PEOPLE
NEW YORK — Grammy-nominated pop singer Demi Lovato will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
NFL and Fox on Thursday announced the performance, which will take place ahead of the big game on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will headline the halftime show.
Lovato has mostly taken a break from the public since focusing on her recovery after reportedly overdosing in July 2018. The singer, who has spoken about her struggles with an eating disorder, self-mutilation, drugs and alcohol, celebrated six years of sobriety in March 2018. But she relapsed, revealing the news in the song “Sober,” released in June 2018.
A week before the Super Bowl, Lovato will perform at the 2020 Grammy Awards on Jan. 26.
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PASADENA, Calif. — Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are back in the fashion game, searching for the next big designer name on “Making the Cut.”The model and the mentor are embracing their newfound freedom on the Amazon show that debuts March 27. The winner receives a $1 million prize and a shot at designing a global brand. Winning looks priced at $100 or less will be sold on Amazon after each episode.Klum broke away from hosting “Project Runway” after 16 seasons and Gunn followed when it was announced the show would return to Bravo, its original network where it aired for the first five years. It moved to Lifetime for the next 11 seasons.Deciding she didn't want to return to what Klum called “the same old, same old,” she called Gunn to say she was “jumping this ship and do you want to jump with me?”Gunn said, “We jumped together.”Model Karlie Kloss and former show winner Christian Siriano are replacing Klum and Gunn on “Project Runway.”———
PASADENA, Calif. — The “Friends” reunion will be there for you. Maybe.“There's interest all the way around” in bringing the stars of the hit sitcom together again, said HBO Max chief content officer Kevin Reilly. “And yet we can't seem to quite get that interest sort of all aligned” and push the button on it.“So today, unfortunately, it's still a maybe,” Reilly told a TV critics meeting Wednesday.Last fall, Jennifer Aniston said there were efforts to make something happen — but definitely not a “Friends” reboot. That was followed by reports that the cast and producers were in talks for an HBO Max special.The show, which aired from 1994 to 2004, was a popular rerun staple on Netflix until HBO Max outbid it to become the new “Friends” streaming home beginning this year. HBO Max launches in May.
