Has all of Justin Bieber’s bad behavior the past few years been in the name of getting a Comedy Central roast? This, plus who’s starring in Fox’s live version of “Grease” and how you can help back a TLC album, all in today’s Redhots.
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THE QUOTE
“Justin has been asking us for a few years to roast him, and we just kept telling him to go create more source material first. We’re thrilled he listened.”
—Comedy Central president Kent Alterman, on the network’s decision to roast Justin Bieber. Us Weekly reports the blessed event will be taped March 7. They’re not laughing with you, Justin…
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Mirror, mirror
Jessica Chastain might be on her way to becoming a fashion icon, but she hasn’t always been swimming in compliments. “Only in the past five years have people been telling me I’m attractive,” she told Telegraph magazine. “Before then, I wasn’t getting parts because people kept telling me I wasn’t pretty enough.” Casting directors even went far enough to suggest she dye her red hair blonde. As if!
HOT DATE
June 27
That’s when Weird Al will hit up the Chicago Theatre on his Mandatory World Tour, billboard.com reports. The circus of a tour appropriately kicks off with five nights in Las Vegas, which actually would be a great place for a long-term Weird Al residency. A presale begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Hit the brakes
Oh, the difficult life Dakota Johnson
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lives. The “Fifty Shades of Grey” star is on the cover of February’s Vogue, and tells the mag that, even though the movie has garnered her a ton of publicity, she’s not worried about her next move. “[I’ll] do a bit of press for Fifty, and then I’m just going to take the rest of the year off,” she told the mag. Girl. That’ll only be February. Surely you’ll be slightly bored by late April.Source: Getty Images
They’re the ones that we want
Were you not entertained enough by Allison Williams in a Peter Pan wig? Well get excited, because your favorite high-school musical is coming to Fox. THR.com reports that Julianne Hough is set to star as Sandy and Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo in a live version of “Grease,” set to air Jan. 31, 2016. “I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy,” Hough said. SINCE THE WOMB.
THE DIGIT
$67,283
That’s how much money TLC had raised on Kickstarter toward their final album as of noon Tuesday. For a $2,000 pledge, fans can attend a workout class run by Chilli; $7,500 gets you a photoshoot with the girls. With 29 days left, we suspect they’ll make their $150,000 goal.