“Man, we were watching from behind the mirror, and that was tight,” Luckett says in a scene after the girl group crashes the dance auditions.
As T.J.’s older brother Marcus Henderson (Jason Weaver) and his best friend Morris “Mo” Tibbs (Omar Gooding), who also auditioned, step forward to acknowledge the compliment, Roberson and Knowles clarify that they're actually talking about the kid, who is “so cute.”
Roberson then suggests that Destiny’s Child scrap their initial plan, and redo their music video centered around T.J. — which doesn't sit well with Yvette, who had practiced hard for the job.
Mowry later got to tap dance with the stars in a special music video for their hit “No, No, No Pt. 2,” a remix featured on Destiny’s Child’s 1999 album, The Writing’s On the Wall.
For the actress, “the idea of being a part of a Black family, where the son [Mowry] was a 10-year-old genius, and what that was like to navigate the world of high school with his older siblings” was special, she said.
She added that the siblings figuring out their paths while having their TV father, Floyd Henderson (John Marshall Jones), as “a single dad that was also as the primary caretaker” because he was a widower, was “a very progressive storyline” at that time.
Queens of Christmas, directed by Kenny Young, stars Atkins, along with Terri J. Vaughn and Vanessa Bell Calloway. The holiday film arrives on BET+ on Dec. 19.
In her new memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, out Nov. 19, the "Believe" hitmaker, 78, recalled her experience meeting the country icon, 78, and how they eventually became friends.
She ultimately gave her manager "the side eye" and asked who she was. But he told her to curb her judgment, Cher writes: "Don’t make your mind up based on appearance. You’re going to love her. She’s a fabulous country singer. Her name is Dolly Parton.”
When it was time to film a new special for ABC that was set to air in April 1978, Cher thought Parton "was just the woman" to play the embodiment of “good” opposite the Tubes’ “evil” for her special.
Elsewhere in her memoir, the "I Got You Babe" musician recalled giving Tina Turner some life-changing advice on how to leave her husband Ike Turner.
In the book, Cher recalls the "Private Dancer" musician coming on The Sonny & Cher Show twice with musician Ike, and they became friends. During one of the days they were filming, Turner asked the Mermaids actress for some makeup to cover a bruise on her arm.
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Turner then asked Cher how she left Sonny Bono, whom she married in 1969 and divorced in 1975 and claims once "manhandled" her in the book.
Turner tied the knot with Ike in 1962, and they divorced in 1976. Throughout much of the 1960s and '70s, they performed together as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
Bon Jovi, 62, grew up in Sayreville, N.J., about 18 miles from Freehold, where Springsteen, 75, grew up. On Nov. 25, the “Livin’ on a Prayer’” singer hosted SiriusXM’s E Street Radio, which is dedicated to the Boss’ music, and he reminisced about the early years of their friendship.
“The first time that I saw The E Street Band play live was at the Philadelphia Spectrum,” Bon Jovi shared. “They had been playing some theaters, but this was their first arena that I got an opportunity to go to and when they were playing ‘Spirits in the Night,’ Clarence [Clemons] is blowing that horn and the solo happens, and by the time the solo ends, Bruce is up in the third tier sitting in the seats. I love that trick. I used that trick myself many years later because I was like, ‘That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.’ ”
“The E Street Band were The Beatles when you grew up in New Jersey,” he continued. “When I was a boy, I would drive down to Asbury Park, just cutting my teeth in the music business, playing in the bars. If you were lucky enough, you'd walk into one of those bars and there were 10 members of the Asbury Dukes, or seven members of The E Street Band.”
“So, in 1978, I was playing with the Atlantic City Expressway, which was my very first cover band playing in the bars ... and we were performing the song ‘Promised Land,’ ” he said. “And as I was singing the song, I turned around and as I turned around, sitting at the microphone with me to sing along was in fact, Bruce. Now, for a kid that was still in high school, believe me, that was a Beatles moment.”
Kpop ProfileMusicians Jon Bon Jovi (L) and Bruce Springsteen perform at "12-12-12" a concert benefiting The Robin Hood Relief Fund to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy presented by Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Company and The Weinstein Company at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2012 in New York City.
Bon Jovi also remembered how back in February, Springsteen jumped on stage with him at the Grammys MusiCares gala, where he was honored as Person of the Year. “He came as the band performed our latest single ‘Legendary,’ and ‘Who Says You Can't Go Home,’ which he's performed with us many times, but I broke into ‘The Promised Land’ because, you know, in a weird way, it was full circle,” he said. “Here I was with, you know, with my hero once again like it was 1979, and he's jumping on stage with me, but he's jumping on stage now with me in the band some 40 years on.”
At that event, Bon Jovi noted that Springsteen came just days after his mom, Adele, had died. “I certainly would've understood if he'd said that he couldn't make it, but he wanted to be here tonight for MusiCares. He wanted to be here tonight for me, and I'm forever grateful to you,” he said at the time.
Bon Jovi also opened up to PEOPLE in April about the artists' bond. “Our connection is deep, on a whole different level of friendship, because how many guys can talk like we can talk, in close quarters, about life and love and loss?” he said. “Our relationship is deep, and he’s a dear friend of mine, and he really is like a big brother.”
Both at the top of their game at the NFL level, John is the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim holds the same position on the Los Angeles Chargers. He previously was the head coach for the University of Michigan Wolverines. Before Michigan, Jim was also a coach in the NFL, making the pair the first siblings to both be head coaches in the league.
The brothers had impressive seasons in 2023, with Jim carrying Michigan to the championship win in January 2024, and John bringing the Ravens to the top spot in the AFC North. With the latest NFL season in full swing, they are facing off against each other on Nov. 25 for the third time in history.
John and Jim may be back coaching in the same league, but their football legacy goes back decades. Jim previously was a coach for the San Francisco 49ers, who lost to John’s Ravens in the 2013 Super Bowl.
Jim left the NFL and went to work for Michigan soon after, but the brothers continued to support each other. Ahead of Michigan’s championship game, John confirmed that he planned to head down to Houston, Texas, to watch and support his brother.
“Everybody in a family has a different personality. They care about the same things,” Joani Crean, John and Jim’s sister, told the Associated Press in January 2024. “Maybe they go about things differently, but I think that’s more of a perception than reality. They’re caring human beings.”
She continued, “I know people don’t want to hear that, but that’s the truth. You can’t fake things in a locker room, or a building, in sports and there’s nothing fake about them and that’s part of why they’re successful.”
From their childhoods in a football family to showing up for each other's teams, here’s everything to know about John and Jim Harbaugh’s sibling bond.
John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh during a press conference for Super Bowl XLVII at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh during a press conference for Super Bowl XLVII at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Christian Petersen/Getty
The sibling's parents, Jackie and Jack, welcomed their first son, John, on Sept. 23, 1962, and Jim soon followed on Dec. 23, 1963. John and Jim also have a younger sister, Joani, who was born in 1968.
John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh pose with their parents Jack and Jackie and grandfasther Joe Cipiti during a press conference for Super Bowl XLVII at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh pose with their parents Jack and Jackie and grandfasther Joe Cipiti during a press conference for Super Bowl XLVII at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Christian Petersen/Getty