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Kane Brown signs on for #TikTokTailgate appearance on Super Bowl Sunday

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John Shearer/Getty Images for CMTKane Brown is among the acts who’ll be helping fans heat up their tailgate celebrations this Super Bowl Sunday.

Though the festivities won’t look quite the same as usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the singer is part of the all-genre, all-star lineup participating in a two-hour virtual pre-game show on the TikTok app.

Called #TikTokTailgate, the inaugural event will include a live performance from pop star Miley Cyrus. In addition to Kane, other stars making live appearances will include Adam Levine, Rebel Wilson, Ajani Huff and Dave Jorgenson. All these stars and more will appear to offer their predictions as to who will win this year’s game, share their favorite tailgate snack food and answer other questions related to all things Super Bowl.

In addition to the star power on deck to appear, the #TikTokTailgate will feature a number of foodies and creators popular on the app, who will share tailgate recipes and more with fans leading up to the big game.

The musical performances will take place in front of 7,500 vaccinated health care workers specifically invited by the NFL to attend the Super Bowl LV. However, fans can tune into the party on TikTok beginning at 2:30PM ET on Sunday.

By Carena Liptak
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HBO documentary 'Allen v. Farrow' digs deep into the child abuse allegations against Woody Allen

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Courtesy HBO(NEW YORK) — “Who on earth could believe that about Woody Allen? I couldn’t believe it.”

That comment, from Woody Allen’s ex-wife Mia Farrow, is one of the first heard in the teaser for Allen v. Farrow, an upcoming HBO documentary about the sexual abuse investigation into the famous filmmaker.

The four-part documentary series, which examines the accusations Allen abused his then-7-year-old daughter Dylan, was “meticulously pieced together via intimate home movie footage, court documents, police evidence, revelatory videotape and never-before-heard audio tapes,” according to HBO. 

The project features interviews with Farrow, as well as with her children Dylan and Ronan, family friend Carly Simon, the case’s prosecutor, Frank Maco, and “relatives, investigators, experts and other first-hand eyewitnesses,” many of whom, HBO teases, are “speaking publicly about the events for the first time.”

The special will also deal with Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s adoptive daughter Soon-Yi, who he later married, as well as the aftermath of the abuse investigation and how it changed perceptions of the Oscar-winner’s work.

Dylan Farrow, then 32, made the allegations against her adoptive father in 2018. At that time, Allen issued a statement that read in part, “When this claim was first made more than 25 years ago, it was thoroughly investigated by both the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of the Yale-New Haven Hospital and New York State Child Welfare.”

“They both did so for many months and independently concluded that no molestation had ever taken place,” the statement continued. “Instead, they found it likely a vulnerable child had been coached to tell the story by her angry mother during a contentious breakup.”

Allen v. Farrow will premiere on Sunday, February 21. 

By Stephen Iervolino
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Oscar winner Christopher Plummer dies at 91

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NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images(CONNECTICUT) — Christopher Plummer, the acclaimed Canadian actor perhaps best known for his role in The Sound of Music, has died. He was 91.

The Oscar winner died at his home in Connecticut with Elaine Taylor, his wife and best friend of 53 years, by his side, his manager confirmed to ABC News.

“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self-deprecating humor and the music of words. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come,” Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years, said in a statement.

Plummer, who began his career on stage, made his film debut in 1958’s Stage Struck and went on to a successful movie career that spanned more than six decades.

He starred in a vast variety of films, including The Return of the Pink Panther, Murder by Decree, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, A Beautiful Mind, Up, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, All the Money in the World, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Knives Out.

He earned his first Oscar nomination in 2010 for playing Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station. He told Canadian television just before the Oscar broadcast, “Well, I said it’s about time! I mean, I’m 80 years old, for God’s sake. Have mercy.” He lost that year to Christoph Waltz.

Two years later, at 82, he won the Academy Award for best supporting actor in Beginners.

Accepting the award, he famously quipped, “You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?”

In addition to his Oscar, Plummer also won two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and a BAFTA Award.

But Plummer remained best known to film audiences as the patriarch of the singing von Trapp family, starring alongside Julie Andrews in the 1965 hit musical The Sound of Music.

By Lucina Fisher
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Miranda Lambert is “thankful nothing worse happened” after Airstream hit-and-run incident

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ABCFor the past several months, Miranda Lambert has been documenting her cross-country adventures with her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, in their Airstream, affectionately dubbed The Sheriff.

Unfortunately, their travels were cut short after a hit-and-run incident that occurred on their way through Atlanta, leaving the Airstream damaged. On her Instagram, Miranda posted video footage of the dents in her vehicle and updated fans on what had happened.

The incident occurred, the singer said, when a driver “in a small car with temp plates was driving erratically and tried to squeeze between us and a semi truck going 70 on 1-20 W. It hit the Airstream on the passenger side and sent us into left lane.”

Miranda quickly assured fans that nobody involved was hurt during the scary moment.

“We fishtailed pretty good but got on the shoulder as quickly as possible to assess the damage,” she detailed. “Nobody was hurt, thank the good Lord. But nobody stopped either and the car sped away. (Cool Bro) We are so thankful that nothing worse happened.”

Miranda also gave a shout-out to her husband for keeping a cool head and steering them to safety as the driver of the Airstream, and she noted that they “made a report and hauled home.”

Though Miranda and Brendan will have to wait for The Sheriff to be fixed up before they hit the road again, Miranda made sure to say they aren’t planning on changing their traveling ways.

“We are gonna be repaired and back to our vagabond ways soon,” she declared.

By Carena Liptak
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Eric Church to feature on the NFL’s newly-announced Super Bowl LV visual album

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ABCEric Church’s national anthem performance with Jazmine Sullivan at the upcoming Super Bowl will be among the musical highlights included in a just-announced Live Visual Album documenting the big game.

On Friday, the NFL announced plans to commemorate the Super Bowl LV, which takes place on Sunday, so that fans can enjoy the experience online, across multiple platforms. Performances will go live on DSPS, Apple Music, Amazon, TIDAL and more throughout Sunday evening, as they take place in real time.

In addition to Eric and Jazmine’s national anthem performance kicking off the game, other featured performances will include H.E.R.’s “America the Beautiful” and The Weeknd’s halftime show performance. The Live Visual Album is available to pre-save now.

It’s sure to be a busy weekend for Eric. In addition to his Super Bowl spot, he’s gearing up for the April release of his triple album, Heart & Soul. On Thursday, he rolled out two more new tracks off that project to members of his Church Choir fan club. Both songs were exclusive to the Church Choir for 24 hours. One of them, “Lone Wolf,” will remain that way — it’s on Eric’s middle album, &, which is a fan club-exclusive vinyl record.

The other new tune, “Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones,” is available to the general public now.


By Carena Liptak
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