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Bebe Rexha says she "didn't even remember recording" "I'm Good (Blue)"
Imagine realizing a song blowing up on TikTok is something you recorded years ago and then completely forgot about. It happened to Bebe Rexha with "I'm Good (Blue)," the reworking of the 1998 hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 that she did with David Guetta. "We wrote the song four years ago, [and] David ends up playing it at a festival a week later, just to test it out for fun," Bebe tells ABC…
Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and more pay tribute to 'American Idol''s Willie Spence: "Your light will always shine in this world"
Judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan and host Ryan Seacrest are among the American Idol stars who are paying tribute to Willie Spence, the season 19 runner-up who died in a car crash at age 23 in Tennessee on Tuesday. On Ryan's Instagram Story, he posted footage of Willie's audition, and added, "Everybody on and off set loved him....you'll be deeply missed." Lionel Richie posted…
In Brief: Idina Menzel goes to the "Stage" for Disney+, and more
Idina Menzel, the voice of Disney’s beloved Princess Elsa, will be the subject of an upcoming Disney+ biopic, Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? The project will focus on the life and career of the Tony winner and culminate in her headlining a concert at Madison Square Garden in her hometown of New York City after a nationwide tour. “We made this documentary to show firsthand how important it…
John Stamos, Yvette Nicole Brown talk up season 2 of 'Big Shot', now on Disney+
The entire second season of Disney+'s high school hit Big Shot drops on the streaming service Wednesday. A "very grateful" John Stamos, who plays girls basketball coach Marvyn Korn, tells ABC Audio he literally couldn't wait. "I remember talking to them at the end of shooting the first season. I said, 'Let's just, let's take a month off, just roll into season 2.' They said, 'Well, let's see how…
Apple TV's 'Shantaram' tells a relatable story about redemption
India is a central character in the new Apple TV+ series Shantaram, starring Charlie Hunnam and Shubham Saraf, which debuts Friday. Hunnam tells ABC Audio they actually filmed in Bangkok, Thailand due to COVID-19 and they went to great lengths to make it feel like India, but it wasn’t easy. "That really was one of the central challenges for us, was to, how are we going to shape the most important…
In Brief: 'Glee' gets behind-the-scenes documentary, and more
Deadline reports Discovery+ has ordered a three-part docuseries that will explore the real story behind Fox’s hit series, Glee. The series will "lift the curtain to reveal the highs and lows of the production and the on-set community and will also feature testimonials of close family and friends with never-heard-before stories" from "key cast and crew members, who will share first-hand stories of…
Former 'Glee' co-star Chris Colfer says he'd be triggered by seeing Lea Michele in 'Funny Girl'
In the span of 24 hours, there was something of a he said-he said look at controversial former Glee star Lea Michele. On Tuesday's episode of The Michelle Collins Show, her former co-star on the one-time Fox musical phenomenon, Chris Colfer, was asked if he'd join the host in seeing Lea in her Broadway play Funny Girl. Safe to say, he's passing. "Oh, no, are you seeing Funny Girl?" Colfer…
Brendan Fraser talks "tragic" cancellation of 'Batgirl'
In a chat with Variety along with his The Whale director Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser once again addressed the shelving of Batgirl, the film in which he played the pyromaniac heavy, Firefly. "It's tragic," the actor said of Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to write off the film. Fraser continued, "It doesn't engender trust among filmmakers and the studio. Leslie Grace was fantastic [as the…
John Stamos, Yvette Nicole Brown talk up season 2 of 'BigShot', now on Disney+
The entire second season of Disney+'s high school hit Big Shot drops on the streaming service Wednesday. A "very grateful" John Stamos, who plays girls basketball coach Marvyn Korn, tells ABC Audio he literally couldn't wait. "I remember talking to them at the end of shooting the first season. I said, 'Let's just, let's take a month off, just roll into season 2.' They said, 'Well, let's see how…
TJ Miller says Ryan Reynolds smoothed things over after "clickbait" interview
TJ Miller, who played Weasel in the first two Deadpool movies, admits he found himself "in hot water" after recent comments he made about co-star Ryan Reynolds "were misconstrued." Miller appeared on SiriusXM’s Jim Norton & Sam Roberts show on Wednesday to clarify comments he'd previously made on the Adam Carolla Show podcast -- and to say Reynolds reached out to him to smooth things over. On the…