2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards is adding even more star power to its already stacked line-up!It was announced on Monday that this year's show will feature special appearances from Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Lil Nas X, Avril Lavigne and many more, who joined the previously announced slate of A-list performers, including Jennifer Lopez, Megan Thee Stallion, and John Legend, to name a few.Additional celebs set to make special appearances, as iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment just announced, include Billy Porter, The Kid LAROI, David Guetta, Shaun White, All Time Low, Willow Smith, Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Gina Torres, Oliver Hudson, Taylor Momsen, Lainey Wilson, Dove Cameron, Danica McKellar.LL Cool J, who will also be hosting the show, said he's looking forward to the big night. «It’s an honor to return to the stage as host of the iHeartRadio Music Awards and bring live music back to fans all over the world as we celebrate our favorite artists,» he shared in a previously released statement. «I have a special performance for the fans, and the show will have some great surprises throughout the night.»In addition to performing, Lopez will be honored with the prestigious 2022 iHeartRadio Icon Award, which celebrates and honors performers' «impact on pop culture, longevity and continued relevance as a touring and radio force with a loyal fan base worldwide,» according to a press release.The full list of nominees were announced back in January, and include Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Karol G, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion, Bad Bunny and many more.This year, listeners will have the chance to decide winners in several new and established categories.
John Hodgman on his show ‘Dicktown:’ ‘There’s so much generational humor’
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“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Tick.” “And David’s character would be my former arch-nemesis from high school who has failed to leave town. It was David’s idea that Hunchman should be continuing to solve mysteries for teenagers, since that’s how he got his big start.
And now he’s still stuck in this town, working for teenagers, which is the most humiliating thing you can possibly imagine. There’s so much generational humor to play off of there.”Although the main characters share their names with the series creators, they aren’t direct stand-ins, Hodgman said. “John Hunchman is a version of me gone wrong,” he said.
“John Hunchman was a weird only child who kept his own company and was obsessed with facts and read encyclopedias all day. There is some similarity to my background, there.
But I’m lucky that I have humans in my life – one of whom I am now married to – who, over the years, have helped me become a whole human being who can interact with others and not find such confrontations to be terrifying. So, luckily, I’ve been able to grow in ways that Hunchman couldn’t.
“And David Purefoy is David Rees as well – he would be the first to tell you that he didn’t know he was a bully in high school; he would casually pick on people and think it was all in good fun, and later find out at high school reunions that they hated it. This is a person who was bully, but never meant to be and is trying to make up for it – maybe even by hanging out with John Hunchman, the most bully-able person there is.”Among the guest stars lending their voices to “Dicktown” are Amy Sedaris and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the latter was particularly thrilling for Hodgman.“To work with her was a dream come true,” he
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Goldie Hawn celebrates 'dream' news with daughter Kate Hudson in celebratory announcement
Goldie Hawn has celebrated some special news with her only daughter, Kate Hudson.MORE: Oliver Hudson talks major family change he made that impacted his childrenThe celebrity mom and daughter duo posed alongside each other for a beautiful new campaign with Stuart Weitzman, and she was more than thrilled to be working alongside her family."A dream mother-daughter moment with @stuartweitzman! Love you my baby @katehudson and yes being a shoe lover is genetic. No lie… I had to get another closet for my Stuart Weitzman shoes.
‘East New York’: Ruben Santiago Hudson & Richard Kind Among Four Cast Additions To CBS Pilot
Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi have been cast as series regulars opposite Amanda Warren has been tapped as the lead in the CBS drama pilot East New York.
John Korty, Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,’ Dies at 85
Marin Independent Journal, which said that he died in his home in Marin County, California, on March 9.A filmmaker who straddled the line between independent films and mainstream narrative work, Korty started his career in animation in the early 1950s. While still in school in Antioch, Ohio, he experimented with new techniques for animation that he would use in television spots.
Jodie Comer To Star In Series Adaptation Of Jen Beagin’s Sex Therapy Novel ‘Big Swiss’ For HBO From A24 & Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Jodie Comer is to star in a series based on Jen Beagin’s upcoming book Big Swiss.
Jodie Comer to Star in Adam McKay Drama ‘Big Swiss’ at HBO
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer is set to star in drama series “Big Swiss” from producer Adam McKay, which is currently in the development stage at HBO.The project is based on Jen Beagin’s upcoming book of the same name and will be produced by A24 and McKay’s Hyperobject Industries.Here’s the description for “Big Swiss”: After starting a new life anonymously transcribing sex therapy sessions in Hudson, NY, a woman becomes fixated with one of the patients, leading to an obsessive, explosive relationship between the two.Deadline first reported the news.More to come…
CMT Music Awards 2022: See the Full List of Nominees
The fans are in charge! The first round of nominations for the 2022 CMT Music Awards have been announced — and the list is full of chart-topping artists.
Strictly Come Dancing's Danny John-Jules slams show as 'filthy' and 'dirty'
Ex- Strictly Come Dancing star Danny John-Jules has blasted the popular BBC show, calling it ''dirty'' and ''filthy''.
Strictly Come Dancing's Danny John-Jules brands show 'filthy' and claims producers hated him
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Danny John-Jules has slammed the BBC show, branding it ''dirty'' and ''filthy'' - as he denied allegations he bullied his dance partner.
John Lurie: ‘If I could teach people anything, it would be about living in the moment’
John Lurie finished work on a watercolour he titled Bear Surprise. The painting depicts the animal in a meadow standing on its hind legs in front of a couple having sex on a picnic blanket, with the bear saying: “Surprise!” Within weeks the picture was uploaded to a Russian blog with the speech bubble altered to read “Preved”, a portmanteau that translates as “Hello Bear”. This strange image captured the imagination of the Russian-language internet and by May that year The Moscow Times reported it had “gained vast popularity with the speed of an avalanche”.
Flip or Flop Ending: The Intimacy Issue That Christina Haack Tarek El Moussa Couldn’t Handle
As fans bemoan the loss of their beloved home renovation show Flip or Flop, new details have emerged about how the hosts, former couple Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack, were affected by working together on it after their split. While the pair continued to film the HGTV hit for five years after their divorce, it was reported the set became “too intimate” to continue after 10 seasons. “Tarek and Christina are generally cordial. They’re co-parenting and nothing gets in the way of that,” a source told People. “The show was just too intimate of a setting at this point and it was time to close that chapter.”
Sutton Foster Reveals the Pre-Show Ritual She Has with Her 'Music Man' Co-Star Hugh Jackman
Sutton Foster is opening up about working with Hugh Jackman on The Music Man!
John Lynch, Katharine O’Donnelly, ‘Money Heist’s’ Hovik Keuchkerian on Board for ‘The Head’ Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe Mediapro Studio has unveiled first key cast for Season 2 of crime thriller “The Head,” one of its biggest international hits, with John Lynch (“The Terror,” “In the Name of the Father”) and Katharine O’Donnelly (“Mary Queen of Scotts,” “Clique”) reprising their lead roles as biologist Arthur Wilde and young doctor Maggie Mitchell.They will be joined by the Spanish actor of Armenian-Lebanese origin Hovik Keuchkerian who shot to fame playing Moscow in “Money Heist,” as well as Ireland’s Moe Dunford (“Vikings”), Sweden’s Josefin Nelden (“The Restaurant”) and British thesp Olivia Morris (“Hotel Portofino”). More substantial name cast will be announced in upcoming weeks.
Kate Hudson Rocks Hot Pink Crop Top Matching Leggings On Stroll Around Miami – Photos
Bow down to the queen of fitness! Kate Hudson proved she is on top of her workout game by being the special guest speaker at a yoga event in Miami on Sunday (Feb. 27). The Oscar nominee, 42, gave the attendees a treat as she looked absolutely fabulous in her Fabletics apparel for the sunny day outing at tony Nikki Beach.
Jennifer Hudson wins top honor at 53rd NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES -- Jennifer Hudson was named entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.After Hudson accepted the award Saturday night, the singer-actor thanked the NAACP for inspiring “little girls like me.” She beat out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.“I was just standing here thinking ‘It was here – the NAACP Awards – where I watched so many legends and icons that inspired me,” said the Oscar and Grammy winner. “Now, I’m standing here holding an award like this.