.’ What a great night!!!!,” Liu wrote on X after he fumbled the chorus line “Where I see love she sees a friend,” smiling and mumbling a nonsense phrase where the lyric should have been. He made up for it by taking off his leather jacket and showing off his guns in a tank top to whoops from the audience.
The consummate professional laughed off the flub, asking, “Are you ready to feel the Kenergy with me tonight? Let’s do this! You are Kenough, you are Kenough!” He also busted out the choreo from the movie’s insane dance dream sequence and belted out the lyrics while literally flexing all over the place and letting out a primal scream mid-song.
“I’m Just Ken” debuted at No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, giving Ryan Gosling his first entry on the 100 tally.
This isn’t Liu’s first singing rodeo. The actor released his debut four-track EP, Anxious-Avoidant, in Novmeber, which includes a song co-written by the Jonas Brothers’ Joe Jonas, “Break My Heart.”
Check out Liu’s performance below.
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Gifting season is at its peak, and for those who have an Olivia Rodrigo fan in their life, finding the perfect gift for music lovers to encapsulate their love and admiration for the “Drivers License” singer can be a challenge. Your first instinct may be to get tickets to the Guts world tour, but finding cheap tickets is no easy feat. Amazon, thankfully, has a book on Rodrigo that’s practically essential for Livies of all ages — and it’s on sale for 20% off.
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Olivia Rodrigo: The Ultimate Fan Book will provide admirers of the “Vampire” singer with facts and information about her rise to fame. It’s beloved by Amazon shoppers so much that is has earned the label of a No. 1 bestseller in Teen and Young Adult TV and Radio as well as a 4.6-star rating.
Whether you’re a fan yourself or have one in your life, you can enjoy flipping through its pages and praising the photos of major moments in Rodrigo’s career, including meeting the president and vice president and accepting her 2022 Billboard Woman of the Year award.
According to the official synopsis, you can also expect “quotes from [Rodrigo] and her closest collaborators, discussing fame, fashion, fans and more, as well as tons of stunning snaps from the red carpet to stadium stages.”
If you’re looking for a last-minute gift, Prime members can take advantage of Prime one-day free shipping that’ll get the gift to your doorstep fast. Not a Prime member? Amazon offers a 30-day free trial for new users who sign up. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $14.99/month or $139/year. Click here to launch your free trial.
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The Florida A&M Rattlers face the Howard University Bison in the eighth annual Cricket Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game will broadcast live on ABC on Saturday (Dec. 16).
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What is the Cricket Celebration Bowl? A postseason bowl for football teams from historically Black colleges. Conference champions from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) face off in the Cricket Celebration Bowl, which launched in 2015.
According to its website, the Cricket Celebration Bowl aims to “provide the schools, alumni, fans, and sponsors with a first-class bowl experience while continuing to celebrate the heritage, legacy, pageantry and tradition of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”
Howard University and Florida A&M both qualified for the Cricket Celebration Bowl for the first time. North Carolina A&T has won the bowl seven times, including the inaugural year as well as 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
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How to Watch the 2023 Cricket Celebration Bowl
For a sixth year in a row, the Cricket Celebration Bowl will broadcast live on ABC. The game kicks off at noon ET on Saturday.
College football fans can stream the Cricket Celebration Bowl live on Fubo, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV (a digital antenna is another budget-friendly watch local channels).
DirecTV and Fubo offer free trials for up to a week and upwards of 75 channels for less than $75 per month. The best streaming option? If you’re a sports fan, DirecTV Stream and Fubo offer the most robust streaming packages for the price.
With DirecTV Stream, subscribers get access to at least 75 channels for as low as $69.99/month after a free trial for five days. If you’re interested in a cheaper plan, subscribe to Sling TV or Fubo for a discounted rate of just $20 for the first month. And for international streamers, ExpressVPN allows you watch your favorite platforms from outside the U.S.
Wan to watch the Cricket Celebration Bowl live? Tickets are available for as low as $23-29 at Ticketmaster, Vivid Seats and Stubhub.
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MTV Unplugged is back for a special toast to Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Redman and other hip-hop legends from New Jersey. MTV Unplugged Presents: A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey’s Finest, premieres on Thursday (Dec. 14) at 9p.m. ET/PT.
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How to Watch & Stream for Free
The MTV Unplugged special will air on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. If you miss the premiere, an encore presentation will air on Friday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. on BET and on VH1 on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m.
Viewers who don’t have cable can stream the special live with a free trial from DirecTV, Fubo or Philo. Streaming plans start at $25 for Philo and you’ll get access to 70+ cable channels. Fubo is currently on sale for just $20 first your first month.
DirecTV Stream plans start at $69.99/month for 75+ cable and local channels including MTV, BET and VH1, DVR storage and a free trial for the first five days. MTV is also available on Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV.
If you’d like to stream internationally, ExpressVPN unlocks access to a number of streaming platforms.
MTV Unplugged Presents: A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey’s Finest was taped at the historic Newark Symphony Hall in Newark, N.J. last month. The special will feature Redman, Jean, Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature’s Treach, Poor Righteous Teachers, The Sugarhill Gang, Heather B, Lady Luck, Lords of the Underground and more.
Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere, Bruce Gillmer and Vanessa Whitewolf serve as executive producers. Emmy winner Adam Blackstone serves as musical director.
The MTV Unplugged special closes out MTV’s celebration of hip hop’s 50th anniversary, which included an all-star tribute to close out the 2023 MTV VMAs and the documentary, Mixtape, featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Fat Joe, 2 Chainz, Big Boi, DJ Drama, Kid Capri, and KRS-One.
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