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Don’t go chasing waterfalls, they say, but what if your new man once starred in Jumping Ship? That’s right, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Matthew Lawrence are officially a couple, the TLC singer’s rep confirmed on Tuesday (Jan. 3).
The two stars were first photographed together vacationing in Hawaii last summer, but reportedly didn’t get together romantically until just before the holiday season.
“I’ve been with Chilli since 2005 and I’ve never seen her this in love,” Christal Jordan, the singer’s publicist, tells Billboard. “She is glowing. They are really cute together.”
Chilli and the middle Lawrence brother — whose divorce from ex-wife Cheryl Burke was finalized last September — even spent both Thanksgiving and Christmas together according to Jordan, and the actor met the “Unpretty” singer’s family in Atlanta.
On New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31), Chilli and Lawrence fueled speculation about their romance by posting a sweet Instagram video together lip-syncing a-ha‘s 1985 classic “Take On Me,” complete with matching onesies and a filter recreating the look of the song’s animated music video. “#newyearsshenanigans #onesiegang #wecute,” the duo captioned the video. The ’90s heartthrob’s former Boy Meets World co-star Danielle Fishel commented, “This makes me very happy!!” with two red heart emojis.
In October, Kim Kardashian’s daughter North West paid adorable tribute to Chilli with a spot-on Halloween costume and lip sync performance with two of her gal pals to “No Scrubs.” Kardashian also got in on the fun by dancing with her oldest child to “Waterfalls.”
Check out Chilli and Lawrence’s New Year’s Eve pajama party for two below.
With numerous chart-topping Country Airplay songs under his belt as an artist and songwriter, HARDY has proven his acumen at using a guitar to craft hits — but it turns out he’s also adept at wielding a guitar in a fight, too.
WWE’s Monday Night RAW on Jan. 2 was held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and HARDY was there as a special guest, as the Music City Street Fight featured a brawl between wrestler-musician Elias and Solo Sikoa. During the fight, HARDY worked his way up from the audience and into the ring in an attempt to aid Elias, who is known for using musical instruments during his fights. HARDY grabbed an acoustic guitar from the edge of the ring and smashed the instrument across Sikoa’s back.
Anger flashed across Sikoa’s face as he turned toward HARDY. The announcers advised the singer-songwriter to exit the ring, saying, “Run as fast as your little legs will take you. Go to Memphis! Maybe try Texas. You’re not safe here.” HARDY quickly (and safely) exited the ring.
The WWE tweeted a video of the incident, sharing, “HARDY gets in on the action at #WWERaw! @HardyMusic just blasted @WWESoloSikoa with a guitar and, well…take a look!”
HARDY later said during a WWE interview, “It had to be done. Elias, I have a soft spot for musicians. My fellow musician needed some help up there and I felt the need to take it into my own hands.”
HARDY, the 2022 ACM songwriter of the year, is set to release his upcoming album, The Mockingbird and the Crow, on Jan. 20. The album will feature 17 songs traversing country and rock, and will include duets with Lainey Wilson (their current collaboration “Wait in the Truck”), as well as collaborations with Morgan Wallen and A Day to Remember’s Jeremy McKinnon.
Check out the full video of HARDY’s WWE moment above.
Avatar: The Way of Water will ring in 2023 in style.
James Cameron’s tentpole is expected to finish the long New Year’s weekend with an estimated $440 million-plus domestically, well ahead of the first Avatar, which came out of the year-end holidays with $352 million on its way to earning north of $750 million domestically (that includes rereleases). The 2009 film still ranks as the top-grossing movie of all time globally with $2.92 billion in ticket sales.
Avatar: The Way of Water will cross $1.4 billion in worldwide ticket sales sometime on Monday after sprinting past the $1.37 billion mark on Sunday (Imax accounts for a huge $152.2 million, the fourth-best showing of all time.) That puts it among the 15 biggest films of all time.
Overseas, the sequel grossed a sizeable $186.7 million for the three-day weekend for a foreign tally of $956.9 million. That includes $152.8 million from China, where the movie has gained strength, $95.1 million from France, $74.9 million from South Korea, $67.2 million from Germany and $54.2 million from the U.K.
In North America, The Way of Water is on course to gross $82.4 million for the four-day holiday weekend. The 20th Century and Disney film is doing far more business than any other year-end release in what’s been a bummer for other Hollywood studios.
This puts overall domestic revenue for 2022 at roughly $7.4 billion, 68 percent ahead of 2021 but 38 percent down from 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Comscore.
The next closest New Year’s performer is DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which is looking at a four-day gross of $22.2 million for a muted domestic tally of $65.6 million or more. At the foreign box office, the family pic earned another $22.5 million for an international tally of $68.8 million and $134.9 million globally.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has remained a major force and will come in at No. 3 over the long New Year’s weekend with an estimated $6.5 million. That will push the Marvel pic’s global cume to nearly $820 million.
Whitney: Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody is expected to follow with a muted $5.4 million for the extended weekend. The biopic, alongside Babylon, opened Dec. 23, two days after Puss in Boots 2 launched (Avatar 2 began its run on Dec. 16).
TriStar’s I Wanna Dance with Somebody, which cost $45 million to make before marketing, should finish Monday with a tepid domestic total of $16 million. The movie is faring better overseas, grossing $8.3 million from 44 markets for a foreign tally of $13.1 million and $29.1 million globally.
From Paramount, Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is an even bigger disappointment, having cost $78 million to produce before marketing. The movie, which will no doubt lose tens of millions, is looking at a four-day gross of just $3.6 million for a domestic total of $11 million through Monday (it isn’t launching overseas until January).
There are no new wide releases over New Year’s weekend.
At the specialty box office, Tom Hanks-starred A Man Called Otto is opening in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The Sony movie should post a pleasing location average of $18,750 for the holiday weekend.
Among other specialty releases, The Whale expanded into more than 600 theaters. The movie should place No. 7 this weekend with an estimated $1.8 million for a domestic total of $6.2 million through Monday.
MGM and UAR’s Women Talking, opening over Christmas in eight locations, grossed an estimated $53,000 this weekend for a location average of $6,625.
This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.
Courtney Love was almost Fight Club‘s Marla Singer before the role eventually went to Helena Bonham Carter, but the “Hole” frontwoman revealed that a tense conversation with the 1999 film’s star Brad Pitt led to her losing the role.
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While joining Marc Maron for an interview on his WTF podcast, Love claimed that she “went nuclear” on Pitt after the actor director Gus Van Sant pitched a Kurt Cobain movie to her. “I wouldn’t let Brad play Kurt,” she said. “I went nuclear. I don’t do Faust. Who the f— do you think are?”
She added that she told Pitt, “I don’t know if I trust you and I don’t know that your movies are for profit. They’re really good social justice movies, but… if you don’t get me, you kind of don’t get Kurt, and I don’t feel like you do, Brad.”
Love, who married the Nirvana frontman in 1992 and was with him until his death at age 27 in 1994, revealed that after that conversation, she was fired from Fight Club. Pitt’s co-star Edward Norton, who was Love’s romantic partner at the time, was the one who told her the news. “He starts sobbing,” Love recalled. “And he was like, ‘I don’t have the power!’”
Van Sant went on to helm the Michael Pitt-starring Last Days, which was inspired by Cobain — but Love said the film wasn’t the one that was discussed in the fateful meeting.
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The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honorswill air on Wednesday (Dec. 28) at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
The list of esteemed honorees include Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, U2, George Clooney and Tania León, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor and educator.
The 2022 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4. Read on for on ways to watch and stream for free.
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How to Watch the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors for Free
This year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will premiere Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, and will stream for Paramount+ Premium subscribers. If you don’t already have access to CBS, you can stream live channels with a free trial from Fubo, Direct TV Stream and other platforms that offer live TV.
Paramount+ Premium is $9.99 a month after a free trial for the first week. The subscription gets you commercial-free access to the streaming library and local CBS stations.
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Paramount+ has an Essential plan for $4.99/month and annual plans starting at just $24.99/month (regular $49.99/month) for a limited time only. There’s also a Showtime bundle for $11.99/month or $59.99/year under the current 50% off promo, and if you’re a student, you might be eligible to receive a 25% discount (Paramount+ is also available on Prime Video).
From movies and acclaimed original series to live sports, music and more, Paramount+ gives you plenty of bang for your buck. The lineup of exclusives streaming at no additional charge includes The Game, 1923, Tulsa King, Ink Master, Mayor of Kingstown, Seal Team, Star Trek: Prodigy Star Trek: Picard, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, iCarly and Top Gun: Maverick.
Music lovers will find tons of fascinating specials and documentaries, including Behind the Music, Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!, Liam Gallagher: Nebworth 22, From Cradle to Stage, Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert and the 65th annual Grammy Awards airing on Feb. 6, 2023.
Watch the video below to see highlights from the 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors.
Turns out Survivor contestants don’t necessarily have to outwit, outplay or outlast in order to win a big cash prize. That’s because Sia has once again given away huge spoils of her own to her favorite season 43 contestants.
In a video shared by Entertainment Weekly on Friday (Dec. 23), the pop star doled out $200,000 to three players who fell short of the CBS competition’s $1 million grand prize when the Sole Survivor was announced on Dec. 14.
“Hi, Jesse! It’s your biggest fan, Sia!” she begins during a video chat with Jesse Lopez, who finished in fourth place. “I really think that you deserved to win, and I think you just played the most epic, sneaky, wonderful game in the whole world. … So I wanted to give you $100,000.”
“Oh my god!” a shocked Lopez exclaimed.
The pop star then went on to share how much she was impressed by the love he has for his family, and how he has changed his life despite his difficult childhood. Sia added that she hoped Survivor would ask him back for another season. “I’ll try and boss Jeff into it,” she said of potentially pulling some strings with the show’s longtime host, Jeff Probst.
Owen Knight, who finished in third place, was another player who earned the Sia Award. “I just wanted to tell you that I really see you, and I really loved your personality and how beautiful and kind and, like, I’m used to being a bit of the underdog and a little bit of the outsider,” she told him. “I knew that I wanted to make sure that I gave you something just to lift your spirits, even, so I decided that I want to give you $50,000 just to say ‘I love you and keep going.’”
Sia then shared why his gameplay touched her so deeply. “You spoke for all the underdogs, and that meant a lot to me because I don’t say much publicly,” she explained to Knight. “So when other people say what I feel or mean, that makes me feel proud and that makes me feel seen as well.”
The third lucky contestant was Ryan Medrano, who also received $50,000. “You’re a totally beautiful, beautiful person,” she told Medrano, who was the 10th person voted out and the third member of the jury. “I love you! I was so bummed you were let go so soon! … You’re a beautiful person. Your vibe is awesome.”
Probst told EW that there are two reasons why Sia is so generous when it comes to the contestants. “She gets a lot of joy from watching Survivor players take on such a personal and often vulnerable life adventure,” he shared. “And she has been incredibly fortunate in her own career and wants to share some of that fortune with others.”
Earlier this year, the Survivor superfan also gave another of her favorite contestants a big cash prize. Drea Wheeler, who finished in seventh place on season 42, received $100,000 from the star. The nine-time Grammy nominee has also given three players from 2019’s Survivor: Island of the Idols a total of $215,000.
Watch the video of Sia surprising her favorite Survivor players of the season with big cash prizes:
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Top Gun: Maverick has landed on Paramount+.
The blockbuster film, which has raked in more than $1 billion worldwide and re-released in theaters earlier this month, arrived on the streaming platform on Thursday (Dec. 22) in time for the holiday weekend.
Tom Cruise reprises his role as naval aviator, Pete Maverick, and suits up to train a new fleet of Top Gun graduates in the sequel directed by Joseph Kosinski. Val Kilmer also reprises his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky from the original film.
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Miles Teller, John Hamm, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez and Ed Harris are also among the cast.
Top Gun: Maverick was initially released on VOD on Aug. 23, and it only took a week to become the best-selling digital movie release in history. The action drama made $126.7 million at the box office opening weekend and $7.9 million over a relatively slow Labor Day holiday weekend, in addition to soaring to No. 1 on the list of digital movie releases.
In the past, Paramount movies have hit Paramount+ 45 days after their theater release. However, Top Gun: Maverick took a little longer to touch down. Keep reading for details on how to stream Top Gun: Maverick for free on Paramount+.
How to Stream Top Gun: Maverick on Paramount+
Starting Thursday, Paramount+ members can stream Top Gun: Maverick on the platform at no extra cost. If you’re not subscribed, Paramount+ offers a free trial for the first week.
After the free trial ends, the monthly subscription is $4.99 for the basic package and $9.99 to stream without ads. Choose the annual plan and save 50%, but you don’t have much time left, the holiday offer ends on Jan. 2, 2023.
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Top Gun: Maverick VOD: How to Stream on Prime Video
Top Gun: Maverick is available on Prime Video as a VOD release, but it’s also streaming free when you subscribe to Paramount+. To stream, add Paramount+ as a channel (free trial included).
If you’d rather pay out of pocket, purchase a digital copy of Top Gun: Maverick for $9.99 on Prime Video ($3.99 to rent). The film is also available on VUDU, Apple TV, YouTube and Google Play.
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For those want to snag a physical copy, Top Gun: Maverick Blu-rays and DVDs is on sale for $24.96 at Amazon (free shipping for Prime members and it’ll arrive before Christmas if you order today).
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Packed with more than 80 minutes of bonus features, including behind-the-scenes footage, the Blu-ray and DVD release will give fans a front-row seat into the making of one of the biggest movies of all time. (Top Gun: Maverick has already surpassed Black Panther to become the fifth highest-grossing film domestically.)
Bonus features include Breaking New Ground – Filming Top Gun: Maverick, featuring behind-the-scenes content with the cast and crew; Cleared For Takeoff, which shows the cast preparing for filming in a fighter plane, and A Love Letter to Aviation, where Cruise shares his passion for aviation while piloting his very own plane — a vintage World War II P-51 Mustang. An extended version of James Corden’s “Top Gun Training With Tom Cruise” is featured among the bonus content, along with Lady Gaga’s music video for “Hold My Hand,” the lead single on the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.
Pre-order Top Gun: Maverick Blu-ray + digital and the 2-movie 4K HD collector’s edition ($39.96) at Amazon and enjoy fast and free shipping for Prime members. The film is also available at Walmart, Best Buy, Target and Zaavi.com. The Blu-ray includes a digital copy and retails for $25, the DVD is $19.99, the 4K UHD Blu-ray is $29.99 and the Top Gun: Maverick Limited Edition Steelbook Blu-ray is available at Walmart and Amazon.
Top Gun: Maverick is produced by Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison.
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“Just like old times, only better.” Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Melissa De Sousa, Terrence Howard and Harold Perrineau reunite in The Best Man: The Final Chapters.
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The limited series, based on the film franchise written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee, will premiere on Peacock on Thursday (Dec. 22).
Fans of The Best Man will get a chance to catch up with the lives of Harper (Diggs), Robyn (Lathan), Jordan (Long), Lance (Chestnut), Quentin (Howard), Shelby (De Sousa), Candace (Hall) and “Murch” (Perrineau) in the spinoff series developed, written and executive produced by Lee and Dayna Lynn North.
Although one familiar face will be missing from the show (Monica Calhoun’s character died from cancer in the 2013 sequel), the series will introduce new characters played by Yvonna Pearson, Sinorice Moss, Aaron Serotsky, Nicole Ari Parker, Terrence Terrell, Michael Genet, Tobias Truvillion, Eric Scott Ways, Ron Canada and Brandon Victor Dixon.
Lee, Charles Stone III, Robert Townsend and Stacey Muhammad directed episodes of The Best Man: The Final Chapters.
How to Watch The Best Man: The Final Chapters for Free
All eight episodes of The Best Man: The Final Chapters will drop on Peacock on Thursday. The show will stream at no extra cost to subscribers.
Not subscribed? Peacock starts at $4.99/month for the ad-supported plan and $9.99/month to stream without commercials. Peacock also provides free episodes and eligible Xfinity, Cox and Spectrum customers can get a free subscription to the platform.
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Stream Peacock Originals such as A Friend of the Family, Irreverent, Vampire Academy, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, The Resort, LoveIsland USA, Bel-Air, Dr. Death, Saved by the Bell, Rutherford Falls and Days of Our Lives, plus old and new seasons of Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise, previous seasons of Yellowstone, and current NBC and Telemundo shows the day after the air.
Watch the trailer for The Best Man: The Final Chapters below.
Allison Holker Boss, the wife of the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss, is mourning her husband in her first public post on social media since announcing his death a week ago.
“My ONE and ONLY,” she wrote in a heartbreaking note on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 21). “Oh how my heart aches. We miss you so much.”
Holker Boss shared a sweet selfie of the couple, who were married in 2013.
Ellen DeGeneres — who worked with tWitch on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show — was among the many friends to comment on Holker’s post, writing, “There is so much love coming to you. I hope you can feel it.”
Boss — a DJ, dancer and television host — died by suicide at age 40. His wife was the first to share the news of his death through a statement to People. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” she said on Dec. 14. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”
“To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt,” she added. “I am certain there won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t honor his memory. We ask for privacy during this difficult time for myself and especially for our three children. Stephen, we love you, we miss you, and I will always save the last dance for you.”
See her latest post in memory of her husband below.
Ah, Kellyoke — the daily Kelly Clarkson Show music segment that answers a completely rhetorical question asked repeatedly by her fans for years: “Is there anything Kelly Clarkson can’t sing?”
And so far, the answer is a resounding no. From pop to rock to country to oldies, the Grammy winner proves with each new song cover that she can do it all — with the help, of course, from her in-house backup band, Y’all. That goes especially for her lineup of 2022 performances, spanning the second half of her Daytime Emmy-winning talk show’s third season, which wrapped in June, and the first half of its fourth, which premiered in September.
In fact, the O.G. American Idol champion’s daily mini-performances have become so popular since The Kelly Clarkson Show first began in 2019, she released an EP featuring recordings of six Kellyoke-ified songs over the summer. Her standout cover of Whitney Houston’s “Queen of the Night” (which definitely earned a spot on this list) was one of them, along with Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” The Weeknd’s “Call Out My Name” and more.
Also this year, Clarkson’s Kellyoke tradition became even more special when she embarked on a tour through major U.S. cities in search of a new duet partner, giving fans the chance to show their stuff by singing their own versions of her 2004 hit “Since U Been Gone.” After the #KellyokeSearch concluded in September, she invited the five winners onstage with her for a glorious group performance of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends.”
Keep reading for Billboard‘s favorite Kellyoke performances this year, in chronological order.
