{"id":27756,"date":"2023-12-15T09:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=27756"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:49:38","slug":"celebrity-status-entertainers-of-the-year-wonka-delights-and-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2023\/12\/celebrity-status-entertainers-of-the-year-wonka-delights-and-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; Entertainers Of The Year, Wonka Delights, And SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>For Friday, December 15th:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s 2023 <strong>Entertainers of the Year list<\/strong> is out, and topping them all is (are?)<strong> Barbenheimer<\/strong>. The friendly competition in theatres between <strong>Barbie and Oppenheimer<\/strong> helped lead an almost $2 billion increase from last year&#8217;s box office numbers. Also on the list this year, <strong>Taylor Swift, Beyonc\u00e9, Pedro Pascal<\/strong> and more.<\/p>\n<p>Barbie, meanwhile, makes its streaming debut\u00a0today on\u00a0Max, and &#8216;<strong>Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget&#8217;<\/strong> comes to <strong>Netflix<\/strong> today. It&#8217;s a sequel to 2000&#8217;s Chicken Run&#8230; and yes, all of chicken-kind faces a new threat. It stars <strong>Zachary Levi, Thandie Newton and Bella Ramsay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In theatres today, it&#8217;s a world of <em>(feel free to sing this part)<\/em>\u00a0*pure imagination*.\u00a0One reviewer says <strong>&#8216;Wonka&#8217;<\/strong> defies expectations, and is absolutely charming. In this origin story, Wonka&#8217;s hope is to open a chocolate shop, only to have his dreams stifled by a pair of scheming launderers and an evil chocolate cartel.<strong> Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/strong> stars as a young Willy Wonka and <strong>Hugh Grant<\/strong> is a sassy Oompa Loompa. <strong>Olivia Colman<\/strong> also stars.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the season premiere of<strong> Reacher<\/strong> comes to\u00a0Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevor Noah<\/strong> is\u00a0set to host the <strong>Grammy Awards<\/strong> show\u00a0on February 4th, for the fourth time.<\/p>\n<p>And tomorrow night, former cast member <strong>Kate McKinnon<\/strong> returns\u00a0to host <strong>SNL<\/strong> with <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong> as musical guest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Friday, December 15th: Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s 2023 Entertainers of the Year list is out, and topping them all is (are?) Barbenheimer. 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