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Ariana Grande accosted by prankster at Singapore premiere of ‘Wicked: For Good’

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo attend the 'Wicked: For Good' Asia-Pacific premiere in Singapore on Nov. 13, 2025. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)The same Australian prankster who crashed Katy Perry and The Weeknd concerts this past summer accosted Ariana Grande on the yellow carpet during the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good Wednesday night.Johnson Wen, known as Pyjama Man, ran at top speed towards Ariana on the carpet and threw his arm around her shoulders. Security sprang into action, while Ari's co-star, Cynthia Erivo, […]

November 13, 2025

Music

On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016: Leon Russell died at age 74

On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016 ...Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell died in his sleep at age 74.His songs, including "Superstar," "A Song for You," "Delta Lady" and "This Masquerade," were big hits for other artists, and he worked with everyone from Bob Dylan and Joe Cocker to George Harrison and The Rolling Stones.In 2010, Elton John, who called Russell a "mentor," helped revive Russell's career with their joint album, The Union, which earned a Grammy nomination […]

November 13, 2025

Entertainment

Taylor Swift smooches Travis Kelce, hangs with Ed Sheeran & Sabrina Carpenter in new docuseries trailer

The poster for Taylor Swift's docuseries 'The End of an Era.' (Disney+)In the new trailer for her Disney+ docuseries, Taylor Swift says she created the Eras Tour so she could "overserve" her fans — and in it, you can definitely see her doing the most.The six-episode series The End of an Era debuts with two episodes on Dec. 12 on Disney+ and as promised, it takes fans behind-the-scenes of the Eras Tour, which Taylor reveals she conceived two years before it […]

November 13, 2025

Music

Sting bringing reworked musical ‘The Last Ship’ back to NYC — and he’s starring in it

Sting performs at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England, October 2025 (Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)Sting's musical The Last Ship closed on Broadway in January of 2015, but now it's sailing back to New York City -- just a little further uptown.A reworked version of the Tony-nominated musical, inspired by Sting's own childhood in Wallsend, a shipbuilding town in the north of England, will play at New York's Metropolitan Opera House for nine performances. The musical, running […]

November 13, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Jason Momoa eyed for Apple TV series ‘Nomad’ and more

Jason Momoa is looking to reteam with Apple TV. Deadline reports that the actor is in talks to star in the upcoming drama series Nomad for the streaming service. Nomad is co-created by Sons of Anarchy's Kurt Sutter and Chris Collins. It tells the story of the violent underworld of New Zealand's outlaw bikers ...The late-night HBO comedy series It's Florida, Man has released the official trailer and premiere date for its second season. The upcoming season 2 will debut […]

November 13, 2025

Entertainment

Do you believe in magic? ’Now You See Me’ returns for round 3

Justice Smith as Charlie, Ariana Greenblatt as June, Dominic Sessa as Bosco, Jesse Eisenberg as Daniel Atlas, Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, and Dave Franco as Jack Wilder in 'Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.' (Katalin Vermes for Lionsgate)For its next trick, Now You See Me becomes a three-film franchise.Now You See Me: Now You Don't, in theaters Friday, continues the magician-themed heist series following the original 2013 movie and its 2016 sequel. The threequel reunites Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco […]

November 13, 2025

Music

Tom Petersson on Cheap Trick’s new album, ‘All Washed Up’: ‘We just want to do what we think sounds good’

Cover art for Cheap Trick's 'All Washed Up'/ (BMG)Cheap Trick will release their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, on Friday, and bassist Tom Petersson says their approach to making records today is the same as it was when they first started out over 50 years ago.“We just are making songs that we like, would like to hear ourselves,” he tells ABC Audio. “So it's like we're making it for ourselves and our friends, and then the rest, it’s like having […]

November 13, 2025

Music

Roberta Flack biopic and documentary in the works

Roberta Flack onstage at Madison Square Garden for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert, New York, New York, May 14, 1988. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)A new biopic on legendary R&B singer Roberta Flack is in the works.ABC Audio has confirmed that Good Morning America host Robin Roberts’ production company, Rock’n Robin Productions, has acquired the singer’s life rights for a biopic and a documentary on Flack’s life."We are thrilled to add Roberta Flack to the illustrious list of American […]

November 12, 2025

Music

‘Pure light and soul’: Paula Abdul mourns former band member & ‘Kimmel’ bandleader Cleto Escobedo III

Jimmy Kimmel and Cleto Escobedo III (Randy Holmes/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)Jimmy Kimmel isn't the only celebrity mourning bandleader and saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III. Before Cleto became the leader of Cleto and the Cletones on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he toured the world with Paula Abdul. She shared a clip on Instagram that showed her performing her hit "Forever Your Girl" onstage with Escobedo and wrote, "My heart is heavy today as we say goodbye to the incredible Cleto Escobedo III.""I first met Cleto […]

November 12, 2025