‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026’ (Dick Clark Productions)
Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora are getting some company this New Year’s Eve.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 has added Julianne Hough and Chance the Rapper as cohosts. Hough will join NFL legend Rob Gronkowski to cohost the festivities in Las Vegas, while Chance will ring in the New Year in his hometown of Chicago.
Seacrest and Ora will hold things down in Times Square, New York City.
Details for the Puerto Rico portion of the broadcast will be announced soon.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo attend the ‘Wicked: For Good’ Asia-Pacific Premiere at Universal Studio Singapore on November 13, 2025 in Singapore. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)
The red carpet attendee who accosted Ariana Grande at the Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore has been deported to Australia, according to Singapore state media.
Johnson Wen was deported to Australia on Sunday and has been barred from re-entering Singapore, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority announced.
After pleading guilty to public nuisance charges last week, the 26-year-old was sentenced to nine days in jail.
According to Singapore-based state-owned media outlet CNA, during the sentencing, District Judge Christopher Goh called Wen “attention-seeking” and said he “showed a pattern of behaviour, which suggests that you will do it again,” pointing to his history of recording himself disrupting high-profile events.
“And it does not appear that you had faced any sort of consequences for your past acts, and perhaps you thought that the same will occur here, that is to say, you would have suffered no consequences for the same acts here,” the judge said, according to CNA. “Mr. Wen, you are wrong. You should be mindful that there are always consequences for one’s actions.”
Wen had faced up to three months in jail and a fine of about $1,500.
Wen accosted Grande at the film’s premiere at Universal Studios Singapore in Resorts World Sentosa on Nov. 13.
According to footage of the incident, as Grande walked down the yellow carpet greeting fans, the attendee appeared to jump over a barrier and run up to her before wrapping an arm around the actress, who appeared shocked by the interaction. Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo physically placed herself between Wen and Grande, before security dragged him away.
LaLa Anthony is set to host the first-ever TikTok Awards on Dec. 18. The first wave of presenters has also been announced and includes Paris Hilton, Bethenny Frankel, Trixie Mattel and Jordan Chiles. You can cast your vote for the winners now through Dec. 2 …
Jenna Lyons is leaving The Real Housewives of New York City after two seasons. The fashion designer confirmed the news on Instagram, writing, “The rumors are true. I was grateful to be asked to join season 16 of RHONY ‘as a friend of’- knowing my personal life was not really available to be filmed, we agreed that made sense. And after thinking it through I have made the difficult decision not [to] return to the show.” …
Zootopia 2, KPop Demon Hunters, Dog Man and Elio are among the films eligible for Oscars consideration in the animated feature film category this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday. The Academy also revealed the list of eligible films in the documentary feature film and international feature film categories …
After three seasons of watching Will Smith search for identity and belonging in Bel-Air, Jabari Banks says his character finally feels at home in the show’s final season.
“I think he has reached the point now where he definitely feels like he belongs in Bel Air and having to leave is the hardest part,” he tells ABC Audio. “Finding a place where you’re like, ‘OK, I finally fit in. I finally think I got a hang of this thing’ and then everything changes again.”
Jabari says it’s a storyline fans can relate to.
“I think so many people can resonate with that in life in general. … As soon as you get comfortable, life throws something at you where you are like, it’s another thing,” he says, noting Will leans on his loved ones to get through the ebbs and flows of life.
“I think he’s at the point now in his life where he’s accepting that there’s always going to be something,” Jabari says. “And so as long as he has his family with him, I think he can get through anything.”
One of Will’s family members is cousin Carlton Banks, played by Olly Sholotan. Ollysays season 4 completes his character’s story, one that’s seen fans go from hating to loving Carlton.
“I think the thingI’m the most proud of is the fact that I was able to introduce audiences to a version of Carlton that quite frankly they did not like. … He was selfish. He had sacrificed so much of himself to fit in that he just rubbed everyone the wrong way,” Olly says. “It’s been a really incredible thing to see how audiences have come along with him. … And now they’re rooting for him.”
He teases there’s a “really big plot point in [Carlton’s] evolution” in the show’s final season.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked: For Good.’ (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)
Wicked: For Good did good business at the box office this weekend, opening with $150 million.
The second act of 2024’s Wicked broke the previous film’s record for biggest debut of a Broadway adaptation of all time, according to Variety. Wicked brought in $112.5 million in its debut weekend last year.
The film, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is also this year’s second-biggest opening behind A Minecraft Movie, which debuted with $162 million back in April.
The week’s two other new releases, the Brendan Fraser-starring Rental Family and the action thriller Sisu: Road to Revenge, opened at numbers five and six, respectively. Rental Family had a $3.3 million haul, while Sisu took in $2.6 million
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Wicked: For Good – $150 million 2. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – $9.1 million 3. Predator: Badlands – $6.25 million 4. The Running Man – $5.8 million 5. Rental Family – $3.3 million 6. Sisu: Road to Revenge – $2.6 million 7. Regretting You – $1.52 million 8. Nuremberg – $1.23 million 9. Black Phone 2 – $1 million 10. Sarah’s Oil – $771,542
Harry Lloyd attends the 69th BFI London Film Festival press launch at BFI Southbank on September 3, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/WireImage)
We now know who’s going to be playing The Beatles producer George Martin in director Sam Mendes‘ upcoming films about the Fab Four.
Martin’s son, producer Giles Martin, recently revealed that British actor Harry Lloyd, who played Viserys Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones, has been cast to play his dad in The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
Giles confirmed the news in an interview with Virgin Radio U.K.’s Ryan Turbridy.
“He’s really good,” said Giles. “He’s just very committed,” adding that all of the cast are.
George Martin, often referred to as the “fifth Beatle,” produced all but one of The Beatles’ albums, including 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which became the first rock album to win the Grammy for album of the year.
Mendes’ Beatles films are scheduled to hit theaters in April 2028, with each one told from the point of view of a different band member. The films will star Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
The Sony films will mark the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles have granted a studio the rights to the band members’ life stories and their legendary catalog of music.
Eddie Murphy is set to receive one of the film industry’s most prestigious honors for his decades-spanning career.
The actor, comedian and Oscar nominee will be the 51st recipient of AFI’s Life Achievement Award. The honor will be presented during a gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 18.
“Eddie Murphy is an American icon,” Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, says in a statement. “A trailblazing force in the art forms of film, television and stand-up comedy, his versatility knows no bounds. Across five decades, his enduring impact on our culture has inspired artists and audiences alike, and AFI is proud to honor him with the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award.”
Previous recipients of the award include Francis Ford Coppola, Nicole Kidman, Julie Andrews, Denzel Washington, George Clooney and Diane Keaton.
L-R Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov in ‘Heated Rivalry’ (Sabrina Lantos)
The upcoming hockey romance series Heated Rivalry is teasing fans with a steamy sneak peek.
The six-episode series, based on the popular novels by Rachel Reid, follows Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, two rival hockey players who start a secret relationship in their rookie season that ends up spanning years.
In the preview clip released Friday, sparks fly between wholesome Canadian Shane and Russian bad boy Ilya as they encounter each other in a hotel gym post draft day. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie star as Shane and Ilya, respectively.
It was announced Thursday that Heated Rivalry would be skating over to HBO Max, with its first two episodes premiering Nov. 28. The show was previously scheduled to debut on the Canadian streaming platform Crave on the same day.
New episodes will air weekly until the Dec. 26 finale.
Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked: For Good.’ (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)
They have been changed for good.
Friday’s release of the second and final Wicked film, Wicked: For Good, has stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bidding farewell to their beloved characters.
“I could write you an essay, a poem, Shakespearean prose, to describe what this journey has meant to me, what lessons this time has taught me, bought me,” Erivo writes on Instagram, alongside a slideshow of photos from set. “I could try to give a metric to the love I have felt and experienced. I could give a number to the stories I have heard. The truth is the numbers are too small and the words are not enough.”
“So I’ll simply say this,” she continues. “Take my hand and walk with me to the end of this road paved with gold and hopefully, the things that I’ve found, might find you too. Thank you for letting me be your Elphaba.”
Ariana posted her own slideshow of behind-the-scenes photos, captioning it, “thank you, my sweet Glinda, for everything. i will love you always … Wicked For Good is out now.”
According to Variety, Wicked: For Good has already made $30.8 million in previews at the box office.
