Remember when Tony Soprano said that “remember when?” is the lowest form of conversation? He was predicting the 2020s trend of revivals and reboots would be the next wave of entertainment. And he was right! We all want to reminisce over our favorite TV shows and characters, so it makes sense that these award shows are bringing everyone out of the woodwork to reunite on stage. It’s not Peak TV, but it’ll do.
After the Suits cast appeared together at the Golden Globes, it seems like the crew behind the Emmys is trying to cash in on some sweet nostalgia. Host Anthony Anderson told PEOPLE that viewers can expect some tributes to fan-favorite shows during the award ceremony. “We are paying tribute to iconic shows that have changed the scope of television and entertainment by being on the air,” he explains. “We’re going to be paying homage to them, having a lot of cast members come back as themselves, as these characters, and there’s going to be a little interchange between me and them on the sets of their shows,” he added.
The outlet confirmed that Cheers stars Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, are all slated to appear together, in addition to Sopranos stars Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli. The cast recently had a giant pasta dinner together, so maybe we can hop for more surprises.
Emmy producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay also confirmed to Variety that the 75th annual award show would focus on celebrating the best of television over the last seven decades. “It was a grand task to figure out how to celebrate 75 years of television. If we can bring some nostalgia to that stage, then I think that we’ve done a good deed,” Rouzan-Clay said.
In addition to the Cheers and Sopranos cameos, Ally McBeal stars Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows are expected to make an appearance, along with Martin stars Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II and Tichina Arnold
Now the Suits cast needs to pull off something cool if they want to stay in the discourse. Where is Meghan Markle now?!
The 75th Annual Emmy Awards will air on Monday, January 15th at 8 pm EST.
Is this the year you finally go to Disneyland or Disney World? Or maybe an overseas destination, like Tokyo Disney (including the majestic Tokyo DisneySea), Disneyland Paris, or Hong Kong Disneyland? Or maybe you’ve already been to one of the theme parks but you’re itching to go back.
I don’t blame you. There’s not a week that goes by that I don’t think about the rolling boulder in Indiana Jones Adventure, the nostalgic smell of Pirates of the Caribbean (now in candle form!), or the charmingly awkward pre-ride video for Avatar Flight of Passage. There’s never a not-good year to visit the Disney theme parks, in my opinion. But 2024 is shaping up to be a particularly festive one.
Here are some of the most anticipated rides, events, and experiences at Disney Parks for 2024.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure (Disneyland and Disney World’s Magic Kingdom)
Splash Mountain is gone (but our memories of the Ernest special remain). It’s been replaced — and likely improved — by Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a log flume ride based on 2009’s The Princess and the Frog. The attraction follows Princess Tiana, Naveen, and alligator Louis as “they prepare to host a one-of-a-kind Mardi Gras celebration. Along the way, you’ll see familiar faces, make new friends, and travel through the bayou to original music inspired by songs from the film as they are brought into the next chapter of Tiana’s story.”
The steep, thrilling drop at the end remains (Disneyland also features the Southern-inspired Tiana’s Palace restaurant).
Country Bear Jamboree (Disney World’s Magic Kingdom)
For years, I’ve been dreading an announcement that Country Bear Jamboree is closing and being replaced. Because, well, anything would be inferior to animatronic bears singing old-timey songs. But good news: it’s not going anywhere. Country Bear Jamboree (one of the last rides Walt Disney personally oversaw) is getting a makeover. Expect an “Opry-style show with reinterpreted Disney tunes” in different genres, including bluegrass, pop-country, Americana, and rockabilly.
Grizzly Hall, where the Jamboree is held, will temporarily close on January 27 and reopen later this summer. My guy Big Al better still be there.
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (Disney World’s Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris)
My beloved Star Tours – The Adventures Continue will have new destinations and characters, including Ahsoka. I’m still waiting on Watto, but that’s a good start. Speaking of Star Wars, you can already hear a new playlist from Oga’s Cantina resident Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes-loving droid DJ R3X at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland.
All-Day Park Hopper
All-day park hopping is back. This is how it should have been all along. Since 2021, guests could only go from, for instance, Disneyland to Disney California Adventure after 2 pm (with a Park Hopper pass, of course), but now you’ll be able to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, then Radiator Springs, then back to Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance whenever you want.
Ahead of the release of Inside Out 2, Pixar Fest is returning to Disneyland Resort. The “celebration of friendship and beyond,” featuring a popular nighttime show (Together Forever – A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular) and a new parade at California Adventure (Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!), takes place from April 26 through August 4.
Inside Out 2 is the only new Pixar movie coming out in 2024, although Soul, Turning Red, and Luca (one of the best Pixar movies in years) are being released in theaters for the first time after debuting on Disney Plus.
If you haven’t been to Tokyo DisneySea, what are you waiting for? Tokyo DisneySea is widely considered to be the crown jewel of the Disney theme parks. And that was before the opening of Fantasy Springs this June with three themed areas: Rapunzel’s Forest, Peter Pan’s Never Land, and Frozen Kingdom.
Later this month, Disneyland Resort’s Paradise Pier Hotel will officially transform into Pixar Place Hotel, the first Pixar-themed hotel in the United States. Be sure to book your reservation now (dibs on the WALL-E room).
This isn’t parks specific, but D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event will run from August 9-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center, down the street from the Disneyland Resort. If it’s anything like previous D23 events, there will be major announcements, including the latest on Disney, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Pixar projects. Maybe some theme park news as well? Or more on the much anticipated Disney Treasure? You can learn more about acquiring tickets here.
One rumored change to the NBA calendar has been to hold the NBA Draft over a few days. Apparently, we’re getting closer and closer to that happening, as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports that the league is making preparations for the 2024 Draft to be broken into two nights, so long as it gets sign off from the Players Association.
Previously, both rounds in the 2024 Draft was scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 27. But according to Woj, the new proposal would bump the first round up to Wednesday evening, with the second round taking place on Thursday. The location would not change, as the league would hold it at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
ESPN Sources: The NBA is still working on final sign-off from the Players Association, but the 2024 NBA Draft is preparing to move to two days – June 26 and 27 – in Brooklyn. Wednesday for the first-round picks and Thursday for the second-round. pic.twitter.com/IJJYGEku2b
We’ll have to see if this is the end of the league’s expansion of the NBA Draft as an event, or if there will eventually be plans to turn Thursday into a larger spectacle by adding a third round or moving it from city to city, like the NFL does with the NFL Draft every year. But for the time being, the league will at least get to see what happens if it attempts to gin up a little more publicity during the period between the end of the regular season and the start of free agency.
Memphis had shown signs of life with Morant back from suspension, but now they’ll have to navigate the rest of the season without him. That figured to shift considerable responsibility onto the shoulders of Marcus Smart, but he suffered an injury to his right ring finger during that win over Dallas, as his finger appeared to pop out of place on a three-point attempt (that he impressively made) in the game.
Unfortunately for Smart and the Grizzlies, that finger injury was more than a simple dislocation and will keep him sidelined for at least the next six weeks, putting real stress on the Memphis backcourt rotation.
Vince Williams Jr. has emerged as a breakout player this year on the defensive end for the Grizzlies and figures to get even more burn with Smart out for an extended time, while Desmond Bane will shoulder an even larger creation burden on the offensive end. It’s the continuation of an absolutely brutal season for the Grizzlies, and it feels like it will be a lost year in Memphis with a focus on continuing to develop young talent in the rotation with an eye on 2024-25.
Rihanna‘s Savage X Fenty company revealed the first preview from a new video series titled “Savage Confessions,” which is launching alongside the Valentine’s Day lingerie collections for this year.
The musician appears in the campaign for some flirty and revealing pics, which went up on the Savage X Fenty Instagram. In one, she poses on a purple couch in an all-pink “See Thru U See Thru U Unlined Balconette Bra, See Thru U High-Waist Bikini Panty, See Thru U Garter Belt, and Savage X Monogram Micro Fishnet Stockings in Millennial Pink,” according to a press release. She even added some pink heels to match the holiday set’s color.
Rihanna also appears in the “Savage Confessions” video, this time opting for a red lingerie set. She pairs it with a pink lip, some champagne, and a red fluffy coat, as she starts to flip through some of the saucy questions on the cue cards. “I feel very exposed,” she jokes. “I need a moment.”
Specifically, in this video, she is wearing the Ruffle Luv Underwire Slip in Goji Berry Red. As fans pointed out in the comments, Rihanna showing off the products convinced them to treat themselves for V-Day.
Check out Rihanna’s photos from the new Savage X Fenty Valentine’s Day collections above.
But the true Reneé-aissance (yes, I am officially coining that term; it is mine) is happening now, as Rapp stars as Regina George in the new Mean Girlsmovie based upon the Mean Girls Broadway musical, for which Rapp also starred as Regina George in 2019. As such, Rapp is hitting the press circuit hard, and she visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, January 10 — her 24th birthday.
About four minutes in, Rapp gushed about collaborating with Megan Thee Stallion for the Mean Girls track “Not My Fault,” saying, “I love Meg. I love her so much.” Nobody can disagree with that. But Rapp’s next name-drop seemed to truly disappoint Colbert.
“Do I get starstruck? Potentially, but the one time it’s happened to me, I was 18,” Rapp said. “[NBA] All-Star Weekend was in Charlotte, [North Carolina], where I’m from, and Mark Cuban was there.”
“Don’t tell me you got starstruck by Mark Cuban,” Colbert interjected.
“Nah, yeah,” Rapp, now 24, said, doubling down and later adding she was “gagged” to be in Cuban’s general vicinity. Colbert explained that he has met Cuban and found him to be a “lovely fella” but wouldn’t associate Cuban with “starstruck,” to which Rapp said Cuban is “so cute” because “he reminds me a little bit of my dad, to be honest.” She added, “I just think he’s precious. Like, he’s precious.”
She continued, “He’s, like, a white guy, and he’s kind of funny. […] I keep inviting him to my shows, actually. He’s gonna come.”
Colbert and Rapp then pled with Cuban to attend a Rapp concert — and he really should because it is a religious experience — with hand-hearts while Rapp playfully mouthed, “I love you.”
Watch Rapp’s full segment with Colbert above.
Mean Girls is in theaters 1/12. Find more information here.
With Kid Cudi’s Insano still hours away from release, it might seem premature to start wondering when he’s planning to drop a deluxe edition of his ninth studio album, but then again, such is the world we live in these days. Fans are greedy and impatient — never a good combination — but the modern framework of the entertainment industry has been set up to feed these vices… and as it turns out, Cudi is perfectly willing to oblige them as well.
Last night, the Cleveland rapper revealed his plans for the deluxe edition of the album, revealing some detail about its structure in the process. “The deluxe is basically another album,” he wrote. “There wont be 20 plus songs, but u get a nice amount.” And, of course, for those fans who just can’t wait another two years for a new project from the increasingly prolific Cudi, he offered the best news of all: “lookin to drop NEXT WEEK.”
The deluxe is basically another album. There wont be 20 plus songs, but u get a nice amount lookin to drop NEXT WEEK
Of course, Kid Cudi isn’t the first rapper to drop a “deluxe” project a week after the original. In 2017, Future dropped his fifth and sixth albums Future and Hndrxx within one week of each other, while in 2020, Lil Uzi Vert released Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World 2 as the deluxe edition of Eternal Atake one week after EA.
Before there was Timee and Kylie, there was another relationship that had the internet in a chaotic tizzy: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. The Twilight costars paraded their love around the globe in 2012, when everyone needed to have an opinion on their relationship, even Donald Trump, who was then best known for The Apprentice. Those are simpler times we will quite literally never get back.
Everyone knows I am right that Robert Pattinson should dump Kristen Stewart. In a couple of years, he will thank me. Be smart, Robert.
The duo called it quits shortly after, and Stewart openly began dating women, though the media was often questioning her relationships. “It wasn’t even like I was hiding,” she recently told Variety. “I was so openly out with my girlfriend for years at that point. I’m like, ‘I’m a pretty knowable person.’” Stewart was frustrated when her sexuality became a spectacle. “For so long, I was like, ‘Why are you trying to skewer me? Why are you trying to ruin my life? I’m a kid, and I don’t really know myself well enough yet,’” she added.
Then, in 2017, Stewart decided to publicly come out in her Saturday Night Live monologue.”I’m a little nervous to be hosting because I know the president’s probably watching, and I don’t think he likes me that much,” Stewart said at the time. “So, yeah, that’s crazy, right? The president is not a huge fan of me. But that is so okay. And Donald, if you didn’t like me then you probably really aren’t going to like me now, because I’m hosting SNL and I’m, like, so gay, dude.” she said in the episode. Donald did not respond at the time.
Stewart explained why she decided to take that route after so many years of media speculation. “It was cool to frame it in a funny context because it could say everything without having to sit down and do an interview,” Stewart told Variety, before adding that she wanted to be the one to do it. She asked herself, “‘So what platform is that going to be on? And who’s going to make money on that? And who’s going to be the person that broke it?’ I broke it, alone,” she added.
Most actors would kill to have a role on a hit and critically-acclaimed comedy series, but not Joy Behar. The comedian and raunchy The View co-host recently revealed that she turned down a chance to appear on Ted Lasso because of the weather.
During the latest episode of the The View‘s Behind the Table podcast, Behar confirmed to producer Brian Teta that she was offered the role Ted Lasso’s mom in Season 3. However, Behar notably did not appear on the show, and Teta was under the impression it was because Behar didn’t want to spend her hiatus in London. The comedian clarified that it was more than just that.
“It was too hot, you remember? There was a heat wave going on at that time, like, 100-degree weather, and I’d have to get on a plane and go in the middle of the heat? No,” Behar said. “Listen, I’m a writer, I write my own stuff, I don’t care about other people’s stuff. I don’t need to be in everything.”
The role ultimately went to Becky Ann Baker, who scored an Emmy nomination, but that wasn’t enough to make Behar regret her decision even as Teta touted Ted Lasso as the “hottest show on TV.” Joy hates the heat, and that’s all there is to it.
“It was not the hottest show on TV,” Behar said. “If they were doing it in the spring, I would’ve done it maybe, or in the fall, but not in the middle of the heat wave.”
Take a shot every time Donald Trump says the word “bedlam.” Or, on second thought, maybe don’t. For the sake of your poor liver. Earlier this week, the former president warned that if the criminal charges against him cause him to lose the 2024 election, “it’ll be bedlam in the country. It’s a very bad thing. It’s a very bad precedent. As we said, it’s the opening of a Pandora’s box.”
“Bedlam” is a favorite word of Trump’s, as TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald author Tim O’Brien pointed out to MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Wednesday.
“Yesterday after the hearing, he said there’s ‘bedlam’ if these courts prosecute me, there will be bedlam,” O’Brien said, according to Raw Story. “He has used that word throughout his whole career any time the system comes at him in a way he doesn’t like. When [former New York City mayor] Ed Koch refused to zone a piece of property Trump wanted on the West Side, he said, ‘There’s bedlam in New York, I couldn’t get zoned.’” He added, “He has no sense of proportion. And he’s got no sense of civility or the rule of law. So he’ll simply say, it’s chaos because I’m not getting what I want.”
Seth Meyers also had something to say about Trump’s “bedlam” comments, which you can watch below.
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lookin to drop NEXT WEEK 
