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A writer for the Oscars made a bet with one of the show’s executive producers and is now $50 richer.

Walt Disney Animation Studios has decided not to move forward with Tiana, an animated musical series offshoot of The Princess and the Frog movie set for Disney+, Deadline has confirmed.

years-long beef and Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show during the 2025 Oscars.A little over two hours into the Oscars broadcast, O’Brien, 61, joked, “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”K-Dot, 37, headlined the NFL’s halftime show and performed his Grammy-winning Drake dis track, “Not Like Us,” on the field at the Superdome in New Orleans.The song was teased from the start of Lamar’s performance, leaving fans wondering whether he would perform the song in which he accuses Drake of being a “pedophile.”“I want to play their favorite song, but you know they love to sue,” the Pulitzer Prize-winner rapped, seemingly nodding to Drake’s legal actions against their shared record label, Universal Music Group.Lamar ultimately performed the dis towards the end of his halftime show, though he removed one word from the song.Instead of spitting the line, “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles,” a lyric which also references Drake’s 2021 album “Certified Lover Boy,” Lamar omitted the word “pedophile.”But Lamar still performed two of the song’s other brutal bars: “Say, Drake, I hear you like ‘em young / You better not ever go to cell block one.”He then rapped, “Why you trollin’ like a …,” leaving out the word, “b–ch?,” before adding, “Ain’t you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”The line “A minor” definitely struck a chord with the crowd, who chanted along loudly.Aside from Lamar and Drake, O’Brien took aim at Karla Sofía Gascón, Adam Sandler and Timothée Chalamet during Sunday’s broadcast.“‘Anora’ uses the f-word 479 times,” O’Brien began one of his opening monologue jokes, referring to one of the year’s Best Picture nominees,

The Spectator editor Ben Domenech, Trump was asked if he’s a fan of Gillis — who is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend for the second time after being controversially axed from the show in 2019. “Well, he’s a very good… I mean, on our side, right?” Trump asked Domenech, who responded, “Definitely.”“I like him, and I like everybody that’s on my side.

EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL star Ricky Williams is fronting a documentary about the physical, mental and emotional toll of an American football career.

Tatiana Siegel Hot mess, indeed. Alix Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast has been dropped by Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network. Sources say SiriusXM will also no longer sell ads for the show and that the Unwell Network has renounced all rights to “Hot Mess” so that Earle can freely explore future opportunities.

Alix Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast has been dropped.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson debuted a new New Orleans-inspired entrance which featured Lil Wayne‘s ‘Tha Block Is Hot’ in his recent WWE appearance.The wrestler-turned-entertainment polymath showed up to WWE: Smackdown last Friday (February 21), which was held in New Orleans. Before he came out, his staple catchphrase rang out (“If ya smell what The Rock is cooking…”) as he replaced his iconic Jim Johnston theme with Lil Wayne’s 1999 debut single ‘Tha Block Is Hot’ while imagery of New Orleans appeared on-screen.In the post-show press conference, Johnson explained why he chose to remix the track.“I’ve always been a big fan of Lil Wayne,” he said.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Jennifer Fox, director of Sundance 2018 hit “The Tale” – “a landmark advance in the field of cinematic memoir,” said Variety– is bound for Series Mania in Lille with “Ruth’s Ghosts.” The title marks Fox’s first narrative fiction series and an early real-life grounded vision projected in a very near future of family and legal strife in the U.S. as dictatorship.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor For “Captain America: Brave New World,” director Julius Onah wanted his entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be rooted in the world of a political thriller. Films like “The Day of the Jackal,” “Le Samouraï” and even “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” were among some of his inspirations. Composer Laura Karpman, who is no stranger to the MCU, having scored “The Marvels” and “What If?,” drew from experience.

first print issue in five years.The blonde bombshell made her debut during Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans wearing a $10 million diamond-studded Playboy bunny costume.For the festivities, the 27-year-old also modeled a dress inspired by Monique St. Pierre’s Playboy June 1979 cover. St.

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Irish rights to the Steven Quale (Final Destination 5) directed sci-fi thriller Flight 298 from Capstone Global.

After nearly a decade-long hiatus, legendary artist Paul Simon is returning to the stage for a special tour. Simon, 83, plans to embark on a series of intimate concert performances — a spring and summer 2025 event he’s calling "A Quiet Celebration Tour." "The evolution of this extraordinary artist continues to unfold," the press release stated, "In which Simon chose to perform in intimate venues where the acoustics are optimal in consideration of the severe hearing loss that he incurred over the last few years." In May 2023, Simon revealed most of the hearing in his left ear was gone.

Thania Garcia AEG Presents has upped Andrew Klein, who previously held the title of senior vice president of global partnerships, to president of global partnerships. Klein has been tasked with spearheading all sales and activation business for AEG Presents’ global partnerships division, reporting to Shawn Trell, executive VP and chief operating officer. Klein has spent two decades with AEG Presents and is responsible for the sponsorship sales efforts across the company’s tours, festivals and music venues.

ended at Flushing Meadows Park in his native borough of Queens, Paul Simon is un-retiring from the road at 83.Fresh off of his opening performance of “Homeward Bound” with Sabrina Carpenter at “SNL50: The Anniversary” on Sunday, the music legend announced his “A Quiet Celebration” Tour that will bring an intimate night of music and conversation to theaters this spring and summer.Simon will perform his latest album, “Seven Psalms,” in its entirety, while also doing a selection of his classics — both solo and with Simon & Garfunkel.The tour will also feature Simon’s wife of 33 years, Edie Brickell.While recording 2023’s “Seven Psalms” — with all acoustic instruments primarily played by Simon in a continuous piece of music over seven movements — the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was suffering from hearing loss in his left ear that made the idea of extended live performances seem impossible.“It was incredibly frustrating. I was very angry at first that this had happened,” Simon told “CBS Mornings.”But after working with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss and his own production team, Simon revamped his entire stage setup to make performing viable again.And the intimate venues will provide a better setting acoustically for Simon’s hearing challenges.“I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the choices that I make to acoustic versions.

Paul Simon has announced an extensive 2025 North American tour, seven years after he retired from playing live.The legendary singer-songwriter will play a long string of dates across the continent, kicking off in New Orleans’ Saenger Theater on April 4. Runs of five shows in New York’s Beacon Theater and Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall are included in the run, which finally concludes in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on August 3.Tickets for the ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour go on sale at 10am local time on Thursday (February 20), and you will be able to get yours here.Tickets for sale on Friday at https://t.co/kdNRIh23Vr pic.twitter.com/XhJdGwky37— Paul Simon (@PaulSimonMusic) February 18, 2025Simon played what at the time was described as his final ever concert in September 2018 in Queens, New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Here comes Rhymin’ Simon — again.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic On the heels of opening the “SNL50” special Sunday night in a duet with Sabrina Carpenter, Paul Simon revealed Tuesday that he is un-retiring from live concerts, announcing his first road outing since what was billed as his farewell tour back in 2018, albeit with more “intimate” arrangements and locations than the bigger tours of old. The “Quiet Celebration Tour” will take place in mid-sized theaters and concert halls and be focused around his most recent album, the acoustically based “Seven Psalms,” although it will include other selections from his vast catalog. The tour will begin April 4 in New Orleans and end in Seattle in August.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer The Roots are bringing back the annual Roots Picnic to Philadelphia, PA with a lineup that includes D’Angelo, Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill, GloRilla, Latto and more. The event, scheduled to take place at Philly’s The Mann in Fairmount Park on May 31 and June 1, will see D’Angelo making his grand return to the stage alongside the Roots.

Philadelphia Eagles fans are passionate about their football team, but Saquon Barkley didn’t like them booing Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.

Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl performance by changing a lyric in his song “Knife Talk” at his concert in Melbourne, Australia on Monday.In footage from the show, Drake rapped, “Beef is live, spoiler alert — I never died.”But the original lyrics to the song are, “Beef is live, spoiler alert — this n – – – a dies.”“Knife Talk” came out in 2021 as part of Drake’s album “Certified Lover Boy.”The lyric change happened one day after Lamar, 37, went after Drake during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans.