On February 23, at the first The Eras Tour concert at Sydney, Australia’s Accor Stadium, Carpenter (who is opening for that round of shows) joined Taylor Swift on stage, where the two sang duet on “White Horse.” Carpenter later shared some photos and videos from the performance on Instagram and reflected on the full-circle moment, writing, “9 year old Sabrina singing white horse would never see this sh*t coming! i love you so so so dearly taylor. always have always will. thank you Sydney for making me feel so welcome!! See you tonight.”
This is where Keoghan comes in: On the post, he commented simply with a princess emoji.
He wasn’t the only notable commenter, by the way: Gayle wrote, “iconic!!!!”; Gracie Abrams chimed in with a bunch of hearts; and No. 1 Taylor Swift fan Flavor Flav came through with some applause emojis.
Back in August, Carpenter reflected on opening for Swift and what it means to her, saying, “I’ve been growing up with her advice in her songs because it’s very much a how-to book on how to survive as a young woman, which is really special. Watching her in and of itself is how you learn. I admire her work ethic and her talent and she’s just so amazing.”
Toronto-based animator and video wizard Kevin Parry has gone mega-viral for his mind-boggling collection of videos where he turns himself into random objects.
In a series of quick clips he changes into everything from a pumpkin to a bright yellow banana and in most of the videos, he appears to suffer a ridiculous death. The videos combine studio trickery with a magician’s flair.
Parry is a self-taught stop-motion animation expert who cut his teeth working at Laika, the animation studio best known for films such as “Coraline,” “ParaNorman,” and “The Boxtrolls.” But he’s had so much success on social media he moved back to his hometown of Toronto to “do the YouTube/Instagram thing.”
Parry told Newsweek that the secret to his videos is speed.
“The inspiration for these transformations was to create the shortest possible videos with the most impact,” he said. “I specifically made the balloon one to be 4-5 seconds long but to be as shocking and surprising as possible. That’s why it starts with me falling—I thought what could be more scroll-stopping than someone falling face-first into the floor.”
After being purposefully restrained by what the Spurs and Gregg Popovich were asking him to do early in the season, as the organization wanted to get a full appraisal of where their young star would thrive, Victor Wembanyama has been unleashed since the calendar flipped to 2024.
The rookie big man has lived up to the hype of being a generational prospect and is doing things on a nightly basis now that you just won’t see anywhere else in the NBA. He had a triple double with blocks just prior to the All-Star break, and on Friday, Wembanyama posted the NBA’s first 5×5 game since 2019 (after threatening to do it the game prior) and he’s upped his averages to 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game on the season.
It is truly an experience watching Wembanyama play basketball, as he simply can do things with his combination of length and movement skills that no one else has ever done. His latest outrageous feat came in the first quarter of the Spurs game in Utah on Sunday night, when he nearly stole the ball from John Collins, who recovered it and thought he had a wide open layup at the rim, only for Wembanyama to recover from being at the free throw line to block him.
It’s upsetting how casual this all looks to Wemby, as he has a foot on the dotted line when Collins goes up from the restricted circle and still reaches his impossibly long arm out and flicks the ball away. Collins can’t believe it, begging for a goaltend because there’s no way in his mind anyone could get to that ball without it being illegal. One of my favorite things going right now is seeing NBA players, who are some of the greatest athletes on the face of the earth, being dumbfounded when Wembanyama breaks the laws of physics as we know them to make a play. Collins is the latest to fall victim to the French wunderkind, but certainly won’t be the last (and probably will be joined by a teammate later on Sunday).
The 2024 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards featured several notable moments. From Barbra Streisand’s Life Achievement Award speech to Pedro Pascal being swept up in Ciara’s beauty and even Billie Eilish signing superfan Melissa McCarthy’s face, the ceremony had something for all to enjoy.
But the most sincere moment occurred during the event’s preshow when Sterling K. Brown and his wife (fellow actor) Ryan Michelle Bathe paused their interview to praise Halle Bailey. As the couple spoke with Entertainment Tonight, Brown unabashedly fanned out over Bailey, specifically, her performance in 2023’s The Little Mermaid(directed by Rob Marshall). Watch the full clip below.
The way Sterling K. Brown and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathe, praise Halle Bailey mid-interview is everything. #SAGAwardspic.twitter.com/kGOijGjClc
Brown displayed his inner thespian with an impromptu reenactment of Bailey’s recreating the mermaid’s infamous water hair flip. Although Bailey was there as a cast nominee for The Color Purple, she didn’t mind chatting about her box office smash as the fictional Princess Ariel. As Bailey relived the moment, Brown’s kind words began to sink in; she was nearly moving to tears.
Bailey didn’t leave with a trophy but still enjoyed herself, according to her post on X (formerly Twitter). “I was so honored to be nominated with my beautiful ‘Color Purple’ cast and family,” she wrote. “Such a fun night.”
tonight at the sag awards i was so honored to be nominated with my beautiful color purple cast & family!!! such a fun night pic.twitter.com/L2j0XRno4w
On Saturday Shane Gillis made his belated SNL debut. Why belated? Because the first time the comic was supposed to appear he got fired, after people dug up a litany of racist and sexist jokes he’d made prior to scoring a cast member gig. Since then he’s become something of a big star — big enough, with his hit Netflix special, that he was asked to come back, this time as host. Sure enough, his opening monologue included some touchy stuff, so much so that one musician behind him appeared to be quietly fuming.
Per Newsweek, some people on social media focused in on a young, red-haired guitarist who spent the majority of Gillis’ seven-minute soliloquy — during which he made gay jokes and jokes about down syndrome relatives — sitting still with a stony expression frozen on her face.
“Man, this woman in the SNL band is staring daggers at Shane Gillis throughout his entire monologue,” one person tweeted/Xed. “Just completely and thoroughly displeased.”
Man, this woman in the SNL band is staring daggers at Shane Gillis throughout his entire monologue. Just completely and thoroughly displeased. pic.twitter.com/j5r6oGmjnJ
Throughout his monologue, Gillis mostly talked about his family, including his parents, who were in the audience. He talked about how as a kid he was like his mom’s “gay best friend.” He also discussed his niece, who was born with down syndrome, joking that he could have had it as well. “I dodged it, but it nicked me,” he told the crowd.
Gillis also teasingly addressed the elephant in the room. “I was fired from this show a while ago,” he said at the start of his monologue. “But, you know, don’t look that up, please. If you don’t know who I am, please don’t Google that. It’s fine. Don’t even worry about it.
“I probably shouldn’t even be up here, honestly,” he joked.
Elsewhere in the episode Gillis starred in a fake trailer that dragged Trump but good for his ridiculous $400 gold sneakers.
You can watch Gillis’ monologue in the video below.
Since 1999, Ricky Martin has encouraged his fans to live la vida loca using his music as the official soundtrack. This spring, the “Ácido Sabor” singer will keep the party going in his upcoming onscreen work. In March, Martin will show off his acting chops in Apple TV+‘s latest series, Palm Royale.
On February 24, the streamer teased Martin’s upcoming appearance with a snippet of his scene alongside Kristen Wiig. “Ricky Martin is Robert,” wrote the company. “…a man of many talents, a keeper of many secrets, and the mixologist behind the meanest Grasshopper in Palm Beach.”
Ricky Martin is Robert, a man of many talents, a keeper of many secrets, and the mixologist behind the meanest Grasshopper in Palm Beach.
The show’s synopsis reads: “In 1969, an ambitious woman aspires to cross the line between the haves and have-nots to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive, fashionable, and treacherous table: Palm Beach high society.”
Palm Royale will also star Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Kaia Gerber, Laura Dern, and Allison Janney. On the series’ webpage on Apple TV+, Carol Burnett and Bruce Dern are set to make guest cameos.
If you are a fan of dramedies like The White Lotus, then Palm Royale should be right up your viewing alley.
Apple TV+ will begin airing Palm Royale on March 20. Find more information here.
Considering the two largest ice sheets on earth — the one on Antarctica and the one on Greenland — extend more than 6 million square miles combined … yeah, we’re talkin’ a lot of ice.
But what if it was all just … gone? Not like gone gone, but melted?
If all of earth’s land ice melted, it would be nothing short of disastrous.
And that’s putting it lightly.
This video by Business Insider Science (seen below) depicts exactly what our coastlines would look like if all the land ice melted. And spoiler alert: It isn’t great.
Lots of European cities like, Brussels and Venice, would be basically underwater.
In Africa and the Middle East? Dakar, Accra, Jeddah — gone.
Millions of people in Asia, in cities like Mumbai, Beijing, and Tokyo, would be uprooted and have to move inland.
South America would say goodbye to cities like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
And in the U.S., we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.
Business Insider based these visuals off National Geographic’s estimation that sea levels will rise 216 feet (!) if all of earth’s land ice melted into our oceans.
There’s even a tool where you can take a detailed look at how your community could be affected by rising seas, for better or worse.
Although … looking at these maps, it’s hard to imagine “for better” is a likely outcome for many of us.
Much of America’s most populated regions would be severely affected by rising sea levels, as you’ll notice exploring the map, created by Alex Tingle using data provided by NASA.
Take, for instance, the West Coast. (Goodbye, San Fran!)
Or the East Coast. (See ya, Philly!)
And the Gulf Coast. (RIP, Bourbon Street!)
I bring up the topic not just for funsies, of course, but because the maps above are real possibilities.
How? Climate change.
As we continue to burn fossil fuels for energy and emit carbon into our atmosphere, the planet gets warmer and warmer. And that, ladies and gentlemen, means melted ice.
A study published this past September by researchers in the U.S., U.K., and Germany found that if we don’t change our ways, there’s definitely enough fossil fuel resources available for us to completely melt the Antarctic ice sheet.
Basically, the self-inflicted disaster you see above is certainly within the realm of possibility.
“This would not happen overnight, but the mind-boggling point is that our actions today are changing the face of planet Earth as we know it and will continue to do so for tens of thousands of years to come,” said lead author of the study Ricarda Winkelmann, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
If we want to stop this from happening,” she says, “we need to keep coal, gas, and oil in the ground.”
The good news? Most of our coastlines are still intact! And they can stay that way, too — if we act now.
Since her acting debut on Barney & Friends in 2002, Selena Gomez has been in the limelight. But the “Love On” singer’s stint on Disney channel made her a household name. Now, the multi-hyphenated entertainer has amassed an army of devoted superfans, the Selenators, eagerly following her career moves.
On Friday, February 23, one lifelong supporter put their knowledge of the Only Murders In The Building star to the test in a game of Who Knows Selena Gomez? on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The contestant, Ashley Mendoza, confessed that she’s been following Gomez’s work as far back as Wizards of Waverly Place. The dedication proved valuable as she hilariously obliterated Gomez in trivia about her own life.
Before host Kimbegangins the game, Gomez jokingly confessed that she wasn’t even sure she qualified to play. “I don’t even know myself,” she said.
The first two questions were a breeze for Mendoza as she just barely beat Gomez to the buzzer. However, by the third question, it was clear the trivia game would be a sweep or close to it. When Kimmel asked both ladies, “What does Selena mean in Greek,” Mendoza swooped in with the correct answer yet again. Gomez, clearly stumped, admitted that she wasn’t aware of the meaning of her name in the Mediterranean language.
By the end, Gomez closed the gap a bit with a final score of 80 to 50, thanks to the questions about her little sister, Gracie. Ultimately, Mendoza walked away with the victory but was more excited to spend time with her favorite artist than securing the win.
Father and daughter dances are a traditional staple of weddings. They tend to range somewhere between tearfully sweet and hilariously cringey. But sometimes, as was the case of Brittany Revell and her dad Kelly, they can be so freakin’ cool that millions of people become captivated.
Brittany and Kelly’s video, which amassed, I kid you not, more than 40 million views on TikTok, shows the pair grooving in sneakers (Brittany’s were white because, hello, wedding dress) to their “dance through the decades.”
It all began with Young MC’s “Bust a Move,” to give you a clear picture. And bust a move, they did.
Though the duo did a handful of iconic moves—the tootsie roll, the MC Hammer dance, the Carlton, just to name a few—“the dougie,” made famous by Cali Swag District, was the obvious fan favorite.
Brittany is clearly no stranger to busting a move and showed off her skills, but Kelly had the audience (and the internet) absolutely floored. He not only nailed every move, but kept a constant grin from ear to ear.
“Reason number 1838329194920 why I love my dad,” Brittany wrote in her caption.
People in the comments were quick to profess love for Kelly as well. Here are some gems:
“WHO IS THIS LEGEND!”
“I aspire to this level of smooth.”
“Pops got moves!!🔥”
“He really is the main character 🤩🤩”
Others shared praise to both dancers for delivering an unforgettable performance.
“I would absolutely lose my mind if I saw this at a wedding,” wrote one person.
“This is probably THE best TikTok I’ve ever seen. You and your dad are legit rockstars!! Congratulations!!” added another.
Brittany told The Morning Show on Channel 7 that she and Kelly have been learning dances together “for fun in the living room” since she was little. “He has always had some rhythm, but I did not know he could pick up the moves like that,” she quipped. Hey, there’s always something new to learn about dear old dad.
Brittany also shared in an interview with NBC News that people were responding to more than just impressive choreography—it touched them on a heartfelt level.
“I think it’s kind of unique to see a dad of Asian descent be able to open up, let loose and just embrace their American child’s music and culture,” she said, adding that several people who didn’t have relationships with their fathers commended how “inspiring” it was to see the fun Brittany and Kelly created, encouraging them to “be better with their future kids.”
Weddings are a celebration of love, and that can extend beyond the bride and groom. This father expressed his love on the dance floor, and it’s giving us all something to smile about.
Odds are Brittany and her dad are gonna keep posting even more amazing dance videos. You can keep up to date by following Brittany on TikTok here.
For those not well versed in moose facts, the shedding of antlers is normally a fairly lengthy process. It happens only once a year after mating season and usually consists of a moose losing one antler at a time.
It’s incredibly rare for a bull moose to lose both at the same time—and even more rare that someone would actually catch it on film.
That’s why shed hunter (yes, that’s a real term) and woodsman Derek Burgoyne calls his footage of the phenomenon a “one-in-a-million” shot.
According to The Guardian, Burgoyne was flying his drone through a remote patch of forest in Canada when he spotted three moose in a clearing. His drone followed one of the bulls, who began doing the wobbly little shake thing that signals these antlers are going bye-bye.
Burgoyne knew he had to keep his camera on the moment—but he had no idea that he’d hit the jackpot.
Watch below:
It’s hard to tell which is more fun to watch— the super rare moment in nature or Burgoyne’s pure passion for his hobby.
“I shook a little bit. It was an adrenaline rush for sure,“ he told CBC News, sharing that he has previously found hundreds of shed antlers in his life.
Antler hunting has become a hot and profitable pastime over the past few years, although Burgoyne affirms that his shed hunting ambitions are born from a desire for well-being, not monetary gain.
“I enjoy being in the woods. It’s great exercise and it’s fun tracking the moose through the winter and looking for their sheds in the spring. Each one you find feels like the first one. It never gets old,” he told The Guardian.
Well Derek Burgoyne, thank you for doing what you love. Thanks to your passion, we too can share this once-in-a-lifetime moment. Here’s to good moose news!
This article originally appeared on 1.20.23
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i was so honored to be nominated with my beautiful color purple cast & family!!! such a fun night 
