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While isolated in a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment this spring, Cole Escola decided to do what no network or streaming service had, to that point, been willing to do: turn the sold-out stage show “Help! I’m Stuck!” into a TV special.
The forced solitude of the pandemic presented an opportunity: “That’s exactly the low bar that this show needs,” Escola recalls thinking.
Working from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. each night to avoid noisy neighbors and honking cars, the actor-writer-comedian donned an array of wigs to play film noir vixen and furniture magnate Jennifer Convertibles; Jessup Collins, a fashion expert with a grotesque filler face; and Laura Jean, a starry-eyed Southern belle who dreams of being a circus tuba player.
Savan Kotecha and music supervisor
Becky Bentham, and featuring additional tunes like Volcano Man, Jaja Ding Dong, Lion of Love and Double Trouble is impressive in the way that it threads the needle between songs that are humorous and guilty pleasures, as Ferrell puts it. And it was recently nominated for best compilation soundtrack for visual media at the Grammys, which will take place March 14.
If, the morning after that, its standout tune which features music by
Atli Örvarsson and lyrics by
Fat Max Gsus,
Rickard Göransson and
Kotecha is announced as an Oscar nominee, would Ferrell who sings his own vocals on the track opposite
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Cameos from Cameron Diaz and Mariah Carey had everyone talking.
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper had Twitter in stitches on New Year s Eve, as they once again hosted CNN s annual countdown from an eerily empty Times Square.
Saying goodbye to what Andy dubbed a fecal year avoiding any S-bombs for the CNN censors the duo started trending as soon as they threw back their first shot of the evening and kept the entertainment coming all night long.
From Anderson s giggles to one headline-making moment with Mariah Carey, here s what had everyone talking before the ball dropped.
Cheri Oteri Revives Barbara Walters Impression for CNN s New Year s Eve Special
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Cheri Oteri Revives Barbara Walters Impression for CNN s New Year s Eve Special
Former Saturday Night Live star Cheri Oteri revisited her Barbara Walters impression for a surprise appearance on New Year s Eve.
Two decades after leaving
Saturday Night Live, Cheri Oteri suited back up as Barbara Walters for a special appearance on CNN s
New Year s Eve Live 2020 special. This year, the special was again co-hosted by Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper live from Times Square. Shortly before 9 p.m., Cohen announced that a special guest was beaming in to join them from Los Angeles, and as Walters, Oteri magically appeared in the frame
1995 flashback: What was No. 1 movie, song last time Buffalo Bills won AFC East?
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
A look back at 1995: Jumanji, Coolio s Gangsta s Paradise, the Buffalo Bills Thurman Thomas, Toy Story, and Mariah Carey s One Sweet Day with Boyz II Men.Video stills; AP photo
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The Buffalo Bills have just won the AFC East for the first time since the very first Pixar film was in theaters 25 years ago.
The Bills clinched the division title on Saturday, a feat the NFL team hasn’t accomplished since Dec. 17, 1995. Josh Allen led Buffalo to a 48-19 win over the Denver Broncos Saturday, improving to a 11-3 record and securing the AFC East crown.