Gwen Stefani joins this year’s The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration. Turns out, the singer has fond memories of the theme park.
Speaking toEntertainment Tonightfrom Disneyland, the “Slow Clap” singer explained that she grew up in a home that was so close to the park, it was basically her “backyard.”
“My parents used to pick us up from school and would be driving down Harvard Boulevard going, ‘Oops, we made the wrong turn. I guess we have to go to Disneyland today.’ It’s just one of those things that we do every year,” Gwen recalled, noting that she does the same thing with her kids: 15-year-old Kingston, 13-year-old Zuma, and Apollo, who’s seven.
“I bring the kids every single year at Christmas time, so I know that they would be freaked out to know that I am actually here right now. They are going to be like, ‘Why didn’t you bring us?'” Gwen laughed.
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration airs Sunday, November 28, at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.
Although Christmas is right around the corner, Gwen’s focused on Thanksgiving, and revealed, “We leave next week to go to Oklahoma, it’s a tradition. My whole family flies out, and we have not been back there since the wedding.”
The singer adds she’s “very excited” to spend her first holiday as Mrs. Blake Shelton and raved, “It’s gonna be our first married Thanksgiving!”
Gwen says she’s also looking forward to stuffing herself with turkey, adding, “My mom definitely likes to do her turkey her way. Blake likes to experiment with multiple smaller turkeys,” revealing he previously made a “hot Cheetos turkey” and plans on a “bacon-wrapped” bird this year.
(ATLANTA) — A Georgia jury resumed deliberating on Wednesday the fates of three white men charged with trapping Ahmaud Arbery with their pickup trucks and fatally shooting him.
“Your oath requires that you will decide this case based on the evidence,” Judge Timothy Walmsley told the jury before sending the panel off to begin their deliberations on Tuesday.
The jury got the case after Linda Dunikoski, the Cobb County, Georgia, assistant district attorney appointed as a special prosecutor in the Glynn County case, took two hours to rebut the closing arguments made on Monday by attorneys for the three defendants.
The jury, comprised of 11 white people and one Black person, heard wildly different summations on Monday of the same evidence in the racially-charged case. Dunikoski alleged the defendants pursued and murdered Arbery because of wrong assumptions they made that the Black man running through their neighborhood had committed a burglary, while defense attorneys countered that Arbery was shot in self-defense when he resisted a citizen’s arrest.
Travis McMichael, the 35-year-old U.S. Coast Guard veteran; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65, a retired Glynn County police officer, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 53, each face maximum sentences of life in prison if convicted on all the charges.
The defendants have pleaded not guilty to a nine-count state indictment that includes malice murder, multiple charges of felony murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a 12-gauge shotgun and aggravated assault with their pickup trucks.
The McMichaels and Bryan were also indicted on federal hate crime charges in April and have all pleaded not guilty.
Latest headlines:
-Jury resumes deliberations
-Jury sent home for the night
-Defense attorneys call for a mistrial
-‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’: Prosecutor
-Travis McMichael’s attorney gives closing argument
-Prosecutor says defendants attacked Arbery because he was Black
Here’s how the news developed. All times Eastern.
Nov 24, 3:05 pm
McMichael plans to appeal: Attorneys
Attorneys for Gregory McMichael say they will appeal, after McMichael, his son Travis, and William “Roddie” Bryan were all found guilty Wednesday of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
Laura Hogue, one of Gregory McMichael’s lawyers, said she was “very disappointed” and attorney Frank Hogue said they will appeal, which can only begin once sentencing is done.
ABC News’ Janice McDonald
Nov 24, 2:10 pm
Guilty verdicts for McMichaels, Bryan
A Georgia jury has convicted three white men of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
Travis McMichael, who shot fatally shot Arbery in February 2020, was convicted on all nine charges, including malice murder and four counts of felony murder.
Gregory McMichael, 65, was found not guilty of malice murder, but was convicted on the remaining charges, including the felony murder counts.
The McMichael’s neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 53, was found guilty of three of the felony murder counts and a charge of criminal intent to commit a felony.
Here is a full breakdown of the verdicts.
Nov 24, 10:11 am
Jury asks to view video of Arbery shooting
The jury was shown multiple times the now-famous video showing a struggle between Travis McMichael and Ahmaud Arbery over McMichael’s shotgun that partly captured the fatal shooting.
The panel sent a note to Judge Walmsley asking to view a short version of the video and an enhanced, high-contrast video of the deadly struggle. As per their request, the jury was played the videos three times each.
It was the first request from the jury to review any evidence in the case since they began deliberating on Tuesday.
The jury also asked to hear a 911 call between Greg McMichael and a police dispatcher around the time of the shooting on Feb. 23, 2020. In the 911 call played for the jury inside the Glynn County courtroom, Greg McMichael is heard explaining his emergency was “there’s a Black male running down the street.” He was also overheard yelling to Arbery: “Stop. Goddammit, stop” and “Travis.”
Nov 24, 9:01 am
Jury resumes deliberations
The jury resumed its deliberations on Wednesday morning, after working a little over six hours on Tuesday.
The panel was called into the Glynn County courtroom around 8:30 a.m. and Judge Walmsley thanked them for their service and sent them off to continue their discussions.
(NEW YORK) — Nearly 200,000 customers in Southern California may be without electricity during the Thanksgiving holiday as two utility companies consider cutting power due to fire danger.
In the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura, more than 151,000 customers could be affected by power cuts by Southern California Edison, while more than 43,000 customers in the San Diego mountains and inland Orange County could be affected by shutoffs by San Diego Gas & Electric.
Red flag warnings for critical fire danger are in effect from Los Angeles to San Diego, with forecasts of Santa Ana winds up to 70 mph and relative humidity in the single digits.
The warnings are in effect from Wednesday through much of Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Utility companies in the wildfire-prone West often utilize public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) to reduce the risk of a fire sparking from an energized power line. San Diego Gas & Electric warned customers to make alternative holiday arrangements in the event of a PSPS.
“We recognize that PSPS events create hardships for our customers and communities, especially with so many people working and learning from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Southern California Edison website states. “We have heard a clear message from our customers, regulators, government officials and public safety partners that the company must do more to reduce the need for PSPS.”
California continues to remain a tinderbox for wildfire due to a decades-long megadrought and dry conditions exacerbated by climate change.
ABC News’ Melissa Griffin and David Herndon contributed to this report.
Julian Lennon & Sean Lennon; Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney
John Lennon‘s older son Julian has revealed he had an emotional reaction when he got to watch a preview of the upcoming Disney+ docuseries The Beatles: Get Backin Los Angeles this past week.
In a recent message on his Instagram that accompanied a new photo of him with his half-brother, Sean, Julian writes, “[T]he film has made me love my father again, in a way I can’t fully describe…Thank you to All who had a hand, in bringing this project to fruition…Life Changing.”
Julian also reveals that after the Get Back screening, he attended an event hosted by designer Stella McCartney, Paul McCartney‘s daughter, noting, “What an Amazing night, firstly seeing ‘Get Back’ & then Stella’s Event afterwards…The One True thing I can say about it all, is that it has made me so proud, inspired & feel more love for My/Our family, than ever before.”
It’s widely known that Julian didn’t have a close relationship with his father, who divorced his mother, Cynthia, and remarried Yoko Ono in the late 1960s when Julian was still a child.
Meanwhile, Julian posted several pictures of him with Sean Lennon — John’s son with Yoko — on Instagram, including a photo of them sitting together at the Get Back screening with Stella sitting behind them. Interestingly, he wrote in the caption of that pic, “Wish You were here Dhani & Zak!” referring to Dhani Harrison and Zak Starkey — the respective sons of George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Another Instagram photo that Julian posted Monday shows him and Sean on a beach in Malibu, California, with the sun setting behind them. Lennon captions the pic, “A lil wind blown & tired after a few hours driving through the Mountains to the Sea, but so worth it…A Magical Day.”
Will Smith narrates the trailer for Bel Air, the new coming-of-age series he is executive-producing that’s inspired by his iconic show Fresh Prince of Bel Air. “This is a story all about how my life got flipped and turned upside down,” he says in the promo. Bel Air will premiere on Peacock in 2022.
Halle Berry leads the Thanksgiving weekend TV/film lineup with her directorial debut, Bruised. The Oscar winner stars as a washed-up MMA fighter attempting a comeback. Bruised premieres Wednesday on Netflix.
Kevin Hart makes his dramatic series debut in True Story. The Think Like a Man star portrays the world’s most famous comedian in the seven-episode series. Wesley Snipes plays his older brother, and they face a life-or-death situation. True Story premieres Wednesday on Netflix.
The documentary DMX: Don’t Try to Understand premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on HBO, and also will stream on HBO Max. The film focuses on when the late Earl “DMX” Simmons was released from prison in January 2019 after serving one year for tax fraud. On Wednesday, DMX received a posthumous Grammy nomination in the Best Rap Song category for “Bath Salts” with Jay-Z and Nas.
Kelly Rowland is reprising her role as Jacquie Liddle in Merry Liddle Christmas Baby, premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on Lifetime. Rowland previously starred in Merry Liddle Christmas in 2019, and Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding in 2020.
The Soul Train Music Awards airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET, BET Her, MTV2 and VH1. Maxwell will receive the Legend Award on the event, and Ashanti will be presented with the Lady of Soul Award.
Finally, Porsha Williams from Real Housewives of Atlanta now has her own reality series, Porsha’s Family Matters, which debuts this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
Yes, the holidays are a magical time, but one guy is about to show you that with a Thanksgiving special that incorporates some actual magic.
Magician Adam Trent, aka The Futurist, has appeared on America’s Got Talent and on his own show The Road Trick on Netflix. Now he’s using his talents to make everyday people’s dreams come true, courtesy of The Magic Maker, airing Thursday night on ABC.
On the show, Trent will use magic to do things like have a soldier “magically” reappear to his family after serving overseas, and help a guy “walk on water” for a special marriage proposal. He also helps surprise attendees at a firefighter’s retirement party and helps a pediatrician delight and mystify his young patients.
Trent says he’ll go undercover and use his skills to “create the biggest and most emotional moments” of these folks’ lives.
Could Jared Leto‘s role in House of Gucci lead to a Thirty Seconds to Mars collaboration with Lady Gaga?
Speaking with NME, Leto says it “would be fun” to work on a song with the “Bad Romance” superstar.
“I danced with her already so that was enough for me,” Leto says. “But that would be fun. She’s a terrific artist and I think she’s just a real talent. I have a lot of respect for her…her bravery.”
Leto also shares that the House of Gucci soundtrack, which features a number of hits from the ’70s and ’80s, has influenced the next, currently-in-the-works Mars album, the follow-up to 2018’s AMERICA.
“There are a lot of those sounds that definitely are on the new album,” Leto says. “My first instrument was a Roland Juno 106, which is a synthesizer from the ’80s. I really cherished that instrument, and those sounds are so nostalgic.”
He adds, “Those sounds are kinda embedded in our psyche, and they really speak directly to our heart sometimes. They take us back to the films that we grew up on. So I love to pull from that stuff.”
House of Gucci, which details the assassination of real-life fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci, is out today. Leto plays Paulo Gucci, cousin of Maurizio, who is portrayed by Adam Driver. Gaga stars as Maurizio’s ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of arranging his killing.
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Jessie J has announced that she suffered a miscarriage. The “Domino” singer, who had been keeping her pregnancy a secret from fans, shared the sad news on Instagram today.
“Yesterday morning I was laughing with a friend saying ‘seriously though how am I going to get through my gig in LA tomorrow night without telling the whole audience I am pregnant,'” Jessie wrote, and shared a photo of her flashing a positive Clearblue pregnancy test. “By yesterday afternoon I was dreading the thought of getting through the gig without breaking down…After going for my 3rd scan and being told there was no longer a heartbeat.”
The British singer vowed to go through with her acoustic performance in Los Angeles “because I know singing tonight will help me.” She added, “My soul needs it. Even more today.”
As for revealing what happened, she explained, “I want to be honest and true and not hide what I’m feeling..I want to be as myself as I can be in this moment. Not just for the audience but for myself and my little baby that did [its] best.”
If you’re wondering who the father is, Jessie also explained that she’d decided to “have a baby on my own. Because it’s all I’ve ever wanted and life is short.”
While she’s currently “in shock,” Jessie assured fans, “I know I am strong, and I know I will be ok.” She noted that she now feels “connected” to the “millions of women” who’ve “felt this pain,” noting, “it’s the loneliest feeling in the world.”
Fans immediately reached out, leading Jessie to post on Wednesday afternoon, “Your overwhelming instant outpour of love is felt, received and appreciated beyond measure. And has got me out of bed this morning. Thank you.”
AJR has premiered a new video for “The Good Part,” a song off the band’s 2017 album, The Click.
As for why a four-year-old track is now getting a visual of its own, AJR wanted to celebrate its newfound viral status on Instagram.
“This song has had such a weird new life 4 years after we put it out,” AJR says. “It’s now the number 1 song on all of Instagram so we wanted to make a sweet little video for it.”
You can watch “The Good Part” clip, which features home video footage of the brother trio as kids, streaming now on YouTube.
AJR released their latest album, OK ORCHESTRA, this past March. It includes the singles “Bang!” and “Way Less Sad.”
Meghan Trainor is counting down the days until her original holiday single “My Kind of Present” gets an ultra-festive music video makeover. The singer teased the upcoming treat, promising that fans will be able to indulge in some extra-spirited Christmas cheer when the video premieres on Friday.
“GET READY FOR THE [‘My Kind of Present’] MUSIC VIDEO,” Meghan rejoiced in an Instagram post on Wednesday, and also introduced the song’s official artwork, which depicts her and husband Daryl Sabara embracing in a flurry of snowflakes. She also revealed that a very special little baby will be making his big debut in the clip.
“Introducing the adorable Riley Trainor,” the Grammy winner proudly announced. She and Daryl welcomed their firstborn nine months ago. While he makes regular appearances on social media, this will mark the first time Riley will play a major role in his mom’s work.
Meghan also revealed that choreographer Charm La’Donna will be jumping behind the camera to direct the cozy music video. Charm previously worked with Meghan on “All About That Bass” and “Let You Be Right.”
Charm also worked with artists Dua Lipa and Ava Max, directing the latter’s “My Head & My Heart” music video. In addition, she choreographed The Weeknd‘s Super Bowl Halftime show.
“My Kind of Present” is featured on Meghan’s 2020 holiday album A Very Trainor Christmas, which features the voices of Meghan’s dad, Gary Trainor, and cousins Jayden, Jenna and Marcus.
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