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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (“HFPA”) has unveiled the nominees for the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, with Lopez vs. Lopez actress Mayan Lopez and Orange is the New Black alum Selenis Levya announcing the nominations on Monday. Lopez’s father, George Lopez, was originally scheduled to present alongside his daughter but had to pull out after he contracted COVID-19.

The Banshees of Inisherin, Avatar: The Way of Water and Decision to Leave are among this year’s nominees in the film categories, with The Banshees of Inisherin earning eight nominations, including best picture (musical/comedy) and writing and directing noms for Martin McDonagh.

Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus and Euphoria earned the most nominations in the TV categories. Abbott Elementary leads the nominees with five, including best TV series (musical/comedy) and best actress in a TV series (musical/comedy) for Quinta Brunson. HBO Max and Netflix tied for most noms in television, with 14 apiece, followed by Hulu with nine.

The awards show returns following HFPA’s new “commitment to diversity and inclusion.” The upcoming 80th annual Golden Globes, hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, is set to air live from the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.   See the full list of 2023 Golden Globes nominations – here.

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Fox’s first-year series “Monarch,” which starred Anna Friel, Trace Adkins, Susan Sarandon, Joshua Sasse and Beth Ditto, will not return for a second season. The Season 1 finale aired on Dec. 6.  The show revolved around the “first family of country music,” led by Sarandon’s Dottie Roman (who shockingly died in the series premiere). Over the course of the season, Dottie’s husband Albie (Adkins) ‘attempted to keep the Monarch business afloat with the help of their two daughters and son, who all are hiding secrets of their own.’

Created by Melissa London Hilfers, Monarch was produced during the Covid-19 pandemic and originally was set to premiere in January 2022. Designed for a shorter run, it was then pushed to the fall. The family drama set in the world of country music opened after an NFL doubleheader, debuting to a 0.8 rating among adults 18-49 with and 3.8 million total viewers, becoming Fox’s most-watched fall scripted premiere in three years, but was unable to keep that audience once it moved to its regular time period on Tuesday nights. The series averaged 4.1 million viewers across all platforms and a scant 0.3 rating in the key ad sales demographic of adults 18-49.

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Additional performers have been added to the already star-studded lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023. The show will take place from Disneyland, Los Angeles and New Orleans. As previously announced, 18x host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest will once again head to Times Square to lead the festivities, with actress and producer Liza Koshy returning as co-host alongside Seacrest. In addition, country artist Jessie James Decker will also join the duo in Times Square as the Powerball co-host for her fourth consecutive year.

Disneyland will become this year’s inaugural host destination and home to an additional Rockin’ Eve celebration with veteran hostess and multi Platinum-selling artist Ciara overseeing festivities. Ciara will perform a medley of “Better Thangs” and “Jump;” with additional appearances from American indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy with fellow Jamaican artist Olaf Blackwood, and Ben Platt joined by indie sister duo Aly & AJ.  Halle Bailey, K-pop band Tomorrow X Together (TXT), Bailey Zimmerman and Lauren Spencer Smith will also perform. The Disneyland segments are pre-taped prior to the New Year’s holiday.

After serving as the official LA Party DJ at last year’s show, DJ, producer/rapper and philanthropist D-Nice will return as this year’s L.A. co-host. Performers at the LA Party include Wiz Khalifa, Finneas, Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron and singer-songwriter Nicky Youre.  And in New Orleans, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner and Billy Porter will perform a medley of his hits, where he will be co-hosting New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Festivities.

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Céline Dion has shared her struggle with a rare neurological disorder, posting a video on Instagram with the caption: “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through…It hurts me to tell you that I won’t be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February. – Céline”

The 54-year-old singer postponed the spring 2023 dates of her Courage tour after being diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome. In her video on Instagram, Dion said the disorder causes spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing: “Recently, I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome, which effects something like one in a million people … While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having. Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to …I have a great team of doctors working alongside me to help me get better, and my precious children, who are supporting me and giving me hope. I’m working hard with my support medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again. But I have to admit, it’s been a struggle … I miss you so much. I miss seeing all of you, being on the stage, performing for you. I always give 100% when I do my shows, but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now.”

Dion was scheduled to kick-off the European leg of her Courage tour Feb. 24, 2023, in Prague, Czech Republic but has rescheduled the shows to 2024. Summer 2023 dates of her tour have also been canceled. Dion postponed the opening of her Las Vegas residency show at Resorts World Theatre in October 2021 due to “severe and persistent muscle spasms” and she canceled the remaining North American dates of her Courage tour in January, also citing muscle spasms.

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Netflix shared the trailer for Season 3 of the romantic-comedy Emily in Paris, starring Lily Collins. Emily in Paris was created by Darren Star (Sex and the City, Younger), and follows Emily Cooper (Collins), a 20-something American who moves to Paris to work for a French marketing firm.

Season 3 will see Emily face tough choices in her personal and professional life, as she is torn between her feelings for Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), and working for Madeline (Kate Walsh) or Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu). An official synopsis reads: “Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.”  Ashley Park, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery and Camille Razat also star.

Emily in Paris was recently renewed through Season 4; Season 3 premieres Dec. 21 on Netflix. You can take a look at the trailer – here.

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