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Will HBO go straight from its most anticipated new show to its most acclaimed series in 2023? It seems that way.

The network announced on Wednesday that The Last of Us, the Pedro Pascal- and Bella Ramsey-starring adaptation of the Naughty Dog video game, will premiere on January 15. The first season is 10 episodes long, meaning the finale will air on March 26 (assuming there’s no breaks in the schedule). It’s likely that the following Sunday will see the “spring 2023” premiere of Succession season four, like how HBO went immediately from House of the Dragon to The White Lotus. If The Last of Us television show is as good as The Last of Us video game, that’s 20 straight straight Sundays of quality programming (with The Righteous Gemstones and the final season of Barry to come).

The logline for The Last of Us reads:

“The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”

There’s also a new poster.

Last month, Rihanna announced the return of her Savage X Fenty fashion show, which will once stream on Amazon Prime Video. Since then, more details about Savage X Fenty Vol. 4 have trickled out, including the tease that none other than Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) will be walking in the show. Today, we got our first, best look at what the show will look like with a collection of behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot on Vogue and Complex.

Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty announcement came just after the Anti singer was revealed as the Halftime Show performer for the upcoming Super Bowl, which could end up being her first live performance in six years. Then, to further signal that her long hiatus is officially over, Rihanna and Marvel announced her involvement in the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, releasing the mournful ballad “Lift Me Up” last week. The flurry of activity has some fans convinced that she’s planning a stadium tour next year — including fellow singer Charlie Puth, who said that he thought she was rehearsing new tunes in the studio next door to his. “I swear to God, she is rehearsing next to me,” he said in a recent interview. “There is always security next door – and I just go in by myself and I thought I saw her.”

In other Savage X Fenty news, the brand is soon to expand into sportswear. The show will hit Prime Video on 11/9.

We all know the late, great Robin Williams was a comic genius. Many people also know that he was classically trained in theater. In a recently unearthed clip from 1991, Williams combines those two talents, leaving people splitting at the seams even decades later.

Williams was a guest on “The Tonight Show” starring Johnny Carson, when he and Carson began chatting about William Shakespeare, who Williams quickly quipped was a “man with a second grade education, [who] wrote some of the greatest poetry of all time, and sometimes I think, maybe not.”

Carson then asked Williams how he felt about other actors playing Hamlet (for context, Mel Gibson had recently starred in the role). Williams, being no stranger to the Bard’s work, then went into one of his delightfully creative frenzies, managing to effortlessly slide into the voices of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson while throwing out verses like it was nothing.

Needless to say, the whole thing brought Carson into a fit of laughter.

The clip, which was posted to Twitter, left people wholeheartedly appreciating Williams all over again.

“The man could simply just start speaking & the talent would flow. Every single interview I’ve seen is just pure comedy. This man is sorely missed,” one person commented.

“One of a kind, there will never be anybody like him again. So sadly missed,” wrote another.

ROBIN WILLIAMS opens his improvisational box of tricks for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1991, and digs out William Shakespeare.

A genius always missed. pic.twitter.com/iTZfZMUxCL

— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) October 30, 2022

“The man could simply just start speaking & the talent would flow. Every single interview I’ve seen is just pure comedy. This man is sorely missed,” one person commented.

“One of a kind, there will never be anybody like him again. So sadly missed,” wrote another.

“Johnny was such a great host. [He] could just relate and say a word or two and let the genius shine,” wrote one person.

Williams had a gift for lighting people up. He might be gone, but his brilliance keeps on giving.

Another round of performers were revealed yesterday (November 1) for the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards. Christina Aguilera joins the line-up along with John Legend, Elvis Costello, and more artists.

Aguilera received seven Latin Grammy nominations this year for her self-titled Latin comeback album. The Aguilera LP is up for Album Of The Year. Her stellar collaboration “Pa Mis Muchachas” featuring Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso is nominated for both Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year.

A surprising artist added to the performers line-up is Legend. Though it’s not yet known how he will participate in the ceremony, Legend will most likely perform with Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra. In March, Yatra released a remix of his track that’s nominated for Song Of The Year featuring Legend.

Costello will also be performing at the Latin Grammy Awards. Last year, the British rocker released a Spanish-language version of his breakthrough album This Year’s Model. For Spanish Model, Costello teamed up with previous Latin Grammy winners like Luis Fonsi, Juanes, Fito Paez, Jorge Drexler, and Jesse y Joy.

Other artists added to the performers line-up include Colombian pop star Camilo, Mexican singer Christian Nodal, Drexler, and Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández. Bad Bunny is the most-nominated artist of the year with 10 nominations. The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards will take place in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 17. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Univision.

Mariah Carey is no longer being sued for her 1994 holiday hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” After Rolling Stone obtained new court documents, it appears plaintiff Andy Stone has dismissed his filing “in its entirety, without prejudice” on November 1.

The lawsuit originally was submitted by Stone in June. He claimed that in 1989, five years before Carey’s song, he wrote and recorded a song under the same title under the name Vince Vance And The Valiants. Stone was suing Carey and her co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, for using his track without permission. He also alleged that his version received “extensive airplay” during the 1993 holiday season.

According to the publication, Stone’s lawyers started reaching out to Carey’s team in April 2021, but were ignored. He was seeking $20 million in the lawsuit. There are also songs that were released long before Stone’s with the same exact title, which is what the majority of his suit rested on.

Yesterday, Carey shared a video on social media to welcome in the holiday season. She transforms into a full Santa suit. “IT’S TIIIIIIIIME!!!!!!!!” the caption reads. Like clockwork, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” re-entered the Top 40 on iTunes in the US and was streamed globally over a million times.

It truly is her time to shine.

Another round of performers were revealed yesterday (November 1) for the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards. Christina Aguilera joins the line-up along with John Legend, Elvis Costello, and more artists.

Aguilera received seven Latin Grammy nominations this year for her self-titled Latin comeback album. The Aguilera LP is up for Album Of The Year. Her stellar collaboration “Pa Mis Muchachas” featuring Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso is nominated for both Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year.

A surprising artist added to the performers line-up is Legend. Though it’s not yet known how he will participate in the ceremony, Legend will most likely perform with Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra. In March, Yatra released a remix of his track that’s nominated for Song Of The Year featuring Legend.

Costello will also be performing at the Latin Grammy Awards. Last year, the British rocker released a Spanish-language version of his breakthrough album This Year’s Model. For Spanish Model, Costello teamed up with previous Latin Grammy winners like Luis Fonsi, Juanes, Fito Paez, Jorge Drexler, and Jesse y Joy.

Other artists added to the performers line-up include Colombian pop star Camilo, Mexican singer Christian Nodal, Drexler, and Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández. Bad Bunny is the most-nominated artist of the year with 10 nominations. The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards will take place in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 17. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Univision.

The Beyhive is buzzing with hope for new visuals. Despite having released her seventh studio album, Renaissance more than three months ago, Beyoncé has not released any music videos for the album. Although she has released a teaser clip for the video for Renaissance cut, “I’m That Girl,” she has not shared much else in regard to videos. However, a gift she sent to R&B singer/songwriter Syd now has fans theorizing about upcoming videos. But this gift also has fans asking how Syd contributed to the Renaissance era.

What Beyoncé Song Did Syd Help Write?

The album’s eighth track, “Plastic Off The Sofa” features writing credits by Beyoncé herself, along with Sydney Bennett, better known as Syd, as well as Sabrina Claudio, Nick Green, and Patrick Paige II. The song was also produced by Beyoncé, Syd, and Leven Kali.

Yesterday (November 1), Beyoncé sent Syd a thank-you gift for her contributions and seemingly hinted that visuals were on the way.

“Thank you for contributing so much to the film,” said Bey. “I’m looking at the footage and you’re incredible. I’m forever grateful. B.”

Neither Syd nor Beyoncé have commented any further regarding the aforementioned film, however, others have hinted that the videos are on their way.

In a now-deleted tweet, drag performer Shea Couleé implied that she knew that Beyoncé is putting the final touches on the visuals.

I’m not gonna say how I know this, but the visuals are coming,” Couleé said. “So stop asking that lady for them. She’s working overtime, and she’s about to deliver.”

Mariah Carey is no longer being sued for her 1994 holiday hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” After Rolling Stone obtained new court documents, it appears plaintiff Andy Stone has dismissed his filing “in its entirety, without prejudice” on November 1.

The lawsuit originally was submitted by Stone in June. He claimed that in 1989, five years before Carey’s song, he wrote and recorded a song under the same title under the name Vince Vance And The Valiants. Stone was suing Carey and her co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, for using his track without permission. He also alleged that his version received “extensive airplay” during the 1993 holiday season.

According to the publication, Stone’s lawyers started reaching out to Carey’s team in April 2021, but were ignored. He was seeking $20 million in the lawsuit. There are also songs that were released long before Stone’s with the same exact title, which is what the majority of his suit rested on.

Yesterday, Carey shared a video on social media to welcome in the holiday season. She transforms into a full Santa suit. “IT’S TIIIIIIIIME!!!!!!!!” the caption reads. Like clockwork, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” re-entered the Top 40 on iTunes in the US and was streamed globally over a million times.

It truly is her time to shine.

Dan Snyder’s time as the owner of the Washington Commanders may be coming to an end. According to a report in Forbes that was eventually confirmed by the team, Snyder and his wife, Tanya, have hired BofA Securities to potentially shepard a sale of the franchise that he has owned for two decades.

In the statement, the franchise noted that this does not mean a sale is imminent, but rather, that the team will “consider potential transactions.”

This came shortly after Mike Ozanian of Forbes reported that Snyder tabbed BofA to help with potentially selling some (or his full) stake in the team, and that there is already interest from groups in buying the squad based out of the nation’s capital.

According to a person familiar with the process, Snyder already has at least four calls from groups interested in buying the team. Snyder and his bankers are exploring all options and a transaction could be for the entire NFL team or a minority stake.

A Commanders rep told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network that the team is “exploring all options.” The news comes as Snyder has come under scrutiny for a number of reasons, including fostering a work environment where numerous women have claimed they were sexually harassed and hiding revenues from both fans and the NFL. Despite this, Snyder has allegedly claimed that the NFL won’t do anything to him due to the amount of dirt he has on owner owners and Roger Goodell.

The Beyhive is buzzing with hope for new visuals. Despite having released her seventh studio album, Renaissance more than three months ago, Beyoncé has not released any music videos for the album. Although she has released a teaser clip for the video for Renaissance cut, “I’m That Girl,” she has not shared much else in regard to videos. However, a gift she sent to R&B singer/songwriter Syd now has fans theorizing about upcoming videos. But this gift also has fans asking how Syd contributed to the Renaissance era.

What Beyoncé Song Did Syd Help Write?

The album’s eighth track, “Plastic Off The Sofa” features writing credits by Beyoncé herself, along with Sydney Bennett, better known as Syd, as well as Sabrina Claudio, Nick Green, and Patrick Paige II. The song was also produced by Beyoncé, Syd, and Leven Kali.

Yesterday (November 1), Beyoncé sent Syd a thank-you gift for her contributions and seemingly hinted that visuals were on the way.

“Thank you for contributing so much to the film,” said Bey. “I’m looking at the footage and you’re incredible. I’m forever grateful. B.”

Neither Syd nor Beyoncé have commented any further regarding the aforementioned film, however, others have hinted that the videos are on their way.

In a now-deleted tweet, drag performer Shea Couleé implied that she knew that Beyoncé is putting the final touches on the visuals.

I’m not gonna say how I know this, but the visuals are coming,” Couleé said. “So stop asking that lady for them. She’s working overtime, and she’s about to deliver.”