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Disney/Scott KirklandDuring the Kellyoke segment of The Kelly Clarkson Show Thursday, Kelly covered "Save Me," the Jelly Roll/Lainey Wilson duet that's currently climbing the charts. Jelly has since taken to X, formerly Twitter, to express his gratitude to Kelly for singing his song.
"I would’ve never believed you if you would’ve told me that I’d write a song so impactful that incredible Kelly Clarkson would deem it worthy to cover," Jelly wrote. "Thank you Kelly- wow - I’m honored in a way I can’t even described [sic] - I cried watching it."
Of course, fans are now clamoring for Kelly and Jelly to duet. "Please collaborate in the studio! It would be magic," wrote one fan.
"Save Me" was recently nominated for a Grammy, while Jelly was nominated for Best New Artist.
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here's a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week:
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) It's official: Porsha Williams is returning to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for season 16. The reality star took to Instagram to share her excitement about returning to the franchise. "I'm incredibly thankful for the vision and faith NBCUniversal has put in me to be a larger part of their family," Porsha said. "I'm looking forward to being back on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and showing the world my new world!"
The Bachelor (ABC) Former Bachelor Nick Viall thinks show's current lead, Joey Graziadei, is a people pleaser. On the newest episode of the Viall Files podcast, Viall said Graziadei has yet to send a contestant home outside of a rose ceremony — aside from Sydney Gordon's exit after a two-on-one date. "To me, that’s just Joey, the people pleaser, wanting to be kind of nice,” Nick said. “It comes across as super nice. It very much does, but it’s less authentic ... It’s much easier to not give someone a rose than to actually say, ‘Hey, listen, you know, I just don’t think this is it. Can I walk you out?’”
Love Undercover (Peacock) Peacock announced their new reality dating series Love Undercover on Thursday. It follows five international soccer players as they leave their lavish lives behind to date single women in America who don't know about their fame overseas. It launches on May 9. Additionally, Peacock also announced the return of Love Island USA, which is set to come back with its sixth season over the summer, as well as season 2 of Queens Court.
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner Bros. PicturesJust when you thought the star-studded cast of Dune: Part Two couldn’t shine any brighter, it's now confirmed Anya Taylor-Joy is part of the film’s ensemble.
The actress walked the sand-filled red carpet of the London premiere of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel on Thursday, confirming her appearance in the project. She posed with her fellow co-stars, which include A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh.
Rumors swirled online in the days leading up to its world premiere about Taylor-Joy possibly appearing in the movie. It all started when fans noticed the film-sharing social media app Letterboxd listed Taylor-Joy in the credits of Dune: Part Two for a short period of time. While the credit has since been deleted, screenshots circulated, fueling hype about a potential appearance from the actress.
Variety confirmed Taylor-Joy does appear in the film as a major character from the franchise that they did not spoil.
Maren Morris has teamed up with Visible to drop her cover of Billy Idol's "Dancing with Myself." "It's always been such a melancholic anthem to me. It also captures where I'm at right now; a little blue but a lot relieved. Dancing through my feelings and shaking off the expired layers that no longer strengthen me," Maren shares on her Instagram Story.
Kane Brown has rolled out two new candles. Hand poured in Nashville, the Vetiver Woods and Green Tea Matcha candles are available for purchase now at Kane's merch store.
Matthew Peyton/Getty ImagesEveryone's favorite purple dinosaur made his grand return to wish everybody a happy Valentine’s Day.
Barney the Dinosaur shared a video to social media on Wednesday, his first message since 2010, wishing his friends a happy day filled with love.
“Hi friends. It’s me, Barney. I haven’t seen some of you in a long time. But I always make sure to check on my friends,” he said. “It seems like we could all use a little reminder right now. A reminder of the super dee duper ability we all have to love one another.”
The video seems to be aimed toward adults, those who grew up watching the character on Barney & Friends, which ran for 14 seasons and ended in 2010.
Perhaps Barney was inspired by Sesame Street’s Elmo, who started a conversation about mental health last month after a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, went viral. “Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?” the Muppet wrote.
Barney finished his video by making sure his friends who grew up watching and singing along with him know they are seen and loved.
Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesThree-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce is adding film producer to his resume.
Kelce is using President Joe Biden’s renewable energy tax credits to finance My Dead Friend Zoe, Variety reports. The indie film is headed to the SXSW festival and stars Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Sonequa Martin-Green.
This marks Kelce’s first foray into the film industry. He’ll serve as an executive producer on the dark comedy movie. My Dead Friend Zoe follows an Afghanistan veteran who comes head-to-head with her Vietnam war vet grandfather at their family’s lake house.
The project’s investors, including Kelce, are the first to take advantage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to finance a film. The low-budget movie costs less than $10 million.
The Inflation Reduction Act marks the largest investment in climate and energy in American history. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s website, it enables “America to tackle the climate crisis, advancing environmental justice, securing America’s position as a world leader in domestic clean energy manufacturing and putting the United States on a pathway to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate goals, including a net-zero economy by 2050.”
BRELAND has announced his Little More Countrier Tour. It'll kick off March 26 in Nashville before hitting New York; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and more. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 16, at BRELAND's website.
Dylan Scott has rolled out new merch items, which include a ladies T-shirt, cropped T-shirt and a long-sleeve shirt. You can check them out now at dylanscottcountry.com.
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesCourteney Cox was there for Jennifer Aniston on her birthday.
The Monica to Aniston’s Rachel shared a celebratory tribute to Instagram on Sunday in honor of the actress’s 55th birthday. The carousel featured a photo of the two smiling on the red carpet, a couch-snuggle selfie with a cheek kiss and a clip from season 2 of Friends.
The short video features Aniston in character as Rachel Green, addressing the late Matthew Perry’s Chandler Bing, from the episode “The One Where Heckles Dies.”
“Hey, Chandler. Monica just broke my seashell lamp,” Aniston says in the clip.
“Not sure why this is one of my favorite clips… I guess it’s because nobody else in the world could make this line sound so cute,” Cox wrote in her caption. “Happy Birthday my sweet Jenny Louise. Also don’t know why I call her that…but I sure do love you.”
Aniston made her own post celebrating her big day. She shared a video montage of moments from her life to Instagram, which included footage from the Friends episode “The One Where They All Turn Thirty,” as well as red carpet pics, recent videos with her pets and photos from her childhood.
“Grateful,” Aniston captioned her video, before inserting the poem The Layers by Stanley Kunitz.