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Jason Momoa channeled his inner Roman on Saturday Night Live. While returning to the iconic sketch comedy show for his second hosting gig, the Aquaman star appeared in a hilarious sketch spoofing a TikTok trend focused on how often men think about the Roman Empire. The three-minute “Roman Song” skit opens with a man (Momoa) […]
Tate McRae brought the heat to Saturday Night Live. The Billboard cover star made her SNL musical guest debut on Nov. 18, performing her hit song “Greedy” and debuting new ballad “Grave” during the Jason Momoa-hosted episode. The 20-year-old pop star launched her two-song set with “Greedy,” which caught fire on TikTok before crossing over […]
HYBE x Geffen‘s The Debut: Dream Academy has announced the final six members of new global girl group KATSEYE. During the two-hour finale on Friday (Nov. 17) in Los Angeles, it was revealed that the sextet will consist of international members Daniela Avanzini, Lara Rajagopalan and Megan Skiendiel (United States); Yoonchae Jeong (South Korea); Sophia […]
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Ludacris is helping you get into the holiday spirit — and no, it isn’t with a new Christmas single. The “Stand Up” rapper is trading the recording studio for a film set as he’s starring in the new Disney holiday movie Dashing Through the Snow. You can officially stream the new movie exclusively on Disney+ starting Friday (Nov. 17).
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Ludacris stars as Eddie Garrick, a divorced social worker for the Atlanta Police Department who has lost his joy and spirit for the yuletide season due to a traumatic experience as a child. At the request of his ex-wife Allison (Teyonah Parris), he takes his 8-year-old daughter, Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum), for Christmas Eve. It’s when they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery) that the two are swept up in a magical adventure that may just help Garrick rediscover his holiday spirit.
Other castmembers you can expect to see include Oscar Nuñez, Zulay Henao, Kevin Connolly and Janora McDuffie.
Check below for the streaming options available.
How to Watch & Stream Dashing Through the Snow
Dashing Through the Snow is a Disney+ original, which means you’ll need a subscription to the platform in order to watch it online. Already have a membership? All you need to do is log into your account and find it under new releases, then you’ll be able to stream the movie for free.
If you aren’t subscribed to Disney+ the streaming platform offers a variety of plans starting at $7.99/month that you can customize to your needs. Click here or the button below to start your subscription.
The cheapest option is the Basic Plan for $7.99/month and provides you with the service’s ad-supported plan. You’ll have access to the entire Disney+ library including programs from Marvel, National Geographic and more and the ability to stream on multiple devices. If you’d prefer no ads, then you can get the Premium Plan for $13.99/month, which includes everything in the Basic Plan as well as the ability to download and watch content offline.
Looking for additional savings? You can save over 40% when you bundle Disney+ with Hulu and ESPN+ for $14.99/month, which will triple your content library. For live TV offerings, you can also bundle Disney+ with Hulu+ Live TV to expand your program offerings further.
Another money-saver option is to join Disney+ through Verizon. With Verizon’s MyPlan, you can get the Disney+ Bundle for $10/month, which can help save up to $4.99/month. The best part? You can toggle off perks each month and only pay for what you use.
Besides Dashing Through the Snow, you’ll have access to all of Disney+’s library of exclusive and original programs such as Peter Pan & Wendy, Muppets Mayhem, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, J-Hope in the Box, SUGA Road to D-Day, The Prouder Family: Louder & Prouder, WandaVision, The Mandalorian, Loki, The Book of Boba Fett, The Beatles Get Back, The Simpsons, Welcome to Earth and Called to the Wild.
Check below to watch the trailer for Dashing Through the Snow.
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ACC men’s basketball is in full swing, with matches taking place from now until the 71st annual ACC tournament in early March (and of course the March Madness NCAA men’s basketball tournament, for the teams lucky enough to make the cut).
Whether you’re currently in school or are an alum looking to continue supporting your college’s team, there are plenty of opportunities to watch the games live — especially if you aren’t able to travel to watch games in-person.
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Clear your schedule this weekend, as Friday (Nov. 17) will see a slew of ACC teams in the mix, Duke going up against Bucknell at 6 p.m. ET, NC State playing Charleston Southern at 7 p.m. ET, Wake Forest facing Towson at 7 p.m. ET, Pitt playing Jacksonville at 7 p.m. ET, Florida State facing in-state rival Florida at 7 p.m. ET, and North Carolina up against U.C. Riverside at 8 p.m. ET.
If that isn’t enough college basketball for you, then you can also catch the Massachusetts match-up of Boston College vs. Harvard on Saturday (Nov. 18) at 5 p.m. ET, while Sunday (Nov. 19) sees Clemson playing Boise State at 1 p.m. ET, Louisville facing Texas at 3:30 p.m. ET, and Virginia Tech versus Wottford at 5 p.m. ET.
Keep reading to learn how to take advantage of Sling TV’s affordable streaming options to watch ACC men’s college basketball.
How to Watch ACC Men’s Basketball on Sling TV
ACC men’s basketball can be viewed on the ACC Network or through ESPN channels. If you have cable, then you can view the games for no additional cost — just check with your cable provider’s channel guide to find the exact channel.
Don’t have cable? Sling TV is offering a 50% off discount for the first month, which drops the price to only $20 (regularly $40). Click here or the button below to redeem the half-off offer.
The Orange plan includes ESPN as well as 31 additional channels, so you can watch the ACC men’s basketball games and more. Plus, you’ll have access to DVR storage to watch or rewatch matches later on. The Blue plan includes 40 channels (not including ESPN) and if you want the most content offerings, then you can combine the two plans for just $27.50 (regularly $55) for the first month and get all the channels, DVR storage and the ability to stream on more than one device.
Sling TV is also flexible, meaning there’s no annual contract and you can cancel at any time as well as personalize your plan to fit your needs.
SM Entertainment, the K-pop titan that’s home to NCT 127, Red Velvet, aespa and others, is throwing its clout behind a new TV format, a collaborative venture that unlocks the Korean company’s passage into the European market.
Unveiled this week, SM Entertainment partners with the team at the newly-launched Moon&Back Media, for a “unique” talent show, for which its producers will find the next superstar boyband, and present it to TV audiences around the globe.
Filming over six months, the cameras will follow the journey of an emerging band as they depart London in early 2024 “on the adventure of a lifetime,” with the story unfolding in the U.K. and South Korea.
According to a statement, pre-production for the series has kicked off, and discussions are ongoing with major broadcasters, record labels and music publishers.
Both parties characterize the collaboration as a “first-of-its-kind” alliance between Korea and the U.K.
“This collaboration signifies our first footprint in Europe,” comments Joseph Chang, CEO of SM & Kakao Entertainment America, in a statement. “Our expansion blueprint will continue to span across North and South America, Europe, and other pivotal markets, leveraging SM Entertainment’s vast artist roster and extensive networks for unprecedented synergies ahead.”
Chang adds, ”we are thrilled to partner with power players who were critical in the creation and success of One Direction, and together we are aiming to find that next global sensation.”
Moon&Back was founded by multi-BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Hall (Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor, One Direction), broadcast leader Dawn Airey (C4, C5, ITV, Sky, Getty Images), and talent manager Russ Lindsay (Ant & Dec, Simon Cowell). Asylum Group invested in Moon&Back earlier in 2023.
“This is a global first,” notes Airey, “creating a British boy band and exposing them to the wonders and rigours of the premier K-pop process with SM Entertainment. This alchemy will create compelling television and a boy band that will entertain the world.”
SM Entertainment, which also guides the careers of SuperM and RIIZE, has ramped up activities in America with several major plays. In March, SM announced that it wanted to acquire a U.S.-based company to expand into hip-hop or R&B, and in August, a so-called “local integrated corporation” in North America formed by the amalgamation of Kakao Entertainment America and SM Entertainment USA, which would be “completed quickly within this year.”
Disney boss Bob Iger spilled some super chilly tea on Good Morning America on Thursday morning (Nov. 16), revealing that on the heels of the announcement earlier this year of a third Frozen movie, another Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff and Anna adventure could be in the works as well.
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Speaking to co-anchor Michael Strahan, mouse house CEO Iger said, “Well, I’ll give you a little surprise there, Michael. Frozen 3 is in the works and there might be a Frozen 4 in the works too.” And while Iger didn’t have a ton of information the hint of a fourth chapter in the series that already owns the second and fourth spots on the list of highest-grossing animated films of all-time.
“But I don’t have much to say about those films right now,” Iger added. “But Jenn Lee, who created Frozen, the original Frozen and Frozen II, is hard at work with her team at Disney Animation on not one, but actually two stories.”
Frozen II grossed more than $1.4 billion in 2019, while the 2013 original pulled in more than $1.3 billion, while spawning a universe of beloved characters, Halloween costumes, Disney theme park attractions, video games, a Disney on Ice show, hit soundtrack albums, a Broadway musical and this year’s Disney Frozen: Forces of Nature podcast.
After Iger revealed in a February earnings call that sequels to Frozen, Toy Story and Zootopia were in the works, in June, Tony-winning singer/actress Idina Menzel — who voices Elsa in the films — confirmed that she is definitely on board for the third chapter in the Frozen story. At the time, though, she told Billboard that she was in the dark about what it would look, or sound, like.
“I don’t know a lot,” she said at the time. “To be completely honest, they teased it to us, and I have no idea. They don’t show you a script. They don’t show you anything. All I know is, yeah we are gonna make one, and that’s it. So, I’m like, ‘Cool! I will be able to pay my bills.’”
Even just a few months ago, fans would’ve assumed they were being trolled if news broke that *NSYNC was back together again on a red carpet. But in November of 2023, it’s true: The boy band reunited at the premiere of new animated film Trolls Band Together, to which the five guys contributed their first song in two decades, “Better Place.”
Justin Timberlake, a Trolls franchise veteran whose soundtrack hit “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016, was joined by his bandmates Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Wednesday night (Nov. 15). Looking sharp in an assortment of blazer jackets, they squeezed in for full-band pictures on the event’s purple carpet, where Trolls stars Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Eric André, Ron Funches, Camila Cabello and Zooey Deschanel also struck poses.
The event marks the first public outing Timberlake – who is reprising his role as Branch in the latest Trolls film — has made since the release of Britney Spears’ bestselling tell-all memoir, The Woman in Me, which contained numerous details about the two stars’ relationship, which lasted from 1999 to 2002. In the book, Spears wrote that she had an abortion during their time together, as well as how she felt “clinically in shock” following their split, which she said was initiated by the “SexyBack” singer over text message due to his desire to use her as “ammunition” for his album Justified.
Timberlake, Bass, Chasez, Kirkpatrick and Fatone have been stoking the fires of their reunion since September, when they shocked fans by reuniting at the VMAs and presented Taylor Swift with the award for best pop. Even the “Anti-Hero” singer couldn’t help but wonder what was coming next for the “Bye Bye Bye” singers, using her acceptance speech to ask, “Are you doing something? What’s going to happen now?”
Later that month, the band dropped “Better Place,” which debuted at No. 25 on the Hot 100. Aside from a string of press appearances, including Sean Evans’ Hot Ones series, the guys haven’t done much else – largely because of the Hollywood strike, which prohibited them from promoting new projects, as Bass explained in a recent interview. (The actors strike ended Nov. 8.)
The good news is, Bass thinks “Better Place” is only the beginning for *NSYNC’s new chapter. “I don’t see this as our last thing,” he told Entertianment Weekly. “Because of this strike, I feel like we owe it to the fans again to rectify this and do something else.”
Trolls Band Together hits theaters Friday (Nov. 17).
Grammy-winner Jack Antonoff will produce the soundtrack to the upcoming Apple TV+ series The New Look, which will feature covers of early and mid-20th century songs by his band, Bleachers, as well as Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, The 1975‘s Matty Healy, Beabadoobee, Nick Cave, Perfume Genius and others.
Apple announced the project on Wednesday (Nov. 15), revealing that Antonoff will oversee the “immersive and contemporary” soundtrack for the 10-episode series inspired by true events. The historical drama stars Emmy-winner Ben Mendelsohn as designer Christian Dior and Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche as Dior’s Nazi-era rival designer, Coco Chanel.
Filmed in Paris, the series centers on Dior and Chanel and their contemporaries “as they navigated the horrors of World War II and launched modern fashion.” The show will also feature Maisie Williams, John Malkovich and Emily Mortimer.
A description reads, “Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, The New Look focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy. The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from Chanel to Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga and more; and, provides a stunning view into the atelier, designs and clothing created by Christian Dior through collaboration with the House of Dior.”
The series will debut with the first three episodes on Feb. 14 on Apple TV+, followed by a new episode every Wednesday through April 3.
At press time the track list for the Antonoff-produced soundtrack had not yet been released. Antonoff produced the all-star soundtrack to the 2022 film Minions: Rise of Gru, which featured an eclectic mix of 1960s and 1970s covers by St. Vincent, H.E.R., Bleachers, Phoebe Bridgers, Brittany Howard with Verdine White, Caroline Polachek, Tierra Whack, Gary Clark Jr., Weyes Blood, BROCKHAMPTON, Kali Uchis and Thundercat, among others.
The Masked Singer was balling on Wednesday night (Nov. 15), when one of the NBA’s most recognizable athleted of the 2000s was unmasked.
The celebrities got their helmets and sang their heart for Trolls night, a pop night. Cuddle Monster performed “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” by New Kids on the Block, Anteater hit “I Want It That Way” by Backstreet Boys and Donut sang “I Do (Cherish You) by 98 Degrees.
Donut had it licked as Cuddle Monster and Anteater accumulated the least number of votes, and entered the smackdown with a performance of Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.”
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For Cuddle Monster, an early retirement.
Under the fluffy mask was Metta World Peace, the controversial former NBA star who is remembered as much for his role in the infamous “Malice at the Palace” brawl in 2004 (when he was known by his birthname, Ron Artest), as he is for a superb pro career, during which he won an NBA championship with the Los Angles Lakers (in 2010), and earned a string of league honors, including All-NBA, All Star and defensive player of the year.
“It was an amazing experience,” he told host Nick Cannon. “I love the character and the chakra, I was asking to make I more zenful. We’re from the hood. But you know, we like a zen too.”
Under the costume, “I was trying to make it fun,” he added. “I can’t wait for my grandbaby to see this.”
The former NBA star isn’t afraid of holding a mic. He’s released a string of hip-hop records, both as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest.
Metta World Peace departs the 10th season of Fox’s wacky singing competition, joining the likes of Luann De Lesseps as Hibiscus departs the competition, joining the likes of Posey as Hawk, Billie Jean King as Royal Hen, Michael Rapaport as Pickle, Tom Sandoval as Diver, Anthony Anderson as Rubber Ducky and Demi Lovato as Anonymouse as this season’s unmasked celebrities.
Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy return as judges for the latest season, which airs Wednesdays on Fox at 8 p.m.
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