Wednesday 4th February 2026
Welcome To The Black Friday Edition of The List –
After Morgan Wallen was removed as a performer on Saturday Night Live back in October after he was seen partying without a mask at college bars in Alabama one week before his scheduled appearance, the country singer has been re-booked on the show and scheduled to perform on Dec. 5. Tweeting Wednesday “Let’s try this again,” along with a photo sharing the lineup for SNL’s Dec. 5 episode, which will be hosted by Jason Bateman.
Dolly Parton was one of a number of artists to perform during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday morning, singing “Holly Jolly Christmas. Dolly’s performance featured the living legend wearing a rhinestone and fringe gown, standing in a snowy scene accompanied by her band and three backing singers. Even though the parade fell on Thanksgiving, she’s clearly ready to skip right to Christmas, letting out a very festive “Merry Christmas!” at the end of the song.
Johnny Depp has been asked to step down from his role in the Fantastic Beasts franchise and Mads Mikkelsen will now replace him as ‘Grindelwald’. The news may not come as much of a shock to some after Depp lost his libel court case in the United Kingdom on Nov. 2, against now ex-wife Amber Heard. Warner Bros. confirmed the news on Wednesday, as Depp also made a statement of his own earlier this month.
If you were a ‘Saved By The Bell’ fan, is back as a reboot. Elizabeth Berkley talks about how the spark for the rebooted show happened. “I think all of us getting dropped back into that iconic hallway with those red lockers, it was kind of epic. I think if it could be done right we may all be in.” The ‘Saved By The Bell’ reboot is streaming now on Peacock.
And finally, The CDC has changed their quarantine guidelines and Jimmy Fallon takes a poke at it “It looks like the CDC is changing it’s recommendation for how long you should quarantine. it isn’t based on science, it’s just that there’s nothing left to binge on Netflix. We already watched the chess show…we’re good.”
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