Disney Honors Chadwick Boseman on Birthday With New ‘Black Panther’ Opening Credits

The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday honored Chadwick Boseman on what would have been the late actor’s 44th birthday.

On Disney+, new opening credits were added to Black Panther. The video was also shared by Marvel Studios on social media.

About 30 seconds long, the Marvel credit scene is a montage of Boseman’s beloved work as King T’Challa, aka Black Panther. The Marvel logo is done all in purple. “Long live the King. #WakandaForever,” reads the Twitter message from Marvel Studios.

“To all fans of #BlackPanther: watch the film on #DisneyPlus late tonight, for a special tribute to someone that was and will always be near and dear to our hearts,” Disney chairman Bob Iger said Saturday.

Boseman died Aug. 28 of cancer. He had never spoken publicly about his diagnosis, and his passing both shocked and devastated Hollywood and fans around the globe.

Marvel is now readying Black Panther 2 for a shoot that will start in Atlanta in July and last for upwards of six months. Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, who was one of the stars of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, is in talks to play one of the antagonists. Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett are expected to return for the new feature.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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BTS ARMY Reacts to ‘Be’ Topping the Billboard 200

BTS’ Be album landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the group’s devoted ARMY celebrated the happy news on social media on Sunday (Nov. 29).

Be made its debut with 242,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

It is the group’s fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, an accomplishment they’ve achieved in just a little over two years and six months. Out of the 11 mostly non-English language albums to ever top the Billboard 200, five of them have been by BTS: Be, Map of the Soul: 7, Map of the Soul: Persona, Love Yourself: Answer and Love Yourself: Tear.

Reactions among the BTS ARMY ranged from those expressing how proud they felt to those so excited they were actually at a loss for words (GIFs helped).

“the most bts-esque album yet,” one fan wrote, “the album the boys put their entire heart and soul into, the album that had ONE (1) version, topped the biggest album chart in the US. BTS did that. WE did that.”

Another fan agreed: “they will be remembered as a historical group.”

See some of the best reactions to “Be” debuting at No. 1 below.

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Francia Raisa Responds to ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot Joking About Selena Gomez’s Kidney Transplant

Selena Gomez’s close friend Francia Raisa is speaking out against the new Saved by the Bell reboot, which recently joked about the pop star’s kidney transplant in 2017.

Raisa, who donated a kidney to Gomez, took to Twitter on Saturday (Nov. 28) to chastise the show’s executive producers and NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock following an apology they issued after receiving major backlash from the singer’s fans on social media.

“Appreciate the apology but let’s not forget about the donors that potentially felt offended and dismissed from the spray paint written on the wall,” Raisa wrote in response to the statement.

In addition to their public apology, the team behind the new Saved by the Bell said they have been in touch with Gomez’s representatives and plan to make a donation to The Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC.

In the sixth episode of the reboot, which premiered last week, two students at Bayside High argue over who donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 after she had been diagnosed with lupus years earlier.

“I know for a fact that Selena Gomez’s kidney donor was Justin Bieber’s mom. God, I wish that I had my phone so that I could prove it,” one character says. The other student replies, “Prove what? That you’re an idiot? It was Demi Lovato’s kidney. They’re best friends, like you and I were.”

In a later scene, the words “Does Selena Gomez even have a kidney?” are written on the high school’s walls near some lockers.

Selenators took to Twitter on Saturday to criticize the show, causing “RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ” to trend on the social media platform. Gomez hadn’t publicly commented as of press time.

In September 2017, Gomez revealed she had undergone a kidney transplant to combat her lupus, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that sometimes causes kidney failure, when she posted an Instagram picture of herself holding hands with Raisa in their adjacent hospital beds.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Live Album Is This Week’s Fan Favorite New Music

Taylor Swift’s surprise live album, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, has topped this week’s new music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Nov. 27) on Billboard, choosing the 30-year-old pop superstar’s latest album as their favorite new music release of the past week.

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions brought in nearly 48% of the vote, beating out new music by Miley Cyrus (Plastic Hearts), Bad Bunny (El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo) and Jennifer Lopez (“In the Morning”), among others.

Last week, Swift treated fans to early Christmas gifts by releasing a Disney+ film documenting the making of her 2020 quarantine album, Folklore, along with a live version of the release, titled Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.

In the film, Swift talks about the making of Folklore, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving an insight into how the lockdown album was pieced together.

Placing second on the tally with nearly 35% of the vote was Cyrus’ rock-fueled seventh studio album, Plastic Hearts. The 15-track set includes the previously-released singles “Midnight Sky,” “Prisoner” (with Dua Lipa) and “Edge of Midnight” (with Stevie Nicks).

Coming in third was the “other” category with about 7 percent of the vote, followed by Bad Bunny’s surprise album, El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo, in fourth with about 5% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.

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Camila Cabello on Being in Love With Shawn Mendes: ‘It’s Not Just Happy Blissful Moments’

Camila Cabello got candid about her relationship with Shawn Mendes in a note shared with her fans Saturday night (Nov. 28).

“I’ve learned a lot about love with this guy,” Cabello wrote about her boyfriend on Instagram. “It’s not just the happy blissful moments you see in pictures and videos- When you’re in a relationship with someone, it feels like they are this mirror reflecting yourself back to you- I constantly have to confront my fears, my anxieties, my insecurities, my patterns of thinking, my beliefs about life and about myself.”

She continued: “It’s not as simple as it looks in pictures sometimes. sometimes, it’s messy and uncomfortable and ugly lol. But there’s nothing like the pull, the FORCE that is love, to be the light in the darkness- to be the gravitational pull that gives you the relentless strength to be braver,wiser, and better than you were yesterday.”

“It’s so instinctive for us to love,” wrote Cabello, “even if our minds try to protect us from it sometimes, but our nature as humans is to love. And to be in love means to choose that person over and over again, to go through the messy stuff with. And that’s way more beautiful and raw and real than perfection.”

The singer went on to explain why she’s willing to speak so openly to her fans.

“I’m all for being vulnerable on social media because I think only the neatness and perfection of life is shown on here; and that can make us all feel extra lonely and weird! So raise your glass to the messiness and weirdness of being human and the miracle. And the easiness. And the instinct. And the relentless force that is love.”

Mendes recently spoke of Cabello being a calming presence in his life.

“For seven years, I was on such a speedy path down one way with blinders on, and I wasn’t keeping in touch with my family and friends,” he said. “But when I landed with Camila, immediately she had her family around more. [She’s] all about the family and friends, and it really made me like, ‘Oh, I should call my mom’ … I felt a little bit alone out there and she changed that for me.”

See Cabello’s latest post, featuring a beautiful photo of the couple, on Instagram.

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Peacock Apologizes for ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot Joke About Selena Gomez’s Kidney Transplant

Peacock has apologized for a Saved by the Bell episode that referenced Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant in a brief scene as well as donated to the singer’s lupus charity following social media criticism over the episode.

“We apologize. It was never our intention to make light of Selena’s health. We have been in touch with her team and will be making a donation to her charity, The Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC,” Peacock, NBC Universal and the show’s executive producers said in statement given to The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday (Nov. 28).

Fans criticized the show on social media throughout Saturday, causing “Respect Selena Gomez” to trend on Twitter.

In the sixth episode of the reboot, which premiered earlier this week, the students of Bayside High have their phones taken away and don’t know what to do without having access to the internet. In one scene, two students argue over who donated a kidney to the singer in 2017 after she had been diagnosed with lupus years earlier, as they do not have immediate access to web resources to confirm their questions.

In 2017, Gomez shared she had a kidney transplant over the summer due to her battle with lupus, an autoimmune disease that she was diagnosed with five years prior. The singer shared photos of her donor, close friend Francia Raisa, on social media and opened up about the secret surgery in an exclusive interview on Today.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Selena Gomez’s rep for comment.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Lil Wayne Cancels Performance at Tyson vs. Jones Fight Due to ‘Unforeseeable Circumstances’

Lil Wayne will no longer be appearing at the highly anticipated Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. fight. The rapper called off his scheduled performance just hours ahead of the event Saturday night (Nov. 28).

“Due to unforeseeable circumstances I won’t be performing tonight at the Tyson/Jones fight,” Lil Wayne wrote on Twitter. “Hope the event is still a success and much love to Triller.”

Lil Wayne. who just dropped his No Ceilings 3 mixtape, had previously hyped up the night when his appearance was announced earlier this month. In a statement at the time, he’d said: “This event is going to go down in history, no doubt. I’m grateful to be a part of it and share the arena with two living legends. I’m stoked to perform and give the fans something they can rock to.”

The eight-round exhibition fight between Tyson and Jones will be part of Saturday night’s four-hour live event. French Montana, Wiz Khalifa and YG are among the artists listed on the musical lineup. On Saturday night, Snoop Dogg tweeted that he’d joined the bill.

Viewing options for the fight at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, which starts at 9 p.m. ET, can be found at TysonOnTriller.com.

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Drake Shares Sweet New Father-Son Photo

Drake and his son Adonis were snuggled up together in a new picture posted on social media Friday night (Nov. 27).

The rapper appeared to be taking a nap while the three-year-old, who looked like he was having a snack, rested his head on his dad.

Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and DJ Khaled were among those leaving comments on the Instagram snapshot, which had more than four million likes as of Sunday afternoon.

“Now this is beautiful,” Bieber wrote about the father-son moment.

Drake shared the first public pictures of Adonis in March and has been posting occasional photos of him since then. In September, Drake showed off his son’s first day of school. In October, he let Instagram in on the celebration of Adonis’ third birthday, giving a glimpse at the pair enjoying the little guy’s special day.

See Drake’s latest photo with Adonis on Instagram.

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Selena Gomez Fans Slam ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot for Joking About Singer’s Kidney Transplant

Selena Gomez fans are defending the singer after her health was mocked during an episode of Peacock’s reboot of Saved by the Bell.

During a scene in the new series, which premiered Nov. 25 on the NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, two high school students are seen arguing about who the donor was for Gomez’s kidney transplant in 2017.

The 28-year-old singer has lived with Lupus for many years and underwent a kidney transplant about three years ago. She later revealed that the donor was her best friend Francia Raisa.

“I know for a fact that Selena Gomez’s kidney donor was Justin Bieber’s mom. God, I wish that I had my phone so that I could prove it,” one character says. The other student replies, “Prove what? That you’re an idiot? It was Demi Lovato’s kidney. They’re best friends, like you and I were.”

In a later scene, the words “Does Selena Gomez even have a kidney?” are written near some lockers on the walls of the high school.

Selenators definitely didn’t find the scenes funny. Many took to social media to call for the removal of Saved by the Bell from Peacock, and started the trend “RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ” on Twitter.

“using what selena gomez went through for entertainment is blatantly insensitive and wrong,” one fan tweeted. “what she went through was real and it wasn’t easy. it’s so incredibly disgusting seeing it be used as a joke for entertainment. RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ.”

Another wrote, “.@peacockTV we demand an apology to @selenagomez for making fun of Selena’s health issues. 5M – 10M people die from kidney diseases every year. Serious health issues should never be a joke. Stop using Selena’s struggles for profit for your flop show.”

In September 2017, Gomez revealed she had undergone a kidney transplant to combat her lupus, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that sometimes causes kidney failure, when she posted an Instagram picture of hers holding hands with grown-ish star and kidney donor Raisa in their adjacent hospital beds.

Below, see more social media reactions to Gomez’s health issues being joked about on the new Save by the Bell.

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Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff Really Loved Playing This ‘Folklore’ Track Live

Taylor Swift is mouthing “retweet 4ever” in Jack Antonoff’s direction after seeing his tweet about their live rendition of “August” on her timeline.

“i like to play august,” Antonoff wrote on Thursday (Nov. 26), a day after the release of Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.

Swift related to that thought and shared a short and sweet reaction: “retweet 4ever.”

Swift — along with producers Antonoff and Aaron Dessner — performed the full Folklore album in the same room together for the first time for the cozy, acoustic session, which is now streaming on Disney+, and its accompanying live album.

Swift and Antonoff, who had worked on “August” together from afar during the pandemic, seemed to have a blast bringing the tune to life again live at Long Pond Studio.

The Folklore hitmaker has been joining the chatter about her live new release on Twitter over the past couple days, replying to not only Antonoff, but also fans.

“i’m so happy we got to hear the stories behind these masterpieces!!” one fan tweeted. “it only added to my appreciation for taylor’s expert songwriting! so in love with them all.”

“Thank you so much, I’m glad,” Swift said. “Folklore is partly personal, partly fictional so I wanted there to be some time for everyone to assign it to their own experiences before I really weighed in about mine. Ya know?”

“Gosh the illicit affairs bridge literally wrecks me every single time,” one person admitted. Swift agreed: “Yeah that one scalds. Like why is it so sad?? I remember finishing that bridge and thinking it was like level 7 sad. But. It’s a 13.”

She even coined a new term in response to a reaction about her facial expressions while singing “Mad Woman”: “ah yes, the FolkGLARE,” Swift quipped.

“I miss you guys terribly and am gonna keep trying to find ways to keep us connected during these times,” Swift promised in reply to another fan tweet.

See Swift’s recent tweets below.

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