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| CMA Awards: Ella Langley, Riley Green, Brooks & Dunn win early | Ella Langley and Riley Green nabbed the first award of the night Wednesday at the Country Music Association Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The pair won Single of the Year for "You Look Like You Love Me." "I feel like this is a song that just keeps on giving because fans keep on listening to it," Langley said in her acceptance speech. "Thanks for letting me be a part of this song," Green, who is featured on the track, said to Langley. "Thanks for making it a hit," he added to the fans. |
| 'Ricky Gervais: Mortality' special to premiere on Netflix in December | Netflix announced the premiere date for Ricky Gervais' new stand-up comedy special on Wednesday. Ricky Gervais: Mortality starts streaming Dec. 30. Mortality follows Gervais' previous three Netflix specials, Humanity, Supernature and Armageddon. The new show will see Gervais discuss his life, inevitable death, and the state of the world" in a special filmed this year at the London Palladium. "I think Mortality is my most honest and confessional show so far," Gervais said in a statement. "I still can't believe what a privilege it is to fly around the world making people laugh." Gervais has been performing Mortality on tour since 2024. |
| Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson's 'Ponies' premieres in January | Peacock announced the premiere date for the upcoming series Ponies on Wednesday. The show premieres Jan. 15. Ponies stars Emilia Clarke as Bea and Haley Lu Richardson as Twila, two secretaries at the American Embassy in Moscow. When their husbands are killed, Bea and Twila become CIA operatives. Peacock first announced the show last year. They released three new photos with the date announcement. One shows Bea working in her office. Another shows Twila meeting with Dane (Adrian Lester). The third shows both women meeting with an unknown woman. Susanna Fogel and David Iserson co-created the show and executive produce. Both also write and Fogel directs. Mike Daniels is showrunner and executive producer. |
| Amazon orders new 'Stargate' TV series | Amazon MGM Studios has announced a new television series based on Stargate is in development. The series will be written and executive produced by Stargate veteran Martin Gero, who also serves as showrunner. The new series will stream on Prime Video, Amazon announced on Wednesday. Gero was an executive producer on the series Stargate: Atlantis and also worked on Blindspot and Keep Breathing. Gero will be joined by executive producers Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse Pictures, along with Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. Emmerich directed the original Stargate film in 1994 that kicked off the military sci-fi franchise. Kurt Russell and James Spader star in that film. |
| Goo Goo Dolls perform 'Dizzy' hits at Tiny Desk concert | Goo Goo Dolls performed a Tiny Desk concert for NPR Music, playing a four-song set that included two hits from the band's 1998 quintuple-platinum album, Dizzy Up the Girl. NPR welcomed "Buffalo's finest" to the Tiny Desk stage as the band, which formed in 1986, is in midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Goo Goo Dolls -- featuring several longtime members including lead vocalist and guitarist John Reznick and bassist and vocalist Robby Takac, with Jimmy McGorman on keys, piano and backing vocals, Brad Fernquist on guitar and mandolin and Craig Macintyre on drums -- opened with "Slide," one of four top ten hits from the 1998 album. |