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Billie Eilish claims the top two spots on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for October 2024, thanks to synchs in two different series: Agatha All Along and Heartstopper.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of October 2024.
Eilish’s “You Should See Me in a Crown” reigns as the No. 1 for October 2024. One of her breakthrough songs, it was the lead single from her debut full-length When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, peaking at No. 7 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart in 2018.
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“You Should See Me in a Crown” was featured in the fifth episode of Disney+’s Agatha All Along miniseries, which premiered Oct. 9. It earned 6.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams and sold 2,000 downloads in October 2024, according to Luminate.
Eilish’s “Blue,” from 2024’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, is No. 2 following a synch in the third season of Netflix’s Heartstopper, all of which premiered Oct. 3. The song racked up 14.1 million streams and 1,000 downloads in October.
Both songs are from series that boasted more than one appearance on the latest Top TV Songs chart. Agatha All Along also has the No. 3 with Seo Moon Tak’s “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” from Oct. 16’s sixth episode (734,000 streams, 2,000 downloads), and Heartstopper has five appearances in all, with “Blue” followed by Troye Sivan’s “Rush” (No. 5; 7.4 million streams) and Beabadoobee’s “The Way Things Go,” Tom Odell’s “Black Friday” and Grimes’ “Genesis” at Nos. 7-9, respectively.
HBO’s new series The Penguin takes up the chart’s other three spots via a flurry of songs from its Oct. 6-premiering third episode: Bob Moses’ “Broken Belief,” Gil Scott-Heron’s “Me and the Devil” and 6LACK’s “Switch.”
See the full top 10 below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)1. “You Should See Me in a Crown,” Billie Eilish, Agatha All Along (Disney+)2. “Blue,” Billie Eilish, Heartstopper (Netflix)3. “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” Seo Moon Tak, Agatha All Along (Disney+)4. “Broken Belief,” Bob Moses, The Penguin (HBO)5. “Rush,” Troye Sivan, Heartstopper (Netflix)6. “Me and the Devil,” Gil Scott-Heron, The Penguin (HBO)7. “The Way Things Go,” Beabadoobee, Heartstopper (Netflix)8. “Black Friday,” Tom Odell, Heartstopper (Netflix)9. “Genesis,” Grimes, Heartstopper (Netflix)10. “Switch,” 6LACK, The Penguin (HBO)
While fighting off a heat-induced panic on the set of Hot Ones, Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang explained that one particular scene in Wicked made him similarly break down.
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In the latest episode of the long-running interview series, Yang — who portrays Pfannee in the movie musical out Friday (Nov. 22) — explained that one big dance number sent him into a spiral while on the set of the movie. “I had a full-on panic attack during one of the scenes, in ‘Dancing Through Life,’” he told host Sean Evans. “I learned the choreography in November and then they were like, ‘You’re not going to shoot this until, like, March or April.’”
He continued, saying that at the end of a long shoot day, he was brought to set and asked to recall the choreography he’d learned months prior. “I was like, ‘What?!’ I forgot all of it,” he recalled, laughing. “I did as much as I could and everyone on set was so supportive and encouraging. They could’ve had the response of being like, ‘Oh this is unacceptable, we cannot use this,’ but it ended up being this really wonderful moment of being buttressed by all these beautiful people.”
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Elsewhere in his interview, Yang was asked to pick out his “Mount Rushmore” of pop albums from 2024. Listing out beloved albums such as Cowboy Carter, Hit Me Hard and Soft and The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (“We’ll grandfather it in,” Yang said, noting the album was released in 2023), the SNL star became briefly stuck between Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ‘n Sweet and his Wicked co-star Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine.
“Short n’ Sweet and Eternal Sunshine are fulfilling the same thing for me where [there are] no skips, and it’s so sonically streamlined. Well, there goes my friendship with Ariana Grande,” he said with a sigh, before changing his mind. “No, she gets a spot, of course … I’m gonna say she edges out Sabrina, I’m so sorry, Sabrina. I gotta go with Ari.”
Check out Bowen Yang’s full Hot Ones interview above.
BTS’ Jin made his hotly anticipated solo debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Nov. 20, promoting his first solo album, Happy.
Among the gems from the revealing interview, Jin recounted the fascinating story behind receiving a guitar from none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
“Are you a big fan of rock? And who is your favorite rock artist?” host Jimmy Fallon asked Jin, who replied in his native tongue, with English captions reading, “I really, really love Coldplay… I had a chance to work with Coldplay before. A few years ago — before this album — Chris Martin gave me a song he wrote. We worked on it together and it was an honor for me.”
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While discussing his new album, Fallon asked, “I heard he gave you a guitar?”
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“Yes!” Jin confirmed, explaining, “I was hanging out with Chris Martin and he had a guitar from his tour, I jokingly asked him, ‘Can I have this guitar?’ Chris Martin was like, ‘Of course!’”
“I was so happy. Now it’s a family heirloom,” Jin added.
It seems the feeling’s mutual, with the Coldplay frontman once also sharing his adoration for the K-pop star in a 2023 video, saying, “I really love that guy.”
Fresh off his return from mandatory military service in June, Jin also used his time on Fallon to share anecdotes about reconnecting with his BTS bandmates, the origin of his playful “Worldwide Handsome” nickname, and taught Fallon the choreography for his viral hit “Super Tuna.”
A major highlight of the evening was Jin’s highly-anticipated live performance of “Running Wild,” a standout track from his debut solo project. Donning a shimmering pastel green fringe jacket, the K-pop superstar performed the new tune against a striking backdrop of a desert highway, with the stage adorned with street signs.
The Happy album features six tracks, including “Running Wild,” “I’ll Be There,” “Another Level,” “Falling,” “Heart on the Window” (a collaboration with Red Velvet’s Wendy), and “I Will Come to You.”
Jin’s appearance comes six years after BTS made its full-band debut on Fallon’s show. In 2018, the group — which is also comprised of SUGA, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — performed Billboard Hot 100 No. 11 hit “Idol” and “I’m Fine,” as well as tried out that year’s “Fortnite” dance trend.
In 2020, the boys made a number of Tonight Show appearances — including a couple of virtual musical numbers on the show to lighten ARMY’s moods during the COVID-19 pandemic — before returning again in 2021 for performances of their No. 1 hits “Butter” and “Permission to Dance.” Jin’s bandmates Jimin and SUGA have since made their own solo debuts on the show.
Jin’s latest appearance on Fallon comes hot on the heels of the release of his debut solo album, Happy, which dropped on Nov. 15. In a recent interview, Jin said of the project, “I have a very clear idea of what kind of emotions I want to share with our fans … I want our fans, our ARMY, to be happy.”
Jin’s solo era is unfolding as most of the BTS boys are still finishing out their mandatory service in the South Korean military, which the “Abyss” artist became the first to complete in June. J-Hope is the only other member of the group to have completed his since then; full-band activities are on pause until next year.
Watch Jin’s interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon here, as well as his live performance of “Running Wild” here.
SPOILER ALERT: This article features the name of the singer eliminated on Wednesday night’s (Nov. 20) episode of The Masked Singer.
So far, season 12 of The Masked Singer has already seen the usual mix of athletes, singers, actors and media personalities getting sent home, including John Elway (Leaf Sheep), Yvette Nicole Brown (Snowbird), Paula Cole (Ship), Marsai Martin (Woodpecker), Andy Richter (Dust Bunny), Laverne Cox (Chess Piece) and Natalie Imbruglia (Bluebell).
So the stakes were high Wednesday night when the Group C singers kicked things off with a collaboration on Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.,” with Ice King, Strawberry Shortcake, Royal Knight and Sherlock Hound taking the stage together following last week’s elimination of their groupmate Macaron (surfer Bethany Hamilton).
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Last week, previous Masked contestants Hanson revealed in a clue package that Ice King had topped charts around the world, sold out stadiums and was given the “royal treatment like he was one of The Beatles,” before retreating from the spotlight. That could have been anyone, so Wednesday night’s clue package kind of gave away the game, with the King noting that he can really relate to Miley, as they’ve both learned how the media can be “totally uncool” and that this year he’s been part of a “firestorm” of press.
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That revelation was a prelude to Ice King’s impassioned cover of Cyrus’ Plastic Hearts hit “Midnight Sky,” which he sang in the midst of a soundstage blizzard of fake snow. It followed last week’s rip through Hot Chelle Rae’s 2011 Billboard Hot 100 No. 7 hit “Tonight Tonight.”
The guesses from the judges were all over the place, with Robin Thicke praising the King’s “rock” energy, but not coming up with a Teen Choice Award winner who would fit the bill, even as always-wrong Ken Jeong doubled down on his guess from last week: Joe Jonas. Rita Ora keyed in on a possible former child star who has been through it, Shia LaBeouf, though Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg vacillated between James Franco and the actual man behind the mask: three-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner Drake Bell.
The child actor who began his career on the sitcom Home Improvement before becoming a Nickelodeon superstar on The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh and The Fairly OddParents also sang on the Drake & Josh soundtrack and released his debut album, Telegraph, in 2005. He followed up with his 2006 breakthrough It’s Only Time and 2014’s Ready Steady Go! and has since released two albums independently: 2020’s The Lost Album and this year’s Non-Stop Flight.
Earlier this year, Bell, 38, revealed in the Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV documentary that during his Nickelodeon years, his dialogue coach Brian Peck had repeatedly sexually assaulted him beginning when Bell was 15; Peck was arrested in 2003 and convicted of lewd conduct with a minor.
Billboard spoke to Bell before Wednesday night’s elimination episode and found out why he loved his costume, how TikTok sleuths blew his mind and what his next era might look like.
What made you want to do Masked Singer this season? Are you a fan of the show?
Totally. What’s interesting is that I had the opportunity to do Masked Singer in Mexico [last year], so I had experience coming in. I was Baby Alien [holds adorable stuffed Baby Alien doll up to the camera] and I’m on tour and doing meet-and-greets and a fan made me this stuffed animal.
You have a young son at home. Has he seen you on the show?
He’s a little too young. … I don’t think that he would tell any of his friends, but I had to keep it under wraps. I hope he’s able to watch it tonight and when I take my head off he’s like, “Wait, what? That was Dada?”
Every contestant complains about how hot and uncomfortable the costumes are. Tell me about the Ice King costume. Why did it speak to you?
The costume designers did me such a solid because my costume was so easy to move around in. Not the Mexico one, though; that was a really hot costume. Every 15 minutes I was asking for a fan or taking the head off. But this one was awesome and it was so light and easy to move around in. Right when I saw it, seeing this big character, the King and his big mustache and cape … [I thought] “There is going to be so much to play with.” I completely lost myself in the character.
You really seemed to go for it with the Hot Chelle Rae song. What inspired you to choose that one? It seems a bit outside of your usual vibe.
It’s totally out of my wheelhouse, but totally a guilty-pleasure song. It’s cool because when I’m in the costume, I’m not self-conscious about what people are going to think. It allows you to lose yourself and find the character and sing songs you wouldn’t normally sing.
The package alluded to you and Miley both understanding the difficulties of growing up in the Hollywood spotlight, so why “Midnight Sky”?
I think honestly just the vibe of the song. I love older music, from the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s, and it had a real vintage feel. The second I heard it, I thought, “This has got to be the one.” It was the closest thing to what I’m into.
You’ve done movies, TV, albums, video games, but this is your first competition show. What was your goal? Did you want to win?
First of all, it’s just fun. This was an opportunity to have fun and they really allow you to play the game. You always think it’s smoke and mirrors and it’s all Hollywood and the contestants know who the other contestants are. But it is secretive and we really have no idea who anyone else is. When you leave the hotel, you’re completely covered up, with gloves and everything. You’re looking at how tall they are and trying to listen to their performance, but you can only hear the singer right before you. You don’t eat lunch together or rehearse together… so you’re playing along with the game.
Did anyone in your life immediately realize it was you under that costume?
I didn’t think anyone would ever guess or recognize my voice, but I was looking at a clip on TikTok and in the comments section every comment was, “Oh, this is Drake Bell.” They were like, “This is Drake because when he’s singing onstage without a guitar, if you look at a picture, his hands are like this and look at Ice King and his hands are like this too.” On the first night they were guessing it’s me? I thought I’d be the furthest thing from anyone’s mind.
Was there something about being masked that appealed to you as someone who has spent so much time with their face in the spotlight? Was there a comfort in that?
There’s a total comfort, like when I’m doing voice-over work on the Ultimate Spider-Man. Like when you’re doing fight scenes, you move your face in a way to get the sounds out and if you were on camera you wouldn’t make those faces because you’d be worried about what you look like. But getting the right voice behind the mask you’re not worried about someone going, “Wow, Drake Bell can’t dance.” Or “Why is Drake Bell singing this song?”
Obviously it’s been a hectic, intense year for you as you’ve come back into the spotlight. Do you feel like Masked Singer is an opportunity to have a “second chance” in Hollywood?
I definitely feel that way. Being able to do something so fun and music-driven now that I just released a new album and am on tour now — life works in mysterious ways, but it all came together at the right time. As I’m launching the new record and reintroducing myself to the world, this is a really cool thing.
You mentioned that you dropped the Non-Stop Flight album earlier this year. Can we expect more music from you soon?
The album is big, 25 songs, and it’s a total concept album that sounds like you’re on an airplane flight with announcements from the flight attendants and captain. It’s a journey through my life and the most autobiographical, self-reflecting album I’ve put out. … Songs about the past, present, future, the good, the bad, ugly, ups and downs. It took four years to complete, and every time I thought I was done, I’d write another song and something would happen. I would also love to get back on screen and now I’m really focused with the work I’m doing with a production company and looking to get more into writing and directing and producing and hopefully getting on the other side [of the camera].
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Are you ready it? A new Lifetime holiday movie inspired by the love story between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce is coming Saturday (Nov. 23).
Christmas in the Spotlight stars Jessica Lord as Bowyn, a famous musician who sings about love and relationship, but with her career taking up so much of her time, dating is nearly impossible. Laith Wallschleger plays Drew, a pro football player who goes to one of Bowyn’s concerts with his niece. Later, he openly admits he has a crush on her and decides to give things a shot, even though their busy schedules might make it challenging.
In addition to Lord and Wallschleger, the cast also includes Emmy-winning host and producer Jeannie Mai and TikTok creator Haley Kalil, who’s making her first appearance on television.
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The easiest way to watch Christmas in the Spotlight for free is through the Lifetime channel. Cord cutters don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a cable package in order to watch Lifetime at home, there are several ways to stream Christmas in the Spotlight live and on-demand. The movie will premiere on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET. To watch for free, live TV streaming platforms like DirecTV Stream and Philo offer free trials and promos that’ll let you watch the Swift and Kelce-inspired movie for free.
Philo is free for the first week and $28/month after the trial period. The streamer offers 75+ channels including Lifetime, WEtv, MTV, VH1, A&E, HGTV, Food Network and Hallmark.
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Lifetime’s Christmas in the Spotlight is part of the network’s 2024 It’s A Wonderful Lifetime movie slate, which also include ADD OTHER UPCOMING HOLIDAY MOVIES HERE.
Watch the trailer for Christmas in the Spotlight below.
Music films and documentaries are sprinkled among the nominees for AARP’s 24th annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which was established to encourage films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.
A Complete Unknown, the upcoming James Mangold film about Bob Dylan in the 1960s starring Timothée Chalamet, is nominated for best picture/best movie for grownups. It is competing with Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5. (The latter concerns a hostage crisis at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.)
Documentaries about Celine Dion and Luther Vandross are among the nominees for best documentary. I Am: Celine Dion, directed by Irene Taylor, focuses on the singer’s struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome. Luther Vandross: Never Too Much — directed by Dawn Porter and featuring Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey and Patti LaBelle — traces the late R&B star’s life and career.
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The other nominees in the documentary category are Piece by Piece, directed by Morgan Neville, a journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, told through the lens of LEGO animation; Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, directed by Peter Ettedgui, which tracks actor Christopher Reeve’s pivot from film star to activist for disability rights following a tragic 1995 horse-riding accident; and Will & Harper, directed by Josh Greenbaum, an intimate portrayal of friendship starring Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, friends of 30 years who go on a cross-country road trip.
The Oscars will announce its shortlist of 15 films eligible for best documentary feature on Dec. 17.
The annual Movies for Grownups Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif. Alan Cumming, the Tony- and Primetime Emmy Award-winning host of the competition show The Traitors, will return as the host of the show, which will be broadcast by Great Performances on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on PBS and its website, as well as the PBS app.
Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II, September 5
Best Actress: Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Demi Moore (The Substance), June Squibb (Thelma)
Best Actor: Adrian Brody (The Brutalist), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Jude Law (The Order)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Chen (Didi), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys), Lesley Manville (Queer), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Peter Sarsgaard (September 5), Stanley Tucci (Conclave), Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Edward Berger (Conclave), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
Best Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (Emilia Pérez), Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Winnie Holzman (Wicked), Peter Straughan (Conclave), and Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two)
Best Ensemble: A Complete Unknown, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, His Three Daughters, September 5, Sing Sing
Best Actress (TV): Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country), Jean Smart (Hacks), Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building), Sofia Vergara (Griselda)
Best Actor (TV): Billy Crudup (The Morning Show), Idris Elba (Hijack), Jon Hamm (Fargo), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun)
Best TV Series or Limited Series: The Crown, Hacks, Palm Royale, Shōgun, Slow Horses
Best Intergenerational Film: Didi, Here, His Three Daughters, The Piano Lesson, Thelma
Best Time Capsule: A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Here, Maria, September 5
Best Documentary: I Am: Celine Dion, Luther: Never Too Much, Piece by Piece, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Will & Harper
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New games are played and reputations are tested in a new adaptation of the 1999 movie Cruel Intentions. Amazon MGM Studios has lengthened the storyline into an original series of the same title and with a modern twist, but that doesn’t mean fans of the original movie won’t see callouts to the beloved ’90s version.
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You can watch Cruel Intentions (2024) online starting Thursday (Nov. 21), when the series premiere is released on Prime Video. The TV show pays homage to the original movie with details both eagle-eyed fans and those familiar with the ’90s version will be able to catch — including a new take on the Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” a song that was the main theme of the OG, as well as the iconic cross necklace worn by Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character Kathryn Merteuil, and the 1956 Jaguar driven by Ryan Phillippe’s seductive Sebastian Valmont.
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Cruel Intentions is an Amazon MGM Studios original, which means you’ll only be able to watch the series on Prime Video. Prime members can watch Cruel Intentions online for free when they sign into their account.
Don’t have a Prime membership? Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial when you sign up that’ll let you watch the 2024 version in addition to the entire Prime Video library at no additional cost. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $14.99/month or $139/year.
Adults ages 18-24 or students at an accredited college can score a six-month free trial and 50% off subscription fee with a student membership. Qualifying government programs can get you a 30-day free trial and half-off membership cost with the EBT/Medicaid membership.
Just like the original, the Cruel Intentions series follows the cold-hearted stepsiblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), who will do anything they can to remain at the top of Manchester College’s social hierarchy. When Greek life is threatened after a hazing incident goes wrong, the two go to great lengths to preserve their power and influence — including striking a dangerous deal to seduce the Vice President of the United States’ daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith).
Season one will feature a total of eight episodes that will drop every Thursday until the season finale.
How to Watch Cruel Intentions (1999) At Home
Before you watch the new Cruel Intentions online, Prime Video also has the original 1999 movie to stream at home. You can get an ad-free experience when you rent of buy Cruel Intentions on video-on-demand. Rentals are available for $2 or you can buy Cruel Intentions on VOD for $5. A Prime membership isn’t required to watch the movie — just make your purchase and the movie will automatically be downloaded to your video library to watch at your leisure. Rentals are available for 30-days after purchasing, and 48 hours once you start streaming Cruel Intentions.
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Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch Wicked‘s Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) can relate to each other when it comes to being green — so why not sing about it together? Just ahead of the opening weekend of Wicked in theaters, Erivo paid a visit to Oscar the Grouch for a duet of a classic, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” originated by Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show in 1970.
Their collaboration was unveiled on Sesame Street‘s official YouTube channel Wednesday morning (Nov. 20). Elphaba in Wicked is famously green, just like Oscar, though Erivo appears as herself in this performance of the oft-covered, Joe Raposo-penned song. Among the many covers of “Bein’ Green” that have been recorded over the years are versions by Frank Sinatra (1971), Van Morrison (1973), Diana Ross (1974), Ray Charles (1975), Don Henley (1994) and Tony Bennett (1998).
In this version, Oscar — who seems to just want to fit in with the neighborhood trash cans he frequents — sings, “It’s not easy bein’ green/ Having to spend each day the color of the leaves/ When I think it could be nicer being gray or rust or puce/ Or something much less colorful like that.”
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“Hold on,” Erivo interrupts, cleverly pointing out, “Now, I know a thing or two about being green … And you should like — well, no, love — being green, Oscar.”
“Really? You’re talking to a grouch here,” Oscar says in the video.The actress responds with a reminder to be proud of who you are, and then lends her gorgeous voice to the next verse, making all things green sound simply sublime: “Because green is the color of slime/ And green can be gross and moldy-like/ And green can be smelly like a stinkweed, or angry like an alligator, or sour like a pickle.”
Their voices come together as Erivo harmonizes with the green monster of Sesame Street, singing, “When green is all there is to be/ It could make you wonder why/ But why wonder, why wonder?”
“I am green and it’ll do fine/ It’s yucky, and I think it’s what I want to be,” Oscar decides.
But don’t worry. He snaps out of that sweet moment just in time to tell the movie star to “Scram!”
“Never change, Oscar,” says Erivo.
Watch their “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green” duet below. Wicked officially opens Nov. 22, with early screenings in select theaters on Nov. 20.
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Streaming has become the go-to method for watching new shows and movies, but signing up for multiple streaming services can leave you spending more rather than saving. Xfinity wants to help you cut costs without sacrificing your content options through their new add-on NOW StreamSaver.
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New and current subscribers can stack NOW StreamSaver to your Internet plan for just $30 a month and enjoy NOW TV’s live TV channels in addition to Apple TV+, Netflix (with ads) and Peacock Premium (with ads). All that’s needed is for you to sign up for Xfinity or NOW Internet and you’ll be eligible to score the streaming deal.
If you’re already a NOW TV subscriber, you can still score the expanded lineup of streaming options for only $10 extra when you add on NOW StreamSaver.
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No equipment is required to set up NOW StreamSaver either, you just need to download the required streaming apps to your TV and smart devices, then you’ll be able to watch movies and TV shows on the go.
Our Internet recommendation? NOW Internet plan is just $30 a month and comes with no contracts or hidden fees. The price you see includes taxes and added fees, resulting in total transparency and a wallet-friendly Internet plan that’ll get you surfing the web and streaming your favorite shows for less than $100 a month.
There are two speeds you can choose from depending on your needs: 100 mbps for $30 a month or 200 mbps for $45 a month. Once you sign up, you’ll receive all the WiFi equipment needed and unlimited data. Xfinity’s plans are also flexible, meaning you can pause and resume service whenever you want.
Some of the live channels you can look forward to watching through NOW TV include AMC, Sony Movies, Sundance Channel, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Food Network, HGTV, Afro and ID. You’ll even be able to watch some of the most talked about streamer originals including Netflix’s Nobody Wants This and Bridgerton, Peacock’s The Traitors and Based On a True Story and Apple TV+’s Shrinking and Palm Royale.
Looking for Spanish content? You can also add NOW TV Latino for just an extra $10 a month and enjoy more than 25 live Spanish-language channels including live sports, news and novelas. You have to be an Xfinity or NOW Internet subscriber in order to be eligible for the add-on, but you can stack it onto your Internet package by itself or with NOW StreamSaver for even more program offerings. In addition to being able to watch live Spanish-language channels, you’ll also get free Peacock Premium and 20 hours of DVR storage.