The top entertainment headlines for Wednesday, December 21, 2022. 

<div class="block"><b>MOVIE BIZ INTRIGUE&nbsp;</b></div><div class="block">AMC Entertainment, the largest movie theater chain in the United States, was <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2022/12/amc-buy-cineworld-theatres-1234794151/">reportedly</a> in talks with Cineworld theaters, the second-largest movie theater chain, to purchase some of its assets, but negotiations fizzled. Cineworld is currently undergoing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so the deal might have given the company a financial lifeline. Alas, no agreement was reached, and the SEC filing noted that "at this time negotiations are not continuing."</div><div class="block"><b>WORK OUT ON… NETFLIX&nbsp;</b></div><div class="block">In a play to offer customers more interactive content, Netflix is <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-nike-training-club-workout-sets-launch-date-1235466906/">adding Nike Training Club workouts</a> to its streaming lineup. The companies are following the lead of Peloton, whose livestreamed and pre-recorded workouts have exploded in popularity in recent years. If the experiment is popular, Netflix and Nike could expand the partnership. A total of 90 Nike Training Club workouts across five different programs will be available on the streamer.&nbsp;</div><div class="block"><b>DISPATCHES FROM THE DC UNIVERSE&nbsp;</b></div><div class="block">Dwayne Johnson tweeted a message on Tuesday that a <i>Black Adam</i> sequel will not be a part of the next phase of the DC Universe. “DC and Seven Bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways Black Adam can be utilized in future DC multiverse chapters," The Rock wrote. <i>Black Adam</i> notably underperformed at the box office relative to its budget.&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
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<div class="block"><i>Shazam!</i> star Zachary Levi, meanwhile, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/shazam-zachary-levi-responds-claim-recast-dc-universe-shakeup-1235203980/">assured fans</a> that he is not being recast amid the changes at DC. In response to one concerned fan, Levi tweeted, "I’m Gucci, Ash. We all Gucci."</div><div class="block"><b>ADIDAS RE-RELEASES YEEZY LINE&nbsp;</b></div><div class="block">Earlier this year, Adidas cut ties with the artist formerly known as Kanye West after he made anti-Semitic remarks. Now the sneaker company is re-releasing the Adidas 350 V2 model without the Yeezy name attached to it. The sneakers are set to hit shelves early next year, and sneaker-heads are already speculating whether they will still be popular without the Yeezy brand.&nbsp;</div>

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over here. This is all the things we managed to squeeze into the show today and by the way a lot to choose from. You mentioned Dwayne the rock johnson he is out as another changes coming to the D. C. Universe and we need to talk about it. Yeah Dwayne johnson revealing on twitter that after talking to D. C. Studios head James Gunn plans for a black Adam sequel has now been halted and they're not gonna move forward anytime soon. Johnson added that D. C. Did agreed to continue exploring where Black Adam could be utilized though in future dc chapters. Meanwhile another dc actor is clearing up claims about his future stars, accurate levi took to twitter after a fan claimed to be angry that the actor would no longer play the part and that the role would be recast. Well don't worry, levi reassured the fans saying quote I really wouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. I'm Gucci, we all good sure but he's not denying or acknowledging it is just like don't believe everything you read or we're all okay. But like Henry cavill could probably say the exact same thing. They actually filmed him potentially coming back and that the Witcher for it exactly. So you never know what's essentially happening here because everything is up for grabs right now in the Dc universe. Let's go back to Dwayne the Rock johnson still to this day according to is the most bankable actor and highest paid actor in Hollywood right now he had waited 15 years to get Black adam off the ground. There was even talk potentially of having Black Adam versus superman of Henry cavill going against Dwayne johnson and if that can't even work that shows you that James Gunn is really cleaning house at D. C. What the rock tweeted D. C. And seven bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways Black Adam can be utilized in future multiverse chapters. So maybe the book isn't completely closed. But I don't think for the next few years we'll be seeing anything back out and while D. C. Continues to figure things out, marvel is moving full steam ahead and that includes the highly anticipated Deadpool three which will see Hugh, Jackman reprise his role. A Wolverine. Now Jackman is revealing how the Claude heroes presence will work in the movie. You know, considering he died in the 2017 film Logan all because of this device they have in the marvel world of moving around timelines now we can go back because you know, it's science and and so I don't have to screw with the Logan timeline which was important to me and I think probably to the fans, the movie hits theaters november 8th 2024. So we have a little bit of time. But um yeah, it's science. Yeah, it's time travel which apparently marvel is the best at and even Ryan Reynolds who's the star of this. Even said they weren't going to mess with the timeline of what happened with Wolverine in Logan in this particular film, given the fact that he dies spoiler alert, even though it happened like five years ago. Um, so yeah, but that's, that's sort of the thing about the marvel, cinematic universe, everything can change because everything is in time travel, you never know who's coming and going, even if they died in one of the things I love marvel, but this is for newer fans, this is why they get confused and you're like, I can't deal with comic books, this is the reason why meanwhile there's no raining on this parade. Yes, The leah Michelle lead, Funny Girl just made broadway, her story breaking the all time box office record at the august Wilson theater Revival collected $2 million just over eight performances during the week ending december the 18th, That is the highest gross ever at the iconic theater. Don't forget this is the role that Barbra Streisand, made incredibly famous on broadway A long time ago, Beanie Feldstein was in this role with jane lynch, a longtime didn't get very good reviews. It was only at like 70% capacity and a lot of these shows and then they changed it and went to leah Michelle and a lot of people thought was this going to work, It has most of these shows are now 98% full, if not 100% packed and every person I know that has seen, it gives her rave insane reviews. The tickets are thousands of dollars you and I love Broadway but I check all the time, I'm like I can't spend thousands of dollars on this ticket but we know Liam Michelle's talented, whatever you think about her polarizing, she is talented, she is talented, she can sing by the way this theater in particular. The last bill or the last show too bro. The record was Mean Girls, It had 1.994 million back in 2018 so that was a record for Mean Girls that stood for at least four years until leah Michelle just broken and a lot of broadway shows are actually going off broadway strange loop, that one, so many Tony's almost famous K pop, all of them are closing down So the fact that funny girl is doing so well as a testament to leah and it's only been about two months since Adidas cut ties with Kanye West but the company is already reportedly gearing up to release new sneakers in the easy design without the disgraced rappers branding, alleged photos of the rebranded Adidas 3 50 V two, granite hit twitter and everyone is talking about it. The model is expected to be released next month and cost about $230. I truly genuinely don't know if it's gonna do well without Kanye West, nobody, if you read the tweets, nobody wants to buy it the whole reason why anybody was standing in line and buying these horrendous shoes with literally because it had a name attached to it. So you're now telling me you now by these horrendous shoes for $230 and his name's not attached with, nobody's going to want to buy it. And and so this is the problem that they're having now, which I think they just need to find another partnership with somebody else. Get Adele to make these shoes get somebody else to do it. You know, sneakers re sold for 508 $100. It's the same name as Michael Jordan's shoes. Like Michael Jordan's shoes are iconic and amazing, but they're iconic and amazing because they're Jordan's sneakers. Like if it's not because you know, they're you know, another basketball. Meanwhile john Mayer who doesn't love him, he's finally revealing whose body is a wonderland that 20 years later the musician finally dishing the DEETs behind that Grammy winning hit on the latest episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast. Listen here You were dating someone at the time that you're writing this iconic song which no, I wasn't. No, that was about my first girlfriend, that was about the feeling, which I think was already sort of nostalgic. I was 21 when I wrote that song and I was nostalgic for being 16. So Hannah, it's his first girlfriend, he had when he was just 14 years old whose body had a wonderland this whole time. I thought it was jennifer love Hewitt, that's what everyone thought it was. He said that rumor just took on a life of its own. None of the songs, especially in that album were about a particular celebrity. It just like took that rumor took a world of its own. She also interestingly asked him, she's like, you must be like, would have been really hot and like really popular in high school. He said no, he was really so such a loner and he was really a nerd and he said his life didn't start until three o'clock when he got home and started playing the guitar. Also, I love my body is a wonderland. I loved writing at 14 years old. That's well no, it's about the girl he felt 21 21 but it's about a girl he was in love with that 14 another musician is opening up about his favorite artists and there are definitely some surprises in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal bob, Dylan revealing who he's been listening to Les saying I've seen Metallica twice, I've made special efforts to see Jack White and Alex turner. I'm a fan of royal blood, celeste rag and bone man Wu tang Eminem Nick cave, Leonard cohen he goes to say he enjoys listening to anybody who's vision parallels mine. But Dylan doesn't love everything he says streaming makes everything too easy. He's 81 years old. So I'm sure for him, streaming is just it is too easy. Like these artists are doing it so much faster than he did if he knows how to work streaming at 80 years old because my family members who are have no idea how this basically and still listen to the o'jays on Pandora. Could you imagine the bob Dylan going to a Metallica concert? Like that is like a visual in itself, like how nobody has sent camera crews to watch bob Dylan like rage at a Metallica concert is like beyond that. I do think he can go incognito. I really bob Dylan does have sort of this discreet look that everybody is that homeless person or bob Dylan, our new Arizona who does not look homeless at all. Lionel messi, he needed a World Cup title to solidify his claim as one of the best to ever do it and now he has the numbers to prove he's the most popular person on social media, A photo gallery by the soccer legend which shows messy and other players celebrating Argentina's World Cup win has now become Hannah, the most liked instagram post ever, 70 million likes on that clearly messy, kept the trophy close to him at all times. This picture currently the third most like picture of all time, you know, just under 50 million likes by the way, if you're keeping score at home the previous record that right there for the most like instagram post was just that picture of an egg, Do you remember that story about the egg when everybody was like, because before, where she posted a photo of and everybody's like, oh this is so cute. I think the stormy photo had like 28 million likes or eight million likes or something like that. And then everybody was like, just because we want to be spiteful and make sure Kylie Jenner does not have this, here's this photo of an egg, everybody go like it and it had been basically it for like four years until Lionel messi just took it away away. Well deserved, how exciting. I already missed the egg already. Speaking of Kylie Jenner move over Mariah, Carey, we may have a new queen of christmas, but this time christmas is spelled with a K. Kylie Jenner, the youngest and wealthiest of the Kardashian clan is showing off her christmas decorations the entirety of Jenner's $36 million L. A mansion is covered in christmas. Lights, fans joked online saying imagine the electricity bill and wow, she's rich, rich, rich is actually what they said. I mean this is a huge thing for the Kardashian. I mean yeah, true. I mean we just talking about that. Well yeah, we just showed photos yesterday of them partying with Kathy Hilton, her party yesterday as well. But who knew Kylie Jenner was basically Clark Griswald, you know like where she basically is like keeping all of the power and electricity of Los Angeles County only at her house. It does look beautiful. I mean, yes, by the way, does your house look like this? Because my house, we literally just do a tree and like a couple of race and that's it. I'm done tree wreath. I like the smell of pine, but that's about it. I do like the light, I always respect the people that go, I do too. And then I'm like, okay, get that after its 26 get it off, get it out by the way, during christmas time, kim Kardashian Ashley has a pianist to come in and play the piano in her house to wake up the kids with christmas carols. Yeah, she's been doing it for years.