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| Famous birthdays for April 7: Tony Dorsett, Kevin Alejandro | Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include: -- St. Francis Xavier in 1506 -- Poet William Wordsworth in 1770 -- College Football Hall of Fame member Walter Camp in 1859 -- Industrialist W.K. |
| Queen Latifah to host American Music Awards on Memorial Day | CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced the host of the American Music Awards on Monday. Queen Latifah will host the 52nd edition on May 25 at 8 p.m. EDT. Latifah has performed at the AMAs and co-hosted in 1995 but has never been nominated. She has won a Grammy for 1995's "U.N.I.T.Y." "It's been an incredible year for music," she said in a statement. "There is no better place to celebrate than in Vegas." The live ceremony will be broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The awards air on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Latifah most recently released an album in 2023 and the single "Live It Up" in 2025. She also acts, with Oscar and Emmy nominations and 1 Emmy win for producing Bessie, and once hosted a talk show. |
| Oscar Isaac confronts Cailee Spaeny in 'Beef' Season 2 teaser | Netflix is teasing the sophomore season of its anthology series Beef ahead of its April 16 arrival on the streamer. A short clip released Monday shows Oscar Isaac standing next to a snack cart, White Claw by his side. "Our members pay a lot of money to come here," he says. "300k initiation fee. Did you know that?" He asks an apparent employee (Cailee Spaeny) why members dish out so much money. "The discretion," he says. "People need a place where they can feel safe. Where they can pretend everything is okay. It's the land of make-believe. Do you follow?" Season 2 "explores the trials of love across life stages and the mounting pressures marriage can create," an official synopsis states, and also stars Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton. |
| 'Animal Farm' trailer features Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson voices | Seth Rogen and Woody Harrelson are among the stars to voice characters in the animated film adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner Gaten Matarazzo and Andy Serkis are also among the voice cast members. A trailer released Monday shows farm animals learning that they are going to die when they get onboard a vehicle headed for a slaughterhouse. The animals band together to secure rights for themselves, only for the pigs to take over control. The film is due to arrive in theaters May 1. |
| Hulk Hogan gives final interview in new trailer for Netflix docuseries | Late professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan discusses his life and career during his final interview in the new trailer for Netflix's upcoming docuseries, Hulk Hogan: Real American. "In wrestling you should be remembered from all the wars you've been in. Some people hate me, but after I'm gone, I think people don't know the truth. Who was this guy really?" Hogan says in the clip released on Monday. Netflix promises in the trailer to showcase the true story behind Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, and features appearances from wrestling legends Jimmy Hart, Kevin Nash, Bret Hart and Hogan's ex-wife Linda Claridge. "You really want me to tell the truth? Okay. I know where all the bodies are buried," Hogan says. |