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This week of Wicked promos starts tonight with NBC’s hour-long behind-the-scenes special, Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked.

On Thursday, Wicked cast member from Saturday Night Live, Bown Yang, appears on the Hot Ones podcast.

The Wicked movie, which is 2-hours and 40-minutes long, will have “sing-a-long screenings” starting Christmas Day at more than 1000 North America theaters. This is only the first part. Wicked part 2 returns at this time next year. (Variety)

Deux Moi relayed a scoop from an anonymous source, who claimed that record stores have been alerted to Taylor Swift dropping an album on Friday December 6 (one week before her 35th birthday).

Single motherhood has delayed Kim Kardashian’s home schooling a law degree. An insider said (quote) “Kim had originally planned to take the California bar exam in February 2025, but she is pushing it back to 2026.” (The Sun)

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the 18th consecutive week (Going all the way back to mid-July). Only Lil Nas X’s  “Old Town Road” with Billy Ray Cyrus was #1 for longer. Shaboozey is just one-week away from tying Lil Nas X.

Netflix released another trailer for Sabrina Carpenter’s A Nonsense Christmas, which features duet with Chappell Roan, Tyla, Kalis Uchis and Shania Twain plus special guests Quinta Brunson, Kyle Mooney and Cara Delevingne. The variety special streams on Netflix starting Friday, December 6.