Carrie Underwood’s ‘My Gift: A Christmas Special’ Gets HBO Max Premiere Date; Features Songs From Her First Holiday Album – Update

Carrie Underwood almost abandoned her “American Idol” dreams just as they were starting to take flight.

Carrie Underwood almost didn’t travel to Los Angeles to take part in her star-making run on “American Idol.”  The seven-time Grammy winner, 37, appeared on the 2005 season of the hit singing competition. She would ultimately go on to win, propelling her career to the immense heights she enjoys today.

Carrie Underwood revealed that she had second thoughts about competing on American Idol in 2005 and almost didn’t fly to L.A. because she “was terrified.”The seven-time Grammy winner, 37, who went on to win the singing competition, looked back at her journey to fame in a piece she wrote for Guideposts magazine earlier this month.“The summer before my senior year, I was home one day, watching TV … and saw a news segment about people auditioning for the show American Idol,” Underwood, recalled.

Star Wars trilogy has sadly died after a short illness, his agent has confirmed.

EXCLUSIVE: One Day at a Time star Isabella Gomez is set as the lead of HBO Max’s multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. Gomez’s casting reveals a gender swap in the follow-up as the lead in the original series was played by Howard Hesseman.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-TV broadcaster, has boarded the high profile international TV series “Tokyo Vice,” on which Michael Mann is set as the pilot episode director.

Peter White Television EditorAva DuVernay and Roberto Patino’s DMZ has been handed a series order by HBO Max.The streamer has ordered four episodes of the limited series, a futuristic drama set amid a second American civil war and is based on the DC Comics series.Production on the series is scheduled to begin in 2021.DMZ stars Briarpatch’s Rosario Dawson and Law & Order’s Benjamin Bratt in the lead roles, alongside Hoon Lee (Warrior), Freddy Miyares (When They See Us) and Jordan Preston Carter

DCEU (DC Extended Universe) fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief as Gal Gadot starrer Wonder Woman 1984, which has been a victim of several release date delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, officially has a release date. The Patty Jenkins directorial will release in US theatres on Christmas Day 2020 and will also be heading to HBO Max.Taking to Twitter, Gadot shared a statement revealing her thoughts on Wonder Woman 1984 releasing on HBO Max.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAdam Aron, CEO and President of AMC Entertainment, issued this statement about the showing of Wonder Woman 1984 at AMC’s nearly 1,000 theatres in the U.S.

Max George was eliminated on the most recent episode of Strictly Come Dancing, and we’re not sure we’ll ever be over it. Former The Wanted singer showed real potential in the first three weeks of the competition, with Head Judge Shirley Ballas even describing him as "dangerous" after his Jive.

Strictly Come Dancing this evening. The Wanted star, 32, and his dancing partner Dianne Buswell landed in the bottom two with EastEnders actress Maisie Smith this evening.

Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman issued an apology this evening after Max George's appeared to swear live on air. The host said the BBC show was "deeply sorry" for the on-screen gaffe after viewers claimed to have heard the F-bomb.