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Charlie Puth to sing national anthem at Super Bowl LX

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Charlie Puth will have a lot going in 2026.

In March, he’ll become a first-time dad and release his new album, and now, he’s just booked a pretty big gig for February: He’ll be singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Charlie announced the news with a funny video in which he adopts his “Professor Puth” persona and tries to explain the crazy musical dynamics of “The Star Spangled Banner” to a group of clueless football players. Of course, since he has perfect pitch, Charlie should have no problem hitting the high “A” note in the song.

Meanwhile, Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful” during the pregame festivities, and R&B star Coco Jones will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

“Charlie, Brandi, and Coco are generational talents, and we are honored to have them … on Super Bowl LX’s world stage,” says Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez in a statement. Roc Nation produces the Super Bowl pregame and halftime shows. “This moment embodies the very best of culture, live performance, and our country, perfectly kicking off game day.”

In brief: ‘Shrek 5’ casting, and more

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Shrek 5 has added two new cast members. DreamWorks announced in a post on the film’s official Instagram page Thursday that comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Marcello Hernandez and Superman and The Righteous Gemstones actor Skyler Gisondo had joined the movie. The two actors will voice Shrek and Fiona’s sons Fergus and Farkle, according to Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation’s parent company …

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won the Oscar for best original screenplay for 1998’s Shakespeare in Love, has died at age 88, the Associated Press reported. His agents announced he died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by his family …

Pillion was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards in London Sunday, taking home four awards, including best British independent film. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling. Best international independent film went to Joaquim Trier’s Sentimental Value …

Scoreboard roundup — 11/30/25

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
49ers 26, Browns 8
Jaguars 25, Titans 3
Texans 20, Colts 16
Saints 17, Dolphins 21
Falcons 24, Jets 27
Cardinals 17, Buccaneers 20
Rams 28, Panthers 31
Vikings 0, Seahawks 26
Bills 26, Steelers 7
Raiders 14, Chargers 31
Broncos 27, Commanders 26

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Rockets 129, Jazz 101
Celtics 117, Cavaliers 115
Raptors 94, Knicks 116
Hawks 142, 76ers 134
Thunder 123, Trail Blazers 115
Spurs 112, Timberwolves 125
Grizzlies 115, Kings 107
Pelicans 121, Lakers 133

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Capitals 4, Islanders 1
Ducks 3, Blackhawks 5
Flames 0, Hurricanes 1
Senators 1, Stars 6

‘That Crazy Elf’ is terrorizing Brad Paisley’s ‘Snow Globe Town’

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

As mischievous elves start to appear in homes around the world this time of year, Brad Paisley needs to get a thing or two off his chest.

He says he’s been terrorized by descendants of the Elf on the Shelf for years.

“Our elves are nuts,” Brad says. “You know, if you look back at my Instagram history, there’s some of them documented. Like they’ll frequently fill an entire shower, like a walk-in shower, with those little plastic balls from a ball pit. Like they’ve launched themselves with a slingshot into the big window in the house.”

Brad says things only get crazier as Dec. 25 approaches.

“They have a big concert usually, like the day before they leave,” he says. “All the action figures in the house are lined up as an audience, and they’re playing and jamming on the stage. They’re, you know, I don’t know, they’re a problem.”

You can experience Brad’s full complaint — set to music — via “That Crazy Elf (On the Shelf)” from his new Christmas album, Snow Globe Town.

Olivia Dean wins refunds for fans after calling out ticket resellers

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Olivia Dean just proved the squeaky wheel gets the grease. After complaining that the major concert promoters and ticket sellers were allowing tickets to be resold for too high a price, one of them is offering fans refunds.

Olivia’s upcoming U.S. tour sold out in minutes on Nov. 21, but then tickets started appearing on resale sites priced at $1,000 or more. On her Instagram Story at the time, Olivia wrote, “@Ticketmaster @Livenation @AEGPresents you are providing a disgusting service. The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes. Live music should be affordable and accessible and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.”

In a separate post, Olivia addressed fans, writing, “I’m sorry that there seems to be an issue with ticket re-selling and pricing. My team are currently looking into it. It is extremely frustrating as the last thing I want is for anyone to be scammed or overcharged for our show.”

And it looks like her message got through, with Ticketmaster issuing a statement saying, “To support Olivia Dean’s commitment to fair ticket pricing, Ticketmaster is capping all future ticket resale prices for [her] The Art of Loving Live tour on its platform and refunding fans for any markup they already paid to resellers on Ticketmaster.”

Announcing the news about the refunds on her Instagram Story, Olivia added, “The secondary ticket market is an exploitative and unregulated space and we as an industry have a responsibility to protect people and our community.”

Sabrina Carpenter reflects on Short n’ Sweet tour: ‘I’m missing you already’

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Sabrina Carpenter‘s Short n’ Sweet tour spanned two years and 72 shows, finally wrapping Nov. 23. On Nov. 28, Sabrina took to Instagram to reflect on the success of a trek she called “everything I’ve dreamt of making since i was young.”

Sabrina wrote that she’s “feeling every bit of this ending and feeling it hard!” adding, “you guys sold out every single show in some of my dream bucket list venues and reminded me each and every night why i love what i do and im so lucky to do it. I truly think I’ll look back on this tour when I’m old and gray and wish i could step back into my go go boots just oneee more time.”

“every detail of this show was made with love, humor, creativity, and excitement for each crowd to step into my mind and our world for the evening, to hopefully go out for one night all dressed up however you’d like… and get out of your head while celebrating the good the bad, the funny and the sad!” Sabrina continued.

She added, “this show would fall flat on its face without my audience. you accepted me 100% and i am so beyond thankful … I could never recreate it and I’ll never try!”

Sabrina thanked her crew, dancers and team, and also pointed out that through various partnerships, the tour raised over $1.5 million for multiple charities, and registered “tens of thousands of new voters.”

“If you came to see a show, if you watched and cheered us on from afar, or if you only tuned in for a 3 second position, i cannot thank you enough,” she concluded. “I love you and I’m missing you already x,” adding “gotta do something with all these bodysuits lol!”

Queen celebrates 50 years of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ with new immersive video

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Queen is wrapping their five-part Queen the Greatest YouTube series with the release of a special “Bohemian Rhapsody” video.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the song’s nine-week run on top of the U.K. singles chart, Queen has released “The ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 360 Experience,” a video that features moving images of the band performing the song live, the track’s original promotional video, on-screen lyrics and more.

In order to get the full 360-degree experience, folks on a laptop or desktop computer simply need to hold and drag their mouse to move through all the visuals in the clip, while those on a smartphone can turn their screen sideways and move the phone for the different clips. VR viewers can also get the 360-degree experience by putting their phone into their viewer to immerse themselves in the video.

As a press release notes, the new video “invites viewers to open their eyes, look up to the skies and see.”

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” from Queen’s #1 album A Night at the Opera, was the band’s first #1 single. The six-minute operatic tune, written by Freddie Mercury, was rereleased in 1991 following Mercury’s death.

‘Zootopia 2’ wins the Thanksgiving weekend with $156 million

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

‘Zootopia 2’ wins the Thanksgiving weekend with 6 million

‘Zootopia 2’ wins the Thanksgiving weekend with $156 million — Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) in ‘Zootopia 2.’ (Walt Disney Studios)

Zootopia 2, the sequel to the 2016 Disney animated film, was the holiday box office champ, bringing in $156 million during the five-day Thanksgiving day weekend, Box Office Mojo reports.

According to Variety, that holiday take marks the second-best Thanksgiving opening for a film following 2024’s Moana 2, which brought in $225 million.

Wicked: For Good also had a strong Thanksgiving box office, earning $93 million for a second place showing, bringing its total domestic box office to $270.4 million.

The weekend’s only two other new releases to land in the top 10 include the Elizabeth Olsen/Miles Teller film Eternity at #6 with a Thanksgiving weekend box office of $5.23 million, and Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal, at #8 with $1.35 million.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. Zootopia 2 – $156 million
2. Wicked: For Good – $93 million
3. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – $10.09 million
4. Predator: Badlands – $6.62 million
5. The Running Man – $5.52 million
6. Eternity – $5.23 million
7. Rental Family – $3.07 million
8. Hamnet – $1.35 million
9. Sisu: Road to Revenge – $1.2 million
10. Regretting You – $710,000

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Jordan L. Jones says final ‘Bel-Air’ season sees Jazz embrace vulnerability, acceptance

December 1, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jazz is known for his unique style and entrepreneurial spirit on Bel-Air — and while that will remain true in the fourth and final season of the Peacock series, Jordan L. Jones says two themes define his character’s journey this time around.

“What you have to look for … [with] my character is obviously more vulnerability,” he tells ABC Audio. “But I also think acceptance is one of the themes that Jazz is going to go through.”

Jordan clarifies that this acceptance isn’t about resignation. “Not acceptance in a bad way, like, ‘Oh, something bad happened, I have to accept it,’ but just accepting whatever comes … being open to whatever. … You learn more about Jazz that he’s actually just OK with acceptance. And he is a very strong individual.”

Regarding Jazz’s relationship with Will, played by Jabari Banks, Jordan says Jazz remains a mentor and steady presence. As the series comes to an end, he notes there’s “not a hard ending” to their friendship.

“It’s not like Will and Jazz and Carlton never see each other again,” he explains. “It’s like that college experience where we have to leave each other, but we still have each other.”

Jimmy Akingbola also talked to ABC Audio about his character Geoffrey’s arc as the Banks family’s estate manager. He says the final season forces Geoffrey to confront his past and his present.

“The final season explores Geoffrey’s past in such a deep and impactful way, to the point where Geoffrey has to stop — I’ll use the word running,” Jimmy says. “For the first time … he doesn’t have the answers. Normally Geoffrey has something handled before someone’s thought about it,” noting that now “his back [is] against the wall.”

Jimmy adds that Geoffrey is “fractured” this season, unsure whether healing is possible as his past arrives on his doorstep and challenges his loyalty.

New episodes of Bel-Air premiere Monday on Peacock.

4 Houston firefighters hospitalized after big rig slams into their engine

November 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Four Texas firefighters were injured early Sunday when an 18-wheeler slammed into their fire engine as they were blocking traffic to a freeway entrance following a car crash, authorities said.

The incident unfolded around 2 a.m. in north Houston, according to the Houston Fire Department.

The injured firefighters were taken by ambulance to a hospital, officials said.

“We are asking for prayers for our four injured firefighters,” Patrick M. “Marty” Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, said in a social media post.

The fire crew had responded to a traffic accident on the Eastex Freeway and was blocking the entrance to the freeway at Northpark Drive with a Houston Fire Department pumper engine when they were hit by the big rig, authorities said.

The firefighters suffered “injuries of varying severities,” according to a statement from the fire department. “All are expected to fully recover.”

Three of the injured firefighters remained hospitalized on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

It was not immediately clear what injuries the driver of the big rig sustained.

The crash remains under investigation.

“Blocking traffic on the freeway is one of the most dangerous tasks we do,” Houston Fire Chief Thomas Muñoz said in a statement on social media. “We’re extremely grateful that every member of Engine 104 is expected to recover, and we ask drivers to slow down and move over when they see emergency crews working.”

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