Thinking about watching Amazon Prime’s “Transparent,” but don’t subscribe to the streaming service? Good news—it’s streaming free all day Saturday. This and more in today’s Redhots.
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HOT DATE
Saturday
That’s when Amazon will stream its Golden Globe-award winning series, “Transparent,” for free for 24 hours, thr.com reports. Jeffrey Tambor, who you probably know best from “Arrested Development,” stars as a man who reveals to his three adult children that he’s transgender. Amazon also will offer a 25 percent discount on new Amazon Prime subscriptions—usually the only way you can stream “Transparent”—at $72.
Cult classic?
Netflix comedy is about to get real weird. The trailer for “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” starring Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess, and executive-produced by Tina Fey, debuted Thursday. We’re not sure if the show, which hits the streaming service March 6, is going to be great or super weird—or both—but you can decide for yourself by watching.
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Ariana’s a baller
Where ISN’T Ariana Grande performing these days? The “Bang Bang” singer will be taking center court to headline the NBA All-Star Game halftime show Feb. 15, thr.com reports. That’s just a week after she sings at the Grammys on Feb. 8, where she’s also nominated for two awards. Neither of them are for her ponytail.
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Cool your jets, lady
Sure, Blake Shelton is a little nervous about both hosting and performing on “Saturday Night Live” this week, but his wife Miranda Lambert has butterflies as well—for a different reason. “Miranda’s always the one when we’re at parties or something and I’m being funny and I start taking it too far into gross land or whatever, she’s the one that’s always like, ‘Blake! Blake, stop it,’” he told E! News. “She’s like a stage mom and she won’t be here to go, ‘Oh, I really don’t think you should do that.’” We smell trouble.
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THE QUOTE
if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.”
—Iggy Azalea, to GQ, on her legacy in the rap world. Azalea, to be clear, is currently 24. Hey, 11 years is eons when you’re that age.
Big screen A$AP
There’s a new Rocky coming to the theaters. No, not the boxer. Vulture reports that rapper A$AP Rocky has a small role in “Dope,” which also stars Tyga, Odd Future, Blake Anderson, Zoe Kravitz and Forest Whitaker, and premieres at Sundance this month. “Dope” also stars Rocky’s girlfriend Chanel Iman—he got the part after helping her with her audition. What a good boyfriend!