Madame Tussauds Las Vegas released a photo of their new wax figure and it is of Ariana Grande. At least they say that who is it? To me it looks more like if Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez and Ashley Tisdale all got together and made a baby. Which now that I think about, isn’t that pretty much what the Bang Bang singer is?
You know what that life-size candle is missing? A donut! Then it would be perfect.
Apple Music picked up The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke to series. Instead of having James Corden in the driver’s seat, they have several other celebs chauffeuring around musicians. Coming up Seth MacFarlane and Ariana Grande tour Hollywood while singing duets from Broadway musicals like Little Shop of Horror. Here is the two of them belting out the climatic ballad Suddenly Seymour like they were that Seymour and Audrey finally declaring their love for each other in that heartwarming scene. All while Audrey II sat in the backseat thinking how yummy their blood would taste!
While Grande gave a grand performance, she is no Ellen Green. But she has come the closest I have ever seen anyone woman who has tried to sing her part. Maybe Greg Berlanti should watch this Carpool Karaoke and cast Grande as Audrey instead of Rebel Wilson, who is so not the lead. Yes Grande is too young for the role, but the donut licker is a million times better than Rebel. And while they are at it, they also need to dump Josh Gad for another Josh as in Groban. They would be a better Audrey and Seymour than the two that they are talking to for the big screen remake that does not need to happen.
Sorry, Little Shop and Hair are my favorite musicals, so I am very sensitive whenever anyone tries to mess with them. And casting those two would totally be messing with the feel of the show. Rebel is no temptress, she is more cute than sexy. While Gad might be a nerdy, nebishy Jew, he is just not Seymour. At this rate they will probably cast Seth Rogen and James Franco as the Dentist and his patient who is a masochist.
OK, now I am pissed. Time to relisten to MacGrande sing Suddenly Seymour again to make me happy. And try to forget that Seth forever ruined Somewhere That’s Green for me thanks to what he did with the tune on Family Guy.
At 10a GMT, tickets went on sale for One Love Manchester, Ariana Grande’s star-studded benefit concert happening this Sunday, and by 10:06a they were completely sold out.
The venue can hold 50,000 people, and the people, who went to the May 22nd show, all receive free tickets if they want them. In order to make sure the original ticket holders are accommodated, Ticketmaster will reopen registration at 2p GMT.
The great news about the concert selling out is that we are showing the terrorists they didn’t win. We are going to go on and not let them stop us. That message is loud and clear.
The bad news is that some of the today’s ticket buyers are scalping tickets for a profit. This is a benefit show, not a for profit. I hope the scalpers give their profits to the Red Cross Manchester Fund.
Update: Little Mix and Robbie Williams will join Grande, Justin Bieber, Niall Haron, Miley Cyrus, Take That, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Usher, Pharrell, Oasis and Black Eyed Peas on stage this Sunday.
This Sunday, Ariana Grande will get some of music’s biggest names together to play a benefit concert in Manchester to raise money for Red Cross‘ Manchester Emergency Fund supporting the victims of the May 22nd bombing.
The announced acts are Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell, Usher, Take That and One Direction’s Niall Horan with more names to be added throughout the week.
People who attended the tragic show, can register to get free tickets. Everyone else can purchase tickets via Ticketmaster this Thursday at 10a for One Love Manchester at Emirates Old Trafford. Can’t make it across the pond in time, BBC will air it live on television and radio.
I respect Grande for going back to Manchester and raising money for the victims. She could have just continued her tour, but instead this will be her first show since the incident that changed the way we will forever go to concerts. Music can be used for healing, so let the healing begin.
Ariana Grande broke her silence today about Monday’s deadly attack at the end of her concert in Manchester with a heartfelt letter and she promises to do a benefit concert for the victims.
The singer said, “My heart, prayers and deepest condolences are with the victims of the Manchester Attack and their loved ones.
“There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you are feeling or to make this better. However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.”
She then continued with, “I have been thinking of my fans, and of you all, non stop over the past week. The way you have handled all of this has been more inspiring and made me more proud than you’ll ever know. The compassion, kindness, love, strength, and oneness that you’ve shown one another this past week is the exact opposite of the heinous intentions it must take to pull off something as evil as what happened Monday.
“YOU are the opposite.” And the impactful one liners didn’t stop there as she wrote, “We will not quit or operate in fear…We won’t let this divide us…We won’t let hate win.”
Then she promised to return to Manchester with a star filled benefit concert to honor “the ones we lost, their loved ones, my fans and all affected by this tragedy” who will remain on “my mind and in my heart everyday and I will think of them with everything I do for the rest of my life.”
Since the concert is in the process of being set up, she promises to share all the details once everything is finalized.
I think she is suffering from survivor’s guilt, even though there is nothing more she could have done and it isn’t her fault. But that reaction is normal in this case. We need to give her time to heal just like everyone else who was effected by that night. A night none of us we will ever forget. We won’t be afraid to go to concerts, we will just be more aware of our surrounding like we are when we go to a movie theater. Terror won’t win as much as they want it too. Love will! Be kind to strangers and that little effort can make this World a better place. I know I sound all peace, love and harmony; but I truly believe it makes a huge difference. So sue me!
