Month: December 2022

Additional performers have been added to the already star-studded lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023. The show will take place from Disneyland, Los Angeles and New Orleans. As previously announced, 18x host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest will once again head to Times Square to lead the festivities, with actress and producer Liza Koshy returning as co-host alongside Seacrest. In addition, country artist Jessie James Decker will also join the duo in Times Square as the Powerball co-host for her fourth consecutive year.

Disneyland will become this year’s inaugural host destination and home to an additional Rockin’ Eve celebration with veteran hostess and multi Platinum-selling artist Ciara overseeing festivities. Ciara will perform a medley of “Better Thangs” and “Jump;” with additional appearances from American indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy with fellow Jamaican artist Olaf Blackwood, and Ben Platt joined by indie sister duo Aly & AJ.  Halle Bailey, K-pop band Tomorrow X Together (TXT), Bailey Zimmerman and Lauren Spencer Smith will also perform. The Disneyland segments are pre-taped prior to the New Year’s holiday.

After serving as the official LA Party DJ at last year’s show, DJ, producer/rapper and philanthropist D-Nice will return as this year’s L.A. co-host. Performers at the LA Party include Wiz Khalifa, Finneas, Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron and singer-songwriter Nicky Youre.  And in New Orleans, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner and Billy Porter will perform a medley of his hits, where he will be co-hosting New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Festivities.

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Céline Dion has shared her struggle with a rare neurological disorder, posting a video on Instagram with the caption: “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through…It hurts me to tell you that I won’t be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February. – Céline”

The 54-year-old singer postponed the spring 2023 dates of her Courage tour after being diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome. In her video on Instagram, Dion said the disorder causes spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing: “Recently, I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome, which effects something like one in a million people … While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having. Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to …I have a great team of doctors working alongside me to help me get better, and my precious children, who are supporting me and giving me hope. I’m working hard with my support medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again. But I have to admit, it’s been a struggle … I miss you so much. I miss seeing all of you, being on the stage, performing for you. I always give 100% when I do my shows, but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now.”

Dion was scheduled to kick-off the European leg of her Courage tour Feb. 24, 2023, in Prague, Czech Republic but has rescheduled the shows to 2024. Summer 2023 dates of her tour have also been canceled. Dion postponed the opening of her Las Vegas residency show at Resorts World Theatre in October 2021 due to “severe and persistent muscle spasms” and she canceled the remaining North American dates of her Courage tour in January, also citing muscle spasms.

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Netflix shared the trailer for Season 3 of the romantic-comedy Emily in Paris, starring Lily Collins. Emily in Paris was created by Darren Star (Sex and the City, Younger), and follows Emily Cooper (Collins), a 20-something American who moves to Paris to work for a French marketing firm.

Season 3 will see Emily face tough choices in her personal and professional life, as she is torn between her feelings for Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), and working for Madeline (Kate Walsh) or Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu). An official synopsis reads: “Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.”  Ashley Park, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery and Camille Razat also star.

Emily in Paris was recently renewed through Season 4; Season 3 premieres Dec. 21 on Netflix. You can take a look at the trailer – here.

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Comedy Central announced a slate of guest hosts for The Daily Show, following longtime host Trevor Noah’s imminent departure on Thursday.

Al Franken, Chelsea Handler, D.L. Hughley, Leslie Jones, John Leguizamo, Hasan Minhaj, Kal Penn, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes and Marlon Wayans will guest host The Daily Show beginning January 17, as part of its “next chapter”. Comedy Central added that “Daily Show” correspondents and contributors are also “set to host with additional details to be announced.”

Noah announced his plan to leave The Daily Show in September, and will launch a comedy tour in January. Chris McCarthy, president/CEO of Paramount Media Networks, said in a statement: “As we enter Trevor’s final week, we want to thank him for his many contributions. Trevor redefined the show, as did Jon Stewart before him, and as we look to the future, we are excited to reimagine it yet again with the help of this incredible list of talent and correspondents along with the immensely talented ‘Daily Show’ team.”

“The Daily Show” airs weeknights at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and is available the following morning on Paramount+.

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Steve Martin and Martin Short are set to co-host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, December 10th, with “Elvis” star Austin Butler also set to make his hosting debut on the NBC comedy series later this month. Martin and Short will host on Dec. 10 with musical guest Brandi Carlile. Butler will host on Dec. 17 with musical guest Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Martin has hosted the show 15 times in his career and has appeared in numerous guest roles, while Short was a cast member during the show’s 10th season and has hosted the show three times. The duo currently star in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building” and will resume their ““You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!” tour in 2023.  Carlile will be making her second appearance on “SNL.” Her newest album, “In These Silent Days,” was recently nominated for seven Grammy Awards.

Butler most recently starred in Bay Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis,’ and has previously starred in films like “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Dead Don’t Die.” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who are up for two Grammys for their album “Cool It Down,” will also be appearing for the second time on SNL. 

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