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“Kelly Clarkson Show” Monday, the journalist was probed on her future career plans after she says goodbye to the beloved morning show later this week.“I have to say though, ma’am, as soon as they told me you were not doing The Today Show, I was like, ‘So what’s that b–h doing?’ ” Clarkson, 42, quipped. “I was like, ‘Because there’s no way you’re not doing anything.’ You’re me, you like problems, you like working.”“I like things, I do,” Kotb, 60, said. “So, I kind of got hooked in the wellness space, like a couple of years ago.

accused UnitedHealthcare assassin Luigi Mangione during a segment over the weekend, visibly shocking even cast member Colin Jost.Mangione, 26, has attracted a following of unhinged fangirls since his Dec. 9 arrest, hundreds of whom have been writing him letters and making deposits into his jailhouse commissary account, correction officials have said.During Saturday’s “Weekend Update” segment, Jost namedropped Mangione as he went into his wind-up for a joke, which instantly prompted raucous cheers from what sounded like mostly women.Jost seemed to be surprised by the response, glancing offstage and awkwardly smiling while sarcastically quipping to the audience, “Yeah, definitely ‘woo,’ ” and rhetorically asking, “You’re ‘wooing’ for justice, right?”Mangione was hit with new federal charges in New York last week — including first-degree murder — for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan Hilton on Dec.

actress Charlotte Kirk — the same woman he allegedly made hush money payments to that led to his sex scandal firing several years back, a new report says. The manager, Liz Fuller, allegedly had a brief affair with the Hollywood honcho back in 2019 — roughly five years before she started repping Kirk in the last month or so, The Hollywood Reporter reported. News of the manager’s sexual encounter with the now-80-year-old exec emerged after Fuller — who is a former Miss Great Britain — had revealed on social media just last month that she had just started working with Kirk, according to the outlet.

told People he died Wednesday, Dec. 4. While an exact cause of death hasn’t been reported yet, sources told TMZ that the comedian had health issues.

another post.The Post has reached out to NBC and reps for the Backstreet Boys for comment.Flavor Flav, whose real name is William Drayton Jr., said that the band spoke up for him to security, but he was later seen watching the towering 74-foot Norway Spruce light up the Manhattan sky from the crowd.“Christmas in the city, ain’t nothing like the Rockefeller tree lighting,” he said.Thousands of visitors from all over the country and overseas stood in line for hours in hopes of getting a glimpse of the famous tree.As the tree lights were turned on at 10 p.m., a choir sang “Joy to the World.”Clarkson sang her hit festive tune “Underneath the Tree,” while the Backstreet Boys gave their rendition of the Nat King Cole Trio’s “The Christmas Song,” as well as “Last Christmas” by Wham!Among the performers, Jennifer Hudson sang a jazz rendition of “Winter Wonderland” from the rooftop of Radio City Music Hall. Grammy-winner Coco Jones also took to the stage, as well as Thalia and Raye.

93rd year of the tradition. More than 50,000 multicolor LED lights will gleam from the impressively tall tree, per NBC. It’s topped by a Swarovski star designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, which was first used in 2018.Here’s everything to know about the event of the season.

said in September that she’s leaving the show, interjected: “If you don’t fit, they want you to wear something a certain way, cut your hair a certain way, speak a certain way.”She continued, “I know when you came to the network, too, it’s like, ‘Welcome in, but you have to change.’ ”Kotb has been a “Today” host since 2007 and will be replaced by Craig Melvin as Savannah Guthrie’s news co-anchor in January. Bush Hager will continue hosting “Today With Jenna & Friends” with rotating guest hosts, until a permanent co-host is selected.

the downpour and overcast skies, prompting jokes from NBC viewers.“Rain or shine, you have to get out there,” the “Tonight Show” host said on “Today” at the parade, per USA Today, saying that “everyone is still out here cheering” despite the drizzle. “It is the best holiday.”But it was precisely the weather — and the late-night show host’s choice of accessories — that perplexed viewers.“Sunglasses in the rain is the most Jimmy Fallon that Jimmy can Fallon,” one person wrote on X, per the Daily Mail.“Jimmy Fallon rocking sunglasses at the Macy’s Parade — in the rain — felt like comedy gold,” another user wrote.

wicked and give it away. In the movie, Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, 56, portray members of a theater troupe in the Emerald City that performs “One Short Day,” which tells the tale of the Wizard’s mythical arrival to Oz.

be a better show to marathon on Thanksgiving than “Friends?” “Friends” is a classic show to watch on turkey day, since each season had an episode devoted to the holiday. It doesn’t hurt that it’s a crowd-pleasing watch for the whole family, too. Last year, the viewing experience was especially poignant, since Matthew Perry, who played Chandler, died at age 54 on Oct.

Us Weekly reports that he’ll make about $5 million to $6 million in his new role. He allegedly makes $3 million per year now. Melvin became an anchor on “Today” in August 2018.

their past drama. However, the stars proved they put their alleged beef behind them. They even held hands during the final moments of the episode.

covered for Jenna Bush Hager on the “Today” show Monday in a possible tryout for Hoda Kotb’s gig.Jarrett, 40, joined Kotb for the fourth hour of the NBC program as Bush Hager stayed home.“Jenna is a little under the weather. All of her kids got sick,” Kotb, 60, explained at the top of the episode. “You cannot escape the germs.

“Law & Order,” is entering his third season on the show, as Season 24 premieres Thurs. Oct 3 at 8 p.m. on NBC.Brooks joined the cast in Season 22, when the show returned from its 12-year hiatus.

Kathie Lee Gifford is no fan of religion, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a powerful relationship with Jesus.“I can’t stand religion,” Gifford told Fox News Digital. “Religion puts people in chains. And Jesus comes to set us free.“What do you want? You want to go someplace and sit in the same pew week after week after week and hear the same stuff that doesn’t change your life at all.

Jill Martin is opening up about navigating life a year after beating breast cancer. “I hold two emotions that don’t normally go together simultaneously,” the 48-year-old told Us Weekly on Tuesday at the “Today” show taping. “I’m so grateful to be cancer-free, but on the other hand, I just came out of a year of fog and people look at me and they think I look like myself.

pop-up costume store. “We are great at raising things back from the dead,” the store wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, alongside a photo of a fake “SNL” costume.The costume was labeled “Irrelevant 50-year-old TV show.” The packaging said it included “dated references, unknown cast members and shrinking ratings.”“SNL” has yet to respond to Spirit Halloween’s clapback. During the Season 50 premiere that aired Saturday (Sept.

Season 50 premiere over the weekend.The 26-year-old breakout pop star’s fans are upset over a sketch starring Bowen Yang that was inspired by Roan struggling with fame.During “Weekend Update,” Yang, 33, appeared as Moo Deng, the baby hippo who went viral this month, and referenced Roan’s pleas to set boundaries with fans.“For the past ten weeks, I have been going nonstop,” said Yang while dressed in a hippo costume. “The response has been overwhelming, but it has come to the point where I need to set some boundaries.”“Reminder, women owe you nothing,” he went on.

“Saturday Night Live” had plenty of material to report about during its Season 50 premiere — thanks to its own network.Colin Jost addressed Hoda Kotb’s decision to leave the “Today” show during his Weekend Update segment alongside Michael Che on Sept. 28.The journalist, 60, announced the news days prior, noting although she is leaving the show after 26 years she will stay in the NBC family in an unspecified role.

“Days of Our Lives” star Drake Hogestyn, who has played John Black on the soap opera for nearly 40 years, has died. The actor passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday at age 70 — one day before his 71st birthday.The official Instagram account for the iconic show shared the news of his death.“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn,” the statement read.

new Netflix documentary “Will & Harper.”The film, which follows Ferrell and former “Saturday Night Live” head writer Harper Steele on a cross-country road trip, sees the longtime pals reminiscing about their first week at the job.Steele, who started on the show the same week as Ferrell, admitted she also heard that cast members didn’t think the comedian was particularly impressive. “That first week we went downstairs to lunch and there was just something about the two of us where we were kind of on the same wavelength in a lot of different ways,” Steele stated.